The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. 1541–1548) is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
The War Powers Act of 1973 was "intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress."
