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[CITE: 50USC1622]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                    CHAPTER 34--NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
 
       SUBCHAPTER II--DECLARATIONS OF FUTURE NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
 
Sec. 1622. National emergencies


(a) Termination methods

    Any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with 
this subchapter shall terminate if--
        (1) there is enacted into law a joint resolution terminating the 
    emergency; or
        (2) the President issues a proclamation terminating the 
    emergency.

Any national emergency declared by the President shall be terminated on 
the date specified in any joint resolution referred to in clause (1) or 
on the date specified in a proclamation by the President terminating the 
emergency as provided in clause (2) of this subsection, whichever date 
is earlier, and any powers or authorities exercised by reason of said 
emergency shall cease to be exercised after such specified date, except 
that such termination shall not affect--
        (A) any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded 
    or determined on such date;
        (B) any action or proceeding based on any act committed prior to 
    such date; or
        (C) any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were 
    incurred prior to such date.

(b) Termination review of national emergencies by Congress

    Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared, 
and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such 
emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a 
vote on a joint resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be 
terminated.

(c) Joint resolution; referral to Congressional committees; conference 
        committee in event of disagreement; filing of report; 
        termination procedure deemed part of rules of House and Senate

    (1) A joint resolution to terminate a national emergency declared by 
the President shall be referred to the appropriate committee of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be. One such 
joint resolution shall be reported out by such committee together with 
its recommendations within fifteen calendar days after the day on which 
such resolution is referred to such committee, unless such House shall 
otherwise determine by the yeas and nays.
    (2) Any joint resolution so reported shall become the pending 
business of the House in question (in the case of the Senate the time 
for debate shall be equally divided between the proponents and the 
opponents) and shall be voted on within three calendar days after the 
day on which such resolution is reported, unless such House shall 
otherwise determine by yeas and nays.
    (3) Such a joint resolution passed by one House shall be referred to 
the appropriate committee of the other House and shall be reported out 
by such committee together with its recommendations within fifteen 
calendar days after the day on which such resolution is referred to such 
committee and shall thereupon become the pending business of such House 
and shall be voted upon within three calendar days after the day on 
which such resolution is reported, unless such House shall otherwise 
determine by yeas and nays.
    (4) In the case of any disagreement between the two Houses of 
Congress with respect to a joint resolution passed by both Houses, 
conferees shall be promptly appointed and the committee of conference 
shall make and file a report with respect to such joint resolution 
within six calendar days after the day on which managers on the part of 
the Senate and the House have been appointed. Notwithstanding any rule 
in either House concerning the printing of conference reports or 
concerning any delay in the consideration of such reports, such report 
shall be acted on by both Houses not later than six calendar days after 
the conference report is filed in the House in which such report is 
filed first. In the event the conferees are unable to agree within 
forty-eight hours, they shall report back to their respective Houses in 
disagreement.
    (5) Paragraphs (1)-(4) of this subsection, subsection (b) of this 
section, and section 1651(b) of this title are enacted by Congress--
        (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the 
    House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they are 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 resolutions described by this subsection; and they supersede 
    other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; 
    and
        (B) 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.

(d) Automatic termination of national emergency; continuation notice 
        from President to Congress; publication in Federal Register

    Any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with 
this subchapter, and not otherwise previously terminated, shall 
terminate on the anniversary of the declaration of that emergency if, 
within the ninety-day period prior to each anniversary date, the 
President does not publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the 
Congress a notice stating that such emergency is to continue in effect 
after such anniversary.

(Pub. L. 94-412, title II, Sec. 202, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1255; Pub. 
L. 99-93, title VIII, Sec. 801, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 448.)


                               Amendments

    1985--Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 99-93 substituted ``there is 
enacted into law a joint resolution terminating the emergency'' for 
``Congress terminates the emergency by concurrent resolution'' in par. 
(1) of subsec. (a), and substituted ``joint resolution'' for 
``concurrent resolution'' wherever appearing in second sentence of 
subsec. (a), subsec. (b), and pars. (1) to (4) of subsec. (c).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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