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Long title An Act to terminate certain authorities with respect to national emergencies still in effect, and to provide for orderly implementation and termination of future national emergencies.
Acronyms (colloquial) NEA
Enacted by the 94th United States Congress
Effective September 14, 1976
Citations
Public law 94-412
Statutes at Large 90 Stat. 1255
Codification
Titles amended 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections created 50 U.S.C. ch. 34 § 1601 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 3884 by Peter W. Rodino (D–NJ) on February 27, 1975
Committee consideration by House Judiciary, Senate Government Operations
Passed the House on September 4, 1975 (388–5)
Passed the Senate on August 27, 1976 (passed) with amendment
House agreed to Senate amendment on August 31, 1976 (agreed)
Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on September 14, 1976