1.   Another part of the automatic sanctions law calls for a end to U.S. bank loans to the Pakistan government, but those amounts appear to be minimal.

2.   But Murray, Gorton and Nethercutt all said they received calls from the Justice Department informing them that lawyers there believe the U.S. sanctions law clearly covers those credits.

3.   But the new law has not been invoked, administration officials said, because sanctions laws cannot be applied retroactively.

4.   Congress has been cautious and circumspect, passing just a handful of carefully targeted sanctions laws.

5.   Clinton has repeatedly stated his willingness to change the sanctions law to exempt agricultural export credits.

6.   President Clinton several times has voiced his support for changing the sanctions law to help wheat farmers.

7.   Recommendation gives new renewed urgency to legislative efforts to change sanctions law.

8.   The administration has not yet decided whether the Turkish deal formally violates the new sanctions law.

9.   The leaders also discussed their differences over the Helms-Burton Cuba sanctions law, Tarullo said, with Clinton saying the dialogue should continue.

10.   The sanctions law will hardly be repealed.