119-hr125

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 125 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 125

 To amend the National Emergencies Act to provide that a national 
 emergency declared by the President terminates 30 days after the 
 declaration unless a joint resolution affirming such declaration is 
 enacted into law, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was 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

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 A BILL

 To amend the National Emergencies Act to provide that a national 
 emergency declared by the President terminates 30 days after the 
 declaration unless a joint resolution affirming such declaration is 
 enacted into law, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DURATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITHOUT 
 CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.

    (a) In General.--

Section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1622) is amended--

    (1) by striking subsection

    (a) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (a) Any national emergency declared by the President in 
accordance with this title shall terminate if--
 ``

    (1) there has not been enacted into law a joint 
 resolution affirming the declaration of such national emergency 
 before the date that is 30 days after the date on which such 
 national emergency is declared;
 ``

    (2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution 
 terminating the emergency; or
 ``

    (3) the President issues a proclamation terminating the 
 emergency.'';

    (2) by striking subsection

    (b) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (b)

    (1) The date on which a national emergency is terminated 
pursuant to subsection

    (a) shall be the first occurrence of any of the 
following dates:
 ``
        (A) The last date of the period described in subsection

    (a)

    (1) .
 ``
        (B) The date specified in any joint resolution referred 
 to in subsection

    (a)

    (2) .
 ``
            (C) The date specified in a proclamation by the President 
 terminating the emergency as provided in subsection

    (a)

    (3) .
 ``

    (2) Effective on the date of the termination of a national 
emergency under paragraph

    (1) --
 ``
        (A) any amounts reprogrammed or transferred under any 
 provision of law with respect to the emergency that remain 
 unobligated on that date shall be returned and made available 
 for the purpose for which such amounts were appropriated;
 ``
        (B) any contracts entered into under any provision of law 
 for construction relating to the emergency shall be terminated 
 unless construction commenced under the contract before that 
 date; and
 ``
            (C) any powers or authorities exercised by reason of said 
 emergency shall cease to be exercised after that date, except 
 that a termination shall not affect--
 ``
            (i) any action taken or proceeding pending not 
 finally concluded or determined on such date;
 ``
            (ii) any action or proceeding based on any act 
 committed prior to such date; or
 ``
            (iii) any rights or duties that matured or 
 penalties that were incurred prior to such date.'';

    (3) in subsection
            (c) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) by inserting ``or affirm'' 
 after ``terminate''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (5) by striking ``, subsection

    (b) of this section,''; and

    (4) by striking subsection
            (d) and inserting the following:
 ``
            (d) A national emergency declared by the President under 

section 201, affirmed by a joint resolution under subsection

    (a)

    (1) , and not 
otherwise previously terminated, shall terminate on the date that is 2 
years after the President transmitted to Congress the proclamation 
declaring the emergency under 

section 201

    (a) or Congress affirms a 
previous renewal pursuant to this subsection, unless--
 ``

    (1) the President publishes in the Federal Register and 
 transmits to Congress an Executive order renewing the 
 emergency; and
 ``

    (2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution 
 affirming the renewal of the declaration, according to the 
 requirements of subsection
            (c) , before the termination of the 
 emergency or previous renewal of the emergency.''.

    (b) Application to National Emergencies Previously Declared.--A 
national emergency declared under 

section 201 of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) before the date of the 
enactment of this Act shall be unaffected by the amendments made by 
this Act except that such emergencies shall terminate on the date that 
is 2 years after such date of enactment unless the emergency is renewed 
under 

section 201
            (d) of the National Emergencies Act, as amended by 
this Act.
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