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Export control regulations

ACTIVE G.W. Bush EO 13222 IEEPA NEA

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declared 2001-08-17 · last continuation notice 2026-08-14 · next anniversary in 342 days

Keeps the entire export-control system alive by emergency decree because Congress let the underlying statute lapse. The purest example of emergency-as-permanent-legislation. Renewed August 2026.

Renewal record (Federal Register)

PublishedNoticeDoc #
2026-08-14Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2026-16748
2025-08-06Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2025-15016
2024-08-15Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2024-18450
2023-08-16Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2023-17743
2022-08-05Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2022-17049
2021-08-10Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2021-17195
2020-08-14Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2020-18016
2019-08-15Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2019-17735
2018-08-13Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2018-17465
2017-08-16Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2017-17486
2016-08-08Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2016-18943
2015-08-11Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations2015-19882

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