Here you go:
- H.R.3884 - National Emergencies Act: https://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/94/412.pdf
- Executive Order 13618 -- Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/06/executive-order-assignment-national-security-and-emergency-preparedness-#.T_sYsRJrreM.twitter
- Stafford Act, as Amended, and Related Authorities (S.3418 - STORM Act):
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/stafford-act_2019.pdf
Edit: How can the executive branch or a president have so much power under a national emergency? This comes from the "unitary executive theory", argued by Alexander Hamilton in, "Federalist Paper 77 – The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered":
Here you go:
- H.R.3884 - National Emergencies Act: https://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/94/412.pdf
- Executive Order 13618 -- Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/06/executive-order-assignment-national-security-and-emergency-preparedness-#.T_sYsRJrreM.twitter
Edit: How can the executive branch or a president have so much power under a national emergency? This comes from the "unitary executive theory", argued by Alexander Hamilton in, "Federalist Paper 77 – The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered":
Here you go:
- H.R.3884 - National Emergencies Act: https://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/94/412.pdf
- Executive Order 13618 -- Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/06/executive-order-assignment-national-security-and-emergency-preparedness-#.T_sYsRJrreM.twitter
Edit: How can the executive branch or a president have so much power under a national emergency? This comes from the "unilateral executive theory", argued by Alexander Hamilton in, "Federalist Paper 77 – The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered":
Here you go:
- H.R.3884 - National Emergencies Act: https://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/94/412.pdf
- Executive Order 13618 -- Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/06/executive-order-assignment-national-security-and-emergency-preparedness-#.T_sYsRJrreM.twitter