Looks like that's exactly how they got a full non-emergency year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_of_the_Special_Committee_on_the_Termination_of_the_Nation

Looks like that's exactly how they got a full non-emergency year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_of_the_Special_Committee_on_the_Termination_of_the_National_Emergency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_of_the_Special_Committe... Of course, it didn't last long - as soon as the focus moved on, emergencies started popping back up.