The phrase "authorize additional" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when granting permission for extra resources, actions, or changes in a formal context, such as business or legal documents.
Example: "The manager decided to authorize additional funding for the project to ensure its success."
Alternatives: "approve extra" or "grant further authorization".
Many analysts say the administration will have to ask Congress to authorize additional spending, though administration officials have declined to make any predictions thus far.
But in passing the Military Commissions Act last year, Congress permitted Mr. Bush to authorize additional, tougher techniques beyond those in the Army manual for use by the C.I.A.
Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana and chairman of the Finance Committee, defended the new increase in the debt limit, saying it would not authorize additional spending, but just ensure that the United States could honor past commitments.
The Obama administration understands the dangers of premature fiscal austerity — but because Republicans and conservative Democrats in Congress won't authorize additional aid to state governments, that austerity is coming anyway, in the form of budget cuts at the state and local levels.
They will also authorize additional charter schools, further undermining public school systems.
It's common sense: Since the government has already pledged to increase spending, Congress must authorize additional borrowing.
Earlier on Friday, she announced her latest estimate — Aug. 2 — of when the government would reach the limit of its borrowing authority, unable to pay its bills unless Congress authorizes additional borrowing.
Legislation authorizing additional aid probably would be needed as well.
It authorized additional troops and gave them the strongest mandate possible.
The police authorized additional patrols around Muslim community centers, said Sgt. Peter Simpson, a police spokesman.
The United Nations Security Council authorized additional troops, raising the total number of peacekeepers to 10,000 in a country larger than Western Europe.
