reauthorization
Extending legal approval
Reauthorization is the act of granting authority again, typically for legislation or programs that have expired or are about to expire.
Many government programs require periodic reauthorization to continue operating: The farm bill comes up for reauthorization every five years.
The process often involves congressional debate over funding levels and policy changes.
Legislative governing body
- houseResidential building
- billAmount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- voteFormal choice expression
committee · hearing · bipartisan · funding · appropriations · oversight · subcommittee · markup
Making current again
- extensionAdded part or duration
- continuationAct of proceeding further
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
entitlements · five-year · farm bill · FISA · welfare reform · Head Start · FAA · SNAP
End of validity
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- extensionAdded part or duration
renewal · duration · periodic · annual · five-year · temporary · permanent · gap
Adhering to requirements
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- auditFormal accounts examination
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
inspection · monitoring · standards · requirements · guidelines · rulemaking · enforcement · reporting
senate
Legislative governing body
vote · committee · hearing · bipartisan · funding · appropriations · oversight · subcommittee · markup · sponsor
renewal
Making current again
- extensionAdded part or duration
- continuationAct of proceeding further
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
grants · entitlements · five-year · farm bill · FISA · welfare reform · Head Start · FAA · SNAP
expiration
End of validity
extension · renewal · duration · periodic · annual · five-year · temporary · permanent · gap · delay
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- auditFormal accounts examination
- certificationAttestation of qualification
accreditation · inspection · monitoring · standards · requirements · guidelines · rulemaking · enforcement · reporting · accountability
- federal budgetfederal budget, appropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus
- transportation fundinghighway funding, bridge funding, road funding, federal aid, infrastructure spending
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- Voting Rightsvoter registration, voter suppression, voter turnout, voting access, enfranchisement
- legislationbills, acts, laws, statutes, bill
- oversightoversight committees, oversight board, review, auditors, supervisor
reauthorizationtermination
Act of ending something
expiration · discontinuation · repeal · abolition · sunset
author, authority, authorize, authorized, unauthorized, authored, authoritative, authorization, authorship