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Presidential Notice 7463

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks

President Obama continued for one year the national emergency declared by President Bush on September 14, 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This routine annual extension maintains existing emergency powers and authorities beyond their scheduled expiration on September 14, 2015.

Federal Register Open PDF 80 FR 55013

Impact dates

  1. Continued emergency expires unless extended again

  2. Prior emergency would have expired; continuation takes effect

Key directives

  • Continue national emergency declared September 14, 2001 for additional year
  • Publish notice in Federal Register
  • Transmit notice to Congress

Timeline

Immediate

  • National emergency continues in effect for additional year

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Emergency powers remain available through September 14, 2016 unless extended again

Risks & tensions

  • Perpetual emergency state since 2001 raises constitutional questions about indefinite emergency powers
  • Text cites 'continuing and immediate threat' without specificity—standard formulaic language for these continuations
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