Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump · ¶201

Four pieces of the relevant legislative record support this conclusion. The first two are the House and Senate Reports that accompanied the 1941 amendment to IEEPA's predecessor statute, the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA). First enacted in 1917, TWEA authorized the President to control foreign property during wartime. But some of TWEA's sections delegating this authority had lapsed, and “there [was] doubt as to the effectiveness of other sections.” H. R. Rep. No. 1507, 77th Cong., 1st Sess., 2 (1941). Accordingly, Congress amended TWEA in 1941, adding the subsection that includes the “regulate . . . importation” language on which the President relies today. First War Powers Act, 55 Stat. 839–840. The Reports explained Congress's primary purpose for the 1941 amendment: shoring up the President's ability to control foreign-owned property by maintaining and strengthening the “existing…

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