The phrase "a request for authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is seeking permission or approval to take a certain action or make a decision.
Example: "Before proceeding with the project, I need to submit a request for authority to the management team."
Alternatives: "a plea for permission" or "a demand for approval".
Under the program, Immigration and Customs Enforcement would send a request for local authorities to detain suspected undocumented immigrants on behalf of ICE for 48 hours -- though in practice, immigrants were often held for much longer periods.
Under the terms of the budget act, Congress has 15 days after the president submits a request for additional borrowing authority to vote on a motion to block it.
This morning I am sending to Congress a request for emergency funding authority so that we are prepared to spend whatever it takes to rescue victims, to help the citizens of New York City and Washington, D.C., respond to this tragedy and to protect our national security.
Mr. Gephardt and Mr. Daschle had decided in the midst of the campaign to agree to Mr. Bush's request for authority, a decision that some liberal Democrats criticized as a political calculation.
Corporal Lucy Shorey, a spokeswoman for the police force, said it had received a "request for assistance" from Swiss authorities but declined to further comment.
The Web site for the Swiss Attorney General said the police seized documents at Yukos offices in Switzerland and were questioning "different witnesses" on behalf of a request for help from Russian authorities made in August 2003.
Some Democrats said they simply did not trust the president, and drew a parallel to Mr. Bush's request for authority to wage war in Iraq.
On Oct. 9, 2002, Mr. Kerry rose in the Senate chamber to make a very different speech, a tortured, 45-minute argument reluctantly supporting George W. Bush's request for authority to disarm Mr. Hussein, almost certainly by force.
He echoed other Democrats in warning that he would not be on board with a push for Obama's free-trade agenda or his request for authority to "fast-track" trade deals.
A request for a visit by legal authorities or local police officers might have illuminated Adam's condition.
