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ing a national emergency under section 201(a) or any Ex-
ecutive order specifying emergency powers or authorities 
under section 201(b)(2) or renewing a national emergency 
under section 202(b), a report, in writing, that includes 
the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the circumstances necessi-
tating the declaration of a national emergency, the 
renewal of such an emergency, or the use of a new 
emergency authority specified in the Executive 
order, as the case may be. 
‘‘(2) The estimated duration of the national 
emergency, or a statement that the duration of the 
national emergency cannot reasonably be estimated 
at the time of transmission of the report. 
‘‘(3) A summary of the actions the President or 
other officers intend to take, including any re-
programming or transfer of funds and any contracts 
anticipated to be entered into, and the statutory au-
thorities the President and such officers expect to 
rely on in addressing the national emergency. 
‘‘(4) In the case of a renewal of a national 
emergency, a summary of the actions the President 
or other officers have taken in the preceding one- 
year period, including any reprogramming or trans-
fer of funds, to address the emergency. 
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‘‘(e) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.— 
The President shall provide to Congress such other infor-
mation as Congress may request in connection with any 
national emergency in effect under title II. 
‘‘(f) PERIODIC REPORTS
ON STATUS
OF EMER-
GENCIES.—If the President declares a national emergency 
under section 201(a), the President shall, not less fre-
quently than every 3 months for the duration of the emer-
gency, report to Congress on the status of the emergency 
and the actions the President or other officers have taken 
and authorities the President and such officers have relied 
on in addressing the emergency.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT.—Title III of 
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631) is 
repealed. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
EMERGENCY
ECONOMIC 
POWERS
ACT.—Section 207 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1706) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘National Emergencies 
Act’ means the National Emergencies Act, as in effect on 
the day before the date of the enactment of the Congres-
sional Power of the Purse Act.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section and the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon enactment and 
apply with respect to national emergencies declared 
under section 201 of the National Emergencies Act 
on or after that date. 
(2) APPLICABILITY TO RENEWALS OF EXISTING 
EMERGENCIES.—When a national emergency de-
clared under section 201 of the National Emer-
gencies Act before the date of the enactment of the 
Congressional Power of the Purse Act would expire 
or be renewed under section 202(d) of that Act (as 
in effect on the day before such date of enactment), 
that national emergency shall be subject to the re-
quirements for renewal under section 202(b) of that 
Act, as amended by subsection (a). 
SEC. 532. NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT DECLARATION 
SPENDING REPORTING IN THE PRESIDENT’S 
BUDGET. 
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as 
amended by section 514, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(44)(A) a report on the proposed, planned, 
and actual obligations and expenditures of funds (for 
the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the 
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fiscal years for which the budget is submitted) at-
tributable to the exercise of powers and authorities 
made available by statute for each national emer-
gency declared by the President, currently active or 
in effect during the applicable fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) Obligations and expenditures contained in 
the report under subparagraph (A) shall be orga-
nized by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or 
fund account and by program, project, and activity, 
and include— 
‘‘(I) a description of each such program, 
project, and activity; 
‘‘(ii) the authorities under which such 
funding actions are taken; and 
‘‘(iii) the purpose and progress of such ob-
ligations and expenditures toward addressing 
the applicable national emergency. 
‘‘(C) Such report shall include, with respect to 
any transfer, reprogramming, or repurposing of 
funds to address the applicable national emer-
gency— 
‘‘(I) the amount of such transfer, re-
programming, or repurposing; 
‘‘(ii) the authority authorizing each such 
transfer, reprogramming, or repurposing; and 
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‘‘(iii) a description of programs, projects, 
and activities affected by such transfer, re-
programming, or repurposing, including by a 
reduction in funding.’’. 
SEC. 533. DISCLOSURE TO CONGRESS OF PRESIDENTIAL 
EMERGENCY ACTION DOCUMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
conclusion of the process for approval, adoption, or revi-
sion of any presidential emergency action document, the 
President shall submit that document to the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
(b) DOCUMENTS IN EXISTENCE BEFORE DATE OF 
ENACTMENT.—Not later than 15 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees all presidential 
emergency action documents in existence before such date 
of enactment. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’, with respect to a presidential emergency 
action document submitted under subsection (a) or 
(b), means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
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the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on In-
telligence of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(C) any other committee of the Senate or 
the House of Representatives with jurisdiction 
over the subject matter addressed in the presi-
dential emergency action document. 
(2) PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ACTION DOCU-
MENT.—The term ‘‘presidential emergency action 
document’’ refers to— 
(A) each of the approximately 56 docu-
ments described as presidential emergency ac-
tion documents in the budget justification mate-
rials for the Office of Legal Counsel of the De-
partment of Justice submitted to Congress in 
support of the budget of the President for fiscal 
year 2018; and 
(B) any other pre-coordinated legal docu-
ment in existence before, on, or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, that— 
(I) is designated as a presidential 
emergency action document; or 
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(ii) is designed to implement a presi-
dential decision or transmit a presidential 
request when an emergency disrupts nor-
mal governmental or legislative processes. 
SEC. 534. CONGRESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS. 
(a) REPEAL
OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM DESIGNATION.— 
Section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘; 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR 
ON TERRORISM’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘that—’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘that the Congress designates as emergency 
requirements in statute, the adjustment shall be the 
total of such appropriations in discretionary ac-
counts designated as emergency requirements.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the later of October 1, 
2021 or the date of enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE VI—SECURITY FROM PO-
LITICAL 
INTERFERENCE 
IN 
JUSTICE 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Security from Political 
Interference in Justice Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COMMUNICATIONS LOG.—The term ‘‘com-
munications log’’ means the log required to be main-
tained under section 603(a). 
(2) COVERED COMMUNICATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
communication’’ means any communication re-
lating to any contemplated or ongoing investiga-
tion or litigation conducted by the Department 
of Justice in any civil or criminal matter (re-
gardless of whether a civil action or criminal in-
dictment or information has been filed); and 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term does not in-
clude a communication that is any of the fol-
lowing: 
(I) A communication that involves 
contact between the President, the Vice 
President, the Counsel to the President, or 
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the Principal Deputy Counsel to the Presi-
dent, and the Attorney General, the Dep-
uty Attorney General, or the Associate At-
torney General, except to the extent that 
the 
communication 
concerns 
a 
con-
templated or ongoing investigation or liti-
gation in which a target or subject is one 
of the following: 
(I) The President, the Vice Presi-
dent, or a member of the immediate 
family of the President or Vice Presi-
dent. 
(II) Any individual working in 
the Executive Office of the President 
who is compensated at a rate of pay 
at or above level II of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5313 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(III) The current or former chair 
or treasurer of any national campaign 
committee that sought the election or 
seeks the reelection of the President, 
or any officer of such a committee ex-
ercising authority at the national 
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level, during the tenure in office of the 
President. 
(ii) A communication that involves 
contact between an officer or employee of 
the Department of Justice and an officer 
or employee of the Executive Office of the 
President on a particular matter, if any of 
the President, the Vice President, the 
Counsel to the President, or the Principal 
Deputy Counsel to the President, and if 
any of the Attorney General, the Deputy 
Attorney General, or the Associate Attor-
ney General have designated a subordinate 
to carry on such contact, and the person so 
designating monitors all subsequent com-
munications and the person designated 
keeps the designating person informed of 
each such communication, except to the ex-
tent that the communication concerns a 
contemplated or ongoing investigation or 
litigation in which a target or subject is 
one of the following: 
(I) The President, the Vice Presi-
dent, or a member of the immediate 
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family of the President or Vice Presi-
dent. 
(II) Any individual working in 
the Executive Office of the President 
who is compensated at a rate of pay 
at or above level II of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5313 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(III) The current or former chair 
or treasurer of any national campaign 
committee that sought the election or 
seeks the reelection of the President, 
or any officer of such a committee ex-
ercising authority at the national 
level, during the tenure in office of the 
President. 
(iii) A communication that involves 
contact from or to the Deputy Counsel to 
the President for National Security Af-
fairs, the staff of the National Security 
Council, and the staff of the Homeland Se-
curity Council that relates to a national se-
curity matter, except to the extent that the 
communication concerns a pending adver-
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sary case in litigation that may have na-
tional security implications. 
(iv) A communication that involves 
contact between the Office of the Pardon 
Attorney of the Department of Justice and 
the Counsel to the President or the Deputy 
Counsels to the President relating to par-
don matters. 
(v) A communication that relates sole-
ly to policy, appointments, legislation, rule-
making, budgets, public relations or af-
fairs, programmatic matters, intergovern-
mental relations, administrative or per-
sonnel matters, appellate litigation, or re-
quests for legal advice. 
(3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY.—The term ‘‘immediate 
family of the President or Vice President’’ means 
those persons to whom the President or Vice Presi-
dent— 
(A) is related by blood, marriage, or adop-
tion; or 
(B) stands in loco parentis. 
SEC. 603. COMMUNICATIONS LOGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall main-
tain a log of covered communications. 
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