reauthorization

[ree-aw-ther-uh-zay-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of authorizing again or under new terms.

Example Sentences

The hearing comes ahead of next year’s reauthorization of a $300 billion highway bill that provides money for road and rail projects and funding for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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In September, Newsom signed a blockbuster suite of bills including the reauthorization of California’s signature cap-and-trade program, which sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions and lets large polluters buy and sell emissions allowances at quarterly auctions.

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Two lower courts had disemboweled the district’s request to escape preclearance and affirmed the larger question of its constitutionality, citing a careful study of a 16,000-page congressional record built during the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act and Supreme Court precedent.

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Job one: A battle over the 1982 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.

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Among the closely watched items are reauthorization of California’s signature cap-and-trade program and expansion of a regional electricity market.

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