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  1. adopts the reforms that are necessary for economic stability and growth.

    The Obama White House

  2. ISEA is a consensus group that writes standards that OSHA adopts.

    CDC

  3. The proposal that whatever Congress adopts, whether it's a regulation or legislation that

    US National Archives

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