A high priority, officials said, is to persuade the sentencing commission to enact tougher guidelines.

They also can enact new rules and guidelines.

In 2007, the government enacted guidelines for the identification of victims of forced labor and promoted four regional studies on victims of labor exploitation.

Congress should enact mandatory minimum federal guidelines for elections and voting machines.

Few people know about the law and thus relatively few agencies or companies have enacted guidelines.

In July, the Federal Centers for Disease Control enacted guidelines that HIV-positive doctors inform their patients.

Assemblywoman Helene E. Weinstein, Democrat of Brooklyn, said at least 34 states had already enacted guidelines.

They provided new aid to Poland and Hungary, enacted new guidelines on ethics and passed a rescue plan for the savings-and-loan industry.

The Commission is now, in these areas, empowered to take the initiative in enacting guidelines and action plans.

New York is one of about a dozen states that has not yet enacted guidelines that comply with the new Federal mandate.