,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gfd #aahth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cihh
 ,report ,no4 #aah-icd1 ,part ,i ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,june #i1 #bjbc,mr4 ,roy 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,gallagher1 ,ms4      
,titus1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 
,perry1 ,mr4 ,kiley1 ,mr4 ,ogles1 ,mr4  
,cloud1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,higgins of  
,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,ms4 ,hageman1 
,mr4 ,brecheen1 and ,ms4 ,mace7         
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  ,december #ai1     
#bjbd;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,good  
of ,virginia and ,mr4 ,massie  ,december
 #ai1 #bjbd,reported from the ,committee
 on ,transportation and ,infrastructure 

with an amendment,strike out all after  
the enacting clause and insert the part 
in italic  ,december #ai1               
#bjbd;,committees on ,foreign ,affairs  
and ,rules discharged2 committed to the 
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,june #i1
 #bjbc  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for      
congressional approval of national      
emergency declarations4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,assuring that ,robust1 ,thorough1 and  
,informed ,congressional ,leadership is 
,exercised ,over ,national ,emergencies 
,act or the ,,article ,,one ,act4  #b4  
,congressional review of national       
emergencies ,the ,national ,emergencies 
,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afba et seq47 is   
amended by inserting after title ,i the 
following3  ,,ii ,declarations of future
 national emergencies  #bja4            
,declarations of national emergencies   
7a7 ,authority ,to declare national     

emergencies ,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 a national   
emergency by proclamation4 ,such        
proclamation shall immediately be       
transmitted to ,congress and published  
in the ,federal ,register4  7b7         
,specification of provisions of law ,to 
be exercised ,no powers or authorities  
made available by statute for use during
 the period of a national emergency     
shall be exercised unless and until the 
,president specifies the provisions of  
law under which the ,president proposes 
that the ,president or other officers   
will act in-- 7#a7 a proclamation       
declaring a national emergency under    
subsection 7a72 or  7#b7 one or more    
,executive orders relating to the       
emergency published in the ,federal     
,register and transmitted to ,congress4 
7c7 ,prohibition on subsequent actions  

if emergencies not approved  7#a7       
,subsequent declarations ,if a joint    
resolution of approval is not enacted   
under section #bjc with respect to a    
national emergency before the expiration
 of the #cj-;day period described in    
section #bjb7;a71 or with respect to a  
national emergency proposed to be       
renewed under section #bjb7;b71 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 under section #bjc with respect 
to a power or authority specified by the
 ,president in a proclamation under     
subsection 7a7 or an ,executive order   
under subsection 7b77#b7 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  7d7 ,effect 
of future 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  #bjb4 ,effective periods of     
national emergencies  7a7 ,temporary    
effective periods  7#a7 ,in general ,a  
declaration of a national emergency     
shall remain in effect for a period of  
#cj calendar days from the issuance of  
the proclamation under section #bja7;a7 
7not counting the day on which the      
proclamation was issued7 and shall      
terminate when such period expires      
unless there is enacted into law a joint
 resolution of approval under section   
#bjc with respect to the proclamation4  
7#b7 ,exercise of powers and authorities
 ,any emergency power or authority made 
available under a provision of law      
specified pursuant to section #bja7;b7  
may be exercised pursuant to a          

declaration of a national emergency for 
a period of #cj calendar days from the  
issuance of the proclamation or         
,executive order 7not counting the day  
on which such proclamation or ,executive
 order was issued74 ,that power or      
authority may not be exercised after    
such period expires unless there is     
enacted into law a joint resolution of  
approval under section #bjc approving-- 
7,a7 the proclamation of the national   
emergency or the ,executive order2 and  
7,b7 the exercise of the power or       
authority specified by the ,president in
 such proclamation or ,executive order4 
7#c7 ,exception if ,congress is unable  
to convene ,if ,congress is physically  
unable to convene as a result of an     
armed attack upon the ,united ,states or
 another national emergency1 the        
#cj-;day periods described in paragraphs
 7#a7 and 7#b7 shall begin on the first 
day ,congress convenes for the first    
time after the attack or other          
emergency4  7b7 ,renewal of national    

emergencies ,a national emergency       
declared by the ,president under section
 #bja7;a7 or previously renewed under   
this subsection1 and not already        
terminated pursuant to subsection 7a7 or
 7c71 shall terminate on the date that  
is one year after the ,president        
transmitted to ,congress the            
proclamation declaring the emergency or 
,congress approved 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 of  
approval renewing the emergency pursuant
 to section #bjc before the termination 
of the emergency or previous renewal of 
the emergency4  7c7 ,termination of     
national emergencies  7#a7 ,in general  
,any national emergency declared by the 
,president under section #bja7;a7 shall 
terminate on the earliest of-- 7,a7 the 
date provided for in subsection 7a72    

7,b7 the date provided for in subsection
 7b72  7,c7 the date specified in an    
,act of ,congress terminating the       
emergency2 or  7,d7 the date specified  
in a proclamation of the ,president     
terminating the emergency4  7#b7 ,effect
 of termination  7,a7 ,in general       
,effective on the date of the           
termination of a national emergency     
under paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 except as    
provided by subparagraph 7,b71 any      
powers or authorities exercised by      
reason of the emergency shall cease to  
be exercised2  7ii7 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 and  7iii7  
any contracts entered into pursuant to  
authorities provided as a result of the 
emergency shall be terminated4  7,b7    
,savings provision ,the termination of a
 national emergency shall not affect--  

7i7 any legal action taken or pending   
legal proceeding not finally concluded  
or determined on the date of the        
termination under paragraph 7#a72  7ii7 
any legal action or legal proceeding    
based on any act committed prior to that
 date2 or  7iii7 any rights or duties   
that matured or penalties that were     
incurred prior to that date4  #bjc4     
,review by ,congress of national        
emergencies  7a7 ,joint resolution of   
approval defined ,in this section1 the  
term joint resolution of approval means 
a joint resolution that contains only   
the following provisions after its      
resolving clause3 7#a7 ,a provision     
approving-- 7,a7 a proclamation of a    
national emergency made under section   
#bja7;a72  7,b7 an ,executive order     
issued under section #bja7;b77#b72 or   
7,c7 an ,executive order issued under   
section #bjb7;b74  7#b7 ,a provision    
approving a list of all or a portion of 
the provisions of law specified by the  
,president under section #bja7;b7 in the

 proclamation or ,executive order that  
is the subject of the joint resolution4 
7b7 ,procedures for consideration of    
joint resolutions of approval  7#a7     
,introduction ,after the ,president     
transmits to ,congress a proclamation   
declaring a national emergency under    
section #bja7;a71 or an ,executive order
 specifying emergency powers or         
authorities under section #bja7;b77#b7  
or renewing a national emergency under  
section #bjb7;b71 a joint resolution of 
approval may be introduced in either    
,house of ,congress by any member of    
that ,house4  7#b7 ,requests to convene 
,congress during recesses ,if1 when the 
,president transmits to ,congress a     
proclamation declaring a national       
emergency under section #bja7;a71 or an 
,executive order specifying emergency   
powers or authorities under section     
#bja7;b77#b7 or renewing a national     
emergency under section #bjb7;b71       
,congress has adjourned sine die or has 
adjourned for any period in excess of #c

 calendar days1 the majority leader of  
the ,senate and the ,speaker of the     
,house of ,representatives1 or their    
respective designees1 acting jointly    
after consultation with and the         
concurrence of the minority leader of   
the ,senate and the minority leader of  
the ,house1 shall notify the ,members of
 the ,senate and ,house1 respectively1  
to reassemble at such place and time as 
they may designate if1 in their opinion1
 the public interest shall warrant it4  
7#c7 ,consideration in ,senate ,in the  
,senate1 the following shall apply3 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 #aj 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 subject to #d hours of debate
 divided equally between those favoring 
and those opposing the joint resolution 
of approval4 ,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 ,floor consideration ,a joint      
resolution of approval shall be subject 
to #aj hours of consideration1 to be    
divided evenly between the proponents   

and opponents of the resolution4  7,d7  
,amendments  7i7 ,in general ,except as 
provided in clause 7ii71 no amendments  
shall be in order with respect to a     
joint resolution of approval4  7ii7     
,amendments to strike or add specified  
provisions of law ,clause 7i7 shall not 
apply with respect to any amendment--   
7,i7 to strike a provision or provisions
 of law from the list required by       
subsection 7a77#b72 or  7,,ii7 to add to
 that list a provision or provisions of 
law specified by the ,president under   
section #bja7;b7 in the proclamation or 
,executive order that is the subject of 
the joint resolution of approval4  7,e7 
,motion to reconsider final vote ,a     
motion to reconsider a vote on passage  
of a joint resolution of approval shall 
not be in order4  7,f7 ,appeals ,points 
of order1 including questions of        
relevancy1 and appeals from the decision
 of the ,presiding ,officer1 shall be   
decided without debate4  7#d7           
,consideration in ,house of             

,representatives ,in the ,house of      
,representatives1 the following shall   
apply3 7,a7 ,reporting and discharge ,if
 the committee to which a joint         
resolution of approval has been referred
 has not reported it to the ,house      
within #aj calendar days after the date 
of referral1 such committee shall be    
discharged from further consideration of
 the joint resolution4  7,b7 ,proceeding
 to consideration  7i7 ,in general      
,beginning on the third legislative day 
after the committee to which a joint    
resolution of approval has been referred
 reports it to the ,house or has been   
discharged from further consideration1  
and except as provided in clause 7ii71  
it shall be in order to move to proceed 
to consider the joint resolution in the 
,house4 ,the previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the motion to  
its adoption without intervening motion4
 ,the motion shall not be debatable4 ,a 
motion to reconsider the vote by which  
the motion is disposed of shall not be  

in order4  7ii7 ,subsequent motions to  
proceed to joint resolution of approval 
,a motion to proceed to consider a joint
 resolution of approval shall not be in 
order after the ,house has disposed of  
another motion to proceed on that       
resolution4  7,c7 ,floor consideration  
,upon adoption of the motion to proceed 
in accordance with subparagraph 7,b77i71
 the joint resolution of approval shall 
be considered as read4 ,the previous    
question shall be considered as ordered 
on the joint resolution to final passage
 without intervening motion except two  
hours of debate1 which shall include    
debate on any amendments1 equally       
divided and controlled by the sponsor of
 the joint resolution 7or a designee7   
and an opponent4 ,a motion to reconsider
 the vote on passage of the joint       
resolution shall not be in order4  7,d7 
,amendments  7i7 ,in general ,except as 
provided in clause 7ii71 no amendments  
shall be in order with respect to a     
joint resolution of approval4  7ii7     

,amendments to strike or add specified  
provisions of law ,clause 7i7 shall not 
apply with respect to any amendment--   
7,i7 to strike a provision or provisions
 of law from the list required by       
subsection 7a77#b72 or  7,,ii7 to add to
 that list a provision or provisions of 
law specified by the ,president under   
section #bja7;b7 in the proclamation or 
,executive order that is the subject of 
the joint resolution4  7#e7 ,receipt of 
resolution from other ,house ,if1 before
 passing a joint resolution of approval1
 one ,house receives from the other 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      
paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d71 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  7c7 ,rule of  
construction ,the enactment of a joint  
resolution of approval under this       
section shall not be interpreted to     
serve as a grant or modification by     
,congress of statutory authority for the
 emergency powers of the ,president4    
7d7 ,rules of the ,house and ,senate    
,this section is enacted by ,congress-- 
7#a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   
power of the ,senate and the ,house of  
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such is 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 joint resolutions        
described in this section1 and          
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 other rules2 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 
#bjd4 ,applicability ,this title shall  
apply to a national emergency pursuant  
to which the ,president proposes to     
exercise emergency powers or authorities
 made available under any provision of  
law that is not a provision of law      
described in section #fjd7;a74  4  #c4  
,reporting requirements ,section #dja of
 the ,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej   
,u4,s4,c4 #afda7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in the first      
sentence by inserting 1 and make        
publicly available after transmit to    
,congress2 and  7,b7 in the second      
sentence by inserting 1 and make        
publicly available1 before a final      
report2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7d7 ,report on          
emergencies ,the ,president shall       
transmit to the entities described in   
subsection 7g71 with any proclamation   
declaring a national emergency under    

section #bja7;a7 or any ,executive order
 specifying emergency powers or         
authorities under section #bja7;b77#b7  
or renewing a national emergency under  
section #bjb7;b71 a report1 in writing1 
that includes the following3 7#a7 ,a    
description of the circumstances        
necessitating the declaration of a      
national emergency1 the renewal of such 
an emergency1 or the use of a new       
emergency authority specified in the    
,executive order1 as the case may be4   
7#b7 ,the estimated duration of the     
national emergency1 or a statement that 
the duration of the national emergency  
cannot reasonably be estimated at the   
time of transmission of the report4     
7#c7 ,a summary of the actions the      
,president or other officers intend to  
take1 including any reprogramming or    
transfer of funds1 and the statutory    
authorities the ,president and such     
officers expect to rely on in addressing
 the national emergency4  7#d7 ,the     
total expenditures estimated to be      

incurred by the ,united ,states         
,government during such six-month period
 which are directly attributable to the 
exercise of powers and authorities      
conferred by such declaration4  7#e7 ,in
 the case of a renewal of a national    
emergency1 a summary of the actions the 
,president or other officers have taken 
in the preceding one-year period1       
including any reprogramming or transfer 
of funds1 to address the emergency4  7e7
 ,provision of information to congress  
,the ,president shall provide to the    
entities described in subsection 7g7    
such other information as such entities 
may request in connection with any      
national emergency in effect under title
 ,,ii4  7f7 ,periodic reports on status 
of emergencies ,if the ,president       
declares a national emergency under     
section #bja7;a71 the ,president shall1 
not less frequently than every #f months
 for the duration of the emergency1     
report to the entities described in     
subsection 7g7 on the status of the     

emergency1 the total expenditures       
incurred by the ,united ,states         
,government1 and the actions the        
,president or other officers have taken 
and authorities the ,president and such 
officers have relied on in addressing   
the emergency4  7g7 ,entities described 
,the entities described in this         
subsection are-- 7#a7 the ,speaker of   
the ,house of ,representatives2  7#b7   
minority leader of the ,house of        
,representatives2  7#c7 the ,committee  
on ,transportation and ,infrastructure  
of the ,house of ,representatives2 and  
7#d7 the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate4  4  #d4 ,exclusion of      
certain national emergencies invoking   
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 is further     
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  ,,vi ,declarations of       
certain emergencies invoking            

,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act  #fjd4 ,applicability  7a7 
,in general ,this title shall apply to a
 national emergency pursuant to which   
the ,president proposes to exercise     
emergency powers or authorities made    
available under the ,international      
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq474  7b7 ,effect  
of additional powers and authorities    
,this title shall not apply to a        
national emergency or the exercise of   
emergency powers and authorities        
pursuant to the national emergency if1  
in addition to the exercise of emergency
 powers and authorities described in    
subsection 7a71 the ,president proposes 
to exercise1 pursuant to the national   
emergency1 any emergency powers and     
authorities under any other provision of
 law4  4  7b7 ,transfer ,sections #bja1 
#bjb1 and #cja of the ,national         
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  
et seq471 as such sections appeared on  
the day before the date of enactment of 

this ,act1 are-- 7#a7 transferred to    
title ,,vi of such ,act 7as added by    
subsection 7a772  7#b7 inserted before  
section #fjd of such title 7as added by 
subsection 7a772 and  7#c7 redesignated 
as sections #fja1 #fjb1 and #fjc1       
respectively4  7c7 ,conforming amendment
 ,title ,,ii of the ,national           
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  
et seq471 as such title appeared the day
 before the date of enactment of this   
,act1 is amended by striking the heading
 for such title4  #e4 ,conforming       
amendments  7a7 ,national ,emergencies  
,act ,title ,,iii of the ,national      
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afca7 
is repealed4  7b7 ,international        
emergency economic powers act ,section  
#bjg7;b7 of the ,international          
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agjf7 is amended by striking 
concurrent resolution each place it     
appears and inserting joint resolution4 
#f4 ,effective date2 applicability  7a7 
,in general ,this ,act and the          

amendments made by this ,act shall--    
7#a7 take effect on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act2 and  7#b7 except
 as provided in subsection 7b71 apply   
with respect to national emergencies    
declared under section #bja of the      
,national ,emergencies ,act on or after 
such date4  7b7 ,applicability to       
renewals of existing emergencies ,with  
respect to a national emergency declared
 under section #bja of the ,national    
,emergencies ,act before the date of the
 enactment of this ,act that would      
expire or be renewed under section      
#bjb7;d7 of that ,act 7as in effect on  
the day before such date of enactment71 
that national emergency shall be subject
 to the requirements for renewal under  
section #bjb7;b7 of that ,act1 as       
amended by section #b4  7c7             
,supersession ,this ,act and the        
amendments made by this ,act shall      
supersede title ,,ii of the ,national   
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afba  
et seq47 as such title was in effect on 

the day before the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  ,december #ai1              
#bjbd,reported from the ,committee on   
,transportation and ,infrastructure with
 an amendment,december #ai1             
#bjbd;,committees on ,foreign ,affairs  
and ,rules discharged2 committed to the 
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed