3.0.0 463 2023-01-11T13:46:30Z 2023-01-11T13:46:30Z Senate S 2021-02-25 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-25T18:37:11Z 2021-02-25 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-02-25 True Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Congressional oversight Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Legislative rules and procedure Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents War and emergency powers Emergency Management 00 2021-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-02T13:57:30Z Reforming Emergency Powers to Uphold the Balances and Limitations Inherent in the Constitution Act or the REPUBLIC Act

This bill terminates a declaration of national emergency made by the President after 72 hours unless Congress enacts a joint resolution to renew the declaration. It also bars subsequent presidential declarations of emergency during the remainder of a presidential term of office based on the same circumstances if Congress does not enact a resolution of approval.

Under the bill, an emergency declaration that is approved by Congress expires 90 days after the issuance of the presidential declaration of emergency unless renewed.

The bill exempts presidential powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) from the requirements of this bill.

The bill also (1) repeals presidential authority to unilaterally control communications, including the internet, cell phone service, and television and radio broadcasts; and (2) terminates all existing national emergency declarations that do not specify IEEPA as the source of presidential authority.

]]> REPUBLIC Act Display Title REPUBLIC Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require congressional approval of national emergency declarations and to repeal the emergency powers and authorities most susceptible to abuse, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced REPUBLIC Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Reforming Emergency Powers to Uphold the Balances and Limitations Inherent in the Constitution Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s463is/xml/BILLS-117s463is.xml 2021-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.