Proclamation 10993—Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources To Promote American Coke Oven Processing Security
Issued 2025-11-21 by Donald J. Trump
Plain-English Overview
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This proclamation from President Trump aims to provide temporary relief for the U.S. steel industry, specifically coke oven facilities that produce materials used to make steel. The government is concerned that a new rule, called the Coke Oven Rule, places too many burdens on these facilities and could lead to closures and harm the nation’s ability to produce steel for essential industries like infrastructure, transportation, and defense.
The President is temporarily exempting these facilities from certain requirements of the Coke Oven Rule for a period of two years. This means that existing emissions standards will remain in place, avoiding the need to immediately adopt new technologies that are currently unavailable or not proven effective.
The administration believes this action is necessary to protect the domestic coke and steel industries, which are vital for national security and economic stability.
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Constitutional Analysis
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This proclamation ("Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources To Promote American Coke Oven Processing Security") invokes emergency or national security authority. The President's stated rationale: "The current compliance timeline of the Coke Oven Rule as set forth at 89 FR 55690 therefore raises the unacceptable risk of threatening facility closures, production halts, and lasting harm to the domestic coke production industry." The National Emergencies Act (1976) and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) grant the President significant powers when a national emergency is declared, including the authority to impose sanctions, restrict transactions, and direct economic responses.
Congress can terminate a national emergency by joint resolution, but that requires overriding a presidential veto — effectively a two-thirds supermajority. Critics argue this inverts the constitutional design, where emergency powers should expire by default and require congressional renewal. The legitimacy of any specific emergency declaration depends on whether the described threat genuinely constitutes the kind of emergency Congress contemplated when it delegated these powers.
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