**(a) Maintenance of file and index of Presidential orders, rules and regulations during national emergency** When the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file and index of all significant orders of the President, including Executive orders and proclamations, and each Executive agency shall maintain a file and index of all rules and regulations, issued during such emergency or war issued pursuant to such declarations.
**(b) Presidential orders, rules and regulations; transmittal to Congress** All such significant orders of the President, including Executive orders, and such rules and regulations shall be transmitted to the Congress promptly under means to assure confidentiality where appropriate.
**(c) Expenditures during national emergency; Presidential reports to Congress** When the President declares a national emergency or Congress declares war, the President shall transmit to Congress, within ninety days after the end of each six-month period after such declaration, a report on the total expenditures incurred by the United States Government during such six-month period which are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by such declaration. Not later than ninety days after the termination of each such emergency or war, the President shall transmit a final report on all such expenditures.
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**(a) Maintenance of file and index of Presidential orders, rules and regulations during national emergency** When the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file and index of all significant orders of the President, including Executive orders and proclamations, and each Executive agency shall maintain a file and index of all rules and regulations, issued during such emergency or war issued pursuant to such declarations.
**(b) Presidential orders, rules and regulations; transmittal to Congress** All such significant orders of the President, including Executive orders, and such rules and regulations shall be transmitted to the Congress promptly under means to assure confidentiality where appropriate.
**(c) Expenditures during national emergency; Presidential reports to Congress** When the President declares a national emergency or Congress declares war, the President shall transmit to Congress, within ninety days after the end of each six-month period after such declaration, a report on the total expenditures incurred by the United States Government during such six-month period which are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by such declaration. Not later than ninety days after the termination of each such emergency or war, the President shall transmit a final report on all such expenditures.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 1641. Accountability and reporting require-
ments of President
(a) Maintenance of file and index of Presidential
orders, rules and regulations during national
emergency
When the President declares a national emer-
gency, or Congress declares war, the President
shall be responsible for maintaining a file and
index of all significant orders of the President,
including Executive orders and proclamations,
and each Executive agency shall maintain a file
and index of all rules and regulations, issued
during such emergency or war issued pursuant
to such declarations.
(b) Presidential orders, rules and regulations;
transmittal to Congress
All such significant orders of the President,
including Executive orders, and such rules and
regulations shall be transmitted to the Congress
promptly under means to assure confidentiality
where appropriate.
(c) Expenditures during national emergency;
Presidential reports to Congress
When the President declares a national emer-
gency or Congress declares war, the President
shall transmit to Congress, within ninety days
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§ 1651
after the end of each six-month period after such
declaration, a report on the total expenditures
incurred by the United States Government dur-
ing such six-month period which are directly at-
tributable to the exercise of powers and authori-
ties conferred by such declaration. Not later
than ninety days after the termination of each
such emergency or war, the President shall
transmit a final report on all such expenditures.
(Pub. L. 94–412, title IV, § 401, Sept. 14, 1976, 90
Stat. 1257.)
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN NATIONAL
EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE REPORTING FUNCTIONS
Memorandum of President of the United States, July