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Government Documents: Examples for Works Cited Lists

 
APA Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1998: Hearing before the
    Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate,
    105th Cong., 2nd sess. 1 (1998).

Important Elements:

  • Issuing agency
  • Title of the document
  • Number of the Congress
  • Session number of Congress
  • Place of publication
  • Date of publication
  • Document number (if given)
  • SuDoc number

Note: Spacing is important.  Some citations appear identical but differ in slight ways, like indentation.  For example, compare Chicago, MLA, and Turabian.  Consult individual guides for exact spacing.
Chicago U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Hearing on
   The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1998. 105th Cong., 2nd
   sess., 1998.
GODORT
/ALA		 U.S. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. The Hate Crimes
   Prevention Act of 1998 Hearing, 8 July 1998. Washington:
   Government Printing Office, 1999 (Y4.J89/2:S.Hrg.105-904).
MLA United States. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Hearing on
          the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1998. 105th Cong.,
          2nd sess. S.J. Res. 1529. Washington: GPO, 1999.
Turabian U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Hate 
          Crimes Prevention Act of 1998: Hearing before the
          Committee on the Judiciary. 105th Cong., 2nd sess.,
         8 July 1998.

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  Special thanks to Kelley A. Lawton and Laura Cousineau at the Duke University Libraries and Van E. Hillard at the Duke University Writing Program for permission to copy and adapt these citation pages.