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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Those included promising not to seek a pardon for Edward Snowden, regularly updating the Senate Intel committee on her foreign travel and working with the panel to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA. —

Stef W. Kight, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 The law is supposed to be reauthorized every five years. —

Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025 Some senators are also concerned over her past votes against reauthorizing FISA Section 702, which gives the U.S. the authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of non-U.S. citizens located abroad. —

Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025 Despite such warnings, Senate Democrats rushed to reauthorize the 702 program in April with the nebulous language attached. —

Dell Cameron, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reauthorize