31.   The council drafted the proposal.

32.   The Environmental Protection Agency drafted a proposal two months ago for stricter rules on vehicles and gasoline, and submitted it for an interagency review.

33.   The league already has drafted a proposal to replace the IL with an Inactive List and sent it along to the Players Association for endorsement.

34.   The proposal was drafted by J.P. Morgan and handed out at the New York meeting.

35.   The proposal was drafted by Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H., who has long said the toxic-waste law known as Superfund was unfair.

36.   The proposal was drafted mainly by a handful of Internet software companies like Netscape, Firefly and Verisign.

37.   The officials said they were drafting proposals to revise the law as part of the balanced-budget plan that Clinton will submit to Congress in February.

38.   The Securities and Exchange Commission joined the group and drafted a proposal that was largely accepted by lawmakers.

39.   The proposal was drafted by Richard Scruggs, a lawyer in Mississippi who represents plaintiffs suing the tobacco companies, and by several state attorneys general.

40.   The Treasury Department is drafting a proposal to be presented at the meeting to restructure the huge debts hobbling Asian corporations.