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handle is hein.crs/crsahls0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20711 October 23, 2000 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Executive Order 12919: Emergency Powers of the President Robert B. Burdette Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary Executive Order 12919 concerns industrial preparedness during times of war and national emergency. This brief report uses simple language to describe what Executive Order 12919 does. It is intended to clarify common misunderstandings about the Order's purpose and scope. The scope of Executive Order 12919 is sometimes misunderstood. For example, congressional offices sometimes receive correspondence expressing concerns that Executive Order 12919 reflects an attempt by the President to assume powers not conferred on him under the Constitution and to consolidate all the powers of the federal government under the Executive Branch and also that the Order somehow allows the President to declare martial law. Those concerns are unwarranted. As its caption (i.e., National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness) itself implies, Executive Order 12919 relates exclusively to the preparedness of U.S. defense-related industries in times of war or other national emergencies. It has nothing whatever to do with declarations of martial law. It has no effect at all on the continued powers of Congress and the federal courts during periods of war or other national emergencies. This Executive Order implements certain policies and programs established by Act of Congress (i.e., the Defense Production Act of 1950). It updates delegations of authority and other procedures dating back as far as the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt (see section 904 of the order itself). The order is divided into nine parts each of which is further divided into various sections. These parts and sections are described below. Executive Order 12919 is a public document and can be examined or copied at any federal depository library. It appears in volume 59 of the Federal Register beginning at page 29525. Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress

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