THE NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT (PUBLIC LAW 94-412) Source Book: Legislative History, Texts, and COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL EMERGENCY POWERS UNITED STATES SENATE NOVEMBER 1976 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 66-474 O WASHINGTON: 1976 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL EMERGENCIES AND FRANK CHURCH, Idaho Co-Chairmen PHILIP A. HART, Michigan CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland JERRY M. BRADY, Staff Director (II) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U.S. SENATE. COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Hon. NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, The Capitol, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. VICE PRESIDENT: The Committee on Government Operations transmits herewith for publication as a committee print a compilation of materials relative to the legislative history of the National Emergencies Act which was signed by the President on September 14, 1976 (Public Law 94-412). This material, referred to as a Source Book, summarizes the activities of the Special Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers, and the work of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Government Operations and the House Committee on the Judiciary, which processed the legislation in their respective Houses. The Special Committee terminated its existence on April 30, 1976, and its co-chairmen requested the Committee on Government Operations to assume responsibility for the completion of the Source Book. It is believed that this compilation will prove valuable and useful to scholars and other interested and affected persons. (III) ABE RIBICOFF, Chairman. |