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FEDERAL REGISTER PAGES AND DATE, JANUARY

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1-230................................................... 3
231-536................................................. 4
537-872................................................. 5
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CFR PARTS AFFECTED DURING JANUARY

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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
Administrative Orders:
Presidential Determinations:
No. 2006-7 of December 30, 2005........................871

                           7 CFR
226......................................................1
Proposed Rules:
1000...................................................545
1001...................................................545
1005...................................................545
1006...................................................545
1007...................................................545
1030...................................................545
1032...................................................545
1033...................................................545
1124...................................................545
1126...................................................545
1131...................................................545

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
20......................................................29
30.................................................29, 275
31.................................................29, 275
32.................................................29, 275
33......................................................29
35......................................................29
150....................................................275

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I..................................................287
Ch. II.................................................287
Ch. III................................................287
Ch. V..................................................287

                          14 CFR
21.....................................................534
23.....................................................537
36.....................................................530
39.....................................................231
71.....................................................537
121....................................................534
135....................................................534
Proposed Rules:
39.................................291, 293, 295, 297, 299
71.....................................................552

                          15 CFR
930....................................................788

                          17 CFR
242....................................................232

                          18 CFR
Proposed Rules:
35.....................................................303
370....................................................303

                          21 CFR
558......................................................5

                          23 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1313....................................................29

                          26 CFR
1.....................................................6,11
31......................................................11
602......................................................6
Proposed Rules:
31......................................................46

                          28 CFR
16......................................................16

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
2700...................................................553
2704...................................................553
2705...................................................553

                          31 CFR
103....................................................496
Proposed Rules:
103....................................................516

                          33 CFR
165....................................................538

                          36 CFR
223...............................................522, 523
Proposed Rules:
219....................................................307

                          37 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1...................................................48, 61

                          40 CFR
9.................................................388, 654
16.....................................................232
35......................................................17
52...............................19, 21, 24, 241, 244, 541
81.................................................24, 541
141...............................................388, 654
142...............................................388, 654
Proposed Rules:
51......................................................69
52............................................85, 569, 577
1604...................................................309

                          47 CFR
73...........................................245, 246, 247
Proposed Rules:
73................................................312, 313

                          48 CFR
Ch. 1...................................198, 228, 864, 866
1......................................................200

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2.................................................208, 211
4......................................................208
5.................................................219, 220
6......................................................219
7.................................................208, 211
8......................................................221
9.................................................219, 227
11................................................211, 227
12...........................................211, 219, 220
14.....................................................219
16.....................................................211
17.....................................................219
19................................................220, 221
22................................................219, 864
25............................219, 221, 223, 224, 227, 864
27.....................................................227
34.....................................................227
37.....................................................211
38.....................................................227
39................................................211, 227
42................................................200, 221
43.....................................................227
44.....................................................225
46................................................200, 227
47.....................................................200
48.....................................................227
50.....................................................227
52.............200, 208, 219, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, 864
53.....................................................200
Proposed Rules:
9903...................................................313

                          50 CFR
223....................................................834
224....................................................834
299....................................................247
600.....................................................27
635....................................................273
Proposed Rules:
17.....................................................315
679....................................................386

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          RULES GOING INTO EFFECT JANUARY 5, 2006
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Introduction; published 1-5-06
   Trade agreements; thresholds; published 1-5-06
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   Colorado; correction; published 12-6-05
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Introduction; published 1-5-06
   Trade agreements; thresholds; published 1-5-06
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
   Single family mortgage insurance--
      Adjustable rate mortgages; eligibility; published 12-6-05
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Indian Affairs Bureau
Land and water:
   Navajo Partitioned Lands grazing permits; published 10-7-05
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Introduction; published 1-5-06
   Trade agreements; thresholds; published 1-5-06
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness standards:
   Normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes--
      Airframe and flight standard changes; correction; published 1-5-06
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Pears grown in--
   Oregon and Washington; comments due by 1-9-06; published 12-9-05 [FR 
      05-23819]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
   Cattle from Mexico; fever-ticks infestation or exposure; comments due 
      by 1-9-06; published 11-9-05 [FR 05-22337]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
   Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
      Gulf of Alaska groundfish; comments due by 1-13-06; published 11-
         29-05 [FR 05-23465]
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      American lobster; comments due by 1-12-06; published 12-13-05 [FR 
         05-23984]
Marine mammals:
   Taking and importing--
      Hawaiian Islands; spinner dolphin protection from human 
         activities; comments due by 1-11-06; published 12-12-05 [FR 05-
         23928]
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Army Department
Law enforcement and criminal investigations:
   Sexual assaults; law enforcement reporting; comments due by 1-9-06; 
      published 12-9-05 [FR 05-23853]
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   Contract administration functions; comments due by 1-9-06; published 
      11-9-05 [FR 05-22113]
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):
   Pricing reform; transmission investment promotion; comments due by 1-
      11-06; published 11-29-05 [FR 05-23404]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air pollution control:
   Alaska alternative low-sulfur diesel fuel transition program; 
      highway, nonroad, locomotive, and marine diesel fuel requirements; 
      comments due by 1-11-06; published 10-13-05 [FR 05-20519]
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
   Evaporative emissions, dynamometer regulations, and vehicle labeling; 
      technical amendments; comments due by 1-9-06; published 12-8-05 
      [FR 05-23713]
Air programs:
   Ambient air quality standards, national--
      Fine particulate matter and ozone; interstate transport control 
         measures; reconsideration; comments due by 1-13-06; published 
         12-2-05 [FR 05-23501]
Air programs; State authority delegations:
   New Mexico; comments due by 1-9-06; published 12-9-05 [FR 05-23809]
   Oklahoma; comments due by 1-12-06; published 12-13-05 [FR 05-23970]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   Texas; comments due by 1-11-06; published 12-12-05 [FR 05-23915]
Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
   South Dakota; comments due by 1-9-06; published 12-9-05 [FR 05-23808]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol; comments due by 1-9-06; published 
      11-9-05 [FR 05-22255]
   Flucarbazone-sodium; comments due by 1-9-06; published 11-9-05 [FR 
      05-22254]
Superfund program:
   Toxic chemical release reporting; community-right-to-know--
      Toxics Release Inventory Program Burden Reduction; comments due by 
         1-13-06; published 10-4-05 [FR 05-19710]
      Toxics Release Inventory Program Burden Reduction; comments due by 
         1-13-06; published 11-29-05 [FR 05-23416]
Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:
   Meat and poultry products processing facilities; Open for comments 
      until further notice; published 9-8-04 [FR 04-12017]
Water programs:
   Oil pollution prevention; non-transportation-related onshore 
      facilities; comments due by 1-11-06; published 12-12-05 [FR 05-
      23916]
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA):
   Fee schedule; revision; comments due by 1-11-06; published 12-12-05 
      [FR E5-07177]
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Kentucky and Virginia; comments due by 1-9-06; published 11-23-05 [FR 
      05-23185]
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Coordinated and independent expenditures:
   Coordinated communications; comments due by 1-13-06; published 12-14-
      05 [FR E5-07293]
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Equal Employment Opportunity Rules; non-citizen employees, sensitive 
   information access limitations; comments due by 1-9-06; published 11-
   8-05 [FR 05-22223]
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use

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   information in labeling and advertising:
   Energy efficiency labeling; comments due by 1-13-06; published 11-2-
      05 [FR 05-21817]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare:
   Hospital outpatient prospective payment system and 2006 CY payment 
      rates; comments due by 1-9-06; published 11-10-05 [FR 05-22136]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Food additives:
   Direct food additives--
      Synthetic fatty alcohols; comments due by 1-9-06; published 12-8-
         05 [FR 05-23745]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and threatened species:
   Critical habitat designations--
      Braunton's milk-vetch and Lyon's pentachaeta; comments due by 1-9-
         06; published 11-10-05 [FR 05-22191]
      Willowy monardella; comments due by 1-9-06; published 11-9-05 [FR 
         05-22190]
Migratory bird permits:
   Raptor propagation; comments due by 1-12-06; published 10-14-05 [FR 
      05-20596]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Minerals Management Service
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
   Oil and gas activities; costs recovery; comments due by 1-13-06; 
      published 11-14-05 [FR 05-22504]
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Construction and occupational safety and health standards:
   Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution standard 
      and electrical protective equipment standard; comments due by 1-
      11-06; published 10-12-05 [FR 05-20421]
ARTS AND HUMANITIES, NATIONAL FOUNDATION
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
   Institute of Museum and Library Services; new reauthorization 
      legislation; technical amendments; comments due by 1-13-06; 
      published 12-14-05 [FR 05-24007]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Aerospatiale; comments due by 1-9-06; published 12-13-05 [FR 05-
      23953]
   Airbus; comments due by 1-13-06; published 11-14-05 [FR 05-22213]
   BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.; comments due by 1-9-06; published 12-
      8-05 [FR 05-23778]
   Boeing; Open for comments until further notice; published 8-16-04 [FR 
      04-18641]
   Bombardier; comments due by 1-13-06; published 11-14-05 [FR 05-22309]
   Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER); comments due by 1-
      12-06; published 12-13-05 [FR 05-23954]
   Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A. (EMBRAER); comments due by 1-
      13-06; published 11-14-05 [FR 05-22442]
   General Electric Co.; comments due by 1-9-06; published 11-9-05 [FR 
      05-22207]
   Rolls-Royce Corp.; comments due by 1-9-06; published 11-10-05 [FR 05-
      22437]
Class E airspace; comments due by 1-13-06; published 12-14-05 [FR 05-
   24000]
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H.R. 2863/P.L. 109-148
Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of 
Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Dec. 30, 2005; 
119 Stat. 2680)
H.R. 3010/P.L. 109-149
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
(Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2833)
H.R. 4525/P.L. 109-150
Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 (Dec. 30, 
2005; 119 Stat. 2884)
H.R. 4579/P.L. 109-151
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health 
Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
extend by one year provisions requiring parity in the 
application of certain limits to mental health benefits. 
(Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2886)
S. 205/P.L. 109-152
Buffalo Soldiers Commemoration Act of 2005 (Dec. 30, 2005; 
119 Stat. 2887)
S. 652/P.L. 109-153
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemoration Act of 
2005 (Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2889)
S. 1238/P.L. 109-154
Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005 
(Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2890)
S. 1281/P.L. 109-155
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Authorization Act of 2005 (Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2895)
S. 1310/P.L. 109-156
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement 
Act (Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2946)
S. 1481/P.L. 109-157
Indian Land Probate Reform Technical Corrections Act of 
2005 (Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2949)
S. 1892/P.L. 109-158
To amend Public Law 107-153 to modify a certain date. 
(Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2954)
S. 1988/P.L. 109-159
To authorize the transfer of items in the War Reserves 
Stockpile for Allies, Korea. (Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 
2955)
S. 2167/P.L. 109-160
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of 
certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision 
of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 to July 1, 2006. (Dec. 30, 2005; 119 Stat. 2957)
H.R. 4635/P.L. 109-161
TANF and Child Care Continuation Act of 2005 (Dec. 30, 
2005; 119 Stat. 2958)
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