Chicago/Turabian Style: Public Documents

Public Documents (Government Documents) (17.9) 

Include as many of the following elements as possible in your citation

• the name of the government and government body
• the title of the document
• the name of the individual author
• report number
• publication information
• page numbers.

Footnote:

9. House Committee on the Judiciary, The Constitution and the Line Item Veto: Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., 2006, 28.

Bibliography:

US Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. The Constitution and the Line Item Veto: Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution. 109th Cong., 2nd sess., April 27, 2006.

Online Public Document 

In addition to standard bibliographic information, add the URL and date accessed.

Footnote:

10. House Committee on the Judiciary, The Constitution and the Line Item Veto: Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., 2006, 28, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109hhrg27223/pdf/CHRG-109hhrg27223.pdf (accessed March 10, 2011).

Bibliography:

US Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. The Constitution and the Line Item Veto: Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution. 109th Cong., 2nd sess., April 27, 2006. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109hhrg27223/pdf/CHRG- 109hhrg27223.pdf (accessed March 10, 2011).