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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-412—SEPT. 14, 1976 (5) Paragraphs (l) - (4) of this subsection, subsection (b) of this section, and section 502(b) of this Act 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) Any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this title, 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.

90 STAT. 1257 Post, p. 1258.

Publication in Federal Register, transmittal to Congress, •

TITLE III — E X E R C I S E OF EMERGENCY POWERS AND AUTHORITIES SEC. 301. When the President declares a national emergency, no 50 USC 1631. powers or authorities made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall be exercised unless and until the President specifies the provisions of law under which he proposes that he, or other officers will act. Such specification may be made either in the declaration of a Executive orders; national emergency, or by one or more contemporaneous or subsequent publication in Federal Register, Executive orders published in the Federal Register and transmitted to transmittal to the Congress. Congress. TITLE IV—ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE P R E S I D E N T SEC. 401. (a) When the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file and index of all significant orders of the President, including Executive orders and proclamations, and each Executive agency shall maintain a file and index of all rules and regulations, issued during such emergency or war issued pursuant to such declarations. (b) All such significant orders of the President, including Executive orders, and such rules and regulations shall be transmitted to the Congress promptly under means to assure confidentiality where appropriate. (c) When the President declares a national emergency or Congress declares war, the President shall transmit to Congress, within ninety days after the end of each six-month period after such declaration, a report on the total expenditures incurred by the United States Government during such six-month period which are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by such declaration. Not later than ninety days after the termination of each such emergency or war, the President shall transmit a final report on all such expenditures.

Presidential orders, rules and regulations, file maintenance. 50 USC 1641. Presidential orders, transmittal to Congress. Expenditures, reports to Congress.