(Redirected from
Template:USC)
[[Title {{{1}}} of the United States Code|{{{1}}} U.S.C.]] §§ {{{2}}}– {{{3}}}
 | This template is used on approximately 3,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Usage
This template links to an external site, the Cornell University Law School U.S. Code database. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see Wikipedia:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.
This template uses Cornell's database. You may also use this to specify a range of sections.
| Usage | Output |
|---|---|
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y}}
|
x U.S.C. § y |
{{USC|x|y}}
| |
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y|z}}
|
x U.S.C. §§ y– z |
{{USC|x|y|z}}
| |
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y|notitle=1}}
|
§ y |
{{USC|x|y|notitle=1}}
| |
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y|pipe=Link text}}
|
Link text |
{{USC|x|y|pipe=Link text}}
|
Please note that all titles have Wikipedia articles and the template will link to the Wikipedia article. When citing a series of sections within a single title, one may eliminate redundancy by suppressing the display of the title altogether by adding the parameter |notitle=1 (see example below).
Examples
| Usage | Output |
|---|---|
{{USC|4|1}}.
|
4 U.S.C. § 1. |
{{USC | 25 | 13f }}.
|
25 U.S.C. § 13f. |
{{USC|10|371|375}}, {{USC | 10 | 378 | notitle= 1 }}, and {{USC | 10 | 380 | 382 | notitle= 1 }}.
|
10 U.S.C. §§ 371– 375, § 378, and §§ 380– 382. |
{{USC | 26 | 501 | pipe= Exemption from tax on corporations }}.
|
Exemption from tax on corporations. |
List of all United States legal citation templates
These templates are for citing U.S. codes and laws. To cite court cases, use {{ Cite court}}, or, for the U.S. Supreme Court, use {{ Ussc}}.
Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.
| Template(s) | Parameter(s) | Description | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pipe | ||
| {{ United States Code}}, {{ USC}} | Title | Section | (end of section range) | (pipe) | United States Code (USC) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | |
| {{ United States Code with description}}, {{ USC2}} | Title | Section | Description | USC via Cornell: description of the section | ||
| {{ United States Code section}}, {{ USCSec}} | 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}}, {{ USCSub}} | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Access to subsection/paragraph/subparagraph/clause/... to allow correct hyperlinking to the anchors embedded in the Cornell pages. | ||
| {{ USCSub2}} | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Combines {{ USCSec}} and {{ USCSub}}, eliminating redundancy when citing subsections / subparagraphs / &c. | ||
| {{ United States Code clause}}, {{ USCClause}} | Title | Section | Clause | USC via Cornell: allows clauses | ||
| {{ Usc-title-chap}}, {{ usctc}} | Title | Chapter | (Subchapter) | (pipe) | USC via Cornell: title/chapter links. | |
| {{ USIRC}} | Section | Internal Revenue Code {{ UnitedStatesCode}} | ||||
| {{ USStat}} | Volume | Page | Statutes at Large via the Library of Congress, the Government Publishing Office, or Google Books | |||
| {{ USPL}} | Congress | Ordinal law | (Description) | Public Law via GPO govinfo and https://uslaw.link/ | ||
| {{ USStatute}} | Congress | Ordinal law | (Volume) | (Page) | Combines {{
USPL}} and {{
USStat}}, optional Year ({{{5}}}), Month ({{{6}}}), Day ({{{7}}}), optional {{ USBill}}: (Bill type ({{{8}}}) and number ({{{9}}})) | |
| {{ USBill}} | Congress | Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ) | Bill number (1-?) | (pipe) | Congressional bills via Congress.gov | |
| {{ US House Vote}}, {{ USHVote}} | Year | Vote | House roll-call vote via Clerk.House.gov | |||
| {{ US Senate Vote}}, {{ USSVote}} | Congress | Session | Vote | Senate roll-call vote via Senate.gov | ||
| {{ USCongRec}} | Year | Page | (date) | Congressional Record via GPO FDsys | ||
| {{ Federal Register}}, {{ USFR}} | Volume | Page | Federal Register via GPO FDsys | |||
| {{ Code of Federal Regulations}}, {{ CodeFedReg}}, {{ USCFR}} | Volume | Part | Section | (Clause) | Code of Federal Regulations via GPO FDsys | |
| {{ Executive Order}} | Number | Executive orders via Wikisource | ||||
| {{ USTreaty}} | Congress | Treaty number | Treaties | |||
| {{ United States Sentencing Guidelines}}, {{ USSG}} | ChapterSection | Up to 7 levels of "sub" | (year) | Latest
U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (effective Nov. 1, 2012) via the
U.S. Sentencing Commission website. Optional |year= references specific Guidelines applicable to a sentence imposed on or after Nov. 1st of that given year.
| ||
| {{ Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure}}, {{ frcrp}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Civil Procedure}}, {{ frcp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure}}, {{ frbp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure}}, {{ frap}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Evidence}}, {{ fre}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org | ||||
| Template(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pipe | Description |
| Parameter(s) | ||||||
(Redirected from
Template:USC)
[[Title {{{1}}} of the United States Code|{{{1}}} U.S.C.]] §§ {{{2}}}– {{{3}}}
| This template is used on approximately 3,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Usage
This template links to an external site, the Cornell University Law School U.S. Code database. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see Wikipedia:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.
This template uses Cornell's database. You may also use this to specify a range of sections.
| Usage | Output |
|---|---|
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y}}
|
x U.S.C. § y |
{{USC|x|y}}
| |
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y|z}}
|
x U.S.C. §§ y– z |
{{USC|x|y|z}}
| |
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y|notitle=1}}
|
§ y |
{{USC|x|y|notitle=1}}
| |
{{UnitedStatesCode|x|y|pipe=Link text}}
|
Link text |
{{USC|x|y|pipe=Link text}}
|
Please note that all titles have Wikipedia articles and the template will link to the Wikipedia article. When citing a series of sections within a single title, one may eliminate redundancy by suppressing the display of the title altogether by adding the parameter |notitle=1 (see example below).
Examples
| Usage | Output |
|---|---|
{{USC|4|1}}.
|
4 U.S.C. § 1. |
{{USC | 25 | 13f }}.
|
25 U.S.C. § 13f. |
{{USC|10|371|375}}, {{USC | 10 | 378 | notitle= 1 }}, and {{USC | 10 | 380 | 382 | notitle= 1 }}.
|
10 U.S.C. §§ 371– 375, § 378, and §§ 380– 382. |
{{USC | 26 | 501 | pipe= Exemption from tax on corporations }}.
|
Exemption from tax on corporations. |
List of all United States legal citation templates
These templates are for citing U.S. codes and laws. To cite court cases, use {{ Cite court}}, or, for the U.S. Supreme Court, use {{ Ussc}}.
Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.
| Template(s) | Parameter(s) | Description | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pipe | ||
| {{ United States Code}}, {{ USC}} | Title | Section | (end of section range) | (pipe) | United States Code (USC) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | |
| {{ United States Code with description}}, {{ USC2}} | Title | Section | Description | USC via Cornell: description of the section | ||
| {{ United States Code section}}, {{ USCSec}} | 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}}, {{ USCSub}} | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Access to subsection/paragraph/subparagraph/clause/... to allow correct hyperlinking to the anchors embedded in the Cornell pages. | ||
| {{ USCSub2}} | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Combines {{ USCSec}} and {{ USCSub}}, eliminating redundancy when citing subsections / subparagraphs / &c. | ||
| {{ United States Code clause}}, {{ USCClause}} | Title | Section | Clause | USC via Cornell: allows clauses | ||
| {{ Usc-title-chap}}, {{ usctc}} | Title | Chapter | (Subchapter) | (pipe) | USC via Cornell: title/chapter links. | |
| {{ USIRC}} | Section | Internal Revenue Code {{ UnitedStatesCode}} | ||||
| {{ USStat}} | Volume | Page | Statutes at Large via the Library of Congress, the Government Publishing Office, or Google Books | |||
| {{ USPL}} | Congress | Ordinal law | (Description) | Public Law via GPO govinfo and https://uslaw.link/ | ||
| {{ USStatute}} | Congress | Ordinal law | (Volume) | (Page) | Combines {{
USPL}} and {{
USStat}}, optional Year ({{{5}}}), Month ({{{6}}}), Day ({{{7}}}), optional {{ USBill}}: (Bill type ({{{8}}}) and number ({{{9}}})) | |
| {{ USBill}} | Congress | Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ) | Bill number (1-?) | (pipe) | Congressional bills via Congress.gov | |
| {{ US House Vote}}, {{ USHVote}} | Year | Vote | House roll-call vote via Clerk.House.gov | |||
| {{ US Senate Vote}}, {{ USSVote}} | Congress | Session | Vote | Senate roll-call vote via Senate.gov | ||
| {{ USCongRec}} | Year | Page | (date) | Congressional Record via GPO FDsys | ||
| {{ Federal Register}}, {{ USFR}} | Volume | Page | Federal Register via GPO FDsys | |||
| {{ Code of Federal Regulations}}, {{ CodeFedReg}}, {{ USCFR}} | Volume | Part | Section | (Clause) | Code of Federal Regulations via GPO FDsys | |
| {{ Executive Order}} | Number | Executive orders via Wikisource | ||||
| {{ USTreaty}} | Congress | Treaty number | Treaties | |||
| {{ United States Sentencing Guidelines}}, {{ USSG}} | ChapterSection | Up to 7 levels of "sub" | (year) | Latest
U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (effective Nov. 1, 2012) via the
U.S. Sentencing Commission website. Optional |year= references specific Guidelines applicable to a sentence imposed on or after Nov. 1st of that given year.
| ||
| {{ Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure}}, {{ frcrp}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Civil Procedure}}, {{ frcp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure}}, {{ frbp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure}}, {{ frap}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Evidence}}, {{ fre}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org | ||||
| Template(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pipe | Description |
| Parameter(s) | ||||||