41.   The centerpiece of the effort is a bill on regulatory reform sponsored by Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, the majority leader, which would affect many food rules.

42.   The first, on regulatory reform, would have required such stringent cost-benefit analyses of regulations that critics said thousands of environmental rules would be tossed out.

43.   The measure could also contain items such as regulatory reform and an overhaul in the civil litigation laws that Senate Democrats stalled earlier this year.

44.   The moratorium would be lifted earlier if comprehensive regulatory reforms are enacted.

45.   The Pataki administration has established an office of regulatory reform to help businesses slice through red tape.

46.   The regulatory reform bill is the top priority of business alliances whose support Dole, a Kansas Republican, needs for his presidential campaign.

47.   The regulatory reform bill stalled, and the property rights bill is unlikely to pass as Dole proposed.

48.   The report is far less tentative in the area of regulatory reforms that it identifies as hindering the oil, gas, nuclear and utility industries.

49.   The Senate Small Business Committee expects to mark-up sweeping regulatory reform legislation Wednesday.

50.   The scholars will discuss issues ranging from energy, education, regulatory reform and labor to foreign policy, human rights and arms control.