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GOVT 2306: Mock Legislature Project

This guide was created for Dr. Putz's Texas Government classes.

Sample Legal Citations in MLA Format

Laws & Bills

Federal

U.S. Bills and Resolutions

United States, Congress, House. Improving Broadband for Veterans Act of 2016.

       Congress.gov, www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6394/text.

       114th Congress, 2nd Session, House Resolution 6394, passed 6 Dec. 2016.

 Parenthetical citation: (United States, Congress).

U.S. Legislation (Enacted Bills/Statutes) - Public Law

United States, Congress. Public Law 107-296. United States Statutes at Large,

            vol. 116, 2002, pp. 2135-2321. Congress.gov, www.congress.gov/bill/107th-

         congress/house-bill/5005/.

Parenthetical citation: (United States, Congress). (United States, Congress sec. 308). (United States, Congress 2138).

State 

Texas Bills

Texas State, Legislature. SB 563. Texas Legislature Online, 10 Jun. 2019,

             capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=SB563.

Parenthetical citation: (Texas State, Legislature).


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