POLS 324 - Natural Resource Policy - Rosenberg. 2009Fall 

These are some of the most common forms of legal citation

• 40 CFR --- = Code of Federal Regulations: title 40
• 33 USC --- = United States Code: title 33
• 13 F 3d 305 = Federal court opinion (not available here)
• 498 U.S. --- = U.S. Supreme Court opinion
• Pub.L or P.L. --- public law #
• 120 A.L.R. Fed --- = American Law Reports: Federal; vol. 120
• S Rpt or Sen Rpt = Senate (committee) report
• H Rpt or House Rpt = House (committee) report
• H.R. 4194 = House bill number (numbering starts over with each congress)
• S. 24 = Senate bill number
• Cong.Rec. = Congressional Record