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Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs) are draft classified executive orders, proclamations, and messages to Congress that are prepared for the President of the United States to exercise or expand powers in anticipation of a range of emergency hypothetical worst-case scenarios, so that they are ready to sign and put into effect the moment one of those scenarios comes to pass.
The National Emergencies Act (NEA) (Pub. L. 94–412, 90 Stat. 1255, enacted September 14, 1976, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1601–1651) is a United States federal law passed to end all previous national emergencies and to formalize the emergency powers of the President. The Act empowers the President to activate special powers during a crisis ...
The power to waive certain federal license requirements so the doctors from other states can provide services in states with the greatest need." [143] [144] On April 10, 2023, three years after the emergency declaration, Congress sent a Joint Resolution terminating the national emergency to the President's desk, at which point it was signed ...
The current numbering system for executive orders was established by the U.S. State Department in 1907, when all of the orders in the department's archives were assigned chronological numbers. The first executive order to be assigned a number was Executive Order 1 , signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, but hundreds of unnumbered orders had been ...
Richard Nixon has long served as a cautionary example of the abuse of presidential power. Nixon sent the IRS and FBI to investigate his political enemies, and he obstructed the investigation of ...
The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (National Security Presidential Directive NSPD 51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-20, sometimes called simply "Executive Directive 51" for short), signed by President of the United States George W. Bush on May 4, 2007, is a Presidential Directive establishing a comprehensive policy on the federal government ...
A new law starting Jan. 1, 2022, changes the Emergency Management Act to limit the duration of states of emergency without agreement from the Council of State or General Assembly. When and how ...
Termination of certain Presidential advisory committees August 22, 1977 42 12008 Presidential Management Intern Program August 25, 1977 43 12009 Providing for the effectuation of the Department of Energy Organization Act September 13, 1977 44 12010 Adjustments of certain rates of pay and allowances September 28, 1977 45 12011