**(a)** With respect to Acts of Congress authorizing the exercise, during the period of a national emergency, of any special or extraordinary power, the President is authorized to declare such national emergency. Such proclamation shall immediately be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register.
**(b)** Any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during a national emergency shall be effective and remain in effect (1) only when the President (in accordance with subsection (a) of this section), specifically declares a national emergency, and (2) only in accordance with this chapter. No law enacted after September 14, 1976, shall supersede this subchapter unless it does so in specific terms, referring to this subchapter, and declaring that the new law supersedes the provisions of this subchapter.
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**(a)** With respect to Acts of Congress authorizing the exercise, during the period of a national emergency, of any special or extraordinary power, the President is authorized to declare such national emergency. Such proclamation shall immediately be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register.
**(b)** Any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during a national emergency shall be effective and remain in effect (1) only when the President (in accordance with subsection (a) of this section), specifically declares a national emergency, and (2) only in accordance with this chapter. No law enacted after September 14, 1976, shall supersede this subchapter unless it does so in specific terms, referring to this subchapter, and declaring that the new law supersedes the provisions of this subchapter.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 1621. Declaration of national emergency by
President; publication in Federal Register;
effect on other laws; superseding legislation
(a) With respect to Acts of Congress author-
izing the exercise, during the period of a na-
tional emergency, of any special or extraor-
dinary power, the President is authorized to de-
clare such national emergency. Such proclama-
tion shall immediately be transmitted to the
Congress and published in the Federal Register.
(b) Any provisions of law conferring powers
and authorities to be exercised during a national
emergency shall be effective and remain in ef-
fect (1) only when the President (in accordance
with subsection (a) of this section), specifically
declares a national emergency, and (2) only in
accordance with this chapter. No law enacted
after September 14, 1976, shall supersede this
subchapter unless it does so in specific terms,
referring to this subchapter, and declaring that
the new law supersedes the provisions of this
subchapter.
(Pub. L. 94–412, title II, § 201, Sept. 14, 1976, 90
Stat. 1255.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TERMINATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING
COVID–19
Pub. L. 118–3, Apr. 10, 2023, 137 Stat. 6, provided:
‘‘That, pursuant to section 202 of the National Emer-
gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622), the national emergency de-
clared by the finding of the President on March 13, 2020,
in Proclamation 9994 (85 Fed. Reg. 15337) [set out below]
is hereby terminated.’’
Executive Documents
PROC. NO. 7463. DECLARATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
BY REASON OF CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACKS
Proc. No. 7463, Sept. 14, 2001, 66 F.R. 48199, provided:
A national emergency exists by reason of the ter-
rorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York,
New York, and the Pentagon, and the continuin