The phrase "authorizing that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when granting permission or approval for a specific action or request.
Example: "The committee is responsible for authorizing that all expenditures are within the approved budget."
Alternatives: "granting permission for" or "approving that".
"I can see myself authorizing that kind of transfer," Mr. Cain said.
For years, Ford vehicles have come with a cap that warns against E20, because a few years ago Minnesota was considering authorizing that fuel.
Manafort allegedly texted with someone authorizing that person to talk to an administration official on his behalf. .
Early in the proceedings, he told Chairman Patrick Leahy that he viewed the practice of waterboarding to constitute torture -- leaving open the notion that his Justice Department could investigate Bush administration officials for authorizing that technique.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he has ordered the military to maintain its posture with respect to striking Syria even as Congress postpones a vote authorizing that strike.
Later that year, the U.S. Congress passed legislation authorizing that rules rendering visitors "inadmissible due to terrorist or criminal activities would not apply with respect to activities undertaken in association with the African National Congress in opposition to apartheid rule in South Africa".
Hall "absolutely did not authorize that expenditure, and he was not present that evening," said Dave Jacobson, a Hall spokesman.
Clinton voted to authorize that war; he voted against it.
You can't get out of paying it by saying you didn't authorize that".
"But it's what actually gets authorized that's a problem".
And if something bad happens, you can always say, "Well, I didn't authorize that".
