Sentence examples for authorization measures from inspiring English sources

The House had adopted its own military spending and authorization measures, and the Senate passed its separate plan for military priorities this summer.

"If we don't pass the authorization measure, what message will Assad get?" Mr. Engel said.

The eight Democrats on the committee, led by Representative Jane Harman of California, all voted against the Republican-backed authorization measure itself, but they did not object to the criticisms of the agency.

Lawmakers then trooped into an early-evening meeting of the conference committee that had been negotiating the intelligence authorization measure, thinking they would quickly vote to approve the commission.

Two board members who spoke on the condition of anonymity said their proposal had been thwarted by parliamentary moves taken by Alan Rosenberg, the union president, and supporters of the strike authorization measure.

Due to the difficult "dual key" authorization measure, NATO did not fulfill its close air support mission for several months.

There were 49 Republicans in the Senate when SJR 45 came to a vote, of which 48 voted in favor of the war authorization measure.

Obama said congressional leaders have agreed to take up an authorization measure as soon as they return from their August recess.

The authorization measure is the first defense bill to reflect spending cuts approved by Congress in August in an effort to get control over the government's soaring $14 trillion debt.

The defense authorization bill included two other measures opposed by arms control advocates: $15 million to continue a feasibility study of a nuclear weapon capable of penetrating deep into the earth, and $25 million to cut in half the time needed to prepare for an underground nuclear test, from 36 months to 18 months.

Under the measure, which the Senate approved as an amendment to the annual military authorization bill, Washington would have the authority to step in and prosecute hate crimes when local or state governments failed to do so.