invoking International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorities was four years. That average extended to 10 years for emergencies declared in the 1990s and 12 years for emergencies declared in the 2000s. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) successive Presidents from both parties have used the authority granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to declare national emergencies that do not meet the threshold of unusual and extraordinary threat[s] to the national security and foreign policy of the United States