Amending House Resolution 211 with respect to a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025, and House Resolution 313 with respect to a national emergency declared by the President on April 2, 2025.
H. Res. 334, introduced in the 119th Congress, amends two prior House resolutions that terminate national emergencies declared by the President on February 1, 2025 (H. Res. 211) and April 2, 2025 (H. Res. 313). The bill standardizes how time is counted toward the termination process by ensuring that days occurring during the first session of Congress are treated as calendar days for purposes of those termination joint resolutions. In practical terms, it replaces specific day-count rules in those resolutions with a rule that counts every day, including weekends and holidays, as calendar days. The change is made retroactively to the point of adoption of each resolution. The bill does not create new emergency powers or funding. Instead, it affects the timeline by which the two emergencies could be terminated, changing the calculation of when the termination process can move forward based on days elapsed.
Key Points
- 1The bill amends H. Res. 211 (the February 1, 2025 national emergency) to change how days are counted toward its termination timeline.
- 2The bill amends H. Res. 313 (the April 2, 2025 national emergency) to change how days are counted toward its termination timeline.
- 3It accomplishes this by striking the existing day-count provisions in each resolution (H.Res. 211, section 4; H.Res. 313, section 2) and applying a “calendar days” rule.
- 4The change applies to days occurring during the first session of Congress and makes the counting retroactive to the adoption of each resolution.
- 5The bill does not alter the substantive authorities or powers tied to the emergencies; it only affects the timing calculation for termination.