The phrase "authority to issue a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is granted the power or permission to create or distribute something, such as a document or directive.
Example: "The committee has the authority to issue a new policy regarding employee conduct."
Alternatives: "power to issue a" or "permission to issue a".
Mr. Thompson had the authority to issue a permit for use of the auditorium in the school building, which is on Battery Park City property.
Rafael Moure-Eraso, chairman of the safety board, said he believed that OSHA had sufficient authority to issue a six-month emergency ban.
Canadian National yesterday filed an appeal at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the regulatory board's authority to issue a moratorium.
Michael O. Leavitt, the secretary of health and human services, has the authority to issue a compulsory license, which would grant other manufacturers the right to produce Tamiflu.
It is not clear whether the S.E.C.'s authority to issue a bar from working in the financial industry, and the extension to those no longer associated with a firm, can be applied retroactively.
The law professors' letter, which reads like a legal brief, was intended as a response to administration officials who have said Mr. Obama does not have the authority to issue a reprieve for large groups of illegal immigrants.
But he said he had no authority to issue an order affecting the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Second, did a federal court have the authority to issue an injunction in support of those efforts to protect interstate commerce and mail delivery?
"But if the legislative path is blocked and he otherwise has the legal authority to issue an executive order on an issue, they are clearly much more willing to do that now than two years ago".
The Clean Air Act specifically gives the E.P.A. administrator authority to "issue an administrative order against any person assessing a civil administrative penalty of up to $25,000 ,per day of violation".
In a Washington church (since illegal immigrants could not enter the White House), Valerie Jarrett, the president's senior adviser, and Cecilia Muñoz, the domestic policy adviser, insisted that Mr. Obama had no legal authority to issue an order granting deportation protection.
