Use the example below to cite legislation in-text and in your References list (adapted from example 16 from APA 7th edition, p. 364). Note the example includes no author, but the bill name and number, followed by the number of the Congressional session, the year, and the URL. Definitions follow.
Citation for Federal bill:
Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, H.R. 1100, 113th Congr. (2013). https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/houose-bill/1100
In-text citation: (Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, 2013)
Definitions:
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
