# National Security Powers Act A proposed overhaul of the three statutory regimes governing unilateral presidential national-security action — war powers, arms exports, and national emergencies — introduced in the Senate by Chris Murphy, Mike Lee, and Bernie Sanders, with a House companion, the National Security Reform and Accountability Act, introduced by Jim McGovern. Title I rewrites the [[War Powers Resolution]]. It would define "hostilities" and what it means to introduce forces into them, closing the interpretive gap the executive has widened since 1975; shorten the termination clock from 60 days to 20; require any future [[AUMF]] to name its mission, objectives and targets and to sunset in two years; and require detailed follow-on reporting rather than allowing an administration to go dark after the initial 48-hour notice. The structural provision is the **automatic funding cutoff**: appropriations would lapse for non-defensive hostilities that Congress has not authorized, enforced by the [[Antideficiency Act]]. That inverts the default. Under current law a supermajority is needed to stop a war; under the proposal, inaction ends the funding. Titles II and III apply the same affirmative-approval logic to major arms sales and to emergency declarations. Neither bill has passed. See [[War Powers Decision Flow]].