How to cite a hearing

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B13 / R13.3.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a hearing, governed by B13 / R13.3. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Toxic Substances Control Act: Hearings on S. 776 Before the Subcomm. on the Env’t of the S. Comm. on Com., 94th Cong. 343 (1975).

Governing rules

B13 / R13.3

• 13 — legislative materials.
• 13.3 — hearings.
• 13.3(a) — federal committee hearings (full cover title).
• T9 — legislative-document abbreviations.

Required elements

• Hearing title
• Congress

Optional elements

• Session
• Page
• Year
• State (state hearings)
• Legislative body
• Statement parenthetical

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