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, which stated that U.S. energy supplies and infrastructure were not enough to meet the country's needs.^2,3 That order directed federal agencies to use emergency and other powers to speed approval of domestic energy production and completion of energy infrastructure, including through emergency permitting under certain environmental rules.³ It also had the Defense Department assess its ability to obtain and move energy and invoked emergency military construction authority to address any weaknesses found.³

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§3How Congress voted

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