'authority amount' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the amount or quantity of power within an organization or that an individual has. For example, "The mayor has a large amount of authority within the city, allowing him to make decisions that affect everyone."
Whether it's correctly called a movement, a backlash or political theater, state declarations of their rights — or in some cases denunciations of federal authority, amounting to the same thing — are on a roll.
After the Palestinian state was admitted in October as a member of UNESCO, the Israeli government froze value-added tax (VAT) and customs payments to the Palestinian Authority, amounting to about two-thirds of its annual income.
James Baker, speaking for George W. Bush, dubs the Florida justices' decision an illegal usurpation of authority amounting to a "judicial fiat" and threatens to summon the Florida Legislature to overrule the court.
Much-needed foreign aid has been recalled by the United States, with other governments threatening to do the same, while Israel is withholding tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority amounting to some $52m£30m0m) a month.
In view of the enormous sums of money the states stood to lose, the secretary's withholding authority amounted to a "gun to the head". Rather than strike down the expansion in its entirety, however, he ruled that the secretary may not withhold funds for existing Medicaid beneficiaries from states that refuse to participate in the expansion.
As Judge Gonzalez Ramos aptly noted, the expensive hoops that a Texas citizen must jump through to obtain a birth certificate and present it to the voter-registration authorities amount to a poll tax.
Activists fear that an increasing sensitivity towards dress and appearance on the part of Iranian authorities amounts to an intrusion into people's private lives.
South America has the world's largest shadow economy compared with its G.D.P., followed by Africa and Europe, where income hidden from the tax authorities amounts to about 20.5 percent of G.D.P.
The world's largest company was presented with the huge bill after the European commission ruled that a sweetheart tax deal between Apple and the Irish tax authorities amounted to illegal state aid.
The money, to be doled out over the next two years, will provide legal representation to 2,600 children who were unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian when apprehended by authorities, amounting to more than $3,460 per child.
