Template:UnitedStatesCode/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:UnitedStatesCode.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Shortcuts

{{USC}}
{{usc}}

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}}`	x U.S.C. § y
`{{UnitedStatesCode\|x\|y\|z}}`	x U.S.C. §§ y–z
`{{USC\|x\|y\|z}}`	x U.S.C. §§ y–z
`{{UnitedStatesCode\|x\|y\|notitle=1}}`	§ y
`{{USC\|x\|y\|notitle=1}}`	§ y
`{{UnitedStatesCode\|x\|y\|pipe=Link text}}`	Link text
`{{USC\|x\|y\|pipe=Link text}}`	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
Template(s)	1	2	3	4	pipe	Description
{{UnitedStatesCode}}, {{USC}}	Title	Section	(end of section range)		(pipe)	United States Code (USC) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{UnitedStatesCode2}}, {{USC2}}	Title	Section	Description			USC via Cornell: description of the section
{{UnitedStatesCodeSec}}, {{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.
{{UnitedStatesCodeSub}}, {{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.
{{UnitedStatesCodeClause}}, {{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
{{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
{{UnitedStatesSentencingGuidelines}}, {{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. 1^st of that given year.
{{frcrp}}	Chapter					Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{frcp}}	Rule					Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org
{{frbp}}	Rule					Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org
{{frap}}	Chapter					Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{fre}}	Rule					Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org
Template(s)	1	2	3	4	pipe	Description
Template(s)	Parameter(s)					Description