1.   Among other things, the House bill would prohibit EPA from enforcing a ban on residues of pesticides in processed foods.

2.   And the bill would prohibit HMOs from offering financial incentives and penalties to doctors to limit some procedures.

3.   And the spending bill prohibits the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from using federal funds to reintroduce the grizzly bear into the Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem.

4.   - The bill would prohibit discrimination against religious providers who contract with states to run welfare programs, a provision aimed at appeasing Sen. John Ashcroft of Missouri.

5.   But the bill would prohibit the other Bells, none of which own a security company, from expanding into that business for five years.

6.   But the bill explicitly prohibits the department from engaging in the military defense of the United States.

7.   Despite the outcry over retention bonuses, the bill does not prohibit them.

8.   House and Senate leaders said they wanted to avoid such substitution, but neither bill would flatly prohibit it.

9.   In addition, the bill would prohibit all straw purchases.

10.   In addition, the bill would prohibit ninth-graders from taking the test.