List of national emergencies in the United States
A national emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to perform actions not normally permitted. The 1976 National Emergencies Act implemented various legal requirements regarding emergencies declared by the President of the United States.[1][2]
From the enactment of the National Emergencies Act in 1976 until January 20, 2021, 70 emergencies have been declared;[3] 36 have expired and another 34 are currently in effect, each having been renewed annually by the president.[4][5][6]
Status | President | Start date | End date | Category | Description |
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Ended | Wilson | February 5, 1917[7] | March 3, 1921[8] | Maritime | Emergency in Water Transportation of the United States (Proclamation 1354)[7] |
Ended | Franklin Roosevelt | March 9, 1933[9] | September 14, 1978[10] | Economic | Declaring Bank Holiday (Proclamation 2039)[11] – Declared a bank holiday from March 6 through March 9, 1933, using the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 as a legal basis.[9] The first of four emergencies cited by Senate Report 93-549 as never having been terminated.[9] |
Ended | Roosevelt | September 8, 1939[12] | April 28, 1952[12][9] | Military | Proclaiming a National Emergency in Connection with the Observance, Safeguarding, and Enforcement of Neutrality and the Strengthening of the National Defense Within the Limits of Peace-Time Authorizations[13] (Proclamation 2352) |
Ended | Roosevelt | May 27, 1941 | April 28, 1952[12][9] | Military | Proclaiming That an Unlimited National Emergency Confronts This Country, Which Requires That Its Military, Naval, Air and Civilian Defenses Be Put on the Basis of Readiness to Repel Any and All Acts or Threats of Aggression Directed Toward Any Part of the Western Hemisphere[14] (Proclamation 2487)[12] – declaration of an unlimited national emergency under threat from Nazi Germany.[15] |
Ended | Truman | December 16, 1950[9] | September 14, 1978 | Military | Proclaiming the Existence of a National Emergency (Proclamation 2914)[16] – declared that the United States' "military, naval, air and civilian defenses" should be used to fight communism as part of the Korean War.[17] The second of four emergencies cited by Senate Report 93-549 as never having been terminated.[9] |
Ended | Nixon | March 23, 1970[9] | September 14, 1978 | Economic | Declaring a National Emergency (Proclamation 3972)[18] – declaration in response to the 1970 United States Postal Service strike. The third of four emergencies cited by Senate Report 93-549 as never having been terminated.[9] |
Ended | Nixon | August 15, 1971[9][19] | September 14, 1978 | Trade | Imposition of Supplemental Duty for Balance of Payments Purposes (Proclamation 4074)[19] – imposed import controls in response to the Nixon shock. The last of four emergencies cited by Senate Report 93-549 as never having been terminated.[9] |
Current | Carter | November 14, 1979 | Sanctions | Blocking Iranian Government Property[20] (Executive Order 12170)[20] – ordered the freezing of Iranian assets as part of the U.S. response during the Iran hostage crisis[4] | |
Ended | Carter | April 17, 1980 | April 17, 1981 | Sanctions | Further Prohibitions on Transactions with Iran (Executive Order 12211) – prohibitions revoked on January 19, 1981, but national emergency neither terminated nor continued[21] |
Ended | Reagan | October 14, 1983 | December 20, 1983 | Trade | Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Executive Order 12444)[21] – expiry of the Export Administration Act of 1979 |
Ended | Reagan | March 30, 1984 | July 12, 1985 | Trade | Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Executive Order 12470)[21] – expiry of the Export Administration Act of 1979 |
Ended | Reagan | May 1, 1985[22] | March 13, 1990[23] | Sanctions | Prohibiting Trade and Certain Other Transactions Involving Nicaragua (Executive Order 12513)[22] – The United States embargo against Nicaragua,[24] followed the victory by Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega in the 1984 Nicaraguan general election over the U.S.-backed Contras |
Ended | Reagan | September 9, 1985 | July 10, 1991 | Sanctions | Prohibiting Trade and Certain Other Transactions Involving South Africa (Executive Order 12532)[21] – response to the initial attempt by Senate Democrats to pass what would be the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 |
Ended | Reagan | January 7, 1986 | September 20, 2004 | Sanctions | Prohibiting Trade and Certain Transactions Involving Libya (Executive Order 12543)[21] – followed the 1985 Rome and Vienna airport attacks |
Ended | Reagan | April 8, 1988 | April 5, 1990 | Sanctions | Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to Panama (Executive Order 12635)[21] – deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and General Manuel Noriega |
Ended | Bush (H.W.) | August 2, 1990 | July 29, 2004 | Sanctions | Blocking Iraqi Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Iraq (Executive Order 12722)[21] – in response to the invasion of Kuwait |
Ended | Bush (H.W.) | September 30, 1990 | September 30, 1993 | Trade | Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Executive Order 12730)[21] – expiry of the Export Administration Act of 1979 |
Ended | Bush (H.W.) | November 16, 1990 | November 11, 1994 | Arms | Chemical and Biological Weapons Proliferation (Executive Order 12735)[21] – followed the signing with the U.S.S.R. of the 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord, and preceded the May 1991 commitment by George H.W. Bush to destroy weapon agents, systems, and production facilities of the United States chemical weapons program |
Ended | Bush (H.W.) | October 4, 1991[25] | October 14, 1994[26] | Sanctions | Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to Haiti (Executive Order 12775)[21] – followed the 1991 Haitian coup d'état against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Re-declared by Clinton on May 7, 1994 (Executive Order 12914)[27] |
Ended | Bush (H.W.) | May 30, 1992 | May 28, 2003 | Sanctions | Blocking "Yugoslav Government" Property and Property of the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro (Executive Order 12808)[21] – in response to the start of the Bosnian War |
Ended[28] | Bill Clinton | September 26, 1993 | May 6, 2003 | Sanctions | Prohibiting Certain Transactions Involving UNITA (Executive Order 12865) – imposed economic sanctions on UNITA, a political group in Angola.[29] |
Ended | Clinton | September 30, 1993 | September 29, 1994 | Arms | Measures To Restrict the Participation by United States Persons in Weapons Proliferation Activities (Executive Order 12868) – restricted US development of nuclear and chemical weapons.[30] |
Ended | Clinton | June 30, 1994 | August 19, 1994 | Trade | Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Executive Order 12923)[31] |
Ended | Clinton | August 19, 1994 | April 4, 2001[32] | Trade | Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Executive Order 12924) – revoked and revised Executive Order 12923[33] |
Ended | Clinton | September 29, 1994 | November 14, 1994 | Sanctions | Measures to Restrict the Participation by United States Persons in Weapons Proliferation Activities (Executive Order 12930)[34] |
Ended | Clinton | October 25, 1994 | May 28, 2003 | Sanctions | Blocking Property and Additional Measures With Respect to the Bosnian Serb-Controlled Areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Executive Order 12934)[35] |
Current | Clinton | November 14, 1994[36] | Arms | Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction[37] (Executive Order 12938)[38] – provides for control over the export of weapons;[36] combined two previous national emergencies regarding WMDs.[4] | |
Current | Clinton | January 23, 1995[39] | Sanctions | Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process (Executive Order 12947) – imposed economic sanctions on Specially Designated Terrorists, including the ANO, Hezbollah, the DFLP, Hamas, and the PFLP.[39] | |
Current | Clinton | March 15, 1995[40] | Sanctions | Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources[4] (Executive Order 12957)[40] – intended to prevent a business deal between Iran and Conoco.[41] | |
Current | Clinton | October 21, 1995[4] | Sanctions | Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers (Executive Order 12978)[42] – declared in response to Colombian drug cartels using American companies to launder money.[4] | |
Current | Clinton | March 1, 1996[4] | Maritime | Declaration of a National Emergency and Invocation of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels (Proclamation 6867)[43] – implemented following the destruction of two civilian aircraft by the Cuban military on February 24, 1996.[44] | |
Ended | Clinton | May 20, 1997 | October 7, 2016[45] | Sanctions | Prohibiting New Investment in Burma (Executive Order 13047)[46] |
Current | Clinton | November 3, 1997[4] | Sanctions | Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Sudan[47] (Executive Order 13067)[47] – established a trade embargo against Sudan, specifically targeting the Sudanese government.[48] | |
Ended | Clinton | June 9, 1998[49] | May 28, 2003[50] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and the Republic of Montenegro, and Prohibiting New Investment in the Republic of Serbia in Response to the Situation in Kosovo (Executive Order 13088)[49] – declaration of a national emergency during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[51] |
Ended | Clinton | July 4, 1999 | July 2, 2002 | Sanctions | Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With the Taliban (Executive Order 13129)[52] |
Ended | Clinton | June 21, 2000 | June 25, 2012 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons (Executive Order 13159)[53] |
Ended | Clinton | January 18, 2001[54] | January 15, 2004[55] | Trade | Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Executive Order 13194)[54] |
Current | Bush | June 26, 2001[4] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans[56] (Executive Order 13219)[57] – intended to combat extremist Albanian insurgents operating in North Macedonia and limit obstruction of the Dayton Accords. Amended on May 28, 2003 (Executive Order 13304) following the Ohrid Agreement, signed in 2001.[58] | |
Current | Bush | August 17, 2001 | Trade | Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Executive Order 13222)[59] – reasserted presidential control of exports of "defense articles" following the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979 in 1994.[4] Amended on March 8, 2013 (Executive Order 13637)[60] to delegate authority provided by Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act from the president to the Secretary of State.[61] | |
Current | Bush | September 14, 2001[4] | Military | Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks (Proclamation 7463)[62] – the first of two national emergencies declared following the September 11 attacks, allowing the president to call troops from the National Guard or from retirement, to apportion military funding, to exercise more discretion over hiring military officers, and to promote more generals than previously allowed.[63][64] | |
Current | Bush | September 23, 2001[65] | Sanctions | Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism (Executive Order 13224)[64] – the second of two national emergencies declared following the September 11 attacks,[66] allowing the State and Treasury departments (through the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control) to designate entities as terrorists and apply economic sanctions. Due to the order's broad language, its scope has grown over the years to become one of the Treasury's "cornerstone sanctions programs" in fighting terrorism worldwide.[64] Amended on July 2, 2002 (Executive Order 13268)[67] to include the Taliban, and on January 23, 2003 (Executive Order 13284)[68] to integrate the newly-created position of Secretary of Homeland Security into the order's process. | |
Current | Bush | March 6, 2003[69] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe (Executive Order 13288)[69] – imposed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and 76 other government officials[70] following years of rigged elections and a recent food shortage,[71] echoing similar sanctions imposed the previous year by the European Union.[72] Amended on November 22, 2005 (Executive Order 13391)[73] to revise the EO's annex listing the individuals targeted with sanctions. | |
Current | Bush | May 22, 2003 | Legal | Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest (Executive Order 13303)[74] – granted the Development Fund for Iraq, established the same day, legal protection in the wake of the invasion of Iraq and amidst the Iraq War. | |
Current | Bush | May 11, 2004 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria (Executive Order 13338)[75] – imposed mostly symbolic economic sanctions on Syria,[76] grounding all flights between the two countries, banning all exports to Syria but food and medicine, and freezing some Syrians' assets.[77] | |
Ended | Bush | July 22, 2004 | November 12, 2015 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of Certain Goods from Liberia (Executive Order 13348)[78] |
Ended | Bush | February 7, 2006[79] | September 14, 2016 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Côte d'Ivoire (Executive Order 13396)[79] |
Current | Bush | June 16, 2006 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus (Executive Order 13405)[80] – imposed sanctions, including a travel ban, on Alexander Lukashenko after Belarus's crackdown on peaceful protests against the recent presidential election and following similar sanctions by the European Union.[81] | |
Current | Bush | October 27, 2006 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Executive Order 13413)[82] – imposed economic sanctions on DRC government officials amidst widespread violence taking place during runoffs for Congo's first free election in decades.[83] | |
Current | Bush | August 1, 2007 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions (Executive Order 13441)[84] – imposed sanctions intended as a warning to Syria and Hezbollah, months after a similar travel ban, during widespread unrest in the country, and out of concern over rifts between prime minister Fouad Siniora and president Émile Lahoud.[85][86] | |
Current | Bush | June 26, 2008 | Sanctions | Continuing Certain Restrictions With Respect to North Korea and North Korean Nationals (Executive Order 13466)[87] – retained "certain restrictions" on North Korea as the United States removed North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and as North Korea publicly declared its nuclear program.[88] | |
Ended | Obama | October 24, 2009[89] | October 23, 2010[90] | Public health | Declaration of a National Emergency With Respect to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic (Proclamation 8443)[89] – empowered the secretary of Health and Human Services to issue waivers allowing overcrowded hospitals to move swine flu patients to satellite facilities or other hospitals.[91]
Months before this national emergency was declared, on April 26, 2009 Obama's acting director of Health and Human Services declared H1N1 a public health emergency.[92] Later on October 24, 2009, a second declaration was made by Obama to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements of the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance programs and of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule. |
Current | Obama | April 12, 2010[36] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia (Executive Order 13536)[93] – intended to help combat Somali pirates.[4] | |
Current | Obama | February 25, 2011 | Sanctions | Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya (Executive Order 13566)[94] – imposed sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi, his family, and Libyan officials after protestors were killed by government forces, including freezing assets and consideration of prosecution for war crimes.[95] | |
Current | Obama | July 24, 2011[96] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations (Executive Order 13581)[96] – levied sanctions against four criminal organizations—Los Zetas, the Brothers' Circle, the Yakuza, and the Camorra—including freezing assets, barring ownership of American real estate, and implementing travel bans.[97] | |
Current | Obama | May 16, 2012 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen (Executive Order 13611)[98] – intended to counter unrest in Yemen in the aftermath of the Yemeni Revolution.[4] | |
Ended | Obama | June 25, 2012[99] | May 26, 2015[100] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons (Executive Order 13617)[99] – imposed sanctions on Russia over the disposal of highly enriched uranium. |
Current | Obama | March 6, 2014[101] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine (Executive Order 13660)[101] – imposed sanctions, including restricting visas, in concert with the European Union and the international community against Russia after its Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[102][103] Amended on March 16, 2014 (Executive Order 13661),[104] March 20, 2014 (Executive Order 13662),[105] and December 19, 2014 (Executive Order 13685)[106] to expand the scope of sanctions. | |
Current | Obama | April 3, 2014[36] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan (Executive Order 13664)[107] – enabled economic sanctions to be placed due to the civil war in South Sudan; sanctions were first imposed a month later.[108] | |
Current | Obama | May 12, 2014 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African Republic (Executive Order 13667)[109] – imposed sanctions against former Central African Republic president François Bozizé, following similar sanctions placed on Bozizé by the United Nations Security Council the previous week;[110] also contains provisions against the use of child soldiers.[36] | |
Current | Obama | March 8, 2015 | Sanctions | Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela (Executive Order 13692)[111] – imposed sanctions on seven high-ranking Venezuelan government officials, including SEBIN director Gustavo Enrique González López, PNB director Manuel Perez, and CVG head Justo Noguero.[112][113] | |
Current | Obama | April 1, 2015 | Sanctions | Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (Executive Order 13694)[114] – intended to allow sanctions to be levied on foreign individuals determined by the Department of the Treasury to have engaged in cyber-crime or cyber-terrorism; was in the works for two years.[115] | |
Current | Obama | November 22, 2015[116] | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Burundi (Executive Order 13712)[116] – imposed sanctions on four Burundi nationals—minister of public security Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, National Police of Burundi deputy director-general Godefroid Bizimana, Godefroid Niyombare, and Cyrille Ndayirukiye—in the wake of widespread unrest.[117] | |
Current | Trump | December 20, 2017 | Sanctions | Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (Executive Order 13818)[118] – imposed sanctions due to the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar, specifically against general Maung Maung Soe;[119] works in tandem with the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.[36] | |
Current | Trump | September 12, 2018[36] | Sanctions | Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election (Executive Order 13848)[120] – intended to enable automatic sanctions in response to election interference;[121][122] intelligence agencies are given 45 days after an election to assess any possible interference.[36] | |
Current | Trump | November 27, 2018 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua (Executive Order 13851)[123] – announces certain sanctions against current and former Daniel Ortega government officials engaging in human rights abuse or corruption.[124] | |
Ended | Trump | February 15, 2019 | January 20, 2021[125] | Military | Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States (Proclamation 9844)[126] – seeks to divert $8 billion of funds, which were previously allocated to other programs, to build a wall on the southern border of the United States, which the order calls a "major entry point for criminals, gang members, and illicit narcotics" into the United States.[127][128][129] This emergency declaration is the first since the passage of the National Emergencies Act in which the president sought to take funds for which Congress previously denied appropriation, and the first time both houses of Congress passed a resolution declaring the emergency terminated, sending it to the president for his signature.[130] |
Current | Trump | May 15, 2019 | Sanctions | Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (Executive Order 13873)[131] – bans American companies from using any telecommunications equipment that the secretary of Commerce declares to be a national security risk.[132]
Soon after the executive order was signed, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce announced that it will be adding Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and 70 affiliates to its Entity List. The Department of Commerce alleged that Huawei was engaged in activities that are contrary to US national security or foreign policy interest. As a result, sale or transfer of American technology to a company or person on the Entity List requires a license issued by the BIS, and a license may be denied if the sale or transfer would harm US national security or foreign policy interests. | |
Current | Trump | March 13, 2020 | Public health | Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak[133] (Proclamation 9994)[134] — On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared that he would give the states and territories access to up to 50 billion dollars in federal funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This includes the ability to waive laws to enable tele-health. Stated by President Trump: "It gives remote doctor's visits and hospital check ins. The power to waive certain federal license requirements so the doctors from other states can provide services in states with the greatest need."[135][136] | |
Current | Trump | June 11, 2020 | Sanctions | Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated with the International Criminal Court (Executive Order 13928) — Freezes property of persons directly engaged in, or materially supporting, any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute US or US-allied personnel in connection with the War in Afghanistan; bars entry into the US by such directly engaged persons and their immediate families |
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