2013 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 34 - NATIONAL EMERGENCIES (§§ 1601 - 1651)
Subchapter III - EXERCISE OF EMERGENCY POWERS AND AUTHORITIES (§§ 1631)
Section 1631 - Declaration of national emergency by Executive order; authority; publication in Federal Register; transmittal to Congress

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 34 - NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER III - EXERCISE OF EMERGENCY POWERS AND AUTHORITIES
Sec. 1631 - Declaration of national emergency by Executive order; authority; publication in Federal Register; transmittal to Congress
Containssection 1631
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 94-412, title III, §301, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1257.
Statutes at Large Reference90 Stat. 1257
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 94-412

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Declaration of national emergency by Executive order; authority; publication in Federal Register; transmittal to Congress - 50 U.S.C. § 1631 (2013)
§1631. Declaration of national emergency by Executive order; authority; publication in Federal Register; transmittal to Congress

When the President declares a national emergency, 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 declaration of a national emergency, or by one or more contemporaneous or subsequent Executive orders published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

(Pub. L. 94–412, title III, §301, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1257.)

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For provisions relating to the release of the American 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.

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