How to cite an executive order / proclamation
Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format · B14 / T1.2 · Regulations & agencies
Cited by page to 3 C.F.R. — but with the year RANGE of the compilation, because not all orders are reprinted in successive years.
Example
Exec. Order No. 11,609, 3 C.F.R. 586 (1971–1975), reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. § 301 app. at 404-07 (2006).
More examples
Each of these is checked against the rules on every change to the tool.
- Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978, 3 C.F.R. 321 (1979), reprinted in 5 U.S.C. app. at 1366 (2006), and in 92 Stat. 3781 (1978).
What the citation needs
Required
- Designation — A label that precedes or replaces the title — “Note” or “Comment” for student work (R16.7.1).
- Page in 3 C.F.R. — The page the source begins on. The page you are citing goes in the pincite.
- C.F.R. compilation year(s) — A range where the order spans compilations.
When they apply
- Reprinted in — Where the material is reprinted.
In a brief and in a law review
The Bluebook sets citations two ways: the Bluepages for court documents and legal memoranda, the Whitepages for law review footnotes. Here is the first example above as each one prints it, in its typeface.
Court documents (Bluepages)
Exec. Order No. 11,609, 3 C.F.R. 586 (1971–1975), reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. § 301 app. at 404-07 (2006).
Law review footnotes (Whitepages)
Exec. Order No. 11,609, 3 C.F.R. 586 (1971–1975), reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. § 301 app. at 404-07 (2006).
For this source the two are set the same way.
Governing rules
B14 / T1.2
- 14.2 — federal regulations (C.F.R.).
- T1.2 — federal administrative and executive materials; the agency's own citation form governs where the table gives one.
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