Public Law 94-412

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National Emergencies Act United States federal statute

Public Law 94-412 is the 1976 federal statute, known as the National Emergencies Act, that established procedures and limits for presidential declarations of national emergencies in the United States.

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Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Emergencies Act ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
affects	federal executive branch emergency powers ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent indefinite or unchecked use of emergency powers by the President ⓘ
appliesTo	President of the United States ⓘ
authorizes	Congress to terminate national emergencies by joint resolution ⓘ
category	United States constitutional law ⓘ surface form: United States constitutional law (separation of powers) United States national security law ⓘ
codifiedIn	50 U.S.C. §§ 1601–1651 ⓘ United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enactedBy	94th United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	judicial review of actions taken under emergency declarations ⓘ
establishes	congressional oversight of national emergencies ⓘ procedures for terminating national emergencies ⓘ reporting requirements to Congress during national emergencies ⓘ
governs	declaration of national emergencies in the United States ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Watergate reforms ⓘ reform of presidential emergency powers ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
limits	duration of national emergencies unless renewed ⓘ
oversightBy	United States Congress ⓘ
primaryName	National Emergencies Act ⓘ
publicLawNumber	94-412 ⓘ
purpose	to establish procedures for presidential declarations of national emergencies ⓘ to impose limits on presidential powers exercised during national emergencies ⓘ
regulates	presidential declarations of national emergencies ⓘ
relatedTo	International Emergency Economic Powers Act ⓘ U.S. War Powers Resolution ⓘ surface form: War Powers Resolution
repealed	certain existing statutory emergency powers ⓘ previous permanent states of national emergency ⓘ
requires	formal declaration of a national emergency by the President ⓘ periodic review of national emergencies by Congress ⓘ specification of statutory authorities activated by an emergency declaration ⓘ
scope	nationwide ⓘ
shortName	National Emergencies Act ⓘ
signedBy	Gerald Ford ⓘ
signingPresident	Gerald Ford ⓘ
subjectMatter	checks and balances ⓘ emergency powers ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
typeOfRegulation	framework statute ⓘ
yearEnacted	1976 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Emergencies Act → publicLawNumber → Public Law 94-412 ⓘ

NEA → publicLawNumber → Public Law 94-412 ⓘ

subject surface form: National Emergencies Act