50 U.S.C. § 1631 — Declaration of national emergency by Ex-

Page 149 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 1641 ponents and the opponents) and shall be voted on within three calendar days after the day on which such resolution is reported, unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. (3) Such a joint resolution passed by one House shall be referred to the appropriate committee of the other House and shall be reported out by such committee together with its recommenda- tions within fifteen calendar days after the day on which such resolution is referred to such committee and shall thereupon become the pending business of such House and shall be voted upon within three calendar days after the day on which such resolution is reported, unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. (4) In the case of any disagreement between the two Houses of Congress with respect to a joint resolution passed by both Houses, con- ferees shall be promptly appointed and the com- mittee of conference shall make and file a re- port with respect to such joint resolution within six calendar days after the day on which man- agers on the part of the Senate and the House have been appointed. Notwithstanding any rule in either House concerning the printing of con- ference reports or concerning any delay in the consideration of such reports, such report shall be acted on by both Houses not later than six calendar days after the conference report is filed in the House in which such report is filed first. In the event the conferees are unable to agree within forty-eight hours, they shall report back to their respective Houses in disagreement. (5) Paragraphs (1)–(4) of this subsection, sub- section (b) of this section, and section 1651(b) of this title are enacted by Congress— (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representa- tives, respectively, and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of each House, re- spectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the House in the case of resolutions described by this sub- section; and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent there- with; and (B) with full recognition of the constitu- tional 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) Automatic termination of national emer- gency; continuation notice from President to Congress; publication in Federal Register Any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this subchapter, and not otherwise previously terminated, shall terminate on the anniversary of the declaration of that emergency if, within the ninety-day pe- riod prior to each anniversary date, the Presi- dent 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. (Pub. L. 94–412, title II, § 202, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1255; Pub. L. 99–93, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 448.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1985—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 99–93 substituted ‘‘there is enacted into law a joint resolution termi- nating the emergency’’ for ‘‘Congress terminates the emergency by concurrent resolution’’ in par. (1) of sub- sec. (a), and substituted ‘‘joint resolution’’ for ‘‘concur- rent resolution’’ wherever appearing in second sentence of subsec. (a), subsec. (b), and pars. (1) to (4) of subsec. (c). SUBCHAPTER III—EXERCISE OF EMERGENCY POWERS AND AUTHORITIES § 1631. Declaration of national emergency by Ex- ecutive order; authority; publication in Fed- eral Register; transmittal to Congress When the President declares a national emer- gency, no 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 declara- tion of a national emergency, or by one or more contemporaneous or subsequent Executive or- ders published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. (Pub. L. 94–412, title III, § 301, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1257.) Executive Documents RELEASE OF AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN IRAN For provisions relating to the release of the Amer- ican hostages in Iran, see Ex. Ord. Nos. 12276 to 12285, Jan. 19, 1981, 46 F.R. 7913 to 7932, listed in a table under section 1701 of this title. SUBCHAPTER IV—ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF PRESI- DENT § 1641. Accountability and reporting require- ments of President (a) Maintenance of file and index of Presidential orders, rules and regulations during national emergency When the President declares a national emer- gency, 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) Presidential orders, rules and regulations; transmittal to Congress 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) Expenditures during national emergency; Presidential reports to Congress When the President declares a national emer- gency or Congress declares war, the President shall transmit to Congress, within ninety days