50 U.S.C. § 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 that a “statute” makes available for use in an emergency may be exercised unless and until the President specifies the provisions of law under which the President or other officers will act. The President may make that specification in the declaration of a “national emergency,” or in one or more contemporaneous or later “Executive orders” that are published in the “Federal Register” and sent to “Congress.” This section does not define “national emergency,” “powers,” “authorities,” “statute,” “emergency,” “provisions of law,” “officers,” “Executive orders,” “Federal Register,” or “Congress.”