Ends the national energy emergency the President declared in January 2025

§1What it does

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This joint resolution would end the national energy emergency that the President declared on January 20, 2025, in Executive Order 14156.^2,3 The order said U.S. energy supplies and infrastructure are not enough to meet the country's needs and directed agencies to use emergency and other powers to speed up domestic energy development and infrastructure, including through emergency permitting under certain environmental rules.^2,3 It also directed the Defense Department to assess its ability to obtain and move energy and invoked emergency military construction authority to address any weaknesses found.^2,3

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§3How Congress voted

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