AGLC4 Rule 25.6.1: Debates

Debates are cited to the volume of the Congressional Record, the pinpoint page and the year in round brackets, with the chamber optionally added after the year where it is not otherwise clear. Where only the Daily Edition is available the bracket gives daily ed and the full date, and pinpoints carry an H or S prefix. The speaker may be named between the pinpoint and the date bracket under rule 7.5.1.

AGLC4 page 286

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 286
Volume Congressional Record Pinpoint (Year).
Volume Congressional Record Pinpoint (daily ed, Full Date).
S/H Page Number

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • Volume in roman arabic numerals, then Congressional Record in italics, then the pinpoint page.
  • The year is in round brackets; the chamber, where added, follows the year after a comma, written in full (Senate or House of Representatives).
  • Daily Edition: the bracket holds daily ed (roman, lower case, no full stops), a comma and the full date instead of the year.
  • Daily Edition pinpoints prefix H for the House or S for the Senate directly to the page number with no space.
  • A speaker's name in round brackets comes between the pinpoint and the date bracket, giving two consecutive bracket groups.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 286
  1. 83
    1 Congressional Record 10 (James Garfield) (1874, House of Representatives).
  2. 84
    156 Congressional Record H148 (Ann Kirkpatrick) (daily ed, 19 January 2010).

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 286
  • H1987

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.