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Agency for International Development
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Voluntary Foreign Aid Advisory Committee, 78385


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Onions grown in--
    South Texas, 78296-78298
PROPOSED RULES
Milk marketing orders:
    Arizona-Las Vegas, 78355-78359
    Pacific Northwest, 78351-78355


Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Food and Nutrition Service
See  Forest Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78385-78386


Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
          Disabled


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78412-78419
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Youth Violence Prevention Through Community-Level Change Program, 
            78419-78426
Meetings:
    Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Council, 78426


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
RULES
Group health plans and insurance issuers; access, portability, and 
          renewability requirements, 78719-78799
Medicare:
    Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and 2005 FY rates
        Correction, 78525-78717
    Hospital outpatient prospective payment system and 2005 CY payment 
            rates
        Correction, 78315-78335
    Medicare+Choice program; managed care provisions; correction, 
            78336-78338
PROPOSED RULES
Health coverage portability; tolling certain time periods and 
          interaction with Family and Medical Leave Act, 78799-78825
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; benefit-specific 
          waiting periods, 78824-78827
NOTICES
Clinical Laboratories Improvement Amendments programs:
    National accreditation organizations; approval--
        American Association of Blood Banks, 78426-78428
Medicaid and Medicare:
    Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly listing, 78428-
            78442
Medicare:
    Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 
            2003, implementation--
        Regulations publication timeline; extension exception and 
                transition period, 78442-78444
    National accreditation organizations; approval--
        Medicare Advantage local preferred provider organizations, 
                78444-78445
    Skilled nursing facilities prospective payment system and 
            consolidate billing; update; correction, 78445-78464
Meetings:
    Medicare--
        Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups Advisory Panel, 78464-
                78466
        Applications for new medical services and technologies add-on 
                payments under hospital inpatient prospective payment 
                system (2006 FY); town hall meeting, 78466-78468


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Connecticut, 78306-78307
    New York, 78306
Ports and waterways safety:
    Chicago River Main Branch, IL; safety zone, 78310-78312
    East Rockaway Inlet to Atlantic Beach Bridge, Nassau County, Long 
            Island, NY; regulated navigation area, 78307-78310
PROPOSED RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Virginia, 78373-78375
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee, 78470
Vessel inspection:
    Towing vessels; safety management; public meetings, 78471-78472


Commerce Department
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See  Technology Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Pre-award notification requirements, 78389-78396


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 78388-78389


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78522

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Copyright Office, Library of Congress
NOTICES
Satellite royalty funds:
    Satellite carrier compulsory license; rate adjustment, 78482-78483


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78400
Meetings:
    Indian Education National Advisory Council, 78400-78401


Employee Benefits Security Administration
RULES
Group health plans and insurance issuers; access, portability, and 
          renewability requirements, 78719-78799
PROPOSED RULES
Health coverage portability; tolling certain time periods and 
          interaction with Family and Medical Leave Act, 78799-78825
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; benefit-specific 
          waiting periods, 78824-78827


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Alexvale/Kincaid Furniture, 78476
    Arista Beaver Brook Circuits, 78476
    Arrow Electronics, Inc., 78477
    California Cedar Products Co., 78477
    Coats American, Inc., 78477
    Interdynamics, Inc., et. al., 78477-78479
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78479-78481


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78481-78482


Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See  Western Area Power Administration


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    New Mexico, 78312-78315
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    New Mexico, 78375
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 78409
        Weekly receipts, 78409-78410
Meetings:
    Exposure Modeling Work Group, 78410-78411
    Scientific Counselors Board, 78411-78412


Executive Office of the President
See  Presidential Documents
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A. (EMBRAER), 78300-78303
Airworthiness standards:
    Special conditions--
        Dessault Aviation Model Falcon Fan Jet, Falcon Fan Jet series 
                D, E, and F, and Mystere-Falcon Models 20-C5, 20-D5, 
                20-E5, 20-F5, and 200 series airplanes, 78298-78300
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Pratt & Whitney, 78359-78370
Class E airspace, 78370-78373
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78520-78521


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Communications disruptions; reporting requirements
        Effective date, 78338-78339
    Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; implementation--
        Autodialed or prerecorded message calls to wireless numbers; 
                national do-not-call registry; safe harbor provisions; 
                effective date, 78339


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Complaints filed:
    BP West Coast Products LLC et al., 78405
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings, 78405-78407
Hydroelectric applications, 78407
Meetings:
    Crown Landing, LLC; technical conference, 78407-78408
    Gulfterra Texas Pipeline, LP; technical conference, 78408
    Market based rates for public utilities; technical conference, 
            78408
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 78401
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 78401
    Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 78402-78403
    Cranberry Pipeline Corp., 78403
    Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C., 78403
    Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., 78403-78404
    Portland General Electric Co., 78404
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 78404-78405


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Railroad Safety Advisory Committee, 78521


Financial Management Service
See  Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Interest rates:
    Renegotiation Board and prompt payment rates, 78522-78523

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Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    Chlortetracycline, 78305-78306
    Tilmicosin, 78306
Food additives:
    Secondary direct food additives--
        Acidified sodium clorite solutions, 78303-78305
NOTICES
Biological product licenses:
    Nonclinical and clinical electronic datasets pilot project; request 
            for volunteers, 78468-78469
    Universal Reagents, Inc.; revocation, 78469-78470


Food and Nutrition Service
PROPOSED RULES
Child nutrition programs:
    National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs; 
            procurement requirements, 78340-78351
NOTICES
Child nutrition programs:
    Summer Food Service Program--
        Reimbursment rates (2005 CY), 78386-78387


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    White River National Forest, CO; Southern Rockies Lynx Amendment 
            process, 78387-78388
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Committees--
        Crook County, 78388


Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Food and Drug Administration


Homeland Security Department
See  Coast Guard


Housing and Urban Development Department
PROPOSED RULES
Community planning and development programs; consolidated submissions:
    Consolidated plan; revisions and updates, 78829-78843
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Homeless assistance; excess and surplus Federal properties, 78472


Interior Department
See  Land Management Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Excise taxes:
    Group health plans and insurance insurers; access, portability, and 
            renewability requirements, 78719-78799
PROPOSED RULES
Excise taxes:
    Health coverage portability; tolling certain time periods and 
            interaction with Family and Medical Leave Act, 78799-78825
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; benefit-
            specific waiting periods, 78824-78827


International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    San Diego, CA; South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, 
            78483-78484


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Pet food treats, 78473-78474
    Polychloroprene rubber from--
        Japan, 78474-78475


Labor Department
See  Employee Benefits Security Administration
See  Employment and Training Administration
See  Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78475-78476


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Pinedale Anticline Working Group task groups, 78472-78473


Library of Congress
See  Copyright Office, Library of Congress


Mexico and United States, International Boundary and Water Commission
See  International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 
          Mexico


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee, 
            78485
    Universe Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee, 78485


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community Development Revolving Loan Fund for Credit Unions, 78485


National Labor Relations Board
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 78485-78486


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Fishery conservation and management:
    West Coast and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Bigeye tuna, 78397-78398
Meetings:
    Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 78398


Office of United States Trade Representative
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Personnel Management Office
RULES
Health benefits, Federal employees:
    Two-option limitation modification and coverage continuation for 
            annuitants whose plan terminates an option, 78295-78296


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
HELP Commission Act; assignment of functions implementing (Memorandum 
          of December 8, 2004), 78845-78847
Jerusalem Embassy Act; suspension of limitations (Presidential 
          Determination No. 2005-14 of December 15, 2004), 78851
Palestinian Authority; waiver of restrictions on providing funds 
          (Presidential Determination No. 2005-10 of December 8, 2004), 
          78849


Public Debt Bureau
See  Fiscal Service


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Transportation--
        External product piping on cargo tanks transporting flammable 
                liquids; safety requirements, 78375-78384


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 78486
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange LLC, 78486-78499
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 78499-78508
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 78508-78511
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 78511-78514


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78514-78515


State Department
NOTICES
Biometric Visa Program:
    Nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applicants; biometric identifiers 
            collection, 78515
Meetings:
    International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 78515-78516
Presidential permits:
    Border Trade Association Foundation; commercial cargo lanes 
            construction, operation and maintenance at Mariposa Port of 
            Entry, Nogales, AZ, 78516


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    South Buffalo Railway Co., 78521


Technology Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    United States-Russia Innovation Council on High Technologies, 
            78398-78400


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Trade Act of 1974:
    Chinese currency valuation, 78516-78517
World Trade Organization:
    Dispute settlement panel establishment requests--
        European Communities; countervailing duty measures concerning 
                certain products, 78517-78518
        Thailand; shrimp; provisional antidumping measures, 78518-78519


Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Federal Railroad Administration
See  Research and Special Programs Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78519-78520


Treasury Department
See  Comptroller of the Currency
See  Fiscal Service
See  Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 78523-78524


Western Area Power Administration
NOTICES
Energy planning and management program:
    Parker-Davis Project; post-2008 resource pool; power allocation 
            procedures and applications call, 78408-78409

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
          Services, 78525-78717


Part III
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
          Services; Labor Department, Employee Benefits Security 
          Administration; Treasury Department, Internal Revenue 
          Service, 78719-78827


Part IV
Housing and Urban Development Department, 78829-78843


Part V
Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents, 78845-78847, 
          78849, 78851

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                           3 CFR
Administrative Orders:
Memorandums:
Memorandum of December 8, 2004.......................78847
Presidential Determinations:
No. 2005-10 of December 8, 2004......................78849
No. 2005-14 of December 15, 2004.....................78851

                           5 CFR
890..................................................78295

                           7 CFR
959..................................................78296
Proposed Rules:
210..................................................78340
215..................................................78340
220..................................................78340
1124.................................................78351
1131.................................................78355

                          14 CFR
25...................................................78298
39...................................................78300
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................78359
71 (2 documents)..............................78370, 78371

                          21 CFR
173..................................................78303
558 (2 documents).............................78305, 78306

                          24 CFR
Proposed Rules:
91...................................................78830

                          26 CFR
54...................................................78720
602..................................................78720
Proposed Rules:
54 (2 documents)..............................78800, 78825

                          29 CFR
2590.................................................78720
Proposed Rules:
2590 (2 documents)............................78800, 78825

                          33 CFR
117 (2 documents)....................................78306
165 (2 documents).............................78307, 78310
Proposed Rules:
117..................................................78373

                          40 CFR
52...................................................78312
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................78375

                          42 CFR
403..................................................78526
412..................................................78526
413..................................................78526
418..................................................78526
419..................................................78315
422..................................................78336
460..................................................78526
480..................................................78526
482..................................................78526
483..................................................78526
485..................................................78526
489..................................................78526

                          45 CFR
144..................................................78720
146..................................................78720
Proposed Rules:
146 (2 documents).............................78800, 78825

                          47 CFR
0....................................................78338
4....................................................78338
63...................................................78338
64...................................................78339

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
173..................................................78375