The prohibition is striking, firearms researchers say, because there are already regulations that bar the use of C.D.C. money for lobbying for or against legislation.
When Perry became governor, taxes were already low, regulations were light, and test scores were on their way up.
Colonel Hart said that while it might take some time for new procedures to be put in place, there were already fresh regulations that require staff members leaving the camp, even temporarily, to have their computers inspected before departure.
The fans were already anticipating new regulations.
She said that if proposed new zoning regulations were already in effect, no buildings higher than 14 stories would be permitted on the Manhattan School's block.
But he suggested that market forces, rather than new rules or regulations, were already correcting the problems exposed by Enron's fall.
(Rhode Island created its coastal commission in the early 1970's, so if the court decides that Mr. Palazzolo bought the land in 1978, the regulations were already in place).
Similarly strict regulations were already in place elsewhere, but under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Texas was subject to federal "preclearance" on any new voting rules.
Mr. Territo said that those regulations were already very strong, and he added that if and when the E.P.A. releases a revision of the tailpipe rules, it would probably focus on reducing nonsmog chemicals, like particulate matter.
Mr. Palazzolo's case, which will be heard on Feb. 26, has a couple of extra twists, raising the question of whether a property owner has a right to seek compensation, even if the regulations were already in place when he bought the land, said Eric Grant, a lawyer for the Pacific Legal Foundation who is working on the case.
