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[CITE: 50USC1601]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                    CHAPTER 34--NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--TERMINATING EXISTING DECLARED EMERGENCIES
 
Sec. 1601. Termination of existing declared emergencies

    (a) All powers and authorities possessed by the President, any other 
officer or employee of the Federal Government, or any executive agency, 
as defined in section 105 of title 5, as a result of the existence of 
any declaration of national emergency in effect on September 14, 1976, 
are terminated two years from September 14, 1976. Such termination shall 
not affect--
        (1) any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded 
    or determined on such date;
        (2) any action or proceeding based on any act committed prior to 
    such date; or
        (3) any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were 
    incurred prior to such date.

    (b) For the purpose of this section, the words ``any national 
emergency in effect'' means a general declaration of emergency made by 
the President.

(Pub. L. 94-412, title I, Sec. 101, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1255.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 94-412 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
chapter, amending section 1481 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, and 
section 2667 of Title 10, Armed Forces, repealing section 249 of Title 
12, Banks and Banking, section 831d of Title 16, Conservation, section 
1383 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, section 211b of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare, and section 1742 of the Appendix to 
this title, and enacting provisions set out below] may be cited as the 
`National Emergencies Act'.''


                            Savings Provision

    Section 501(h) of Pub. L. 94-412 provided that: ``This section 
[amending section 1481 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality and section 
2667 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and repealing section 249 of Title 12, 
Banks and Banking, section 831d of Title 16, Conservation, section 1383 
of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 211b of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall not affect--
        ``(1) any action taken or proceeding pending not finally 
    concluded or determined at the time of repeal;
        ``(2) any action or proceeding based on any act committee prior 
    to repeal; or
        ``(3) any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were 
    incurred prior to repeal.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1706 of this title.
