WASHINGTON – Congressman Christopher Gibson (R, NY19) reintroduced the War Powers Reform Act, which amends the War Powers Resolution to clarify when the president needs congressional approval before deploying American armed forces.
Gibson’s bill was introduced on January 27 with 30 bipartisan cosponsors.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 requires the president to seek congressional approval after engaging the American military in hostile actions. The president’s authority to engage militarily is limited to when there has been a declaration of war, when there is congressional authorization, of when the US is attacked or in imminent danger of being attacked.
If the president desires to take military action when none of those circumstances are met, he must first come to Congress for authorization.
The War Powers Reform Act was first introduced in 2011.
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