[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3908 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3908
To amend the National Emergencies Act to improve checks and balances,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2025
Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the
Committees on Foreign Affairs, Rules, and the Budget, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the National Emergencies Act to improve checks and balances,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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This Act may be cited as the ``National Emergencies Reform Act of
2025''.

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PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(39)(A) a report on the proposed, planned, and actual
obligations and expenditures of funds (for the prior fiscal
year, the current fiscal year, and the fiscal years for which
the budget is submitted) attributable to the exercise of powers
and authorities made available by statute for each national
emergency declared by the President, currently active or in
effect during the applicable fiscal years.
``(B) Obligations and expenditures contained in the report
under subparagraph (A) shall be organized by Treasury
Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund account and by program,
project, and activity, and include--
``(I) a description of each such program, project,
and activity;
``(ii) the authorities under which such funding
actions are taken; and
``(iii) the purpose and progress of such
obligations and expenditures toward addressing the
applicable national emergency.
``(C) Such report shall include, with respect to any
transfer, reprogramming, or repurposing of funds to address the
applicable national emergency--
``(I) the amount of such transfer, reprogramming,
or repurposing;
``(ii) the authority authorizing each such
transfer, reprogramming, or repurposing; and
``(iii) a description of programs, projects, and
activities affected by such transfer, reprogramming, or
repurposing, including by a reduction in funding.''.

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DOCUMENTS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the
process for approval, adoption, or revision of any presidential
emergency action document, the President shall submit that document to
the appropriate congressional committees.
(b) Documents in Existence Before Date of Enactment.--Not later
than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees all
presidential emergency action documents in existence before such date
of enactment.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'', with respect to a
presidential emergency action document submitted under
subsection (a) or (b), means--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary,
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Reform, the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives; and
(C) any other committee of the Senate or the House
of Representatives with jurisdiction over the subject
matter addressed in the presidential emergency action
document.
(2) Presidential emergency action document.--The term
``presidential emergency action document'' refers to--
(A) each of the approximately 56 documents
described as presidential emergency action documents in
the budget justification materials for the Office of
Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice submitted to
Congress in support of the budget of the President for
fiscal year 2022; and
(B) any other pre-coordinated legal document in
existence before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, that--
(I) is designated as a presidential
emergency action document; or
(II) is designed to implement a
presidential decision or transmit a
presidential request when an emergency disrupts
normal governmental or legislative processes.

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(a) Repeal of Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism Designation.--Section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)) is
amended--
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``; overseas
contingency operations/global war on terrorism''; and
(2) by striking ``that--'' and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting the following: ``that the
Congress designates as emergency requirements in statute, the
adjustment shall be the total of such appropriations in
discretionary accounts designated as emergency requirements.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the later of October 1, 2025, or the date of enactment
of this Act.
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