SW 4144: Social Policies & Issues - Velazquillo Franco

See examples 16 & 17 below from APA 7th edition (p. 364) to cite legislation in-text and if your References list. Definitions: 

• Unenacted = not (yet) passed
• Concurrrent resolution = acted upon in both the House & Senate. Resolutions are usually not proposing changes in law/policy, but rather are more akin to announcements.
• Simple resolution = introduced & acted upon in only the House or Senate
• Full glossary

Examples for citing a newspaper article: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/newspaper-article-references

APA gives us a way to cite testimony before Congress. Below is a suggested citation of an online video of an entire Congressional testimony (from APA 7th 11.6 example 14):

Federal real property reform: How cutting red tape and better management could achieve billions in savings, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 114th Cong. (2016) (testimony of Norman Dong). http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/233107

In-text parenthetical citation:

(Federal Real Property Reform, 2016)

Press releases from members of Congress, state legislators, and/or non-profit organizations can be a great source of perspectives for or against pending legislation. For an example APA citation for press releases, see https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/press-release-references

Examples for citing websites, including news & government agency websites: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/webpage-website-references