,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1 #bjai 
,mr4 ,reed 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,curtis1  
,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1
 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4  
,upton1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4          
,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mrs4     
,murphy1 ,mrs4 ,luria1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1  
,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,schrader1 ,mr4    
,posey1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,harder of   
,california1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 ,mr4     
,gonzalez of ,texas1 and ,mrs4 ,rodgers 
of ,washington7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committees on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 ,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be  
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the continuation
 of an executive emergency declaration  

under the ,national ,emergencies ,act   
absent approval by ,congress4  #a4      
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,guarding ,congressional ,authority
 ,act4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress         
,whereas historical declarations of     
national emergencies set a precedent of 
governing by national emergency without 
approval from ,congress2  ,whereas      
courts have a limited role with respect 
to challenges to ,federal law2  ,whereas
 ,congress has failed to guard its own  
appropriations authority and has thereby
 endowed executives with more unchecked 
power and undedicated funds2  ,whereas  
,congress has mistakenly given the      
executive historically unrestrained     
authority through the ,national         
,emergencies ,act of #aigf2  ,whereas   
the ,national ,emergencies ,act has     
offered the executive billions of       
dollars without clear conditions that   
,congress is endowed with the necessary 
authority to prescribe2  ,whereas       
,congress intends to assert its         

constitutional authority and protect the
 checks the body was intended to place  
on the executive branch of government2  
now therefore  ,it is the sense of      
,congress that any executive action     
issued by the ,president before1 on1 or 
after the date of enactment of this ,act
 that infringes on the powers and duties
 of ,congress under section #h and      
section #i of article ,i of the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1 or
 that would require the expenditure of  
,federal funds not specifically         
appropriated for the purpose of the     
executive action1 is advisory only and  
has no force or effect unless enacted as
 law4  #c4 ,definition of executive     
action ,in this ,act1 the term executive
 action includes an ,executive order1   
memoranda1 proclamation1 or signing     
statement4  #d4 ,deadline for           
congressional approval  ,the ,president 
must terminate the executive declaration
 of a national emergency under the      
,national ,emergencies ,act after #fj   

days unless ,congress 7#a7 has          
affirmatively authorized the action2 or 
7#b7 has extended the time period by    
law4  ,once the ,president has issued a 
national emergency declaration under the
 ,national ,emergencies ,act a          
resolution affirmatively authorizing the
 action and_/or extending the time      
period shall be the first legislative   
item considered by the respective bodies
 with all other legislative action      
suspended until such resolution is voted
 upon by the body4  #e4 ,vitiation of   
effect of executive action  ,any        
proposed executive action that infringes
 on the powers and duties of ,congress  
under section #h and section #i of      
article ,i of the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states shall have no force or  
effect4  #f4 ,prohibition against use of
 funds for certain purposes  ,no funds  
appropriated pursuant to any provision  
of law may be used to promulgate or     
enforce any proposed executive action   
that infringes on the powers and duties 

of ,congress under section #h and       
section #i of article ,i of the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states4   
#g4 ,standing to challenge executive    
action  ,a civil action may be brought  
in an appropriate district court of the 
,united ,states to challenge the        
validity of any proposed executive      
action which infringes on the powers and
 duties of ,congress under section #h   
and section #i of article ,i of the     
,constitution of the ,united ,states by 
the following persons3  7#a7 ,congress  
and its members ,any ,member of the     
,house of ,representatives or the       
,senate1 or either or both chambers     
acting pursuant to vote1 if the         
challenged executive action--  7,a7     
infringes on the powers and duties of   
,congress under article ,i1 section #h  
and section #i of the ,constitution of  
the ,united ,states4