,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,paul 7for himself and ,mr4  
,wyden7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require congressional approval of       
national emergency declarations and to  
repeal the emergency powers and         
authorities most susceptible to abuse1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,reforming ,emergency ,powers to ,uphold
 the ,balances and ,limitations         
,inherent in the ,constitution ,act or  
the ,,republic ,act4  #b4 ,congressional
 approval of national emergency         
declarations  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#bja of the ,national ,emergencies ,act 
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afba7 is amended to read
 as follows3  #bja4 ,declaration and    
congressional approval of national      
emergencies  7a7 ,in general ,with      

respect to ,acts of ,congress           
authorizing the exercise1 during the    
period of a national emergency1 of any  
special or extraordinary power1 the     
,president is authorized to declare such
 national emergency4 ,such proclamation 
shall immediately be transmitted to     
,congress and published in the ,federal 
,register4  7b7 ,specification of powers
 and authorities ,the ,president shall  
specify1 in the proclamation declaring a
 national emergency under subsection 7a7
 or in one or more contemporaneous or   
subsequent ,executive orders published  
in the ,federal ,register and           
transmitted to ,congress1 the provisions
 of law made available for use in the   
event of an emergency pursuant to which 
the ,president proposes that the        
,president1 or another official1 will   
exercise emergency powers or            
authorities4  7c7 ,termination after #gb
 hours unless approved by ,congress     
7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in 
paragraph 7#b71 a national emergency    

declared under subsection 7a71 and the  
exercise of emergency powers and        
authorities pursuant to provisions of   
law described in subsection 7b71 shall  
terminate at the time specified in      
paragraph 7#c74  7#b7 ,approval by      
,congress required ,a national emergency
 declared under subsection 7a71 and the 
exercise of any emergency power or      
authority pursuant to a provision of law
 described in subsection 7b71 may       
continue after the time specified in    
paragraph 7#c7 only if1 before that     
time1 there is enacted into law a joint 
resolution of approval pursuant to      
subsection 7f7 approving--  7,a7 the    
declaration of the emergency2 and  7,b7 
the exercise of that power or authority4
  7#c7 ,time specified ,the time        
specified in this paragraph is-- 7,a7   
except as provided in subparagraph 7,b71
 #gb hours after the ,president declares
 the national emergency2 or  7,b7 if    
,congress is unable to convene during   
the #gb-;hour period described in       

subparagraph 7,a71 #gb hours after      
,congress first convenes after the      
declaration of the emergency4  7d7      
,termination after #ij days unless      
renewed with congressional approval ,a  
national emergency declared under       
subsection 7a7 with respect to which a  
joint resolution of approval is enacted 
under subsection 7f71 and the exercise  
of any emergency power or authority     
pursuant to that emergency1 shall       
terminate on the date that is #ij days  
after the ,president declares the       
emergency 7or the emergency was         
previously renewed under this           
subsection71 unless1 before the         
termination of the emergency--  7#a7 the
 ,president publishes in the ,federal   
,register and transmits to ,congress an 
,executive order-- 7,a7 renewing the    
emergency2 and  7,b7 specifying the     
provisions of law made available for use
 in the event of an emergency pursuant  
to which the ,president proposes that   
the ,president1 or another official1    

will exercise emergency powers or       
authorities2 and  7#b7 there is enacted 
a joint resolution of approval with     
respect to-- 7,a7 the renewal of the    
emergency2 and  7,b7 the exercise of    
that power or authority4  7e7           
,prohibition on subsequent actions if   
emergencies not approved  7#a7          
,subsequent declarations ,if a joint    
resolution of approval is not enacted   
pursuant to subsection 7f7 with respect 
to a national emergency declared under  
subsection 7a7 or proposed to be renewed
 under subsection 7d71 the ,president   
may not1 during the remainder of the    
term of office of that ,president1      
declare a subsequent national emergency 
under subsection 7a7 with respect to the
 same circumstances4  7#b7 ,exercise of 
authorities ,if a joint resolution of   
approval is not enacted pursuant to     
subsection 7f7 with respect to a power  
or authority proposed by the ,president 
under subsection 7b7 to be exercised    
with respect to a national emergency1   

the ,president may not1 during the      
remainder of the term of office of that 
,president1 exercise that power or      
authority with respect to that          
emergency4  7f7 ,joint resolutions of   
approval  7#a7 ,joint resolution of     
approval defined ,for purposes of this  
section1 the term joint resolution of   
approval means a joint resolution that  
contains after its resolving clause--   
7,a7 a provision approving--  7i7 a     
proclamation of a national emergency    
made under subsection 7a72  7ii7 an     
,executive order issued under subsection
 7b7 specifying the provisions of law   
pursuant to which the ,president        
proposes to exercise emergency powers or
 authorities2 or  7iii7 an ,executive   
order issued under subsection 7d7       
renewing a national emergency2 and  7,b7
 a provision approving a list of all or 
some of the provisions of law specified 
by the ,president under subsection 7b7  
and included in the proclamation or     
,executive order1 as the case may be4   

7#b7 ,introduction ,after the ,president
 transmits to ,congress a proclamation  
described in clause 7i7 of paragraph    
7#a77;,a7 or an ,executive order        
described in clause 7ii7 or 7iii7 of    
that paragraph1 a joint resolution of   
approval may be introduced in either    
,house of ,congress by any ,member of   
that ,house4  7#c7 ,committee referral  
,a joint resolution of approval shall be
 referred in each ,house of ,congress to
 the committee or committees having     
jurisdiction over the emergency powers  
and authorities invoked by the          
proclamation or ,executive order that is
 the subject of the joint resolution4   
7#d7 ,consideration in ,senate  7,a7    
,reporting and discharge ,if the        
committee to which a joint resolution of
 approval has been referred has not     
reported it at the end of #b calendar   
days after its introduction1 that       
committee shall be automatically        
discharged from further consideration of
 the resolution and it shall be placed  

on the calendar4  7,b7 ,proceeding to   
consideration ,notwithstanding ,rule    
,,xxii of the ,standing ,rules of the   
,senate1 when the committee to which a  
joint resolution of approval is referred
 has reported the resolution1 or when   
that committee is discharged under      
subparagraph 7,a7 from further          
consideration of the resolution1 it is  
at any time thereafter in order 7even   
though a previous motion to the same    
effect has been disagreed to7 for a     
motion to proceed to the consideration  
of the joint resolution1 and all points 
of order against the joint resolution   
7and against consideration of the joint 
resolution7 are waived4 ,the motion to  
proceed is not debatable4 ,the motion is
 not subject to amendment1 or to a      
motion to postpone1 or to a motion to   
proceed to the consideration of other   
business4  7,c7 ,amendments ,no         
amendments shall be in order with       
respect to a joint resolution of        
approval1 except for amendments that    

strike provisions from the list of      
provisions of law required by paragraph 
7#a77;,b7 or otherwise narrow the scope 
of emergency powers and authorities     
authorized to be exercised pursuant to  
such provisions of law4  7,d7 ,motion to
 reconsider final vote ,a motion to     
reconsider a vote on final passage of a 
joint resolution of approval shall not  
be in order4  7,e7 ,appeals ,points of  
order1 including questions of relevancy1
 and appeals from the decision of the   
,presiding ,officer1 shall be decided   
without debate4  7#e7 ,consideration in 
,house of ,representatives ,in the      
,house of ,representatives1 if any      
committee to which a joint resolution of
 approval has been referred has not     
reported it to the ,house at the end of 
#b calendar days after its introduction1
 that committee shall be discharged from
 further consideration of the joint     
resolution1 and the resolution shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar4 ,it 
shall be in order at any time for the   

,speaker to recognize a ,member who     
favors passage of a joint resolution to 
call up that joint resolution for       
immediate consideration in the ,house   
without intervention of any point of    
order4 ,when so called up a joint       
resolution shall be considered as read  
and shall be debatable for #a hour      
equally divided and controlled by the   
proponent and an opponent4 ,it shall not
 be in order to reconsider the vote on  
passage4  7#f7 ,receipt of resolution   
from other house ,if1 before passing a  
joint resolution of approval1 one ,house
 receives a joint resolution of approval
 from the other ,house1 then--  7,a7 the
 joint resolution of the other ,house   
shall not be referred to a committee and
 shall be deemed to have been discharged
 from committee on the day it is        
received2 and  7,b7 the procedures set  
forth in paragraph 7#d7 or 7#e71 as     
applicable1 shall apply in the receiving
 ,house to the joint resolution received
 from the other ,house to the same      

extent as such procedures apply to a    
joint resolution of the receiving       
,house4  7g7 ,effect of later-,enacted  
laws ,no law enacted after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act shall        
supersede this title unless it does so  
in specific terms1 referring to this    
title1 and declaring that the new law   
supersedes the provisions of this title4
  4  7b7 ,conforming amendments ,the    
,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 in section #bjb--  7,a7 in         
subsection 7a7-- 7i7 in the matter      
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
declared by the ,president in accordance
 with this title and inserting in effect
 under section #bja2 and  7ii7 in the   
flush text1 by striking declared by the 
,president and inserting in effect under
 section #bja2  7,b7 in subsection 7c71 
by striking paragraph 7#e72 and  7,c7 by
 amending subsection 7d7 to read as     
follows3  7d7 ,subsection 7b7 and       
section #bja7;f7 are enacted by         

,congress--  7#a7 as an exercise of the 
rulemaking power of the ,senate and the 
,house of ,representatives1             
respectively1 and as such they are      
deemed a part of the rules of each      
,house1 respectively1 but applicable    
only with respect to the procedure to be
 followed in the ,house in the case of  
resolutions described by this title1 and
 they supersede other rules only to the 
extent that they are inconsistent       
therewith2 and  7#b7 with full          
recognition of the constitutional right 
of either ,house to change the rules 7so
 far as relating to the procedure of    
that ,house7 at any time1 in the same   
manner1 and to the same extent as in the
 case of any other rule of that ,house4 
2 and  7#b7 by striking title ,,iii4    
#c4 ,repeal of emergency authority to   
suspend telecommunications rules and    
regulations ,section #gjf of the        
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #fjf7 is amended by striking  
subsection 7c74  #d4 ,applicability     

,except as provided in section #f7;a71  
the amendments made by this ,act shall  
apply with respect to national          
emergencies declared under section #bja 
of the ,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej 
,u4,s4,c4 #afba7 on or after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4  #e4       
,termination of existing emergency      
declarations ,each national emergency   
declared under section #bja of the      
,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #afba7 before the date of the 
enactment of this ,act 7other than a    
national emergency described in section 
#f7;b77 shall terminate on such date of 
enactment4  #f4 ,nonapplicability with  
respect to ,international ,emergency    
,economic ,powers ,act  7a7 ,in general 
,in the case of a national emergency    
declared on or after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act under which the  
,president proposes to exercise         
emergency powers and authorities        
pursuant to the ,international          
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  

,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq47--  7#a7 the    
amendments made by this ,act shall not  
apply2 and  7#b7 the provisions of the  
,national ,emergencies ,act1 as in      
effect on the day before such date of   
enactment1 shall apply4  7b7            
,continuation in effect of national     
emergency declarations ,a national      
emergency declared before the date of   
the enactment of this ,act under which  
the ,president exercises emergency      
powers and authorities pursuant to the  
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et    
seq47 shall--  7#a7 continue in effect  
on and after such date of enactment2 and
  7#b7 terminate in accordance with the 
provisions of the ,national ,emergencies
 ,act1 as in effect on the day before   
such date of enactment4