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HR 125 · in committee · significant

Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires Congress to approve any national emergency declared by the President within 30 days or it automatically ends.
  • All national emergencies expire after two years unless the President requests renewal and Congress approves it.
  • The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment and applies to all future emergency declarations.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

  1. 01

    How would requiring congressional approval within 30 days affect the President's ability to respond quickly to sudden crises like natural disasters or security threats?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between limiting executive emergency power and ensuring the government can act decisively when Congress is unable to meet?

  3. 03

    Which types of national emergencies currently in effect would be automatically terminated if this bill had been law, and what were the consequences of those declarations?

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Sponsor · R-AZ-5

Andy Biggs

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Introduced 2025-01-04

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-04 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  2. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, 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.

  3. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, 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.

  4. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, 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.

  5. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  6. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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