Template:USBill/doc

Description

This links to a specific bill via Congress.gov.

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

This template links to external sites. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see Wikipedia:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.

Usage

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

Optional: {{USBill | {{{1}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{which}}} | {{{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 Congress.gov 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-?)
• {{{which}}}: Optional field. If any data is here (i.e., non-blank), then adds "(Cong.)" to differentiate to the reader the Congress in which the bill was considered.
• {{{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 Congress.gov." "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.

Examples

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

See also

{{UK SI}}, an analogous template for "Statutory Instrument (UK)"

• s:Template:USBill — When changes are made, please change them at Wikisource, too.

External link

• Linking to Congress.gov