How to cite an act

Basic template: Name of Act, Title Source § Section Number (Year). URL

Federal statute codified in the United States Code: Name of Act, Title Number U.S.C.

§ Section Number (Year in source being cited). URL

Note: The year in the reference list entry/in-text citation should refer to the year in which the statute was published in the source being cited.

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This date might be different from the year in the name of the act.

Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. (2018). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2018-title42/pdf/USCODE-2018-title42-chap126.pdf

Parenthetical citation:(Americans With Disabilities Act, 2018)

Narrative citation:Americans With Disabilities Act (2018)

Federal statute with a public law number: Name of Act, Pub.

L. No. xxx, Volume Number Stat. Page Number (Year approved). URL

Note: This refers to laws published in the United States Statutes at Large (Stat.). The volume and page numbers refer to the 

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