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Effects of Terminating the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) PHE and NEA
Declarations
February 3, 2023
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal officials issued declarations of emergency and disaster
pursuant to multiple emergency authorities, including Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act
(PHSA; P.L. 78-410, as amended; 42 U.S.C. @@201-300mm-61); the National Emergencies Act (NEA;
P.L. 94-412, as amended; 50 U.S.C. §§1601 et seq.); and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act; P.L. 93-288, as amended; 42 U.S.C. @@5121 et seq.). The Public
Health Emergency declaration (COVID-19 PHE) under PHSA Section 319 and the COVID-19 NEA
declaration authorized federal assistance and other activities, and invoked standby authorities. Officials
subsequently renewed the PHE and NEA declarations to support the pandemic response.
Absent other actions, the COVID-19 PHE declaration will expire on April 11, 2023, and the COVID-19
NEA declaration will terminate on March 1, 2023. On January 30, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
announced his Administration's plans to extend both declarations to May 11, 2023, providing a wind-
down period. On January 31, 2023, the House passed H.R. 382, and on February 1, 2023, the House
passed H.J.Res 7. The bills, if enacted, would respectively terminate the COVID-19 PHE and NEA
declarations upon the date of enactment.
The President and FEMA have not yet announced a conclusion to Stafford Act assistance for the
pandemic, which is determined by an agency-specified incident period-ongoing for the COVID-19
declarations as of the date of publication.
Processes to Terminate the Section 319 PHE and NEA
Declarations
PHEs under PHSA Section 319 expire 90 days after the initial declaration date, or upon an HHS
Secretary's declaration that a PHE no longer exists, whichever happens first. Since the initial COVID-19
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