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==List of all United States legal citation templates==
These templates are for citing U.S. codes and laws. To cite court cases, use {{tl|Cite court}}, or for the U.S. Supreme Court, use {{tl|Scite}} or {{tl|Ussc}}.
''Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.''
{| class=wikitable
! rowspan=2 | Template(s) !! colspan=5 | Parameter(s) !! rowspan=2 | Description
|-
! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! pipe
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCode}}, {{tl|USC}} || Title || Section || (end of section range) || || (pipe) || '''[[United States Code]]''' (USC) via [[Cornell University]]'s [[Legal Information Institute]]
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCode2}}, {{tl|USC2}} || Title || Section || Description || colspan=2 | || USC via Cornell: description of the section
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCodeSec}}, {{tl|USCSec}} || Title || Section || colspan=2 | || (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.
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCodeSub}}, {{tl|USCSub}} || Title || Section || colspan="3"| Up to 6 levels of "sub" || Access to subsection/paragraph/subparagraph/clause/... to allow correct hyperlinking to the anchors embedded in the Cornell pages.
|-
| {{tl|USCSub2}} || Title || Section || colspan = 3 | Up to 6 levels of "sub" || Combines {{tl|USCSec}} and {{tl|USCSub}}, eliminating redundancy when citing subsections / subparagraphs / &c.
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCodeClause}}, {{tl|USCClause}}|| Title || Section || Clause || colspan=2 | || USC via Cornell: allows clauses
|-
| {{tl|Usc-title-chap}}, {{tl|usctc}} || Title || Chapter || (Subchapter) || || (pipe) || USC via Cornell: title/chapter links.
|-
| {{tl|USIRC}} || Section || || || || || '''[[Internal Revenue Code]]''' {{tl|UnitedStatesCode}}
|-
! colspan=7 |
|-
| {{tl|USStat}} || Volume || Page || || colspan=2 | || '''[[United States Statutes at Large|Statutes at Large]]''' via the [[Library of Congress]], the [[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Publishing Office]], or [[Google Books]]
|-
| {{tl|USPL}} || Congress || Ordinal law || colspan=3 | || '''[[Act of Congress|Public Law]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
| {{tl|USStatute}} || Congress || Ordinal law || (Volume) || (Page) || || Combines {{tl|USPL}} and {{tl|USStat}},<br />optional Year ({{{5}}}), Month ({{{6}}}), Day ({{{7}}}),<br />optional {{tl|USBill}}: (Bill type ({{{8}}}) and number ({{{9}}}))
|-
! colspan=7 |
|-
| {{tl|USBill}} || Congress || Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ) || Bill number (1-?) || || (pipe) || '''[[United States Congress#Bills and resolutions|Congressional bills]]''' via [[THOMAS]]
|-
| {{tl|US House Vote}}, {{tl|USHVote}} || Year || Vote || || || || House '''[[Voting_methods_in_deliberative_assemblies#United_States_House_of_Representatives|roll-call vote]]''' via Clerk.House.gov
|-
| {{tl|US Senate Vote}}, {{tl|USSVote}} || Congress || Session || Vote || || || Senate '''[[Voting_methods_in_deliberative_assemblies#United_States_Senate|roll-call vote]]''' via Senate.gov
|-
| {{tl|USCongRec}} || Year || Page || (date) || colspan=2 | || '''[[Congressional Record]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
! colspan=7 |
|-
| {{tl|Federal Register}}, {{tl|USFR}} || Volume || Page || colspan=3 | || '''[[Federal Register]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
| {{tl|CodeFedReg}}, {{tl|USCFR}} || Volume || Part || Section || (Clause) || || '''[[Code of Federal Regulations]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
| {{tl|Executive Order}} || Number|| colspan=4 | || '''[[Executive order (United States)|Executive order]]s''' via [[Wikisource]]
|-
| {{tl|USTreaty}} || Congress || Treaty number || colspan=3 | || Treaties
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesSentencingGuidelines}}, {{tl|USSG}} || ChapterSection || colspan=2 | Up to 7 levels of "sub" || (year) || || Latest '''[[United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines|U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines]]''' (effective Nov. 1, 2012) via the [[United States Sentencing Commission|U.S. Sentencing Commission]] website. Optional {{para|year}} references specific Guidelines applicable to a sentence imposed on or after Nov. 1<sup>st</sup> of that given year.
|-
| {{tl|frcrp}} || Chapter || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure]]''' (current) via [[Cornell University]]'s [[Legal Information Institute]]
|-
| {{tl|frcp}} || Rule || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]]''' (current) via [https://www.federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org]
|-
| {{tl|frbp}} || Rule || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure]]''' (current) via [https://www.federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org]
|-
| {{tl|frap}} || Chapter || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure]]''' (current) via [[Cornell University]]'s [[Legal Information Institute]]
|-
| {{tl|fre}} || Rule || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Evidence]]''' (current) via [https://www.rulesofevidence.org rulesofevidence.org]
|-
! rowspan=2 | Template(s) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! pipe !! rowspan=2 | Description
|-
! colspan=5 | Parameter(s)
|}<noinclude>
[[Category:United States law citation templates]]
[[Category:United States law templates]]
</noinclude>
These templates are for citing U.S. codes and laws. To cite court cases, use {{tl|Cite court}}, or for the U.S. Supreme Court, use {{tl|Scite}} or {{tl|Ussc}}.
''Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.''
{| class=wikitable
! rowspan=2 | Template(s) !! colspan=5 | Parameter(s) !! rowspan=2 | Description
|-
! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! pipe
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCode}}, {{tl|USC}} || Title || Section || (end of section range) || || (pipe) || '''[[United States Code]]''' (USC) via [[Cornell University]]'s [[Legal Information Institute]]
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCode2}}, {{tl|USC2}} || Title || Section || Description || colspan=2 | || USC via Cornell: description of the section
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCodeSec}}, {{tl|USCSec}} || Title || Section || colspan=2 | || (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.
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCodeSub}}, {{tl|USCSub}} || Title || Section || colspan="3"| Up to 6 levels of "sub" || Access to subsection/paragraph/subparagraph/clause/... to allow correct hyperlinking to the anchors embedded in the Cornell pages.
|-
| {{tl|USCSub2}} || Title || Section || colspan = 3 | Up to 6 levels of "sub" || Combines {{tl|USCSec}} and {{tl|USCSub}}, eliminating redundancy when citing subsections / subparagraphs / &c.
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesCodeClause}}, {{tl|USCClause}}|| Title || Section || Clause || colspan=2 | || USC via Cornell: allows clauses
|-
| {{tl|Usc-title-chap}}, {{tl|usctc}} || Title || Chapter || (Subchapter) || || (pipe) || USC via Cornell: title/chapter links.
|-
| {{tl|USIRC}} || Section || || || || || '''[[Internal Revenue Code]]''' {{tl|UnitedStatesCode}}
|-
! colspan=7 |
|-
| {{tl|USStat}} || Volume || Page || || colspan=2 | || '''[[United States Statutes at Large|Statutes at Large]]''' via the [[Library of Congress]], the [[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Publishing Office]], or [[Google Books]]
|-
| {{tl|USPL}} || Congress || Ordinal law || colspan=3 | || '''[[Act of Congress|Public Law]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
| {{tl|USStatute}} || Congress || Ordinal law || (Volume) || (Page) || || Combines {{tl|USPL}} and {{tl|USStat}},<br />optional Year ({{{5}}}), Month ({{{6}}}), Day ({{{7}}}),<br />optional {{tl|USBill}}: (Bill type ({{{8}}}) and number ({{{9}}}))
|-
! colspan=7 |
|-
| {{tl|USBill}} || Congress || Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ) || Bill number (1-?) || || (pipe) || '''[[United States Congress#Bills and resolutions|Congressional bills]]''' via [[THOMAS]]
|-
| {{tl|US House Vote}}, {{tl|USHVote}} || Year || Vote || || || || House '''[[Voting_methods_in_deliberative_assemblies#United_States_House_of_Representatives|roll-call vote]]''' via Clerk.House.gov
|-
| {{tl|US Senate Vote}}, {{tl|USSVote}} || Congress || Session || Vote || || || Senate '''[[Voting_methods_in_deliberative_assemblies#United_States_Senate|roll-call vote]]''' via Senate.gov
|-
| {{tl|USCongRec}} || Year || Page || (date) || colspan=2 | || '''[[Congressional Record]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
! colspan=7 |
|-
| {{tl|Federal Register}}, {{tl|USFR}} || Volume || Page || colspan=3 | || '''[[Federal Register]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
| {{tl|CodeFedReg}}, {{tl|USCFR}} || Volume || Part || Section || (Clause) || || '''[[Code of Federal Regulations]]''' via [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action GPO FDsys]
|-
| {{tl|Executive Order}} || Number|| colspan=4 | || '''[[Executive order (United States)|Executive order]]s''' via [[Wikisource]]
|-
| {{tl|USTreaty}} || Congress || Treaty number || colspan=3 | || Treaties
|-
| {{tl|UnitedStatesSentencingGuidelines}}, {{tl|USSG}} || ChapterSection || colspan=2 | Up to 7 levels of "sub" || (year) || || Latest '''[[United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines|U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines]]''' (effective Nov. 1, 2012) via the [[United States Sentencing Commission|U.S. Sentencing Commission]] website. Optional {{para|year}} references specific Guidelines applicable to a sentence imposed on or after Nov. 1<sup>st</sup> of that given year.
|-
| {{tl|frcrp}} || Chapter || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure]]''' (current) via [[Cornell University]]'s [[Legal Information Institute]]
|-
| {{tl|frcp}} || Rule || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]]''' (current) via [https://www.federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org]
|-
| {{tl|frbp}} || Rule || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure]]''' (current) via [https://www.federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org]
|-
| {{tl|frap}} || Chapter || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure]]''' (current) via [[Cornell University]]'s [[Legal Information Institute]]
|-
| {{tl|fre}} || Rule || colspan = 4 | || '''[[Federal Rules of Evidence]]''' (current) via [https://www.rulesofevidence.org rulesofevidence.org]
|-
! rowspan=2 | Template(s) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! pipe !! rowspan=2 | Description
|-
! colspan=5 | Parameter(s)
|}<noinclude>
[[Category:United States law citation templates]]
[[Category:United States law templates]]
</noinclude>
