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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the policy was based on existing statutes and was intended to make good use of strained resources.

While no legislation is perfect, the Protect Intellectual Property Act (or PIPA) was carefully devised, with nearly unanimous bipartisan support in the Senate, and its House counterpart, the Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA), was based on existing statutes and Supreme Court precedents.

The Ordainers also took care to confirm and elaborate on existing statutes, and reforms were made to the criminal law.

Talks must be based on existing commitments.

Some will be based on existing books and others on new stories.

Rather than a voluntary agreement, a structure was negotiated based on existing International Labour Organization (ILO) compensation conventions.

A great deal of theatre, of course, is already based on existing literature.

Initially, Richards said, this could be based on existing terms for ITV news output.

The MoD said the 'tariff levels' for brain injuries were based on existing civilian injury schemes.

They would detect the incomers using a complex combination of sensors, based on existing technology.

Performances were based on existing classical and popular music, transformed through unorthodox notation and invented instruments.