Last progress January 3, 2025 (11 months ago)
Introduced on January 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs
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.
This proposal would limit how long a President’s national emergency can last without Congress. A declared emergency would end after 30 days unless Congress passes a law to approve it. Congress or the President could also end it sooner at any time.
Even if Congress approves an emergency, it would automatically expire after two years unless the President issues a renewal order and Congress passes a law approving the renewal before it runs out. A plain-language summary from the Library of Congress matches these points.
When an emergency ends, leftover money that was moved for the emergency must go back to its original purpose, construction contracts tied to the emergency must be ended unless work already started, and emergency powers must stop (ongoing cases and past actions are not undone).