31.   Conservationists have long attacked the capture of wild animals and federal regulations prohibit the use of endangered and threatened animals for all but scientific or educational purposes.

32.   Contracts with the two tournament associations prohibit use of the alleys by local leagues and visitors off the street.

33.   Critics of current safety standards argue that the escalator code actually prohibits the use of safety devices that have been successful in other countries.

34.   Current restrictions prohibit the use of federal funds for cloning research involving human embryos.

35.   Doggett won passage of an amendment last year that prohibited the use of any federal money to help tobacco companies sell their products overseas.

36.   Ephedrine use is already prohibited by the NFL, the NCAA and the IOC.

37.   Even so, some local plumbing codes still prohibit the use of some types of plastic pipe in systems.

38.   Federal law already prohibits the use of federal funds for lobbying.

39.   Federal election law prohibits the use of soft money, the unrestricted donations to the parties, to pay for political advertisements that promote the election of individual candidates.

40.   Federal law prohibits the use of federal Medicaid money for abortions, although New York and other states provide state money for such procedures.