Sentence examples for existing authority from inspiring English sources

The Obama administration had urged the appeals court on Monday morning to block the injunction, saying that Judge Forrest's ruling had gone beyond the new statute and jeopardized some of its existing authority to hold certain wartime prisoners under the 11-year-old Authorization for Use of Military Force against the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks.

In the Colorado bioterrorism statute enacted in 2000, no new powers were authorized for either the health department director or the governor because existing authority to manage emergencies, disasters, and epidemics, though long-standing, was determined to have sufficient latitude to deal with the new threat of bioterrorism.

The Treasury Department also designated entities suspected of trafficking in nuclear technology, using existing authority.

The legislation overhauls an existing authority budget office to give it teeth.

The proposed agency would pull existing authority from many federal departments that oversee financial services.

The best the president can hope to do is hold the line, and preserve the EPA's existing authority over emissions.

"We believe we have the existing authority," said one person briefed on the issue who spoke on condition of anonymity.

It displaces the collective responses of affected populations, which threaten to challenge existing authority structures and property arrangements.

Some Republican senators — and Mr. Dugan — would like to protect the existing authority of the O.C.C. over national banks, arguing that a healthy banking system protects consumers.

It also added language declaring that the new law would not restrict the existing authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in terrorism matters.

We're talking about preserving our ability to execute our existing authority in order to protect the public safety and national security".