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handle is hein.crs/govemkx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S Congressional ____ ~ ~Research Service National Emergencies Act Expenditure Reports August 3, 2023 The President is authorized to declare a national emergency pursuant to the National Emergencies Act of 1976 (NEA; P.L. 94-412; 50 U.S.C. §§1601 et seq.), which enables the President to invoke various standby authorities in response to the declared incident. The NEA also includes presidential accountability and reporting requirements. This Insight provides a brief overview of the requirement that the President transmit expenditure reports to Congress. It also describes potential ways to locate these required congressional reports and offers considerations for ensuring that NEA expenditure reporting occurs. NEA Expenditure Reporting Requirement The NEA requires that the President report to Congress the total expenditures incurred by the U.S. government which are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by such declaration (50 U.S.C. #1641(c)). The statute requires the President to submit such reports: within 90 days after the end of each six-month period following an NEA declaration; and not later than 90 days after an NEA declaration is terminated. Locating Expenditure Reports Agencies may submit physical copies of required reports to congressional committees, committee leadership, or Congress in general without a specified recipient-including NEA expenditure reports. Written reports due to Congress are typically submitted as Executive Communications (ECs). The House and Senate Executive Clerks' Offices record the EC submission and create an abstract for publication in the Congressional Record. EC submission records can be searched on Congress.gov. Because the House and Senate Executive Clerks' Offices deliver report documents to the congressional committee(s) of referral after recording the report submissions, the House and Senate Parliamentarian's Offices and House and Senate Executive Clerk's Offices do not retain copies of submitted written reports. Thus, full-text versions of reports are generally available only in internal committee records unless they are further published by the respective committee or executive branch agency. There is currently no single repository for reports submitted to Congress. As such, copies of these reports may be difficult to obtain. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12213 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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