Which is the proper citation for subsections (b) and (d) of Section 547 of Title 11, with part in the 2012 main volume and part in the 2015 Supplement III?

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When a statute’s material appears in both the main United States Code volume and a later supplement, you combine the subsections in one citation and place a single parenthetical after them that shows both publication years. This makes clear that the listed subsections come from the same statute but span different publication sources.

For 11 U.S.C. § 547, with part in the 2012 main volume and part in the 2015 Supplement III, the proper form is 11 U.S.C. § 547(b), (d) (2012 & Supp. III 2015). It signals that both subsections are from the same section, quoted together, with the material drawn from the 2012 edition and the 2015 Supplement III.

The other formats fail because they separate the subsections into distinct citations or cite the wrong supplement or year, which obscures that these parts come from the same statute and publication history.