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FEDERAL REGISTER PAGES AND DATES, SEPTEMBER

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47649-48074............................................. 1
48075-48242............................................. 2
48243-48526............................................. 3
48527-48700............................................. 7
48701-48932............................................. 8
48933-49078............................................. 9
49079-49348.............................................10
49349-49638.............................................13
49639-49958.............................................14
49959-50244.............................................15
50245-50416.............................................16
  


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CFR PARTS AFFECTED DURING SEPTEMBER

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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.

                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
5030 (See Proc. 7219)................................48701
7219..........................................48701, 49844
Executive orders:
April 1, 1915 (Revoked in part by PLO 7410)..........48849
5327 (Revoked by PLO 7411)...........................49235
13090 (Amended by EO 13136)..........................48931
13136................................................48931

                           5 CFR
Ch. IV...............................................49639
2634.................................................49639
Proposed Rules:
1630.................................................50012

                           7 CFR
246..................................................48075
272...........................................48246, 48933
273...........................................48246, 48933
274..................................................48933
300..................................................49079
301...........................................48245, 49079
400..................................................50245
729..................................................48938
923..................................................49349
924..................................................48077
947..................................................49352
948..................................................48079
955..................................................48243
1000.................................................47898
1001.................................................47898
1002.................................................47898
1004.................................................47898
1005.................................................47898
1006.................................................47898
1007.................................................47898
1012.................................................47898
1013.................................................47898
1030.................................................47898
1032.................................................47898
1033.................................................47898
1036.................................................47898
1040.................................................47898
1044.................................................47898
1046.................................................47898
1049.................................................47898
1050.................................................47898
1064.................................................47898
1065.................................................47898
1068.................................................47898
1076.................................................47898
1079.................................................47898
1106..........................................47898, 48081
1124.................................................47898
1126.................................................47898
1131.................................................47898
1134.................................................47898
1135.................................................47898
1137.................................................47898
1138.................................................47898
1139.................................................47898
1220.................................................49349
1448.................................................48938
1924.................................................48083
Proposed Rules:
210..................................................48459
220..................................................48459
225..................................................48459
226..................................................48459
246..................................................48115
354..................................................50331
928..................................................48115

                           9 CFR
93...................................................48258
381..................................................49640
Proposed Rules:
3....................................................48568
94...................................................50014

                          10 CFR
1....................................................48942
2....................................................48942
7....................................................48942
9....................................................48942
50...................................................48942
51.....................................48496, 48507, 48942
52...................................................48942
60...................................................48942
62...................................................48942
72............................................48259, 48942
75...................................................48942
76...................................................48942
100..................................................48942
110..................................................48942
Proposed Rules:
20...................................................50015
31...................................................48333
51...................................................48117
73...................................................49410

                          11 CFR
9003.................................................49355
9004.................................................49355
9008.................................................49355
9032.................................................49355
9033.................................................49355
9034.................................................49355
9035.................................................49355
9036.................................................49355

                          12 CFR
201..................................................48274
230..................................................49846
615..................................................49959
795..................................................49079
1730.................................................50246
Proposed Rules:
202..................................................49688

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205..................................................49699
213..................................................49713
226..................................................49722
230..................................................49740
327..................................................48719
380..................................................48968

                          13 CFR
121..................................................48275
123..................................................48275

                          14 CFR
23............................................49365, 49367
25...................................................47649
39........47651, 47653, 47656, 47658, 47660, 47661, 48277, 
         48280, 48282, 48284, 48286, 49080, 49961, 49964, 
                  49966, 49969, 49971, 49974, 49977, 49979
71........47663, 47664, 47665, 48085, 48086, 48088, 48089, 
         48527, 48703, 48897, 49646, 49647, 49648, 49981, 
                                       50246, 50247, 50331
73.......................47665, 48090, 49373, 49374, 49376
97.....................................49377, 49378, 49649
121..................................................49981
Proposed Rules:
23...................................................49413
39.......47715, 48120, 48333, 48721, 48723, 490105, 49110, 
         49112, 49113, 49115, 49413, 49420, 49752, 50016, 
                                50018, 50020, 50022, 50023
71.......................47718, 48123, 48459, 49754, 49755
1260.................................................50334
1274.................................................50334

                          15 CFR
742....................................47666, 49380, 50247
745..................................................49380
746..................................................49382
774...........................................47666, 48956
Proposed Rules:
806..................................................48568

                          16 CFR
1051.................................................48703
1615.................................................48704
1616.................................................48704
Proposed Rules:
460..................................................48024

                          17 CFR
30...................................................50248

                          19 CFR
12...................................................48091
113..................................................48528
151..................................................48528
178..................................................48528
351..................................................48706
Proposed Rules:
141..................................................49423

                          21 CFR
5.............................................47669, 49383
74...................................................48288
173..................................................49981
175..................................................48290
178....................................47669, 48291, 48292
343..................................................49652
510..................................................48293
520...........................................48295, 48543
522...........................................48293, 48544
524...........................................48707, 49082
556...........................................48295, 48544
558.............................48295, 49082, 49383, 49655
1308.................................................49982
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................47719
111..................................................48336

                          23 CFR
658..................................................48957
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I...........................47741, 47744, 47746, 47749

                          24 CFR
35...................................................50140
91...................................................50140
92...................................................50140
200..................................................50140
203..................................................50140
206..................................................50140
280..................................................50140
291..................................................50140
511..................................................50140
570..................................................50140
572..................................................50140
573..................................................50140
574..................................................50140
576..................................................50140
582..................................................50140
583..................................................50140
585..................................................50140
761...........................................49900, 50140
881..................................................50140
882..................................................50140
883..................................................50140
886..................................................50140
891..................................................50140
901..................................................50140
906..................................................50140
941..................................................50140
965..................................................50140
968..................................................50140
970..................................................50140
982...........................................49656, 50140
983..................................................50140
1000.................................................50140
1003.................................................50140
1005.................................................50140
Proposed Rules:
203..................................................49958
905..................................................49924
906..................................................49932
943..................................................49942
990..................................................48572

                          25 CFR
Proposed Rules:
151..................................................49756

                          26 CFR
1....................................................48545
301..................................................48547
Proposed Rules:
1......................................48572, 49276, 50026

                          27 CFR
1....................................................49984
4.............................................49385, 50252
24...................................................50252
200..................................................49083
Proposed Rules:
4....................................................50265
24...................................................50265

                          28 CFR
32...................................................49954
68...................................................49659
Proposed Rules:
16...................................................49117
302..................................................48336

                          29 CFR
697..................................................48525
2700.................................................48707
4044.................................................49986

                          30 CFR
52............................................49548, 49636
56............................................49548, 49636
57............................................49548, 49636
70............................................49548, 49636
71............................................49548, 49636
Proposed Rules:
206..................................................50026
901..................................................48573
914..................................................50026
918..................................................49118

                          32 CFR
321..................................................49660
701..................................................49850
1800.................................................49878
1801.................................................49878
1802.................................................49878
1803.................................................49878
1804.................................................49878
1805.................................................49878
1806.................................................49878
1807.................................................49878
2001.................................................49388

                          33 CFR
110..................................................49667
117....................................49391, 49669, 50253
165......................49392, 49393, 49394, 49667, 49670
Proposed Rules:
117..................................................47751
165...........................................47752, 49424

                          34 CFR
74...................................................50390
75...................................................50390
76...................................................50390
77...................................................50390
80...................................................50390
379..................................................48052

                          36 CFR
251..................................................48959
1254.................................................48960
Proposed Rules:
242..................................................49278
1228.................................................50028

                          37 CFR
1....................................................48900
2....................................................48900
3....................................................48900
6....................................................48900
201..................................................49671

                          39 CFR
111..................................................48092
Proposed Rules:
776..................................................48124
3001.................................................50031
3002.................................................50031
3003.................................................49120
3004.................................................50031

                          40 CFR
51...................................................49987
52........47670, 47674, 48095, 48297, 48305, 48961, 49084, 
                          49396, 49398 49400, 49404, 50254
62............................................47680, 48714
80...................................................49992
141..................................................49671
180.............................47680, 47687, 47689, 48548
271....................................47692, 48099, 49998
272..................................................49673
300..................................................48964
439..................................................48103
Proposed Rules:
49............................................48725, 48731
51...................................................50036
52........47754, 48126, 48127, 48337, 48725, 48731, 48739, 
                                48970, 48976, 49425, 49756
62...................................................48742
80...................................................50036
97...................................................50041
148...........................................48742, 49052
180..................................................50043
261...........................................48742, 49052
264..................................................49052
265..................................................49052
268...........................................48742, 49052
271......................47755, 48135, 48742, 49052, 50050
272..................................................49757
302...........................................48742, 49052
403..................................................47755
439..................................................48103

                          41 CFR
Proposed Rules:
301-11...............................................50051
301-74...............................................50051

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
435..................................................49121
436..................................................49121
440..................................................49121

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
3830.................................................48897

                          44 CFR
206..................................................47697

                          45 CFR
Ch. XXII.............................................49409

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
10...................................................48136
15...................................................48136
90...................................................48136
98...................................................48136
125..................................................48136
126..................................................48136
127..................................................48136
128..................................................48136
129..................................................48136
130..................................................48136

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131..................................................48136
132..................................................48136
133..................................................48136
134..................................................48136
151..................................................48976
170..................................................48136
174..................................................48136
175..................................................48136

                          47 CFR
43...................................................50002
63...................................................47699
64...................................................50002
73........47702, 48307, 49087, 49088, 49090, 49091, 49092, 
                         49682, 50009, 50010, 50256, 50257
74...................................................47702
90...................................................50257
Proposed Rules:
1......................................49128, 49426, 50265
3....................................................48337
15...................................................49128
22............................................49128, 50265
24............................................49128, 50265
25...................................................49128
26............................................49128, 50265
27............................................49128, 50265
51...................................................49426
68...................................................49426
73..............................49135, 50055, 50265, 50266
74...................................................50265
76...................................................49426
80...................................................50265
87...................................................50265
90............................................49128, 50265
95............................................49128, 50265
97...................................................50265
100..................................................49128
101...........................................49128, 50265

                          48 CFR
Ch. 5................................................49844
Ch. 20...............................................49322
225..................................................49683
235..................................................48459
237..................................................49684
252..................................................49684
552..................................................48718
553..................................................48718
570..................................................48718
1806.................................................48560
1813.................................................48560
1815.................................................48560
1835.................................................48560
1852.................................................48560
1872.................................................48560
Proposed Rules:
8....................................................49950
38...................................................49950
212..................................................49757
225..................................................49757
252..................................................49757

                          49 CFR
171..................................................50260
383..................................................48104
384..................................................48104
390..................................................48510
393..................................................47703
571..................................................48562
575..................................................48564
581..................................................49092
1000.................................................47709
1001.................................................47709
1004.................................................47709
Proposed Rules:
390..................................................48519
571..................................................49135

                          50 CFR
17...................................................48307
21...................................................48565
223..................................................50394
622....................................47711, 48324, 48326
635....................................47713, 48111, 48112
648..................................................48965
660....................................48113, 49092, 50263
679.......47714, 48329, 48330, 48331, 48332, 49102, 40103, 
                                49104, 49685, 49686, 50264
Proposed Rules:
17............................................47755, 48743
25...................................................49056
26...................................................49056
29...................................................49056
100..................................................49278
600..................................................48337
648......................48337, 48757, 49139, 49427, 50266
697..................................................47756

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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 SEPTEMBER 16, 1999
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Administrative regulations:
   Statutory and regulatory provisions; interpretations; published 9-16-
      99
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Export Administration Bureau
Export administration regulations:
   Syrian civilian passenger aircraft safety of flight; export and 
      reexport of aircraft parts and components; license review policy; 
      published 9-16-99
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Foreign futures and options transactions:
   Permitted transactions; Singapore International Monetary Exchange and 
      Eurex Deutschland (Eurex); published 9-16-99
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Grants and cooperative agreements to State and local governments, higher 
   education institutions, hospitals, and other non-profit 
   organizations; OMB circular
    s applicability; published 9-16-99
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Filing fees:
   Annual update; published 8-17-99
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Human drugs:
   Colloidal silver ingredients or silver salts (OTC); active 
      ingredients not recognized as safe and effective or are 
      misbranded; published 8-17-99
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Gaseous diffusion plants; certification renewal and amendment processes; 
   published 8-17-99
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Bell; published 8-12-99
   Boeing; published 9-1-99
   Dowty Aerospace Propellers; published 9-1-99
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Avocados grown in Florida and imported; comments due by 9-20-99; 
   published 8-20-99
Blueberry promotion, research, and information order; comments due by 9-
   20-99; published 7-22-99
   Referendum procedures; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-22-99
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Food and Nutrition Service
Child nutrition programs:
   National school lunch, school breakfast, summer food service, and 
      child and adult care food programs; vegetable protein products 
      requirements modification; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-
      20-99
Food distribution program on Indian reservations:
   Intentional program violations; disqualification penalties; comments 
      due by 9-20-99; published 7-22-99
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   Simplified acquisition procedures; comments due by 9-22-99; published 
      8-23-99
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Endangered and threatened species:
   Critical habitat designation--
      Puget Sound marine fishes; comments due by 9-20-99; published 6-
         21-99
Fishery conservation and management:
   Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
      Gulf of Alaska groundfish; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-3-
         99
      Pollock; comments due by 9-24-99; published 9-14-99
   Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
      Essential fish habitat; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-3-99
   Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions and Northeastern United States 
      fisheries--
      Domestic fisheries; exempted fishing permits; comments due by 9-
         20-99; published 9-3-99
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      Spiny dogfish; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-3-99
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Bunk beds; safety standards; comments due by 9-22-99; published 7-9-99
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   Streamlined payment practices; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-
      20-99
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
Energy conservation:
   State Energy Program; Special Projects funding; comment request; 
      comments due by 9-23-99; published 8-24-99
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
   Halogenated solvent cleaning; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-
      19-99
Air programs:
   Outer Continental Shelf regulations--
      California; consistency update; comments due by 9-20-99; published 
         8-19-99
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
   facilities and pollutants:
   Missouri; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-19-99
   Pennsylvania; comments due by 9-22-99; published 8-23-99
   South Carolina; comments due by 9-23-99; published 8-24-99
Air quality implementation plans:
   Preparation, adoption, and submittal--
      Motor vehicle inspection/maintenance program requirements; 
         comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-20-99
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   California; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-19-99
   Louisiana; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-20-99
   Maryland; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-19-99
   Pennsylvania; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-25-99
Air quality implementation plans; Aapproval and 
   promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; 
   designation of areas:
   Colorado; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-25-99
Clean Air Act:
   Interstate ozone transport reduction--
      Nitrogen oxides budget trading program; Sections 126 and 110 
         rulemakings; unit-specific information for affected sources; 
         comments due by 9-24-99; published 9-15-99
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
   Louisiana; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-25-99
   North Carolina; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-25-99
Hazardous waste:
   Identification and listing--
      Dye and pigment industries; comments due by 9-21-99; published 7-
         23-99
      Exclusions; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-4-99

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Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   Bentazon, etc.; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-21-99
   Biphenyl, etc.; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-21-99
   Propargite; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-21-99
Superfund program:
   National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
      National priorities list update; comments due by 9-20-99; 
         published 7-22-99
      National priorities list update; comments due by 9-20-99; 
         published 8-19-99
      National priorities list update; comments due by 9-20-99; 
         published 8-19-99
      National priorities list update; comments due by 9-24-99; 
         published 8-25-99
Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:
   Publicly owned treatment works; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-
      22-99
   Transportation equipment cleaning operations; comments due by 9-20-
      99; published 7-20-99
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
   Low-volume long-distance users; flat-rated charges; comments due by 
      9-20-99; published 8-5-99
Digital television stations; table of assignments:
   Louisiana; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-9-99
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Rulemaking petitions:
   Bopp, James, Jr.; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-25-99
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Practice and procedure:
   Effective relief provision where parties consent to entry of cease 
      and desist order; consent settlements comment period shortened; 
      comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-25-99
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal Management Regulation:
   Establishment as successor regulation to Federal Property Management 
      Regulations; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-21-99
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Food for human consumption:
   Food labeling--
      Shell eggs; refrigeration at retail establishments and safe 
         handling labels; regulatory impact and flexibility analyses; 
         comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-6-99
      Shell eggs; safe handling statements, labeling, and refrigeration 
         of eggs held for retail distribution; correction; comments due 
         by 9-20-99; published 8-26-99
      Soy protein and coronary heart disease; health claims; comments 
         due by 9-22-99; published 8-23-99
   Food lableing--
      Shell eggs; safe handling statements, labeling, and refrigeration 
         of eggs held for retail distribution; comments due by 9-20-99; 
         published 7-6-99
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Health Care Financing Administration
Medicare and Medicaid:
   Nurse aide training programs loss; appeal; comments due by 9-21-99; 
      published 7-23-99
Medicare:
   Physician fee schedule (2000 CY); payment policies; comments due by 
      9-20-99; published 7-22-99
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Low-income housing:
   One-strike screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal 
      activity; comments due by 9-21-99; published 7-23-99
   Public housing developments; required conversion to tenant-based 
      assistance; comments due by 9-21-99; published 7-23-99
   Public housing developments; voluntary conversion to tenant-based 
      assistance; comments due by 9-21-99; published 7-23-99
Public and Indian housing:
   Rental voucher and certificate programs (Section 8)--
      Management assessment program; technical amendment; comments due 
         by 9-24-99; published 7-26-99
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and threatened species:
   Canada lynx; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-18-99
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Hearings and Appeals Office, Interior Department
Hearings and appeals procedures:
   Indian affairs--
      Indian trust estates; summary distributions authority; comments 
         due by 9-23-99; published 8-24-99
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
   Virginia; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-20-99
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Police Corps eligibility and selection criteria:
   Educational expenses; timing of reimbursements; comments due by 9-20-
      99; published 6-21-99
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Acquisition regulations:
   Risk management; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-20-99
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Rulemaking petitions:
   Colorado and Organization of Agreement States; comments due by 9-20-
      99; published 7-7-99
POSTAL SERVICE
International Mail Manual:
   Global Direct--Canada Publications Mail; comments due by 9-24-99; 
      published 8-25-99
PRESIDIO TRUST
Management of the Presidio; general provisions, etc.:
   Environmental quality; comments due by 9-21-99; published 7-23-99
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Small business size standards:
   Freight and cargo transportation arrangement industry; comments due 
      by 9-24-99; published 7-26-99
   General building contractors, heavy construction, dredging and 
      surface cleanup, special trade contractors, garbage and refuse 
      collection, and refuse systems; comments due by 9-24-99; published 
      7-26-99
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Offshore supply vessel regulations; revisions; meeting; comments due by 
   9-21-99; published 7-22-99
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Standard time zone boundaries:
   Nevada; comments due by 9-24-99; published 7-26-99
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:
   Aircraft operator security; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-10-
      99
   Airport security; comments due by 9-24-99; published 8-10-99
Airworthiness directives:
   Airbus; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-20-99
   Boeing; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-21-99
   Bombardier; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-20-99
   British Aerospace; comments due by 9-22-99; published 8-23-99
   Dornier; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-20-99
   McDonnell Douglas; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-6-99
   MD Helicopters, Inc.; comments due by 9-20-99; published 7-20-99

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Airworthiness standards:
   Rotorcraft; transport category--
      Rotorcraft performance; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-19-99
      Rotorcraft performance; correction; comments due by 9-20-99; 
         published 8-31-99
Aviation safety:
   Voluntarily submitted information; confidentiality protection; 
      comments due by 9-24-99; published 7-26-99
Class E airspace; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-4-99
Class E airspace; correction; comments due by 9-20-99; published 8-13-99
Commercial space transportation:
   Launch site operation; licensing and safety requirements; comments 
      due by 9-23-99; published 6-25-99
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:
   Firearms; identification markings; comments due by 9-21-99; published 
      6-23-99
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Estate and gift taxes:
   Grantor retained annuity trust and grantor retained unitrust ; 
      qualified interest definition; comments due by 9-20-99; published 
      6-22-99
Income taxes:
   Allocation of purchase price in asset acquisitions; comments due by 
      9-20-99; published 8-10-99
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H.R. 211/P.L. 106-48
To designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 920 West Riverside Avenue in 
Spokane, Washington, as the ``Thomas S. Foley United 
States Courthouse'', and the plaza at the south entrance 
of such building and courthouse as the ``Walter F. Horan 
Plaza''. (Aug. 17, 1999; 113 Stat. 230)
H.R. 1219/P.L. 106-49
Construction Industry Payment Protection Act of 1999 (Aug. 
17, 1999; 113 Stat. 231)
H.R. 1568/P.L. 106-50
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development 
Act of 1999 (Aug. 17, 1999; 113 Stat. 233)
H.R. 1664/P.L. 106-51
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee and Emergency Oil and Gas 
Guaranteed Loan Act of 1999 (Aug. 17, 1999; 113 Stat. 252)
H.R. 2465/P.L. 106-52
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2000 (Aug. 17, 
1999; 113 Stat. 259)
S. 507/P.L. 106-53
Water Resources Development Act of 1999. (Aug. 17, 1999; 
113 Stat. 269)
S. 606/P.L. 106-54
For the relief of Global Exploration and Development 
Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee 
Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee Chemical 
Corporation), and for other purposes. (Aug. 17, 1999; 113 
Stat. 398)
S. 1546/P.L. 106-55
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
to provide additional administrative authorities to the 
United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom, and to make technical corrections to that Act, 
and for other purposes. (Aug. 17, 1999; 113 Stat. 401)
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