1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Declarations under the National Emergencies Act, Part 1: Declarations Currently in Effect Updated February 28, 2019 On February 15, 2019, President Trump declared a national emergency under the National E
2、mergencies Act to aid in the construction of physical barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico. Besides raising questions about whether a national emergency declaration can facilitate the construction of such barriers (a topic discussed in a related Sidebar), the declaration has also prompted more
3、 general interest in the National Emergencies Act, including in other emergencies declared under the Act that are currently in effect. This Sidebarthe first of a two-part series identifying declarations issued under the National Emergencies Act, provides a Table identifying national emergency declar
4、ations that are currently in effect as of February 15, 2019 (the companion Sidebar, identifying declarations no longer in effect, can be found here). The Table notes when later Executive Orders or Presidential Proclamations modified the initial executive action in which a national emergency was decl