Template:Code of Federal Regulations

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Usage

This template cites the Code of Federal Regulations with automatic links. It wikilinks the title and/or part if it exists on Wikipedia, and makes an external link to the U.S. government's GPO Access site for the subpart and section.

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. **Using spaces in the parameters (ie. title, part, section, etc) will break the external link generated by the template

Normal citations — 13 C.F.R. 136.130g

rendered as 13 CFR 136.130

{{CodeFedReg |13|136|130|g}} or {{CodeFedReg |1=13|2=136|3=130|a=g}}

• 1 = Title
• 2 = Part
• 3 = Section
• a = Clause (optional)

Subpart citations — 24 C.F.R. 884C

rendered as 24 CFR 884

{{CodeFedReg |24|884|subpart=C}} or {{CodeFedReg |1=24|2=884|subpart=C}}

• 1 = Title
• 2 = Part
• subpart = Subpart

Strange prefixed/appendix section citations — 40 C.F.R. 58 App G

rendered as 40 CFR 58.G

{{CodeFedReg |40|58|prefix=App|G}} or {{CodeFedReg |1=40|2=58|prefix=App|3=G}}

• 1 = Title
• 2 = Part
• prefix=Examp = Prefix abbreviation (as used on GPO Access citations; often prefix=App for Appendix)
• 3 = Section (optional; sometimes a letter for some prefixes)
• a = Clause (optional)

Optional combined subpart/section citations — 23 C.F.R. 710 Subpart D §403e

rendered as 23 CFR 710.403

{{CodeFedReg |23|710|subpart=D|403|d}} or {{CodeFedReg |1=23|2=710|subpart=D|3=403|a=e}}

• 1 = Title
• 2 = Part
• subpart = Subpart
• 3 = Section (optional)
• a = Clause (optional)

If both subpart and section are given, both are displayed, but the link is to the section, since it is more specific.

Optional parameters

• year=2000 = year to use instead of current; GPO Access has copies of regulations several years back
• accessdate=May 3, 2025 = adds "accessed on" language for citations

prefix, subpart, year, and accessdate are new as of October 22, 2010.

For more examples and results, see Template:CodeFedReg/testcases.

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Code of Federal Regulations in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Code of Federal Regulations

This template generates a link to a section of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Title	1	Title within the CFR	Number	required
Part	2	Part of within CFR	Number	suggested
Section	3	Section within the CFR	String	suggested
Clause	4	Clause within the CFR, with levels of subclauses separated by underscores (_)	String	suggested
Subpart	subpart	Subpart within the CFR (unusual)	String	optional
Section prefix	prefix	Prefix for section within the CFR (unusual)	String	optional
Year	year	Year, only if not current year	Date	optional
Access date	accessdate	Date accessed, for use in citations	Date	optional

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)

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