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Government documents

APA	The need for improvements and more incentives in the Endangered Species Act: Hearing before the Rural Enterprises, Agriculture & Technology of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, 109th Cong. 1 (2005).
MLA	United States. Cong. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture, and Technology. The Need for Improvements and More Incentives in the Endangered Species Act. 109th Cong., 1st sess. Washington: GPO, 2005. Print.
Chicago	U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture, and Technology. The Need for Improvements and More Incentives in the Endangered Species Act: Hearing Before the Rural Enterprises, Agriculture & Technology of the Committee on Small Business. 109th Cong., 1st sess., September 15, 2005.
CSE	The Need for Improvements and More Incentives in the Endangered Species Act: Hearing Before the Rural Enterprises, Agriculture & Technology of the Committee on Small Business: Hearings Before Comm. on Small Business, and Subcomm. on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture, and Technology, 109th Cong., 1st Sess. (Sep 15, 2005).

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Technical reports

APA	O'Sullivan, C.Y. (1997). NAEP 1996 science report card for the nation and the states: Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NCES Report No. 97-497). Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics.
MLA	[No example given in the current edition.]
Chicago	O'Sullivan, Chrisine Y. NAEP 1996 Science Report Card for the Nation and the States: Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, 1996. NCES 97-497.
CSE	Citation-Sequence: O'Sullivan CY. NAEP 1996 science report card for the nation and the states: findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Washington (DC): National Center for Education Statistics (US); 1997. Report No. NCES 97-497. Available from: ERIC, Washington, DC: ED405221. Name-Year: O'Sullivan CY. 1997. NAEP 1996 science report card for the nation and the states: findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Washington (DC): National Center for Education Statistics (US). Report No. NCES 97-497. Available from: ERIC, Washington, DC; ED405221.

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Patents

APA	McClain, J. (2007). U.S. Patent No. D546,178. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
MLA	[No example given in the current edition.]
Chicago	McClain, J. 2007. Beer tap cap. US Patent D546,178, filed Apr. 11, 2006, and issued July 10, 2007.
CSE	Citation-Sequence: McClain J, inventor. Beer tap cap. United States patent US D546,178. 2007 Jul 10. Name-Year: McClain J, inventor. 2007 Jul 10. Beer tap cap. United States patent US D546,178.

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