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“If Congress rejects a national emergency, a renewal, or a specific emergency power, the same President should be blocked from using the same emergency action again for the rest of that presidential term.”
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“Most national emergencies should expire after 45 days unless Congress approves them, and Congress should also approve the specific emergency powers used and renew continuing emergencies each year.”
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“The President should have to give key congressional committees emergency action documents quickly, and those committees should get continued access, needed security clearances, and agency help to review them.”
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“When a national emergency ends, federal officials would stop using the emergency powers tied to it, return unused money moved under emergency authority, and end contracts made under emergency-related legal authority, while past legal actions and already-existing penalties or rights would remain in place?”
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“The President should not use IEEPA economic emergency powers to add tariffs or most import quotas, but could still use IEEPA to block some or all goods from a country from entering the United States.”
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“Presidents should use emergency powers only for the named emergency, not for unrelated or rejected programs, and should not declare mostly the same emergency again after Congress rejects or ends it.”
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“Certain presidential powers over communications networks should be available only when there is a formal national emergency.”
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“The President should share secret emergency action plans with key congressional committees, and the government should review whether declassified text or public summaries can be released without harming national security.”
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“When a president declares, renews, or adds powers for a national emergency, Congress would get written information about what is happening, what actions are planned, what money may be moved, and which laws will be used. Congress would also get requested information and updates at least every six months while an emergency continues?”
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“Older laws giving the President broad power over wire and radio communications during war or threats of war should be removed without creating a replacement emergency communications-control power.”
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“When the government uses IEEPA economic emergency powers against a U.S. person, that person should keep access to basic needs, receive notice and a chance to challenge the action, usually get a court warrant before property is blocked, and be able to seek fresh federal court review?”
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“Some sanctions-related national emergencies that use only International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorities should be handled separately instead of following the main 45-day congressional approval system.”
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“Before using emergency powers, a president would have to name the specific laws and powers being used. Each listed power could continue past 30 days only if Congress approves both the emergency and that particular power.”
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