How to cite a committee print

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B13 / R13.4(c).

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a committee print, governed by B13 / R13.4(c). Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Staff of S. Comm. on the Judiciary, 81st Cong., Report on Anti-trust Law 17 (Comm. Print 1950).

Governing rules

B13 / R13.4(c)

• 13 — legislative materials.
• 13.4(c) — committee prints and unnumbered documents (institutional author).
• T9 — legislative-document abbreviations.
• 15.1 — book author/editor.

Required elements

• Author (staff or committee)
• Title
• Year

Optional elements

• Congress
• Page
• Committee print — Adds the “Comm. Print” parenthetical.
• Prepared by an outside agency — R13.4(c): e.g. a CRS report prepared for the committee.
• Report number

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