To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations.
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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:
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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
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Rand Paul
R-KY | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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.
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
Civil liberties/general public, General public, Lawful permanent residents
Businesses affected by emergency orders, Entities subject to emergency regulations, U.S. businesses and corporations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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)
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)
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)
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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