Citing Your Sources  Tags: citation apa mla ama  

When citing a congressional document include the number and session of the Congress, the House, and the type and number of the publication.

 Bills - (Example: S 33; HR 77; no periods after S or HR); Resolutions - (Example: S. Res. 20; H. Res. 50); Reports - (S. Rept. 9; H. Rept. 142); Documents - (Example: S. Doc. 333; H. Doc. 247) -

• MLA version - United States. Cong. Senate. 106th Congress, 1st Session. S 608, A Bill to Amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 [introduced in the U.S. Senate; 15 March 1999]. 106th Cong., 1st sess. Congressional Bills, GPO Access. Web. 24 May 2008.
• APA version - A Bill to Amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, S 608, 106d Cong., (1999).

Simply replace the Bill number from the example with the Resolution, Report or Document number. For how to cite legislation that has been enacted see here.

Congressional Committee hearing -

• MLA version - United States. Cong. Senate. Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearing, Egg Safety: Are There Cracks in the Federal Food Safety System? 106th Cong., 1st sess. GPO Access. Web. 24 May 2008.
• APA version -  Egg Safety: Are There Cracks in the Federal Food Safety System?: Hearing before the Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, Senate,  106d. Cong. 1 (1999).

Example of Government Agency as author: 

• MLA version - United States. Dept. of Labor. Employment and Training Administration. Dictionary of Occupational Titles. 4th ed. United States. Dept. of Labor,1991. Web. 6 Sep. 2009.
• APA version -  United States. Dept. of Labor. Employment and Training Administration.  (1977). Dictionary of Occupational Titles. 4th ed. United States. Dept. of Labor,1991.  Retrieved from http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm 

If there is a specific author, their name goes in place of  the agency name. If there are editors listed their name(s) go after the publication date.

Executive orders:

• MLA version - Bush, George. "Principles of Ethical Conduct for Government Officers and Employees." Executive Order 12674 of April 12, 1989 (as modified by E. O. 12731). Part 1. 26 Aug. 1997. 18 Nov. 1997. Web. 6 Sep. 2009. 
• APA version - Exec. Order No. 13,186, 3 C.F.R. 1.1 (2002 comp.)