enact
verb (used with object)
to make into an act or statute.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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But, cocking an eye at the agenda and the problems of Housekeeping, McCormack characteristically hedges his bet: "By the end of the session, Congress will have enacted into law a majority of the President's program."
From Time Magazine Archive
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