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In your citations, include as many of the following elements as you can:name of the government (country, state, city, county, or other division) and governmentbody (legislative body, executive department, court bureau, board, commission, orcommittee) that issued the documenttitle, if any, of the document or collection (generally italicized)name of individual author, editor, or compiler, if givenreport number or other identifying informationfacts of publication: place of publication and publisher's name, if different from theissuing body (for all publications of the U.S. federal government, covered in 17.9.2–17.9.4,use Washington, DC, and Government Printing Office, respectively); date of publicationpage numbers or other locators, if relevantIn general, list the relevant elements in the order given above. Exceptions for certain typesof documents are explained in the following sections of 17.9.N: 1. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, The Mutual Security Act of 1956, 84th Cong., 2d sess., 1956,S. Rep. 2273, 9–10.B: U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. The Mutual Security Act of 1956. 84thCong., 2d sess., 1956. S. Rep. 2273.Note that some shortened forms and abbreviations used in citing public documents aredifferent from those used elsewhere, such as 2d instead of 2nd and 3d instead of 3rd. Otherexamples are noted in the relevant sections of 17.9.17.9.2 Congressional PublicationsFor congressional publications, bibliography entries usually begin with the designation U.S.Congress, followed by Senate or House. (You may also simplify this to U.S. Senate or U.S.House.) In notes, U.S. is usually omitted. Other common elements include committee andsubcommittee, if any; title of document; number of the Congress and session (abbreviatedCong. and sess. respectively in this position); date of publication; and number and descriptionof the document (for example, H. Doc. 487), if available.DEBATES. Since 1873, congressional debates have been published by the government in theCongressional Record (in notes, often abbreviated as Cong. Rec.). Whenever possible, cite thepermanent volumes, which often reflect changes from the daily issues of the Record.N: 16. Cong. Rec., 71st Cong., 2d sess., 1930, 72, pt. 10: 10828–30.B: U.S. Congress. Congressional Record. 71st Cong., 2d sess., 1930. Vol. 72, pt. 10.Occasionally you may need to identify a speaker in a debate, the subject, and a date in a