The company also needed authorization from both the public health director in Alba county and the chief prosecutor from the town of Câmpeni in order to move Toderas' body.
In the last year, G.M. has borrowed $50 billion from the Treasury, which now owns 60.8percentt of G.M., and the automaker needs authorization from Treasury officials to draw from the account.
But for companies in traditionally regulated states like most of those where A.E.P. operates, the utility needs authorization from a public service commission to collect the cost from ratepayers, which takes about a year, in addition to time for engineering work and obtaining numerous permits, he said.
But before that can happen, the African Union needs authorization from the United Nations Security Council to expand its mission, and Kenyan officials have said that process could take months.
The White House insists the president doesn't need authorization from lawmakers before taking military action in the region, although they haven't explained his reasoning in detail.
For the 2011 strikes in Libya, the Obama administration argued it didn't need authorization because the air campaign was part of an international coalition.
The White House has said -- and Pfeiffer reiterated on Thursday -- that the country is not at war, and therefore the President doesn't need authorization from Congress.
While the S.E.C. is an independent agency, it needs authorization from the solicitor general to file a Supreme Court brief.
Even in that event, a senior NATO official said, the security forces would need authorization from NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo.
"It's like another tax cut that will put more money into people's pockets, President Obama said at a news conference announcing the plans, adding that he does not need authorization from Congress to make the changes.
