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Proclamation 9994

Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, 85 Fed. Reg. 15337 (Mar. 18, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
National Emergencies Act §§ 201, 301 (50 U.S.C. §§ 1601, 1621, 1631); Social Security Act § 1135 (42 U.S.C. § 1320b-5)
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
national emergency declared 'beginning March 1, 2020' (read as 2020-03-01)
End
2023-04-10 (terminated by Pub. L. 118-3, Ex. FED-005); continued past each anniversary by Notices of Feb. 24, 2021 (FED-002), Feb. 18, 2022 (FED-003) and Feb. 10, 2023 (FED-004) (read as 2023-04-10)
In force
Mar. 1, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the Secretary of HHS
  • all federal agencies
Functions reached
Collection
Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

do hereby find and proclaim that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States constitutes a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020. Pursuant to this declaration, I direct as follows: Section 1. Emergency Authority. The Secretary of HHS may exercise the authority under section 1135 of the SSA to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements of the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance programs and of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule throughout the duration of the public health emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Enforcement

Predicate only; operates through the instruments it enables (§ 1135 waivers; CMS interim final rules; Stafford Act assistance)

Notes

Predicate, never pleaded as the order. One limb of the two-part § 1135(g)(1)(A) emergency-period test; the other is the HHS § 319 PHE (FED-010 to FED-017). In force on the first and last day of every claimable quarter.

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