H.R. 10132 — ARTICLE ONE Act

This section revises the National Emergencies Act to require the President to specify in the proclamation or related Executive orders the statutory provisions to be exercised during a national emergency. It limits each declaration to 30 days unless Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval, caps renewals at one year subject to the same approval, bars the President from declaring a subsequent emergency on the same circumstances or exercising unapproved authorities for the remainder of the term if approval is denied, and mandates automatic termination with cessation of powers, return of unobligated funds, and termination of related contracts.

This section requires the President to make publicly available the semiannual and final reports on expenditures directly attributable to a national emergency that are transmitted to Congress. It also requires the President to transmit to the Speaker and minority leader of the House and the House and Senate committees of jurisdiction a written report with each declaration, renewal, or exercise of emergency authorities that includes the circumstances necessitating the action, estimated duration, intended actions and statutory authorities, and estimated expenditures, and to provide additional information upon request and status updates every six months.

This section limits application of the National Emergencies Act to national emergencies in which the President exercises only authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and excludes emergencies in which the President also exercises any other emergency authorities. It relocates the prior termination rules for emergencies declared before September 14, 1976, to the new Title VI as sections 601 through 603.

This section eliminates the requirement that the President specify statutory provisions when declaring a national emergency. It also requires a joint resolution, rather than a concurrent resolution, for Congress to terminate emergencies under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

This section makes the Act and its amendments effective on the date of enactment and applicable to national emergencies declared under section 201 of the National Emergencies Act on or after that date. It subjects renewals of emergencies declared before enactment to the amended renewal requirements in section 202(b) of that Act and supersedes the prior version of title II of the National Emergencies Act.