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Ending the National Energy Emergency

Key Points

  • This proposal would officially end the national emergency regarding energy that the President declared on January 20, 2025.
  • A national emergency gives the President special powers to move money or change rules quickly without waiting for the usual long process.
  • If this passes, those special powers would stop, and the government would have to go back to following normal rules for energy programs.
  • This is a tool Congress uses to check the President's power and make sure emergency rules do not stay in place longer than they are needed.

Milestones

2 milestones6 actions
Oct 8, 2025Senate

Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 554.

Oct 8, 2025

Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 554.

Oct 8, 2025Senate

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

Oct 8, 2025Senate

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 31, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Vote Results

1 vote
SenateJoint Resolution DefeatedOct 8, 2025

On the Joint Resolution

47
51
Democrat
45 – 0
Republican
0 – 51 · 2
Independent
2 – 0
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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy.

Bill NumberSJRES 71
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionFailed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 554.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(8)
D: 7I: 1

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