SEC. 302. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NATIONAL EMER-
GENCIES. 
Title II of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1621 et seq.) is amended by striking sections 201 and 202 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 201. DECLARATIONS 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 transmitted to Congress and pub-
lished in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION
ON SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS
IF 
EMERGENCIES NOT APPROVED.— 
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‘‘(1) SUBSEQUENT DECLARATIONS.—If a joint 
resolution of approval is not enacted under section 
203 with respect to a national emergency before the 
expiration of the period described in section 202(a), 
or with respect to a national emergency proposed to 
be renewed under section 202(b), the President may 
not, during the remainder of the term of office of 
that President, declare a subsequent national emer-
gency under subsection (a) with respect to substan-
tially the same facts and circumstances. 
‘‘(2) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—If a joint 
resolution of approval is not enacted under section 
203 with respect to a power or authority specified by 
the President in a proclamation under subsection (a) 
or an Executive order under subsection (b)(2) with 
respect to a national emergency, the President may 
not, during the remainder of the term of office of 
that President, exercise that power or authority with 
respect to that emergency. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT OF FUTURE LAWS.—No law enacted 
after the date of the enactment of this Act may supersede 
the provisions of this title unless it does so in specific 
terms, referring to this title, and declaring that such law 
supersedes the provisions of this title. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any emergency powers in-
voked by the President pursuant to a national emer-
gency declared under this section shall relate to the 
nature of, and may be used only to address, that 
emergency. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OR
FUNDING
WITH-
HELD.—No authority available to the President dur-
ing a national emergency declared under this section 
may be used to provide authorization or funding for 
any program, project, or activity for which Congress, 
on or after the date of the events giving rise to the 
emergency declaration, has withheld authorization or 
funding. 
‘‘SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE PERIODS OF NATIONAL EMER-
GENCIES. 
‘‘(a) TEMPORARY EFFECTIVE PERIODS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A declaration of a national 
emergency under subsection (a) shall be effective for 
30 days beginning on the day after the date of the 
issuance of the proclamation and shall terminate 
when that 30-day period expires unless there is en-
acted into law a joint resolution of approval under 
section 203 with respect to the proclamation. 
‘‘(2) EXERCISE
OF
POWERS
AND
AUTHORI-
TIES.— 
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‘‘(A) EXERCISE PURSUANT TO PROCLAMA-
TION.—Subject to section 201(e), any emer-
gency power or authority made available under 
a provision of law specified pursuant to section 
201(b)(1) may be exercised pursuant to a dec-
laration of a national emergency upon the 
issuance of the proclamation. That power or au-
thority may not be exercised on or after the 30- 
day period described in paragraph (1) unless 
there is enacted into law a joint resolution of 
approval under section 203 approving— 
‘‘(i) the proclamation of the national 
emergency; and 
‘‘(ii) the exercise of the power or au-
thority specified by the President in such 
proclamation. 
‘‘(B) EXERCISE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE 
ORDER.—Subject to section 201(e), any emer-
gency power or authority made available under 
an 
Executive 
order 
pursuant 
to 
section 
201(b)(2) may be exercised pursuant to a dec-
laration of a national emergency upon the 
issuance of the Executive order specifying the 
power or authority. That power or authority 
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may not be exercised on or after the earlier 
of— 
‘‘(i) the date of the termination of the 
proclamation declaring the emergency to 
which the Executive order relates; or 
‘‘(ii) the date that is 30 days after the 
date of the issuance of such Executive 
order, unless there is enacted into law a 
joint resolution of approval under section 
203 approving the exercise of the power or 
authority specified by the President in 
such Executive order. 
‘‘(b) RENEWAL OF NATIONAL EMERGENCIES.—A na-
tional emergency declared by the President under section 
201(a) or previously renewed under this subsection that 
is not otherwise terminated pursuant to subsection (a) or 
(c) or section 204 shall terminate on the date that is one 
year after the date on which the President transmitted to 
Congress the proclamation declaring the emergency or the 
date on which Congress enacted into law a previous re-
newal pursuant to this subsection, unless— 
‘‘(1) the President publishes in the Federal 
Register and transmits to Congress an Executive 
order renewing the emergency; and 
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‘‘(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution 
of approval renewing the emergency pursuant to sec-
tion 203 before the termination of the emergency or 
previous renewal of the emergency. 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any national emergency 
declared by the President under section 201(a) shall 
terminate on the earliest of— 
‘‘(A) the date provided for in subsection 
(a); 
‘‘(B) the date provided for in subsection 
(b); 
‘‘(C) the date specified in a joint resolution 
of termination under section 203; 
‘‘(D) the date specified in a proclamation 
of the President terminating the emergency; or 
‘‘(E) the date specified in section 204. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT OF TERMINATION.—Effective on 
the date of the termination of a national emergency 
under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) any powers or authorities exercised 
by reason of the emergency shall cease to be ex-
ercised; 
‘‘(B) any amounts reprogrammed or trans-
ferred under any provision of law with respect 
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to the emergency that remain unobligated on 
that date shall be returned and made available 
for the purpose for which such amounts were 
appropriated; and 
‘‘(C) any contracts entered into under any 
provision of law relating to the emergency shall 
be terminated. 
‘‘SEC. 203. REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF NATIONAL EMER-
GENCIES. 
‘‘(a) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘joint resolution of approval’ 
means a joint resolution that contains only the following 
provisions after its resolving clause: 
‘‘(1) A provision approving— 
‘‘(A) a proclamation of a national emer-
gency made under section 201(a); 
‘‘(B) an Executive order issued under sec-
tion 201(b)(2); or 
‘‘(C) an Executive order issued under sec-
tion 202(b). 
‘‘(2) A provision approving a list of all or a por-
tion of the provisions of law specified by the Presi-
dent under section 201(b) in the proclamation or 
Executive order that is the subject of the joint reso-
lution. 
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‘‘(b) JOINT RESOLUTION
OF TERMINATION DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘joint resolution of ter-
mination’ means a resolution introduced in the House or 
Senate to terminate— 
‘‘(1) a national emergency declared under this 
Act; or 
‘‘(2) the exercise of any authorities pursuant to 
that emergency. 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF JOINT 
RESOLUTIONS OF APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(1) 
INTRODUCTION.—After 
the 
President 
transmits to Congress a proclamation declaring a 
national emergency under section 201(a), or an Ex-
ecutive order specifying emergency powers or au-
thorities under section 201(b)(2) or renewing a na-
tional emergency under section 202(b), a joint reso-
lution of approval may be introduced in either House 
of Congress by any member of that House. 
‘‘(2) COMMITTEE REFERRAL IN THE SENATE.— 
In the Senate, a joint resolution of approval shall be 
referred to the appropriate committee. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.—In the Sen-
ate, the following shall apply: 
‘‘(A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
committee to which a joint resolution of ap-
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proval has been referred has not reported it at 
the end of 10 calendar days after its introduc-
tion, that committee shall be discharged from 
further consideration of the resolution and it 
shall be placed on the Calendar of Business. 
‘‘(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, when the committee to 
which a joint resolution of approval is referred 
has reported the resolution, or when that com-
mittee is discharged under subparagraph (A) 
from further consideration of the resolution, it 
is at any time thereafter in order to move to 
proceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-
tion, and all points of order against the joint 
resolution (and against the motion to proceed to 
the consideration of the joint resolution) are 
waived. The motion to proceed shall be debat-
able for 4 hours evenly divided between a pro-
ponent and an opponent of 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. A motion to reconsider the vote 
by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 
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to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed 
to the consideration of a joint resolution of ap-
proval is agreed to, the joint resolution shall re-
main the unfinished business of the Senate 
until disposed of. 
‘‘(C) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—There shall 
be 10 hours of consideration on a joint resolu-
tion of approval, to be divided evenly between 
the proponents and opponents of the joint reso-
lution. There shall be a total of 2 hours of de-
bate on any debatable motions in connection 
with the joint resolution, to be divided evenly 
between the proponents and opponents of the 
joint resolution. 
‘‘(D) 
AMENDMENTS.—No 
amendments 
shall be in order with respect to a joint resolu-
tion of approval in the Senate. 
‘‘(E) MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE ON 
PASSAGE.—A motion to reconsider a vote on 
passage of a joint resolution of approval shall 
not be in order. 
‘‘(F) APPEALS.—Points of order and ap-
peals from the decision of the Presiding Officer, 
shall be decided without debate. 
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‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION
IN
HOUSE
OF
REP-
RESENTATIVES.—In the House of Representatives, 
the following shall apply: 
‘‘(A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If any 
committee to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval has been referred has not reported it to 
the House within seven legislative days after 
the date of referral, such committee shall be 
discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution. 
‘‘(B)(i) 
PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDER-
ATION.—Beginning on the third legislative day 
after each committee to which a joint resolution 
of approval has been referred reports it to the 
House or has been discharged from further con-
sideration, it shall be in order to move to pro-
ceed to consider the joint resolution of approval 
in the House. All points of order against the 
motion are waived, except as provided in clause 
(ii) and clause (iii). The previous question shall 
be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion. The mo-
tion shall not be debatable. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is disposed 
of shall not be in order. 
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‘‘(ii) 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 joint 
resolution of approval. 
‘‘(iii) A motion to proceed to the con-
sideration of a joint resolution of approval 
of an Executive order described in sub-
section (a)(1) or a list described in sub-
section (a)(2) shall not be in order prior to 
the enactment of a joint resolution of ap-
proval of the proclamation described in 
subsection (a)(1) that is the subject of 
such Executive order or list. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—Upon adoption of 
the motion to proceed in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B)(i), the joint resolution of ap-
proval shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against the joint resolution of approval 
and against its consideration are waived. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the joint resolution of approval to final pas-
sage without intervening motion except two 
hours of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the sponsor of the joint resolution of ap-
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proval (or a designee) and an opponent. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
joint resolution of approval shall not be in 
order. 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, before the passage 
by one House of a joint resolution of approval 
of that House, that House receives from the 
other House a joint resolution of approval with 
regard to the same proclamation or Executive 
order, then the following procedures shall apply: 
‘‘(i) The joint resolution of approval 
of the other House shall not be referred to 
a committee. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to a joint resolution 
of approval of the House receiving the 
joint resolution— 
‘‘(I) the procedure in that House 
shall be the same as if no joint resolu-
tion of approval had been received 
from the other House; but 
‘‘(II) the vote on passage shall be 
on the joint resolution of approval of 
the other House. 
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