Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

| Litigants = Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States

| ArgueDate = February 23

| ArgueYear = 1813

| DecideDate = February 26

| DecideYear = 1813

| FullName = Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States

| USVol = 11

| USPage = 382

| ParallelCitations = 7 Cranch 382; 3 L. Ed. 378

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| Subsequent =

| Holding = Congress may revive a law by conditioning its revival on certain inaction by the President. Such is not an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority.

| Majority = Johnson

| JoinMajority = unanimous

| LawsApplied = U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3 and Non-Intercourse Act

}}

Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States, 11 U.S. (7 Cranch) 382 (1813), involved a forfeiture statute that Congress passed with a condition. The 1809 Non-Intercourse Act, a trade prohibition against Great Britain, would be reinstated the following year unless the President declared that it was no longer violating the neutrality of the United States. The Court unanimously rejected arguments based on the nondelegation doctrine, "reviving the act [...] neither expressly or conditionally, as their judgment should direct."{{ussc|name=Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States|link=|volume=11|page=382|pin=388|year=1813|reporter=Cranch|reporter-volume=7}}.