Public Law 95-223

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Public Law 95-223 is the 1977 U.S. federal statute that, among other things, enacted the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, granting the President broad authority to regulate international economic transactions during national emergencies.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredInPracticeBy Office of Foreign Assets Control ⓘ
U.S. Department of the Treasury ⓘ
allows blocking of property and interests in property of foreign persons during national emergencies ⓘ
regulation of foreign exchange transactions during national emergencies ⓘ
regulation of transfers of credit or payments involving foreign countries during national emergencies ⓘ
amends Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 ⓘ
areaOfLaw international economic law ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
sanctions law ⓘ
codifiedInTitle 50 U.S. Code ⓘ
conditionForUse declaration of a national emergency with respect to an unusual and extraordinary foreign threat ⓘ
congressNumber 95th United States Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned December 28, 1977 ⓘ
effect shifted most peacetime emergency economic powers from the Trading with the Enemy Act to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enacts International Emergency Economic Powers Act ⓘ
National Emergencies Act amendments ⓘ
grantsPowerTo President of the United States ⓘ
historicalContext post-Vietnam and Watergate reforms of emergency powers ⓘ
imposes reporting requirements on the President to Congress regarding use of emergency economic powers ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
limits scope of presidential economic emergency powers under the Trading with the Enemy Act ⓘ
policyGoal to increase congressional oversight of presidential emergency economic powers ⓘ
to modernize the legal framework for economic sanctions ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Jimmy Carter ⓘ
publicLawNumber 95-223 ⓘ
purpose to grant the President authority to regulate international economic transactions during national emergencies ⓘ
to revise and limit the use of the Trading with the Enemy Act in peacetime ⓘ
relatedTo International Emergency Economic Powers Act ⓘ
National Emergencies Act ⓘ
Trading with the Enemy Act ⓘ
requires presidential declaration of national emergency before exercising IEEPA powers ⓘ
shortTitle An Act to amend section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act, and for other purposes ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 91 Stat. 1625 ⓘ
subject emergency economic powers ⓘ
foreign assets control ⓘ
international economic sanctions ⓘ
national emergencies ⓘ
presidential powers ⓘ
typeOfSanctionsAuthority framework statute for U.S. economic sanctions programs ⓘ
yearEnacted 1977 ⓘ

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International Emergency Economic Powers Act → publicLawNumber → Public Law 95-223 ⓘ
subject linked to: IEEPA