Cooper's bill would codify the F.C.C. regulations.

The bill agreed to by Congress would have codified that ruling in law.

The bill would also codify other regulations that limit ownership of stations.

Mr. Pagan's bill would codify the city's existing domestic partner registry, which allows unmarried couples to declare their union before the City Clerk.

The bill signed today codifies the recent court ruling, makes hundreds of thousands of people aware of their rights and is sure to inspire more widespread complaints.

Much of today's debate was spent on whether the bill merely codified Roe v. Wade, the 1973 abortion decision, as its supporters contended, or went far beyond it.

The State Senate's indifference is baffling because the bill simply codifies practice.

And the bill would expand and codify the practice of allowing patients with certain life-threatening illnesses to use drugs before the F.D.A. had completed its evaluation of them.

The bill proposed by Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa would simply codify this punitive approach, rather than focus on early prevention and public health.

The bill would codify a Clinton-era executive order that has never had the force of law.