[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations]
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                  SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA


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                            SUBJECT INDEX--A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2640, 4255
Accounting:
  Air carriers.....................................................2052
  Audit followups..................................................3725
  Audit requirements for business and industrial loan programs......341
  Audit requirements for institutions of higher education..........3723
  Audit requirements for nonprofit institutions....................3723
  Audit requirements for state and local governments...............2053
  Audits of DOD contractors.........................................770
  Audits of RUS borrowers...........................................374
  Audits of subcontract proposals..................................4088
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................379
  Change in method.................................................2860
  Corporate acquisitions...........................................2724
  Cost accounting standards................1850, 3717, 3730, 4018, 4039
  Cost allowability criteria......700, 727, 752, 918, 4009, 4025, 4026, 
                                           4065, 4068, 4073, 4093, 4096
  Cost principles..................................389, 726, 3719, 4095
  Customs Service fees and interest................................2663
  DOD contracts.......677, 704, 705, 709, 712, 713, 716, 718, 721, 725, 
                                      736, 753, 757, 768, 769, 770, 773
  DOE life cycle costing methodology................................877
  DOI cost recovery....................................1633, 1634, 1635
  Drug Enforcement Administration..................................1724
  Educational institutions.........................................3721
  EPA cost recovery methodology....................................3534
  FAR contingent fees allowability.................................4067
  FCC regulation...................................................4207
  FMS claims...........................................2598, 2599, 2600
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2596
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2590
  Guidance for new contractors.....................................4100
  Indirect cost rates..............................................4042
  INS examinations fee account schedule............................1769
  Interest assessment on FEHBP audit findings......................3836
  Loss allowability criteria.......................................4072
  MarAd rate determinations........................................2558
  Mark-to-market method......................................2835, 2862
  Medicare program...........................................1087, 1092
  NASA contracts...3623, 3624, 3643, 3644, 3645, 3649, 3658, 3659, 3663
  NCUA audits and verifications....................................4377
  NRC decommissioning costs..................................4403, 4409
  OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and 
      earnings test exempt amounts.................................3958
  Overhead certification...........................................4009
  Overhead settlement..............................................4011
  PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................3852
  Profit-and-loss method...........................................2766
  REA telephone borrowers...........................................361
  Risk-based capital regulation....................................3003
  Sales of partnerships............................................2739
  SEC disclosure requirements......................................4525
  SSA cycling of benefit payments..................................3957
  SSI computation of benefits..........................3949, 3963, 3965
  Thresholds for contracts.................3035, 3080, 3598, 3618, 4092
  Thresholds for grants.............................................818
  Thresholds for procurement.......................................4050
  USDA audits of State, local and Indian tribal governments.........328
  Veterans Administration..........................................3034
  Veterans Administration lump sum payment.........................3070
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Acreage allotments:
  CAB adjustments................................................40, 58
  Cotton.............................................................25
Additives:
  See Color additives
      Food additives
      Fuel additives
Adjustment assistance:
  See Trade adjustment assistance
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Equal access to justice
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  Alternative dispute resolution.............................1333, 4015
  Antitrust Civil Process Act......................................1863
  Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act...........................1865
  BATF conference and practice rules...............................2624
  BLM application procedures.................................1661, 1667
  BLM conveyances, disclaimers, and correction documents...........1660
  Bureau of Prisons remedy program.................................1704
  Clinical investigator disqualification............................992
  Code of Conduct..................................................3961
  Communications...................................................4197
  Customs information disclosure or production.....................2679
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2039
  EEOC coordination of issuances...................................3561
  Environmental Protection Agency..................................3535
  EPA suspension and debarment procedures..........................3547
  Equal Access to Justice Act.................................950, 2060
  FDIC minimum standards...........................................4570
  Federal banking agencies.........................................2996
  FHA violations...................................................1293
  FTC regulatory review............................................4359
  FWS seizure and forfeiture procedures............................1376
  General Education Provisions Act..................................816
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Administration of Native Americans.............................1201
    Agriculture Department......................................23, 169
    Army Corps of Engineers.........................................784
    Aviation economic proceedings............................2019, 2020
    Bureau of Indian Affairs...............1335, 1337, 1516, 1536, 1560
    Bureau of Land Management................................1616, 1647
    Cuban Democracy Act............................................2569
    Energy Board of Contract Appeals................................891
    Environmental Protection Agency....................3210, 3422, 3549
    FCIC procedures.................................................156
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation..........................4250
    Federal Railroad Administration................................2495
    Federal Reserve System.........................................4333
    Finance Board..................................................4283
    Government contractors...................................4021, 4094
    Health and Human Services Department...........................1129
    Hearing under CERCLA and emergency planning....................3551
    Housing Department.......................................1210, 1229
    HUD Board of Contract Appeals..................................1232
    Immigration and Naturalization Service...................1749, 1832
    Immigration proceedings......................1739, 1753, 1790, 1823
    Labor Department.........................................1883, 1885
    Medicare claims appeal...................................1065, 1167
    Minerals Management Service....................................1565
    National Indian Gaming Commission........................4388, 4389

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.................616
    NOAA cease and desist orders....................................631
    NOAA civil enforcement proceedings..............................581
    Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...........3699, 3700
    Office of Government Ethics....................................3702
    Office of Personnel Management.................................3739
    Office of Thrift Supervision...................................3002
    Peace Corps....................................................3847
    PTO disciplinary proceedings....................................659
    Railroad Retirement Board..........................3870, 3875, 3881
    Small Business Administration......................3887, 3911, 3936
    Social Security Administration.....................3943, 3952, 3979
    State Plan Amendment...........................................1082
    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board................................653
    Transportation Department......................................2368
    Transportation proceedings.....................................2293
    Treasury Department............................................2640
    Veterans Administration..................................3096, 3099
  HUD employee testing and production of information...............1231
  Internal Revenue Service...................................2810, 2976
  Justice Department tax administration duties.....................2888
  Labor organizations..............................................1926
  National Credit Union Administration.............................4376
  NCUA audits and verifications....................................4377
  NHTSA procedural regulations for rulemaking......................2448
  NLRB summary judgment procedures.................................4397
  NOAA civil procedure regulations..................................555
  NRC fee schedules................................................4455
  Office of Personnel Management.................3752, 3755, 3757, 3758
  PBGC regulation renumbering......................................3858
  Peace Corps volunteer discrimination complaints..................3848
  PHS Mammography Quality Standards Act.............................961
  Registration of drug producers....................................967
  Small Business Administration....................................3904
  State Department.................................................1984
  Subpoena issuance and service..............................1773, 3085
  Transportation documentation.....................................3585
Adoption and foster care:
  Government employee leave for adoption of a child................3780
  On-site eligibility reviews......................................1193
  Social security status determination.............................3991
  State performance requirements...................................1186
Adult education:
  Indian programs..................................................1550
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................2058
  Airline tour prices..............................................2064
  Beer.............................................................2602
  Binoculars.......................................................4363
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................987
  DOT training service contractors.................................2067
  Extension ladders................................................4368
  Home insulation..................................................4353
  Investment companies.......................................4502, 4516
  Lubricating oil..................................................4344
  Sleeping bags....................................................4364
  Small business size standards....................................3908
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4348
  Tablecloths and related products.................................4367
  Television.................................................4220, 4223
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1207
  Food assistance programs.....................................211, 233
  Geriatric drug use................................................994
  Housing........................................1212, 1241, 1272, 1292
  Mortgage insurance demonstration program.........................1250
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................2023
    DOL programs...................................................1954
    DOT financial assistance programs..............................2062
    Employment.........................................3556, 3560, 3564
    NEA-assisted activities........................................3687
  Supplemental food program.........................................197
  Transportation...................................................2499
Agricultural commodities:
  See also specific commodities
           Acreage allotments
           Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Oilseeds
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................280
  Cotton....................................................10, 43, 159
  Direct credit programs............................................292
  Exports..................................................98, 274, 291
  Feed grains...................................................43, 158
  Foreign donation..................................................290
  Inspection...........................................78, 98, 182, 188
  Measure-All Pilot Program..........................................48
  Overseas market development..................................286, 293
  Purchase and shipment.............................................276
  Rice...............................................................43
  Seeds.........................................................78, 174
  Shipping regulations............................281, 2559, 2561, 2563
  Sugarcane..........................................................44
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts...............................64
  Wheat..............................................................43
  Wool and mohair....................................................66
Agricultural research:
  Administrative provisions...............................100, 107, 108
  Animal biologics...................................................93
  Animal embryos and semen...........................................92
  Biologics definition...............................................79
  Rangeland research................................................105
  Small Business Innovation Research Program........................103
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Migrant labor
           Pesticides and pests
           Range management
           Rural areas
  Alien farm workers.........................................1770, 1815
  ASCS debt settlement...............................................36
  ASCS program ineligibility.........................................39
  Business and industrial loan program..............................342
  Certified Lender Program...........................................49
  CFSA state and county committees...................................59
  Conservation and Environmental Program.............................37
  Conservation Reserve Program...................................38, 45
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency...............................74, 75
  Dairy-State make allowance.........................................33
  Debarment and suspension..........................................332
  Disaster assistance..................................21, 70, 72, 3921
  Environmental Program.............................................118
  Extension Service property regulation.............................106
  Farm Facility Loan Program.........................................42
  Farm ownership loans...................................17, 22, 52, 54
  Farmer Program....................................................134
  Flooding in the Midwest............................................38
  FSA five-year direct line of credit program........................12

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  Hazardous materials transportation regulation....................2307
  Income taxes.....................................................2712
  Indian farmlands.................................................1510
  Labor certification for temporary workers........................1907
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......329
  Officials........................................................2973
  Plant Variety Protection Act........................................8
  Rail transport of agricultural products..........................4549
  Seasonal farmworkers.............................................1904
  Socially disadvantaged outreach program........................22, 54
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................52
  State mediation programs...........................................56
  Taxpayer Identification Number...................................2972
  Technical assistance and training.......................335, 338, 372
  USDA lobbying restrictions........................................376
  Wetlands regulations...........................................34, 35
  Worker protection standards..............1877, 3134, 3144, 3150, 3152
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Child care programs..............................................1199
  Waiver request process...........................................1188
AIDS:
  Blood transfusions look-back requirements.........................989
  Hospital or blood bank notification..............................1102
  Housing for persons with AIDS....................................1288
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1041
  Research training grants.........................................1050
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Advanced Simulation Plan.........................................2219
  Airline deregulation benefit provisions..........................1913
  Airport fees.....................................................2228
  Anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention programs.................2236
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................2026
  Baggage liability limit..........................................2037
  Baggage liability notices........................................2056
  Cargo limit......................................................2550
  Cargo tax collection.............................................2924
  Certification requirements.......................................2251
  Code-sharing arrangement disclosure..............................2038
  Commuter airlines:
    Certification requirements.....................................2269
    Operations requirements........................................2269
    Seat restraint systems.........................................2201
  Competitiveness............................................2032, 2055
  Computer reservations system.....................................2014
  Direct flight, definition........................................2024
  Disputes with airport proprietors................................2221
  Electronic filing of rules.......................................2045
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2025
  Foreign air transportation.................................1859, 2013
  INS fines................................1757, 1804, 1827, 1842, 1843
  Interstate authority.............................................2055
  Minimum altitudes for autopilot use..............................2217
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age............................................................2023
    Individuals with disabilities......................2010, 2030, 2031
  On-time flight reports...........................................2567
  Operating requirements...........................................2275
  Overbooking of flights...........................................2018
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................2027
    Change-of-gauge services notification..........................2042
    Facility charges...............................................2162
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................2025
    Manifest information.....................................1767, 2006
    Notification of aircraft disinsection..........................2041
    Oxygen use.....................................................2011
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey......................2565, 2566
    Ticketless travel..............................................2061
  Price advertising................................................2058
  Repair station requirements................................2140, 2244
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2196
  Security measures................................................2222
  Smoking ban......................................................2059
  Stage 2 airplanes in Hawaii......................................2209
  Tour prices......................................................2064
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution:
  Lead.............................................................3430
Air pollution control..............................................4352
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release...............................................3524
  Acid rain.......3319, 3320, 3335, 3336, 3337, 3353, 3422, 3461, 3466, 
                                                                   3516
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing...........................3384
  Aerosol can production...........................................3484
  Aerosol spray paints.............................................3397
  Aerospace industry.........................................3391, 3399
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities....................3391
  Agricultural chemicals...........................................3379
  Air quality modeling.......................................3359, 3433
  Air quality standards..........................3329, 3330, 3430, 3436
  Aircraft and aircraft engines....................................3338
  Aluminum industry..........................................3374, 3375
  Ammonia test method..............................................3504
  Appeals regulations..............................................3422
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3488
  Awards...........................................................3418
  Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3387
  Boat manufacturing industry......................................3482
  Boilers..........................................................3490
  Burning liquid hydrocarbons......................................1579
  California gasoline sales........................................3451
  Canadian motor vehicles..........................................3514
  Caprolactam......................................................3447
  Capture efficiency guidelines....................................3421
  Carbon monoxide............................................3338, 3454
  Chemicals............................................3349, 3380, 3479
  Chromium emissions.........................................3431, 3489
  Citizen suit regulation..........................................3496
  Clean Air Act...3294, 3337, 3364, 3372, 3392, 3411, 3417, 3418, 3435, 
                         3448, 3449, 3463, 3464, 3465, 3500, 3502, 3524
  Coal-fired boilers.........................................3462, 3516
  Commercial sterilization rule....................................3431
  Consumer products..........................................3397, 3398
  Copper smelters..................................................3371
  Cyanide chemical manufacturing...................................3370
  De minimis levels................................................3440
  Diesel refineries................................................3335
  Dioxin emission measurement......................................3331
  Dry cleaners.....................................................3485
  Electric utility steam generating facilities...............3360, 3410
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3469
  Emission standards...............................................2688
  Emissions monitoring program...................3343, 3347, 3353, 3429
  Emissions reporting..............................................3328
  Emissions trades.................................................3453
  Ethylene processing..............................................3486
  Evaporative emission test procedure..............................3506
  Federal plan conformity determinations...........................3428
  Ferroalloy industry..............................................3333
  Field citations..................................................3449
  Fuel and fuel additives....................................3322, 3352
  Gas turbines.....................................................3475
  Gasoline detergent additives.....................................3498
  Gasoline oxygen cap..............................................3345
  General provisions amendments....................................3388
  Generic test procedures..........................................3343
  Grant regulations................................................3434

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  Hazardous air pollutants....3168, 3348, 3356, 3362, 3363, 3365, 3372, 
           3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3379, 3380, 3381, 3382, 
           3384, 3385, 3391, 3399, 3407, 3415, 3431, 3439, 3445, 3448, 
           3452, 3456, 3472, 3474, 3475, 3478, 3479, 3481, 3482, 3483, 
           3484, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3490, 3491, 3493, 3494, 
                                                 3495, 3503, 3508, 3509
  Hazardous air pollutants source categories.................3394, 3448
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3294
  Hazardous waste TDSF and generator sites.........................3415
  Indian reservations..............................................3340
  Indian tribes treatment..........................................3435
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3327, 3342
  Internal combustion engines......................................3474
  Iron and steel foundries.........................................3476
  Iron and steel mills.............................................3477
  Large appliance coating industry.................................3487
  Lead smelters....................................................3382
  Lesser-quality emission rates....................................3503
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3491
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3324
  Marine propulsion engines........................................3460
  Measurement regulation.....................................3331, 3421
  Medical waste incinerators.......................................3439
  Metal parts and products coating industry..................3493, 3494
  Mineral wool production industry standards.......................3364
  Monitoring.......................................................3416
  Municipal landfills..............................................3438
  Municipal waste combustors.......................................3509
  Navajo nation lands..............................................3334
  New source performance standards.....................3361, 3439, 3492
  New source review..........................................3323, 3325
  New stationary sources...........................................3429
  Nitrogen dioxide.................................................3437
  Nitrogen oxides......................................3338, 3462, 3516
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3361
  Nonhandheld engines..............................................3454
  Nuclear facilities other than power plants.......................3420
  Nylon 6 production...............................................3480
  On-board diagnostics, fuel system malfunctions...................3455
  Opacity measurement of emissions.................................3424
  Operating permits..........................................3417, 3423
  Outer continental shelf....................................3408, 3409
  Ozone......728, 3318, 3329, 3346, 3351, 3354, 3356, 3357, 3397, 3398, 
           3399, 3405, 3411, 3412, 3414, 3452, 3453, 3459, 3463, 3464, 
                                     3465, 3487, 3493, 3494, 3495, 3517
  Paint stripper users.............................................3481
  Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3452
  Particulate matter standards...............................3330, 3356
  PCB manufacturing................................................3185
  Perchloroethylene................................................3341
  Petroleum refineries.......................................3332, 3365
  Pharmaceuticals industry.........................................3378
  Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3369
  Phosphogypsum stacks.............................................3383
  Phosphoric acid manufacturing....................................3367
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3478
  Plastic parts industry...........................................3495
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................3472
  Polycarbonates...................................................3385
  Polyether polyol production......................................3377
  Polymers and resins..................................3366, 3442, 3444
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3381
  Portland cement manufacturing....................................3376
  Printing/publishing facilities...................................3441
  Process heaters..................................................3490
  Publically owned treatment works study...........................3386
  Pulp and paper mills.............................................3362
  Radioactive waste................................................3473
  Radionuclides........................................3355, 3363, 4424
  Radon......................................................3383, 3432
  Recycling and recovery standards.................................3519
  Refrigerant recycling............................................3518
  Refrigeration equipment leak repairs.............................3465
  Regional haze protection.........................................3321
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3350, 3354
  Sewage sludge incinerators.......................................3470
  Shipbuilding and ship repair operations..........................3512
  Shipbuilding industry............................................3399
  Solid waste incinerators.........................................3492
  Stack gas testing methods........................................3504
  Stainless and non-stainless steel manufacturing..................3446
  State implementation plans........3318, 3325, 3334, 3344, 3351, 3357, 
                   3389, 3390, 3393, 3408, 3453, 3499, 3500, 3502, 3513
  Steel pickling processes.........................................3368
  Stratospheric ozone protection...................................3519
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3320
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3336, 3436
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3467
  Technical corrections to EPA methods.............................3505
  Test procedures............................................3457, 3506
  Test rules.......................................................3167
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing.............................3445
  Tire manufacturing...............................................3483
  Transportation plans, programs, and projects.....................3513
  Volatile organic compounds........3348, 3357, 3395, 3396, 3399, 3421, 
                         3452, 3453, 3467, 3487, 3493, 3494, 3495, 3508
  Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3392
  Wood furniture industry..........................................3399
  Wood furniture manufacturing emissions...........................3511
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry...........................3373
Air rates and fares:
  Exemption from property tariff filing requirements...............2066
  Rebating international fares.....................................2057
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Non-Federal facilities...........................................2170
  Notification of deviation from clearance or instruction..........2265
  Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System.....................2265
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Air traffic control
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Charter flights
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation accounts and reports....................................2052
  Aviation economic proceedings..............................2019, 2020
  Aviation insurance...............................................2156
  Civil Aeronautics Board..........................................2051
  FAA field office addresses and terminology.......................2054
  FAA final rulemaking procedure...................................2267
  Taxes............................................................2924
Aircraft:
  Agricultural quarantine and inspection on arrival..................89
  Aircraft parts...................................................2180
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2138, 2165, 2182, 2183, 
           2184, 2185, 2186, 2190, 2192, 2199, 2224, 2226, 2231, 2234, 
                                                 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257
  Allowable carbon dioxide concentrations..........................2204
  Altitude separation..............................................2148
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2168
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2245
  Burner test requirements.........................................2211
  Child restraints...............................2223, 2253, 2370, 2395
  Commuter category accelerated stalls.............................2258
  Commuter slots...................................................2264
  Corrosion control program........................................2237
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2207

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  Dispatcher certification.........................................2176
  DOD acquisition regulation........................................707
  Emergency exits..................................................2212
  Emission standards and test procedures...........................3338
  Energy management regulations.....................................912
  FAA registration fees............................................2145
  Flight data recorders............................................2164
  Fuel pressure indicator certification............................2266
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2247
  Government employee use..........................................3586
  Government procurement............................................734
  Helicopters:
    Rotor failure..................................................2250
    Type design changes............................................2215
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2196
  Insecticide spraying requirements notification...................2041
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2147, 2244
    Authorized persons.............................................2206
    Certification of mechanics and repairmen.......................2240
    Repair assessments.............................................2246
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................788
  On-board diagnostics requirements................................3455
  Pilot and flight instructor certification........................2208
  Registration.....................................................2139
  Rotorcraft:
    Airworthiness standards..................................2191, 2226
    Maximum gross weight limitation................................2157
    Occupant protection............................................2259
    Rating and certification.......................................2199
  Snowplanes.......................................................1494
  Surplus military.................................................2235
  Titles and security documents....................................2139
  Transponders...............................................2150, 2220
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards...................2166, 2226
    Braked roll conditions.........................................2167
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2218
    Emergency exits and slides.....................................2194
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................2202
    Gust load design requirements..................................2263
    Low speed stall................................................2141
    Repair assessments.............................................2246
    Structural loads requirements..................................2227
  Turbine-powered and turboprop:
    Bird ingestion standards.......................................2168
    Water and hail ingestion standards.............................2163
  Type certification procedures....................................2161
  Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1478
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2195
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Advanced Simulation Plan.........................................2219
  Aeromedical education training services..........................2179
  Age 60 Rule......................................................2273
  Approach chart availability......................................2248
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2210
  Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2158
  Drug abuse.......................................................2198
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2160
  FAA certification fees...........................................2145
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................2238
    Training and competency........................................2193
  Flight crew performance..........................................2252
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2153
  Ground deicing/anti-icing procedures.............................2214
  Medical examinations.............................................2178
  Medical standards and certification..............................2249
  National Security Areas..........................................2172
  Notification to ATC of deviation from clearance or instruction 
                                                                   2265
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2225
  Simulator instructors......................................2188, 2213
  Training and certification.....................2188, 2208, 2213, 2214
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Complaint procedures.............................................2221
  Disadvantaged business enterprise concession plan................2034
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2018
  Fees.............................................................2228
  Jet aircraft in John F. Kennedy International Airport commuter 
      slots........................................................2264
  Jet aircraft in LaGuardia Airport commuter slots.................2264
  Land use compatibility planning..................................2149
  National capitol airports........................................2177
  Peak period landing fees.........................................2004
  Port of entry lists for aliens...................................2680
  Portsmouth Village Airstrip closure..............................1493
  Removals from port of entry lists................................1796
  Revenue Policy...................................................2230
  Security...................................................2143, 2222
  Takeoffs on wet or contaminated runways..........................2189
  Transponder requirement suspension...............................2220
Airspace:
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2152
  Dallas-Fort Worth, TX............................................2175
  Flights between the United States and the Federal Republic of 
      Yugoslavia...................................................2272
  Flights over Rocky Mountain National Park........................2181
  Flights within the territory and airspace of Afghanistan.........2232
  Grand Canyon National Park overflights...........................2171
  Houston, TX......................................................2169
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................2216
  Nashville TCA....................................................2151
  National Park System overflights.................................2242
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................536
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2233
  Orlando, FL......................................................2155
  Phoenix, AZ......................................................2159
  Raleigh/Durham CBA...............................................2262
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2187
  Salt Lake City, UT.........................................2268, 2270
  Special use airspace.............................................2271
  Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA................................2274
  Tampa, FL........................................................2239
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Air carrier employees............................................2236
  Alcohol Traffic Safety Programs..................................2416
  Alcohol-free workplace............................................890
  DOT alcohol testing rules........................................2012
  Drunk-driving-prevention programs................................2383
  Government employees..............................................908
  Merchant mariners................................................2128
  Minors operating motor vehicles..................................2374
  NASA employees.............................................3634, 3639
  National Alcohol Research Centers................................1052
  National Minimum Drinking Age Act................................2457
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................3941
  Substance abuse block grants......................................948
  Substance abuse professional definition..........................2012
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites..........................921, 925
  Transportation industry.....2003, 2021, 2106, 2137, 2160, 2335, 2494, 
                                                                   2529

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  Veterans.........................................................3015
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Gasohol
           Liquors
           Wine
  BATF technical amendments........................................2621
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Migrant labor
           Refugees
  Adjustment of status...........................1746, 1785, 1795, 1807
  Aggravated felony convictions....................................1763
  Approved petitions and appeal rights.............................1749
  Battered and abused spouses and children.........................1802
  Cuban nationals..................................................1808
  Deportation proceedings..........................................1771
    Application for suspension.....................................1823
    Entrepreneurs..................................................1740
    Executing a final exclusion order..............................1753
    Motions and appeals in immigration proceedings.................1739
    Withholding of deportation...............................1765, 1790
  Employment......1751, 1759, 1772, 1775, 1784, 1790, 1798, 1805, 1895, 
                                                                   1910
  Estate taxes.....................................................2782
  Family unity.....................................................1752
  Family unity benefits applicant processing.......................1831
  Farm labor.......................................................1770
  Farm workers.....................................................1815
  Felons:
    Reentry after deportation or removal...........................1818
    Release conditions.............................................1779
    State assistance for imprisonment costs........................1869
    Waiver authority limitations...................................1817
  Fingerprinting by outside agencies...............................1793
  Foreign group health plans.......................................1161
  Form I-94 Arrival/Departure record.........................1755, 1825
  Haitian nationals................................................1808
  Housing..........................................................1225
  Immediate relative definition....................................1839
  Income taxes...............................................2714, 2960
  INS forms........................................................1789
  Labor certification process................................1909, 1915
  Legalization applications........................................1834
  Mariel Cubans....................................................1765
  Medicaid eligibility.............................................1184
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Admission into the U.S.........................................1772
    Classification.................................................1770
    Diplomats and government representatives.......................1751
    Disclosure of information......................................1760
    Entertainers...................................................1829
    Exchange visitors...................................862, 1748, 4007
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1754
    Medical graduates..............................................1798
    Registration and fingerprinting requirements...................1781
    Streamlining legislation implementation..................1998, 1999
    Temporary workers..............................................1897
    Treaty aliens..................................................1778
    Unauthorized employment........................................1835
    Visa Waiver Pilot Program......................................1991
    Visas for Olympic families.....................................2001
    Visitors for business..........................................1820
    Waiver of documentation requirements...........................1837
  Orphan petitions.................................................1811
  Parent-child relationships.......................................1811
  Permanent residence documentation..........................1838, 3951
  Permanent resident status........................................1777
  Physical and mental examinations.................................1821
  Ports of entry changes...........................................1796
  Privilege of communication.......................................1786
  Processing of applicants.........................................1810
  Refugee status...................................................1765
  Relief applications..............................................1807
  Resettlement assistance..........................................1808
  Southern border crossing cards...................................1747
  SSA regulations............................................3994, 4000
  SSI sponsorship period...........................................3967
  Stowaways........................................................1826
  Student employment.........................................1742, 1901
  Temporary protected status.................................1764, 1830
  Temporary workers........................1770, 1780, 1792, 1835, 1899
  Termination of temporary resident status.........................1815
  Transit without visa.........1744, 1768, 1812, 1813, 1816, 1819, 1990
  Travel documents.................................................1833
  UN Headquarters District requirements............................1841
  USIA exchange visitor program extensions.........................4006
  Widows and widowers..............................................1839
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................987
  In vitro immunogenicity tests......................................93
Animal diseases:
  Bovine tuberculosis................................................77
  Importation................................................81, 96, 97
  Salmonella enteritidis in chickens.................................91
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Approval process..................................................988
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................987
  Extra-label use...................................................966
Animal welfare:
  Animal auction standards...........................................95
  Dogs and cats..............................................82, 84, 85
  In vitro tests in place of animal tests............................93
  Licensing and consignment requirements.............................85
  Marine mammals.....................................................87
  Tethering and temperature requirements.............................82
  Transport regulations............................................1452
  Wire flooring......................................................84
Animals:
  See also specific animals
           Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Imports................................................80, 88, 92, 94
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Duties............................................................390
  Protective order violations.......................................392
  Reformulated Gasoline program requirements.......................3450
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Antitrust:
  Antitrust Civil Process Act......................................1863
  Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act...........................1865
  Depository institution management interlocks...............4322, 4342
  Management official interlocks.......................2637, 3000, 4254
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Apprenticeship programs:
  See Manpower training programs
Archaeology:
  See Historic preservation
Architectural barriers:
  See Individuals with disabilities

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Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  Air Force records correction applications.........................791
  Audiovisual records management...................................3678
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1529
  Bureau of Land Management........................................1659
  Coast Guard Board................................................2048
  Customs information disclosure or production.....................2679
  Disposition of records...........................................3681
  Facilities.................................................3666, 3683
  Federal records centers....................................3667, 3673
  Grant procedures.................................................3682
  MMS release of proprietary information...........................1565
  Navy and Marine Corps records.....................................789
  Nixon administration.............................................3679
  Privacy..........................................................4569
  Reproduction fees..........................................3673, 3676
  Researcher registration..........................................3674
  Suitland Research Room...........................................3683
  Transfer of records..............................................3675
  USIA materials...................................................3668
Armed forces:
  See also Armed forces reserves
           Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Contractor performance assessment...............................796
    Foreign tax relief program......................................793
    Nongovernmental test and evaluation support.....................794
    Personnel review boards.........................................791
    Public affairs program..........................................790
    Statutory reimbursement for land................................795
  Armed Services Pricing Manual....................................4047
  Army:
    Acquisition regulation..........................................763
    Emergency employment............................................777
    Fort Lewis regulation...........................................778
    Surrender of military personnel to civilian authorities.........776
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Administrative appeals process..................................784
    Endangered species regulations..................................785
    Environmental quality requirements..............................782
    Nationwide permit program.......................................780
    Permit regulations.........................................779, 781
    Permit violations...............................................786
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................783
  CHAMPUS....797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808
  Coast Guard:
    Advance notice of arrivals and departures......................2083
    Aleutian Trade Act implementation..............................2131
    Captain of the Port zone boundaries............................2136
    Correction of military records.................................2048
    Drug, chemical, and alcohol testing......................2106, 2137
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2076
    Examination methods modernization..............................2121
    Facilities transferring oil and hazardous material.............2101
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2069
    Hazardous conditions notification..............................2118
    Industry standards adoption....................................2107
    Inflatable flotation devices for recreational boaters..........2129
    International navigation rules.................................2134
    Lighting provisions amendments.................................2102
    Marine casualty reporting......................................2119
    Marine inspection zones........................................2136
    Merchant marine documents......................................2077
    Merchant mariners..............................................2085
    Navigation safety equipment for towing vessels.................2105
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2079
    Oil Spills.....................................................2110
    Passenger vessel damage stability requirements.................2130
    Propeller injury prevention....................................2071
    Radar-observer endorsements....................................2120
    Recreational inflatable personal flotation device standards 
                                                                   2133
    Recreational vessel fees.......................................2135
    Regatta and parade permits.....................................2082
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................2103
    Regulations removal............................................2078
    Tank vessel hull regulations...................................2096
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances............2070
    Towing vessel operators........................................2084
    U.S. ATON systems........................................2080, 2081
    Uniform State Waterways Marking System.........................2080
    Vessel design, inspection, and classification requirements.....2108
    Vessel flame propagation resistance standards..................2109
    Vessel rebuild determinations..................................2104
    Western Rivers Marking System..................................2080
    Wrangell Narrows, AK navigation................................2132
  DOD Civil-Military Programs..................................667, 668
  Health care services..............................................677
  Marine Corps:
    Board for correction of records.................................789
  Military recruiting on campus.....................................673
  Navy:
    Board for correction of records.................................789
    Incidental taking of marine mammals.............................432
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................788
  Recruiting on campus.........................................671, 699
  Selective service regulation.....................................3884
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2235
  Total Quality Management..........................................682
Armed forces reserves:
  Burial benefits..................................................3112
  DOD contracts with institutions of higher education...............738
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................679
  Education benefits...................................3040, 3074, 3075
  Executive Reserve Program........................................3575
Arms and munitions:
  BATF technical amendments........................................2621
  Brady Bill regulations...........................................2611
  DOD contractor safety.............................................689
  DOD physical security standards...................................701
  DOD weapon system warranties......................................713
  Dual-use items................................396, 399, 401, 415, 417
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................404
  Excise taxes...............................................2612, 2622
  Export controls.....395, 396, 397, 401, 403, 405, 408, 409, 410, 415, 
                                                     417, 420, 423, 427
  Handguns.........................................................2623
  Hazardous wastes.................................................3297
  International....................................................1988
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.......................2611
  Semiautomatic assault weapons....................................2623
  Shotshell length restrictions....................................1366
Art:
  Indemnities under the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act...........3684
  NEH grants administration........................................3694
Asbestos:
  Comprehensive revisions..........................................3510
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3189
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers

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Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Agriculture Secretary............................................2973
  Banks............................................................2576
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.................1516, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1536
  Coast Guard......................................................2135
  Customs Service......................................2683, 2697, 2699
  DOD contracting...................................................764
  DOD procurement...................................................741
  DOL Office of the Solicitor......................................1878
  Education Secretary.....................................818, 819, 848
  EPA Administrator................................................3502
  EPA revisions........................................3162, 3389, 3390
  Government contracting...........................................4038
  Government procurement...........................................4041
  GSA programs.....................................................3598
  HUD budget authority.............................................1242
  HUD Secretary........................................1234, 1238, 1294
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................2809
  Justice Department...............................................1851
  Labor Department.................................................1887
  NASA approval authorities........................................3647
  NASA space article transit and certification.....................3655
  Office of Personnel Management.......................3766, 3807, 3809
  Panama Canal Commission..........................................3842
  Rural Utilities Service...........................................355
  Small Business Administration....................................4099
  Social Security Administration.......................3956, 4001, 4002
  Veterans Administration............3023, 3053, 3083, 3085, 3087, 3111
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Accelerated stalls in commuter category airplanes................2258
  Aging aircraft...................................................2147
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2196
  Airplane operator security.......................................2142
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2183
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2165, 2166, 2185, 2224, 
                                     2226, 2231, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257
  Alcohol misuse prevention program................................2236
  Allowable carbon dioxide concentrations in aircraft..............2204
  Altitude separation of aircraft..................................2148
  Anti-drug programs...............................................2236
  Autopilot use....................................................2217
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2168
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2245
  Braked roll conditions...........................................2167
  Civil penalty assessment procedures........................2210, 2241
  Commuter airlines................................................2269
  Corrosion control program........................................2237
  Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2138
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2197
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2207
  DOD contractors...................................................707
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2218
  Emergency exits and slides.......................................2194
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................2234
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2229
  Fatigue evaluation and testing...................................2203
  Flight crew performance..........................................2252
  Flight data recorders............................................2164
  Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2153
  Flight rules...............................................2184, 2186
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................2182
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2247
  Gust load design requirements....................................2263
  Hazards to air navigation........................................2233
  Helicopter rotor failure.........................................2250
  International transportation of hazardous materials..............2528
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2192
  Maintenance personnel certification..............................2240
  Mountain flying..................................................2243
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2011
  Pilot rest and duty requirements...........................2158, 2225
  Protective breathing equipment...................................2205
  Regulation exemption process.....................................2144
  Repair assessments...............................................2246
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2244
  Rotorcraft occupant protection...................................2259
  Rotorcraft weight limitation.....................................2157
  Seat restraint systems...........................................2201
  Subsonic airplanes...............................................2190
  Transponder requirement..........................................2150
  Turboprop and turbine-powered aircraft...........................2163
  Type certification procedures....................................2161
  Visual descent points............................................2146
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2195
  Wet and contaminated runways.....................................2189
Awards:
  See Decorations, medals, awards




                            SUBJECT INDEX--B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bananas:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................161
Bank deposit insurance:
  Assessments......................................................4257
  Capital maintenance........................................4249, 4251
  Credit unions....................................................4379
  Deposit liabilities..............................................4258
  Economically depressed regions designation.......................4256
  Eligibility......................................................4245
  Foreign banks....................................................4263
  Loans in areas having special flood hazards......................4252
  Management official interlocks...................................4254
  Nonmember banks..................................................4358
  Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4248
  Risk-based capital standards.........................4246, 4251, 4262
  State sponsored insurance organizations..........................2594
  Treasury stock investments.......................................4261
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................4250
Bankruptcy:
  Group health plans...............................................1161
  Qualifications for trustees......................................1856
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3296
Banks, banking:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Credit
           Electronic funds transfers
           Federal home loan banks
           Federal Reserve System
           Foreign banking
           National banks
           Savings associations
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................2575
  Automated Clearing House Method..................................2587
  Bank holding companies...............................4310, 4311, 4458
  Bank Secrecy Act......2574, 2576, 2577, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2581, 2582, 
                                           2583, 2584, 2585, 2586, 4337
  Capital distributions regulations................................2994
  Change in Bank Control Act.......................................2646
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2592
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2573
  Community Reinvestment Act.................................2645, 3011
  Control..........................................................4319
  Credit of accounts of government employees and beneficiaries.....2595
  Criminal referral report...................................2650, 3005
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2580
  Currency transaction reporting.......................2578, 2579, 2581

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  Disclosure of information........................................4265
  Farm credit:
    Agricultural secondary market regulations......................4132
    Book-entry regulations.........................................4144
    Borrower rights..........................................4147, 4148
    Capital regulations revisions............................4131, 4142
    Disclosure to shareholders.....................................4134
    Election of directors....................................4138, 4149
    Employee standards of conduct..................................4154
    Farm Credit System Reform Act............................4139, 4151
    FCSIC nondiscrimination enforcement............................4152
    FCSIC referral of criminal violations..........................4153
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4145
    Foreign markets................................................4150
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................4129
    Guidelines for financing agreements............................4130
    Leasing regulation.............................................4135
    Loan documentation.............................................3004
    Loan underwriting standards....................................4136
    Loans....................................................4140, 4143
    Non-dollar debt................................................4137
    Regulatory review and deletion.................................4133
    Uninsured voluntary and involuntary accounts...................4146
  Federal branches and agencies of foreign banks...................2635
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4484
  Golden parachute payments........................................4259
  Government securities sales practices............................2631
  Indemnification requirements.....................................4259
  Interest.........................................................2955
  Interstate deposit production offices............................2630
  Investment securities............................................2636
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2632
  Letter of credit..................................................322
  Loans to protect collateral......................................2632
  Management interlocks............................................3000
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2628
  Non-bank financial institutions..................................2577
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2648
  OCC interpretive rulings.........................................2651
  Receivership rules...............................................4266
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4312
  Regulation K.....................................................4341
  Regulation U.....................................................4327
  Restrictions on sale of assets...................................4247
  Risk-based capital requirements......................3698, 4312, 4338
  Risk-based capital standards...............................3001, 4332
  Safety and soundness standards.......................2636, 4253, 4335
  Small and medium-sized business loans............................3004
  Small business loan obligations..................................2997
  Special mention assets...........................................3006
  Supervision of operations........................................2649
  Suspicious activity reporting..............................4264, 4337
  Suspicious transaction reporting...........................2585, 2586
  Transmittal orders.........................................2582, 2583
  Travel rules.....................................................4324
  Treasury tax and loan depositories.........................2594, 2601
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beans:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................142
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Advertising......................................................2602
  Brewery regulations..............................................2609
  Exports..........................................................2605
  Home brew warehouses.............................................2607
  Labeling...................................................2602, 2616
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2606
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2618
Bicycles:
  Bicycle helmet safety standards..................................4121
  Safety requirements..............................................4126
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting...........................975, 996, 1023
  Defining...........................................................79
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................987
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................998
  Informed consent regulations......................................986
  Labeling.........................................................1000
  Name of selling agent or distributor..............................970
  Standards exceptions.............................................1025
  Streamlining procedures...........................................971
  Vaccine information........................................1015, 1171
  Vaccine injury compensation......................................1033
  Well-characterized biotechnology products........................1006
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Birth control:
  See Family planning
Blind:
  See also Medicaid
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Detectable warnings..............................................1711
Blood:
  Errors and accidents reporting....................................960
  Hospital standards for HIV infectious blood......................1102
  Look-back requirements for HIV risk...............................989
  Safety standards..................................................960
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Arbitrage restrictions...........................................2899
  Premium amortization.......................................2710, 2808
  Qualified..................................................2801, 2903
  Refunding of bonds issued to finance housing.....................1269
  Stripped.........................................................2728
  Zero coupon......................................................1125
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Boycotts:
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................398
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.............................................2100
  Railroad safety regulations......................................2476
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  CFTC regulations revisions.................................4108, 4109
  Conflict-of-interest issues......................................4544
  Credit extensions................................................4326
  Customer limit orders............................................4538
  Dealer's fees....................................................4544
  Large trader records.............................................4540
  Net capital requirements.........................................4532
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2570, 4529, 4535
  Risk assessment for holding company systems......................4105
  Theoretical pricing to determine haircuts on options.............4533
  Wrap fee programs................................................4508
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for children with disabilities............................1721
  Access for individuals with disabilities......1708, 1712, 1713, 3121, 
                                                                   3122
  Asbestos.........................................................3189

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  Building code changes following disasters........................3572
  Earthquake hazards reduction......................................129
  Indoor air quality...............................................1980
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility of over-the-road buses.............................2008
  School:
    Body joint strength............................................2380
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2426
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2329
  Stopping distance................................................2460
  Testing guidelines...............................................2498
Business and industry........................................3230, 3241
  See also specific industries
           Accounting
           Advertising
           Antitrust
           Bankruptcy
           Competitiveness
           Confidential business information
           Holding companies
           Indians-business and finance
           Labeling
           Labor
           Minority businesses
           Packaging and containers
           Relocation assistance
           Small businesses
           Taxes
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade practices
           Trademarks
           Warranties
  Acrylate/methacrylate use rule...................................3183
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3384
  Adjustment and collection agencies size standards................3907
  Aerospace industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3391, 3399
  Aircraft:
    Structural loads requirements..................................2227
  Aluminum industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3374, 3375
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3488
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3387
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3482
  Cement manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3376
  Certificates of competency.......................................3899
  Chemicals:
    Accidental release prevention..................................3524
    Air pollution control........................3379, 3380, 3467, 3479
    Control of PMNs................................................3182
    Hazardous wastes listing.....................3278, 3279, 3287, 3292
    Manufacture......................3156, 3180, 3181, 3191, 3192, 3349
    Pollution standards......................................3185, 3442
  Chromium electroplating..........................................3431
  Commercial sterilization.........................................3431
  Contract Cooling-Off Rule........................................4360
  DOT disadvantaged business enterprise program....................2033
  Dry cleaning.....................................................4352
    Air pollution control..........................................3485
    Effluent guidelines............................................3207
    Perchloroethylene..............................................3341
  Effluent guidelines..........3207, 3208, 3209, 3224, 3230, 3241, 3243
  EPA operating permits............................................3423
  Equipment standards..............................................4196
  Ethylene processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3486
  Fastener industry:
    Quality assurance...............................................430
  Ferroalloy industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3333
  FmHA loan program.................................................342
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4343
  Housing..........................................................1291
  Industrial disposal wells........................................3263
  Industrial laundries:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3207
  Industrial technology partnerships................................666
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3243
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3487
  Leather tanning and finishing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3224
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3491
  Mergers....................................................4371, 4486
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3493, 3494
  Metal products and machinery:
    Effluent guidelines......................................3230, 3241
  Mineral processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3361
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3469
    Emissions standards......................................3401, 3407
    Fuel economy.............................................2389, 2391
    Reporting and recordkeeping procedures...................2371, 2415
    Sales volume limit provisions..................................3426
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3220
  Nylon 6 production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3480
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3300
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3452
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3378
    Pollution standards............................................3226
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3495
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3472
  Polyether polyol production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3377
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3381
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............1973
  Printing/publishing:
    Pollution standards............................................3441
  Public/private partnerships for public housing unit development
                                                                   1306
  Pulp, paper and paperboard.................................3227, 3362
  Real estate:
    FHA violations.................................................1293
  Steel manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3446
    Effluent guidelines............................................3243
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3445
  Tires:
    Manufacture....................................................3483
  Transportation equipment cleaning:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3208
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3399
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3373

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                            SUBJECT INDEX--C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................4157
  Cost of service..................................................4160
  Cross-ownership rules......................................4165, 4166
  Customer service standards.......................................4161
  Home wiring rights...............................................4163
  Rates......................................................4159, 4162
  Small systems....................................................4162
  TV and VCR compatibility.........................................4193
Cancer:
  See also specific hazardous substances
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3531
  Mammography Quality Standards Act.................................961
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1054
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Advice of vessel approval.........................................281
  Barges:
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2079
  Cargo preference.....................................2559, 2561, 2563
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2074
  Notice of arrivals and departures................................2083
  Overfill and tank monitoring devices.............................2114
  Rate determinations..............................................2558
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................2116
    Foreign........................................................2072
    Hulls..........................................................2096
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................2116
    Qualifications of personnel....................................2086
    Response plans.....................................2070, 2125, 2126
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits...................................3081, 3082, 3112
Census data:
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes for Census 
      2000..........................................................381
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Charter operators................................................2032
  Passengers stranded by...........................................2022
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also specific chemicals
           Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3187
  Acrylate/methacrylate............................................3183
  Air Pollution control......................................3349, 3467
  Arsenic in drinking water........................................3267
  Assessment information rule......................................3191
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3523
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act............................1723, 1732
  Drinking Water Priority List.....................................3271
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3270
  Export/import..................................1730, 1736, 1737, 2966
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3196
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3192
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3182
  Ozone depleting:
    Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs............................3346
    Global warming potentials for..................................3517
    Refrigerant recycling..............................3411, 3463, 3464
    Sales restrictions.............................................3412
    Substitutes....................................................3414
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3185
  Polymers and resins..............................................3442
  Quick freeze spray products......................................4365
  Test rules.........................3164, 3166, 3167, 3171, 3172, 3179
  Toxic substances...........................................3159, 3180
  Toxic substances in new chemicals................................3181
  Toxicity profiles................................................3165
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3194
  Use inventory rule...............................................3156
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations............................................1898
  Schooling, health, and well-being................................1898
Child support:
  Medicaid referrals...............................................1113
  Overdue support information......................................1204
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child labor
           Child support
           Day care
  ACF reporting requirements.......................................1202
  Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant Program......................1195
  Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act.......1854
  Early Start program..............................................1191
  Family preservation and support services.........................1200
  Head Start Program...............................................1191
  Head Start Services for Indian tribal children.............1189, 1203
  Indian child protection programs...........................1038, 1553
  Programs of the BIA..............................................1506
  Receipt and investigation of child abuse reports.................1864
  SSA benefits...............................................3970, 3972
  State performance requirements...................................1186
  State plan requirements..........................................1200
  Title IV-A child care programs...................................1199
  Visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct...................1854
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Prohibition of cigarette sales to minors...................3622, 3877
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....1795
  Children born to U.S. citizens abroad............................1762
  INS forms........................................................1789
  Issuance of documents............................................1822
  Marriages entered during deportation proceedings.................1776
  Persons authorized to adjudicate nationality claims..............1984
  Persons over 65..................................................1801
  Regaining lost citizenship.......................................1840
  Religious records................................................3942
  Resumption of nationality........................................1985
  Revocation of naturalization.....................................1787
  Standardized testing.............................................1750
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................1761
  Testing waivers..................................................1801
Citrus fruits:
  See also specific fruits
  Common Crop Insurance........................................173, 178
Civil defense:
  See also Disaster assistance
  Emergency employment of Army......................................777

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Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  CCR ethical conduct standards....................................3124
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3123
  Developmental disabilities assistance............................1194
  Education........................................................3691
  Individuals with mental illness...................................947
  Language minority groups.........................................1720
  Nondiscrimination...................348, 1954, 2023, 2062, 3594, 3848
    Activities assisted by the NEA...........................3687, 3689
    Activities assisted by the NEH...........................3689, 3690
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4152
    Federally assisted programs........................1714, 1716, 1717
    Individuals with disabilities...1708, 1712, 1713, 1721, 2010, 2030, 
                                                 2031, 3569, 3595, 3844
    SBA streamlining legislation implementation....................3891
    USDA-conducted programs and activities..........................329
  Older individuals................................................1207
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3848
  Persons with life-threatening illnesses...........................983
  Redress provisions for persons of Japanese ancestry........1709, 1710
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  See also Indians-claims
  Collection by the NEA............................................3686
  Collection by the OPM............................................3759
  Collection by the Peace Corps....................................3845
  Customs regulations..............................................2671
  False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................1851
  FCIC procedures...................................................157
  Federal Claims Collection Standards..............................1861
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................1888
  Federal Tort Claims Act..........................................1878
  FMS payments.........................................2598, 2599, 2600
  Food Stamp Program recipients.....................................202
  Medicare suppliers...............................................1081
  Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claim Act.............1878
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1033
  Natural resource damage assessment.............1319, 1321, 1322, 1327
  Office of Personnel Management...................................3804
  Public land rights-of-way........................................1326
  Small Business Administration....................................3929
  Substitution unused merchandise drawback.........................2691
  Third-party................................................2063, 2173
  Veterans.......................................3030, 3053, 3056, 3077
Classified information:
  Defense Industrial Security Program..............................4045
  DOD Information Security Program..................................676
  DOE Atomic Energy Act regulation..................................889
  DOE contractors...................................................919
  Military acquisitions.............................................683
  NARA records declassification....................................3672
  National security................................................2050
  NISPOM applicability to government procurement...................4045
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.................................4408, 4448
  OMB personnel....................................................3714
  OMB policies.....................................................3716
  OMB security information.........................................3713
  Prison national security considerations..........................1700
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Clothing:
  Customs regulations..............................................2698
  Leather belts....................................................4355
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1592
  Affected area....................................................1605
  Coalbed methane development......................................1640
  Definition.......................................................1604
  Moisture.........................................................1593
  Rate guidelines for small shippers...............................4554
  Transportation and washing allowances............................1590
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
      Underground mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Administrative appeals process....................................784
  Biological test methods for pollutants...........................3203
  Disaster assistance..............................................3567
  Fees for appeals..................................................602
  Management........................................................535
  Oil spill prevention.............................................1577
  Permit regulations................................................781
  Shore protection.................................................2093
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3239
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program...............................30, 34, 35, 1451
Coastal zones:
  Wetlands:
    Privately owned................................................2299
Coffee:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................162, 163
Coins:
  See Currency
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
           Student aid
  Auditing requirements............................................3723
  College Assistance Migrant Program................................825
  DOD contracts.....................................................738
  DOD funding.............................................671, 673, 699
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................679
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................685
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................678
  DOE grants........................................................910
  DOT grants.......................................................2035
  Drug-free schools and campuses....................................829
  Foreign language and area studies or foreign language and 
      international studies programs................................835
  Foreign language and area studies programs...................836, 841
  Grants administration.................................388, 1874, 3553
  Grants to Indian colleges........................................1511
  Multicultural Scholars Program.....................................99
  Student Right-to-Know Act.........................................844
  Student Support Services Program..................................838
  Temporary assignments of government employees....................3735
  USDA grants and agreements........................................330
Color additives:
  Certification program fees.......................................1013
  Meat and poultry products........................................1022
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Bulk transfers or liquidations...................................4102
  Consolidated orders..............................................4106
  Debt-equity ratio requirements...................................4109
  Early warning reporting requirements.............................4110
  Ethics training for registrants............................4107, 4111
  Exemption for foreign government securities................4542, 4543
  Financial reporting requirements.................................4109
  Gross collection of exchange-set margin for omnibus accounts.....4108

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  Minimum financial requirements...................................4108
  Prepayment of subordinated debt..................................4108
  Risk assessment for holding company systems......................4105
  Self-regulatory organization automated systems...................4104
  Voting prohibitions..............................................4103
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4303
  Reconsideration of rate of returns...............................4182
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1685
  Food-borne illnesses.............................................1019
  Labeling of latex items...........................................962
  Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1072
  PCC health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance 
                                                                   3841
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           Motion pictures
           Telecommunications
  Assessment and collection of regulatory fees.....................4228
  Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4224
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4226
  Broadcast station operator requirements..........................4227
  Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4202
  Comparative renewal..............................................4217
  Competitive bidding for broadband PCS............................4242
  Competitive bidding for IVDS.....................................4240
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4239
  Competitive bidding for unserved cellular areas..................4241
  Competitive bidding for 800 MHz SMR..............................4238
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4195
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4200
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4183
  Equal employment opportunity...............................4215, 4225
  Equipment authorization process..................................4197
  Excise tax.......................................................2789
  Foreign carriers in the U.S. marketplace.........................4214
  Forfeitures for violations.......................................4184
  Frequency coordination system....................................4244
  Intelligent networks.............................................4170
  International accounting rates regulation........................4207
  Licensing........................................................4199
  Maritime.........................................................4229
  Mobile services..................................................4233
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4171
  PCC radio communications guidelines..............................3840
  Personal communications technology and services..................4236
  Pioneer's preference rules.......................................4199
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4231
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4230
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4213
  Relocation of base stations for 200 MHz licenses.................4243
  Rights-of-way....................................................1664
  Satellite:
    Digital audio radio service....................................4212
    Digital LMSS in L-Band spectrum................................4194
    Domestic and international services............................4210
    Earth stations.................................................4211
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4201, 4209
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4213
    Spacing and applications.......................................4204
    Tracking and data relay........................................3629
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4206
  Spectrum transfer.................................................649
  Spread spectrum rules............................................4191
  Terrestrial microwave radio services.............................4237
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4218
  TV:
    Advanced systems...............................................4216
    Advertising practices....................................4220, 4223
    Cable Act................................................4157, 4160
    Cable television cross-ownership.........................4165, 4166
    Cable television rates.........................................4159
    Children's programming.........................................4219
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4164
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4222
    Medical care telemetry devices.................................4192
    Open video systems.............................................4155
    Over-the-air reception devices.................................4158
    Station ownership..............................................4221
    Video programming accessibility................................4156
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4232
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4198
Communications common carriers:
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4178
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4177
  International common carriers....................................4208
  Price caps for LECs........................................4179, 4180
  Toll free service access codes...................................4181
Communist countries:
  Export controls..............................................402, 408
Community antenna television systems:
  See Cable television
Community colleges:
  See Colleges and universities
Community development:
  Affordable housing.........................................1215, 1284
  Base closure community assistance...........................674, 1281
  Combining other government assistance with CPD assistance........1283
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2573
  Community Investment Program...............................4292, 4295
  Community Reinvestment Act...........................2645, 3002, 3011
  Environmental regulations.........................................131
  Financial assistance.............................................4288
  Fisheries....................................................497, 612
  Indian tribes....................................................1559
  National bank investments........................................2642
  Regulation review.................................................387
  SBA 8(a) programs................................................3887
  Work study program...............................................1298
Community development block grants:
  Act changes......................................................1286
  CDBG sanctions...................................................1277
  Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages........................1302
  Program income inclusion in CDBG calculations....................1285
  Streamlining regulations.........................................1287
Community facilities:
  See also Health facilities
  Air Force regulation..............................................795
  FmHA loans..............................................120, 122, 343
Compensation:
  See Indemnity payments
      Unemployment compensation
      Wages
      Workers' compensation
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................274
  Air carriers.........................................2014, 2032, 2055
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2444
  Antitrust regulations............................................2637
  Cable television companies.......................................4163
  Cargo preferences................................................2559
  Communications Act.......................4238, 4239, 4240, 4241, 4242
  Communications carriers....................................4208, 4214
  Communications licensing.........................................4199
  Food products...............................................245, 1019
  Foreign banks....................................................4263
  Games of chance..................................................4347
  Government contracts........................................792, 4076

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  Government procurement.......730, 732, 746, 747, 755, 760, 762, 4077, 
                                                             4078, 4097
  Government research...............................................605
  GSA regulations..................................................3583
  Indian art and craftsmanship protection..........................1323
  ITC exclusion order enforcement..................................2694
  Maritime carriers................................................2563
  Medical plans...............................................939, 1106
  Motor vehicle fuel economy standards.............................2389
  National Park Service visitor services...........................1491
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................1995, 2675, 4022
  Ocean transportation..............................................293
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1588
  Public utilities.................................................4276
  Satellite communications.........................................4210
  Scientific instrument and apparatus imports.......................391
  Small businesses.................................................4031
  Solid minerals agreements........................................1551
  Sugar imports.....................................................275
  Telecommunications marketplace.................4165, 4166, 4167, 4188
  Television marketplace...............................4159, 4164, 4216
  Timber sales......................................................315
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1911, 1912
  VA contracts.....................................................3035
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2690
  Automation-impaired credit unions................................4387
  Computer reservations system.....................................2014
  Computer-generated facsimiles of forms...........................3918
  Copyright in software............................................3657
  Criminal justice information systems.............................1876
  Cytology specimens...............................................1159
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4200
  Electronic dissemination of securities disclosure documents......4467
  Electronic filing of air carrier rules...........................2045
  Electronic filing of OST dockets.................................2047
  Electronic filing of tariffs.....................................4308
  Electronic filing of tax returns...........................2807, 2989
  Electronic records...................................2467, 3670, 3675
  Electronic requests for confidential treatment of export 
      manifest data................................................2669
  Electronic signatures on tax documents...........................2905
  Electronic SSA benefit application...............................4003
  Electronic submission of export license applications..............412
  Electronic submission of fisheries reports........................508
  Electronic ticketing of passengers...............................1768
  Electronic transmission of student aid data.......................847
  Export controls....................................407, 416, 418, 428
  FIP contracts....................................................3598
  Innovation research rights in data...............................4020
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3669
  Prescriptions for controlled substances..........................1728
  Procurement of automated data processing equipment................766
  Procurement of supercomputers.....................................760
  PTO examination guidelines for computer-related inventions........662
  Real-time information networks...................................4277
  RESPA amendments.................................................1259
  Self-regulatory organization automated systems...................4104
  Software classification..........................................1018
  Stored-value cards...............................................4309
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  Customs regulations..............................................2669
  Disclosure and use of proprietary information....................3588
  EPA regulations............................................3550, 3554
  FDA regulations..................................................1029
  PTO regulations...................................................655
  Statistical information..........................................3718
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  Broker-dealers...................................................4544
  CFTC voting prohibition..........................................4103
  DEAR organizational conflict of interests.........................916
  DIAR regulation..................................................1328
  Ethical conduct...771, 3124, 3557, 3692, 3711, 3770, 3934, 4154, 4260
  Ethics programs............................................3695, 3704
  Ethics training............................................4107, 4111
  Exemptions.......................................................3707
  Financial disclosure.......................................3709, 3710
  Investment companies.............................................4506
  Judges...........................................................3961
  NARA policy on outside employment................................3680
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3702
  Physician referrals..............................................1074
  Post-government employment.......................................3708
  Regional Fishery Management Councils..............................543
  Salary supplementation...........................................3712
  Standards of conduct.....378, 681, 824, 1320, 1741, 3086, 3696, 3706, 
                                                             3843, 3846
  Tax deferral.....................................................3705
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Confined spaces for construction.................................1959
  Safety standards.................................................1955
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Air transportation...............................................2032
  Baby walkers.....................................................4120
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................4113
  Bicycle helmets..................................................4121
  Bicycles.........................................................4126
  Binoculars.......................................................4363
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................4163
  Child-resistant packaging............................4115, 4116, 4117
  Children's sleepwear.................................4123, 4127, 4128
  Contract Cooling-Off Rule........................................4360
  Drain cleaners...................................................4114
  Fiberglass curtains..............................................4366
  Flammability standard for upholstered furniture..................4119
  FUSE-burn time of fireworks......................................4118
  Games of chance..................................................4347
  HUD streamlining regulations.....................................1274
  Infant formula quality control....................................958
  Lead-based paint.....................................1214, 1235, 3161
  Meat and meat products............................................261
  Medical devices..............................................959, 978
  Multiple tube mine and shell fireworks...........................4124
  Notices to passengers............................................2027
  Over-the-counter drugs............................................981
  Premerger notification...........................................4346
  Previously used lubricating oil..................................4344
  Product warranties.........................................4345, 4356
  Protective batting helmets.......................................4112
  RESPA amendments...........................................1247, 1259
  Securities information publication...............................4466
  Toys and children's articles.....................................4125
  Truth-in-Savings.................................................4329
  Used cars........................................................4361
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Air pollution control......................................3408, 3409
  Geological and geophysical exploration of........................1567
  Leasing:
    Authorized bidding system revisions......................1573, 1588

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    Employee training..............................................1580
    Royalty relief...........................................1584, 1585
    Surety bonds...................................................1578
    Updating documents incorporated by reference...................1582
  Offshore structures:
    Annual inspections.............................................1571
    Oil spill prevention and response........................1577, 3301
    Seismic reassessment of California platforms...................1572
    Supply vessel standards........................................2087
Continuing education:
  See Adult education
Contracts:
  Payment provisions...............................................4073
      Government contracts
Controlled substances:
  See Drug abuse
      Drug traffic control
Cooperative agreements:
  See Grant programs
Copper:
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3264
Copyright:
  Assignment in software...........................................3657
Corn:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................171
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cotton...............................................................58
  CAB adjustments....................................................40
  Common Crop Insurance........................................159, 176
  Program implementation.............................................43
  Reentry into the United States....................................284
  Technical corrections to regulations...............................58
  Upland Cotton Program..............................................25
  Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program...................10
Counterfeiting:
  Color illustration of U.S. currency..............................2572
Countervailing duties:
  Administrative procedures.........................................390
  Protective order violations.......................................392
Courts:
  Administrative law judges..................................3766, 3809
  Civil disputes...................................................1866
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1738
  Magistrate judges................................................1866
  Redress provisions for persons of Japanese ancestry........1709, 1710
  Reporting requirements of court clerks...........................2970
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Brokers and dealers..............................................4326
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................4246
  CCC collection of 1995 advance deficiency overpayments.............11
  Debt collection.......................36, 677, 3686, 3759, 3870, 3930
  Debt collection by administrative offset.........................3883
  Debt collection by salary offset..................................840
  Debt collection by tax refund offset........................208, 3883
  Debt collection of OASDI overpayment.............................3978
  Debt discharge...................................................2981
  Debt instruments.........................2806, 2868, 2902, 2904, 2988
  Debt settlement...................................................112
  DOD acquisition regulations..................................715, 735
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4315
  Irrevocable Letters of Credit....................................4049
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2632
  National banks...........................2638, 2641, 2643, 2644, 2652
  Partners and partnership.........................................2750
  Rating organizations.............................................4530
  Regulation U.....................................................4327
  Savings associations.......................................2999, 3007
  Small businesses...................2997, 3915, 3916, 3917, 3918, 3930
Credit unions:
  Appraisals.................................................4380, 4385
  Corporate........................................................4373
  Federal credit union fees........................................4384
  Golden parachute payments........................................4370
  Indemnification..................................................4370
  Insurance requirements...........................................4381
  Investment and deposit activities................................4375
  Lines of credit..................................................4382
  Loans..........................................4372, 4382, 4383, 4386
  Mergers of FICUs.................................................4371
  Organization and operations................................4374, 4378
  Service contracts................................................4369
  Supervisory committee audits and verifications...................4377
  Truth in Savings.................................................4387
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................4376
Crime:
  See also Counterfeiting
           Drug abuse
           Fraud
  Aliens:
    Deportation....................................................1771
    Felonies.....................................1763, 1779, 1817, 1818
    In-transit passengers..........................................1767
  Confidentiality of DOJ information...............................1872
  Correctional system grant programs...............................1870
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1860
  Criminal justice block grants....................................1873
  Criminal justice information systems.............................1876
  Criminal record review...........................................2127
  Criminal referrals.........................................3005, 4141
  Domestic violence..........................................1206, 1867
  FCSIC referral of criminal violations............................4153
  Financial institution reporting requirements...2575, 2585, 2650, 4264
  Forest System lands...............................................321
  Forged checks....................................................2598
  Motor vehicle theft....1858, 2353, 2366, 2377, 2424, 2443, 2453, 2463
  NASA-sponsored child care centers................................3635
  Operators of Centralized Examination Stations....................2683
  Registration systems for convicted persons.......................1862
  Rent adjustments for security and expense coverage...............1303
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1814
  Stolen pet dogs and cats...........................................85
  Tenant protection................................................1254
  Victims of Crime Act compensation programs.......................1875
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1848
  Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act....................2623
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations....................144, 153, 155, 156, 157
  Application for...................................................147
  Catastrophic risk protection........161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167
  Catastrophic risk protection requirement......................55, 152
  Conservation program appeals procedures............................23
  Cotton.......................................................159, 176
  Disaster assistance program.......................................154
  Dry beans.........................................................142
  Feed production...................................................158
  Florida Citrus Endorsement........................................178
  Florida citrus fruit..............................................173
  Forage production.................................................158
  General regulations..........................................179, 181
  Grains............................................................176
  Group Risk Plan...................................................143
  High risk land....................................................146
  Hybrid corn seed..................................................174

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  Hybrid sorghum seed..........................................174, 177
  Ineligibility.....................................................148
  Insurance by written agreement....................................151
  Nonstandard classification system.................................150
  Oilseeds..........................................................180
  Onions............................................................137
  Peanuts.......................................................67, 136
  Popcorn corn......................................................171
  Potatoes..........................................................138
  Reinsurance..................................................169, 175
  Rice..............................................................149
  Small grains......................................................159
  Sugarbeets........................................................139
  Sunflowers...................................................168, 177
  Texas citrus tree crops...........................................172
  Tobacco..................................................68, 145, 170
  Tomatoes.....................................................140, 141
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline fructose:
  Marketing allotment program........................................44
Cultural exchange programs:
  Exchange Visitor Program.........................................4007
  Residence waiver..................................................862
Currency:
  See also Foreign currencies
  Color illustration of U.S. currency..............................2572
  Reporting exemptions.................................2578, 2579, 2581
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Accreditation of commercial testing laboratories.................2658
  Andean trade preference..........................................2657
  Baggage examination..............................................2696
  Centralized Examination Stations.................................2683
  Certificates of eligibility for textiles and apparel.............2695
  Commercial gaugers approval......................................2658
  Containers designated as instruments of international traffic 
                                                                   2665
  Country of origin determinations...........................2689, 2698
  Country of origin marking............................2659, 2682, 2692
  Cultural property regulations..............................2663, 2701
  Denial to land invocation for nonpayment of INS fines............1843
  Detention of merchandise.........................................2662
  Disclosure or production of Customs information..................2679
  Drawback claims..................................................2671
  Duty-free entry of space articles................................3655
  Duty-free stores.................................................2667
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2686
  Duty-free treatment for imports from U.S. possessions.......393, 2653
  Enforcement of ITC exclusion orders..............................2694
  Export manifest data.............................................2669
  Fee and interest.................................................2663
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2676
  Foreign-based commercial motor vehicles..........................2668
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2672, 2673
  Non-entrant status of Cambodia and Vietnam.......................2702
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2664, 2675, 2684
  Ports of entry.............................................2670, 2680
  Preliminary vessel entry and permits.............................2693
  Publication of filer codes.......................................2654
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2666
  Recordkeeping requirements.................................2664, 2681
  Reusable shipping devices arriving from Canada or Mexico.........2678
  Search warrants..................................................2699
  Seizure authority................................................2697
  Substitution unused merchandise drawback.........................2691
  Tariffs:
    Indexes........................................................4560
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2660
    North American Free Trade Agreement............................2695
  Tax return information disclosure................................2900
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................2687
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2661
  Vehicle examination..............................................2696




                            SUBJECT INDEX--D

Dairy products:
  See also specific dairy products
  Cheese alternate products.........................................232
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................32
  Inspection and grading..............................................2
  State make allowance...............................................33
  Transportation and storage........................................251
  Yogurt............................................................209
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Day care:
  Food program.................................................216, 217
  Government procurement...........................................4014
  NASA-sponsored child care centers................................3635
  Title IV-A programs..............................................1199
  VA facilities....................................................3101
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants......................................................2640
  DOE procurement contracts.........................................914
  EPA changes................................................3541, 3548
  Forest Service....................................................309
  Nonprocurement debarment and suspension...........................332
  Social Security Administration...................................3988
  Transportation Department..................................2009, 2046
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information
Decorations, medals, awards:
  Medals of Honor..................................................2017
Deepwater ports:
  See Harbors
Defense:
  See National defense
Defense acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
Dental health:
  Amalgam ingredient labeling......................................1017
  Veterans' disability rating......................................3025
Dental schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
  See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
  See Bank deposit insurance
Desegregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Diabetes:
  Qualification of diabetic truck drivers....................2318, 2340
Disability benefits:
  See also Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
           Railroad retirement
           Workers' compensation
  Developmental disabilities assistance............................1194
  Reduction of SS benefits and.....................................3993

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Disabled:
  See Disability benefits
      Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disaster assistance:
  See also Civil defense
           Emergency medical services
  Emergency livestock assistance regulations.........................41
  Farmers......21, 70, 72, 144, 151, 152, 154, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 
                            166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 179, 180, 181
  Floods.....................................................3571, 3573
  FmHA business and industry loan program...........................342
  Food stamps and food distribution............................192, 218
  Government contracts.............................................4076
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3574
  National Flood Insurance Program...........................3570, 3577
  Public assistance eligibility....................................3567
  Replacement of SSI excluded resources............................3997
  Restoration of damaged facilities................................3572
  SBA regulation.............................................3921, 3928
  Temporary housing assistance.....................................3579
  Unemployment assistance..........................................1906
Discrimination:
  See Civil rights
Discrimination against aged:
  See Aged
Discrimination against handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Discrimination in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Discrimination in employment:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Discrimination in housing:
  See Fair housing
Diseases:
  See specific diseases
      Animal diseases
      Communicable diseases
      Plant diseases and pests
Distilled spirits:
  See Liquors
Doctors:
  See Health professions
Domestic animals:
  See Livestock
Draft:
  See Selective Service System
Drawbridges:
  See Bridges
Drinking water:
  See Water supply
Drought assistance:
  See Disaster assistance
Drug abuse:
  See also Alcohol abuse
  Drug Elimination Program.........................................1227
  Drug-free schools.................................................829
  Drug-free workforce...............................................694
  Drug-free workplace...................................890, 2009, 3988
  Felony offense restrictions......................................1722
  Government employees..............................................908
  Narcotic addict treatment........................................1021
  NIH Center grants................................................1051
  Railroad operations..............................................2468
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................3941
  Substance abuse block grants......................................948
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites...............................925
  Veterans.........................................................3015
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1848
Drug testing:
  Commercial vessel personnel......................................2137
  Foreign implementation...........................................2137
  Merchant mariners................................................2128
  NASA employees.............................................3634, 3639
  NRC rule.........................................................4444
  Railroad employees...............................................2494
  Transportation personnel....2003, 2005, 2015, 2044, 2106, 2160, 2236, 
                                                       2335, 2529, 2545
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances............................................1727
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1729
    Ephedrine/guaifenesin..........................................1726
    Freight forwarding facilities..................................1725
    Habit-forming drugs............................................1020
    Prescription drugs.............................................1731
    Prescriptions..................................................1728
    Psychotropic substances........................................1735
  Diversion control fee account....................................1724
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act............................1723, 1732
  FAA regulations..................................................2198
  Import/export requirements.......................................1727
  Precursor and essential chemicals....................1730, 1736, 1737
  Pseudoephedrine thresholds.......................................1733
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................1734
Drugs:
  See also specific drugs
           Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Adverse drug experiences..........................................985
  Adverse experience reporting...........................975, 996, 1023
  Aluminum containing...............................................977
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................968
  Clinical holds....................................................976
  Contraceptive drugs...............................................978
  Current good manufacturing practice...............................952
  Debarment certification regulations...............................979
  Drug Master File.................................................1007
  Drugs for life-threatening illnesses..............................983
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................998
  Habit-forming drugs..............................................1020
  Informed consent regulations......................................986
  Inhalation solution products......................................985
  Insulin certification.............................................980
  Investigational new drugs.........................956, 973, 983, 1009
  Iron containing..................................................1001
  Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1112
  Narcotic addict treatment........................................1021
  New drug applications...........................976, 1007, 1009, 1010
  New drugs list....................................................969
  PET radiopharmaceuticals.........................................1008
  Registration of producers.........................................967




                            SUBJECT INDEX--E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................379
  Financial services transactions survey............................380
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....382, 383, 384, 385, 
                                                                    386
Economics:
  See Economic statistics
      Price controls

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Education:
  See also Adult education
           Colleges and universities
           Education of disadvantaged
           Education of individuals with disabilities
           Educational facilities
           Educational research
           Educational study programs
           Elementary and secondary education
           Equal educational opportunity
           Indians-education
           School breakfast and lunch programs
           Schools
           Student aid
           Students
           Teachers
           Vocational education
  Aeromedical education............................................2179
  Audits...........................................................3721
  Bilingual Education Graduate Fellowship Program...................821
  Campus-based programs.............................................842
  Children's television programming................................4219
  Direct grant programs.............................................814
  ED acquisition regulation.........................................817
  ED advisory committee management regulations......................863
  ED conduct standards..............................................824
  ED employment discrimination complaint procedure.................1715
  ED general administrative regulations........................809, 815
  ED recognition procedures for State agencies......................831
  ED salary offset for Federal employees............................840
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................820
  Foreign medical graduates........................................1835
  General Education Provisions Act..................................816
  Grant thresholds..................................................818
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................101
  Indirect cost rates..............................................3721
  International education...........................................834
  Migrant labor.....................................................825
  National Security Education Program...............................686
  National Service Trust...........................................3125
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1042
  NIH scholarships.................................................1043
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1046
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3100, 4005
  Prison education tests rule......................................1698
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1675
  Prisoner literacy requirements...................................1684
  Regulatory relief.................................................842
  Rural areas.......................................................356
  Student assistance:
    General provisions...............................837, 845, 847, 848
  Training programs for TRIO programs...............................832
  USDA program......................................................100
  Veterans:
    Active duty..................................3024, 3049, 3050, 3052
    Course approval requirements.............................3054, 3108
    Dependents.....................................................3049
    Educational Assistance Test Program............................3067
    Election of benefits...........................................3033
    Flight training..........................................3054, 3108
    Job training...................................................3105
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...............................3062, 3066, 3068
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................3021
    Post-Vietnam era...................................3050, 3065, 3103
    Regulations revision...........................................3063
    Reservists.................3036, 3040, 3047, 3062, 3074, 3075, 3104
Education of disadvantaged:
  Graduate assistance...............................................833
  Head Start Program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1190
    Fellowships program............................................1192
    Indian tribal children...................................1189, 1203
    Quality standards..............................................1191
    Safe transportation of children................................1196
    Standards for purchase of facilities...........................1197
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  BIA special education regulation elimination.....................1535
  DOD special education services....................................672
  OSERS Disability and Rehabilitation Research Programs.............852
  OSERS Rehabilitation Services Discretionary Programs..............854
  Rehabilitation services..................853, 855, 856, 857, 858, 860
  State grants program for technology-related assistance............859
Educational facilities:
  Auditing requirements............................................3723
  Cost accounting principles.......................................3719
  FmHA programs......................................................20
  Government contracts.............................................4039
  Government procurement...........................................4042
  Grants administration.......................................812, 3115
  NASA contracts.............................................3643, 3645
Educational research:
  OERI conduct standards.......................................823, 824
  OERI exemplary and promising programs.............................822
  Protection of human subjects......................................811
Educational study programs:
  Foreign language and area studies or foreign language and 
      international studies programs................................835
  Foreign language and area studies programs........................841
Eggs and egg products:
  Inspection regulations............................................260
  Refrigeration and labeling.....................................6, 271
  Salmonella enteritidis.............................................91
  Salmonella Laboratory Recognition Program...........................7
  Transportation and storage........................................251
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
           Voting rights
  Indian tribal governments..................................1532, 1533
  Labor organizations..............................................1926
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
  Alternative power pooling institutions...........................4275
  Export authorization..............................................903
  Hydropower facility licensing.....................................579
  Rural electrification....344, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 
                                                358, 360, 364, 367, 368
Electric utilities:
  Cost reports.....................................................4269
  FERC Form No. 1 changes..........................................4270
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1531
  National Forest System............................................312
  Purchases and sales..............................................4267
  Standards and specifications......................................345
  Steam generating facilities......................................3410
  Sulfur dioxide allowances........................................3320
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Consumer rights..................................................4316
  Federal tax payments.................................2589, 2893, 2975
  Federal wage, salary, and retirement payments....................2593
  Fedwire..........................................................4330
  FRS Regulation E revision........................................4309
  Government employee payment......................................2595
  NASA advance payment.............................................3644
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2582, 2583
  Royalties, rentals, bonuses, and other monies....................1562
Elementary and secondary education:
  Desegregation programs............................................828
  Drug-free schools and campuses....................................829
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 general 
      provisions....................................................830
  Impact aid programs...............................................826

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Emblems:
  See Signs and symbols
Emergency medical services:
  Emergency research...............................................1004
  Medicare requirements......................................1139, 1156
  Mining operations................................................1941
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Airline deregulation.............................................1913
  Aliens, withholding taxes........................................2960
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2802
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1919
  Employee stock ownership plans...................................4095
  Family and medical leave.........................................2802
  FDIC regulation..................................................4261
  Federal service contracts........................................1881
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1918
  Taxation...................................................2833, 2878
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens....1759, 1770, 1772, 1775, 1790, 1798, 1805, 1835, 1895, 1897, 
                                                 1901, 1909, 1910, 1915
  BIA regulations elimination......................................1545
  DOL follow-on contracting rule...................................1896
  Domestic services................................................1893
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1884
  Lower income persons.............................................1291
  Removal of restrictions on employing certain individuals.........1722
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   1890
  Veterans..........................................................772
Employment taxes:
  Limited liability companies......................................2819
  Real estate agents...............................................2919
  Timing of notice and consent.....................................2984
  Unemployment repayment...........................................2920
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1406
  Alaska breeding population of Steller's eiders...................1402
  Arizona plants...................................................1431
  Arkansas River shiner............................................1413
  Armored snail....................................................1341
  Atlantic salmon..................................................1432
  Barton Springs salamander........................................1404
  Behren's silverspot butterfly....................................1406
  Bigleaf mahogany.................................................1474
  Black legless lizard.............................................1429
  Black-footed ferrets.............................................1466
  Bog turtles......................................................1346
  Brother's Island tuatara.........................................1428
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl.....................................1421
  California butterflies...........................................1420
  California condors...............................................1388
  California plants.....1410, 1416, 1422, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1429, 1433, 
                                     1437, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1450
  California red-legged frog.......................................1408
  Callippe silverspot butterfly....................................1406
  Captive breeding...........................................1363, 1469
  Colorado squawfish...............................................1362
  Consultation process.............................................1383
  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
      Flora and Fauna................1352, 1353, 1458, 1470, 1471, 1474
  Cordia bellonis..................................................1445
  Corps of Engineers regulations....................................785
  Critical habitat........524, 525, 526, 527, 558, 590, 595, 600, 1341, 
           1383, 1387, 1389, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1400, 1415, 1421, 1423, 
                                                             1430, 1434
  Delissea undulata................................................1412
  Eagles.....................................................1367, 1464
  Eggert's sunflower...............................................1418
  Exemption for low-impact activities..............................1381
  Exemption for small landowners...................................1381
  Flat-tailed horned lizard........................................1400
  Florida panther..................................................1371
  Freshwater mussels.........................................1414, 1415
  Ginseng..........................................................1470
  Golden paintbrush................................................1411
  Guajon or rock frog..............................................1448
  Hawaiian plants..........................1435, 1443, 1446, 1447, 1449
  Holmgren's milkvetch.............................................1344
  Incidental taking of migratory birds.............................1453
  Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1371
  Jaguar...........................................................1374
  Johnson's seagrass................................................558
  Least chub.......................................................1424
  List, reclassify, or delist.......1338, 1350, 1355, 1369, 1370, 1374, 
           1380, 1389, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 
           1398, 1399, 1401, 1403, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1436, 1444, 1445, 
                                                             1448, 1455
  Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1369
  Lost River suckers...............................................1423
  Maguire daisy....................................................1417
  Marbled murrelet.................................................1407
  Mexican plants...................................................1450
  Mexican wolves...................................................1347
  Nile crocodiles..................................................1370
  NOAA incidental take regulations..................................596
  Nogal or West Indian walnut tree.................................1444
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1379
  Pallid manzanita.................................................1438
  Parish's alkali grass............................................1403
  Pecos pupfish....................................................1339
  Pesticide labeling program.......................................3148
  Puerto Rican trees...............................................1399
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1405
  Saltwater crocodiles.............................................1370
  San Diego fairy shrimp...........................................1419
  San Francisco plants.......................................1426, 1433
  San Xavier talussnail............................................1401
  Sea turtles....................531, 584, 594, 600, 639, 640, 641, 643
  Shem's milkvetch.................................................1344
  Shortnose suckers................................................1423
  Snake River chinook salmon..................................591, 1377
  South American birds.............................................1351
  Spring Creek bladderpod..........................................1409
  Stones River bladderpod..........................................1409
  Texas aquatic invertebrates......................................1436
  Texas plants.....................................................1350
  Tropical birds...................................................1343
  Tropical butterflies.............................................1342
  Vernal pool plants of the Central Valley of California...........1397
  Virgin River fishes........................................1380, 1434
  Virgin spinedace.................................................1455
  Western snowy plover.............................................1430
  Whooping cranes..................................................1387
  Winter-run chinook salmon.........................................523
  Yacare caiman....................................................1355
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines

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  Alternative fuel providers........................................874
  Alternative fuel use..............................................864
  Alternative fuels.................................................881
  Board of Contract Appeals.........................................891
  Bonneville Power Administration...................................902
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................933
  DEAR amendments..........................913, 914, 917, 922, 926, 929
  DEAR amendments to substance abuse programs.......................925
  DEAR organizational conflict of interests.........................916
  DEAR regulatory reduction....................................915, 923
  DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................688
  DOE certification requirements....................................920
  DOE grants for educational purposes...............................910
  DOE Privacy Act regulations.......................................897
  DOE small business subcontracting.................................927
  Employee assistance program.......................................908
  FERC fuel cost adjustment clause.................................4274
  FERC recovery of stranded costs..................................4278
  FERC reporting requirements......................................4273
  Financial assistance rules........................................931
  Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste Management......3304
  Fuel excise taxes................................................2787
  Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Licensing Program.................566
  Privacy Act regulations.................................907, 908, 911
  Research and development..........................................930
  Research grants...................................................894
  Technology transfer...............................................928
  Uranium mill sites................................................906
  Wastes from fossil fuel combustion...............................3303
  Weatherization Assistance Program funds distribution..............888
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Appliance efficiency standards......872, 879, 880, 883, 884, 885, 886
  Clothes dryers....................................................882
  Clothes washers..............................................875, 882
  Dishwashers.......................................................882
  Electric motor vehicles...........................................870
  Electric motors...................................................869
  Federal buildings.......................................866, 867, 877
  Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..........................887, 4354
  Fluorescent and incandescent reflector lamps......................873
  Labeling rule....................................................4357
  Plumbing products.................................................868
  Procurement of energy-efficient products and services......3599, 4063
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................876
  Rural electrification regulations.................................352
  State Energy Program..............................................878
  Test procedures...............................865, 868, 871, 872, 873
Engineers:
  Government procurement...........................................4058
Environmental impact statements:
  Categorical exclusions...........................................3580
  Department of Transportation regulations.......2082, 2286, 2299, 2474
  NEPA regulations..................................................899
Environmental protection:
  See also Air pollution control
           Environmental impact statements
           Natural resources
           Noise control
           Pesticides and pests
           Reclamation
           Waste treatment and disposal
           Water pollution control
  Biotechnology risk assessment....................................3184
  BLM fire rehabilitation projects.................................1616
  Chemicals......................................3156, 3166, 3167, 3171
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3536
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3239
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3532
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3538, 3541, 3548
  EPA civil penalties assessments..................................3535
  EPA cost recovery methodology....................................3534
  EPA information resources management directives..................3546
  EPA invoicing requirements.......................................3545
  EPA source selection procedures..................................3539
  EPA suspension and debarment procedures..........................3547
  Federal facilities...............................................3727
  Federal Facility Compliance Act..................................3549
  Federal water resource development projects and lands.............782
  FEMA environmental considerations................................3576
  FmHA Environmental Program........................................118
  Government procurement....................767, 4035, 4036, 4063, 4070
  Grants administration.................................909, 3552, 3553
  Housing..............................................1211, 1216, 1237
  HUD environmental regulations....................................1236
  MMS safety and pollution prevention equipment....................1569
  Monitoring.................................................3416, 3505
  National Environmental Policy Act...........105, 308, 982, 3688, 4393
  National Forest System..................................298, 307, 320
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................604
  Pesticides.......................................................3131
  Radon............................................................4401
  Rail service abandonment and discontinuance......................4552
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................669
  Rural economic development........................................131
  Sterilants.......................................................3135
  Transit projects.................................................2496
Equal access to justice:
  Department of Health and Human Services...........................950
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
  Desegregation programs............................................828
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................685
  Education Act Amendments of 1972.................................3691
  Federally assisted education programs......................1714, 4005
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.................................................3556, 3560, 3564
  Broadcast industry...............................................4215
  Complaint processing.......................................1228, 3563
  Discrimination complaint procedures..................1715, 3560, 3562
  DOI regulations............................................1331, 1332
  Government contractors...........................................1879
  Government employees...........................3562, 3563, 4225, 4457
  Indians..........................................................1554
  Individuals with disabilities..................1892, 3558, 3559, 3563
  Interagency coordination of issuances............................3561
  National origin and citizenship anti-discrimination provisions 
                                                                   1718
  On-the-job training..............................................2334
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Annuity exclusion repeal.........................................2917
  Charitable transfers.............................................2918
  Farms............................................................2781
  Generation skipping..............................................2963
  Generation-skipping tax on property held in trust................2783
  Nonresident aliens...............................................2782
  Reformable interest..............................................2918
  Taxation of Property distributed in kind.........................2926
  Transfer tax.....................................................2964
Estates:
  BIA regulations......................................1335, 1337, 1547
Estuaries:
  See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
  See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
  See Administrative practice and procedure

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Exchange visitor program:
  See Cultural exchange programs
Excise taxes:
  Arms and munitions.........................................2612, 2622
  Chemical substances..............................................2790
  Communications...................................................2789
  Deferred compensation plans......................................4093
  Deposits of excise taxes.........................................2894
  Diesel fuel..........................................2787, 2788, 2882
  Fuels............................................................2883
  Luxury items...............................................2786, 2881
  Private foundations..............................................2967
  Vehicles.........................................................2804
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  DOD contractor safety.............................................689
  DOD physical security standards...................................701
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2229
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................2074
  Mines............................................................1940
Exports:
  Administration regulations........................................401
  Agricultural commodities............................98, 274, 276, 291
  American ginseng.................................................1372
  APHIS user fees................................................88, 89
  Australia Group...................................................423
  Automated Export System...........................................382
  Biological warfare equipment......................................417
  Biological weapons components.....................................409
  Bobcats..........................................................1457
  Business equipment................................................419
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................280
  Chemical Weapons Convention implementation...................395, 420
  Chemical weapons precursors.......................................423
  Chemicals................................1730, 1736, 1737, 2966, 3172
  Commerce Control List...............397, 403, 415, 423, 424, 426, 427
  Commerce Control Lists............................................421
  Communication intercepting devices................................421
  Computer technology.....................................407, 416, 428
  Cotton........................................................10, 284
  Cryptographic products exemption.................................2002
  Cuba.........................................................402, 419
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2605
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................404
  European Union....................................................426
  Exporter definition...............................................383
  Fish.............................................................1468
  Food assistance...................................................278
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................398
  Foreign military sales designator.................................385
  Foreign policy controls...........................................424
  General License G-CTP revisions...................................416
  General License GCG revisions.....................................414
  General License GLX revisions and clarifications.............425, 428
  General License GSW expansion.....................................418
  Hazardous and other wastes.......................................3308
  Hazardous waste..................................................3311
  Investigational new drugs.........................................973
  Iran.........................................................400, 429
  Latin America.....................................................405
  Libya.............................................................413
  License applications..............................................412
  Lynx.............................................................1457
  Manifest data....................................................2669
  Meat and meat products...........................................2700
  Medical devices..................................................1005
  Missile technology................................................409
  North Korea.......................................................408
  Nuclear weapons.........................................405, 408, 427
  Pesticides.......................................................3136
  Reentry into the United States....................................284
  Reexports...............................................413, 425, 429
  Reporting requirements............................................277
  River otters...............................................1352, 1457
  Satellites........................................................403
  Savings clause....................................................406
  Semiconductor manufacturing equipment.............................418
  Semiconductors....................................................428
  Shotguns..........................................................397
  Small businesses.................................................3915
  Sugar........................................................275, 285
  Temporary exports of tools of trade...............................386
  Timber from western states........................................411
  Tobacco.....................................................288, 2613
  Unprocessed timber................................................323
  Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms 
      and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies...........................396
  Weapons proliferation controls..........................401, 410, 415
  Wildlife...................................................1353, 1468
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education




                            SUBJECT INDEX--F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Complaint processing.......................................1289, 1290
  Compliance requirements...........................................125
  Discriminatory conduct...........................................1293
  Fair Housing Act.................................................1295
  Fair Housing Council.............................................1294
  Fair Housing Initiatives Program.................................1296
  Family definition change.........................................1243
  Home Loan Data System............................................2647
  Nondiscrimination requirements...................................1221
  Occupancy Standards..............................................1222
Family planning:
  Abortion-related services compliance standards...................1055
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
  See Government procurement
Farmers:
  See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
  See Grant programs
      Indemnity payments
      Loan programs
      Price support programs
      Technical assistance
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities.......1708, 1712, 1713, 3119
  Base closure community assistance...........................674, 1281
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................681
  DOD technical assistance for environmental restoration............669
  Earthquake hazards reduction......................................129
  Energy performance standards.................................866, 867
  Environmental pollution control..................................3727
  Fort Lewis regulation.............................................778
  Government contracting............................................750
  Hazardous materials at military installations.....................748
  Maintenance service contracts....................................1896
  Property management..............................................3603
  Qualifications of employees working on building service 
      contracts....................................................3617
  RCRA compliance..................................................3549
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................680
  Smoking regulations..............................................3602
  Uniform identification information...............................3126
  USDA administrative provisions....................................108
  Water conservation................................................877
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Affordable housing program.....................4282, 4291, 4296, 4298

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  Charitable contributions.........................................4300
  Claims...........................................................4294
  Community Investment Program...............................4292, 4295
  Community support activities...............................4284, 4299
  Directors fees and expenses......................................4287
  Dividends........................................................4286
  Employee selection and compensation..............................4285
  Information control numbers......................................4293
  Membership applications..........................................4290
  Nonmember mortgagees.............................................4288
  Pricing for item processing services.............................4301
  Reserve requirement..............................................4289
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Administrative hearings..........................................4333
  Automated clearinghouse services.................................4331
  Bank holding companies.............4313, 4319, 4328, 4336, 4337, 4338
  Consumer leasing.................................................4323
  Definition of capital stock and surplus..........................4334
  Depositaries and financial/fiscal agents of the Government......2591, 
                                                                   2601
  Depository institution management interlocks...............4322, 4342
  Electronic fund transfer.........................................4309
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4315
  Fedwire operations...............................................4330
  International banking....................4320, 4321, 4337, 4340, 4341
  Recordkeeping requirements for financial records.................4325
  Reimbursement for providing financial records....................4325
  State banks............4310, 4311, 4313, 4317, 4318, 4319, 4337, 4338
  Streamlining regulations.........................................4314
  Truth-in-savings.................................................4329
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  CAB adjustments....................................................40
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................158
  Livestock feed assistance..........................................41
  Price support......................................................57
  Program implementation.............................................43
  Technical corrections to regulations...............................58
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
Fibromyalgia:
  Veterans' disability rating......................................3051
Films:
  See Motion pictures
Finance:
  See Banks, banking
      Credit
      Currency
      Indians-business and finance
      Investments
      Loan programs
      Mortgages
      Trusts and trustees
Fines and penalties:
  See Penalties
Fire prevention:
  Aircraft:
    Crash-resistant fuel systems...................................2138
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................2182
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2197
  Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs..............................3346
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4447
  Occupational safety regulation...................................1962
  Underground coal mines.....................................1935, 1938
  Vessels..........................................................2109
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  DOD contracts.....................................................774
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Endangered and threatened.....523, 587, 1377, 1380, 1381, 1390, 1413, 
                         1414, 1415, 1419, 1423, 1424, 1432, 1434, 1455
  Importation and exportation......................................1468
  Transport regulations............................................1452
Fisheries:
  Akutan, Alaska....................................................497
  Alaska..........438, 439, 449, 468, 482, 507, 508, 509, 521, 522, 608
  American lobster.........................466, 478, 488, 520, 548, 615
  Appeals procedure.................................................616
  Atlantic billfish.................................................442
  Atlantic bluefish.................................................469
  Atlantic Coast..........................................478, 551, 568
  Atlantic Coast red drum...........................................610
  Atlantic herring..................................................516
  Atlantic highly migratory species.................................490
  Atlantic mackerel.................................................541
  Atlantic Ocean...........................441, 546, 609, 617, 639, 640
  Atlantic sea scallop..........................495, 515, 520, 615, 627
  Atlantic sharks..............................................473, 474
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................551
  Atlantic surf clams................................437, 488, 489, 642
  Atlantic swordfish................................................487
  Atlantic tuna...........................................440, 491, 502
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...458, 460, 465, 470, 471, 500, 501, 503, 
                            504, 505, 506, 511, 540, 607, 613, 614, 630
  Black sea bass....................................................462
  Bottomfish........................................................545
  Butterfish........................................................541
  Cape Hatteras area...........................................461, 462
  Community development plan amendments.............................612
  Corals and coral reefs.............................454, 606, 619, 621
  Critical habitat....................524, 525, 526, 527, 590, 595, 600
  Crustaceans.......................................................493
  Dealer reporting systems..........................................609
  Dolphin encirclement prohibition..................................597
  Dolphin mortality limit......................................585, 593
  Dolphin removal quotas............................................583
  Domestic fisheries................................................633
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................532
  Financial Aid Program, conditional fisheries......................556
  Fisheries Obligation Guarantee Program............................636
  Fisherman's Contingency Fund......................................635
  Fishermen's Guarantee Program.....................................553
  Fishways under the Federal Power Act..............................579
  Golden crab.......................................................476
  Groundfish.....438, 443, 448, 449, 457, 458, 460, 463, 464, 465, 468, 
           470, 471, 472, 475, 499, 500, 503, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 
                                 511, 521, 540, 544, 608, 613, 618, 626
  Gulf of Alaska............457, 460, 471, 472, 499, 503, 540, 613, 614
  Gulf of Mexico......444, 447, 455, 456, 467, 477, 496, 498, 512, 513, 
                                           542, 570, 617, 619, 620, 625
  Halibut...........................................................611
  Harbor porpoise mortality goals...................................632
  Hawaiian Islands...................................493, 545, 548, 564
  Incidental take regulations...560, 562, 588, 592, 593, 594, 596, 597, 
                                                               601, 638
  International.....................................................486
  King crabs...................................................465, 470
  King mackerel...........................................477, 617, 625
  Mahogany clams....................................................437
  Marine mammal deterrence..........................................560
  Marine mammal programs.............................528, 529, 589, 598
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.................................532, 601
  National Undersea Research Program................................605
  North Pacific...........................................510, 550, 628
  Northeast multispecies.............................520, 615, 618, 632
  Northeastern United States........................................485
  Northern fur seal take regulations................................562
  Ocean quahogs......................................437, 488, 489, 642
  Pacific Coast.......443, 448, 451, 463, 464, 475, 483, 519, 544, 549, 
                                                               626, 629

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  Pacific cod.............................................506, 511, 614
  Pacific halibut..........................443, 509, 547, 624, 629, 630
  Pacific Ocean perch...............................................472
  Pacific salmon....................................................519
  Pacific whiting..............................................494, 517
  Pelagic......................................................444, 452
  Personal/vessel use limits........................................459
  Pollock.......................................497, 499, 501, 506, 614
  Product standards.................................................552
  Puerto Rico........................................453, 454, 484, 606
  Queen conch.......................................................435
  Red drum..........................................................513
  Red snapper.............................................447, 512, 570
  Reef fish.....................................447, 453, 455, 498, 512
  Regional Fishery Management Council disclosures...................543
  Regulation consolidation.......481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 490, 495
  Regulation withdrawal.............................................480
  Rockfish.....................................................451, 472
  Royal red shrimp..................................................496
  Sablefish..........................................443, 458, 624, 626
  Safe boarding ladder regulations..................................567
  Salmon.............................................501, 527, 549, 607
  Scallops.....................................................439, 522
  Scientific research.....................................434, 561, 628
  Scup..............................................................461
  Sea turtle and conservation areas.................................531
  Sea turtle conservation...........................................643
  Shrimp.........................445, 467, 479, 530, 620, 639, 640, 641
  Snapper-grouper..............................................446, 514
  South Atlantic............444, 445, 446, 476, 477, 479, 514, 621, 625
  Southeastern United States........................................484
  Spanish mackerel.............................................477, 617
  Squid.............................................................541
  Striped bass......................................................546
  Summer flounder....................................584, 622, 623, 643
  Swordfish.........................................................436
  Tanner crabs......................................................470
  Tilefish..........................................................441
  Traps definition..................................................456
  Tuna...............................................440, 592, 593, 597
  U.S. Virgin Islands................................453, 454, 484, 606
  Weakfish..........................................................568
  Western Pacific region.............................452, 483, 493, 548
  Whaling regulations...............................................518
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................532
Fishing:
  Coastal Zone Management Act.......................................602
  Crayfish and conch at Fort Jefferson, NM.........................1496
  Data collection program...........................................539
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................563
  Glacier Bay National Park........................................1489
  Hoopa Valley Reservation.........................................1525
  Mid-Atlantic tuna.................................................502
  Shenandoah National Park.........................................1481
  Snake River chinook salmon........................................591
  Subsistence management regulations..........................310, 1384
  Wildlife refuges.....................................1385, 1459, 1465
Fishing vessels:
  Aleutian Trade Act implementation................................2131
  Allocation of Bering Sea/Aleutian Island Pacific cod..............511
  Capital construction fund procedures.............................2922
  Certificates of legal origin......................................574
  Crew size.........................................................627
  Fishing Vessel Obligation Guarantee Program.......................554
  Freezer vessels...................................................450
  High Seas Fishing Compliance Act..................................569
  Individual Fishing Quota Program..................................624
  Licensing.........................................................569
  Limited entry gear................................................448
  Limited entry permits.............................................463
  Longline vessels.............................................452, 492
  Observer policy.........................................492, 510, 592
  Open access gear..................................................448
  Personal/vessel use limits........................................459
  Quota shares assigned to designated vessel size categories........500
  Safety equipment and operating procedures........................2092
  Safety improvement funding........................................578
  Scale weights.....................................................497
  Shrimp vessel registration........................................530
  Standard definitions..............................................431
  Trawl mesh size...................................................438
  Trawlers...........................................467, 479, 611, 643
  Tuna vessels......................................................582
  Turtle excluder devices.................................640, 641, 643
Flammable materials:
  Children's sleepwear.................................4123, 4127, 4128
  Combustible and flammable liquids................................1962
  Pesticide foggers................................................3140
  Upholstered furniture............................................4119
Flaxseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Flood control:
  Grants to States.................................................3582
  Impoundment regulations..........................................1945
Flood insurance:
  Assistance to private sector property insurers...................3570
  Contracts........................................................3573
  FEMA audit program revision......................................3565
  Flood plain certificate..........................................1260
  Group Flood Insurance Policy...............................3571, 3577
  Hazard areas.....................................................3578
  Insurance rates..................................................3581
  Loan policies and operations...............................4143, 4252
  National bank loan regulation....................................2643
  OTS regulation...................................................2998
  Small businesses.................................................3896
  State bank purchase requirements.................................4317
  Veterans.........................................................3064
  Zone AR designation..............................................3568
Flood plains:
  Administrative appeals process....................................784
  Categorical exclusions...........................................3580
  Conservation program...............................................61
  Management.......................................................3568
  Permit regulations................................................781
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program...............................34, 35, 61, 1451
    Privately owned................................................2299
    Wetlands Reserve Program.........................................30
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  See also Color additives
  Cured pork products...............................................269
  Glycerine.........................................................258
  Meat and poultry products........................................1022
  Regulatory reinvention............................................953
  Sodium citrate buffered with citric acid..........................266
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................259
  Sulfiting agents.................................................1011
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care.....................201, 211, 214, 216, 217, 233
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................197
  Educational and training assistance exclusions....................226
  Emergency disaster assistance.....................................192
  Farm Bill implementation..........................................196
  Food delivery systems.............................................191
  Food distribution disaster provisions.............................218
  Freedom of information............................................235
  Indian reservations..........................................219, 223
  National School Lunch Program................................239, 240

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  Older individuals................................................1207
  Overseas..........................................................278
  Paperwork reduction...............................................195
  Purchase of food products produced in the U.S.....................245
  Quality control...................................................247
  State Processing Program..........................................246
  Summer Food Service Program..................................205, 237
  Vegetable protein products........................................210
  Women, infants, and children.............191, 193, 194, 231, 238, 241
Food grades and standards:
  See also Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
  Common or usual name regulations..................................954
  Eggs and egg products...............................................7
  Fees..............................................................182
  Fees for rice inspection..........................................186
  Regulatory review.................................................270
  Standards of identity, quality, and fill of container.............954
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food inspection:
  See Food grades and standards
Food labeling:
  Dietary supplements........................................1001, 1016
  Eggs...........................................................6, 271
  Health claims.....................................................263
  Meat and poultry..............................253, 263, 267, 268, 272
  Medical foods.....................................................951
  Review of regulations.............................................991
  Sausage casings...................................................257
  Sulfiting agents.................................................1011
Food stamps:
  ADP equipment and services acquisition............................228
  Authorization of retail firms.....................................215
  Claims establishment and collection...............................202
  Computer matching.................................................199
  Emergency disaster assistance................................192, 218
  Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program......234
  Income and eligibility verification systems.......................243
  Income eligibility standards......................................220
  Information use and disclosure....................................227
  Maximum allotments...........................................248, 249
  Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act....................224, 225
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................200
  Quality control..............................................198, 224
  Regulatory review............................................213, 236
  Reporting provisions...............................200, 220, 228, 229
  Retail food stores...........................................203, 227
  Retailer application processing...................................204
  Retailer delinquent debt collection...............................208
  Retailer information privacy......................................190
  Simplification of rules...........................................221
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........213
  State agencies reimbursement......................................222
  Utility allowances................................................242
  Utility reimbursements............................................244
  Wholesale food concerns.................................203, 215, 227
Foods:
  See also specific foods
           Dairy products
           Fish
           Food additives
           Food assistance programs
           Food grades and standards
           Food labeling
           Frozen foods
           Fruits
           Meat and meat products
           Nutrition
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
           Sugar
           Vegetables
  HACCP programs..............................................265, 1019
  Infant formula quality control....................................958
  Organic.............................................................1
  Pesticide residues.............................3127, 3128, 3147, 3155
  Regulatory reinvention............................................953
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2551
Foreign aid:
  Agency for International Development source, origin, and 
      nationality rules............................................3114
  Exports of business equipment for support to the people of Cuba
                                                                    419
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
  Approval for banks in U.S........................................4339
  Bureau of Economic Analysis survey................................380
  Evaluation criteria..............................................4340
  FCA regulation...................................................4150
  Federal branches and agencies....................................2635
  Income taxation..................................................2871
  Risk-based capital standards.....................................4262
  Shell branch management..........................................4320
  State branches.............................................4263, 4321
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations....................................2596, 4024
  Receivership rules...............................................4266
Foreign exchange:
  See Currency
      Foreign currencies
Foreign investments in U.S.:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis survey................................380
  Income taxation............................................2765, 2897
Foreign officials:
  Employment.......................................................1751
  FDA regulations..................................................1029
Foreign persons:
  See Aliens
Foreign relations:
  See also specific countries
           Citizenship and naturalization
           Cultural exchange programs
           Foreign aid
           Foreign trade
           Immigration
           International boundaries
           Passports and visas
           Treaties
  Airspace regulations.............................................2272
  Arms traffic regulations.........................................1988
  BXA policy controls.....................................414, 415, 424
  Chemical and alcohol testing of commercial vessel personnel......2137
  COMSAT review category of USML...................................1993

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  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2686
  ED regulation revisions...........................................841
  Exclusion or expulsion of foreign nationals......................1786
  Fishery regulations...............................................589
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2668
  International wills registry.....................................1997
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................1987
  USML revisions...................................................1992
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade agreements
  Air Force foreign tax relief program..............................793
  Antidumping duties................................................390
  Automobile parts.................................................2411
  Boycott provisions................................................398
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................379
  Caribbean Basin Countries........................................4046
  Countervailing duties.............................................390
  DOD acquisition regulations.......................................730
  Earnings and profits.............................................2859
  Endangered species...............................................1370
  European Economic Community......................................4016
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................664
  Filing of informational materials................................1853
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....382, 383, 384, 385, 
                                                                    386
  Futures trading............................................4542, 4543
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2528
  International air transportation policy....................1859, 2045
  International data submissions by large air carriers.............2013
  Iran.............................................................4008
  Licensing of foreign patents acquired by the Government...........665
  Liquidation or reorganization of corporations....................2752
  Maritime Security Program........................................2562
  Motor vehicles...................................................3403
  Prohibited/restricted merchandise................................2685
  Textile labeling.................................................4352
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................1774
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Assistance to timber-dependent communities........................369
  Environmental analysis policy and procedure revisions.............308
  Export and substitution restrictions..............................323
  Indian allotments.................................................313
  Letter of credit..................................................322
  Management planning...............................................314
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................294
  Stewardship Incentive Program.....................................316
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................298
    Competitive bids................................................315
    Contracts.......................................300, 306, 307, 1649
    Debarments and suspensions......................................309
    Export controls.................................................411
    Rates..........................................................1662
    Surety bond form revision.......................................297
    Surplus species.................................................299
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Civil and criminal forfeitures...................................1855
  Civil remedies.................................3937, 3956, 4002, 4248
  Clinical investigator disqualification............................992
  Debarment of health care providers...............................3801
  Fraudulent commercial driver's licenses..........................2319
  Odometer fraud...................................................2441
  Public housing...................................................1317
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Agriculture Department............................................235
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3523
  Department of Energy..............................................892
  Department of Justice............................................1847
  Department of Transportation.....................................2051
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation............................4265
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................2810
  Mineral resources................................................1637
  NARA organizational and procedural changes.................3671, 3677
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3700
  Office of Personnel Management.............................3731, 3837
  Public information...............................................4430
  Railroad Retirement Board fees...................................3876
  Regulations revision.............................................1057
  Small Business Administration....................................3925
  Social Security Administration...................................3986
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting.........................3157, 3158
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................2037
  Invoiceless billing..............................................4559
Frozen foods:
  Country of origin marking........................................2659
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage....................3
Fruits:
  See also specific fruits
           Citrus fruits
  Common Crop Insurance........................................164, 165
  Crop insurance....................................................172
  Grain-fruit products..............................................206
  Import restrictions................................................76
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage.................3, 4
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel additives:
  Deposit control additives........................................3458
  Detergent........................................................3498
  Waiver application criteria......................................3322
Fuel economy:
  Equivalent measurements for gaseous fuels........................2391
  Improvements.....................................................3458
  Light trucks.....................................................2389
  Private/municipal alternative fuels fleet program.................864
  Reporting requirements...........................................2367
Furs:
  Labeling.........................................................4350




                            SUBJECT INDEX--G

Gambling:
  Bank Secrecy Act.................................................2584
  Income taxation..................................................2965
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4392
  NIGC definitions.................................................4391
  NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4388, 4389
Garnishment of wages:
  See Wages
Gas exploration:
  See Oil and gas exploration
Gas reserves:
  See Oil and gas reserves
Gas utilities:
  See Natural gas
Gases:
  See also Natural gas
  Coalbed methane development......................................1640
  Methane transportation research...................................935
Gasohol:
  Motor vehicle use............................................874, 881

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Gasoline:
  See also Fuel economy
           Gasohol
  Detergent additives..............................................3498
  Diesel refineries................................................3335
  Diesel-powered equipment in mines................................1935
  Lead phaseout....................................................3497
  Reformulated.....................................................3345
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Gift taxes:
  Transfer tax.....................................................2964
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Governement employees:
  Career transition assistance for surplus and displaced 
      employees....................................................3765
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracting:
  Cost allowability criteria........................................727
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  A-E contracts.....................................................731
  Accounting procedures............................713, 768, 4095, 4100
  Affirmative action.........................................1879, 1892
  Agency for International Development.............................3114
  Authority delegations..................................741, 764, 4038
  Bid openings or closing dates....................................4019
  Certificates of competency.................................3899, 4099
  Clauses and solicitation provisions...............................377
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................64
  Competitiveness.......................................792, 3726, 4076
  Construction....................................731, 1879, 1900, 2310
  Contractors:
    Accounting guidance............................................4100
    Audits..........................................................770
    DOD ground and flight risk regulation...........................707
    DOD placement assistance program................................670
    DOD safety regulation...........................................689
    DOE employee security clearance.................................919
    DOT training service regulations...............................2067
    Employee Reprisal Complaint and Investigation Files.............898
    EPA Response Action Contractor Indemnification.................3530
    Liability......................................................3633
    Local residents.................................................750
    Mergers and acquisitions.......................................3729
    MMAS changes....................................................712
    Offsets in Foreign Military Sales contracts.....................704
    Performance...........................................717, 731, 796
    Personal services compensation..................................740
    Preaward surveys................................................756
    Responsibility criteria........................................4069
    Termination for convenience....................................4021
    Waivers........................................................1882
  Cost accounting standards..................................4018, 4039
  Cost allowability criteria........................700, 752, 918, 4073
  Cost monitoring...................................................757
  Cost or pricing data.............................................3538
  Cost principles..............................................716, 769
  Cost reimbursement rules..........................................736
  DEAR amendments...............................913, 917, 922, 926, 929
  DEAR amendments to substance abuse programs.......................925
  DEAR regulatory reduction....................................915, 923
  Debarment and suspension........................914, 3541, 3548, 4086
  Defense Acquisition Pilot Program.................................684
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4407
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................696
  Disaster Relief Act..............................................4076
  Dispute resolution...............................................4015
  DOD Commercial Activities Program procedures......................690
  DOD contracts with institutions of higher education...............738
  DOD cost/schedule status report...................................725
  DOD firefighting and security guard services......................774
  DOD Manufacturing Science and Technology Program..................745
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................685
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................904
  Drug-free workplace...............................................694
  Environmental protection.........................................4070
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3538, 3541, 3548
  EPA Mentor-Protege Program.......................................3537
  EPA source selection procedures..................................3539
  Farm Service Agency................................................31
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1884
  Field pricing reports.............................................753
  Finance rules.....................................................715
  Fixed price.......................................................695
  Flexible contract administration services.........................719
  Foreign entities.................................................4017
  Highway projects...........................................2292, 2310
  HUD Board of Contract Appeals....................................1232
  Immigration................................................1766, 1812
  Indians...................................759, 1540, 1544, 1555, 1597
  Individual compensation...........................................751
  Internal Government responsibilities.............................4085
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program......................................4087
  Labor standards............................................1881, 1900
  Lobbying restrictions......................376, 716, 2029, 3631, 4025
  Local telecommunications service...........................3612, 3614
  Maritime carriers................................................2563
  MILCON-funded CPFF contracts......................................711
  Multiple Award Schedule Program..................................3616
  NAFTA implementation........................................705, 4022
  NASA approval of contractor overtime.............................3664
  NASA policies..................................3623, 3624, 3626, 3663
  Nondiscrimination..........................................1879, 1892
  Nonprofit agencies for the blind or severely disabled.............749
  Nuclear safety management....................................893, 901
  Penalty payments.................................................3540
  Performance work statements......................................3720
  Precontractual contract administration............................710
  Price adjustments to shipbuilding contracts.......................787
  Progress payments.................................................697
  Prompt pay overseas..............................................4017
  Protection of and access to classified information...............4408
  Qualification requirements...................................713, 754
  Records retention................................................4026
  Research and development.........729, 744, 773, 934, 4020, 4039, 4090
  RHCDS contract work hours and safety standards....................123
  Rights to inventions..............................................663
  Service contracting........................................1881, 1896
  Service of protest...............................................4082
  Small business innovation research rights in data................4020
  Small business size regulations..................................3909
  Small business subcontracting....................................3897
  Small businesses...........................................3935, 4099
  Small disadvantaged businesses...............................723, 758
  Subcontracting............715, 737, 749, 3665, 4030, 4075, 4084, 4092
  Substance abuse...................................................921
  Timber sales.....................................................1649
  Trade Agreements Act.........................................705, 761
  Truth in Negotiations Act.........................................718
  VA administrative changes..................................3035, 3080
  Vietnam veterans..................................................772
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave...................................................3743
    Family and medical leave.......................................3780
  Administrative law judges..................................3766, 3809
  Availability of official information.............................3731
  BIA staffing.....................................................1543
  Career and career conditional employment...................3792, 3808

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  Career and conditional employment................................3793
  Child care at VA facilities......................................3101
  Classification appeals...........................................3739
  Compulsory process...............................................1330
  Cost-of-living allowances............................3746, 3828, 3829
  Costs of providing employment information........................3837
  Credit of accounts...............................................2595
  Crime control at NASA-sponsored child care centers...............3635
  Criminal court judges............................................2970
  Criminal investigators...........................................3777
  Debt collection..................................................3759
  Defense personnel...........................................670, 3764
  DOD Commercial Activities Program procedures......................690
  DOT staff assignments............................................2049
  Employee organization relationships with OPM.....................3760
  Employment discrimination......................3562, 3563, 4225, 4457
  Examining services costs...................................3766, 3809
  Executive, management, and supervisory development...............3763
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................1888
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3709
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................664
  General Schedule position classification system..................3796
  Health benefits:
    Acquisition regulation...................................3789, 3804
    Debarment of health care providers.............................3801
    Disputed claims................................................3834
    FEHBP changes..........................3756, 3787, 3788, 3833, 3836
    Hospital insurance benefits....................................1119
    Preemption of taxes......................................3755, 3758
  Interagency placement............................................3794
  Intermittent employees.....................................3802, 3803
  Investigations...................................................3800
  Life insurance:
    Code merger and consolidation..................................3786
    FEGLI changes......................................3754, 3831, 3832
  Lobbying of HUD personnel........................................1239
  Merit system standards...........................................3757
  Mileage allowance................................................3592
  NARA policy on outside employment................................3680
  NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................3670
  NASA drug and alcohol testing programs.....................3634, 3639
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......329
  NSF lobbying restrictions........................................3697
  Occupational radiation protection.................................896
  Part-time employees........................................3802, 3803
  Pay administration.......................3740, 3745, 3777, 3797, 3814
  Pay rates........................................................3771
  Performance appraisal................................3732, 3736, 3738
  Performance Management and Recognition System....................3795
  Personnel records..........................................3734, 3807
  President's Commission on Executive Exchange, revocation of 
      authority....................................................3806
  Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3769
  Promotion and internal placement...........................3762, 3810
  Reduction in force.........................................3736, 3767
  Reinstatement eligibility........................................3792
  Relocation income tax allowance..................................3605
  Restoration to duty........................................3768, 3805
  Retention service credit.........................................3736
  Retirement:
    Alternative form of annuity....................................3784
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3752
    Credit for military service....................................3748
    D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................3783
    Debt collection................................................3751
    Determinations of marital status for survivor annuities........3749
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3785
    FERS coverage elections........................................3753
    Health care professionals......................................3747
    Service credit.................................................3750
  Salary offset for claims collection..............................3845
  Salary offset for ED debt collection..............................840
  Salary supplementation...........................................3712
  Seasonal employees.........................................3802, 3803
  Security standards...............................................3799
  Selective Service registration...................................3791
  Senior Executive Service:
    Last move home benefit.........................................3589
    Performance appraisal....................................3732, 3738
  Separate maintenance allowances............................3779, 3830
  Severance pay..............................................3744, 3778
  Solicitation of employees for charitable contributions...........3835
  Standards of conduct........331, 378, 681, 771, 824, 933, 1213, 1320, 
           1741, 3086, 3124, 3557, 3692, 3696, 3703, 3704, 3706, 3770, 
                               3843, 3846, 3894, 3934, 4154, 4568, 4570
  Student loan repayments..........................................3811
  Substance abuse..............................................890, 908
  Suitability standards............................................3798
  Summer employment................................................3733
  Temporary employees........................................3735, 3761
  Testimony..................................................1330, 3714
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3790
  Training...................................................3737, 3763
  Travel regulations...........3584, 3586, 3589, 3592, 3604, 3605, 3606
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3776
  Wage area redefinition......3742, 3772, 3773, 3775, 3813, 3815, 3817, 
                   3818, 3819, 3820, 3821, 3823, 3824, 3825, 3826, 3827
  Wage regulation format changes...................................3812
  Wage schedule changes for printing positions.....................3822
  Wage survey responsibility...........................3741, 3774, 3816
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations.............375, 1986, 2068, 3980, 4062, 4083
  Agency supplements...............................................4043
  Agriculture acquisition changes...................................375
  Aircraft parts....................................................734
  Architect-engineer services......................................4058
  Australian manufactured defense equipment.........................755
  Authority delegations.................................741, 3598, 4099
  Automated data processing equipment...............................766
  Automated information systems....................................4082
  Ball and roller bearings..........................................732
  Bills of lading..................................................3110
  Buy America Act..................................................2505
  Buy American Act.......................................746, 755, 4078
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1037
  Child care services..............................................4014
  Class deviations.................................................4043
  Combination locks.................................................676
  Commercial items acquisition...........................722, 739, 3590
  Commercial vehicle and equipment leasing..........................735
  Competitive range determinations.................................4097
  Construction.....................................708, 721, 4044, 4078
  Contingent fees............................................4067, 4079
  Contractors:
    Business meal costs............................................4065
    Conflict of interests..........................................4260
    Copyright in software..........................................3657
    Disclosure and use of proprietary information..................3588
    FAR certifications.............................................4066
    Liquidated damages payments....................................4053
    NASA advance payments..........................................3643
    NASA contractor cost reporting.................................3641
    NASA cost principle on independent research and development 
                                                                   3658
    NASA printing and duplicating restrictions.....................3638
    NASA termination liability.....................................3646
    Overhead certification.........................................4009
    Overhead settlement............................................4011
    Personal services compensation..................................740
    Purchasing systems reviews..........................706, 4074, 4092
    Quality considerations...............................703, 765, 4029
    Records of prospective building service employees..............3617

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    Teaming of sole source contractors..............................762
    Unfair trade practices.........................................4083
  Contracts:
    DOD health care contracts.......................................742
    Electronic funds transfer.......................................691
    GSBCA rules....................................................4094
    Inspection clauses.............................................4044
    Modification of existing contracts.............................4040
    NASA Contract Adjustment Board.................................3652
    NASA contracts...................3637, 3645, 3649, 3650, 3651, 3659
    NASA ombudsman program.........................................3662
    NFS contracts.........................................298, 306, 307
    Payments.......................................................4064
    Prompt Payment Act compliance..................................4057
    Service contracting............................................4010
    Service contracting and contract clauses.................3079, 4044
    Solicitation provisions........................................4048
    Termination....................................................4061
  Convict labor use................................................4028
  Cooperative purchasing...........................................3601
  Cost accounting standards........................................4018
  Costs:
    Accounting for allowable costs.........4025, 4026, 4065, 4093, 4096
    Cost principles.................................................726
    Employee compensation costs....................................4059
    Gifts and entertainment costs..................................4009
    Interdivisional transfers......................................4062
    Legal proceedings costs........................................4068
    Overhead should-cost reviews..............................692, 4091
    Pension costs............................................4051, 4089
    Predetermined indirect cost rates..............................4042
    Travel...................................................4027, 4034
  DD Form 1149 revision.............................................724
  Defense Acquisition Pilot Program.................................684
  Defense Management Regulatory Reform initiative..................4101
  Defense Production Act amendments................................4032
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4407
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................696
  Department of Labor..............................................1953
  Disputes.........................................................3620
  DOD ethics regulations............................................771
  DOD master agreements.............................................775
  DOD ozone-depleting substances regulation.........................728
  DOD specifications and standards..................................743
  DOE certification requirements....................................920
  DOI regulations................................1324, 1325, 1328, 1329
  Domestic service restrictions.....................................702
  Education Department..............................................817
  Electronic component screening...................................4029
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4064
  Emergency repairs................................................3078
  Energy-efficient office equipment and supplies...................3599
  Energy-efficient products and services...........................4063
  Environmental Protection Agency..................................3546
  Environmentally preferable products.......767, 3177, 4035, 4036, 4063
  European Command Supplement.......................................698
  European Economic Community......................................4016
  Extension Service regulation......................................106
  FIRMR provisions amendment........3591, 3598, 3609, 3610, 3611, 3612, 
                                                       3613, 3614, 3615
  FIRMR provisions update..........................................3608
  Foreign currency use.......................................2596, 4024
  Foreign goods restrictions........................................747
  Foreign patents acquired by the Government........................665
  Foreign procurements..................................746, 1328, 1329
  Foreign product restrictions......................................730
  Fuel..............................................................688
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade...........................4077
  GSA regulations......................................3583, 3585, 3618
  GSA Service Centers..............................................4048
  Hazardous substances..............................................748
  Health care services..............................................677
  HUD regulations..................................................1297
  Insurance rule amendment.........................................4101
  Insurance/liability to third parties........................693, 4090
  Integrated materiel management....................................763
  Integrity........................................................3555
  Internal Government responsibilities.............................4085
  Irrevocable Letters of Credit....................................4049
  Late offer consideration.........................................4012
  Leasing of transit facilities or equipment.......................2497
  Lobbying restrictions......................................4025, 4054
  Loss allowability criteria.......................................4072
  Micro-purchase procedures...................................709, 4033
  Military acquisitions.............................................683
  Military assistance program address codes.........................720
  Miller Act Bonds.................................................4049
  Multiyear contracting......................................4038, 4081
  NASA acquisition regulations.............3627, 3628, 3642, 3660, 3661
  NASA approval authorities........................................3647
  NASA award fee coverage..........................................3648
  NASA's midrange procurement procedures...........................3656
  National Park Service visitor services...........................1491
  Office copying machines....................................3596, 4035
  Office of Personnel Management.............................3789, 3804
  OFPP Act procurement requirements................................4052
  Panama Canal Commission..........................................3839
  Paper and paper products.........................................3317
  Performance and payment bonds....................................4055
  Presidential delegation, assignment of claims....................4041
  Pricing....................................................4047, 4098
  Protests.........................................................3620
  Quality assurance nonconformance.................................4023
  Quality considerations...........................................4080
  Quick closeout procedures........................................4037
  Records retention................................................4026
  Recycled products................................................3282
  Research and development.........................................4044
  Screening FIP resources..........................................3587
  Sealed bidding...................................................4013
  Security procedures.........................................924, 4045
  Small business subcontracting.........................927, 4060, 4071
  Small businesses.....................687, 714, 3620, 3650, 3920, 4031
  Special tooling and test equipment................................768
  State Department regulations.....................................1986
  Streamlining legislation implementation.......2046, 3600, 3601, 3619, 
                                                       3789, 4033, 4034
  Subcontract proposal audits......................................4088
  Subcontracting...........................3620, 3724, 4030, 4056, 4092
  Supercomputers....................................................760
  Tank and automotive forging items.................................702
  Thresholds...........................................3598, 3618, 4050
  Total Quality Management..........................................682
  Trade eligibility-Caribbean Basin Countries......................4046
  Trade prohibitions-Iran..........................................4008
  Truth in Negotiation Act.........................................3590
  VAAR acquisition regulations...............................3110, 3111
  Vessel parts.................................................733, 734
  Voluntary standards..............................................3715
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  NASA acquisition regulation......................................3661
  NASA reporting regulation........................................3628
  Office copying machines..........................................3596
Government property management:
  Assignment and utilization of space..............................3593
  Electronic typewriters and office machines.......................3607
  Extension Service regulation......................................106
  Federal facilities in urban areas................................3603
  Reporting excess personal property...............................3597
Government publications:
  Audit followup...................................................3725
  Educational institution auditing.................................3721

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  Nonprofit organizations..........................................3722
  Policies.........................................................3728
  Resource management..............................................3728
Government securities:
  See also Bonds
  Customer protection..............................................4531
  Foreign government securities..............................4542, 4543
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2571
  Sales practices..................................................2631
  Treasury stock...................................................4261
Grains:
  See also specific grains
           Feed grains
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................176
  Farm Facility Loan Program.........................................42
  Grain-fruit products..............................................206
  Inspection standards..............................................189
  Safety standard for grain handling facilities....................1983
  Weighing and inspection fees.................................183, 188
Grant programs:
  Block grants.....................................................1287
    Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages......................1302
    Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program......................1187
  Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant Program......................1195
  Correctional system..............................................1870
  Domestic violence................................................1206
  Energy research...................................................894
  EPA air grants...................................................3434
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration....................3654
  National Institutes of Health..............................1050, 1051
  OPM merit requirement establishment..............................3757
  Research grants.............................................943, 1053
  Rights to inventions..............................................663
  State cemetery grants............................................3082
  1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program.................102
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administrative provisions and requirements....100, 104, 107, 108, 330
  Community facility grants.........................................369
  Housing preservation grants.......................................117
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................376
  Rangeland Research Grants Program.................................105
  Research grants program...........................................107
  Rural economic development........................................337
  Rural Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.....................356
  Technical assistance and training...................20, 335, 338, 372
  Waiver of restriction on eligibility...............................36
  Water and waste disposal programs............................354, 357
Grant programs-communications:
  Public Telecommunications Facilities Program......................648
  Telecommunications infrastructure.................................647
Grant programs-economic development:
  Regulation review.................................................387
  Rural areas.......................................................340
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations..............................809, 812, 815
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................678
  DOE grants........................................................910
  ED Direct Grant Programs................................814, 818, 819
  FmHA programs......................................................20
  Head Start Program funding.......................................1190
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................101
  Indian colleges..................................................1511
  Indian grant policies and procedures.............................1504
  Individuals with disabilities.....................................859
  Multicultural Scholars Program.....................................99
  National Security Education Program...............................686
  State and local governments..................................859, 861
  Training programs for TRIO programs...............................832
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Environmental management program..................................909
  EPA technical assistance grants..................................3520
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.......................3573, 3582
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3574
  Solid waste management grants.....................................371
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1207
  Health professions teaching facilities...........................1034
  Health services research.........................................1040
  Health training..................................................1036
  National Alcohol Research Centers................................1052
  NIH and NLM training grants......................................1050
  Substance abuse block grants.................................948, 949
  Uniform administrative requirements...............................943
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants.............1277, 1285, 1286, 1287
  Homeless veterans................................................3016
  Housing preservation grants.......................................117
  Noncitizen requirements..........................................1225
  Special needs assistance.........................................1218
  Temporary housing assistance grants..............................3577
Grant programs-Indians:
  BIA regulations revision.........................................1545
  Economic development and core management grants..................1559
  Education grant policies and procedures..........................1504
  Environmental protection.........................................3552
  Health programs..................................................1039
  Tribal Self-Governance Program...................................1556
  Uniform administrative requirements........................1539, 3552
Grant programs-law:
  Confidentiality of information...................................1872
  Criminal justice block grants....................................1873
  Criminal justice information systems.............................1876
  Victims of Crime Act compensation programs.......................1875
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................1867
Grant programs-national defense:
  DOD funds provided to institutions of higher education.......671, 699
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1658
  National Undersea Research Program................................605
  Railroad grants..................................................1654
  State grants.....................................................1651
  Surface coal mining agreements...................................1598
Grant programs-science and technology:
  Manufacturing Science and Technology Program......................745
  NASA cooperative agreements to State and local governments.......3625
  NCI construction grants..........................................1049
Grant programs-transportation:
  Alcohol traffic safety grants....................................2416
  Approval process.................................................2300
  Debarment and suspension requirements for drug-free workplace 
      grants.......................................................2009
  Innovative projects..............................................2462
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2331
  Uniform administrative requirements........................2028, 2035
  Value engineering programs.......................................2304
Grants administration:
  Assistance to State and local governments........................3566
  Department of Education...........................................812
  Institute of Museum Services.....................................3685
  Lobbying certification...........................................3682
  Lobbying restrictions......................................2029, 3631
  Social Security Administration.................3987, 3988, 3989, 3990
  Transportation Department........................................2462
  Uniform administrative requirements.......388, 943, 1874, 2035, 3115, 
                                                 3553, 3630, 3694, 3989
Grazing lands:
  Alaska grazing administration....................................1650
  Classifications..................................................1656
  Indian land......................................................1505
  Leasing..........................................................1646
  National Forest System.......................................313, 320
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs

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Guarantees:
  See Warranties
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions




                            SUBJECT INDEX--H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Atlanta, GA......................................................1468
  Customs preliminary vessel entry and permits.....................2693
  Handling and transfer of oil or hazardous liquids................2086
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2074
  Maintenance fees.................................................2672
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1207
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1499
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Coast Guard regulations........................2069, 2070, 2083, 2101
  Cylinder inspections.............................................2527
  Cylinder qualification requirements..............................2541
  Driving/parking rules............................................2301
  Editorial corrections............................................2556
  Farmers and retail farm suppliers................................2307
  Hazardous Waste Manifest rule....................................3305
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................2554
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2522
  International standards..........................................2528
  Liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines..............................2549
  Liquid materials.................................................2557
  Miscellaneous amendments.........................................2516
  Motor carrier safety permits.....................................2553
  Motor carrier safety ratings.....................................2323
  Motor carrier safety regulations.................................2339
  Motor carriers...........................1480, 2291, 2293, 2325, 2530
  Packaging..................................................2526, 2557
  Placard requirements.............................................2533
  Poisonous materials labeling.....................................2517
  Preemption determination.........................................2326
  Railroad regulations.......................................2480, 2544
  Regulations elimination..........................................2546
  Regulatory review................................................2524
  Response plans...................................................2539
  Revision of exemption, approval, registration, and reporting 
      procedures...................................................2542
  Shipping papers retention........................................2521
  Tank cars........................................................2535
  Tankerman requirements and qualifications........................2086
  Ticketing program................................................2547
  Transfrontier movements..........................................3311
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
           Poison prevention
           Radioactive materials
  Accidental release...............................................3524
  Air pollutants........1961, 3168, 3330, 3332, 3333, 3348, 3356, 3362, 
           3364, 3365, 3366, 3367, 3368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 
           3374, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3379, 3381, 3382, 3384, 3385, 
           3386, 3387, 3391, 3399, 3407, 3415, 3420, 3431, 3439, 3444, 
           3445, 3447, 3448, 3452, 3456, 3470, 3472, 3474, 3475, 3476, 
           3477, 3478, 3479, 3480, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485, 3486, 
           3487, 3488, 3489, 3490, 3491, 3492, 3493, 3494, 3495, 3503, 
                                                 3504, 3508, 3509, 4352
  Aluminum cylinders safety problems...............................2511
  Asbestos.............................................3170, 3175, 3189
  Basic research and training program..............................1048
  Caprolactam......................................................3447
  Carbon monoxide............................................3338, 3454
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3531
  Chemical test rules..................................3168, 3172, 3179
  Chemicals..................................................3159, 3165
  Chromium.............................................1981, 3431, 3489
  Damage to natural resources....................1319, 1321, 1322, 1327
  Disinfection byproducts....................................3262, 3271
  Drinking Water Priority List.....................................3271
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3258
  Environmentally preferable products guidelines...................3177
  Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................1961
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List..............................3526
  Federally permitted releases.....................................3527
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3196
  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2507
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1575
  Intrastate transportation........................................2530
  Lead.............1214, 3161, 3162, 3173, 3174, 3178, 3199, 3264, 3382
  Method 24 amendment........................................3339, 3507
  Microbial contaminants...........................................3262
  Microbial products (biotechnology)...............................3184
  MSHA protection standards........................................1937
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3533
  Nitrogen dioxide.................................................3437
  Nitrogen oxides................................3338, 3402, 3462, 3516
  Occupational safety and health programs..........................1957
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2011
  Ozone precursors.................................................3453
  Ozone-depleting substances........................................728
  Penalties under CERCLA and emergency planning....................3551
  Pesticides.............3127, 3128, 3141, 3142, 3143, 3153, 3155, 3169
    Aircraft disinsection notification.............................2041
    Cross-contamination reporting..................................3138
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations..........................3542
    Exportation....................................................3136
    Field testing..................................................3129
    Inventory with cancelled registration..........................3143
    Labeling program.........................................3148, 3151
    Notification procedure.........................................3137
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3139
    Production and distribution records............................3133
    Regulatory review..............................................3163
    Self-certification.............................................3130
    Water pollution control........................................3231
    Worker protection standards........................3134, 3144, 3152
  Pipeline safety operations.......................................2545
  Pipeline safety standards...2506, 2510, 2514, 2515, 2518, 2519, 2525, 
                                                 2531, 2540, 2543, 2555
  Polychlorinated biphenyls......................3186, 3188, 3190, 3197
  Radionuclides................3225, 3252, 3265, 3355, 3363, 3525, 4424
  Radon................................................3383, 3432, 3529
  Regulatory review................................................3163
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3193, 4070
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3543
  Saccharin........................................................3528
  Storage and disposal at military installations....................748
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3320
  Sulfur oxides....................................................3436
  Sulfuric acid drain cleaners.....................................4114
  Surface coatings...........................................3339, 3507
  Toxics Release Inventory.............................3157, 3158, 3194
  Underground storage tanks........................................3306
  Water pollution control..............................3202, 3215, 3216
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3521
  Cement kiln dust...........................................3274, 3313
  Cleanups...................................................3280, 3520
  Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge.................................3198
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities....................................3294, 3312
    Permit modifications...........................................3310
  Effluent limitation guidelines...................................3229

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  Format and Content Guide.........................................3427
  Geologic repositories............................................4429
  Groundwater contamination........................................3263
  Identification and listing...............3276, 3280, 3285, 3300, 3307
  Import/export....................................................3308
  Land disposal:
    Post-closure requirements......................................3286
    Restrictions.................................3283, 3295, 3309, 3314
  Lead.......................................................3176, 3200
  Manifest regulation..............................................3305
  Medical waste....................................................3439
  Military munitions...............................................3297
  Mineral processing wastes........................................3295
  Organobromines...................................................3287
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3300
  Pesticides.......................................................3145
  Petroleum refining process.................................3293, 3307
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3190, 3197
  Radioactive waste..........................................3251, 4442
    Disposal of spent nuclear fuel............................905, 3255
    Recycling of scrap metals......................................3471
    Site recommendation.............................................900
    Waste Isolation Protection Plant...............................3473
    Waste management rules.........................................3468
    Yucca Mountain, NV.............................................3358
  Recycled used oil................................................3276
  Recycling........................................................3277
  Response Action Contractor Indemnification.......................3530
  Saccharin........................................................3528
  Solid waste..........................................3277, 3290, 3307
  Solvents.........................................................3278
  Spent solvents...................................................3276
  State programs...................................................3315
  Taxation of environmental settlement funds.......................2896
  Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup............3273
  Testing methods..................................................3302
  Toxic waste site.................................................3165
  Toxicity characteristic metals...................................3295
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3291
  Training programs accreditation..................................1976
  Treatment and disposal:
    Fluorescent lamps..............................................3304
  Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators.......3415
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3292
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3522
  Wood preserving wastes...........................................3295
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health:
  See also specific diseases
           Alcohol abuse
           Dental health
           Drug abuse
           Drugs
           Family planning
           Health care
           Health facilities
           Health insurance
           Health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
           Health professions
           Health records
           Individuals with disabilities
           Medical and dental schools
           Medical devices
           Medical research
           Mental health programs
           Nutrition
           Occupational safety and health
           Public health
           Radiation protection
           Safety
  NIH traineeships.................................................1044
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Cancer patients..................................................1054
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1153
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1103
  DOD personal service contracts....................................742
  Electronic transfer of data.......................................800
  Home and community-based services.................................936
  Home health agencies..................................936, 1075, 1126
  Human reproductive tissue intended for fertilization, 
      implantation, or insemination.................................974
  Human tissue intended for transplantation....................965, 974
  Organ procurement and transplantation............................1104
  Patient radiation exposures......................................4441
  Patient rights.............................................3014, 4418
  Plan protection...................................................944
  Plastic surgery for inmates......................................1686
  Prepayment plans.................................................1063
  Rural services..............................................356, 1064
  Small business size standards....................................3888
  Veterans.................................3032, 3038, 3055, 3089, 3092
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  CHAMPUS programs..................................................808
  Fire safety standards............................................1144
  Health center services.....................................1165, 1166
  Incineration of medical waste....................................3439
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded...........1144
  Long-term care...................................................1145
  Mammography Quality Standards Act.................................961
  Nursing facilities...............................................1164
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1074
  Registration requirements.........................................974
  Renal dialysis facilities........................................1066
  Uniformed Services facilities.....................................677
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  CHAMPUS amendments................................................803
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................805
  CHAMPUS definition of experimental................................806
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................802
  CHAMPUS programs.............................................797, 808
  COBRA continuation coverage......................................1137
  Employer based group health plans................................1137
  Exemption from State regulation..................................1919
  Government employees........3755, 3756, 3758, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3804, 
                                                       3833, 3834, 3836
  Individuals with disabilities....................................3559
  Retroactive enrollment...........................................1117
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
  Amendments of 1988...............................................1107
  FEHBP applications...............................................3833
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1063
  Medicaid requirements............................................1111
  Medicare penalties and sanctions.................................1106
  Organizational structure and services............................1101
  Physician incentive plans prohibition.............................939
  Physician incentive plans regulations............................1115
  Safe Labor Protection.............................................944
  Third party liability............................................1078
Health professions:
  Audiologists.....................................................1088
  CHAMPUS provider certification requirements.......................804
  Education:
    Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1108
  Health Education Assistance Loan Program.........................1035
  Health Professionals Education Assistance Program................3036
  Nurse practitioners..............................................1164
  Nurse-midwives...................................................1170

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  Nurses:
    Anesthetists...................................................1108
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1792
  Pathologists.....................................................1088
  Physician assistants.......................................1056, 1083
  Physician ownership and referral arrangements.....................941
  Physicians:
    FEHBP payments for services....................................3787
    Health services referrals......................................1074
    Hearing evaluation performance..................................964
    Incentive plans...........................................939, 1115
    Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians...............1160
    Medicare payment policies......................................1175
    Medicare reimbursement.................1089, 1090, 1116, 1127, 1177
    VA medical opinions rules......................................3098
  Psychologists..............................................1110, 1163
  Retirement provisions............................................3747
  SSA hearing procedures...........................................3943
  Teaching facilities..............................................1034
  Training grants............................................1036, 1050
Health records:
  Confidentiality of VA records....................................3102
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1068
  Electronic records and signatures.................................997
  Medical certificates for aircraft pilots.........................2249
  OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................3734
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................805
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Accident reporting requirements..................................2294
  Alcohol traffic safety grants....................................2416
  Diabetic interstate drivers......................................2340
  Diabetic interstate truck drivers................................2318
  Federally administered areas.....................................2368
  Highway-rail grade crossings...............................2314, 2488
  Locomotive conspicuity...........................................2491
  Motor carrier regulations...2277, 2278, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2293, 
                                     2296, 2298, 2336, 2337, 2342, 2445
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................1978
  Sanctions procedures.......................................2368, 2369
  State programs.............................................2300, 2456
  Traffic surveillance and control.................................2308
  Zero Tolerance law...............................................2374
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1673
  Beautification costs.......................................2276, 2317
  Center line and edge line markings...............................2313
  Certification acceptance policy..................................2311
  Construction on Indian lands.....................................1552
  Environmental impact and related procedures....2286, 2299, 2350, 2496
  Equal employment opportunity.....................................2334
  Federal aid project authorization..........................2297, 2306
  Federal aid projects...........................2292, 2309, 2310, 2333
  Funding..........................................................2295
  Geometric design of highways and streets.........................2305
  Management and monitoring systems................................2500
  Management systems...............................................2303
  National Highway System..........................................2297
  Planning and administrative costs................................2414
  Railroad highway projects........................................2315
  Right-of-way regulations.......................1454, 1583, 2279, 2316
  Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1494
  Speed limits.....................................................2341
  Traffic surveillance and control.....................2312, 2313, 2332
  Tramroads and logging roads......................................1614
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1794
  Value engineering programs.......................................2304
Historic preservation:
  Marine sanctuary site evaluation..................................644
  National parks...................................................1483
  Regulatory revisions.............................................3113
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
Holding companies:
  Bank holding companies...................4313, 4328, 4336, 4338, 4458
  CFTC risk assessment.............................................4105
  Exempt wholesale generators......................................4509
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4499, 4512
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4500, 4511
  Foreign utility companies........................................4509
Holidays:
  IRS regulation...................................................2895
Home improvement:
  Loans............................................................1249
Homeless:
  Federally qualified health centers...............................1166
  Housing...............................................674, 1218, 1281
  Rural housing.....................................................127
  Single room occupancy program....................................1282
  Veterans.........................................................3016
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1644
Hospice care:
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1084
  Medicare payments................................................1077
Hospitals:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Blood transfusions...............................................1102
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................802
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1138
  Diagnostic procedures............................................1162
  DOT grants.......................................................2035
  Emergency medical care...........................................1139
  Grants administration...........................388, 1874, 3115, 3553
  Medicaid payment...............................1130, 1134, 1172, 1181
  Medicare coinsurance amounts.....................................1136
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1073
  Medicare inpatient hospital deductible...........................1136
  Medicare insurance premium.................................1135, 1178
  Medicare payment...........................................1087, 1174
  Medicare payment to swing bed hospitals....................1070, 1182
  Mortgages........................................................1245
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules................1032, 1104
  Outpatient services........................................1098, 1162
  Physician incentive plans prohibition.............................939
  Preadmission services............................................1118
  Psychiatric......................................................1061
  USDA grants and agreements........................................330
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances...............................................4357
  Energy efficiency.........868, 875, 879, 880, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3487

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Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Home improvement
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Admission preference provisions..................................1244
  Aged.............................................................1272
  AIDS program.....................................................1288
  Assisted housing.................................................1244
  Block grant activities and projects..............................1302
  Board of Contract Appeals........................................1232
  Budget authority for housing assistance..........................1242
  Congregate Housing Services Program..............................1219
  Disaster Housing Program.........................................3579
  Drug Elimination Program.........................................1227
  Elimination of unnecessary codifications.........................1240
  Emergency shelter................................................3577
  Employee standards of conduct....................................1213
  Employer identification numbers..................................1226
  Employment opportunities.........................................1291
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................876
  Environmental criteria and standards.............................1236
  Environmental quality............................................1211
  Environmental review procedures............................1216, 1237
  Family definition................................................1243
  General program requirements.....................................1224
  Hearing procedures...............................................1210
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1217
  HOPE program amendments..........................................1279
  Housing assistance programs......................................1271
  Housing preservation grants.......................................117
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1297
  Income limits....................................................1220
  Indians...........................19, 50, 110, 1300, 1310, 1311, 1538
  Individuals with disabilities....................................1272
  Interstate Land Sales Registration Program.......................1273
  Lead-based paint abatement waste.................................3176
  Lead-based paint disclosure..........................1235, 3174, 3200
  Lead-based paint hazard elimination..............................1214
  Limited denial of participation in HUD programs..................1209
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1278
  Lobbying of HUD personnel........................................1239
  Multifamily:
    Loans..........................................................1261
    Mortgages......................................................1257
    Risk-sharing program...........................................1267
    Security servicing..............................................119
    Streamlining regulations.......................................1265
  Officials..................................................1234, 1238
  OFHEO information regulation...............................3699, 3700
  Reinvention of regulations process.........................1223, 1240
  Rent regulations.....................................1212, 1220, 1292
  Rental agreements................................................2731
  Rulemaking policies and procedures...............................1208
  Rural:
    Deferred mortgage program.......................................126
    Farm labor housing..............................................109
    Homeless and migrant farmworkers................................127
    Lease write-offs................................................115
    Loan policies......................14, 113, 114, 119, 121, 133, 135
    Loans and grants...........................................124, 131
    Multiple-family housing.........................................132
    Recapture of subsidy............................................116
  Single-family..................................1248, 1252, 1256, 1279
  Site and neighborhood standards............................1212, 1292
  Social security information......................................1226
  State agency amendments..........................................4288
  Streamlining regulations....1219, 1232, 1236, 1262, 1273, 1275, 1276, 
                                                       1288, 1289, 1295
  Supportive housing programs......................................1218
  Tax-exempt bond refundings.......................................1269
  Termination of tenancy for criminal activity.....................1254
  Turnkey III program..............................................1304
  Youthbuild program...............................................1280
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
      Rent subsidies
Housing standards:
  Occupancy........................................................1222
Human research subjects:
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1045
  Informed consent.................................................1004
  Protection of human subjects................................811, 1681
  Student rights....................................................813
  Veterans.........................................................3091
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds....................1340, 1345, 1357, 1359, 1361, 1366
  Polar bears......................................................1354
  Subsistence management regulations..........................310, 1384
  Wildlife refuges...............................1358, 1386, 1459, 1467
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power




                            SUBJECT INDEX--I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Adjudications processing.........................................1809
  Appeals practice and procedure...................................1739
  Appeals to denials for immigration benefits......................1832
  Application for labor certification..............................1806
  Approved petitions and appeal rights.............................1749
  Asylum procedures..........................................1790, 1826
  Carrier fines............................1757, 1804, 1827, 1842, 1843
  Citizens, Advisory Panel.........................................1846
  Citizenship documents............................................1822
  Complaints of INS abuse..........................................1846
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................1812
  Direct mail program..............................................1743
  Discipline of attorneys in immigration proceedings...............1738
  Examinations fee account schedule................................1769
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................1799
  Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994 
      provisions...................................................1803
  In-transit passengers............................................1767
  INA revisions....................................................1994
  INS forms......................................1755, 1789, 1797, 1825
  INS reorganization...............................................1836
  Interview requirement............................................1782
  Legalization applications........................................1834
  Master Exhibits availability.....................................1828
  Officer authority..........................................1844, 1845
  Official business definition changes.............................1841
  Overtime liability for inspection services.......................1783
  Petitions for employment based immigrants........................1788
  Ports of entry.................................1796, 1813, 2670, 2680
  Preinspection rules..............................................1800
  Reentry after deportation or removal.............................1818
  Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, 
      Germany, and Vietnam.........................................1824
  Requests for additional evidence.................................1791
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1814
  Southern border crossing cards...................................1747
  Soviet Scientists Immigration Act................................1784
  Streamlining legislation implementation....................1998, 2000
  Subpoena service authority.......................................1773
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................1768
  Transit agreement suspension.....................................1816
  Transportation lines signatory to contracts......................1766
  USDA programs................................................333, 334

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  Waiver authority limitations for felons..........................1817
Immunization:
  Vaccine information........................................1015, 1171
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
           Trade adjustment assistance
  Acrylate/methacrylate............................................3183
  Animal embryos and semen...........................................92
  Animals and poultry........................................81, 96, 97
  Animals for slaughter.............................................261
  APHIS user fees........................................80, 88, 89, 94
  Canadian motor vehicles..........................................3514
  Canadian Province of Origin.......................................384
  Chemicals..........................1730, 1736, 1737, 3180, 3191, 3192
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3182
  Dairy product quotas..............................................279
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2686
  Duty-free treatment for imports from U.S. possessions............2653
  End-use certificates...............................................60
  Fastener quality..................................................430
  Fish........................................................587, 1468
  Fruits and vegetables..............................................76
  Hazardous and other wastes.......................................3308
  Hazardous waste..................................................3311
  Information disclosure to intellectual property rights owners 
                                                                   2674
  Marine mammal products......................................599, 1462
  Marine mammals...................................................1456
  Meat and poultry products.........................................282
  Motor vehicles...................................................2463
  National security impact of.......................................422
  Nonroad engines..................................................2688
  Ozone-depleting substances.......................................3354
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2655
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1354
  Prohibited/restricted merchandise................................2685
  Scientific instruments and apparatus..............................391
  Seeds..............................................................78
  Sugar........................................................275, 283
  Textiles...................................................2656, 2677
  Watches and watch movements.......................................393
  Wildlife...................................................1378, 1468
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2813
  Accounting:
    Change in method.........................................2766, 2860
    Hybrid instruments.............................................2728
    Mark-to-market method..........................................2862
    Partnerships...................................................2739
  Affiliated groups..........................................2759, 2850
  Aliens, withholding taxes........................................2960
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2874
  American Samoa residency determination...........................2758
  Annuities......................................2725, 2785, 2902, 2978
  Arbitrage regulations............................................2899
  Available unit rule..............................................2704
  Banks, interest exclusion........................................2955
  Below-market loans...............................................2932
  Bond premium income..............................................2705
  Bonds:
    Accrued market discount........................................2773
    Premium amortization.....................................2710, 2808
    Private activity...............................................2814
    Qualified..........................................2801, 2814, 2903
    Stripped.......................................................2728
    Tax-exempt.....................................................2899
  Branch profits tax.........................................2751, 2845
  Branch remittances...............................................2861
  Capitalization.................................2712, 2713, 2714, 2715
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2855
  Charitable contributions.............................2818, 2840, 2936
  Church, integrated auxiliary.....................................2969
  Closing costs....................................................2914
  Club membership fees deduction...................................2901
  Common trust funds...............................................2837
  Consolidated groups..............................................2962
  Conversion transactions..........................................2958
  Corporate acquisitions:
    Carryovers of methods of accounting............................2724
  Corporate assets.................................................2822
  Corporate income tax.......................................2752, 2874
    Domestic stock or security transfers.....................2827, 2941
    Foreign subsidiary.............................................2780
  Corporate inversion transactions.................................2721
  Corporate reorganization, attribution............................2940
  Corporations.....................................................2913
  Cost recovery system.............................................2709
  Cost sharing regulations...................................2911, 2947
  Creative property................................................2713
  Credit, paid.....................................................2849
  Debt discharge...................................................2981
  Debt instruments.............2806, 2864, 2867, 2868, 2902, 2904, 2988
  Deemed paid credit...............................................2764
  Deemed paid taxes................................................2765
  Deferred compensation............................................2878
  Deferred compensation and salary reduction.......................2877
  Definitions......................................................2921
  Demolition of structures.........................................2719
  Deposit of taxes.................................................2893
  Disabled access credit...........................................2909
  Disabled mortality tables..................................2944, 2987
  Disclaimer of joint property.....................................2798
  Disclosure of return information.................................2888
  Disclosure of return information to Customs Service..............2900
  Electronic filing of Form W-4....................................2879
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................2975
  Electronic signatures on documents...............................2905
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2802
    Funded welfare benefit plans...................................2727
    Loans treated as distributions.................................2812
    Valuation of plan distribution.................................2833
  Employer identification numbers..................................2973
  Entity classification rules......................................2795
  Escrow funds.....................................................2732
  Executive compensation deduction.................................2935
  Exemptions.................................................2884, 2966
  Expenditures documentation.................................2717, 2718
  Filing requirements:
    Extension of time........................................2799, 2980
    Termination of business........................................2971
  Fishing vessel capital construction fund procedures..............2922
  Foreign company income...........................................2857
  Foreign corporations........2723, 2752, 2765, 2767, 2772, 2825, 2843, 
                                                             2848, 2858
    Earnings and profits...........................................2859
    Stapled entities...............................................2716
    Stock transfers..........................................2771, 2826
  Foreign deferred compensation plans..............................2830
  Foreign governments..............................................2846
  Foreign grantor trusts...........................................2737
  Foreign insurance................................................2743
  Foreign insurance companies................................2740, 2761
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2871
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2847
  Foreign investments........................................2869, 2870
  Foreign partnerships.......................................2744, 2792
  Foreign tax credit.................2756, 2777, 2850, 2851, 2852, 2957
  Foreign taxes....................................................2767
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2722
  Fringe benefits..................................................2925
  Functional currency..............................................2858
  FUTA tax.........................................................2878

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  General utilities repeal.........................................2821
  Golden parachute payments........................................2820
  Grantor trusts...................................................2933
  Gross income...............................................2757, 2910
  Group health plans, continuation coverage........................2707
  Guam residency determination.....................................2758
  Hedging transactions by members of consolidated groups...........2962
  Highly compensated employee......................................2832
  Indian traders' tax..............................................1537
  Indian tribal governments........................................2965
  Installment obligations..........................................2729
  Insurance companies..............................................2912
  Insurance income.................................................2856
  Insurance underwriters...........................................2907
  Intangible amortization....................................2800, 2927
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................2735
  Interest charges.................................................2863
  Interest deductions........................................2773, 2815
  Interest expense...........................................2842, 2844
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2891
  International organizations......................................2846
  International tax................................................2828
  Inventory item definitions.......................................2733
  Investment in excess passive assets..............................2763
  Jurisdictional regulation..................................2841, 2954
  Labor organizations..............................................2884
  Lease write-offs..................................................115
  Leasing, tax exempt..............................................2817
  LIFO definitions.................................................2733
  Long-term contracts..............................................2730
  Losses:
    Separate limitation............................................2755
    Stocks.........................................................2748
  Magnetic media filing requirements...............................2807
  Mortgage credit certificates.....................................2811
  Nonpayroll withheld tax..........................................2968
  Nonpayroll withheld tax liabilities..............................2885
  Northern Mariana Islands residency determination.................2758
  Notice and consent requirements..................................2930
  OBRA 1993 regulations......................................2759, 2898
  Overpayments.....................................................2805
  Partnerships:
    Classification.................................................2979
    Depreciation recapture.........................................2770
    Distribution of marketable securities..........................2838
    Foreign investment.............................................2753
    Sales of interests.............................................2739
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2779
    Section 737 distributions......................................2950
    Tax matters partner......................................2892, 2974
    Withholding....................................................2873
  Payments, deferred...............................................2746
  Penalties........................................................2976
  Pensions:
    Early distribution.............................................2934
    Minimum funding................................................2726
    Rollover distribution..........................................2942
  Personal injury damages exclusion................................2706
  Personal property sales..........................................2747
  Petroleum and chemicals..........................................2883
  Pre-contribution gain or loss....................................2949
  Procedure and administration...............................2810, 2816
  Property jurisdiction rules......................................2953
  Property transfers, outbound.....................................2776
  Public housing agency obligations................................1270
  Publicly traded exception........................................2956
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2741
  Real property businesses.........................................2946
  Reasonable basis.................................................2921
  Receipts for expenditures..................................2717, 2718
  Reclamation costs................................................2914
  Redemption premiums..............................................2938
  Refund offsets..............................................208, 3883
  Refunds..........................................................2805
  Relocation income tax allowance..................................3605
  REMIC regular interests..........................................2988
  Rental agreements................................................2731
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements......2754, 2791, 2794, 2890, 
                                           2933, 2936, 2970, 2981, 2988
  Research and experimental expenditures...........................2952
  Research credit..................................................2703
  Residence interest...............................................2708
  Residence trust..................................................2784
  Resident status............................................2757, 2886
  Retirement plans...............................2831, 2908, 2943, 2986
  S corporations.................................2803, 2866, 2872, 2897
  Sale of seized property..........................................2931
  Section 1.471-5..................................................2916
  Section 1041 regulations.........................................2768
  Section 1059A regulations........................................2769
  Section 1258 regulations.........................................2958
  Section 1361(a)(1)...............................................2897
  Section 1445 regulations.........................................2961
  Section 170(f)(8) regulations....................................2818
  Section 179A deduction...........................................2711
  Section 197 regulations..........................................2800
  Section 274 regulations..........................................2901
  Section 30 credit................................................2711
  Section 338(h)(10)...............................................2912
  Section 469(c)(7) regulations....................................2946
  Section 6048 regulations.........................................2793
  Section 6109 regulations.........................................2889
  Section 6114 regulations.........................................2794
  Section 704(c)(1)(B) regulations.................................2949
  Section 736 regulations..........................................2738
  Section 7514.....................................................2982
  Section 882 regulations..........................................2750
  Section 884 regulations..........................................2750
  Section 936 regulations..........................................2759
  Securities...................2734, 2745, 2829, 2835, 2838, 2916, 2940
  Shareholder election, QEF........................................2774
  Shareholders...............................................2721, 2897
  Shareholders, use of deficits....................................2760
  Shipping amendments, Subpart F...................................2762
  Simplified computations..........................................2854
  Spousal consent forms............................................2945
  Start-up expenditures............................................2928
  State income taxes deduction.....................................2951
  Stock purchase treated as asset purchase.........................2823
  Stocks...................................2768, 2778, 2824, 2875, 2938
  Straddles:
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2906
  Supplemental tax exemptions......................................2785
  Target asset transfers...........................................2939
  Tax credit:
    Puerto Rico....................................................2853
  Tax treaties...............................................2749, 2959
  Taxpayer assistance..............................................2809
  Taxpayer Identification Number...................................2972
  Technical corrections............................................2923
  Telefile Voice Signature.........................................2989
  Transportation income............................................2742
  Travel expense receipt threshold...........................2937, 3621
  Trustees...................................................2896, 2983
  Trusts and estates.............................2736, 2876, 2918, 2926
  Unincorporated business entitles.................................2795
  Utilities repeal.................................................2720
  Virgin Islands residency determination.....................2757, 2758
  Voice signatures.................................................2887
  Withholding............2775, 2880, 2885, 2929, 2961, 2965, 2968, 2985
Indemnity payments:
  Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act.................................3684
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................32
  Income taxation..................................................2967

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Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-claims
           Indians-education
           Indians-enrollment
           Indians-judgment funds
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  ANA appeals procedure............................................1201
  Applicability of rules of the BIA................................1549
  BIA staffing regulations.........................................1543
  Child welfare programs.........................1199, 1201, 1506, 1553
  Community development block grants...............................1302
  Eagle permits....................................................1367
  Electric power utilities.........................................1531
  Family violence prevention programs..............................1553
  Fishing management......................................475, 549, 591
  Fishing on the Hoopa Valley Reservation..........................1525
  Food assistance programs.....................................219, 223
  Food Stamp Program................................................229
  Head Start Services for children...........................1189, 1203
  Health services..................................................1166
  Housing...............19, 50, 110, 1229, 1300, 1301, 1308, 1311, 1538
    Noncitizen requirements........................................1225
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1038
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4392
  Job training programs............................................1904
  Locality-specific regulations....................................1518
  NIGC definitions.................................................4391
  Preference in employment.........................................1554
  Regulations elimination..........................................1557
  Social welfare and relief of distress............................1546
  Trust funds......................................................1507
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Handicrafts and clothing made from sea otters....................1460
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................599
  Products of Indian art and craftsmanship.........................1323
Indians-business and finance:
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994.........1517
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1037
  DOD acquisition regulations.......................................759
  Estates of the Five Civilized Tribes.............................1547
  GSA acquisition regulations......................................3601
  Licensed Indian traders..........................................1537
  Loans, grants, and employment assistance.........................1545
  Management of assets of the Ute Indian Tribe.....................1523
  National Park Service visitor services...........................1491
  Oil and gas resources............................................1551
Indians-claims:
  Elimination of regulations.......................................1534
Indians-education:
  Academic and dormitory standards.................................1541
  Adult education programs.........................................1550
  Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1544
  Family and child education programs..............................1509
  Grant policies and procedures....................................1504
  Grants to colleges...............................................1511
  Indian fellowship programs........................................827
  Individuals with disabilities...............................860, 1535
  School improvement program.......................................1512
  Self-determination.............................1539, 1540, 1555, 1559
Indians-enrollment:
  Elimination of regulations.......................................1534
Indians-judgment funds:
  Elimination of regulations.......................................1534
Indians-land:
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1487
Indians-lands:
  Acquisitions...........................................19, 1513, 1548
  Air pollution control implementation.......................3334, 3340
  Alaska Native selections.........................................1652
  Allotments.......................................................1655
  American Indian agricultural rangeland management................1510
  BIA authority delegations........................................1528
  Grazing permits............................................1505, 1508
  Indian Land Acquisition loans......................................50
  Indian Trust Land interests.................................110, 1205
  Irrigation projects..............................................1530
  Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1521
  Migratory bird hunting...........................................1357
  Mining leases........................................1558, 1563, 1576
  Mining leases, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma...................1519
  Mining leases, Osage Reservation lands...........................1520
  Mining leases, Wind River Reservation lands......................1524
  Mining regulations...............................................1597
  Municipal solid waste landfills..................................3299
  National Forest System lands......................................313
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1499
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1566
  Osage Indian trust property......................................1527
  Records and title documents......................................1529
  Rights-of-way....................................................1526
  Road construction on.............................................1552
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1522
Indians-law:
  Hearings and appeals...1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1536, 1560, 4388, 4389
  Indian country law enforcement...................................1542
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1514
  Law and order on Indian reservations.............................1516
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4390
Indians-tribal government:
  Air quality planning and management..............................3435
  Cost principles...................................................389
  Economic development and core management grants..................1559
  Election procedures........................................1532, 1533
  Gambling establishments..........................................2584
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1207
  Historic preservation programs...................................1483
  Income taxation..................................................2965
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1514
  Self-determination.......................1039, 1539, 1540, 1544, 1555
  Self-governance program procedures.........................1515, 1556
  Treatment as States..............................................3281
  USDA audits.......................................................328
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Blind
           Disability benefits
           Education of individuals with disabilities
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
  Accessibility guidelines for air carriers........................2010
  Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1708, 1712, 
                                           1713, 1721, 3119, 3121, 3122
  Accessibility guidelines for children's environments.......1708, 3117
  Accessibility guidelines for detectable warnings.................3118
  Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and 
      customer premises equipment..................................3116
  CHAMPUS Program...................................................799
  Contractor and subcontractor affirmative action obligations.....1891, 
                                                                   1892
  Detectable warnings..............................................1711
  Employment discrimination complaints.............................3563
  Health insurance.................................................3559
  Housing........................................1212, 1241, 1272, 1292
  Luxury tax exemption.............................................2786
  Mortality tables for liability determination...............2944, 2987
  Motor vehicle wheelchair lifts...................................2431

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  Motor vehicle wheelchair lifts and ramps.........................2372
  Nondiscrimination....................................3569, 3595, 3844
    Air travel...............................................2030, 2031
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4152
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......................3558
  Passenger vessel access....................................2007, 3120
  Schedule for rating disabilities.....................3018, 3019, 3046
  Transportation...........................1512, 2008, 2036, 2040, 2499
  Video programming accessibility..................................4156
  Widow's benefits.................................................3962
Industrial safety:
  See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
  See Business and industry
Infants and children:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Youth
  Accidental ingestion of iron.....................................1001
  Aircraft child restraints......................2223, 2253, 2370, 2395
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................4120
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................4113
  Bicycle helmet safety standard...................................4121
  Child Nutrition Programs..........................................230
  Children's television programming................................4219
  Citizenship acquisition..........................................1762
  DOD special education services....................................672
  Face guard protection standards..................................4112
  Food assistance programs.......191, 201, 210, 211, 214, 231, 233, 239
  Food stamp program......................................213, 224, 225
  Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging.............4116, 4117
  Immunization.....................................................1171
  Individuals with disabilities..............................1708, 3117
  Infant formula quality control....................................958
  Lead poisoning..................................803, 1214, 3161, 3178
  Medicaid program...........................................1143, 1171
  Medication, child-resistant packaging............................4115
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................194
  Oregon Caves National Monument admission.........................1502
  Prohibition of cigarette sales to minors...................3622, 3877
  Protection for children as research subjects......................811
  Sale and distribution of tobacco products........................1002
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................212
  Sleepwear flammability standards.....................4123, 4127, 4128
  SSA disability determinations..............................3977, 4004
  Sulfate in drinking water........................................3269
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................205
  Supplemental food program...............................193, 197, 238
  Toys and children's articles, safety regulations.................4125
  Vaccine injuries.................................................1033
  Welfare services.................................................1186
Information:
  See Archives and records
      Classified information
      Confidential business information
      Freedom of information
      Government publications
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Inland waters:
  See Waterways
Insecticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Insignia:
  See Seals and insignia
Insulin:
  Certification policy.............................................1027
  Certification program fees.......................................1013
Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Mortgage insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
           War risk insurance
  Aviation insurance...............................................2156
  Commercial space transportation............................2063, 2173
  Exchange visitors................................................4007
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4151
  Income taxation..................................................2967
  Insurance/liability to third parties........................693, 4090
  Motor vehicle insurer reporting requirements.....................2366
  Motor vehicle verification procedures............................1852
  Passenger vessel operators.......................................4302
  Real estate title.................................................134
  Savings associations in the insurance business...................2993
  Securities acquired during the existence of underwriting 
      syndicates...................................................4491
  Title I property insurance.......................................1249
  Underwriters.....................................................2907
  War risk insurance...............................................2564
Insurance companies:
  Foreign branches.................................................2743
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4484
  Taxation.........................................................2912
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements..............2028
  Air carrier regulation...........................................2055
  Air pollution control implementation....3318, 3325, 3334, 3344, 3345, 
           3351, 3357, 3372, 3389, 3390, 3393, 3401, 3408, 3423, 3430, 
                                     3451, 3453, 3500, 3502, 3513, 3524
  Alternative fueled vehicles mandate...............................874
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................881
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1546
  BIA schools......................................................1541
  California on-board diagnostics requirements.....................3455
  Child welfare programs.....................................1188, 1202
  Clean air plan conformity determinations.........................3428
  Commercial driver's license program..............................2338
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes for Census 
      2000..........................................................381
  DOT audit requirements...........................................2053
  Education loan programs...........................................843
  Education programs......................................826, 830, 831
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............1919
  Employer-based group health plans................................1137
  EPA effluent guidelines and standards............................3217
  EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule................................3305
  EPA permit regulations...............................3206, 3210, 3248
  EPA State sewage sludge management...............................3204
  EPA water monitoring requirements................................3260
  EPA water quality standards..........................3214, 3215, 3257
  EPA water regulations streamlining...............................3211
  EPA well operation regulation....................................3259
  EPA-California water quality standards...........................3202
  EPA-Pennsylvania water quality standards.........................3244
  FDA regulations..................................................1029
  Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2590
  Federal payments to State veterans homes.........................3090
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................1908

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  Federally administered State supplementary payments..............3939
  FEHBP preemption of taxes..................................3755, 3758
  Fisheries reporting areas.........................................608
  Fisheries taking regulations......................................546
  Flood assistance program.........................................3573
  Food assistance programs.......191, 211, 214, 230, 233, 237, 246, 247
  Food stamps...................................202, 213, 228, 234, 243
  GSA acquisition regulations......................................3601
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2522
  HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1082
  Highway beautification...........................................2317
  Highway management.........................................2276, 2303
  Highway projects.......2292, 2295, 2297, 2306, 2309, 2310, 2311, 2333
  Highway safety programs....................................2300, 2456
  INS application for labor certification..........................1806
  Interstate banking and branching.................................2630
  Interstate land sales......................................1273, 1274
  IRS jurisdictional regulations.............................2841, 2954
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2478
  Medicaid eligibility.............................................1086
  National Park System exchanges...................................1628
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3253
  Oil spill response...............................................2097
  Prison made goods................................................1868
  Railroad highway projects........................................2315
  Railroad safety programs.........................................2484
  Regional haze protection regulations.............................3321
  Small businesses.................................................3918
  Speed limit enforcement..........................................2341
  State and local historic preservation programs...................1483
  State Cooperative Extension entities receipt of Federal 
      property......................................................106
  State credit unions..............................................4378
  State Energy Program..............................................878
  State habitat conservation strategies............................1381
  State irrigation districts regulation............................1623
  State issuance of NPDES permits..................................3261
  State laboratory programs........................................1185
  State matching of highway planning and administrative costs......2414
  State programs of the OSMRE......................................1602
  State responsibility for fixed guideway system safety............2502
  State sponsored insurance organizations..........................2594
  State testing for air pollutants.................................3504
  Temporary assignments of government employees....................3735
  Transportation project grants....................................2462
  USDA audits of State and local governments........................328
  USDA State mediation programs......................................56
  Wildlife refuge exchanges........................................1628
  Zero Tolerance law...............................................2374
Interlocking directorates:
  See Antitrust
Intermodal transportation:
  Customs treatment of reusable shipping containers................2678
  Environmental impact and related procedures......................2286
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border services user fee.........................................1758
  Dedicated commuter lane fees.....................................1794
  Ports of entry...................................................2670
International expositions:
  See Antitrust
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................664
  Licensing of foreign patents acquired by the Government...........665
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................663
  Obsolete regulations.............................................1053
  Patent applications.....................................655, 657, 661
  Patent fees.......................................................651
  Patent process reengineering......................................652
  PTO examination guidelines for computer-related inventions........662
  PTO mailing procedures............................................654
  PTO practitioner disciplinary proceedings.........................659
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................650
  Small business innovation research rights in data................4020
  Small businesses..................................................663
  Third-party participation.........................................656
  Waivers...........................................................934
Investigations:
  Civil investigative demands......................................1851
  Fair housing complaint processing................................1289
  Government personnel.............................................3800
  HUD streamlining regulations.....................................1274
  Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities........3273
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising by unit investment trusts............................4502
  Advertising prospectus...........................................4516
  Affiliated persons...............................................4523
  Applications.....................................................4520
  Bank holding companies as investment advisers to.................4328
  Bonding of officers and employees................................4489
  Codes of ethics..................................................4506
  Custody of assets with futures commission merchants..............4505
  Deregistration form..............................................4495
  Disclosure requirements............4474, 4483, 4487, 4514, 4515, 4517
  Distribution plans...............................................4507
  Eligible foreign custodian.......................................4504
  Exemption of acquisitions during the existence of underwriting 
      syndicates...................................................4491
  Exemption of certain transactions................................4488
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4494
  Investment Company Act:
    Amendments...............................................4485, 4524
    Exempted transactions..........................................4503
  Mergers..........................................................4486
  Multiple class companies.........................................4493
  Proxy rules......................................................4519
  Registration fees................................................4479
  Registration form..........................................4481, 4494
  Research and development companies exemption.....................4522
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4492
  Small businesses...............................3903, 3913, 3933, 4470
  Small entity definition..........................................4482
  Solicitation of investor interest................................4466
  Taxation.........................................................2871
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Foreign investments in U.S.
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Advertising rules................................................4480
  Calculation of capital requirements for market risk..............4249
  Credit unions....................................................4375
  DOL investment advice regulation.................................1920
  Money market funds...................................4501, 4515, 4518
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2648
  Registration.....................................................4480
  Registration forms...............................................4478
  Taxation...................................................2721, 2763
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1530




                            SUBJECT INDEX--J

Job Training Partnership Act:
  See Manpower training programs

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                            SUBJECT INDEX--K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................805
  Dialysis services..........................................1066, 1150
  Medicare eligibility.......................................1076, 1156
Kites:
  See Aircraft




                            SUBJECT INDEX--L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Amalgam ingredients..............................................1017
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2444
  Automobile parts.................................................2411
  Beer.......................................................2602, 2616
  Biologics.........................................................971
  Charcoal.........................................................4122
  Contraceptive drugs...............................................978
  Dietary supplements...............................................972
  Distilled spirits..........................................2616, 2617
  Dolphin-safe tuna.................................................586
  Drugs.............................................966, 970, 994, 1000
  Electric motors...................................................869
  Extension ladders................................................4368
  Furs.............................................................4350
  HCFCs............................................................3413
  Hearing aids......................................................964
  Home insulation..................................................4353
  Household appliances.............................................4357
  Insulin certification.............................................980
  Lamp products....................................................4357
  Latex condoms and gloves..........................................962
  Latex-containing devices..........................................963
  Lead in ceramic food ware........................................1012
  Leather belts....................................................4355
  Lubricating oil..................................................4344
  Made in America labels...........................................4083
  Malt beverages.............................................2604, 2606
  Over-the-counter drugs......................................981, 1030
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................977
  Pesticides.....................................3140, 3148, 3151, 3153
  Plumbing products................................................4357
  Poisonous materials..............................................2517
  Quick freeze spray products......................................4365
  Recycled oil containers..........................................4362
  Sleeping bags....................................................4364
  Tablecloths and related products.................................4367
  Textiles.............................................4349, 4351, 4352
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2610
  Wine...........................................2608, 2614, 2616, 2627
  Wool products....................................................4349
Labeling rule......................................................4357
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Labor management relations
           Migrant labor
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Administrative law judges role modifications.....................4400
  Certification for temporary agricultural employment..............1907
  Contractor personal service compensation..........................740
  Convict labor use................................................4028
  Davis-Bacon helper regulations........................123, 1555, 1900
  DOL user fees....................................................1887
  Single location bargaining units.................................4396
  Tax exemptions...................................................2884
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1911, 1912
Labor management relations:
  See also Labor unions
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1919
  Reporting by labor relations consultants and others..............1925
  Summary judgment procedures......................................4397
Labor unions:
  Election of officers.............................................1926
  Misconduct rules regarding hearings..............................4394
  Proposed rulemaking and oral argument notices....................4399
  Remedial provisions..............................................4398
  Representation case procedures.............................4395, 4396
Laboratories:
  Accreditation.............................................5, 83, 2658
  CLIA exemptions..................................................1185
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1153
  Clinical laboratories regulation...............1103, 1124, 1138, 1154
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1159
  Drug testing of transportation personnel...................2015, 2044
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3542
  Salmonella Laboratory Recognition Program...........................7
  Testing of mining equipment......................................1946
Land:
  See Grazing lands
      Indians-lands
      Public lands
      Rights-of-way
Law:
  See also Administrative practice and procedure
           Courts
           Indians-law
           Lawyers
  International wills registry.....................................1997
  Judges, Code of Conduct..........................................3961
  Liability under CERCLA for site clean-up.........................3544
  Third party suits:
    Underground storage of hazardous materials.....................3306
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Aliens:
    Deportation....................................................1771
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................1850
  Complaints of INS abuse..........................................1846
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1860
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1376
  Food Stamp Act....................................................227
  Indian country...................................................1542
  Interagency cooperation..........................................2973
  Military support to civilian law enforcement......................777
  Motor vehicle theft..............................................1852
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4390
  Public lands.....................................................1615
  Receipt and investigation of child abuse reports.................1864
  Registration systems for convicted persons.......................1862
  Seat belt exemption for law enforcement vehicles.................2399
  Speed limit enforcement..........................................2341
  Surrender of military personnel to civilian authorities...........776
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1754
Lawyers:
  See also Legal services
  Civil matters....................................................1866
  Debarment.........................................................979
  Disciplinary procedures..........................................1738
  Misconduct rules.................................................4394
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4388
Lead poisoning:
  Ceramic food ware................................................1012
  CHAMPUS coverage of screenings....................................803
  Hazard abatement.................................................3178
  Paint............1214, 3161, 3162, 3173, 3174, 3176, 3178, 3199, 3200
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3195
Legal services:
  Individuals with mental illness...................................947
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2813

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  Disposition of credit life insurance income......................2644
  Government employees...........................3754, 3786, 3831, 3832
  Variable annuity separate accounts...............................4497
  Variable life insurance contracts..........................4496, 4498
  Veterans.......................................3057, 3058, 3060, 3061
Linseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Liquor:
  Bonding provisions...............................................2620
Liquors:
  Bottling.........................................................2619
  Exports..........................................................2605
  Labeling...................................................2616, 2617
  Nonindustrial use................................................2619
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2618
  Standards of identity............................................2604
  Taxes............................................................2625
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2610
Livestock:
  See also specific animals
           Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Care and handling at stockyards...................................187
  Livestock feed assistance..........................................41
  Regulations revisions........................................184, 185
Loan programs:
  Lobbying restrictions............................................2029
  Treasury taxes and loans.........................................2589
  Veterans:
    Electronic payment of funding fee..............................3031
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Account service and loan making....................................15
  Account servicing..................................................63
  Application processing timeframe...................................18
  Audit policies....................................................374
  Catastrophic risk protection requirement...........................55
  Certified Lender Program...........................................49
  Civil rights of borrowers.........................................348
  Community facility loans..........................................369
  Community programs................................................111
  Debt settlement....................................................36
  Depreciation rates and procedures.................................367
  Disaster assistance............................................21, 70
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Agriculture secondary market regulations.......................4132
    Book-entry regulations.........................................4144
    Borrower rights..........................................4147, 4148
    Capital regulations revisions............................4131, 4142
    Disclosure to shareholders.....................................4134
    Election of directors....................................4138, 4149
    Eligibility....................................................4140
    Farm Credit System Reform Act..................................4139
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4145
    Financing agreement guidelines.................................4130
    Flood insurance regulations....................................4143
    Foreign markets................................................4150
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................4129
    Leasing regulations............................................4135
    Loan underwriting standards....................................4136
    Non-dollar debt................................................4137
    Regulatory review and deletions................................4133
    Uninsured voluntary and involuntary accounts...................4146
  Farm Facility Loan Program.........................................42
  Farm loan mortgages and notes......................................24
  Farm ownership loans.......................................17, 22, 54
  Farmer Program................................................13, 134
  Farmers Home Administration:
    Community facility loans........................................122
    Debt settlement.................................................112
    Decision to liquidate............................................53
    Interest regulations.............................................69
    Intermediary Relending Program..................................336
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4151
  FSA five-year direct line of credit program........................12
  Loan assessment and market placement...............................51
  Loan changes......................................................124
  Loan extensions....................................................57
  Loan liquidation..................................................370
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................376
  Margin stabilization and revenue and expense deferrals............365
  Monitoring liquid accounts.........................................16
  Offsets of Federal payments to borrowers..........................128
  Peanut loan program................................................67
  Rural business loans..............................................339
  Rural economic development...................................131, 337
  Rural electrification....344, 346, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 358, 359, 
                                                               360, 368
  Rural housing.......................113, 114, 116, 121, 132, 133, 135
  Rural telephone system.............................349, 361, 363, 366
  Rural water and waste disposal....................................111
  RUS consultants...................................................362
  Section 515 nonprofit set-asides..................................130
  Security property.................................................370
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................52
  State mediation programs...........................................56
  Tobacco loan program...............................................68
  Water and waste disposal programs............................354, 357
  Wool and Mohair Recourse Loan Program..............................66
Loan programs-business:
  Business and disaster loans................................3921, 3928
  Business and industry loan program................................341
  Business loan and development company programs.............3914, 3932
  Interest rate buydown in disaster areas...........................342
  State and local development companies................3900, 3919, 3922
Loan programs-education:
  Federal Direct Student Loan Program...............................848
  Federal Family Education Loan Program...................839, 843, 850
  Health Education Assistance Loan Program.........................1035
  Repayment by government agency...................................3811
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.............837, 849, 851
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1041
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1042
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Approval of lending institutions.................................1262
  Community Investment Program.....................................4292
  Fair Housing Home Loan Data System...............................2647
  Farmers Home Administration:
    Community facility loans........................................120
    Multiple-family housing loans...................................119
    Recreation facility loans.......................................343
  Housing risk-sharing program.....................................1267
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1278
  Loan policy changes................................................14
  Rehabilitation mortgage insurance for condominiums...............1253
  Title I property insurance.......................................1249
Loan programs-Indians:
  BIA program elimination..........................................1545
  Housing loan guarantees..........................................1310
  Indian Land Acquisition loans......................................50
Loan programs-natural resources:
  Fisheries Obligation Guarantee Program............................636
  NOAA Financial Aid Program, conditional fisheries.................556
Loan programs-veterans:
  Acceptance of partial payments...................................3094
  Automatic authority program......................................3023
  Discount points..................................................3073
  Property improvements definition.................................3095
  Title evidence requirements......................................3093
Lobbying:
  Cost prohibition..................................................929

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  Filing of informational materials................................1853
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1853
  HUD personnel....................................................1239
  Nonprofit organizations..........................................3722
  Restrictions.............376, 716, 2029, 3631, 3682, 3697, 3990, 4025
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Alien crewmen in U.S. ports................................1895, 1910
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................1989
  Safety and health regulations....................................1965
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
           Rent subsidies
  Affordable housing program.....................4282, 4291, 4296, 4298
  AHP and CSR amendments...........................................4297
  Definition revisions.............................................4297
  Pets.............................................................1241
  Rural housing mortgages...........................................126
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................805




                            SUBJECT INDEX--M

Management official interlocks:
  See Antitrust
Manpower training programs:
  See also Vocational education
  Aged.............................................................3564
  Government employees.......................................3737, 3763
  Migrant and seasonal farmworkers.................................1905
  Minerals Management Service......................................1580
  Nondiscrimination................................................1954
  OJT for highway construction.....................................2334
  Training programs for TRIO programs...............................832
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety..........................................1246
  Energy efficient standards........................................879
  Flood insurance requirement......................................3578
  Loans............................................................1249
  Streamlining regulations...................................1274, 1275
  Transportation of................................................2288
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards...........................................87
  Bottlenose dolphins...............................................583
  Captive holding and transport.....................................528
  Dolphin mortality limit...........................................585
  Dolphin removal quotas............................................583
  Dolphins................................................586, 593, 597
  Foreign nationals' marine mammal programs.........................589
  Incidental taking...432, 559, 560, 562, 588, 592, 593, 596, 597, 601, 
                                                   637, 638, 1348, 1463
  Lethal take for human protection.................................1461
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................599
  Marine Mammal Protection Act...532, 585, 601, 1348, 1349, 1378, 1456, 
                                                             1460, 1462
  Northern fur seals................................................562
  Northern right whales.............................................598
  Photography permits...............................................529
  Polar bears..........................................1354, 1378, 1463
  Porpoises....................................................590, 632
  Public display permits......................................557, 1472
  Research authorization............................................561
  Research permits............................................557, 1473
  Sea otters.......................................................1460
  Whales.......................................................518, 564
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................563
  Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary..........................564
  Marine sanctuary program..........................................644
  Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.......................534, 565
  National Marine Sanctuary Program.................................645
  NOAA cease and desist orders......................................631
  NOAA civil enforcement proceedings................................581
  NOAA inspection service rates and fees............................634
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................536
  Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Licensing Program.................566
  Research program..................................................603
  Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.............................533
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Casualty reporting...............................................2072
  Coast Guard regulations........................2107, 2108, 2118, 2136
  FCC inspection of Great Lakes Agreement ships....................4185
  FCC inspection of radio installations on ships...................4186
  Fishing vessel capital construction funds.........................578
  Fishing vessels...................................................567
  Houseboats.......................................................2071
  Liferafts........................................................2111
  Lifesaving equipment regulations.................................2090
  Personal flotation devices.................................2129, 2133
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2088
  Small passenger vessels..........................................2091
  Towing vessels.............................................2084, 2105
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Automated tariff filing and information system...................4308
  Communications...................................................4229
  Criminal record review...........................................2127
  Financial responsibility for water pollution.....................2124
  Great Lakes pilotage rates.......................................2043
  International transportation of hazardous materials..............2528
  Maritime Security Program........................................2562
  Merchant mariners....................................2085, 2128, 2560
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4303
  Rate determinations..............................................2558
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................4306
  Service contracts................................................4307
  Terminal tariff provisions.......................................4305
Marketing quotas:
  Crystalline fructose...............................................44
  Peanuts............................................................26
  Sugar..............................................................44
  Tobacco........................................27, 28, 29, 46, 47, 71
Mass transportation:
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2498
  Fixed guideway system safety.....................................2502
  Protective arrangements for transit employees....................1927
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Federal Grain Inspection Service..................................189
  Gaseous fuels....................................................2391
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
           Stockyards
  Cured pork products...............................................269
  Export certification.............................................2700
  Glycerine used as a humectant.....................................258
  Import limitation.................................................282
  Labeling...........................................253, 263, 268, 272
  Sodium citrate buffered with citric acid to extend shelf life 
                                                                    266
  Substances approved for use in the preparation of................1022
  Transportation and storage........................................251
Meat inspection:
  Bob veal calves...................................................273
  Facilities and equipment approval.................................254

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  Food additives....................................................262
  Foreign country import certification..............................261
  GRAS substances...................................................262
  HACCP programs....................................................265
  Performance standards.............................................255
  Sausage casing labeling...........................................257
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................259
  Standards of identity and composition........................250, 267
Medals:
  See Decorations, medals, awards
Medicaid:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
           Public assistance programs
  Case management services.........................................1146
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1103
  Copayments for inpatient hospital services.......................1172
  Disproportionate share hospitals payment.............1130, 1134, 1181
  Drug rebate program.........................................937, 1112
  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 
      services.....................................................1143
  Eligibility....................................1086, 1094, 1183, 1184
  Employer-based group health plans................................1137
  Federally qualified health centers...............................1166
  Health center services...........................................1165
  Health insuring organizations..............................1111, 1115
  Health maintenance organizations...........................1111, 1115
  Inpatient hospital services......................................1172
  Low-income pregnant women........................................1114
  Medicaid Management Information System...........................1120
  Nurse-midwife services...........................................1170
  Nursing home benefits............................................1100
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules................1032, 1104
  Outstation intake locations......................................1114
  Pediatric Immunization Program...................................1171
  Personal care services...........................................1155
  Physician incentive plans........................................1115
  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1095
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1061
  Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1113
  Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1145
  Spenddown........................................................1094
  Third party liability............................................1078
  Transfer of assets...............................................1183
  Tuberculosis-related services....................................1072
  Vaccine administration fees......................................1171
Medical and dental schools:
  Construction grants..............................................1034
  NIH scholarships.................................................1043
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Computer software programs.......................................1018
  Export requirements..............................................1005
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................998
  Hearing aids......................................................964
  Intermittent positive pressure machine...........................1121
  Intraocular lenses..........................................993, 1157
  Latex warning.....................................................963
  Liability limitations............................................1093
  Long-term.........................................................978
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4192
  Medicare coverage..........................................1079, 1128
  Premarket approval applications.............................999, 1028
  Premarket notification exemptions................................1031
  Protective restraints............................................1026
  Restricted devices promotion......................................987
  Standards........................................................4196
  Tracking..........................................................959
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical professions:
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1159
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Adverse experience reporting requirements.........................996
  Clinical investigator disqualification............................992
  Confidentiality of VA records....................................3102
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1068
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................998
  Grants...........................................................1040
  National Research Service Awards.................................1046
  NCI construction grants..........................................1049
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3533
  NIH Center grants................................................1051
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1042
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1046
  Privacy Act regulations...........................................911
  Senior Biomedical Research Service................................942
Medicare:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Actuarial rates..................................................1133
  Additional supplier standards....................................1081
  Ambulance services...............................................1156
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................938
  Appeals of payment determinations................................1122
  Appeals representatives..........................................1065
  Audiologists.....................................................1088
  Cataract surgery.................................................1123
  Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1059
  CHAMPUS benefits..................................................801
  Claims.....................................................1167, 1173
  Claims processing................................................1149
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1103
  Community mental health centers..................................1148
  Competitive medical plans:
    Contract termination...........................................1106
    Physician incentive plans......................................1115
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1058
  Contract performance evaluation..................................1067
  Cost reimbursement determination.................................1147
  Cost reports.....................................................1092
  Dialysis services....................................1066, 1076, 1150
  Disabled active individuals................................1140, 1178
  Drugs payments...................................................1090
  Electronic cost reporting........................................1126
  Electrostimulation of salivary glands for xerostomia.............1151
  End-stage renal disease..........................................1150
  Extended care services...........................................1180
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1063
  Health maintenance organizations:
    Contract termination...........................................1106
    Organizational structure and services..........................1101
    Physician incentive plans......................................1115
  Health professions:
    Nurse-midwives.................................................1176
    Physician assistants...........................................1083
  Home health agencies:
    Cost limits....................................................1169
    Definition.....................................................1079
    Participation requirements.....................................1075
    Survey and sanctions...........................................1142
  Home oxygen therapy..............................................1085
  Hospice care.....................................................1084
  Hospice care payments............................................1077
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1073
  Hospital emergency care..........................................1139
  Hospital insurance program...........................1135, 1136, 1178
  Hospital outpatient services.....................................1098
  Income protection for community spouse...........................1059
  Inpatient hospital payments................................1174, 1180
  Interest expense and suspension of payments......................1096
  Interest from zero coupon bonds..................................1125

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  Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians.................1160
  Medical devices..................................................1128
  Medical equipment................................................1121
  Medical services coverage decisions..............................1097
  Medigap policies......................................940, 1141, 1173
  Mentally retarded persons........................................1144
  Nocturnal penile tumescence testing..............................1168
  Nurse practitioner services......................................1164
  Nurse-midwife services...........................................1176
  Occupational therapy.............................................1056
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules..........1032, 1104, 1158
  Ownership changes................................................1069
  Penalties and sanctions...........................................940
  Penalties, sanctions, and overpayments...........................1069
  Physical therapy services........................................1071
  Physician assistant services.....................................1056
  Physician fee schedule...................1089, 1090, 1132, 1175, 1177
  Physician incentive plans........................................1115
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1074
  Physician reimbursement..........................................1116
  Physicians.......................................................1056
  Privacy enforcement..............................................1091
  Prospective Payment System.................................1087, 1119
  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1095
  Provider reimbursement disbursement and appeals..................1060
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1061
  Psychologist services......................................1110, 1163
  Reasonable compensation equivalent limits........................1127
  Resident assessment screening....................................1105
  Respiratory therapy services.....................................1071
  Rural health clinics.................................1064, 1148, 1163
  Screening Pap smears.............................................1109
  Secondary payer......................................1062, 1140, 1161
  Security enforcement.............................................1091
  Skilled nursing facilities...............1079, 1080, 1105, 1145, 1152
  Social workers...................................................1110
  Special enrollment periods.......................................1131
  Speech-language pathologists.....................................1088
  SSA hearing procedures...........................................3943
  Supplementary Medical Insurance......................1132, 1133, 1179
  Swing bed hospitals..............................................1070
  Telephone request for payment determinations review..............1122
  Uninsured aged.............................................1135, 1178
  Vision care................................................1056, 1157
Mental health programs:
  Medicaid and Medicare sanctions for psychiatric hospitals........1061
  Protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness.......947
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  See also specific metals
  Aluminum alloy content specifications............................2406
  Ambient lead levels..............................................3430
  Effluent guidelines for metal products and machinery.............3241
  Emission standards for ferroalloy industry.......................3333
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3215
  High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3283
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1521
  Radiation protection standards for scrap metals..................3471
Metric system:
  Conversion.................................................2305, 2312
Migrant labor:
  Aliens.....................................333, 334, 1770, 1815, 1903
  Education programs................................................825
  Housing......................................................109, 127
  Job service complaint system.....................................1914
  Job training programs......................................1904, 1905
  Joint employment relationships...................................1883
  Labor standards..................................................1899
  Transportation of workers........................................2302
Migratory birds:
  See Wildlife
Military arms sales:
  See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
           Armed forces reserves
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................675
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................986
  Restoration to duty..............................................3768
  Retirement regulations...........................................3748
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................680
  Solicitation of personnel for charitable contributions...........3835
  SSI benefits for family members..................................3968
Milk:
  Child and adult care food program.................................201
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................32
  Import quotas.....................................................279
  State make allowance...............................................33
Mine safety and health:
  Air quality standards............................................1937
  Belt entry.......................................................1933
  Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................1885
  Confined-space hazards...........................................1942
  Decertification of individuals...................................1944
  Explosive standards..............................................1940
  First aid at metal and nonmetal mines............................1941
  Hazard communication.............................................1936
  Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................1945
  Methane safety standards.........................................1947
  Noise control standard...........................................1931
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1949
  Respirable coal dust.................................1928, 1939, 1950
  Roof and rock bolts and accessories..............................1951
  Single-shift sampling notice.....................................1939
  Surface haulage equipment........................................1929
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................1946
  Underground coal mines:
    Carbon monoxide monitoring.....................................1943
    Diesel particulate.............................................1932
    Diesel-powered equipment.......................................1935
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................1948
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................1938
    Roof-bolting machines..........................................1930
    Safety standard revisions......................................1934
    Ventilation....................................................1952
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Fractions sale....................................................294
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1620
  Mining leases on Indian lands..............................1558, 1576
  Mining leases on Indian lands, Oklahoma..........................1519
  National forests..................................................324
  Public information...............................................1637
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1522
  Tax treatment, S corporations....................................2866
Mineral royalties:
  Credit adjustments...............................................1576
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1520
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1574
  Rate reductions..................................................1665
  Royalty relief.............................................1584, 1585
  Valuation of gas production................................1563, 1581
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health

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Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
           Underground mining
  Abandoned........................................................1592
  Affected area....................................................1605
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1594
  Indian lands.....................................................1558
  Indian lands, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma....................1519
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1520
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1521
  Mining claims....................................................1642
  Public lands rule..........................................1595, 1629
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1641
  Water pollution control..........................................3234
Minimum wages:
  Exemption of white-collar workers................................1880
  Industries in American Samoa.....................................1889
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1886
Minority businesses:
  SBA minority enterprise development program......................3892
  SBA 8(a) programs:
    Appeals of denials.............................................3887
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
      Minority businesses
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Money:
  See Currency
Mortgage insurance:
  Coinsurance......................................................1255
  Elderly homeowners...............................................1250
  Forbearance procedures...........................................1263
  Multifamily................................................1255, 1261
  Rehabilitation mortgage insurance for condominiums...............1253
  Single-family..............................................1248, 1252
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Broker disclosure requirements...................................1247
  Farm loan mortgages and notes......................................24
  Foreclosure................................................1234, 1256
  Hospitals........................................................1245
  HUD approval of lending institutions and mortgagees regulation 
                                                                   1262
  Indian housing...................................................1310
  Loss mitigation..................................................1256
  Minimum capital levels...........................................3701
  Mortgage credit certificates.....................................2811
  Mortgage Review Board............................................1233
  Multifamily housing..................................1257, 1267, 1268
  OTS regulation review............................................3009
  Oversight authority..............................................1238
  Project Reserve Fund releases....................................1264
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2741, 2839
  Refinancing......................................................1266
  RESPA amendments...........................................1247, 1259
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................3003, 3698
  Rural housing.....................................................126
  Single-family lenders......................................1256, 1258
  Streamlining requirements..................................1233, 1251
  Unsubsidized.....................................................1264
Motion pictures:
  National Archives................................................3668
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Alcohol testing..................................................2335
  Brake systems......................2354, 2397, 2408, 2412, 2413, 2458
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2289
    Badlands National Park regulations.............................1480
    Duty status records............................................2291
    Marking requirements...........................................2290
  Data display units...............................................2298
  Driver licensing.........................2282, 2319, 2335, 2338, 2342
  Driver qualification requirements........2283, 2284, 2285, 2322, 2328
  Driver safety performance history................................2294
  Driver training..................................................2327
  Drivers with diabetes......................................2318, 2340
  Drug testing.....................................................2335
  Excise taxes.....................................................2804
  Federal safety regulations:
    Administrative actions.........................................2293
    Exemptions.....................................................2342
    General amendments.............................................2287
    Recordkeeping requirements...............................2277, 2336
    Regulations review.............................................2296
    Safety ratings.................................................2323
    Technical amendments...........................................2337
  Hazardous materials transportation......2293, 2301, 2307, 2325, 2339, 
                                                                   2530
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2445
  Hours-of-service.................................................2342
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2278
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2324
  Invoiceless billing..............................................4559
  Malfunction lamp.................................................2413
  Manufactured home tires....................................1246, 2288
  Marking of vehicles..............................................2320
  Medical examinations.............................................2283
  Mexican operating authority......................................4563
  Migrant workers transportation...................................2302
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2331
  Periodic inspections.............................................2281
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................1978
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2314
  Rear underride protection........................................2349
  Safety permits...................................................2553
  Stopping distance................................................2460
  Television receivers.............................................2298
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2551
  Truck camper loading.............................................2360
  Truck length and width...........................................2280
  Truck size and weight............................................2321
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels............................................874, 881
  Emissions control..........................................3402, 3458
  Emissions from refinishing coatings..............................3395
  Emissions standards......................3400, 3404, 3407, 3460, 3515
  Emissions testing..........................................3403, 3456
  Gasoline:
    Detergent additives............................................3498
    Fuel additives.................................................3352
    Reformulated...........................3345, 3351, 3405, 3450, 3459
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3326, 3419
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3401
  Nitrogen oxides..................................................3402
  On-board diagnostics service information.........................3501
  On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-duty 
      vehicles and equipment.......................................3406
  Particulate matter standards.....................................3402
  Transportation plans, programs, and projects.....................3513
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Accelerator controls.............................................2357
  Aluminum alloy content specifications............................2406
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes.........................................2354, 2397, 2423
    Antilock brakes..............................2289, 2408, 2434, 2458
    Antilock warning signals.......................................2459
    Electric vehicles..............................................2412
    Hoses and fluids.........................................2410, 2464
    Hydraulic......................................................2421

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    Light vehicles.................................................2378
    Linings........................................................2382
    Long stroke brake chambers.....................................2418
    Passenger cars.................................................2434
    Stopping distance..............................................2460
  Bumper standards.................................................2463
  Child restraint systems..........................................2387
  Controls and displays standard...................................2345
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2425
  Driving records..................................................2128
  Drunk-driving-prevention programs................................2383
  Electric vehicles................................................2438
  Fire performance requirements....................................2437
  Fuel containers..................................................2388
  Fuel system integrity................................2381, 2422, 2451
  Glazing materials:
    Film transmittance.............................................2429
  Head restraints compliance testing...............................2403
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Center high-mounted stop lamps.................................2427
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2356
    Headlamp concealment devices...................................2364
    Large trailers.................................................2330
    Lighting simplification........................................2447
    Materials used in tests........................................2450
    Motorcycles....................................................2359
    Performance and test requirement modification..................2386
    Replaceable bulb headlamps.........................2398, 2449, 2454
    Sealed beam headlamps..........................................2363
    Truck tractors.................................................2396
    Visual headlamp aimability requirements........................2355
  Mining industry..................................................1929
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2331
  National Minimum Drinking Age Act................................2457
  NHTSA procedural regulations for rulemaking......................2448
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags.....................................2343, 2371, 2409, 2415
    Backdoor latch improvements....................................2393
    Dummy containment area.........................................2373
    Energy-absorbing sun-visors....................................2362
    Head/neck protection...........................................2379
    Injury criteria................................................2379
    Interior impact tests..........................................2348
    Side impact protection...................................2442, 2455
    Standards......................................................2376
  Power-operated windows compliance testing........................2361
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2435
  Reflecting surfaces requirements.................................2405
  Rigid plastics in windows........................................2392
  Rollover protection..............................................2428
  Roof crush compliance testing....................................2352
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2380
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2426
  Seat belts:
    Adjustable seats...............................................2446
    Anchorage requirements.........................................2401
    Colorfastness requirements.....................................2400
    Compliance and transfer-of-funds procedures....................2417
    Exemption for law enforcement vehicles.........................2399
    Occupant crash protection......................................2343
    Owner's manual requirements....................................2401
    Rear seats.....................................................2344
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2432
    Voluntarily-installed shoulder belts...........................2365
  Seating systems:
    Child booster seats............................................2395
    Performance....................................................2430
  Side door strength...............................................2384
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2329
  Test dummies:
    Child dummies..................................................2387
    Hybrid III.....................................................2394
  Tires:
    Manufactured home tires........................................2288
    Non-pneumatic spare tires......................................2407
    Quality grading standards......................................2390
    Retreads.......................................................2436
    Standards......................................................2419
  Trailer conspicuity..............................................2330
  Transporting Head Start participants.............................1196
  Truck camper loading.............................................2360
  Truck rear underride protection..................................2349
  Warning device standard..........................................2358
  Wheel nut, wheel disc, and hub cap designs.......................2404
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2431
  Windshield defrosting and defogging systems......................2346
  Windshield wiping and washing systems............................2347
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Air conditioning system..........................................3463
  Alternative fueled vehicles.......................................864
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2444
  Automobile parts content labeling................................2411
  Automotive aftermarket...........................................3501
  Canadian manufactured............................................3514
  Cape Cod National Seashore regulation............................1486
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2535
  Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2433
  Compressed natural gas use.......................................2439
  Customs examinations.............................................2696
  Cylinder material requirements...................................2440
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2420
  Defects..........................................................2420
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................2444
  Driver training..................................................2284
  Dual energy................................................2351, 2452
  Electric.........................................870, 935, 2351, 2412
  Energy management regulations.....................................912
  FTC used car rule................................................4361
  Hybrid............................................................935
  Importation......................................................2463
  Leasing.....................................................735, 3586
  Manufacturers..............................................2371, 2415
  Motorcycle headlamp performance..................................2359
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2417
  National Driver Register.........................................2375
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1852
  Odometer fraud...................................................2441
  Recalls....................................................2371, 2415
  Sales volume limit provisions....................................3426
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1814
  Snowmobiles......................................................1494
  Stopping distance................................................2385
  Theft data.....................................2353, 2366, 2377, 2453
  Theft prevention...............................1858, 2424, 2443, 2463
  Vehicle identification number....................................2402
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2372
Motor-vehicles:
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2668
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Musculoskeletal disorders:
  Ergonomic protection standards...................................1979
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2661

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                            SUBJECT INDEX--N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Assessment of fees...............................................2629
  Capital regulations..............................................2628
  Fiduciary powers.................................................2633
  Insider credit...................................................2638
  Reporting and recordkeeping......................................2639
  Safety and soundness standards.....2634, 2641, 2642, 2643, 2644, 2652
  Securities.......................................................2639
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2640
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  DOD Civil-Military Programs..................................667, 668
  DOD standards of conduct..........................................771
  Export controls...................................................414
  Foreign military sales............................................385
  War risk insurance...............................................2564
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Admission fees....................................................325
  Communication use fees............................................327
  Crime prevention..................................................321
  Damaged timber removal............................................304
  Fire prevention...................................................321
  Forest plan implementation........................................301
  Grazing Forest System lands.......................................320
  Hydroelectric uses................................................312
  Isolated cabin policy.............................................295
  Mexican wolves reintroduction....................................1347
  Outstanding mineral rights........................................324
  Private sale of Golden Eagle Passports............................326
  Ski area permit fees..............................................319
  Small business land use...........................................305
  Smith River National Recreation Area..............................318
  Solid waste disposal..............................................296
  Special use authorizations...................................303, 317
  Visitor services..................................................311
National guard:
  See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights of..............................2171, 2181, 2242
  Alaska:
    Denali National Park...........................................1503
    Glacier Bay National Park................................1489, 1490
    Visitor services...............................................1491
  Appalachian National Scenic Trail:
    Hang gliding...................................................1495
  Badlands National Park:
    Commercial vehicles............................................1480
  Big Thicket National Park:
    Moored houseboats..............................................1484
  Boating and water activities.....................................1485
  Cape Cod National Seashore:
    Off-road operation of motor vehicles...........................1486
  Cape Lookout National Seashore:
    Airstrip closure...............................................1493
  Conveyance of freehold and leasehold interests...................1479
  Fines............................................................1498
  Fort Jefferson National Monument, NM:
    Boundary changes...............................................1496
    Fishing for crayfish and conch.................................1496
  Glacier Bay National Park:
    Applicability rules............................................1501
  Grand Teton National Park:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1494
  Historic preservation programs...................................1483
  John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1494
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1487
  Natural landmarks program........................................1488
  Oil and gas development..........................................1497
  Oregon Caves National Monument:
    Admission of children to.......................................1502
  Park police insignia.............................................1475
  Resource protection........................................1482, 1492
  Rights-of-way....................................................1476
  Rock climbing....................................................1477
  Shenandoah National Park:
    Backcountry and fishing regulations............................1481
  State exchanges..................................................1628
  Visitor use................................................1482, 1492
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Aircraft operations............................................1478
  Yellowstone National Park:
    Special revision...............................................1500
National Register of Historic Places:
  See Historic preservation
National security information:
  See Classified information
National Wildlife Refuge System:
  See Wildlife refuges
Nationality:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Native Americans:
  See Hawaiian Natives
      Indians
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Pipelines
  Distribution industry size standards.............................3898
  FERC administrative regulations revisions........................4280
  Filing and reporting requirements for transportation.............4279
  Motor vehicle fuel.......874, 881, 2388, 2439, 2451, 2452, 3345, 3402
  Motor vehicle fuel and fuel additives............................3352
  Reformulated gasoline..............3351, 3405, 3450, 3451, 3454, 3459
Natural resources:
  See also Coastal zone
           Continental shelf
           Energy
           Environmental protection
           Fish
           Forests and forest products
           Marine resources
           Mineral resources
           National forests
           Public lands
           Reclamation
           Recreation and recreation areas
           Soil conservation
           Water resources
           Wildlife
  Damage assessments..................646, 1318, 1319, 1321, 1322, 1327
  DOI acquisition regulations....................1324, 1325, 1328, 1329
  National natural landmarks program...............................1488
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace regulations...536, 2148, 2155, 2159, 2169, 2171, 2175, 2181, 
             2187, 2216, 2232, 2239, 2262, 2268, 2270, 2271, 2272, 2274
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2183
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2152

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  High-frequency communication system..............................2261
  Instrument flight rules....................................2184, 2248
  Mountain flying..................................................2243
  Nashville TCA....................................................2151
  Niagara Falls, NY................................................2260
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2233
  Overwater routes.................................................2261
  Single long-range navigation system..............................2261
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2200
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2186
  Transponder requirement....................................2150, 2220
Navigation (water):
  Great Lakes ports................................................2559
  International navigation rules...................................2134
  Lighting provisions..............................................2102
  National Park Service regulations................................1485
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2519
  Prince William Sound.............................................2116
  Puget Sound......................................................2116
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................2103
  Towing vessel safety equipment...................................2105
  Training:
    Use of automatic RADAR plotting aids...........................2122
  U.S. ATON systems..........................................2080, 2081
  Wrangell Narrows, AK.............................................2132
Noise control:
  Airports.........................................................2149
  Mining industry..................................................1931
  Overflights of national parks....................................2242
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Cultural property regulations..............................2663, 2701
  DOT grants.......................................................2035
  Federal home loan bank contributions to charitable 
      organizations................................................4300
  Food assistance programs..........................................237
  Government contracts........................................749, 4089
  Grants administration.....................388, 1874, 2462, 3115, 3553
  Lobbying.........................................................3722
  NASA contracts.............................................3643, 3645
  Political activity injunction....................................2977
  Rights to inventions..............................................663
  USDA grants and agreements........................................330
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  DOE information classification policy.............................889
  NEPA regulations..................................................899
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.......................................4448
  NRC employee protection policies.................................4457
  NRC fee schedules................................................4455
  NRC petition submissions.........................................4452
  NRC regulation amendments............................4410, 4426, 4456
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................895
Nuclear material:
  Spent fuel........................................................900
Nuclear materials:
  Emergency response worker training................................904
  Export controls..............................................405, 408
  Industrial device user report....................................4433
  Licensing..................................................4446, 4454
  Nuclear fuel................................................905, 4401
  Reporting requirements for unauthorized use......................4427
  Source material licensing........................................4438
  Spent fuel.......................................................4411
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Advanced boiling water reactor design............................4419
  ASME codes and standards.........................................4437
  Codes and standards..............................................4412
  Decommissioning:
    Cost requirements..............................................4409
    Financial assurance requirements...............................4403
    Funding requirements...........................................4451
    Operating license termination............................4420, 4422
    Radiological criteria..........................................4415
  Design and site suitability................................4419, 4436
  Design certification for System 80+..............................4421
  Emergency preparedness...........................................4423
  Fracture toughness...............................................4449
  License renewal..................................................4414
  License transfer.................................................4422
  Licensing............................................4416, 4440, 4445
  Low-power operations.............................................4402
  Nuclear occurrence...............................................4428
  Personnel:
    Deliberate misconduct of NRC applicants........................4407
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4405, 4444
    Whistleblower provisions.......................................1894
  Physical security..........................................4443, 4453
  Possession only licenses.........................................4445
  Radiation dose criteria..........................................4413
  Radiation safety requirements....................................4434
  Radionuclides emissions level regulation.........................4424
  Reporting requirements...............................4406, 4427, 4435
  Safety regulations..........................893, 896, 901, 4439, 4447
  Shutdown.........................................................4402
  Spent fuel storage.........................................4411, 4425
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4404
  Three Mile Island................................................4428
  Waste disposal.............................................4432, 4442
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Electronic cost reporting........................................1126
  Medicare and Medicaid benefits.............................1100, 1152
  Routine service costs............................................1080
  Skilled nursing facility definition..............................1079
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Dietary supplement labeling...........................972, 1001, 1016
  Education.........................................................197
  Food labeling.................................253, 263, 267, 268, 991
  Medical food labeling.............................................951
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................977
  School meals......................................................230
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................216




                            SUBJECT INDEX--O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Workers' compensation
  Agricultural pesticides..........................................3150
  Air quality................................................1961, 1980
  Cargo handling...................................................1965
  Child labor regulations..........................................1898
  Construction industry............................................1959
  Ergonomic standards..............................................1979
  Fall protection............................................1955, 1971
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................1962
  Formaldehyde exposure............................................3196
  Glycol ethers....................................................1975
  Grain handling facilities........................................1983
  Hazard abatement documentation...................................1972
  Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................1977
  Hazardous waste handling.........................................1976
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1981
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1575
  Methylene chloride exposure......................................1970
  Personal protective equipment....................................1968
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............1973

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  Radiation exposure..........................................896, 4187
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1974
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1956
  Respiration protection...........................................1963
  Safety and health management program.............................1957
  Scaffolds..................................................1964, 1966
  Shipyard standards.......................1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1982
  Steel erections..................................................1955
  Transit workers..................................................1927
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................1958
  Walking and work surfaces........................................1971
  1,3-Butadiene....................................................1969
Occupational training:
  See Manpower training programs
      Vocational education
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Burning liquid hydrocarbons......................................1579
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1586
  Geophysical exploration regulations..............................1627
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................637
  Leasing......................1563, 1566, 1570, 1580, 1581, 1624, 1638
  Leasing of Wind River Reservation lands..........................1524
  Onshore oil and gas unit agreements..............................1631
  Outer continental shelf............1567, 1571, 1572, 1573, 1578, 1588
  Royalty rate reductions for oil well operators...................1665
  Royalty relief.............................................1584, 1585
  Well workovers, completion, and abandonments.....................1666
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1657
  Mineral agreements for Indian-owned..............................1551
Oil pollution:
  Damage assessment..............................1319, 1321, 1322, 1327
  Damage assessment and restoration.................................646
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2113
  Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund...................................2117
  Oil spill reduction..............................................2110
  Oil spill response....1577, 2069, 2095, 2097, 2125, 2126, 2538, 2539, 
                                                                   3301
  Overfill devices.................................................2115
  Prevention...........................................1577, 2101, 3275
  Tank vessels...............................................2096, 2116
Oils and fats:
  See Oilseeds
Oilseeds:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................168, 180
  Cottonseed Oil Assistance Program............................287, 289
  Export sales reporting requirements...............................277
  Sunflowerseed Oil Assistance Program.........................287, 289
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3969
  Authority to impose civil money penalties........................3956
  Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings 
      test exempt amounts..........................................3958
  Childhood mental disorders, disability criteria..................4004
  Drug addiction or alcoholism.....................................3973
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3960
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria............3964, 4004
  Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal 
      cases........................................................3982
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria.........3964, 4004
  Mental disorders, evaluation criteria............................3959
  Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................3944
  Overpayment debt collection......................................3978
  Reimbursement for VR services....................................3947
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3984
  Representative payee reforms...............................3941, 3946
  Speech and language impairments..................................3969
  Substantial gainful activity.....................................3945
Onions:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................137
Organization and functions:
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1529
  Civilian Agency Acquisition Council..............................4085
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency...........................59, 74, 75
  Defense Acquisition Regulations Council..........................4085
  Federal credit unions............................................4374
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation............................4265
  Federal Housing Finance Board..............................4285, 4290
  Fishermen's Guarantee Program.....................................553
  General Services Administration............................3615, 3618
  Immigration and Naturalization Service...........................1836
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration..............3640, 3652
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network....................1032
  Public housing agencies..........................................1305
  Transportation Department..................................2049, 2568
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Adverse experience reporting......................................984
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4115
  Labeling requirements.......................................981, 1030
  Safety............................................................957
  Tamper-resistant packaging........................................995
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages




                            SUBJECT INDEX--P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Binoculars.......................................................4363
  Child-resistant................................3154, 4115, 4116, 4117
  Country of origin marking............................2659, 2682, 2692
  Customs treatment of reusable shipping containers................2678
  Hazardous materials..................................2526, 2539, 2557
  Incandescent lamps...............................................4354
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4348
  Tamper-resistant..................................................995
Paint:
  See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
  See Aircraft
Parks:
  See National parks
Passenger vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................2007, 3120
  Arrival/departure records of aliens........................1755, 1825
  Damage stability requirements....................................2130
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4302
  INS fines................................1757, 1804, 1827, 1842, 1843
  Inspection of alien crew members.................................1756
  Removal of obsolete ferry discontinuance regulations.............4565
  Security standards...............................................2094
  Small vessel inspection and certification........................2091
Passports and visas:
  Alien travel documents...........................................1833
  B visas..........................................................1996
  Immigrant visas:
    Requests for additional evidence...............................1791
    Streamlining legislation implementation........................2000
  J-Visas..........................................................4006
  NAFTA professionals..............................................1995
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Olympic families...............................................2001
    Part 41 regulations of INA.....................................1994
    Streamlining legislation implementation........................1999

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  Persons authorized to adjudicate nationality claims..............1984
  Registration and fingerprinting of certain nonimmigrants.........1781
  Transit without visa.................................1744, 1819, 1990
  Visa Waiver Pilot Program..................................1745, 1991
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Common Crop Insurance.........................................67, 136
  Marketing quotas...................................................26
  Price support.......................................................9
Peer Review Organizations (PROs):
  Medicare regulations changes.........................1067, 1068, 1099
  Sanctions process.................................................945
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Chemical Weapons Convention violations............................420
  Civil...555, 936, 937, 946, 1098, 1129, 1487, 1568, 1923, 2210, 2241, 
                                     2576, 3535, 3937, 3943, 3956, 4002
  Clean Water Act...................................................786
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1860
  Food Stamp Program................................................234
  Hazardous materials regulations............................2480, 2547
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................2921
  National park fines..............................................1498
  Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................904
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Adequate consideration definition................................1922
  Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................1923
  Defined benefit pension plans....................................3856
  Definition of plan assets........................................1921
  Disclosure requirements..........................................1924
  Domestic relations orders........................................1916
  Employer liability...............................................3852
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.................2831, 2943
  Investment education for plan participants.......................1920
  Multiemployer plans:
    Financial assistance...........................................3860
    Mergers and transfers..........................................3849
  Premium payments...........................................3850, 3857
  Records exemption................................................3861
  Reduction in future accrual rates..........................2908, 2986
  Regulation and bulletin removal..................................1917
  Regulation renumbering...........................................3858
  Regulation review................................................3851
  Reporting and notification requirements..............1918, 3854, 3855
  Reversion of costs...............................................4089
  Rollover distribution............................................2942
  Single-employer plans:
    Premium payments...............................................3854
    Reporting and notification requirements........................3864
    Terminations.......................................3862, 3863, 3865
  Standard terminations............................................3856
  Tax valuation....................................................2978
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................3859
  Valuation of plan benefits.......................................3853
  Veterans.........................................................3034
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Aircraft disinsection............................................2041
  Boll Weevil Eradication Program....................................39
  Child-resistant packaging........................................3154
  Cross-contamination reporting....................................3138
  Data requirements................................................3131
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3153
  Effluent guidelines and standards................................3231
  Exportation......................................................3136
  Field testing....................................................3129
  Groundwater protection...............................3132, 3141, 3149
  Inventory with cancelled registration............................3143
  Labeling requirements:
    Endangered species protection..................................3148
    Flammability...................................................3140
    Permitted statements...........................................3151
  Low-risk pesticides..............................................3146
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program...........................5
  Negotiated consent/procedural test rule..........................3169
  Production and distribution records..............................3133
  Regulatory review................................................3163
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3137, 3142
  Residue in agricultural products.................................3147
  Scientific research..............................................3542
  Self-certification...............................................3130
  Sterilants.......................................................3135
  Storage and disposal.............................................3145
  Tolerance program revisions......................................3128
  Transgenic plants................................................3139
  Worker protection standards....................3134, 3144, 3150, 3152
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Gasoline
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3485
  Air pollution from production facilities.........................3365
  DOD contracting...................................................687
  Drilling operations..............................................1663
  Gas valuation....................................................1561
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1575
  Labeling of recycled oil containers..............................4362
  Management of non-Federal development............................1497
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2538
  Recovered oil....................................................3307
  Refineries.......................................................3332
  Refining process wastes..........................................3293
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3291
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2511
  Breakout tanks...................................................2512
  Corrosion determinations.........................................2531
  Damage prevention systems........................................2540
  Drug testing of pipeline safety operations personnel.............2545
  Emergency flow restricting devices...............................2515
  Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas......2552
  Excess flow valves.........................................2520, 2534
  Gas gathering line definition....................................2508
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2518
  Gas standards....................................................2536
  Hazardous liquids gathering lines..........................2518, 2555
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................2554
  Increased inspection requirements................................2514
  Inspection devices...............................................2532
  Maps and records of location.....................................2510
  Operator qualifications..........................................2509
  Periodic updates to regulations..................................2523
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2519
  Pressure testing rule......................................2525, 2549
  Program administration...........................................2506
  Shutdown valves..................................................1587
  User fees........................................................2543
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety

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  Companies records program........................................4271
  Customs regulations..............................................2681
  Disclosure and notice of change of rates and other service 
      terms........................................................4548
  Equal opportunity during construction and operation..............1331
  Offshore pipeline spill prevention and response..................1577
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2538
  Reporting requirements...............................1331, 2537, 4281
  Rights-of-way....................................................1583
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2513
Plant diseases and pests:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories.........................83
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened....558, 1338, 1344, 1350, 1389, 1390, 1395, 
           1397, 1399, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1422, 1425, 
           1426, 1427, 1429, 1431, 1433, 1435, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 
                   1441, 1442, 1443, 1446, 1447, 1449, 1450, 1470, 1474
  Exports..................................................89, 98, 1372
  Genetically engineered organisms...................................90
  Plant Variety Protection Act........................................8
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3478
  Motor vehicle windows............................................2392
  Vehicle lamp tests...............................................2450
Poison prevention:
  See also Lead poisoning
  Child-resistant packaging............................4115, 4116, 4117
  Labeling regulations.......................................2517, 4365
Political activities (Government employees):
  Federal employees residing in designated localities..............3781
  Hatch Act Reform Amendments......................................3782
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3703
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Population control:
  See Family planning
Ports:
  See Harbors
Posters:
  See Signs and symbols
Potatoes:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................138
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage....................3
Poultry and poultry products:
  Communicable diseases..............................................86
  Continuous chilling of split turkey portions......................256
  Food additives....................................................262
  HACCP programs....................................................265
  Importation....................................................96, 97
  Inspection..............................................250, 254, 255
  Labeling................................................253, 263, 272
  Salmonella enteritidis.............................................91
  Sodium citrate buffered with citric acid to extend shelf life 
                                                                    266
  Standards of identity and composition.............................267
  State Processing Program..........................................246
  Substances approved for use in the preparation of................1022
  Transportation and storage........................................251
  Trisodium phosphate..........................................252, 264
Poverty:
  See Food assistance programs
      Public assistance programs
Power resources:
  See Energy
Practice and procedure:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Prescription drugs:
  Certification policy.............................................1027
  Certification program fees.......................................1013
  Controlled substances......................................1728, 1731
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................987
  Drug rebate program...............................................937
  Labeling....................................................994, 1000
  PDMA policy information, guidance, and clarifications.............990
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  Federal Communications Commission................................4159
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.............................4274
  Federal Housing Finance Board....................................4301
Price support programs:
  CCC collection of 1995 advance deficiency overpayments.............11
  Peanuts.............................................................9
  Rice...............................................................65
  Sugarbeets and sugarcane...........................................73
  Tobacco................................................27, 28, 29, 62
  Wheat..............................................................57
Prisoners:
  Administrative remedy program....................................1704
  Aliens...........................................................1869
  Central inmate monitoring........................................1697
  Drug abuse treatment.............................................1692
  Education tests..................................................1698
  Fine and cost processing.........................................1687
  Good conduct time................................................1690
  Inmate organizations.............................................1696
  Inmate Work and Performance Pay program..........................1706
  Legal activities.................................................1682
  Literacy program.................................................1689
  Mandatory functional literacy requirements.......................1684
  National security considerations.................................1700
  OASDI benefits...................................................3982
  Personal property of inmates.....................................1676
  Plastic surgery..................................................1686
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1683
  Research regulations.............................................1681
  Restraint systems in law enforcement vehicles....................2399
  Special mail procedures..........................................1677
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1694
  Unescorted transfers.............................................1699
  Use of convict labor.............................................4028
  Use of force.....................................................1695
  Voluntary surrenders.............................................1699
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1679
Prisons:
  Commissary privileges............................................1701
  Correspondence from pretrial inmates.............................1678
  Funding of elective abortions....................................1688
  HIV programs notification provisions.............................1705
  Incoming publications............................................1682
  Infectious disease management....................................1685
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1680
  Postsecondary education programs...........................1675, 1691
  Prison made goods................................................1868
  Release of information...........................................1674
  Release preparation program......................................1703
  Restricted special mail procedures...............................1707
  Special foods....................................................1693
  Telephone privileges.............................................1701
  Work Program.....................................................1702
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Bureau of Prisons records........................................1674
  Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant Program......................1195
  Confidentiality of VA medical records............................3102
  Criminal justice information systems.............................1876
  Disclosure of NRC records........................................4450
  Family educational rights and privacy.............................810

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  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................820
  Financial records................................................4325
  Food Stamp Program......................................190, 199, 227
  Justice Department research and statistical information..........1872
  Medical transaction system.......................................1091
  OMB statistical information......................................3718
  Privacy Act:
    Crop insurance..................................................147
    DOE records...........................................907, 908, 911
    DOE records exemptions.....................................897, 898
    DOJ implementation.............................................1847
    HHS records.....................................................911
    Inspector General investigative files..........................3693
    NARA procedures................................................3671
    OGE procedures.................................................3702
  Records....................................................3861, 4569
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................212
  Small Business Administration....................................3925
  Social Security Administration...................................3992
  Tax return information...........................................2900
Procurement:
  See Government procurement
Prosthetic devices:
  See Medical devices
Public assistance programs:
  See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1546
  Voter registration...............................................1198
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Immunization
           Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3168
  Air quality standards............................................3437
  Animal drugs......................................................966
  Blood and blood products..........................................960
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3531
  HIV programs notification provisions.............................1705
  Mammography Quality Standards Act.................................961
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................977
  PCC health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance 
                                                                   3841
  Pesticide tolerance program......................................3128
  Physical and mental examinations of aliens.......................1821
  Radiation protection.............................................3254
  Regulation reinvention............................................955
  Regulation revocation............................................1003
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3543
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2551
  Salmonella enteritidis.............................................91
  Water contamination effects................................3266, 3271
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
           Rent subsidies
  Ceiling rents....................................................1311
  Comprehensive needs assessment...................................1230
  Designated housing regulations...................................1307
  Development regulations revisions................................1305
  Drug Elimination Program.........................................1227
  Drug-related activity adjustments................................1303
  Indians..............................................1229, 1301, 1308
  Maintenance and operation........................................1313
  Management assessment program....................................1300
  Management reform................................................1299
  Modernization....................................................1312
  Noncitizen requirements..........................................1225
  Operating subsidy....................................1309, 1316, 1317
  Performance funding system.................................1309, 1316
  Public/private partnerships for mixed-finance development........1306
  Rent adjustments for security and expense coverage...............1303
  Rental certificates and rental vouchers..........................1314
  Self-sufficiency program.........................................1314
  Tax exemption notification.......................................1270
  Vacancy rules....................................................1315
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           Homesteads
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-classification
           Public lands-grants
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Reclamation
  Acreage limitation rules.........................................1610
  Alaska.........................................1356, 1384, 1652, 1673
  BLM application procedures.................................1661, 1667
  BLM hearing and appeal procedures................................1647
  Conveyances, disclaimers, and correction documents...............1660
  Definitions......................................................1653
  Desert land entries..............................................1626
  Designated national area regulation..............................1668
  Endangered Species Act Consultation regulations..................1383
  Fire management............................................1616, 1669
  Highway discretionary funds......................................2295
  Indian allotments................................................1655
  Law enforcement..................................................1615
  Leases...........................................................1636
  Mill site restrictions...........................................1642
  Mining claims..............................................1642, 1643
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1499
  Natural history resource management..............................1618
  Nondiscrimination regulation.....................................1332
  Notification rules...............................................1595
  Orders...........................................................1670
  Permit and easements.............................................1636
  Policy and management..........................1356, 1360, 1613, 1636
  Protection and preservation of natural values....................1671
  Records..........................................................1659
  Recreation management......................................1621, 1622
  Reintroduction of black-footed ferrets...........................1466
  Revenues management..............................................1609
  Right of entry...................................................1595
  State irrigation districts.......................................1623
  Subsistence hunting and fishing...................................310
  Subsistence management regulations...............................1384
  Surveys..........................................................1639
  Tramroads and logging roads......................................1614
  Trespass regulation..............................................1619
  Visitor services.................................................1617
  Visual resource management.......................................1672
  Wilderness area management.......................................1612
Public lands-classification:
  Regulations removal and updating.................................1656
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1658
  Railroad grants..................................................1654
  State grants.....................................................1651
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1657
  Burning liquid hydrocarbons......................................1579
  Civil penalty procedures.........................................1568
  Coal transportation and washing allowances.......................1590
  Coalbed methane development......................................1640
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1648
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1644
  Drilling requirements elimination................................1570
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1586

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  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1567
  Leasing...1564, 1566, 1570, 1571, 1573, 1576, 1578, 1582, 1583, 1584, 
                                                       1585, 1588, 1646
  Management.......................................................1625
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1620
  Mining in Bodie Bowl, CA.........................................1629
  MMS electronic funds transfer regulations........................1562
  Non-mineral entry on mineral land................................1645
  Oil and gas drilling operations..................................1663
  Oil and gas geophysical exploration..............................1627
  Oil and gas leasing............................1580, 1581, 1624, 1638
  Oil and gas well workovers, completions, and abandonments........1666
  Oil well royalty rate reductions.................................1665
  Onshore oil and gas unit agreements..............................1631
  Public information...............................................1637
  Release of third party proprietary information...................1565
  Safety and pollution prevention equipment........................1569
  Seismic reassessment of California platforms.....................1572
  Transportation and processing allowances...................1563, 1589
  User fees........................................................1633
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Administrative process and standards.............................1326
  Filing fees......................................................1583
  National wildlife refuges........................................1454
  Regulations removal........................................1634, 1635
  Rental for communication use.....................................1664
Public lands-withdrawals:
  Streamlining of operations.......................................1632
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Public works:
  See Community facilities
Publications:
  See Government publications




                            SUBJECT INDEX--R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors...............................893, 901
  Dose criteria..............................................4413, 4418
  Drinking water.......................................3225, 3253, 3355
  General public...................................................3254
  Industrial device user report....................................4433
  Occupational radiation protection.................................896
  Radiography operations...........................................4417
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3425
  Reactor siting criteria:
    Assessment requirements clarification..........................4440
    Seismic and geological criteria................................4416
    Source term and dose calculations..............................4439
  Release of contaminated lands and structures.....................4415
  Scrap metal standards............................................3471
  Spent fuel storage...............................................4425
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4404
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant......................................3473
  Yucca Mountain, NV...............................................3358
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4190
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4239
  Competitive bidding for 800 MHz SMR..............................4238
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4212
  Inspection of Great Lakes Agreement ships........................4185
  Inspection of radio installations on ships.......................4186
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4177
  Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4235
  Millimeter wave technology.......................................4188
  Mobile services..................................................4234
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2489
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4230
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4213
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2200
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4232
  Spectrum transfer.................................................649
  Station ownership................................................4221
  Terrestrial microwave radio services.............................4237
  Wireless information networks....................................4203
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Medical byproduct use......................................4431, 4441
  Radiation exposure...............................................4187
  Waste disposal.............................................3251, 3252
  Waste storage....................................................4425
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Alcohol/drug regulations...................................2468, 2494
  Locomotive engineers.......................................2471, 2495
  Safety regulations.........................................2473, 2487
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3871
    Exemption from supplemental tax................................2785
    Finality of decisions regarding..........................3874, 3875
  Availability of information to the public........................3876
  Debt collection methods..........................................3883
  Disability determination.............................3873, 3881, 3882
  Eligibility requirements.........................................3868
  Employee status..................................................3879
  Employer status..................................................3878
  Employers' reports.........................................3867, 3869
  Erroneous payments...............................................3870
  Prohibition of cigarette sales to minors.........................3877
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................3873
Railroad safety:
  Accident reporting...............................................2477
  Brakes...........................................................2470
  Bridge maintenance guidelines....................................2476
  Emergency preparedness...........................................2475
  Fixed guideways systems..........................................2502
  Freight cars.....................................................2479
  Grade crossing and signal systems....................2314, 2488, 2490
  Hazardous materials regulations............................2480, 2544
  High-speed corridors.............................................2492
  Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2467
  Locomotive conspicuity...........................................2491
  Locomotive crashworthiness and working conditions................2465
  Maintenance-of-way employee protection...........................2473
  Passenger equipment standards....................................2466
  Radio communications and train control...........................2489
  Regulation amendment or elimination..............................2493
  Signal systems.............................................2481, 2482
  State participation..............................................2484
  Steam locomotives................................................2483
  Track standards..................................................2472
  Utility employee protection......................................2487
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2469
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Employee status..................................................3879
  Employer status..................................................3878
  Employers' contributions.........................................3872
  Repayment tax....................................................2920
  Representative payment...........................................3866
  Voluntary quit...................................................3880
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance

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  Abandonment and discontinuance of rail services..................4552
  Alcohol/drug use control.........................................2468
  Assistance to States.............................................2478
  BLM railroad grants..............................................1654
  Consolidation procedures.........................................4556
  Environmental impact and related procedures................2286, 2474
  Environmental law implementation.................................4552
  Exemption from regulation:
    Class exemption for acquisition or operation of rail lines.....4551
    Non-ferrous recyclables........................................4558
    Paints, enamels, lacquers, shellacs, and other commodities 
        transportation.............................................4557
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3324
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1783
  Rail connecting tracks...........................................4555
  Railroad highway projects........................................2315
  Rate guidelines for small shippers...............................4554
  Rates and fares:
    Deregulation of demurrage......................................4553
    Disclosure, publication, and notice requirements...............4550
    Expedited STB procedures.......................................4547
    Recyclable commodities rates...................................4558
    Removal of obsolete tariff regulations.........................4561
  Removal of obsolete passenger train regulations..................4565
  Removal of obsolete valuation regulations........................4567
  Tank cars........................................................2535
  Transport of agricultural products...............................4549
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2551
  User fees........................................................2485
  Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2486
Range management:
  Indian rangelands................................................1510
  National Forest System lands......................................320
  Research grants...................................................105
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  Air Force regulation..............................................795
  Estate tax valuation of farm property............................2781
  Farm real estate..............................................17, 134
  Highway construction.......................................2279, 2316
  Income tax.......................................................2953
  Individual Indians and tribes..............................1513, 1548
  National Park Service regulation.................................1479
  Real estate settlement procedures..........................1274, 1276
  Relocation assistance............................................3604
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Acreage limitation...............................................1610
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1594
  Filing of plans of operations....................................1643
  Financing........................................................1643
  Income tax rules.................................................2914
  Indian lands.....................................................1522
  Management of Lake Berryessa, California.........................1607
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1608
  Permits..........................................................1600
  Public lands rule................................................1595
  Revegetation.....................................................1603
Record retention:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Records:
  See Archives and records
      Freedom of information
      Health records
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Recreation and recreation areas:
  See also Fishing
           Hunting
           National forests
           National parks
           Rivers
           Wilderness areas
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................3121
  Management.................................................1621, 1622
  Rock climbing....................................................1477
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3282
  Hazardous waste............................................3277, 3311
  Non-ferrous recyclables..........................................4558
  Oil........................................................4344, 4362
  Paper......................................................3317, 4035
  Refrigerant..........................................3411, 3463, 3464
  Scrap metal................................................3186, 3471
  STB removal of obsolete regulations..............................4562
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.............................................1752
  Family unity.....................................................1752
Relocation assistance:
  Government employees.......................................3604, 3605
  Streamlining requirement.........................................1215
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Rent subsidies:
  Adjustments for security and expense due to crime................1303
  Noncitizen requirements..........................................1225
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Administration for Children and Families...................1202, 1204
  Adverse drug experiences....................................984, 1023
  Air carriers.................2013, 2052, 2066, 2147, 2244, 2566, 2567
  Aircraft flight data recorder parameters.........................2164
  Alcohol and alcoholic beverages..................................2618
  Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2367
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation..........2575, 2577, 2580, 2582, 2583
  Biologics production..............................................971
  Blood and blood products..........................................960
  Carbamates.......................................................3521
  CASB disclosure statement form...................................3730
  Chemical inventory reporting...............................3156, 3523
  Child abuse reporting............................................1864
  Coal transportation and washing allowances.......................1590
  Commodities:
    CFTC early warning reporting requirements......................4110
    CFTC reporting requirements....................................4105
    Financial reporting requirements...............................4109
    Self-regulatory organization automated systems.................4104
  Criminal court judges............................................2970
  Currency transactions................................2578, 2579, 2581
  Customs regulations..................................2664, 2667, 2681
  Debt discharge...................................................2981
  Debt instruments.................................................2988
  Defense Acquisition Management Documentation and Reports..........725
  Defense contractors, controlled materials program.................394
  Domestic offshore carriers.......................................4304
  Drug Enforcement Administration...1723, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 
                                                       1735, 1736, 1737
  Education Department....................................844, 846, 847
  Electronic records................................................997
  Employee benefit plan administrators.............................1924
  Energy Department..........................................4279, 4280
  Environmental monitoring.........................................3416
  Environmental pollution at Federal facilities....................3727
  Environmental Protection Agency................3206, 3259, 3350, 3536
  EPA emissions reporting requirements.............................3328

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  EPA information collection rule..................................3262
  EPA key identifiers reporting....................................3126
  EPA regulations streamlining.....................................3257
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission..........................3558
  Export information......................................383, 385, 386
  Export sales......................................................277
  FCA disclosure regulation........................................4134
  FDA adverse experience reporting..................................975
  FDIC regulations.................................................4264
  Federal Aviation Administration..................................2180
  Federal Communications Commission................................4222
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.......................4268, 4273
  Federal Maritime Commission................................4306, 4307
  Financial institutions.....................................4324, 4325
  Firearms loss or theft...........................................2623
  FIRMR provisions update..............................3608, 3610, 3611
  Fisheries..........................................508, 509, 608, 623
  Food assistance programs..........................................237
  Food Stamp Program............................200, 204, 220, 228, 229
  Gas pipelines....................................................2537
  Genetically engineered organisms...................................90
  Government contracts..................................712, 4026, 4070
  Government procurement.....................................4072, 4079
  Grantor trusts...................................................2933
  Great Lakes pilotage rates.......................................2043
  Groundfish fisheries..............................................540
  GSA building service contractors.................................3617
  Hazard abatement documentation...................................1972
  Hazardous material releases......................................3527
  Hazardous materials transportation...................2521, 2533, 2542
  Hazardous substances.......................................3163, 3193
  HIV programs notification provisions.............................1705
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3703
  HUD regulation...................................................1226
  Human drug and licensed biological products.......................996
  Import information................................................384
  Infant formula testing............................................958
  Interior Department........................................1331, 1332
  Internal Revenue Service.............................2717, 2718, 2794
  Investigational new drugs........................................1009
  Investment advisers..............................................4514
  Investment companies...4470, 4479, 4483, 4487, 4495, 4506, 4515, 4517
  Labor Department...........................................1886, 1925
  Lease write-offs..................................................115
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3669
  Marine casualty reporting........................................2119
  Maritime operating companies.....................................2077
  Medical devices..................................................1031
  Medicare program.................................................1126
  Mine operators...................................................1643
  Mortgage broker fees.............................................1247
  Motor carriers.................................2277, 2291, 2294, 2336
  Motor vehicle insurers...........................................2366
  Motor vehicle manufacturers................................2371, 2415
  NASA approval of contractor overtime.............................3665
  NASA contractor cost reporting...................................3641
  NASA government property reporting regulation....................3628
  NASA research grant handbook revisions...........................3653
  National Driver Register.........................................2375
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.........528, 545, 609
  New drug applications............................................1010
  Nonpayroll withheld tax liabilities........................2885, 2968
  Nuclear power plants...........................4406, 4422, 4427, 4435
  Occupational injuries and illnesses..............................1956
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3701
  Oil pipelines....................................................4281
  Ozone-depleting substances importation...........................3354
  Paperwork reduction................................................15
  Pension plans..................................1918, 3854, 3855, 3864
  Personal property................................................3597
  Personnel records..........................................3734, 3807
  Pesticides...................3130, 3133, 3137, 3138, 3142, 3163, 3542
  Pipeline common carriage.........................................4548
  Pipeline companies records program...............................4271
  Pollution prevention actions in Toxic Release Inventory..........3160
  Public utilities records program.................................4271
  Radionuclides....................................................3525
  Radon............................................................3529
  Rail rates and service terms.....................................4550
  Railroad accident reporting......................................2477
  Railroad employees.........................................2467, 2482
  Railroad Retirement Board......................3867, 3868, 3869, 3872
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2839
  Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................3670
  Rural electrification loans.......................................368
  Screening FIP resources..........................................3587
  Securities...........................................4462, 4472, 4539
    Abbreviated financial statements...............................4474
    Broker-dealers...............................2570, 4529, 4535, 4538
    Disclosure simplification......................................4468
    Electronic dissemination of disclosure documents...............4467
    Executive and director compensation............................4464
    Forward-looking statements.....................................4473
    Holding period requirement.....................................4471
    Issuers of debt securities.....................................4459
    Large trader reporting system............................2571, 4540
    Legal proceedings..............................................4463
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4496
    Market and credit risk exposures...............................4545
    Mutual fund prospectuses.......................................4490
    National banks.................................................2639
    Regulation S amendments........................................4460
    Section 10A implementation.....................................4546
    State banks....................................................4318
    Transfer agent services........................................4537
    Unregistered equity sales......................................4469
  Stage 2 airplanes in Hawaii......................................2209
  Sugar and crystalline fructose marketing allotment.................44
  Surety companies.................................................2597
  Suspicious banking transactions............................2585, 2586
  Tobacco exports..................................................2613
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3172
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting...................3157, 3158, 3194
  Transportation Department........................................2278
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2513
  Uranium mill sites................................................906
  Vessel documentation.............................................2083
  Vessel numbering system..........................................2079
  Veterans Administration....................................3084, 3107
  Zero coupon bond interest........................................1125
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Awards to educational institutions...............................3719
  Biotechnology....................................................3184
  Department of Energy.........................................930, 935
  DOD contracts...........................................729, 744, 773
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................678
  Dogs and cats......................................................85
  Domestic and foreign fishing......................................434
  Energy technology transfer........................................928
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3542
  Expenditure allocation and apportionment.........................2952
  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1567
  Government contracts.......................................4039, 4044
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................588
  Labor certification process for researchers......................1909
  Marine mammals..............................................561, 1473
  Marine resources.............................................603, 628
  NARA registration requirement....................................3674
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration..............3653, 3658

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  National Institutes of Health....................................1047
  National Undersea Research Program................................605
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................604
  North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan........................510, 550
  OSERS Disability and Rehabilitation Research Programs.............852
  OSERS Rehabilitation Services Discretionary Programs..............854
  Patuxent Wildlife Research Center................................1360
  Small business innovation research rights in data................4020
Reserve forces:
  See Armed forces reserves
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
  See Lung diseases
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Benefits.........................................................2593
  Government employees.........3747, 3748, 3749, 3752, 3753, 3783, 3784
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................675
Rice:
  CAB adjustments....................................................40
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................149
  Inspection fees...................................................186
  Price support......................................................65
  Program implementation.............................................43
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Acquisition of real property for...........................2279, 2316
  Indian lands.....................................................1526
  Regulation revision..............................................1476
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program......................30
  Colorado River water entitlements................................1611
  Sacramento River water diversions.................................523
Roads:
  See Highways and roads
Rockets:
  See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
  See Aircraft
Royalties:
  See Copyright
      Mineral royalties
Rubber and rubber products:
  See Tires
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs........................337, 339
  Business enterprise grants........................................335
  Community facility loans................................120, 122, 369
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program..................356
  Economic development loans and grants.............................131
  Electric borrowers...........................................350, 351
  Electric loans.......346, 348, 349, 352, 353, 358, 359, 360, 367, 368
  Electrification.........................................344, 347, 364
  Farm labor housing................................................109
  Health care services.............................................1064
  Housing for homeless and migrant farmworkers......................127
  Housing loans and grants.....................................113, 114
  Housing loans and programs....................119, 121, 132, 133, 135
  Labor standards enforcement.......................................123
  Lease write-offs..................................................115
  Loan and grant programs.........................53, 69, 112, 336, 370
  Loan programs................................................362, 374
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2518
  Primary care hospitals...........................................1182
  Recreation facility loans.........................................343
  Safety standards enforcement......................................123
  Small farmer outreach training.....................................20
  Technical assistance and planning grants..........................338
  Technical assistance grants and programs...........................20
  Technology development grants.....................................340
  Telephones..............................................349, 361, 363
  Television demonstration grants...................................335
  Water and waste disposal loans and grants....................111, 357
  Water and waste disposal programs............................354, 355




                            SUBJECT INDEX--S

Safety:
  See also Aviation safety
           Consumer protection
           Fire prevention
           Hazardous substances
           Highway safety
           Marine safety
           Mine safety and health
           Motor vehicle safety
           Occupational safety and health
           Pipeline safety
           Poison prevention
           Radiation protection
           Railroad safety
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2154
  Arms, ammunition, and explosives.............................689, 701
  California outer continental shelf platforms.....................1572
  Drugs:
    Over-the-counter...........................................957, 995
    Prescription....................................................994
  Fastener quality..................................................430
  Medical devices...................................959, 963, 999, 1028
  MMS safety and pollution prevention equipment....................1569
  RHCDS enforcement of safety standards.............................123
  Space launch activities....................................2065, 2174
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Digital audio radio service....................................4212
    Domestic and international services............................4210
    Earth stations...........................................4205, 4211
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4201, 4209
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4213
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4206
  Export controls...................................................403
Savings associations:
  Adjustable rate mortgage regulations.......................2999, 3009
  Community Reinvestment Act.......................................3002
  Corporate governance regulations.................................2991
  De novo applications for charter.................................2995
  Flood insurance regulation.......................................2998
  Insurance regulations............................................2993
  Lending regulations..............................................2999
  Liquidity regulation.............................................2990
  Loans to one borrower............................................3007
  OTS regulations review...........................................3008
  Preemption provisions............................................3010
  Reorganization...................................................2948
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................2997, 3003
  Safety and soundness standards...................................2634
  Subsidiary regulations...........................................2992
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2996
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  Bilingual Education Graduate Fellowship Program...................821
  Foreign language and area studies programs........................836
  Head Start Program...............................................1192
  Indian fellowship programs........................................827
  J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board....................841

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  National Institutes of Health....................................1043
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Amendments to promote Healthy Meals for Healthy Children in 
      Schools.......................................................230
  Cheese alternate products.........................................232
  Consolidation of..................................................207
  Formulated grain-fruit products...................................206
  Purchase of food products produced in the U.S.....................245
  Release of eligibility information................................212
  Yogurt crediting..................................................209
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos...................................................3170, 3175
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3189
  EEOC reporting and recordkeeping requirements....................3558
  Improving America's Schools Act...................................810
  Indian School Equalization Program...............................1512
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................680
Science and technology:
  Accelerator controls.............................................2357
  Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants..................3225
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4190
  DOD Manufacturing Science and Technology Program..................745
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................685
  DOE grants........................................................910
  DOT monitoring of motor carriers.................................2277
  Education....................................................859, 861
  Genetically engineered organisms...................................90
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3533
  NSF standards of conduct.........................................3696
  Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................666
  Rights to inventions..............................................663
Scientific equipment:
  See also Medical devices
  Imports...........................................................391
  Standards........................................................4196
Scientists:
  Soviet Scientists Immigration Act................................1784
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Catfish...........................................................576
  Fillet standards.............................................572, 577
  Fish products.....................................................552
  Import regulations................................................587
  Inspection..................................................580, 1024
  Product standards.......................................571, 575, 576
  Shrimp............................................................571
  Standards for grades..............................................573
  Transportation and storage........................................251
  Whole or dressed..................................................575
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seals and insignia:
  DOT Official Seal................................................2016
Seamen:
  Merchant marine documents........................................2077
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2085
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Search warrants:
  Customs Service..................................................2699
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
           Government securities
  Annual report requirements of mutual and subsidiary service 
      companies....................................................4525
  Bank investment securities.......................................2636
  California exemption.............................................4465
  Corporate governance regulations.................................2991
  Credit...............................................4327, 4530, 4545
  Custody..........................................................4485
  Customer limit orders......................................4536, 4538
  Dealer's fees....................................................4544
  Depositories.....................................................4492
  Deregistration form amendments...................................4495
  Disclosure requirements.....4460, 4461, 4463, 4464, 4467, 4468, 4469, 
           4472, 4473, 4474, 4483, 4487, 4490, 4514, 4515, 4517, 4525, 
                                                             4539, 4545
  Distribution.....................................................4528
  Diversification determination....................................2824
  Employee stock option plans......................................4095
  Executive and director compensation..............................4464
  Foreign....................................................4266, 4541
  Foreign issuer...................................................4476
  Haircuts on................................................4533, 4534
  Holding companies..................4336, 4458, 4499, 4500, 4511, 4512
  Holding period requirements......................................4471
  Income taxation......................................2768, 2835, 2838
  Insurance products...................................4496, 4497, 4498
  Integrated financial transactions................................2745
  International transactions.......................................2865
  International transactions terminology...........................4527
  Investment advisers......................4508, 4513, 4514, 4521, 4524
  Investment companies........4466, 4479, 4482, 4483, 4486, 4487, 4488, 
             4489, 4491, 4492, 4493, 4495, 4506, 4507, 4515, 4517, 4519
  Issue and sale...................................................4459
  Large trader reporting system....................................4540
  Loss determination...............................................2748
  Mark-to-market for dealers.......................................2734
  Market-maker trading regulation..................................4536
  Member stock transaction gains and losses........................2875
  Member stock transactions........................................2778
  Multijurisdictional tender offers................................4477
  Nationally recognized statistical rating organizations...........4530
  Net capital requirements.........................................4532
  Outbound transfers.........................................2827, 2941
  Prohibitions against trading.....................................4528
  Prospectus delivery..............................................4501
  PUHCA exemption for transactions with foreign associates.........4510
  Registration.........................................4465, 4475, 4496
  Registration form amendments...............................4529, 4535
  Regulation S amendments..........................................4460
  Removal of obsolete STB regulations..............................4566
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements......2570, 2639, 4318, 4459, 
                                     4462, 4469, 4470, 4471, 4537, 4546
  Research and development company investments.....................4522
  Sales loads......................................................4503
  Short sales......................................................4541
  Sourcing in international short sales............................2865
  Stabilizing to facilitate offerings..............................4526
  Taxation.........................................................2916
  Transfer agent services..........................................4537
  Transfer services................................................4330
  Transfer to foreign corporations.................................2826
  Utilities..................................................4511, 4512
  Valuation........................................................2591
  Wrap fee programs................................................4508
Security:
  Medicare transaction system......................................1091
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations...........................................924
  Aviation.............................................2006, 2172, 2222
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................681
  Cryptographic products export exemption..........................2002

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  DOD security guard services.......................................774
  DOE contractors...................................................919
  Effect of imports on national security............................422
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2229
  Maritime vessels.................................................2562
  Nuclear power plants and reactors................................4443
  Passenger vessels and terminals..................................2094
  Private Remote Sensing Space Systems..............................537
  Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA................................2274
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................2142
    Airports.......................................................2143
Seeds:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories.........................83
  Common Crop Insurance........................................174, 180
  Inspection and certification.......................................78
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations..............................................2661
  FCC regulations..................................................4184
  Fraud cases......................................................1855
  IRS regulation...................................................2931
  ITC exclusion order enforcement..................................2694
Selective Service System.....................................3791, 3884
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Incinerator emissions monitoring.................................3242
  Incinerator emissions standards..................................3470
  Sludge use and disposal..............................3205, 3223, 3240
  Vessels....................................................3219, 3249
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs..........................1714, 3100, 3594
Shipbuilding industry:
  Air pollution control............................................3399
  Obligation guarantees............................................2560
  Safety and health regulations..............................1960, 1982
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See also Seals and insignia
           Trademarks
  Highway beautification costs.....................................2317
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administration regulations.......................................3904
  Agricultural enterprises.........................................3921
  Debt collection..................................................3930
  Disadvantaged business enterprise concession plan................2034
  DOD contracting...................................................687
  Elimination of Part 2209 of Title 48 of CFR......................3924
  Elimination of Parts 106, 109, 110, 111, 128, 129, 144 of 
      Chapter 1 of Title 13........................................3924
  Export Revolving Line of Credit program..........................3915
  Flood insurance coverage.........................................3896
  Freedom of information and privacy...............................3925
  Government contracts.................723, 758, 3650, 3935, 4084, 4099
  Government procurement..........................714, 3620, 3920, 4031
  Government subcontracting.............................927, 4060, 4071
  Hearings and appeals.............................................3936
  Innovation research rights in data...............................4020
  Investment companies:
    Accounting and financial reporting standards...................4470
    Funding interest rates.........................................3903
    Non-leveraged licensees........................................3913
    Streamlining legislation implementation........................3933
  Loans:
    Business and disaster loans..............................3921, 3928
    Business loans...........................................3914, 3932
    Care and preservation of collateral............................3890
    Certified lenders program......................................3919
    Collection costs recovery......................................3902
    Development companies..........................................3914
    Documentation..................................................3004
    Microloans.....................................................3916
    Risk-based capital standards...................................2997
    SBA guaranty...................................................3895
    State and local development companies........3900, 3918, 3919, 3922
  National forest land use..........................................305
  Nondiscrimination:
    Federally assisted programs....................................3885
    Financial assistance programs..................................3886
    Streamlining legislation implementation........................3891
  Prepayment of certain debentures.................................3917
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act regulations.....................3937
  Rights to inventions..............................................663
  SBA standards of conduct...................................3894, 3934
  Size standards...................................................3905
    Adjustment and collection agencies.............................3907
    Advertising and services industries............................3908
    Conference planners............................................3923
    Development and review.........................................3912
    Health care services industries................................3888
    Natural gas distribution.......................................3898
    Nonmanufacturers.........................................3909, 3920
    North American industry classification system..................3893
    Ostensible subcontractor rule..................................3897
    Streamlining legislation implementation........................3927
  Standards for conducting business with SBA.......................3926
  Streamlining legislation implementation.......3891, 3892, 3904, 3924, 
           3925, 3926, 3927, 3928, 3929, 3930, 3931, 3932, 3933, 3934, 
                                                       3935, 3936, 3937
  Surety bond guarantees...............................3889, 3906, 3931
  Tort claims......................................................3929
  USDA research program.............................................103
  User fees........................................................3901
  Veterans program.................................................3910
  Women-owned businesses...........................................3911
Smoking:
  Air carrier prohibition..........................................2059
  Federal buildings and facilities ban.............................3602
  Workplace air quality............................................1980
Social security:
  See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Account number collection and storage.............................160
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3980
  Adopted child's status...........................................3991
  Alien applicants...........................................3994, 4000
  Authority citations revision.....................................4001
  Canadian citizens' obtaining of social security numbers..........3869
  Citizenship evidence.............................................3942
  Civil monetary penalty regulations...............................3943
  Civil money penalty regulations..................................4002
  Contributions for support........................................3970
  Cycling payment of benefits......................................3957
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3988
  Disability determinations........................................3998
  Disclosure and verification of numbers...........................1226

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  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3988
  Earnings records determinations..................................3972
  Earnings reports handling........................................3999
  Electronic benefit application...................................4003
  Employer identification number collection and storage.............160
  Facility of payment provision....................................3975
  Freedom of information regulations...............................3986
  Government pension...............................................3999
  Grants administration..........................3987, 3988, 3989, 3990
  HHS regulation migration to SSA....3986, 3987, 3988, 3989, 3990, 3992
  Living in the same household rule................................3985
  Lump-sum death payment rule......................................3985
  Maximum family benefit.....................................3975, 3976
  Medical equipment liability......................................1093
  Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................3981
  Privacy regulation...............................................3992
  Recovery of overpayments.........................................3952
  Reduction of disability benefits.................................3993
  Regulations corrections..........................................3940
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3984
  Representative payees......................................3938, 4000
  Review process...................................................3979
  Social Security Independence and Domestic Employment Reform Act
                                                                   3953
  Statement of earnings and benefit estimate.......................3948
  Student benefits.................................................3954
  Veterans' income reporting.......................................3107
  Widow's benefits.................................................3962
  Windfall elimination provision...................................3999
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program...................................31, 45
  Highly erodible land and wetland conservation..................34, 61
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Sorghum:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................177
Soybeans:
  Vegetable protein products........................................210
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations............3627, 3628, 3642, 3647, 3648, 3660
  Approval of contracts overtime...................................3664
  Commercial launch activities...............................2065, 2174
  Contracts.......3623, 3624, 3626, 3633, 3637, 3641, 3643, 3645, 3646, 
             3649, 3650, 3651, 3656, 3657, 3658, 3659, 3661, 3663, 3665
  Cooperative agreements for profit-making organizations...........3654
  Cooperative agreements to State and local governments............3625
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3636
  Drug and alcohol testing for contractor employees................3639
  Duty-free entry of space articles................................3655
  Electronic funds transfer........................................3644
  Insurance for commercial launches..........................2063, 2173
  Licenses...................................................2065, 2174
  NASA Contract Adjustment Board...................................3652
  NASA ombudsman program...........................................3662
  NASA organization and functions..................................3640
  Printing and duplicating by contractors..........................3638
  Research grant handbook....................................3632, 3653
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3629
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Sterilization:
  See Family planning
Stocks:
  See Securities
Stockyards:
  Care and handling of livestock....................................187
  Regulations revisions........................................184, 185
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Student aid:
  See also Scholarships and fellowships
  Community Development Work Study Program.........................1298
  Direct Student Loan Program requirements..........................848
  Federal Family Education Loan Program........................839, 850
  Financial assistance general provisions.......837, 845, 846, 847, 848
  Graduate assistance...............................................833
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.............837, 849, 851
Students:
  International education...........................................834
  SSA eligibility rules............................................3954
  SSI eligibility while temporarily abroad.........................3974
  Student Right-to-Know Act.........................................844
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    813
  Support services..................................................838
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
      Rent subsidies
Sugar:
  Import licensing programs....................................275, 283
  Market stabilization price........................................285
  Marketing allotment program........................................44
Sugarbeets:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................139
  Price support......................................................73
Sugarcane:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................166
  Price support......................................................73
Sunflowers:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................168, 177
Superfund:
  Cost recovery regulation.........................................3534
  Grants for technical assistance..................................3520
  Radiation site cleanup...........................................3252
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3521
  Response Action Contractor Indemnification.......................3530
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3969
  Alien deemors....................................................4000
  Aliens.....................................................3951, 3967
  Authority to impose civil money penalties........................3956
  Computation of benefits........................3949, 3963, 3965, 3971
  Disability determinations:
    Drug abuse or alcoholism.......................................3973
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3966
  Exclusions from income and resources.......................3950, 3996
  Families of military personnel...................................3968
  Fees for Federal administration of State supplementary payments
                                                                   3939
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3960
  Hurricane Andrew victims.........................................3997
  Income:
    Deeming of parental income when children are hospitalized......3977
    Exclusions from income.........................................3955
    Information available for benefits determination...............3965
  Institutionalized persons........................................3995
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................3983
  Regulations corrections..........................................3940
  Reimbursement for VR services....................................3947
  Representative payee reforms...............................3941, 3946
  Speech and language impairments..................................3969
  Students temporarily abroad......................................3974
  Substantial gainful activity.....................................3945
Surety bonds:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2690
  BLM bonding requirements.........................................1648
  Federal process agents of surety companies.......................2597
  Form revision.....................................................297

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  Guarantees.......................................................3906
  Outer continental shelf leases...................................1578
  Security on penal bonds..........................................2588
  Small business access......................................3889, 3931
Surface mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1592
    Alluvial valley floors.........................................1599
    Backfilling and grading........................................1594
    Cooperative agreements.........................................1598
    Remining sites.................................................1603
    Rights.........................................................1591
    State program amendments.......................................1602
    Subsidence resulting from underground mining...................1596
    Weight determination...........................................1601
  Indian lands...............................................1522, 1597
  Permit rights....................................................1600
Symbols:
  See Seals and insignia
      Signs and symbols
Synthetics:
  See Plastics materials and synthetics
Syrup:
  See Sugar




                            SUBJECT INDEX--T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Employment taxes
           Estate taxes
           Excise taxes
           Gift taxes
           Income taxes
  Air Force foreign tax relief program..............................793
  Air transportation of cargo......................................2924
  Breweries........................................................2609
  Communications...................................................2789
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................895
  Environmental..............................................2790, 2883
  Escrow funds.....................................................2732
  Foreign trade....................................................2836
  Nonprofit organizations:
    Political activity injunction..................................2977
  Passive activity losses and credits........................2834, 2915
  Procedure and administration:
    Accuracy-related penalty.......................................2976
    John Doe summons disputes......................................2796
    List of legal holidays.........................................2895
    Statement......................................................2810
    Statute of limitations...................................2796, 2797
  Savings and loan reorganization..................................2948
  Seals of office..................................................2982
  Tax evasion as a debarment or suspension cause...................4086
  Treasury taxes and loans.............................2589, 2594, 2601
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................670
Technical assistance:
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2573
  Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3520
  Environmental restoration of DOD facilities.......................669
Technical corrections to regulations.................................58
Technical education:
  See Vocational education
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Accessibility guidelines.........................................3116
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4178
  Communication intercepting devices................................421
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................1850
  EPA information resources management directives..................3546
  Government contracting.....................................3612, 3614
  Infrastructure grant program......................................647
  Microwave antenna flexibility....................................4189
  Public Telecommunications Facilities Program......................648
  Spectrum transfer.................................................649
  USDA program......................................................100
  Wireless information networks....................................4203
Telephone:
  Billed party preference..........................................4173
  Cable television cross-ownership...........................4165, 4166
  Caller ID standards..............................................4169
  Competitive bidding for unserved cellular areas..................4241
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4174
  Expanded interconnection with local company facilities...........4167
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4177
  Materials and equipment...........................................373
  MTA and WATS market structure....................................4168
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4172
  Payphone compensation for originating 1-800 subscriber calls.....4176
  Portability of telephone numbers.................................4175
  Price caps for LECs........................................4179, 4180
  Rural.............................................................363
  Rural Telephone Bank.........................................361, 366
  Toll free service access codes...................................4181
  Universal Service Fund...........................................4174
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advanced systems.................................................4216
  Advertising......................................................4220
  Advertising practices............................................4223
  Children's programming...........................................4219
  Commercial practices of television networks and affiliates.......4220
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4164
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4195
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4222
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4192
  Open video systems...............................................4155
  Over-the-air reception devices...................................4158
  Station ownership................................................4221
  Video programming accessibility..................................4156
Textiles:
  Customs regulations............................2656, 2677, 2695, 2698
  Fiberglass curtains..............................................4366
  Labeling.............................................4349, 4351, 4352
  Tablecloths and related products.................................4367
  Wool products....................................................4349
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Non-pneumatic spare tires........................................2407
  Quality grading standards........................................2390
  Retreads.........................................................2436
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  BATF technical amendments........................................2621
  Burley.............................................................28
  Common Crop Insurance....................................68, 145, 170
  Exports.....................................................288, 2613
  Flue-cured.........................................................29

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  Marketing assessments..............................................47
  Marketing quotas.......................................27, 28, 29, 71
  Nested tobacco.....................................................62
  Price support..............................................27, 28, 29
  Sale and distribution to minors............................1002, 3877
  Smokeless........................................................1002
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4348
  State laws on tobacco purchase by minors..........................949
  Veterans claims based on use.....................................3029
  Warehouse regulations..............................................46
Tomatoes:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................140, 141
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
      Poison prevention
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Toys:
  Safety regulations...............................................4125
Trade adjustment assistance:
  TAA program amendments...........................................1911
  Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................1912
Trade agreements:
  Aleutian Trade Act...............................................2131
  Endangered species.................1352, 1353, 1458, 1470, 1471, 1474
  Florence Agreement Program........................................391
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade...........................4077
  Market development................................................286
  North American Free Trade Agreement......705, 1912, 1995, 2664, 2675, 
                                                 2684, 2695, 4022, 4563
  Textile trade agreements.........................................2656
  Trade Agreements Act.........................................705, 761
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................2687
Trade practices:
  Consumer product warranties................................4345, 4356
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4343
  NOAA cease and desist orders......................................631
Trade unions:
  See Labor unions
Trademarks:
  Fees..............................................................651
  Filing and processing requirements................................660
  Housekeeping changes..............................................658
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2655
  PTO mailing procedures............................................654
  PTO practitioner disciplinary proceedings.........................659
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................650
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..................................653
Training programs:
  See Manpower training programs
Transportation:
  See also Air transportation
           Bridges
           Common carriers
           Freight
           Highways and roads
           Intermodal transportation
           Mass transportation
           Noise control
           Pipelines
           Railroads
           Space transportation and exploration
           Vessels
  Air pollution control conformity...........................3344, 3393
  Air pollution control implementation.............................3513
  Buy America regulations....................................2503, 2505
  Capital leases...................................................2497
  Construction project funding.....................................2501
  Customs regulations..............................................2665
  Definition of substance abuse professional.......................2012
  Disadvantaged business enterprise program........................2033
  DOT acquisition regulations......................................2068
  DOT audit requirements...........................................2053
  DOT grants administration..................................2009, 2462
  DOT rulemaking procedure.............................2039, 2461, 2548
  DOT staff assignments............................................2049
  DOT technical amendments.........................................2568
  DOT testing of transportation personnel....................2012, 2015
  Drug testing of transportation personnel......2003, 2005, 2044, 2529, 
                                                                   2545
  Elderly and disabled.............................................2499
  Environmental review.............................................2496
  FTA management and monitoring systems............................2500
  Head Start participants..........................................1196
  Individuals with disabilities............2008, 2036, 2040, 2499, 3120
  Interstate natural gas companies.................................4279
  Medals of Honor..................................................2017
  Minerals industry transportation and processing allowances......1563, 
                                                                   1589
  National security information....................................2050
  Ocean.............................................................293
  Official Seal regulations........................................2016
  OST electronic filing regulations................................2047
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2021
  Removal of obsolete STB securities regulations...................4566
  STB removal of obsolete recyclable regulations...................4562
  STB removal of obsolete regulations for costs and rates..........4564
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................2046
  Temporary matching fund waiver...................................2504
  Training service contracts.......................................2067
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................1768
  Wildlife.........................................................1452
Travel:
  See also Passports and visas
           Travel and transportation expenses
  Advertised airline tour prices...................................2064
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2154
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Government employees.........3586, 3589, 3604, 3605, 3606, 3621, 4034
  Government expenses..............................................3592
  Non-government employees..............................932, 4027, 4065
  Receipt threshold................................................2937
  Veterans Administration..........................................3071
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation 
      and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
                                                                    569
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................395, 420
  Exclusion or expulsion of foreign nationals......................1786
  Hazardous waste disposal regulations.............................3308
  International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.......2134
  Montreal Protocol................................................3354
  Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty..................................405
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994.........1517
  Chapter 13 standing trustees.....................................1849
  Compensation and reimbursement of expenses.......................1857
  Income taxation..................................................2896
  QDOT security requirements.......................................2876
  Qualifications for bankruptcy trustees...........................1856
  Residence trust..................................................2784
  Taxation.............................................2926, 2933, 2983
  Unit investment trusts...........................................4502
Tuberculosis:
  Correctional management....................................1072, 1685

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  Occupational exposure............................................1958
Tung nuts:
  See Oilseeds
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products




                            SUBJECT INDEX--U

Underground mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Subsidence resulting from........................................1596
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Manpower training programs
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Disaster unemployment assistance.................................1906
  Performance system...............................................1908
Unions:
  See Labor unions
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities..........................................4499, 4500
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................906, 4401
Urban renewals:
  Homesteading program.............................................1284
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1673
  Environmental protection..........................................118
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4499, 4512
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4500, 4511
  FERC recovery of stranded costs..................................4278
  Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4273
  Filing requirements for FERC Form No. 6..........................4281
  Government contracting.....................................3612, 3614
  Real-time information networks...................................4277
  Records program..................................................4271
  Transmission access..............................................4276
  Unnecessary filing requirements, elimination.....................4272




                            SUBJECT INDEX--V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  See also specific vegetables
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................167
  Import restrictions................................................76
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage.................3, 4
  Vegetable protein products........................................210
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1685
  HIV programs notification provisions.............................1705
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................2089
  Certificates of origin...........................................2075
  Classification society rules.....................................2108
  Clean Vessel Act.................................................1375
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2076
  Customs entry and permit regulation..............................2693
  Customs entry regulation.........................................2702
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2113
  Double-hull regulations..........................................2110
  Emissions standards..............................................3460
  Energy management regulations.....................................912
  Financial reporting requirements.................................4304
  Fire protection..................................................2109
  Glacier Bay management plan......................................1490
  Government contracting...........................................1884
  Government procurement.......................................733, 734
  Houseboats.......................................................1484
  Hudson River prohibitions........................................3249
  New York Vessel Traffic Service..................................2098
  Offshore supply..................................................2087
  Overseas construction............................................2109
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1783
  Panama Canal:
    Dangerous cargo................................................3838
  Radar-observer endorsements......................................2120
  Rebuild determinations...........................................2104
  Recreational boater safety.......................................2129
  Recreational vessel fees.........................................2135
  Regatta and parade permits.......................................2082
  Regattas and marine parades................................2099, 2123
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2088
  Sewage discharge.................................................3219
  Surface coating operations.......................................3512
  Towing vessel operators..........................................2084
  User fees........................................................2073
  Vessel identification system...............................2075, 2112
Veterans:
  Abandoned claims.................................................3030
  Acquisitions by the VA.............3035, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3110, 3111
  Adult day health care program....................................3037
  Alcohol abuse..............................................3015, 3037
  Appeals regulations..................................3096, 3097, 3099
  Burial benefits......................................3081, 3082, 3112
  Child care centers...............................................3101
  Claims based on tobacco use......................................3029
  Claims based without VA examinations.............................3056
  Community residential care program...............................3037
  Competency determinations........................................3106
  Confidentiality of medical records...............................3102
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1891
  Debt-reduction through work-study services.......................3020
  Denial of claims.................................................3053
  Determination of need for aid and attendance.....................3077
  Disability rating:
    Cardiovascular system..........................................3038
    Dental disabilities............................................3025
    Digestive system...............................................3019
    Disability due to hospitalization, treatment, examination, or 
        vocational rehabilitation..................................3055
    Endocrine system...............................................3039
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs.........................3027, 3046
    Fibromyalgia...................................................3051
    Individual unemployability.....................................3022
    Medical evidence of improvement................................3032
    Mental disorders...............................................3045
    Muscular system................................................3041
    Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............3018
    Orthopedic system..............................................3017
    Respiratory system.............................................3042
    Skin conditions................................................3044
    Systemic conditions......................................3025, 3043
    Total disability...............................................3048
  Drug abuse.................................................3015, 3037
  Duty period......................................................3109
  Education:
    Active duty..............................................3024, 3052
    Course approval requirements.............................3054, 3108
    Dependents assistance and benefits.............................3049
    Educational Assistance Test Program............................3067

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    Election of education benefit..................................3033
    Flight training..........................................3054, 3108
    Job training programs..........................................3105
    Montgomery G.I. Bill.......3024, 3040, 3049, 3050, 3052, 3066, 3068
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................3021
    Post-Vietnam era...................................3050, 3065, 3103
    Regulations revision...........................................3063
    Reservists.................3036, 3040, 3047, 3062, 3074, 3075, 3104
  Eligibility reporting requirements.........................3107, 3109
  Emergency medical care...........................................1139
  Employment and training.....................................772, 3084
  Evidence requirements......................................3026, 3028
  Examination requirements.........................................3056
  Fiduciary activities.............................................3076
  Homelessness grants and programs.................................3016
  Incompetency determinations......................................3106
  Informed consent for patient care................................3014
  Insurance.................................803, 3057, 3058, 3060, 3061
  Language removal.................................................3072
  Loan guaranty:
    Acceptance of partial payments.................................3094
    Automatic authority program....................................3023
    Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3093
    Discount points................................................3073
    Electronic payment of funding fee..............................3031
    Emergency repairs..............................................3078
    Flood insurance................................................3064
    Property improvements definition...............................3095
  Lump sum payments................................................3070
  Medical benefits for dependents and survivors....................3089
  Medical miscellaneous changes....................................3092
  Medical opinions rules...........................................3098
  Outpatient medical services......................................3013
  Pensions.........................................................3034
  Personal funds and effects, disposition of.......................3012
  Recruitment advertising..........................................3083
  Regional Counsels................................................3087
  Regulation change................................................3069
  Rehabilitation programs..........................................3048
  Research-related injuries........................................3091
  Rulemaking procedures............................................3088
  SBA programs.....................................................3910
  Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief..............................3059
  Standards of ethical conduct.....................................3086
  State homes......................................................3090
  Subpoena authority delegation....................................3085
  Travel time......................................................3071
  Unclaimed property, disposition of...............................3012
  Vocational rehabilitation program..........................3055, 3078
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational education:
  See also Manpower training programs
  National discretionary program....................................861
  Navigation.......................................................2122
  State programs....................................................861
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Indians...........................................................860
  Projects and industry.............................................858
  Regulation elimination............................................855
  State programs..........................................853, 856, 857
  Veterans...................................................3055, 3105
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................1884
  National Service Trust...........................................3125
  Peace Corps..........................................3843, 3847, 3848
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1679
Voting rights:
  Minority language guidelines.....................................1720
  Procedural changes for Section 5.................................1719
  Voter registration...............................................1198




                            SUBJECT INDEX--W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Cost-of-living allowances............................3746, 3828, 3829
  Domestic services................................................1893
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................2593
  Employee compensation costs......................................4059
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1884
  Federal construction contracts...................................1900
  Federal service contracts........................................1881
  Format changes in regulations....................................3812
  Overtime.......................................1880, 1886, 1902, 3664
  Pay and leave administration.............3740, 3745, 3771, 3777, 3814
  Remedial measures for unfair labor practices.....................4398
  Salary offset programs............................................840
  Seasonal industry provisions.....................................1902
  Separate maintenance allowances............................3779, 3830
  Severance pay..............................................3744, 3778
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   1890
  Training wages...................................................1902
  Wage area redefinition......3742, 3772, 3773, 3775, 3813, 3815, 3817, 
                   3818, 3819, 3820, 3821, 3823, 3824, 3825, 3826, 3827
  Wage schedule changes for printing positions.....................3822
  Wage survey responsibility...........................3741, 3774, 3816
War risk insurance:
  Government procurement...........................................4101
  Mar Ad regulation................................................2564
Warehouses:
  Auction tobacco warehouses.........................................46
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................64
  Customs regulation...............................................2681
Warranties:
  Disclosure of terms and conditions...............................4356
  Pre-sale availability of written warranty terms..................4345
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Disposal facilities:
    Residual radioactivity after cleanup...........................3252
  Effluent guidelines........................................3209, 3234
  Effluent limitation guidelines...................................3229
  Financial test criteria....................................3296, 3298
  Fossil fuel combustion wastes....................................3303
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3243
  Land disposal:
    Financial responsibility.......................................3289
    Groundwater monitoring.........................................3284
    Restrictions.................................3283, 3295, 3309, 3314
  Liability for clean-up...........................................3544
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3230
  Mineral processing wastes........................................3295
  Municipal waste combustors.......................................3509
  Nuclear waste disposal...............................3255, 4432, 4442
  Ocean dumping..............................................3222, 3238
  Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2486
  Permit applications..................................3220, 3246, 3312
  Permit regulations streamlining..................................3248
  Radioactive waste..........................................3251, 3358
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3232
  Rural loans and grants.......................................111, 357
  Rural programs...............................................354, 355
  Secondary treatment requirements.................................3233
  Sewer grouting...................................................3187
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3239
  Solid waste disposal:
    Facility criteria..............................................3290

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    Grant programs..................................................371
    Landfills and incinerators...............................3209, 3492
    MACT for facilities............................................3443
    Municipal landfills......................................3316, 3438
    National forests................................................296
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3288
    Technical standards for corrective action......................3273
  State programs...................................................3299
  Toxicity characteristic metals...................................3295
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3291
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................2093
  Wood preserving wastes...........................................3295
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Biological test methods..........................................3203
  Clean Vessel Act.................................................1375
  Clean Water Act.......3203, 3212, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3221, 3232, 3233, 
                                           3235, 3236, 3237, 3244, 3314
  Cyanide criteria.................................................3216
  Effluent guidelines:
    Effluent Guidelines Plan.......................................3218
    Industrial wastewater....................................3207, 3230
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3243
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3209
    Leather tanning and finishing..................................3224
    Metal products and machinery...................................3241
    Ore mining.....................................................3234
    Pesticides.....................................................3231
    Pharmaceuticals................................................3226
    Pulp, paper and paperboard...............................3227, 3362
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3217
    Transportation equipment cleaning..............................3208
  Information collection for disinfection byproducts...............3262
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2113
    Financial responsibility of vessels............................2124
    Ocean dumping............................................3222, 3238
    Oil and gas facility effluents.................................3228
    Oil or hazardous substances.......646, 2095, 2097, 2101, 2125, 2126
    Secondary treatment requirements...............................3233
    Tank monitoring devices........................................2114
    Tank vessels.............................................2070, 2096
  National Park Service regulations................................1485
  Nationwide permit program.........................................780
  NPDES permits..............................................3211, 3261
  Oil and grease test procedures...................................3235
  Permit applications..............................................3220
  Permit regulations streamlining......................3206, 3210, 3248
  Permit violations.................................................786
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3245
  Publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program..............3213
  Publicly owned treatment works renewal process...................3212
  Radionuclides....................................................3265
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3232
  Sewage sludge incinerator emissions..............................3242
  Sludge management programs.......................................3279
  Sludge use and disposal....................................3223, 3240
  State sewage sludge management...................................3204
  Stormwater runoff..........................................3247, 3250
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3236
  Total maximum daily loads........................................3214
  Trace metals criteria............................................3215
  Waste disposal permit applications...............................3246
  Water and waste disposal programs............................354, 355
  Water Quality Incentives Project...................................37
  Water quality standards.............563, 3201, 3202, 3214, 3244, 3257
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........782
  Colorado River Basin.........................................30, 1611
  Federal buildings.................................................877
  Water Bank Program.................................................30
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Bottled water....................................................1014
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3531
  Central Valley Project of California.............................1606
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3270
    Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants..........3225, 3258
    Arsenic........................................................3267
    Contaminant levels.............................................3272
    Contaminants.......................................3253, 3265, 3268
    Copper.........................................................3264
    Disinfectants..................................................3266
    Drinking Water Priority List...................................3271
    Injection wells..........................................3259, 3263
    Intake zones.............................................3219, 3249
    Lead...........................................................3264
    Monitoring requirements........................................3260
    Radionuclides..................................................3355
    Regulations reformatting.................................3256, 3257
    Sulfate........................................................3269
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3532
  Groundwater monitoring...........................................3316
  Groundwater protection...............................3132, 3141, 3149
  Lake Berryessa, California.......................................1607
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1608
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3543
  Utilities.........................................................118
  Water Quality Incentives Project...................................37
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
      Waterways
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Waterways:
  See also Bridges
           Harbors
           Rivers
  PCC employee regulations.........................................3778
  PCC health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance 
                                                                   3841
  PCC procedures for changing rules of measurement or rates of 
      tolls........................................................3842
  PCC radio communications guidelines..............................3840
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Weather:
  National Weather Service modernization.......................433, 538
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4198
Weights and measures:
  See Measurement standards
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
      Flood plains
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Wheat:
  CAB adjustments....................................................40
  End-use certificates...............................................60

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  Price support......................................................57
  Program implementation.............................................43
  Technical corrections to regulations...............................58
Whistleblowing:
  Nuclear whistleblower protection.................................1894
Wilderness areas:
  Rock climbing fixed anchors.......................................302
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Adoption fees for wild horses and burros.........................1630
  Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2168, 2245
  Bird diseases......................................................86
  Captive bred...............................................1363, 1469
  Eagles.....................................................1367, 1464
  Endangered and threatened......640, 641, 643, 1338, 1343, 1346, 1347, 
           1351, 1352, 1355, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1387, 1388, 1390, 1395, 
                         1428, 1429, 1430, 1434, 1436, 1448, 1466, 1469
  Importation and exportation....88, 1364, 1378, 1456, 1457, 1462, 1468
  Management and protection..........1348, 1349, 1460, 1461, 1463, 1630
  Marine sanctuary program................................533, 564, 565
  Migratory birds:
    Harvest Information Program changes............................1361
    Hunting and conservation stamp contest.........................1359
    Hunting and permits............................................1340
    Hunting regulations revisions............................1345, 1357
    Incidental take provisions.....................................1453
    List revision..................................................1365
  Permit procedures................................................1373
  Transport regulations............................................1452
Wildlife refuges:
  Alaska.....................................................1368, 1382
  Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, WV.......................1358
  Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge, OK...........................1465
  Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, NH...........................1386
  Hunting and fishing......................1385, 1386, 1459, 1465, 1467
  Ohio River National Wildlife Refuge, WV..........................1385
  Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, OH..............................1467
  Patuxent Wildlife Research Center................................1360
  Public entry and use.......................................1382, 1612
  Rights-of-way management.........................................1454
  Rocky Mountains refuges..........................................1387
  State exchange...................................................1628
  Visitor services.................................................1368
Wine:
  Exports..........................................................2605
  Labeling.............................................2608, 2616, 2627
  Labeling and advertising...................................2614, 2626
  Nonindustrial use................................................2619
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2618
  Treating material and processes..................................2615
  Viticultural areas...............................................2603
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Conferring citizenship to foreign-born children..................1762
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1045
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................194
  Supplemental food program..........................191, 193, 197, 238
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................1867
  Women-owned businesses:
    Government subcontracting......................................4060
    Hearing and appeal procedures..................................3911
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Workers' compensation:
  Coal miners......................................................1885
  Reduction of SS benefits and.....................................3993




                            SUBJECT INDEX--Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  AmeriCorps participants..........................................3125
  Minors operating motor vehicles..................................2374
  National Minimum Drinking Age Act................................2457
  Sale and distribution of tobacco products..................1002, 3877
  Substance abuse block grants......................................949
  Young American Medals Program....................................1871
  Youthbuild program...............................................1280