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Links to a specific bill via Congress.gov Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Congress number 1 93–present Example 111 Number required Type 2 hr for House bill, hres for House Resolution, hjres for House Joint Resolution, hconres for House Concurrent Resolution, ha for House Amendment, s for Senate ...
{{United States Code section}}, {} Title: Section (pipe) 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. {{United States Code subsection}}, {} Title: Section: Up to 6 levels of "sub"
At the federal level in the United States, legislation (i.e., "statutes" or "statutory law") consists exclusively of Acts passed by the Congress of the United States and its predecessor, the Continental Congress, that were either signed into law by the President or passed by Congress after a presidential veto.
This template links to the Cornell University Law School U.S. Code database and allows for linking to specific titles and sections of the United States Code. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Title 1 The title number of the U.S. Code. Example 26 Number required Section 2 The section number of the U.S. Code. Example 501 Number required End section 3 The ...
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest authority in interpreting federal law, including the federal Constitution, federal statutes, and federal regulations. The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, [1] of which the supreme law is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the ...
An infobox for US federal legislation. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Short title shorttitle name The short title of the act, usually found in the first section of the act. Include year of enactment only if the date is part of the short title. If an act has multiple short titles, include only one short title here ...