MLA Style: Basics

Author. Public Law Public Law #. Container Work, vol. #, Year Passed, pp. #. Publisher, URL

United States, Congress. Public Law 111-115. United States Statutes at Large, vol. 123, 2009, pp. 3029-3030. U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-123/html/STATUTE-123-Pg3029.htm.

Author. Title. Publisher, Date, URL.

United States, Congress, House. United States Code. Title 16, section 170, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 14 Jan. 2017, uscode.house.gov/.

Author [President Name]. Executive Order #: Title, Date Signed. Federal Register, vol. #, no. #, pp. #-#, URL.

United States, Executive Office of the President [Joseph Biden]. Executive Order 14031: Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. 28 May 2021. Federal Register, vol. 86, no. 105, pp. 29675-29681, www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-06-03/pdf/2021-11792.pdf.

United States, Supreme Court. Title of Case. Date of Decision. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, URL.

United States, Supreme Court. Title of Case. United States Reports, vol. #, Date of Decision, page range. Library of Congress, URL.

United States, Supreme Court. Plessy v. Ferguson. 18 May 1896. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/163/537.

United States, Supreme Court. Plessy v. Ferguson. United States Reports, vol. 163, 18 May 1896, pp. 537-564. Library of Congress, tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep163/usrep163537/usrep163537.pdf.

Author. Title. Publisher, Date.

United Nations, World Food Programme. Hunger and Markets. Taylor & Francis, 2012.

Author. Title of Bill. Container, URL. Supplemental Information (e.g. which Congress, HR #, date passed).

United States, Congress. PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act. Congress.gov, www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4305. 116th Congress, 2nd session, House Resolution 4305, passed 5 Feb. 2020.