Title Declaration of a national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak : message from the President of the United States, transmitting an executive order declaring that the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United States constitutes a national emergency, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1621(a); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 201(a); (90 Stat. 1255) and 42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(d); Aug. 14, 1935; Ch. 531, Title XI, sec. 1135(d) (as added by Public Law 107-188, Sec. 143(a)); (116 Stat. 628).