S4373-118

Reported

To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations.

118th Congress Introduced May 21, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Immigration, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idfddf33ee-0236-4fb0-864e-6e78fd507f60: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Reforming Emergency Powers to Uphold the Balances and Limitations Inherent in the Constitution...
  • Section idb1004e58-694b-428a-8314-8e451c9eb91d: 101. Congressional review 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...
  • Section id141b350e-2f18-4bc4-82fb-06169cff5d3f: 201. Declarations of national emergencies With respect to Acts of Congress authorizing the exercise, during the period of a national emergency, of any special...
  • Section idCC03FE39E8D342C2BBD595198584C074: 202. Effective periods of national emergencies A declaration of a national emergency shall remain in effect for 30 days from the issuance of the proclamation...
  • Section id75149fa6-1f55-40bc-bdfd-9732b839d8c0: 203. Review by Congress of national emergencies In this section, the term joint resolution of approval means a joint resolution that contains only the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Immigration, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Immigration Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: rs

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 19, 2024

Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment

May 21, 2024

Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

May 21, 2024

Mr. Paul (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
15 mentions across 9 clauses
+5 positive -10 negative

Congress, Congressional oversight committees, Department of Defense

Positive-direction: Congress, Congressional oversight committees, House Oversight Committee, Senate Homeland Security Committee

Negative-direction: Department of Defense, Executive Branch, Executive Branch (existing emergencies), Executive Branch/President, President, President/Executive Branch

General Public
4 mentions across 3 clauses
+4 positive

Civil liberties/general public, General public, Lawful permanent residents

All Industries
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Businesses affected by emergency orders, Entities subject to emergency regulations, U.S. businesses and corporations

Trade
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Importers

16/29
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Immigration Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"joint resolution of approval" §H14128366A92E480D9A535CF8695132AA

a joint resolution that contains only the following provisions after its resolving clause: A provision approving— a proclamation of a national emergency made under section 201(a)

"joint resolution of approval" §H9C246A1A926F4C689967BD76ABD8AED5

a joint resolution that contains only the following provisions after its resolving clause: A provision approving— a proclamation of a national emergency made under section 201(a)

"joint resolution of approval" §id75149fa6-1f55-40bc-bdfd-9732b839d8c0

a joint resolution that contains only the following provisions after its resolving clause: A provision approving— a proclamation of a national emergency made under section 201(a)

"joint resolution of approval" §idb1004e58-694b-428a-8314-8e451c9eb91d

a joint resolution that contains only the following provisions after its resolving clause: A provision approving— a proclamation of a national emergency made under section 201(a)

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