What are the issues with the National Emergencies Act?

The National Emergencies Act fails in its original intent to restrain presidential emergency powers. It lacks a clear definition of what constitutes a national emergency, merely requiring presidents to cite specific federal statutes when declaring emergencies. Despite being created to rein in executive authority, the Act has been ineffective at limiting these powers. Evidence of this failure is that Americans currently live under dozens of national emergencies without general awareness. When the Act was passed, there were only four existing emergencies, but that number has grown substantially. The Act neither adequately defines emergencies nor constrains them, undermining its purpose of increasing accountability in executive emergency powers.