reauthorizing

Verb

reauthorize (third-person singular simple present reauthorizes, present participle reauthorizing, simple past and past participle reauthorized)

1. (transitive) To authorize again, to give authority to anew.
   • Even in the ultrapolarized atmosphere of Capitol Hill, it should be possible to secure broad bipartisan agreement on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, the 1994 law at the center of the nation’s efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.2012 February 9, “Republicans Retreat on Domestic Violence”, in The New York Times