Glossary Definition :

Coordinated Spending Authority : A national or state party committee may designate all or part of their coordinated party spending authority to another party committee, such as a local party committee, (but local party committees do not have coordinated spending authority). A state party usually delegates its spending authority to a national party committee, which may then make coordinated expenditures up the the amount of the combined national and state party limits - about $60,000 in the case of House candidates and double the sum established for the national party in a Senate race.

Statutes and/or Regulations:

Coordinated party expenditures assignment of authority by party committees: 11C.F.R. § 109.33

Other General Reference Materials:

Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 454 U.S. 27 (1981)

Also see coordination.