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reauthorization

reauthorization

7 6.4
An official action that lets a law, program, or funding continue
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : reautorización
  • Advocates are pushing for the reauthorization of the health care initiative to ensure continued support for low-income families.
  • reauthorization bill
  • Reauthorization Act

But when the reauthorization came up this time, that wouldn't bring it up.

Examples

  • Instead, Congress enacted a law, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act.

    Blog text (29)
  • The possibility that a formal reauthorization will occur in anticipation of the FY 1998 appropriating process is extremely remote.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The Violence Against Women Act reauthorization is still waiting to be passed.

    Blog text (32)
  • And it seems like now after some resistance, a clean reauthorization of that is unlikely to happen.

  • We have also begun to address common issues of interest in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

    Academic text (1999)
  • If this draft is a reflection of the upcoming reauthorization bill, then we implore Congress to develop alternatives.

    Blog text (17)
  • The 1987 reauthorization hearings themselves illustrated the sharp conflict between the two branches.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The findings by Peterson and West (2006) have important implications as the reauthorization of NCLB is being debated in Congress.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Senate will vote next week on the reauthorization of funding for public education programs.

  • The reauthorization of the environmental protection law is crucial for maintaining clean air and water standards.

Synonyms

revalidation
vsreauthorization
  • Formal
1 6.6

An official check that a person or document still meets required rules

officially grants permission or approval again, often to renew laws, programs, or funding

Antonyms

revocation
  • Formal
9 7.3

An official decision to cancel something given or allowed before

Surface Forms

Morphology

reauthorization = reauthorize (transparent) = re + authoriz + ation

This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'reauthorize' meaning the act or process of authorizing again.

Etymology

Reauthorization starts with re- meaning 'again' and ends with authorization, which is like the word authority and means 'official permission'. So reauthorization is the official act of giving permission again.