I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2996 
To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2021 
Mr. ROY (for himself and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for congressional approval of national emergency 
declarations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assuring that Robust, 
Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Ex-
ercised Over National Emergencies Act’’ or the ‘‘ARTI-
CLE ONE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DECLARATION AND 
RENEWAL OF NATIONAL EMERGENCIES. 
Section 201 of the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1621) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 201. DECLARATIONS AND RENEWALS OF NATIONAL 
EMERGENCIES. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO DECLARE NATIONAL EMER-
GENCIES.—With respect to Acts of Congress authorizing 
the exercise, during the period of a national emergency, 
of any special or extraordinary power, the President is au-
thorized to declare such a national emergency by procla-
mation. Such proclamation shall immediately be trans-
mitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(b) 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— 
‘‘(1) a proclamation declaring a national emer-
gency under subsection (a); or 
‘‘(2) one or more Executive orders relating to 
the emergency published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to Congress. 
‘‘(c) TEMPORARY EFFECTIVE PERIODS.— 
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President to convene Congress in order that it 
may consider the proclamation or Executive 
order and take appropriate action pursuant to 
this section. 
‘‘(C) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint res-
olution of approval shall be referred in each 
House of Congress to the committee or commit-
tees having jurisdiction over the emergency au-
thorities invoked by the proclamation or Execu-
tive order that is the subject of the joint resolu-
tion. 
‘‘(D) CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.—In the 
Senate, the following shall apply: 
‘‘(i) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If 
the committee to which a joint resolution 
of approval has been referred has not re-
ported it at the end of 10 calendar days 
after its introduction, that committee shall 
be automatically discharged from further 
consideration of the resolution and it shall 
be placed on the calendar. 
‘‘(ii) 
PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDER-
ATION.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII of 
the Standing Rules of the Senate, when 
the committee to which a joint resolution 
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of approval is referred has reported the 
resolution, or when that committee is dis-
charged under clause (i) from further con-
sideration of the resolution, it is at any 
time thereafter in order (even though a 
previous motion to the same effect has 
been disagreed to) for a motion to proceed 
to the consideration of the joint resolution 
to be made, and all points of order against 
the joint resolution (and against consider-
ation of the joint resolution) are waived. 
The motion to proceed is subject to 4 
hours of debate divided equally between 
those favoring and those opposing the joint 
resolution of approval. The motion is not 
subject to amendment, or to a motion to 
postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business. 
‘‘(iii) 
FLOOR
CONSIDERATION.—A 
joint resolution of approval shall be subject 
to 10 hours of debate, to be divided evenly 
between the proponents and opponents of 
the resolution. 
‘‘(iv) AMENDMENTS.— 
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‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Except as 
provided in subclause (II), no amend-
ments shall be in order with respect to 
a joint resolution of approval. 
‘‘(II) AMENDMENTS
TO
STRIKE 
OR
ADD
SPECIFIED
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Subclause (I) shall not apply 
with respect to any amendment to 
strike from or add to the list required 
by paragraph (1)(B) a provision or 
provisions of law specified by the 
President under section 201(b) in the 
proclamation or Executive order. 
‘‘(v) MOTION TO RECONSIDER FINAL 
VOTE.—A motion to reconsider a vote on 
final passage of a joint resolution of ap-
proval shall not be in order. 
‘‘(vi) APPEALS.—Points of order, in-
cluding questions of relevancy, and appeals 
from the decision of the Presiding Officer, 
shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(E) CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—In the House of Representa-
tives, if any committee to which a joint resolu-
tion of approval has been referred has not re-
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ported it to the House at the end of 10 cal-
endar days after its introduction, such com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consid-
eration of the joint resolution, and it shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. On Thurs-
days it shall be in order at any time for the 
Speaker to recognize a Member who favors pas-
sage of a joint resolution that has appeared on 
the calendar for at least 3 calendar days to call 
up that joint resolution for immediate consider-
ation in the House without intervention of any 
point of order. When so called up a joint resolu-
tion shall be considered as read and shall be de-
batable for 1 hour equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, and 
the previous question shall be considered as or-
dered to its passage without intervening motion. 
It shall not be in order to reconsider the vote 
on passage. If a vote on final passage of the 
joint resolution has not been taken on or before 
the close of the tenth calendar day after the 
resolution is reported by the committee or com-
mittees to which it was referred, or after such 
committee or committees have been discharged 
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from further consideration of the resolution, 
such vote shall be taken on that day. 
‘‘(F) RECEIPT
OF
RESOLUTION
FROM 
OTHER HOUSE.—If, before passing a joint reso-
lution of approval, one House receives from the 
other a joint resolution of approval from the 
other House, then— 
‘‘(i) the joint resolution of the other 
House shall not be referred to a committee 
and shall be deemed to have been dis-
charged from committee on the day it is 
received; and 
‘‘(ii) the procedures set forth in sub-
paragraph (D) or (E), as applicable, 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 
House. 
‘‘(G) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The en-
actment of a joint resolution of approval under 
this subsection shall not be interpreted to serve 
as a grant or modification by Congress of statu-
tory authority for the emergency powers of the 
President. 
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‘‘(b) RULES OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.—Sub-
section (a) is enacted by Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and as such is 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 joint resolutions of approval, and su-
persede other rules only to the extent that it is in-
consistent with such other rules; and 
‘‘(2) 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.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 401 of the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1641) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) REPORT
ON EMERGENCIES.—The President 
shall transmit to Congress, with any proclamation declar-
ing a national emergency under section 201(a), or Execu-
tive order renewing an emergency under section 201(d) 
or specifying emergency powers or authorities under sec-
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under section 201(a), the President shall, not less fre-
quently than every 180 days 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.’’. 
SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT.—Title III of the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631) is repealed. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POW-
ERS ACT.—Section 207 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1706) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘if the na-
tional emergency’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘under this section.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘if— 
‘‘(1) the national emergency is terminated pur-
suant to section 202(a)(2) of the National Emer-
gencies Act; or 
‘‘(2) a joint resolution of approval is not en-
acted as required by section 203 of that Act to ap-
prove— 
‘‘(A) the national emergency; or 
‘‘(B) the exercise of such authorities.’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 202(a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 202(b)(2)’’. 
SEC. 7. APPLICABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICATION TO NATIONAL EMERGENCIES PRE-
VIOUSLY DECLARED.—A national emergency declared 
under section 201 of the National Emergencies Act before 
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be unaffected 
by the amendments made by this Act, except that such 
an emergency shall terminate on the date that is one year 
after such date of enactment unless the emergency is re-
newed under subsection (d) of section 201, as amended 
by section 2 of this Act. 
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