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Emergency Statutes That Do Not Expressly Require a National Emergency Declaration

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The National Emergencies Act’s coverage is not limited to statutes that expressly require the President to declare a national emergency, but rather extends to any statute “conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during a national emergency,” unless Congress has exempted such a statute from the Act.

Updated March 16, 2021