The dispute, they say, has come down to whether an ethics review panel could refer a case to a prosecutor on the recommendation of a majority of its members or whether it would require a two-thirds vote.

Under the new Clinton administration, Congress did away with the phantom federal ethics review and set up a special N.I.H. committee to establish guidelines for human-embryo research.

Because of these findings, the ethics review board terminated the study.

Mr. Pataki said his wife's consulting contract had been cleared after an ethics review by his counsel's office.

Both the Justice Department and the White House conducted ethics reviews that concluded Mr. Rogers had not broken any laws.

An ethics review agency is investigating Dr. J. Emilio Carrillo.

Before recruitment of volunteers can start, the project must pass an ethics review by the National Health Service.

The union put Local 69 into trusteeship after consulting with the Justice Department and the union's ethics review board.

A subsequent ethics review by the White House and the Justice Department concluded that Mr. Rogers had not broken any laws.

An ethics review panel upheld the charges against Mr. Boggs and suspended him for five years.