Template:UnitedStatesCode/Instructions

United States legal citation templates

Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.

Template	Parameter(s)					Description
	1	2	3	4	pipe
{{UnitedStatesCode}}, {{USC}}, {{usc}}, {{usc3}}	Title	Section	(end of section range)		(pipe)	United States Code via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{UnitedStatesCode2}}, {{USC2}}, {{usc2}}	Title	Section	Description			USC via Cornell: description of the section
{{UnitedStatesCodeSec}}, {{USCSec}}	Title	Section				USC via Cornell: when citing one of a series of USC sections, where it would be redundant to display the full citation for each section, this template can be used to display only the section number.
{{usc-clause}}	Title	Section	Clause			USC via Cornell: allows clauses
{{usc-title-chap}}, {{usctc}}	Title	Chapter	(Subchapter)		(pipe)	USC via Cornell: title/chapter links
{{USStat}}, {{usstat}}	Volume	Page				Statutes at Large via the Library of Congress or the Government Printing Office
{{USPL}}, {{uspl}}	Congress	Ordinal law				Public Law via GPO Access
{{USStatute}}	Congress	Ordinal law	Volume	Page		Combines {{USPL}} and {{USStat}}, then add Year ({{{5}}}), Month ({{{6}}}), Day ({{{7}}})
{{USBill}}	Congress	Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ)	Bill number (1-?)		(pipe)	Congressional bills via THOMAS
{{USCongRec}}	Year	Page				Congressional Record via GPO Access
{{USFR}}, {{USFedReg}}	Volume	Page				Federal Register via GPO Access
{{CodeFedReg}}, {{CFR}}, {{USCFR}}	Volume	Part	Section			Code of Federal Regulations through GPO Access
{{CfrClause}}	Volume	Part	Section	Clause		CFR via GPO: Clause
{{ExecutiveOrder}}, {{EO}}	Number					Executive Orders via Wikisource
Template	1	2	3	4	pipe	Description
	Parameter(s)