Sec. 4. Congressional approval required to extend national emergencies
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(a)of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1622 ) is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking if ; in paragraph (1), by inserting if before there is enacted ; in paragraph (2), by inserting if before the President issues ; in the matter following paragraph (2)— by striking clause
(1)and inserting paragraph
(2); and by striking clause
(2)and inserting paragraph
(3); by redesignating paragraphs
(1)and (2), as so amended, as paragraphs
(2)and (3), respectively; and by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: on the date that is 60 days after the first day on which either House of Congress is in session following the date of the declaration, unless a joint resolution to extend the emergency is enacted in accordance with subsection (c); . Subsection
(b)of such section 202 is amended by striking terminated and inserting extended for a six-month period . Subsection (c)(1) of such section 202 is amended by striking terminate and inserting extend . Such section 202 is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: If a joint resolution to extend the emergency is not enacted in accordance with subsection
(c)within 60 days after the first day on which either House of Congress is in session following the date of the declaration, the President may not declare a new national emergency based on substantially similar facts during the 1-year period following such 60-day period. . Section 207(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1706(b) ) is amended— by striking concurrent resolution each place it appears and inserting joint resolution ; and by inserting or if the national emergency terminates in accordance with subsection (a)(1) of such section 202 before the period at the end.
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