The United States has been in a state of national emergency continuously for over 30 years, since the Carter administration invoked it premised on the "situation in Iran". In November 2012, President
Barack Obama informed Congress that the
State of National Emergency in effect since November 14, 1979 will be extended another year.
[1] The National Emergencies Act grants various powers to the president during times of emergency,
[2] and was intended to prevent a president from declaring a state of emergency of indefinite duration.
[3]