Fulfill our commitment to the u. S. House gaveling back in. Back to a vote. Have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from the white house on march 13, 2020, at 5 28 p. M. , and said to contain a message from the president on declaring a National Emergency concerning the nobel Novel Coronavirus disease outbreak. With best wished, i am, signed, sincerely, cheryl l. Johnson, clerk of the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the message. The clerk to the congress of the United States. Pursuant to per section 201 of the National Emergencies act, 50 United States code 1621, i hereby report that i have exercised my authority to declare that the outbreak of coronavirus disease in the United States constitutes a National Emergency. This declaration invokes section 1135 of the Social Security act, 42 United States code, to allow the secretary of health and Human Services to exercise the authority under that section to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements