31.   The voluntary guidelines were adopted on a near-unanimous vote.

32.   The voluntary guidelines could become mandatory for a financial institution if investigators found that had helped launder corrupt wealth while ignoring the guidelines.

33.   They added that voluntary guidelines lack the teeth necessary to prevent companies from violating or ignoring safety measures.

34.   These voluntary guidelines, which are typically published in medical journals and endorsed by medical societies, set standards that are followed by countless doctors.

35.   They can issue voluntary guidelines.

36.   There, officials outlined broad national goals for schools and set in motion federally financed efforts to create voluntary national guidelines in core subject areas.

37.   Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala, director of financial institutions supervision for the central bank, said the announced measures were intended to be voluntary guidelines rather than strict regulations.

38.   Those voluntary guidelines would be for all growers.

39.   Though an industry group sets voluntary guidelines, most tissue banks are not members, and many set their own guidelines.

40.   To deflect criticism that this was a one-house publicity stunt going nowhere, the Senate also endorsed voluntary guidelines for its members.