reauthorize

verb

re·au·tho·rize (ˌ)rē-ˈȯ-thə-ˌrīz

reauthorized; reauthorizing; reauthorizes

: 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

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Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell unveiled a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the program last week. —

Maria Curi, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024 Under state law, Montana lawmakers must reauthorize its Medicaid expansion or the expansion will end. —

Phil Galewitz | Kff Health News, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024 The committee reauthorized its investigation in May 2023. —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024 Some parts of the DOT's new rule went into effect as early as May when the Federal Aviation Administration's funding was reauthorized, but some of the provisions had a longer lead time for implentation. —

Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reauthorize