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63691-64006............................................. 2
64007-64244............................................. 3
64245-64440............................................. 4
64441-64600............................................. 5
64601-64814............................................. 6
64815-64958............................................. 9
64959-65146.............................................10
65147-65316.............................................11
65317-65456.............................................12
65457-65938.............................................13
65939-66186.............................................16
66187-66532.............................................17
66533-66866.............................................18
66867-67178.............................................19
67179-67446.............................................20
67447-67686.............................................23
67687-67926.............................................24
67927-68116.............................................26
68117-68540.............................................27
68541-68986.............................................30
68987-69366.............................................31
  


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CFR PARTS AFFECTED DURING DECEMBER

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At the end of each month, the Office of the Federal Register 
publishes separately a List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA), 
which lists parts and sections affected by documents published 
since the revision date of each title.

                           1 CFR
5....................................................68117
11...................................................68117
18...................................................68117
462..................................................63944

                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6959.................................................63691
6960.................................................64245
6961.................................................64431
6962.................................................64581
6963.................................................64957
6964.................................................65455
6965.................................................66865
Executive Orders:
11958 (amended by EO 13030)..........................66187
12163 (amended by EO 13030)..........................66187
12757 (amended by EO 13028)..........................64589
12884 (amended by EO 13030)..........................66187
12844 (amended by EO 13031)..........................66529
12964 (amended by EO 13032)..........................68985
12984 (Superseded by EO 13033).......................68987
12987 (see EO 13032).................................68985
12990 (Superseded by EO 13033).......................68987
13028................................................64589
13029................................................64591
13030................................................66187
13031................................................66529
13032................................................68985
13033................................................68987
Administrative Orders:
Memorandums:
November 20, 1996....................................64247
November 21, 1996....................................64249
November 28, 1996....................................64439
Presidential Determinations:
No. 97-6 of November 26, 1996........................63693
No. 97-7 of November 26, 1996........................63695
No. 97-8 of November 27, 1996........................65147
No. 97-9 of December 2, 1996.........................65149
No. 97-10 of December 3, 1996........................65151

                           5 CFR
410...........................................66189, 68119
532..................................................67447
581...........................................67378, 68821
630..................................................64441
890..................................................64441
1605.................................................68464
2640.................................................66830
Ch. LXXI.............................................65457
Proposed Rules:
213..................................................63762
334..................................................65189
831..................................................66948
1305.................................................66232

                           7 CFR
2....................................................68541
52...................................................67179
58............................................67447, 68997
278..................................................68119
301..................................................65459
371..................................................68541
400..................................................65153
401..................................................68998
404..................................................69004
433..................................................68542
457..................................................68998
500..................................................65302
651..................................................66867
723..................................................63697
760..................................................64601
868..................................................66533
905...........................................64251, 69011
906..................................................64253
911..................................................64255
920..................................................64959
944..................................................64251
955..................................................67179
981..................................................64601
989..................................................64454
1004.................................................69016
1005.................................................69016
1007.................................................69016
1011.................................................69016
1046.................................................69016
1075.................................................67927
1437.................................................69004
1464.................................................63697
1710.................................................66867
1714.................................................66867
1717.................................................66867
1786.................................................66867
1806.................................................63928
1910.................................................63928
1922.................................................63928
1924.................................................65153
1942.................................................65153
1944.................................................63928
1948.................................................65153
1951.................................................63928
1955.................................................63928
1956.................................................63928
1965.................................................63928
1980..........................................65153, 67499
3550..........................................63928, 65266
CH XXXIX.............................................68997
4279.................................................67624

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4287.................................................67624
Proposed Rules:
20...................................................68167
273..................................................66233
319..................................................68673
401...........................................68674, 68682
457...........................................68674, 68682
980..................................................67499
987..................................................64638
1079.................................................65366
1205.................................................64640
1470.................................................65485

                           8 CFR
242..................................................69019

                           9 CFR
77...................................................67928
92...................................................68123
113..................................................67929
381..................................................66198
391..................................................65459
Proposed Rules:
94............................................69051, 69052
317..................................................65490
381...........................................65490, 68167

                          10 CFR
20...................................................65120
21...................................................65157
50...................................................65157
51............................................66537, 68543
52...................................................65157
54...................................................65157
60...................................................64257
100..................................................65157
960..................................................66158
1021.................................................64603
Proposed Rules:
35...................................................68688
50...................................................65190
61...................................................67501
431..................................................64948
835..................................................67600

                          11 CFR
9038.................................................69020
Proposed Rules:
104..................................................68688

                          12 CFR
1....................................................63972
7....................................................63972
8....................................................63700
9....................................................68543
12...................................................63958
19...................................................68543
23...................................................66554
204..................................................69020
226..................................................65317
263..................................................65317
327....................................64609, 64960, 67687
367..................................................68559
381..................................................68821
506..................................................65177
543..................................................64007
544..................................................64007
545...........................................64007, 66561
552..................................................64007
556..................................................64007
559..................................................66561
560..................................................66561
561..................................................65177
563...........................................65177, 66561
563d.................................................65177
567..................................................66561
571..................................................66561
574..................................................65177
600..................................................67181
603..................................................67181
611..................................................67181
614..................................................67181
615...........................................67181, 67188
618..................................................67181
619..................................................67181
575..................................................64007
701..................................................68127
707..................................................68127
900..................................................68129
902..................................................64613
910..................................................64021
912..................................................64021
1511.................................................66874
Proposed Rules:
12...................................................68824
202..................................................68688
203..................................................68168
204..................................................69054
207..................................................67503
208..................................................68824
211..................................................68824
220..................................................67503
221..................................................67503
226..................................................69055
342..................................................68824
344..................................................67729

                          13 CFR
Proposed Rules:
121..................................................65492

                          14 CFR
39........68131, 68132, 68134, 68135, 68139, 68141, 68565, 
                                68566, 68569, 68570, 69026
71.....................................67698, 67699, 67700
91...................................................69302
93..................................................693021
95...................................................67000
97.....................................67703, 67704, 67706
121..................................................69302
135..................................................69302
Proposed Rules:
13...................................................67444
25............................................63952, 65460
39........63702, 63704, 63706, 63707, 64270, 64456, 64948, 
         64985, 66201, 66878, 66880, 66881, 66884, 66885, 
         66887, 66889, 66890, 66892, 66896, 66898, 66900, 
                         67195, 67503, 67505, 67506, 67965
71........64459, 65318, 65939, 66579, 66902, 66910, 66911, 
                                66912, 67739, 67967, 68172
73...................................................64458
91...................................................66182
93...................................................69334
97.....................................64459, 64460, 64462
107..................................................64242
108..................................................64242
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................65190
39........64489, 64491, 64492, 64643, 64645, 65001, 65002. 
           65004, 65006, 65367, 65369, 65492, 65494, 66238
71................64826, 65992, 65993, 65994, 65995, 66620
73............................................64494, 64495
91...................................................65191
121...........................................65142, 65191
127..................................................65191
135...........................................65142, 65191

                          15 CFR
30...................................................65319
730..................................................68572
732...........................................64272, 68572
734...........................................65462, 68572
736...........................................64272, 68572
738..................................................68572
740.............................64272, 65462, 67448, 68572
742....................................64272, 65462, 68572
744...........................................64272, 68572
746..................................................64272
748...........................................64272, 68572
750...........................................64272, 68572
752..................................................64272
758..................................................64272
762..................................................65462
768..................................................68572
770...........................................64272, 67448
772..................................................68572
774....................................65462, 67448, 68572
902..................................................66077
922..................................................66913
2301.................................................64948
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................63762
71.......................63764, 63765, 63766, 63767, 63768
135..................................................64230

                          16 CFR
260..................................................67109
301..................................................67708
419..................................................68143
1507.................................................67197
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................68173
300..................................................67739
301..................................................67748
1508.................................................65996
1509.................................................65996

                          17 CFR
4....................................................65940
30...................................................64985
230..................................................67200
232..................................................67200
239..................................................67200
240....................................63709, 68587, 68590
270...........................................66207, 68590
275..................................................68503
279..................................................68503
Proposed Rules:
Ch. II...............................................65191
1.............................................66241, 68175
5....................................................68175
145..................................................66949
147..................................................66949
200..................................................65440
228..................................................65440
229..................................................65440
230...........................................65440, 66621
232..................................................65440
239...........................................65440, 66621
240..................................................65440
249..................................................65440
270...........................................66621, 68100
274..................................................66621
275..................................................68480
279..................................................68480

                          18 CFR
2....................................................68595
Proposed Rules:
4....................................................64031
375..................................................64031

                          19 CFR
Proposed Rules:
122..................................................64041
Proposed Rules:
204..................................................69054
226..................................................69055

                          20 CFR
404..................................................64615
416..................................................67203
498..................................................65467

                          21 CFR
Ch. I................................................68145
73...................................................64027
Ch. 1................................................67710
101..................................................67451
172..................................................65941
178......................64989, 65943, 65943, 66918, 68622
201..................................................68623
355..................................................65944
510....................................63710, 66580, 68146
520.............................63711, 66580, 66581, 67452
522....................................66581, 66582, 68146
524..................................................63712
556....................................66582, 67453, 68147
558....................................66583, 67713, 68147
606..................................................66919
610..................................................66919
880..................................................64616
884..................................................67713
1301.................................................68624
1311.................................................68624
Proposed Rules:
101..................................................67243
351..................................................66953
812..................................................66954
892..................................................63769
1301.................................................66637
1304.................................................66637

                          22 CFR
121..................................................68633
171..................................................68148
210..................................................65946
605..................................................64286

                          23 CFR
450..................................................67166
500..................................................67166
626..................................................67166
668..................................................67207

                          24 CFR
5....................................................64617
81...................................................63944
206..................................................67930
888..................................................66132
901..................................................68904
Proposed Rules:
92...................................................65298
242..................................................64414
985..................................................63930
3500.................................................69055

                          25 CFR
10...................................................65473
Ch. VII..............................................67931
1200.................................................67931

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                          26 CFR
1.........65319, 65321, 65323, 65946, 66212, 66584, 67212, 
                  67454, 67715, 67936, 68149, 68633, 69027
18...................................................67454
48...................................................66215
301........65319, 66216, 66217, 66218, 66584, 67458, 69027
602........65321, 65323, 65946, 66584, 67454 67458, 67715, 
                                       68149, 68633, 69027
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................68697
1...65371, 66000, 67259, 67508, 67510, 67512, 67752, 68175
48...................................................66246

                          27 CFR
9....................................................67463

                          28 CFR
14...................................................66220
16...................................................65179
31...................................................65132
92...................................................69031
513..................................................64950
522..................................................64953
Proposed Rules:
540..................................................64954

                          29 CFR
1....................................................68641
4....................................................68647
5....................................................68641
101..................................................65180
102....................................65180, 65182, 65323
402..................................................67942
403..................................................67942
404..................................................67942
405..................................................67942
406..................................................67942
408..................................................67942
409..................................................67942
1952.................................................66593
4000.................................................67942
4001.................................................63988
4011.................................................65473
4022..........................................65473, 67942
4041.................................................67942
4043.................................................63988
4044..........................................65474, 65476
4065.................................................63988
Proposed Rules:
Ch. XXV..............................................68697
1915.................................................69058
1926.................................................66002
2704.................................................66961
4007.................................................66247

                          30 CFR
917..................................................66220
936..................................................67213
943..................................................67216
Proposed Rules:
56...................................................66348
57...................................................66348
62...................................................66348
70...................................................66348
71...................................................66348
250...........................................66639, 66966
290..................................................67515
870..................................................64220
915..................................................67967

                          31 CFR
Ch. V................................................64289
209..................................................68155
596..................................................67943
Proposed Rules:
103..................................................67260

                          32 CFR
269..................................................67944
318..................................................63712
706..................................................67726
Proposed Rules:
203..................................................68184

                          33 CFR
100......................64991, 64993, 64994, 65332, 67946
110..................................................63715
117...........................................64995, 67947
157..................................................64618
165....................................67948, 68155, 68156
334..................................................64996
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................64645
110..................................................68197
117....................................67970, 68198, 68689
165..................................................67971
334..................................................67265

                          34 CFR
86............................................66225, 68821
Proposed Rules:
668..................................................66854

                          36 CFR
223..................................................64815
Proposed Rules:
223...........................................64569, 68690
242..................................................67274
1190.................................................64832
1191.................................................64832

                          37 CFR
1....................................................64027
251..................................................63715
252..................................................63715
257..................................................63715
259..................................................63715
Proposed Rules:
202..................................................64042

                          38 CFR
2....................................................68665
3.............................................67949, 68665
14...................................................68665
17...................................................63719
19...................................................68666

                          39 CFR
111...........................................61618, 67218
Proposed Rules:
3001.................................................67760

                          40 CFR
9.............................................66226, 67950
19...................................................69359
27...................................................69359
39...................................................64290
52........64028, 64029, 64291, 65955, 66602, 66606, 66607, 
                         66609, 67232, 67229, 67466, 67469
61............................................64463, 68972
63.......................64463, 64572, 65334, 66226, 68384
70.....................................63928, 64463, 64622
76............................................67112, 68821
81...................................................64294
82............................................64424, 68506
131............................................64816,65183
180...........................................63721, 67472
228..................................................68964
244..................................................69032
245..................................................69032
271..................................................67474
300...............65186, 65957, 67233, 67234, 67655, 68157
435..................................................66086
712..................................................65186
716..................................................65186
721..................................................63726
Proposed Rules:
22...................................................65268
50..............................65496, 65638, 65716, 67763
51.....................................65752, 65764, 67274
52........64042, 64304, 64307, 64308, 64647, 65504, 66003, 
                         66642, 67275, 67515, 67516, 68199
53...................................................65780
55...................................................66003
58...................................................65780
63............................................68406, 68430
70............................................64042, 64651
72...................................................68340
73...................................................68340
74...................................................68340
75...................................................68340
76...................................................68821
77...................................................68340
78...................................................68340
81...................................................64308
82...................................................64045
117..................................................65268
122..................................................65268
123..................................................65268
124..................................................65268
125..................................................65268
132..................................................66007
144..................................................65268
244..................................................69059
245..................................................69059
270..................................................65268
271..................................................65268
300....................................67677, 67975, 68695
799..................................................67516

                          41 CFR
Ch. 301..............................................65635
105-70...............................................67234
301..................................................67951
301-1................................................64997
301-4................................................68158
301-7.........................................64997, 68158
301-8.........................................64997, 68158
301-11........................................64997, 68158
301-17...............................................64997
302-2................................................68158

                          42 CFR
57...................................................65477
401...........................................63740, 69034
403..................................................63740
405...........................................63740, 69034
411..................................................63740
412..................................................66919
413...........................................63740, 66919
417..................................................69034
434..................................................69034
447..................................................63740
489..................................................66919
493..................................................63740
Proposed Rules:
Ch. IV...............................................68697
1001.................................................69060

                          43 CFR
12...................................................68666
426..................................................66754
427..................................................66754
Proposed Rules:
418..................................................64832
426..................................................66827
1810.................................................67517
2200.................................................64658
2210.................................................64658
2240.................................................64658
2250.................................................64658
2270.................................................64658
2800.................................................66008
2920.................................................66008
4100.................................................66008
4300.................................................66008
4700.................................................66008
5460.................................................66008
5510.................................................66008
6300.................................................66968
8200.................................................66008
8340.................................................66008
8350.................................................66008
8360.................................................66008
8370.................................................66008
8560..........................................66008, 66968
9210.................................................66008
9260.................................................66008

                          44 CFR
65............................................66923, 66925
67...................................................66926
Proposed Rules:
67...................................................66974

                          45 CFR
301..................................................67235
302..................................................67235
303..................................................67235
304..................................................67235
306..................................................67235
307..................................................67235
801..................................................64998
1610.................................................63749
1617.................................................63754
1632.................................................63755
1633.................................................63756

                          46 CFR
8....................................................68510
16...................................................66612
28...................................................68161
31............................................64618, 68510
35...................................................64618
71...................................................68510
91...................................................68510
107..................................................68510
125..................................................66613
501..................................................66616
502..................................................66616
504..................................................66616
514..................................................66616
552..................................................66616
560..................................................66616
572..................................................64822
Proposed Rules:
10...................................................66642

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15...................................................66642
384..................................................67764
586..................................................68200

                          47 CFR
1.............................................63758, 66931
2....................................................63758
15...................................................63758
20...................................................66931
24...................................................63758
51...................................................66931
61...................................................65336
64...................................................65341
68...................................................65341
69...................................................65341
73........63759, 64999, 65478, 66228, 66229, 66618, 67727, 
                                              67728, 68162
90...................................................66931
97...................................................63758
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I.........................................63774, 63778
0....................................................67978
1.............................................64045, 67978
5....................................................68698
21...................................................67275
25...................................................69062
61...................................................69062
63...................................................68702
73........63809, 63810, 63811, 64309, 64660, 65008, 65192, 
         65508, 65509, 66248, 66249, 66250, 66978, 66987, 
                                       67274, 67765, 68201
76............................................67275, 68201
90...................................................68698

                          48 CFR
Ch. I...........................67408, 67430, 69286, 69298
1......................................67409, 67430, 69287
2....................................................69288
4......................................67411, 67412, 67430
5....................................................69288
9.............................................67409, 69291
12............................................67418, 67430
13............................................69288, 69291
14.....................................67409, 69288, 69292
15............................................69288, 69292
16...................................................67418
19................67409, 67419, 67420, 67422, 67430, 69288
22...................................................67409
23...................................................69291
25...................................................69288
31................67422, 67423, 67424, 67430, 69287, 69294
33............................................67409, 69288
36...................................................69288
42...................................................69295
43...................................................69297
46............................................67425, 67430
52........67409, 67412, 67418, 67420, 67425, 67430, 69291, 
                                              69292, 69295
53.....................................67412, 67419, 67426
231...........................................64635, 65478
249...........................................64636, 67952
252...........................................64636, 67952
1843.................................................64823
1852.................................................64823
6104.................................................67241
Proposed Rules:
15...................................................65306
42...................................................65306
46...................................................65306
47...................................................65306
52...................................................65306
1819.................................................66643
1834.................................................66643
1845.................................................66643
1852.................................................66643
1870.................................................66643

                          49 CFR
Ch. I.........................................65479, 65480
1...............................64029, 67476, 67953, 68162
106..................................................64030
171...........................................65958, 68952
173..................................................68592
190..................................................64030
199..................................................65364
214..................................................65959
219..................................................67477
225..................................................67477
367..................................................64295
531..................................................67491
571...........................................64297, 65187
572..................................................67952
613..................................................67166
614..................................................67166
653..................................................67962
654..................................................67962
659..................................................67492
1002.................................................66229
1039.................................................66230
1105.................................................67876
1152.................................................67876
1313.................................................68668
Proposed Rules:
171..................................................68955
172..................................................68955
173..................................................68955
175..................................................68955
383..................................................66250
391..................................................66250
531..................................................67518
571...........................................65510, 66992
1312.................................................67291
Ch. XI...............................................64849

                          50 CFR
17.....................................64475, 64481, 67493
217..................................................66933
227..................................................66933
285..................................................66618
622....................................64485, 65481, 65983
630..................................................64486
648....................................64999, 67497, 68164
679.......63759, 64298, 64299, 64487, 64569, 65985, 65989, 
                                       67962, 68672, 69050
Proposed Rules:
17............................................64496, 69065
23...................................................67293
100..................................................67274
285..................................................63812
622....................................66008, 67274, 67766
630..................................................63812
644..................................................63812
648........64046, 64307, 64852, 64854, 65192, 66646, 67521
656..................................................64497
678....................................63812, 67274, 68202
679...............63812, 63814, 64047, 64310, 57524, 67990
  

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                         REMINDERS
The items in this list were editorially compiled as an aid 
to Federal Register users. Inclusion or exclusion from 
this list has no legal significance.

         RULES GOING INTO EFFECT DECEMBER 31, 1996
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Milk marketing orders:
   Black Hills, SD; published 12-26-96
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996:
   Noninsured crop disaster assistance program provisions; 
      implementation; published 12-31-96
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Noninsured crop disaster assistance program 1995 and subsequent crop 
   years; CFR part removed; published 12-31-96
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
   Economic Analysis Staff; CFR Parts removed; published 12-31-96
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Automatic data processing equipment leasing costs; published 12-31-96
   Contract cost principles and procedures; foreign differential pay; 
      published 12-31-96
   Major system; dollar thresholds; published 12-31-96
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   California; published 11-1-96
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Presidential primary and general election candidates;,public financing; 
   correction; published 12-31-96
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
   Police Corps pilot program (FY 1996) implementation; State plans 
      submission; published 12-31-96
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
Credit unions:
   Organization and operations--
      Supervisory committee audits and verifications; published 8-8-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Aerospatiale; published 11-26-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Research and Special Programs Administration
Hazardous materials:
   Oxygen generators as cargo cargo in passenger aircraft; prohibition; 
      published 12-30-96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Comptroller of the Currency
Corporate activities; rules, policies, and procedures; published 11-27-
   96
Credit life insurance sales; Federal regulatory reform; published 10-4-
   96
Investment securities:
   Federal regulatory reform; published 12-2-96
Securities transactions; recordkeeping and confirmation requirements 
   streamlining; published 12-2-96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Income taxes:
   Individual, partnership, trust, and U.S. real estate mortgage 
      investment conduit income tax returns; automatic extension of 
      filing time; published 12-31-96
          RULES GOING INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1, 1997
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Milk marketing orders:
   Middle Atlantic et al.; published 12-31-96
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
   Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish; published 11-26-96
      Gulf of Alaska groundfish; published 12-4-96
      Gulf of Alaska groundfish; published 12-31-96
      North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan; interim groundfish observer 
         program; published 11-1-96
      Pacific cod; published 11-20-96
      Red king crab; published 12-16-96
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog; published 11-26-96
      Northeast multispecies; published 12-27-96
Tuna, Atlantic bluefin fisheries; published 12-18-96
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Flammable Fabrics Act:
   Children's sleepwear (sizes 0-6X and 7-14) flammability standards; 
      published 9-9-96
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Contract modifications; published 12-31-96
   Drug-free workplace; certification requirements; published 12-31-96
   Preaward debriefings; published 12-31-96
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air programs:
   Stratospheric ozone protection--
      Refrigerant recycling; purity requirements effectiveness 
         extension; published 12-27-96
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
Farm credit system:
   Funding and fiscal affairs, loan policies and operations, and funding 
      operations--
      Book-entry procedures for securities; published 12-20-96
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Assessments:
   Bank Insurance Fund--
      Rate schedule adjustment; published 12-6-96
   Oakar institutions; interpretive rules; published 12-10-96
Risk-based capital:
   Market risk; published 9-6-96
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Reports by political committees:
   Electronic filing system; campaign finance activity reports; 
      published 11-15-96
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD
Federal home loan bank system:
   Federal home loan bank securities; book entry regulations; published 
      12-3-96
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Freedom of Information Act; implementation:
   Fee schedule; published 11-26-96
Risk-based capital:
   Market risk; published 9-6-96
Truth in lending (Regulation Z):
   Adjustment of dollar amount for mortgages bearing fees above certain 
      amount; published 12-12-96
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal travel:
   Per diem localities; maximum lodging and meal allowances; published 
      11-21-96
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Food for human consumption:
   Food labeling--
      Reference daily intakes; published 12-28-95
      Reference daily intakes; correction; published 3-13-96
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Health Care Financing Administration
Medicare and Medicaid:
   Prepaid health care organizations; physician

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      incentive plans requirements; published 12-31-96
Medicare:
   Physician fee schedule (1997 CY); payment policies and relative value 
      unit adjustments; published 11-22-96
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan 
   Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac):
   Book-entry procedures; securities issuance, recordation, and 
      transfer; published 12-2-96
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Reclamation Bureau
Acreage limitation and water conservation rules and regulations:
   Reclamation reform administration and settlement contract 
      requirements; published 12-18-96
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Class actions:
   Recipients involvement prohibition; published 12-2-96
Eviction proceedings; restriction of representation:
   Persons engaged in illegal drug activity; published 12-2-96
Non LSC funds use:
   Statutory restrictions; implementation; published 12-2-96
Redistricting:
   Funds formerly unrestricted; published 12-2-96
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Noncommercial educational broadcasting; copyrighted musical 
   compositions; royalty rates:
   Cost of living adjustment; published 11-29-96
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
Shipping and navigation:
   Canal toll rates and vessel measurement rules--
      Toll rate increase and on-deck container capacity measurement; 
         published 11-29-96
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Single-employer plans:
   Allocation of assets--
      Benefits valuation for termination; expected retirement age; 
         published 12-13-96
      Interest rates for valuing benefits; published 12-13-96
   Disclosure to participants
      Terminated plans; benefits payable; published 12-13-96
   Reportable events and annual reporting requirements; published 12-2-
      96
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Pay under General Schedule:
   Locality-based comparability payments--
      Metropolitan areas removed; published 8-7-96
POSTAL SERVICE
Domestic Mail Manual:
   Miscellaneous amendments; published 12-6-96
THRIFT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD
Resolution Funding Corporation:
   Book-entry securities; published 12-19-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Railroad Administration
Railroad accident reporting; published 6-18-96
Railroad accident/incident reporting:
   Small railroads; partial relief; published 12-23-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Transit Administration
Prohibited drug use and alcohol misuse prevention in transit operations:
   Random drug testing program; published 12-26-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Research and Special Programs Administration
Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program:
   Control of drug use and alcohol misuse in natural gas, liquefied 
      natural gas, and hazardous liquid pipeline operations; published 
      11-27-96
Hazardous materials:
   Performance-oriented packaging standards; final transitional 
      provisions; published 9-26-96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Comptroller of the Currency
Risk-based capital:
   Market risk; published 9-6-96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Fiscal Service
Book-entry Treasury bonds, notes, and bills:
   Conforming amendments; CFR part removed; published 8-23-96
   Securities held through financial intermediaries; published 8-23-96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source:
   Bank deposit interest paid to individual who is nonresident alien of 
      U.S. and resident of Canada; information reporting and backup 
      witholding; published 4-22-96
Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at sources and procedure 
   and administration:
   Termination of employer's operations; time for furnishing wage 
      statements to employees furnishing wage statements to employees 
      and Social Security Administr
       ation; correction; published 2-27-96
Employment taxes and collecton of income taxes at sources and procedure 
   and administration:
   Termination of employer's operations; time for furnishing wage 
      statements to employees and Social Security Administration; 
      published 12-21-95
Income taxes, etc.:
   Bank deposit interest paid to individual who is nonresident alien of 
      U.S. and resident of Canada; information reporting and backup 
      withholding
      Correction; published 8-7-96
Income taxes:
   Magnetic media filing requirements for information returns; published 
      10-10-96
   S corporations and their shareholders--
      Definitions under Subchapter S; published 12-23-96
Procedure and administration:
   Domestic unincorporated business organizations classification as 
      partnerships or associations; published 12-18-96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Thrift Supervision Office
Conflicts of interest, corporate opportunity, and hazard insurance; 
   published 11-27-96
Corporate governance and policy statements:
   Federal regulatory review; published 12-3-96
Savings associations:
   Subsidiaries and equity investments; Federal regulatory reform; 
      published 12-18-96
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Administrative regulations:
   Nonstandard underwriting classification system; comments due by 1-6-
      97; published 11-7-96
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Meat and poultry inspection:
   Meat/bone separation machinery and meat recovery systems; data and 
      informationsolicitation; comments due by 1-7-97; published 11-8-96
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Electric loans:
   Electric transmission specifications and drawings (34.5 kV to 69 kV 
      and 115 kV to 230 kV) for use on RUS financed electric systems; 
      comments due by 1-7-97; published 11-8-96
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   Acquisition processes; streamlining; comments due by 1-10-97; 
      published 11-26-96
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Endangered and threatened species:

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   West Coast steelhead; comments due by 1-6-97; published 10-29-96
Fishery conservation and management:
   Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
      Reef fish fishery of Gulf of Mexico; comments due by 1-9-97; 
         published 11-25-96
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish; comments due by 1-6-97; 
         published 12-11-96
      Summer flounder, scup, and Black Sea bass; comments due by 1-6-97; 
         published 12-9-96
   West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
      Western Pacific bottomfish fishery; comments due by 1-10-97; 
         published 11-27-96
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):
   Health promotion and disease prevention visits and immunizations; 
      comments due by 1-6-97; published 11-5-96
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Acquisition regulations:
   Headquarters policy support contractors; eligibility; comments due by 
      1-6-97; published 11-7-96
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   Colorado; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-6-96
Clean Air Act:
   State operating permits programs--
      Connecticut; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-6-96
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
   Satellite communications--
      Non-voice non-geostationary mobile satellite service; comments due 
         by 1-6-97; published 12-31-96
Practice and procedure:
   Formal complaints filed against common carriers; processing; comments 
      due by 1-6-97; published 12-26-96
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Colorado; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-10-96
   Mississippi; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-2-96
   Missouri; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-2-96
   Utah; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-2-96
   Washington; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-2-96
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Truth in lending (Regulation Z):
   Official staff commentary; comments due by 1-6-97; published 11-27-96
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Food additives:
   Adjuvants, production aids, and sanitizers--
      1,4-bis[(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione; 
         comments due by 1-9-97; published 12-10-96
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Land Management Bureau
Geothermal resources leasing and operations; comments due by 1-6-97; 
   published 10-8-96
Land resource management:
   Land exchanges; comments due by 1-6-97; published 12-6-96
   Management, use, and protection of public lands
      Criminal penalties for misuse; comments due by 1-6-97; published 
         11-7-96
Minerals management:
   Surface management of mineral activities within Bodie Bowl under 1994 
      Bodie Protection Act; comments due by 1-7-97; published 11-8-96
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Conflict of interests; comments due by 1-9-97; published 11-25-96
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Prisons Bureau
Institutional management:
   Incoming publications; nudity or sexually explicit material or 
      information; distribution to inmates; comments due by 1-6-97; 
      published 11-6-96
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Conflict of interests; comments due by 1-6-97; published 11-6-96
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Enforcement actions policy and procedure:
   Radiation protection programs; comments due by 1-9-97; published 12-
      10-96
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Employment:
   Temporary and term employment; appointing system streamlining; 
      comments due by 1-10-97; published 12-11-96
Voting rights program:
   Jefferson and Galveston Counties, TX; comments due by 1-9-97; 
      published 12-10-96
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Small business size standards:
   Nonmanufacture rule; waivers--
      Airborne integrated data components; comments due by 1-6-97; 
         published 12-13-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Drawbridge operations:
   Louisiana; comments due by 1-10-97; published 12-27-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Airbus; comments due by 1-8-97; published 11-29-96
   AlliedSignal Inc.; comments due by 1-6-97; published 11-6-96
   Bombardier; comments due by 1-6-97; published 11-6-96
Class E airspace; comments due by 1-7-97; published 11-27-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Motor vehicle safety standards:
   Motor vehicles, motor vehicle engines and the environment; 
      international regulatory harmonization; comments due by 1-6-97; 
      published 11-14-96
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Transportation Statistics Bureau
Motor Carrier Financial and Operating Data Collection Program Negotiated 
   Rulemaking Committee:
   Intent to establish; comments due by 1-8-97; published 12-9-96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Income taxes:
   Magnetc media filing requirements for information returns; comments 
      due by 1-8-97; published 10-10-96