Title: Congressional Power of the Purse Act
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
Congressional Power of the Purse Act
This bill modifies the budget and appropriations process to establish various requirements for federal agencies, add several new disclosure and reporting requirements, and expand congressional oversight authorities.
Among other changes, the bill requires

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 6628 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6628

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to strengthen congressional control and review, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2020

 Mr. Yarmuth (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of 
  New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight 
and Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, 
  Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to strengthen congressional control and review, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional 
Power of the Purse Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
  TITLE I--STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL CONTROL AND REVIEW TO PREVENT 
                              IMPOUNDMENT

Sec. 101. Strengthening congressional control.
Sec. 102. Strengthening congressional review.
Sec. 103. Updated authorities for and reporting by the Comptroller 
                            General.
Sec. 104. Advance congressional notification and litigation.
Sec. 105. Penalties for failure to comply with the Impoundment Control 
                            Act of 1974.
           TITLE II--STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING

       Subtitle A--Funds Management and Reporting to the Congress

Sec. 201. Expired balance reporting in the President's budget.
Sec. 202. Cancelled balance reporting in the President's budget.
Sec. 203. Lapse in appropriations reporting in the President's budget.
Sec. 204. Transfer and other repurposing authority reporting in the 
                            President's budget.
Sec. 205. Authorizing cancellations in indefinite accounts by 
                            appropriation.
    Subtitle B--Empowering Congressional Review Through Nonpartisan 
          Congressional Agencies and Transparency Initiatives

Sec. 211. Requirement to respond to requests for information from the 
                            Government Accountability Office for budget 
                            and appropriations law decisions.
Sec. 212. Reporting requirements for Antideficiency Act violations.
Sec. 213. Department of Justice reporting to Congress for 
                            Antideficiency Act violations.
Sec. 214. Publication of budget or appropriations law opinions of the 
                            Department of Justice Office of Legal 
                            Counsel.
    TITLE III--STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL ROLE IN AND OVERSIGHT OF 
                EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS

Sec. 301. Improving checks and balances on the use of the National 
                            Emergencies Act.
Sec. 302. National Emergencies Act declaration spending reporting in 
                            the President's budget.
Sec. 303. Emergency and overseas contingency operations designations by 
                            Congress in statute.

  TITLE I--STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL CONTROL AND REVIEW TO PREVENT 
                              IMPOUNDMENT

SEC. 101. STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL CONTROL.

    (a) In General.--The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``prudent obligation of budget authority and specific requirements for 
                       expiring budget authority

    ``Sec. 1018.  (a) Special Message Requirement.--With respect to 
budget authority proposed to be rescinded or that is set to be reserved 
or proposed to be deferred in a special message transmitted under 
section 1012 or 1013, such budget authority--
            ``(1) shall be made available for obligation in sufficient 
        time to be prudently obligated as required under section 
        1012(b) or 1013; and
            ``(2) may not be deferred or otherwise withheld from 
        obligation during the 90-day period before the expiration of 
        the period of availability of such budget authority, including, 
        if applicable, the 90-day period before the expiration of an 
        initial period of availability for which such budget authority 
        was provided.
    ``(b) Administrative Requirement.--With respect to an apportionment 
of an appropriation (as that term is defined in section 1511 of title 
31, United States Code) made pursuant to section 1512 of such title, an 
appropriation shall be apportioned--
            ``(1) to make available all amounts for obligation in 
        sufficient time to be prudently obligated; and
            ``(2) to make available all amounts for obligation, without 
        precondition or limitation (including footnotes) that shall be 
        met prior to obligation, not later than 90 days before the 
        expiration of the period of availability of such appropriation, 
        including, if applicable, 90 days before the expiration of an 
        initial period of availability for which such appropriation was 
        provided.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 set forth in section 1(b) of 
such Act is amended by adding after the item relating to section 1017 
the following:

``1018. Prudent obligation of budget authority and specific 
                            requirements for expiring budget 
                            authority.''.

SEC. 102. STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 
et seq.), as amended by section 101(a), is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:

                              ``reporting

    ``Sec. 1019.  (a) Apportionment of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Office of Management and Budget 
        shall complete implementation of an automated system to post 
        each document apportioning an appropriation, pursuant to 
        section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, including any 
        associated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each such 
        document as an Open Government Data Asset (as defined in 
        section 3502 of title 44, United States Code), not later than 2 
        business days after the date of approval of such apportionment, 
        and shall place on such website each document apportioning an 
        appropriation, pursuant to such section 1513(b), including any 
        associated footnotes, already approved for the fiscal year, and 
        shall report the date of completion of such requirements to the 
        Committees on the Budget and Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate.
            ``(2) Explanatory statement.--Each document apportioning an 
        appropriation posted on a publicly accessible website under 
        paragraph (1) shall also include a written explanation by the 
        official approving each such apportionment (pursuant to section 
        1513(b) of title 31, United States Code) of the rationale for 
        the apportionment schedule and for any footnotes.
            ``(3) Special process for transmitting classified 
        documentation to the congress.--The Office of Management and 
        Budget or the applicable department or agency shall make 
        available classified documentation relating to apportionment to 
        appropriate congressional committees on a schedule to be 
        determined by each such committee.
            ``(4) Department and agency report.--Each department or 
        agency shall notify the Committees on the Budget and 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
        and any other appropriate congressional committees if--
                    ``(A) an apportionment is not made in the required 
                time period provided in section 1513(b) of title 31, 
                United States Code;
                    ``(B) an approved apportionment received by the 
                department or agency conditions the availability of an 
                appropriation on further action; or
                    ``(C) an approved apportionment received by the 
                department or agency may hinder the prudent obligation 
                of such appropriation or the execution of a program, 
                project, or activity by such department or agency,
        and such notification shall contain information identifying the 
        bureau, account name, appropriation name, and Treasury 
        Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund account.
    ``(b) Approving Officials.--
            ``(1) Delegation of authority.--Not later than 15 days 
        after the date of enactment of this section, any delegation of 
        apportionment authority pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 
        31, United States Code that is in effect as of such date shall 
        be submitted for publication in the Federal Register. Any 
        delegation of such apportionment authority after the date of 
        enactment of this section shall, on the date of such 
        delegation, be submitted for publication in the Federal 
        Register. The Office of Management and Budget shall publish 
        such delegations in a format that qualifies such publications 
        as an Open Government Data Asset (as defined in section 3502 of 
        title 44, United States Code) on a public internet website, 
        which shall be continuously updated with the position of each 
        Federal officer or employee to whom apportionment authority has 
        been delegated.
            ``(2) Report to congress.--Not later than 5 days after any 
        change in the position of the approving official with respect 
        to such delegated apportionment authority for any account is 
        made, the Office shall submit a report to the Congress 
        explaining why such change was made.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 set forth in section 1(b) of 
such Act, as amended by section 101(b), is further amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 1018 the following:

``1019. Reporting.''.

SEC. 103. UPDATED AUTHORITIES FOR AND REPORTING BY THE COMPTROLLER 
              GENERAL.

    (a) Section 1015 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
686) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph 
        (2), by striking the last sentence; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Review.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall review 
        compliance with this part and shall submit to the Committees on 
        the Budget, Appropriations, and Oversight and Reform of the 
        House of Representatives, the Committees on the Budget, 
        Appropriations, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate, and any other appropriate congressional 
        committee of the House of Representatives and Senate a report, 
        and any relevant information related to the report, on any 
        noncompliance with this part.
            ``(2) Information, documentation, and views.--The President 
        or the head of the relevant department or agency of the United 
        States shall provide information, documentation, and views to 
        the Comptroller General, as is determined by the Comptroller 
        General to be necessary to determine such compliance, not later 
        than 20 days after the date on which the request from the 
        Comptroller General is received, or if the Comptroller General 
        determines that a shorter or longer period is appropriate based 
        on the specific circumstances, within such shorter or longer 
        period.
            ``(3) Access.--To carry out the responsibilities of this 
        part, the Comptroller General shall also have access to 
        interview the officers, employees, contractors, and other 
        agents and representatives of a department, agency, or office 
        of the United States at any reasonable time as the Comptroller 
        General may request.''.
    (b) Section 1001 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
681) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking the ``or'' at the end of 
        the paragraph;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) affecting or limiting in any way the authorities 
        provided to the Comptroller General under chapter 7 of title 
        31, United States Code.''.

SEC. 104. ADVANCE CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND LITIGATION.

    Section 1016 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 687) 
is amended to read as follows:

                     ``suits by comptroller general

    ``Sec. 1016. If, under this chapter, budget authority is required 
to be made available for obligation and such budget authority is not 
made available for obligation or information, documentation, views, or 
access are required to be produced and such information, documentation, 
views, or access are not produced, the Comptroller General is expressly 
empowered, through attorneys of their own selection, to bring a civil 
action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
to require such budget authority to be made available for obligation or 
such information, documentation, views, or access to be produced, and 
such court is expressly empowered to enter in such civil action, 
against any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United 
States, any decree, judgment, or order which may be necessary or 
appropriate to make such budget authority available for obligation or 
compel production of such information, documentation, views, or access. 
 No civil action shall be brought by the Comptroller General to require 
budget authority be made available under this section until the 
expiration of 15 calendar days following the date on which an 
explanatory statement by the Comptroller General of the circumstances 
giving rise to the action contemplated is filed with the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, except that 
expiration of such period shall not be required if the Comptroller 
General finds (and incorporates the finding in the explanatory 
statement filed) that the delay would be contrary to the public 
interest.''.

SEC. 105. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL 
              ACT OF 1974.

    (a) In General.--The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 
et seq.), as amended by section 102(a), is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:

                   ``penalties for failure to comply

    ``Sec. 1020.  (a) Administrative Discipline.--An officer or 
employee of the Executive Branch of the United States Government 
violating this part shall be subject to appropriate administrative 
discipline including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty 
without pay or removal from office.
    ``(b) Reporting Violations.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the event of a violation of section 
        1001, 1012, 1013, or 1018 of this part, or in the case that the 
        Government Accountability Office issues a legal decision 
        concluding that a department, agency, or office of the United 
        States violated this part, the President or the head of the 
        relevant department or agency as the case may be, shall report 
        immediately to Congress all relevant facts and a statement of 
        actions taken. A copy of each report shall also be transmitted 
        to the Comptroller General and the relevant inspector general 
        on the same date the report is transmitted to the Congress.
            ``(2) Contents.--Any such report shall include a summary of 
        the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 
        Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund account, 
        the amount involved for each violation, the date on which the 
        violation occurred, the position of any individuals responsible 
        for the violation, a statement of the administrative discipline 
        imposed and any further action taken with respect to any 
        officer or employee involved in the violation, and a statement 
        of any additional action taken to prevent recurrence of the 
        same type of violation. In the case that the Government 
        Accountability Office issues a legal decision concluding that a 
        department, agency, or office of the United States violated 
        this part and the relevant department, agency, or office does 
        not agree that a violation has occurred, the report provided to 
        Congress, the Comptroller General, and relevant inspector 
        general will explain its position.
            ``(3) Opportunity to respond.--If the report identifies the 
        position of any officer or employee as involved in the 
        violation, such officer or employee shall be provided a 
        reasonable opportunity to respond in writing, and any such 
        response shall be appended to the report.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 set forth in section 1(b) of 
such Act, as amended by section 102(b), is further amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 1019 the following:

``1020. Penalties for failure to comply.''.

           TITLE II--STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING

       Subtitle A--Funds Management and Reporting to the Congress

SEC. 201. EXPIRED BALANCE REPORTING IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(40) for the budgets for each of fiscal years 2022 
        through 2026, a report on--
                    ``(A) unobligated expired balances as of the 
                beginning of the current fiscal year and the beginning 
                of each of the preceding 2 fiscal years by agency and 
                the applicable Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or 
                fund account; and
                    ``(B) an explanation of expired balances in any 
                Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund account that 
                exceed the lesser of 5 percent of total appropriations 
                made available for that account or $100,000,000.''.

SEC. 202. CANCELLED BALANCE REPORTING IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by 
section 201, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(41) for the budgets for each of fiscal years 2022 
        through 2026, a report on--
                    ``(A) cancelled balances (pursuant to section 
                1552(a)) for the preceding 3 fiscal years by agency and 
                Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund account;
                    ``(B) an explanation of cancelled balances in any 
                Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund account that 
                exceed the lesser of 5 percent of total appropriations 
                made available for that account or $100,000,000; and
                    ``(C) a tabulation, by Treasury Appropriation Fund 
                Symbol or fund account and appropriation, of all 
                balances of appropriations available for an indefinite 
                period in an appropriation account available for an 
                indefinite period that do not meet the criteria for 
                closure under section 1555, but for which either--
                            ``(i) the head of the agency concerned or 
                        the President has determined that the purposes 
                        for which the appropriation was made have been 
                        carried out; or
                            ``(ii) no disbursement has been made 
                        against the appropriation--
                                    ``(I) in the prior year and the 
                                preceding fiscal year; or
                                    ``(II) in the prior year and which 
                                the budget estimates zero disbursements 
                                in the current year.''.

SEC. 203. LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS REPORTING IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by 
section 202, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(42) a report on--
                    ``(A) any obligation or expenditure made by a 
                department or agency affected in whole or in part by 
                any lapse in appropriations of 5 consecutive days or 
                more during the preceding fiscal year; and
                    ``(B)(i) with respect to any such obligation or 
                expenditure, the amount so obligated or expended, the 
                account affected, and an explanation of which 
                Antideficiency Act exceptions permitted the department 
                or agency, as the case may be, to incur such obligation 
                or expenditure; and
                    ``(ii) an explanation of any changes in the 
                application of any Antideficiency Act exception for a 
                program, project, or activity from any explanations 
                previously reported on pursuant to this paragraph.''.

SEC. 204. TRANSFER AND OTHER REPURPOSING AUTHORITY REPORTING IN THE 
              PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by 
section 203, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(43) for the budget for fiscal year 2022, a report on--
                    ``(A) any transfer authority or other authority to 
                repurpose appropriations provided in a law other than 
                an appropriation act; and
                    ``(B) with respect to any such authority, the 
                citation to the statute, the list of departments or 
                agencies covered, an explanation of when such authority 
                may be used, and an explanation on any use of such 
                authority in the preceding 3 fiscal years.''.

SEC. 205. AUTHORIZING CANCELLATIONS IN INDEFINITE ACCOUNTS BY 
              APPROPRIATION.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 15 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1555 the following:

``SEC. 1555A. CANCELLATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AVAILABLE FOR INDEFINITE 
              PERIODS WITHIN AN ACCOUNT.

    ``Any remaining balance (whether obligated or unobligated) from an 
appropriation available for an indefinite period in an appropriation 
account available for an indefinite period that does not meet the 
requirements for closure under section 1555 shall be canceled, and 
thereafter shall not be available for obligation or expenditure for any 
purpose, if--
            ``(1) the head of the agency concerned or the President 
        determines that the purposes for which the appropriation was 
        made have been carried out; and
            ``(2) no disbursement has been made against the 
        appropriation for two consecutive fiscal years.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter IV of 
chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1555 the following:

``1555a. Cancellation of appropriations available for indefinite 
                            periods within an account.''.

    Subtitle B--Empowering Congressional Review Through Nonpartisan 
          Congressional Agencies and Transparency Initiatives

SEC. 211. REQUIREMENT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE 
              GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE FOR BUDGET AND 
              APPROPRIATIONS LAW DECISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 722. REQUIREMENT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE 
              GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE FOR BUDGET AND 
              APPROPRIATIONS LAW DECISIONS.

    ``(a) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia government 
receives a written request for information, documentation, or views 
from the Government Accountability Office relating to a decision or 
opinion on budget or appropriations law, the executive agency or the 
District of Columbia government shall provide the requested 
information, documentation, or views not later than 20 days after 
receiving the written request, unless such written request specifically 
provides otherwise.
    ``(b) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia government 
fails to respond to the request for information, documentation, or 
views within the time required by this section--
            ``(1) the Comptroller General shall notify, in writing, the 
        Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
        Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and any other appropriate 
        congressional committee of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate of such failure; and
            ``(2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly 
        empowered, through attorneys of their own selection, to bring a 
        civil action in the United States District Court for the 
        District of Columbia to require such information, 
        documentation, or views to be produced, and such court is 
        expressly empowered to enter in such civil action, against any 
        department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States, 
        any decree, judgment, or order which may be necessary or 
        appropriate to require such production.
    ``(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting or 
otherwise limiting the authorities provided to the Comptroller General 
in section 716 of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter II of 
chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 721 the following:

``722. Requirement to respond to requests for information from the 
                            Government Accountability Office for budget 
                            and appropriations law decisions.''.

SEC. 212. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS.

    (a) Violations of Section 1341 or 1342.--Section 1351 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``If'' and inserting ``(a) If the 
        Government Accountability Office, an executive agency, or the 
        District of Columbia government determines that''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Any such report shall include a summary of the facts 
pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury Appropriation Fund 
Symbol of the appropriation or fund account, the amount involved for 
each violation, the date on which the violation occurred, the position 
of any officer or employee responsible for the violation, a statement 
of the administrative discipline imposed and any further action taken 
with respect to any officer or employee involved in the violation, a 
statement of any additional action taken to prevent recurrence of the 
same type of violation, a statement of any determination that the 
violation was not knowing and willful that has been made by the 
executive agency or District of Columbia government, and any written 
response by any officer or employee identified by position as involved 
in the violation. In the case that the Government Accountability Office 
issues a legal decision concluding that section 1341(a) or 1342 was 
violated and the executive agency or District of Columbia government, 
as applicable, does not agree that a violation has occurred, the report 
provided to the President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General 
will explain its position.''.
    (b) Violations of Section 1517.--Section 1517 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``If'' and inserting 
        ``If the Government Accountability Office, an executive agency, 
        or the District of Columbia government determines that''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Any such report shall include a summary of the facts 
pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury Appropriation Fund 
Symbol of the appropriation or fund account, the amount involved for 
each violation, the date on which the violation occurred, the position 
of any officer or employee responsible for the violation, a statement 
of the administrative discipline imposed and any further action taken 
with respect to any officer or employee involved in the violation, a 
statement of any additional action taken to prevent recurrence of the 
same type of violation, a statement of any determination that the 
violation was not knowing and willful that has been made by the 
executive agency or District of Columbia government, and any written 
response by any officer or employee identified by position as involved 
in the violation. In the case that the Government Accountability Office 
issues a legal decision concluding that subsection (a) was violated and 
the executive agency or District of Columbia government, as applicable, 
does not agree that a violation has occurred, the report provided to 
the President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General will explain 
its position.''.

SEC. 213. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTING TO CONGRESS FOR 
              ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS.

    (a) Violations of Sections 1341 or 1342.--Section 1350 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``An officer'' and inserting ``(a) An 
        officer''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia 
government reports, under section 1351, a violation of section 1341(a) 
or 1342, the Attorney General shall promptly review such report and 
investigate to the extent necessary to determine whether there are 
reasonable grounds to believe that the responsible officer or employee 
knowingly and willfully violated such section 1341(a) or 1342, as 
applicable. If the Attorney General determines that there are such 
reasonable grounds, the Attorney General diligently shall investigate a 
criminal violation under this section.
    ``(2) The Attorney General shall submit to Congress and the 
Comptroller General on or before March 31 of each calendar year an 
annual report detailing separately for each executive agency and the 
District of Columbia government--
            ``(A) the number of reports under section 1351 transmitted 
        to the President during the preceding calendar year;
            ``(B) the number of reports reviewed in accordance with 
        paragraph (1) during the preceding calendar year;
            ``(C) without identification of any individual officer or 
        employee of the United States Government or of the District of 
        Columbia government, a description of each investigation 
        undertaken in accordance with paragraph (1) during the 
        preceding calendar year and an explanation of the status of any 
        such investigation; and
            ``(D) without identification of any individual officer or 
        employee of the United States Government or of the District of 
        Columbia government, an explanation of any update to the status 
        of any review or investigation previously reported pursuant to 
        this subsection.''.
    (b) Violations of Section 1517.--Section 1519 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``An officer'' and inserting ``(a) An 
        officer''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia 
government reports, under section 1517(b), a violation of section 
1517(a), the Attorney General shall promptly review such report and 
investigate to the extent necessary to determine whether there are 
reasonable grounds to believe that the responsible officer or employee 
knowingly and willfully violated such section 1517(a). If the Attorney 
General determines that there are such reasonable grounds, the Attorney 
General diligently shall investigate a criminal violation under this 
section.
    ``(2) The Attorney General shall submit to Congress and the 
Comptroller General on or before March 31 of each calendar year an 
annual report detailing separately for each executive agency and the 
District of Columbia government--
            ``(A) the number of reports under section 1517(b) 
        transmitted to the President during the preceding calendar 
        year;
            ``(B) the number of reports reviewed in accordance with 
        paragraph (1) during the preceding calendar year;
            ``(C) without identification of any individual officer or 
        employee of the United States Government or of the District of 
        Columbia government, a description of each investigation 
        undertaken in accordance with paragraph (1) during the 
        preceding calendar year and an explanation of the status of any 
        such investigation; and
            ``(D) without identification of any individual officer or 
        employee of the United States Government or of the District of 
        Columbia government, an explanation of any update to the status 
        of any review or investigation previously reported pursuant to 
        this subsection.''.

SEC. 214. PUBLICATION OF BUDGET OR APPROPRIATIONS LAW OPINIONS OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL.

    (a) Schedule of Publication for Final OLC Opinions.--Each final 
opinion issued by the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of 
Justice relating to section 1301(a), 1341, 1342, 1501, 1502, 1512, 
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    TITLE III--STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL ROLE IN AND OVERSIGHT OF 
                EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS

SEC. 301. IMPROVING CHECKS AND BALANCES ON THE USE OF THE NATIONAL 
              EMERGENCIES ACT.

    (a) Requirements Relating to Declaration and Renewal of National 
Emergencies.--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 Emergencies.--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 authorized to declare such a national emergency by 
proclamation. Such proclamation shall immediately be transmitted to 
Congress and published in the Federal Register.
    ``(b) Specification of Provisions of Law To Be Exercised and 
Reporting.--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 emergency under 
        subsection (a); or
            ``(2) one or more Executive orders relating to the 
        emergency published in the Federal Register and transmitted to 
        Congress.
    ``(c) Prohibition on Subsequent Actions if Emergencies Not 
Approved.--
            ``(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 30 calendar day 
        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 
        emergency under subsection (a) with respect to the same 
        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 the Congressional Power of the Purse Act shall supersede 
this title unless it does so in specific terms, referring to this 
title, and declaring that the new law supersedes the provisions of this 
title.

``SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE PERIODS OF NATIONAL EMERGENCIES.

    ``(a) Temporary Effective Periods.--
            ``(1) In general.--Unless previously terminated pursuant to 
        Presidential order or Act of Congress, a declaration of a 
        national emergency shall remain in effect for 30 calendar days 
        (excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays) from the 
        issuance of the proclamation under section 201(a) (not counting 
        the day on which the proclamation was issued) and shall 
        terminate when that 30-day period expires unless there is 
        enacted into law a joint resolution of approval under section 
        203 with respect to the proclamation.
            ``(2) Exercise of powers and authorities.--Unless the 
        declaration of national emergency has been terminated pursuant 
        to Presidential order or Act of Congress, any emergency power 
        or authority made available under a provision of law specified 
        pursuant to section 201(b) may be exercised pursuant to a 
        declaration of a national emergency for 30 calendar days 
        (excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays) from the 
        issuance of the proclamation or Executive order (not counting 
        the day on which such proclamation or Executive order was 
        issued). That power or authority may not be exercised after 
        that 30-day period expires unless there is enacted into law a 
        joint resolution of approval under section 203 approving--
                    ``(A) the proclamation of the national emergency or 
                the Executive order; and
                    ``(B) the exercise of the power or authority 
                specified by the President in such proclamation or 
                Executive order.
    ``(b) Renewal of National Emergencies.--A national emergency 
declared by the President under section 201(a) or previously renewed 
under this subsection, and not already terminated pursuant to 
subsection (a) or (c), 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 
subsection, unless--
            ``(1) the President publishes in the Federal Register and 
        transmits to Congress an Executive order renewing the 
        emergency; and
            ``(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution of 
        approval renewing the emergency pursuant to section 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 an Act of Congress 
                terminating the emergency; or
                    ``(D) the date specified in a proclamation of the 
                President terminating the emergency.
            ``(2) Effect of termination.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Effective on the date of the 
                termination of a national emergency under paragraph 
                (1)--
                            ``(i) except as provided by subparagraph 
                        (B), any powers or authorities exercised by 
                        reason of the emergency shall cease to be 
                        exercised;
                            ``(ii) any amounts reprogrammed, 
                        repurposed, 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 appropriated; and
                            ``(iii) any contracts entered into under 
                        any provision of law relating to the emergency 
                        shall be terminated.
                    ``(B) Savings provision.--The termination of a 
                national emergency shall not affect--
                            ``(i) any legal action taken or pending 
                        legal proceeding not finally concluded or 
                        determined on the date of the termination under 
                        paragraph (1);
                            ``(ii) any legal action or legal proceeding 
                        based on any act committed prior to that date; 
                        or
                            ``(iii) any rights or duties that matured 
                        or penalties that were incurred prior to that 
                        date.

``SEC. 203. REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF NATIONAL EMERGENCIES.

    ``(a) Joint Resolution of Approval Defined.--In this section, the 
term `joint resolution of approval' means a joint resolution that does 
not have a preamble and that contains only the following provisions 
after its resolving clause:
            ``(1) A provision approving one or more--
                    ``(A) proclamations of national emergency made 
                under section 201(a);
                    ``(B) Executive orders issued under section 
                201(b)(2); or
                    ``(C) Executive orders issued under section 202(b).
            ``(2) A provision approving a list of all or a portion of 
        the provisions of law specified by the President under section 
        201(b) in the proclamations or Executive orders that are the 
        subject of the joint resolution.
    ``(b) 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 Executive order specifying emergency 
        powers or authorities under section 201(b)(2) or renewing a 
        national emergency under section 202(b), a joint resolution of 
        approval may be introduced in either House of Congress by any 
        member of that House.
            ``(2) Requests to convene congress during recesses.--If, 
        when the President transmits to Congress a proclamation 
        declaring a national emergency under section 201(a), or an 
        Executive order specifying emergency powers or authorities 
        under section 201(b)(2) or renewing a national emergency under 
        section 202(b), Congress has adjourned sine die or has 
        adjourned for any period in excess of 3 calendar days, the 
        Speaker or their designee, after consultation with the minority 
        leader of the House, shall notify the Members of the House to 
        reassemble at such place and time as they may designate if, in 
        their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it, and the 
        majority leader of the Senate or their designee, after 
        concurrence with the minority leader of the Senate, shall 
        notify the Members of the Senate to reassemble at such place 
        and time as they may designate if, in their opinion, the public 
        interest shall warrant it.
            ``(3) Committee referral in the senate.--In the Senate, a 
        joint resolution of approval shall be referred to the 
        appropriate committee.
            ``(4) Consideration in senate.--In the Senate, the 
        following shall apply:
                    ``(A) Reporting and discharge.--If the committee to 
                which a joint resolution of approval has been referred 
                has not reported it at the end of 10 calendar days 
                after its introduction, 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 
                committee 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 resolution, 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 
                debatable for 4 hours evenly divided between a 
                proponent 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 
                to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the 
                consideration of a joint resolution of approval is 
                agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the 
                unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of.
                    ``(C) Floor consideration.--There shall be 10 hours 
                of consideration on a joint resolution of approval, to 
                be divided evenly between the proponents and opponents 
                of the joint resolution. There shall be a total of 2 
                hours of debate 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 resolution 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 appeals from 
                the decision of the Presiding Officer, shall be decided 
                without debate.
            ``(5) Consideration in house of representatives.--In the 
        House of Representatives, the following shall apply:
                    ``(A) Reporting and discharge.--If any committee to 
                which a joint resolution of approval has been referred 
                has not reported it to the House at the end of 10 
                calendar days after its introduction, such committee 
                shall be discharged from further consideration of the 
                joint resolution.
                    ``(B) Proceeding to consideration.--After each 
                committee to which a joint resolution of approval has 
                been referred reports it to the House or has been 
                discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall 
                be in order to move to proceed to consider the joint 
                resolution of approval in the House. All points of 
                order against the motion are waived. Such a motion 
                shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a 
                motion to proceed on the joint resolution of approval. 
                The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
                the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. 
                The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to 
                reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 
                shall not be in order.
                    ``(C) Consideration.--The joint resolution of 
                approval shall be considered as read. All points of 
                order against the resolution and against its 
                consideration are waived. The previous question shall 
                be considered as ordered on the resolution to final 
                passage without intervening motion except two hours of 
                debate evenly divided and controlled by the sponsor of 
                the resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A 
                motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
                qualifying legislation shall not be in order.
                    ``(D) Amendments.--No amendments shall be in order 
                with respect to a joint resolution of approval in the 
                House.
            ``(6) 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 described in section 201(a), then the 
                following procedures shall apply:
                            ``(i) The joint resolution of the other 
                        House shall not be referred to a committee.
                            ``(ii) The procedure in the receiving House 
                        shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 
                        been received from the other House until the 
                        vote on passage, when:
                                    ``(I) If the text of the joint 
                                resolution of approval is identical to 
                                the text of the joint resolution of 
                                approval received from the other House, 
                                then the joint resolution of approval 
                                received from the other House shall 
                                supplant the joint resolution of 
                                approval of the receiving House on the 
                                final passage vote.
                                    ``(II) If the text of the joint 
                                resolution is not identical to the text 
                                of the joint resolution received from 
                                the other House, then that chamber 
                                shall vote on passage of its own 
                                resolution and it shall be in order 
                                immediately thereafter to make a 
                                privileged motion to proceed to the 
                                consideration of the measure from the 
                                other house, strike all after the 
                                enacting clause, and insert in lieu 
                                thereof the text of any joint 
                                resolution of approval passed by that 
                                chamber; that the joint resolution as 
                                amended be read a third time and 
                                engrossed, that the chamber pass the 
                                joint resolution as amended, and that 
                                the motion to reconsider be considered 
                                made and laid upon the table. Such a 
                                motion shall be disposed of without 
                                intervening action or debate.
                    ``(B) Treatment of legislation of other house.--If 
                one House fails to introduce, consider, or enact a 
                joint resolution of approval under this section, the 
                joint resolution of approval of the other House shall 
                be entitled to expedited floor procedures under this 
                section.
                    ``(C) Special rule for revenue measures.--In the 
                case of a joint resolution of approval which is a 
                revenue measure:
                            ``(i) The provisions of subparagraphs (A) 
                        and (B) shall not apply in the House of 
                        Representatives.
                            ``(ii) The provisions of subparagraph (A) 
                        shall apply in the Senate to such joint 
                        resolution of approval which is a revenue 
                        measure even if the Senate has previously 
                        passed a joint resolution of approval with 
                        regard to the same proclamation described in 
                        section 201(a).
            ``(7) Resolution of differences between the houses.--In the 
        case of a difference between the two Houses of Congress with 
        respect to the text of a joint resolution of approval passed by 
        both Houses:
                    ``(A) House.--Debate in the House of Representative 
                on amendments between the Houses (or a conference 
                report) on such resolution of approval, including a 
                motion to concur with an amendment, shall be limited to 
                not more than 1 hour, which shall be divided evenly 
                between a proponent and an opponent. A motion to 
                further limit debate is not debatable. It is not in 
                order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 
                message or conference report is agreed to or disagreed 
                to.
                    ``(B) Senate.--During the consideration in the 
                Senate of a message between the Houses (or a conference 
                report) on such resolution of approval and all 
                amendments thereto, and debatable motions in connection 
                therewith, consideration shall be limited to 10 hours, 
                to be evenly divided between, and controlled by, the 
                majority leader and minority leader or their designees. 
                Consideration of any debatable motion related to the 
                message between Houses (or conference report), 
                including a motion to concur with an amendment, shall 
                be limited to 1 hour, to be evenly divided between, and 
                controlled by, the mover and the manager of a message 
                between Houses (or conference report). Points of order 
                and appeals shall be decided without debate.
                    ``(C) Limitation on amendments between the 
                houses.--
                            ``(i) Prohibition on amendments.--No 
                        amendments shall be in order.
                            ``(ii) Amendments to strike or add 
                        specified provisions of law.--Clause (i) shall 
                        not apply with respect to any amendment--
                                    ``(I) to add or remove one or more 
                                proclamations of national emergency 
                                made under section 201(a), Executive 
                                orders issued under section 201(b)(2), 
                                or Executive orders issued under 
                                section 202(b); or
                                    ``(II) to strike a provision or 
                                provisions of law from the list 
                                required by subsection (a)(2); or
                                    ``(III) to add to that list a 
                                provision or provisions of law 
                                specified by the President under 
                                section 201(b) in the proclamations or 
                                Executive orders that are the subject 
                                of the joint resolution of approval.
            ``(8) Treatment of veto message.--Debate on a veto message 
        in the Senate under this section shall be 1 hour evenly divided 
        between the majority and minority leaders or their designees.
    ``(c) 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 President.
    ``(d) Rules of the House and Senate.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            ``(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and the House of Representatives, respectively, 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 described in this 
        section, and supersedes other rules only to the extent that it 
        is inconsistent 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. 204. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL EMERGENCIES INVOKING 
              INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of a national emergency described in 
subsection (b), the provisions of the National Emergencies Act, as in 
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Congressional 
Power of the Purse Act, shall continue to apply on and after such date 
of enactment.
    ``(b) National Emergency Described.--
            ``(1) In general.--A national emergency described in this 
        subsection is a national emergency pursuant to which the 
        President proposes to exercise emergency powers or authorities 
        made available under the International Emergency Economic 
        Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), supplemented as necessary 
        by a provision of law specified in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Provisions of law specified.--The provisions of law 
        specified in this paragraph are--
                    ``(A) the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 
                (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.);
                    ``(B) section 212(f) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)); or
                    ``(C) any provision of law that authorizes the 
                implementation, imposition, or enforcement of economic 
                sanctions with respect to a foreign country.
    ``(c) Effect of Additional Powers and Authorities.--Subsection (a) 
shall not apply to a national emergency or the exercise of emergency 
powers and authorities pursuant to the national emergency if, in 
addition to the exercise of emergency powers and authorities described 
in subsection (b), the President proposes to exercise, pursuant to the 
national emergency, any emergency powers and authorities under any 
other provision of law.''.
    (b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 401 of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1641) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Report on Emergencies.--The President shall transmit to 
Congress, with any proclamation declaring a national emergency under 
section 201(a) or any Executive 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 necessitating 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 reprogramming or 
        transfer of funds and any contracts anticipated to be entered 
        into, and the statutory authorities 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 transfer of funds, to address the emergency.
    ``(e) Provision of Information to Congress.--The President shall 
provide to Congress such other information as Congress may request in 
connection with any national emergency in effect under title II.
    ``(f) Periodic Reports on Status of Emergencies.--If the President 
declares a national emergency under section 201(a), the President 
shall, not less frequently than every 3 months for the duration of the 
emergency, 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) Exclusion of Imposition of Duties and Import Quotas From 
Presidential Authorities Under International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act.--Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c)(1) The authority granted to the President by this section 
does not include the authority to impose duties or tariff-rate quotas 
or (subject to paragraph (2)) other quotas on articles entering the 
United States.
    ``(2) The limitation under paragraph (1) does not prohibit the 
President from excluding all articles imported from a country from 
entering the United States.''.
    (d) 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--
                    (A) in subsection (b), by striking ``concurrent 
                resolution'' and inserting ``joint resolution'' each 
                place it appears; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) 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 `Congressional Power of the Purse Act'.''.
    (e) Effective Date; Applicability.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (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 declared under section 201 of the 
        National Emergencies 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 requirements for renewal under section 
        202(b) of that Act, as amended by subsection (a).

SEC. 302. NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT DECLARATION SPENDING REPORTING IN 
              THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by 
section 204, 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 fiscal years for which 
        the budget is submitted) attributable to the exercise of powers 
        and authorities made available by statute for each national 
        emergency 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 organized 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 
                obligations 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 emergency--
                    ``(i) the amount of such transfer, reprogramming, 
                or repurposing;
                    ``(ii) the authority authorizing each such 
                transfer, reprogramming, or repurposing; and
                    ``(iii) a description of programs, projects, and 
                activities affected by such transfer, reprogramming, or 
                repurposing, including by a reduction in funding.''.

SEC. 303. EMERGENCY AND OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS DESIGNATIONS BY 
              CONGRESS IN STATUTE.

    Section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and the President 
        subsequently so designates''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``and the President 
        subsequently so designates''.
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