Sounds like these 1970s laws were actually a Congressional overhaul of earlier legislation, see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Emergency_Econo

Sounds like these 1970s laws were actually a Congressional overhaul of earlier legislation, see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Emergency_Economic_Powers_Act#Curtailment_of_emergency_executive_powers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Emergency_Econom...