How to cite a committee report

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

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

Example

H.R. Rep. No. 99-253, pt. 1, at 54 (1985).

Governing rules

B13 / R13.4

• 13 — legislative materials.
• 13.4(a) — numbered federal reports and documents.
• T9 — legislative-document abbreviations.

Required elements

• Congress
• Number
• Year

Optional elements

• House
• Kind
• Part
• Page
• Title
• Author
• Conference report — R13.4(b): a conference report adds “(Conf. Rep.)”.
• Session parenthetical
• Reprinted in
• Database citation

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