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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1622. National emergencies
(a) Termination methods
Any national emergency declared by the President in accordance
with this subchapter 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.
(b) Termination review of national emergencies by Congress
Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,
and not later than the end of each six-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.
(c) Joint resolution; referral to Congressional committees;
conference committee in event of disagreement; filing of report;
termination procedure deemed part of rules of House and Senate
(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 with 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.
(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, subsection (b) of this
section, and section 1651(b) of this title are enacted by Congress
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(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) Automatic termination of national emergency; continuation
notice from President to Congress; publication in Federal
Register
Any national emergency declared by the President in accordance
with this subchapter, 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.
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