International Emergency Economic Powers Act

International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Long title	An Act with respect to the powers of the President in time of war or national emergency.
Acronyms (colloquial)	IEEPA
Enacted by	the 95th United States Congress
Effective	December 28, 1977
Citations
Public law	95-223
Statutes at Large	91 Stat. 1625
Codification
Titles amended	50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections created	50 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 1701 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 7738 by Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D–NY) on June 13, 1977; Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Passed the House on July 12, 1977 (passed); Passed the Senate on October 11, 1977 (passed) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on November 30, 1977 (agreed) with further amendment; Senate agreed to House amendment on December 7, 1977 (agreed); Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on December 28, 1977;
United States Supreme Court cases
	Dames & Moore v. Regan, 453 U.S. 654 (1981)

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of Pub. L. 95–223, 91 Stat. 1626, enacted October 28, 1977, is a United States federal law authorizing the president to regulate international commerce after declaring a national emergency in response to any unusual and extraordinary threat to the United States which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States.^[1] The act was signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 28, 1977.^[2]

^ Casey, Christopher A.; et al. (March 20, 2019). The International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Origins, Evolution, and Use (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Jimmy Carter: "Presidential War Powers Bill Statement on Signing H.R. 7738 Into Law.," December 28, 1977". The American Presidency Project. University of California – Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

[1] Casey, Christopher A.; et al. (March 20, 2019). The International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Origins, Evolution, and Use (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[2] Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Jimmy Carter: "Presidential War Powers Bill Statement on Signing H.R. 7738 Into Law.," December 28, 1977". The American Presidency Project. University of California – Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

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