ARTICLE ONE Act

Bill: 118-hr-3988
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Property rights
Rule of law and government transparency
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act or the ARTICLE ONE Act

 
This bill terminates a presidential declaration of a national emergency after 30 days if Congress does not pass a joint resolution approving the declaration. Currently, such a declaration may continue until Congress passes a joint resolution disapproving the declaration.
 
The bill requires the President to transmit to Congress, with any proclamation declaring a national emergency or executive order specifying emergency powers or authorities or renewing a national emergency, a written report that includes
 
 
a description of the circumstances necessitating the declaration, renewal, or use of a new emergency authority specified in the executive order;
 
the estimated duration of the emergency, or a statement that the duration cannot reasonably be estimated;
 
a summary of the actions the President or other officers intend to take and the statutory authorities they expect to rely on in addressing the emergency; and
 
in the case of a renewal of the emergency, a summary of the actions the President or other officers have taken in the preceding one-year period to address the emergency.
 
 
The bill requires periodic reports on the status of emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 764.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Committee on Rules discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Committee on Rules discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-934, Part I.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-934, Part I.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House