50 U.S.C. § 1641 — Accountability and reporting requirements of President
submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 94-412 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 208 words · no verdicts yet
During a declared national emergency or war, the President and executive agencies must keep records of significant orders, rules, and regulations. These materials must be sent promptly to Congress, and the President must report emergency-related spending.
(a) Recordkeeping. When the President declares a national emergency or Congress declares war, the President must keep a file and index of all significant Presidential orders, including executive orders and proclamations. Each executive agency must keep a file and index of all rules and regulations issued during that emergency or war under the declaration. (b) Sending materials to Congress. All such Presidential orders, rules, and regulations must be promptly sent to Congress, using confidentiality-protecting methods when appropriate. (c) Spending reports. Within 90 days after each six-month period following the declaration ends, the President must send Congress a report of total United States Government spending during that period directly attributable to exercising the declared powers. Within 90 days after the emergency or war ends, the President must send a final report of all such spending.
When the President declares a national emergency, 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.
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.
When the President declares a national emergency or Congress declares war, the President shall transmit to Congress, within ninety days after the end of each six-month period after such declaration, a report on the total expenditures incurred by the United States Government during such six-month period which are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by such declaration. Not later than ninety days after the termination of each such emergency or war, the President shall transmit a final report on all such expenditures.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–412, title IV, § 401, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1257.)
- 1976Enacted · Pub. L. 94-412 · 90 Stat. 1257
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