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reauthorization

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[ree-aw-ther-uh-zay-shuhn] / riˌɔ θər əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

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


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In 1832, President Andrew Jackson vetoed a reauthorization of the Second Bank’s charter, declaring it an unconstitutional monopoly favoring the few over the many.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week will mark up the five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

Part of the headwind was the significant number of patients that needed to go through an insurance benefit reauthorization process at the start of the year, which pushed approvals into late March.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Originally set at $60 billion, the cap was increased to $205 billion through 2031 in the agency’s most recent reauthorization.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

The first part of this proposal was the five year, $24.7 billion Urban Mass Transportation Administration reauthorization legislation I sent to the Congress in March, 1980.

From State of the Union Address by Jimmy Carter

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