    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 119th Congress]
    [119th Congress]
    [House Document 118-187]
    [Legislate Procedures Enacted in Law]
    [Pages 1170-1174]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            3. National Emergencies Act [50 U.S.C. 1601, 1621, 1622]

               title i--terminating existing declared emergencies

                                [50 U.S.C. 1601]

      Sec. 101. (a) All powers and authorities possessed by the President,
    any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or any
    executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States
    Code, as a result of the existence of any declaration of national
    emergency in effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 14,
    1976] are terminated two years from the date of such enactment. Such
    termination shall not affect--

              (1) any action taken or proceeding pending not finally

            concluded or determined on such date;

              (2) any action or proceeding based on any act committed prior

            to such date; or

              (3) any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were

            incurred prior to such date.

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      (b) For the purpose of this section, the words ``any national
    emergency in effect'' means a general declaration of emergency made by
    the President.

              title ii--declarations of future national emergencies

                                [50 U.S.C. 1621]

      Sec. 201. (a) With respect to Acts of Congress authorizing the
    exercise, during the period of a national emergency, of any special or
    extraordinary power, the President is authorized to declare such
    national emergency. Such proclamation shall immediately be transmitted
    to the Congress and published in the Federal Register.

      (b) Any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be
    exercised during a national emergency shall be effective and remain in
    effect (1) only when the President (in accordance with subsection (a) of
    this section), specifically declares a national emergency, and (2) only
    in accordance with this Act. No law enacted after the date of enactment
    of this Act shall supersede this title unless it does so in specific
    terms, referring to this title, and declaring that the new law
    supersedes the provisions of this title.

                                [50 U.S.C. 1622]

      Sec. 202. (a) Any national emergency declared by the President in
    accordance with this title shall terminate if--

              (1) there is enacted into law a joint resolution terminating

            the emergency; or

              (2) the President issues a proclamation terminating the

            emergency.
    Any national emergency declared by the President shall be terminated on
    the date specified in any joint resolution referred to in clause (1) or
    on the date specified in a proclamation by the President terminating the
    emergency as provided in clause (2) of this subsection, whichever date
    is earlier, and any powers or authorities exercised by reason of said
    emergency shall cease to be exercised after such specified date, except
    that such termination shall not affect--

              (A) any action taken or proceeding pending not finally

            concluded or determined on such date;

              (B) any action or proceeding based on any act committed prior

            to such date; or

              (C) any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were

            incurred prior to such date.

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    month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of
    Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a joint resolution to
    determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.
      (b) Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,
    and not later than the end of each six-

      (c)(1) A joint resolution to terminate a national emergency declared
    by the President shall be referred to the appropriate committee of the
    House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be. One such
    joint resolution shall be reported out by such committee together with
    its recommendations within fifteen calendar days after the day on which
    such resolution is referred to such committee, unless such House shall
    otherwise determine by the yeas and nays.

      (2) Any joint resolution so reported shall become the pending business
    of the House in question (in the case of the Senate the time for debate
    shall be equally divided between the proponents and the opponents) and
    shall be voted on within three calendar days after the day on which such
    resolution is reported, unless such House shall otherwise determine by
    yeas and nays.

      (3) Such a joint resolution passed by one House shall be referred to
    the appropriate committee of the other House and shall be reported out
    by such committee together within its recommendations within fifteen
    calendar days after the day on which such resolution is referred to such
    committee and shall thereupon become the pending business of such House
    and shall be voted upon within three calendar days after the day on
    which such resolution is reported, unless such House shall otherwise
    determine by yeas and nays.

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      (4) In the case of any disagreement between the two Houses of Congress
    with respect to a joint resolution passed by both Houses, conferees
    shall be promptly appointed and the committee of conference shall make
    and file a report with respect to such joint resolution within six
    calendar days after the day on which managers on the part of the Senate
    and the House have been appointed. Notwithstanding any rule in either
    House concerning the printing of conference reports or concerning any
    delay in the consideration of such reports, such report shall be acted
    on by both Houses not later than six calendar days after the conference
    report is filed in the House in which such report is filed first. In the
    event the conferees are unable to agree within forty-eight hours, they
    shall report back to their respective Houses in disagreement.

      (5) Paragraphs (1)-(4) of this subsection (b) of this section, and
    section 502(b) of this Act are enacted by Congress--

              (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and

            the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they are

            deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but

            applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in

            the House in the case of resolutions described by this

            subsection; and they supersede other rules only to the extent

            that they are inconsistent therewith; and

              (B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of

            either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the

            procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to

            the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

      (d) Any national emergency declared by the President in accordance
    with this title, and not otherwise previously terminated, shall
    terminate on the anniversary of the declaration of that emergency if,
    within the ninety-day period prior to each anniversary date, the
    President does not publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the
    Congress a notice stating that such emergency is to continue in effect
    after such anniversary.

       A privileged motion to discharge a committee from further
    consideration of a joint resolution terminating an emergency is
    available after the measure has been referred to committee for 15
    calendar days (Nov. 7, 2005, pp. 25133, 25134).

      In the 116th Congress, the House adopted a special order of business
    providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 46, relating to a national
    emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019, and varying
    the statutory procedures for consideration of any measure related to the
    specified emergency declaration addressed by the joint resolution (sec.
    2, H. Res. 144, Feb. 26, 2019, p. _).

      In the 117th Congress, the House adopted a special order of business
    varying the statutory procedures for consideration of a specified joint
    resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on
    March 13, 2020 (sec. 6, H. Res. 473, June 14, 2021, p. _), and
    subsequently adopted a separate order of business varying the statutory
    procedures for consideration of any measure relating to the emergency
    declaration addressed by the specified joint resolution (sec. 4, H. Res.
    508, June 30, 2021, p. _).

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    13, 2023, p. _), and subsequently provided for consideration of a fifth
    specified joint resolution under the same conditions (July 17, 2023, p.
    _).
      In the 118th Congress, the House by unanimous consent provided for the
    consideration of four specified joint resolutions related to separate
    national emergencies through a date certain, varied the statutory
    procedures for consideration of each such joint resolution through the
    same date (July

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