,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjai,mr4
 ,biggs 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,buck1 and   
,mr4 ,sensenbrenner7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committees on ,foreign ,affairs1 and   
,rules1 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     
amend the ,national ,emergencies ,act to
 provide that a national emergency      
declared by the ,president terminates   
#cj days after the declaration unless a 
joint resolution affirming such         
declaration is enacted into law1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,limiting     
,emergency ,powers ,act of #bjai4  #b4  
,limitation on duration of national     
emergency without congressional approval

  7a7 ,in general ,section #bjb of the  
,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #afbb7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
striking subsection 7a7 and inserting   
the following3  7a7 ,any national       
emergency declared by the ,president in 
accordance with this title shall        
terminate if--  7#a7 there has not been 
enacted into law a joint resolution     
affirming the declaration of such       
national emergency before the date that 
is #cj days after the date on which such
 national emergency is declared2  7#b7  
there is enacted into law a joint       
resolution terminating the emergency2 or
  7#c7 the ,president issues a          
proclamation terminating the emergency4 
2  7#b7 by striking subsection 7b7 and  
inserting the following3  7b7 7#a7 ,the 
date on which a national emergency is   
terminated pursuant to subsection 7a7   
shall be the first occurrence of any of 
the following dates3  7,a7 ,the last    
date of the period described in         
subsection 7a77#a74  7,b7 ,the date     

specified in any joint resolution       
referred to in subsection 7a77#b74  7,c7
 ,the date specified in a proclamation  
by the ,president terminating the       
emergency as provided in subsection     
7a77#c74  7#b7 ,effective on the date of
 the termination of a national emergency
 under paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 any amounts
 reprogrammed or transferred under any  
provision of law with respect to the    
emergency that remain unobligated on    
that date shall be returned and made    
available for the purpose for which such
 amounts were appropriated2  7,b7 any   
contracts entered into under any        
provision of law for construction       
relating to the emergency shall be      
terminated unless construction commenced
 under the contract before that date2   
and  7,c7 any powers or authorities     
exercised by reason of said emergency   
shall cease to be exercised after that  
date1 except that a termination shall   
not affect--  7i7 any action taken or   
proceeding pending not finally concluded

 or determined on such date2  7ii7 any  
action or proceeding based on any act   
committed prior to such date2 or  7iii7 
any rights or duties that matured or    
penalties that were incurred prior to   
such date4  2  7#c7 in subsection 7c7-- 
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7 by inserting or  
affirm after terminate2 and  7,b7 in    
paragraph 7#e7 by striking 1 subsection 
7b7 of this section12 and  7#d7 by      
striking subsection 7d7 and inserting   
the following3  7d7 ,a national         
emergency declared by the ,president    
under section #bja1 affirmed by a joint 
resolution under subsection 7a77#a71 and
 not otherwise previously terminated1   
shall terminate on the date that is #b  
years after the ,president transmitted  
to ,congress the proclamation declaring 
the emergency under section #bja7;a7 or 
,congress affirms a previous renewal    
pursuant to this subsection1 unless--   
7#a7 the ,president publishes in the    
,federal ,register and transmits to     
,congress an ,executive order renewing  

the emergency2 and  7#b7 there is       
enacted into law a joint resolution     
affirming the renewal of the            
declaration1 according to the           
requirements of subsection 7c71 before  
the termination of the emergency or     
previous renewal of the emergency4  4   
7b7 ,application to national emergencies
 previously declared ,a national        
emergency declared under section #bja of
 the ,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej   
,u4,s4,c4 #afba et seq47 before the date
 of the enactment of this ,act shall be 
unaffected by the amendments made by    
this ,act except that such emergencies  
shall terminate on the date that is #b  
years after such date of enactment      
unless the emergency is renewed under   
section #bja7;d7 of the ,national       
,emergencies ,act1 as amended by this   
,act4