Template:USBill/doc

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

This links to a specific bill via THOMAS.

Bills and Resolutions from the 6th Congress through the 42nd Congress are available separately through the Library of Congress.

• House bills, 6th through 42nd Congress
• Senate bills, 16th through 42nd Congress
• Senate Joint Resolutions, 18th through 42nd Congress

Required: {{USBill | {{{1}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} }}

Optional: {{USBill | {{{1}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{pipe}}} | {{{site}}} }}

• {{{1}}}: Congress number (93-present). (1-92 will provide the right output, but it won't be linked).

{{{1}}} (Congress number)	Result
	Link	Format
93-112 (present)	Links to THOMAS bill	Formats properly
1-92	No link	Formats properly

• {{{2}}}: Bill type:

{{{2}}} (NOT case specific) (Spaces are optional, but will be dropped in piped result) (Periods are optional, but will be added in piped result)	Bill type	Piped result
h, h., h.r., hr	House Bill Note: H.R. is a House Bill, not a House Resolution.	H.R.
h.res., h.res, hres	House Resolution	H.Res.
h.j.res, h.jres, h.j.res, hjres., h.j.r., hjr, hj, hjres	House Joint Resolution	H.J.Res.
h.con.res., h.con.res, h. con. res., h. con. res, hconres., hconres, hcr, h c r, h con res	House Concurrent Resolution	H.Con.Res.
h.amdt., h.amdt, ha, hamdt	House Amendment	H.Amdt.
s., s	Senate Bill	S.
s.res., s.res, sr, sres	Senate Resolution	S.Res.
s.j., s.j, sj, sjr, sjres	Senate Joint Resolution	S.J.Res.
s.con.res., s.con.res, s. con. res., s. con. res, sconres., sconres, scr, s c r, s con res, scon	Senate Concurrent Resolution	S.Con.Res.
s.amdt., s.amdt, samt, sa, samdt	Senate Amendment	S.Amdt.

• {{{3}}}: Bill number (1-?)
• {{{pipe}}}: Optional field if you'd rather use piped text
• {{{site}}}: Optional field. If any data is here (i.e., non-blank), it adds " at THOMAS." "Site" will not apply if there's no link, (i.e. {{{1}}}<93). "Site" is useful when including bills in lists, such as External links.

Senate Joint Resolution 52 of the 101st Congress:

{{USBill|101|SJ|52}} returns S.J.Res. 52

House bill 889 of the 109th Congress:

{{USBill|109|HR|889}} returns H.R. 889

House Resolution 4954 of the 109th Congress, known as the "SAFE Port Act":

{{USBill|109|HR|4954|pipe=Text of the SAFE Port Act|site=yes}} returns Text of the SAFE Port Act at Congress.gov

Examples of Senate legislation from the Library of Congress:

{{USBill|110|S|254}} returns S. 254

{{USBill|110|SJ|10}} returns S.J.Res. 10

{{USBill|110|SConRes|33}} returns S.Con.Res. 33

{{USBill|110|SRes|69}} returns S.Res. 69

{{USBill|110|SA|43}} returns S.Amdt. 43

Examples of House of Representatives legislation from the Library of Congress:

{{USBill|110|HR|622}} returns H.R. 622

{{USBill|110|HJ|65}} returns H.J.Res. 65

{{USBill|110|HConRes|27}} returns H.Con.Res. 27

{{USBill|110|HRes|655|site=yes}} returns H.Res. 655 at Congress.gov

{{USBill|110|HA|234|site=yes}} returns H.Amdt. 234 at Congress.gov

Example of an unlinked bill:

{{USBill|82|HRes|5678|site=yes}} returns H.Res. 5678

• {{UK SI}}, an analogous template for "Statutory Instrument (UK)"
• s:Template:USBill — When changes are made, please change them at Wikisource, too.

• THOMAS Legislative Handles

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.