The phrase "authorization for action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or approval is needed to proceed with a specific task or decision.
Example: "Before we can move forward with the project, we need to obtain the necessary authorization for action from the management team."
Alternatives: "approval for action" or "permission to act".
Congressional authorization for action in Syria won't be easy, but it's the right thing to do.
A narrowly written Congressional authorization for action against Iraq, however, would not violate the United Nations Charter and would not change the legal status quo.
This kind of authorization for action, however, is an exercise of sovereign power, and to any people who claimed such a right would be claiming it (the people) rather than the state embodies sovereign power.
Their resistance made clear the difficulty the White House faces in its attempt to win new authorization for military action.
Britain and the United States, working together, opposed them, in the end giving up on getting United Nations Security Council authorization for military action against Iraq.
The President needs Congressional authorization for military action as required by the Constitution, and I call on him to come to Congress for a proper debate.
Administration officials continued to press today for a single resolution mandating tough terms for United Nations weapons inspectors, as well as clear authorization for military action if Mr. Hussein is in defiance.
Returning from a summer break, senators said that Mr. Bush would make a grave mistake if he did not seek a full debate and some kind of Congressional authorization for military action.
That prospect emerged Monday when Britain, Spain and the United States were forced to withdraw a joint resolution before the Security Council that sought authorization for military action against Iraq but that failed to gain the necessary backing.
On August 31 Obama shifted gears and asked for congressional authorization for military action while awaiting the findings of UN weapons inspectors who had returned from Damascus after inspecting the site of the attack.
Officials and former officials familiar with the debate inside the White House last year said that after considerable debate, the president's national security team recommended that he sign a secret, formal authorization for covert action to influence the election, called a "finding". They said that Mr. Bush either had already signed it or was about to when objections were raised in Congress.
