HR 125
119th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Abortion
Health programs administration and funding
Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2025
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2025
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.
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Plain-English summary
Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2025
This bill terminates any national emergency declared by the President 30 days after the declaration unless a joint resolution affirming the declaration is enacted. All national emergency declarations expire after two years unless the President requests a renewal and a joint resolution affirming the renewal is enacted.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Bill text
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 125: Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-125/
"H.R. 125: Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-125/.
H.R. 125, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-125/.
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