The phrase "amendment to authorize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to a change or addition to a document or law that grants permission or authority.
Example: "The proposed amendment to authorize the new funding initiative was discussed during the meeting."
Alternatives: "change to permit" or "revision to allow".
As a tactic, a constitutional amendment to authorize greater regulation of campaign finance is probably doomed to fail.
If he became Speaker, Mr. Gingrich promised that he would introduce a constitutional amendment to authorize school prayer, with the express purpose of "reestablishing the Creator at the center of the American polity".
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D., N.Y., offered an amendment to authorize a study of whether investment advisers should be subject to regulation by an SRO.
When Congress debated the National Defense Authorization Act last year, some colleagues and I attempted to correct this injustice with an amendment to authorize coverage for abortion services in cases in which the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
Members of both parties plan to offer amendments to authorize coverage of prescription drugs under Medicare, the federal health insurance program for 40 million people who are elderly or disabled.
Spain is currently considering constitutional amendments to authorize nationwide referendums on self-determination, which would allow all Spaniards to weigh in on the Catalan issue.
The constitutional amendment needed to authorize the bonds won by a margin of 61% to 39%.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. will hold a special meeting June 11 for shareholders to vote on amendments needed to authorize the company's plan to break into two separate publicly traded entities.
"But we're also prepared to defend our members and their contracts in court if they go through with the plan to ask the bankruptcy court to authorize amendments," he said.
The sea lions are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, but an amendment allows the federal government to authorize killing animals shown to have a "significant negative impact" on salmon runs.
The amendment has three main focuses: to authorize Congress to regulate the raising and spending of money for federal political campaign contributions and expenditures (including independent expenditures), to allow states to regulate that raising and spending at their level, and to permit Congress to pass campaign finance reform legislation that could withstand constitutional challenges.
