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https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bill_text.pdf
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. ll
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
York, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. NEAL, Mr. COHEN,
Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DEAN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. TED LIEU of California,
Ms. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr.
SWALWELL of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll
A BILL
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for
other purposes.
Sec. 533. Disclosure to Congress of presidential emergency action documents.
5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
6 conclusion of the process for approval, adoption, or revi7 sion of any presidential emergency action document, the
8 President shall submit that document to the appropriate
9 congressional committees.
10 (b) DOCUMENTS IN EXISTENCE BEFORE DATE OF
11 ENACTMENT.—Not later than 15 days after the date of
12 the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
13 the appropriate congressional committees all presidential
14 emergency action documents in existence before such date
15 of enactment.
16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
17 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’, with respect to a presidential emergency
20 action document submitted under subsection (a) or
21 (b), means—
22 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security
23 and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on
24 the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on In25 telligence of the Senate;
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1 (B) the Committee on Oversight and Re2 form, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the
3 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
4 the House of Representatives; and
5 (C) any other committee of the Senate or
6 the House of Representatives with jurisdiction
7 over the subject matter addressed in the presi8 dential emergency action document.
9 (2) PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ACTION DOCU10 MENT.—The term ‘‘presidential emergency action
11 document’’ refers to—
12 (A) each of the approximately 56 docu13 ments described as presidential emergency ac14 tion documents in the budget justification mate15 rials for the Office of Legal Counsel of the De16 partment of Justice submitted to Congress in
17 support of the budget of the President for fiscal
18 year 2018; and
19 (B) any other pre-coordinated legal docu20 ment in existence before, on, or after the date
21 of the enactment of this Act, that—
22 (i) is designated as a presidential
23 emergency action document; or
24 (ii) is designed to implement a presi25 dential decision or transmit a presidential
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1 request when an emergency disrupts nor2 mal governmental or legislative processes.