reauthorize

verb

re·au·tho·rize (ˌ)rē-ˈȯ-thə-ˌrīz

reauthorized; reauthorizing; reauthorizes

transitive verb

: to authorize (something or someone) again

especially : to renew the authority or effective legal power, warrant, or right of

called for Congress to reauthorize the Clean Water Act

Since passage, each law has been amended or "reauthorized," a confusing process under which existing statutes are reenacted with new language. —

Gregg Easterbrook

reauthorization

(ˌ)rē-ˌȯ-th(ə-)rə-ˈzā-shən

noun

plural reauthorizations

Congressional leaders are expected to continue negotiating a long-term reauthorization of the program in the coming weeks. —

Mike Debonis

Examples of reauthorize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Blumenthal has also called for the Farm Bill to be reauthorized. —

Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024 It was reauthorized in 2019 with a backlog of $39 million worth of projects in its financing pipeline. —

Kelly Sims Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021 The plan released today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee is one of several efforts taking shape in Congress to formally approve, or reauthorize, the $47.1 billion agency’s policies and programs for the first time since 2006. —

science.org, 26 June 2024 Yeah, because Congress did not reauthorize the program. —

Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for reauthorize

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