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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 231 / Friday, November 29, 1996 /
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 231 / Friday, November 29, 1996 / 
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   SUBJECT INDEX TO REGULATORY PLAN AND UNIFIED AGENDA ENTRIES


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                                   A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2926, 4549
Accounting:
  Air carriers.....................................................2348
  Audit requirements for institutions of higher education..........4040
  Audit requirements for nonprofit institutions....................4040
  Audit requirements for state and local governments...............2349
  Audits of non-profit institutions................................4035
  Audits of state and local governments......................4034, 4035
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................628
  Change in method.................................................3120
  Corporate acquisitions...........................................3000
  Cost accounting standards................2128, 4030, 4307, 4329, 4356
  Cost allowability criteria....955, 999, 1157, 4287, 4297, 4301, 4337, 
                                                             4338, 4353
    Research and development.......................................4280
    Travel and per diem costs.....................138, 3920, 3921, 3945
  Cost principles..................................644, 977, 4027, 4037
    Foreign selling costs..........................................4310
    Litigation costs...............................................4311
    Research and development.......................................4309
  Customs Service fees and interest................................2944
  Disaster assistance allowable costs........................3882, 3900
    Repair vs. replacement ratio...................................3888
  DOD contracts...935, 953, 954, 972, 974, 978, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1007, 
                                                                   1010
  DOE life cycle costing methodology...............................1128
  DOI cost recovery....................................1884, 1887, 1888
  Drug Enforcement Administration..................................1997
  Educational institutions...................................4027, 4039
  EPA cost recovery methodology....................................3845
  FAR contingent fees allowability.................................4298
  FCC regulation...................................................4489
  FMS claims...........................................2866, 2868, 2871
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2865
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2858
  Indirect cost rates..............................................4362
  INS examinations fee account schedule............................2034
  Loss allowability criteria.......................................4286
  MarAd rate determinations........................................2827
  Mark-to-market method......................................3097, 3122
  Medicare program...........................................1325, 1415
  NASA contracts.....................3946, 3947, 3964, 3967, 3975, 3976
  NCUA audits and verifications....................................4671
  NRC decommissioning costs..................................4689, 4727
  OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and 
      earnings test exempt amounts.................................4252
  Overhead certification...........................................4301
  Overhead settlement..............................................4303
  PBGC calculation and payment of benefits..........................142
  Profit-and-loss method...........................................3040
  REA telephone borrowers...........................................611
  Retirement obligations...........................................2191
  Risk-based capital regulation....................................3274
  Sales of partnerships............................................3011
  SSA cycling of benefit payments...................................155
  SSI computation of benefits..........................4210, 4233, 4235
  Thresholds for contracts.............................3355, 3406, 3938
  Thresholds for procurement.......................................4369
  USDA audits of State, local and Indian tribal governments.........566
  Veterans Administration..........................................3300
  Veterans Administration lump sum payment.........................3394
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Acreage allotments:
  CAB adjustments..............................................257, 265
  Cotton............................................................267
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
           Sunshine Act
  Adjudication procedures:
    Veterans Affairs...............................................3341
  Alternative dispute resolution.............................1573, 4326
  BATF procedures......................................2900, 2901, 2910
  BLM procedures.............................................1925, 1926
  Buy American requirements........................................1568
  Clinical investigator disqualification...........................1219
  Code of Conduct..................................................4230
  Communications...................................................4471
  Customs information disclosure or production.....................2978
  EEOC coordination of issuances...................................3876
  Environmental Protection Agency..................................3846
  EPA suspension and debarment procedures..........................3870
  Equal Access to Justice Act................................1189, 2312
  Federal banking agencies.........................................3275
  FTC regulatory review............................................4656
  FWS seizure and forfeiture procedures............................1616
  General Education Provisions Act.................................1054
  Hearing and appeal procedures..............................1477, 1515
    Administration of Native Americans.............................1456
    Agriculture Department.....................................238, 369
    Army Corps of Engineers........................................1022
    Aviation economic proceedings............................2296, 2297
    Bureau of Indian Affairs...........................1574, 1781, 1801
    Bureau of Land Management..........................1874, 1902, 1940
    Cuban Democracy Act............................................2837
    Disaster assistance............................................3887
    Energy Board of Contract Appeals...............................1134
    Environmental Protection Agency....................3530, 3649, 3864
    FCIC procedures.................................................357
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation..........................4551
    Federal Reserve System.........................................4640
    Finance Board..................................................4589
    Government contractors.........................................4332
    GSA Board of Contract Appeals......................3910, 3911, 3912
    Health and Human Services Department...........................1369
    Hearing under CERCLA and emergency planning....................3866
    Housing Department.............................................1478
    Immigration and Naturalization Service.........................2102
    Immigration proceedings......................2016, 2025, 2062, 2107
    Labor Department...........................................59, 2155
    Medicaid State Plan amendments.................................1320
    Medicare claims appeal.........................................1303
    Minerals Management Service..............................1822, 1828
    National Indian Gaming Commission........................4674, 4675
    NOAA civil enforcement proceedings..............................798
    Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...........4010, 4011
    Office of Government Ethics....................................4014
    Office of Personnel Management.................................4082
    Office of Thrift Supervision...................................3264

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    Peace Corps....................................................4140
    Railroad Retirement Board............................144, 145, 4168
    Small Business Administration..................................4187
    Social Security Administration....152, 153, 4197, 4207, 4221, 4223, 
                                                                   4258
    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board................................896
    Transportation Department......................................2724
    Transportation proceedings.....................................2552
    Treasury Department............................................2926
    Veterans Affairs.................3348, 3349, 3356, 3408, 3409, 3410
  INS decisions....................................................2035
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................3077
  Justice Department tax administration duties.....................3143
  National Credit Union Administration.............................4670
  NCUA audits and verifications....................................4671
  NLRB summary judgment procedures.................................4682
  NOAA civil procedure regulations..................................779
  Office of Personnel Management.................4066, 4069, 4071, 4072
  PBGC regulation renumbering......................................4152
  Peace Corps volunteer discrimination complaints..................4141
  PHS Mammography Quality Standards Act..............................26
  Registration of drug producers...................................1197
  Rulemaking:
    DOT......................................................2317, 2354
    Veterans Affairs.........................................3421, 3422
  Social Security Administration...................................4224
  State Department.................................................2284
  Subpoena issuance and service..............................2043, 3351
  Transportation documentation.....................................3914
Adoption and foster care:
  Government employee leave for adoption of a child.................141
  On-site eligibility reviews......................................1428
  Social security status determination.............................4250
  State performance requirements...................................1424
Adult education:
  Indian programs..................................................1768
  Regulatory review and simplification...............................20
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................2330
  Beer.............................................................2875
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1210
  Home insulation..................................................4650
  Investment companies.......................................4796, 4813
  Lubricating oil..................................................4652
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4645
  Television.................................................4500, 4503
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1460
  Drug use.........................................................1221
  Food assistance programs..................................5, 444, 447
  Housing..........................................................1465
  Mortgage insurance demonstration program.........................1504
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................2303
    DOL programs...................................................2232
    Employment................................................136, 3875
    NEA-assisted activities........................................3998
  Supplemental food program.........................................400
  Transportation...................................................2767
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..........................519, 522
  Cotton..................................................260, 271, 384
  Exports......................................................520, 525
  Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions..............................2161
  Feed grains..................................................260, 359
  Foreign donation..................................................524
  Inspection...................................................281, 387
  Kiwifruit.........................................................175
  Measure-All Pilot Program.........................................262
  Overseas market development.......................................523
  Popcorn...........................................................174
  Purchase and shipment.............................................517
  Rice..............................................................260
  Seeds.............................................................281
  Shipping regulations..................................529, 2828, 2831
  Sugarcane.........................................................221
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts..............................242
  Wheat.............................................................260
Agricultural research:
  Administrative provisions.........................................304
  Animal biologics..................................................291
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................297
  Biologics definition..............................................282
  Rangeland research................................................311
  Small Business Innovation Research Program........................308
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.........................................2083, 2085
  Aquaculture.......................................................305
  ASCS debt settlement..............................................218
  ASCS program ineligibility........................................220
  Certified Lender Program..........................................227
  CFSA state and county committees..................................239
  Conservation and Environmental Program............................219
  Conservation Farm Option..........................................615
  Conservation Reserve Program.................................256, 261
  Cooperative associations:
    Notice filing requirements.....................................2560
  Dairy-State make allowance........................................253
  Disaster assistance..........................................217, 234
  Environmental program........................................322, 614
  Extension Service property regulation.............................310
  Farm Facility Loan Program........................................259
  Farm ownership loans...............................188, 230, 235, 236
  Farm products financing statements................................388
  Farm Service Agency:
    Direct line of credit program...................................183
    Regulatory consolidation and deletion...........................277
  Federal Agriculture and Improvement Act of 1996...................278
  Flooding in the Midwest...........................................256
  Hazardous materials transportation regulation....................2606
  Income taxes.....................................................2991

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  Indian farmlands.................................................1789
  Labor certification for temporary workers........................2187
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......567
  Rail transport of agricultural products..........................4846
  Seasonal farmworkers.............................................2179
  Socially disadvantaged outreach program......................235, 236
  Soil and Water Loans Program......................................230
  State mediation programs..........................................237
  Technical assistance and training.......................571, 574, 609
  USDA lobbying restrictions........................................622
  Wetlands regulations.........................................254, 255
  Worker protection standards..............2149, 3444, 3455, 3460, 3462
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Child care programs..............................................1455
  Waiver request process...........................................1458
  Work Incentive Programs:
    Removal of regulations.........................................2189
AIDS:
  Blood transfusions look-back requirements........................1257
  Hospital or blood bank notification..............................1405
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1279
  Research training grants.........................................1290
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Advanced Simulation Plan.........................................2526
  Airline deregulation benefit provisions..........................2177
  Airport fees.....................................................2533
  Anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention programs.................2506
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................2306
  Baggage liability..........................................2315, 2328
  Cargo and baggage compartments:
    Transport restrictions.........................................2451
  Cargo limit......................................................2815
  Cargo tax collection.............................................3211
  Code-sharing arrangement disclosure..............................2316
  Commuter airlines:
    Seat restraint systems.........................................2473
  Competitiveness............................................2313, 2327
  Computer reservations system...............................2295, 2299
  Direct flight, definition........................................2304
  Disputes with airport proprietors................................2491
  Electronic filing of rules.......................................2338
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2305
  Foreign air transportation.................................2137, 2321
  INS fines............................................2068, 2095, 2096
  Interlocking agreements:
    Removal of regulations.........................................2353
  Interstate authority.............................................2327
  Minimum altitudes for autopilot use..............................2488
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age............................................................2303
    Individuals with disabilities......................2293, 2310, 2311
  On-time flight reports...........................................2835
  Overbooking of flights...........................................2322
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................2307
    Change-of-gauge services notification..........................2319
    Facility charges...............................................2437
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................2305
    Manifest information.......................................77, 2032
    Notification of aircraft disinsection..........................2318
    Oxygen use.....................................................2294
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey......................2833, 2836
    Ticketless travel..............................................2334
  Price advertising................................................2330
  Quality and Safety Review Program................................1034
  Repair station requirements................................2419, 2495
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2470
  Security measures..........................................2452, 2492
  Smoking ban......................................................2331
  Stage 2 airplanes in Hawaii......................................2482
  Tariff filing requirements.......................................2301
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control..............................................4649
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release...............................................3843
  Acid rain........3630, 3632, 3649, 3650, 3651, 3652, 3662, 3754, 3761
    Allowance allocations..........................................3636
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing...........................3693
  Aerosol can production...........................................3782
  Aerosol spray paints.............................................3825
  Aerospace industry.........................................3698, 3704
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities....................3698
  Agricultural chemicals...........................................3690
  Air quality modeling.......................................3672, 3813
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3799
  Air quality standards.............................110, 111, 114, 3658
  Aircraft and aircraft engines....................................3653
  Aluminum industry..........................................3684, 3685
  Appeals regulations..............................................3649
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3786
  Awards...........................................................3740
  Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3778
  Boat manufacturing industry......................................3780
  Boilers..........................................................3788
  Burning liquid hydrocarbons......................................1844
  California gasoline sales........................................3824
  Caprolactam......................................................3822
  Capture efficiency guidelines....................................3718
  Carbon monoxide............................................3653, 3748
  Chemicals.............................................112, 3775, 3776
  Chromium emissions...................................3702, 3787, 3811
  Citizen suit regulation..........................................3805
  Clean Air Act....121, 1463, 3637, 3638, 3652, 3674, 3682, 3711, 3731, 
                   3738, 3740, 3741, 3756, 3757, 3797, 3806, 3831, 3843
  Coal-fired boilers................................................134
  Commercial sterilization rule....................................3811
  Consumer products...........................................130, 3825
  Copper smelters..................................................3681
  Cyanide chemical manufacturing...................................3680
  De minimis levels................................................3735
  Diesel refineries................................................3650
  Dioxin emission measurement......................................3646
  Dry cleaners.....................................................3783
  Electric utility steam generating facilities...............3710, 3770
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3767
  Emission standards.............................2983, 3668, 3669, 3730
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3700
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................3790
  Emissions monitoring program...................3656, 3657, 3662, 3726
  Emissions reporting..............................................3762
  Emissions trades..................................................131
  Ethylene processing..............................................3784
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3793
  Federal plan conformity determinations...........................3809
  Ferroalloy industry..............................................3647
  Field citations..................................................3741
  Fuel and fuel additives....................................3635, 3812
  Gas turbines.....................................................3772
  Gasoline oxygen cap..............................................3810
  General provisions amendments....................................3696
  Generic test procedures..........................................3656
  Grant regulations................................................3814
  Hazardous air pollutants........115, 116, 128, 133, 3509, 3665, 3675, 
           3682, 3683, 3684, 3685, 3686, 3687, 3688, 3689, 3690, 3691, 
           3692, 3693, 3694, 3698, 3704, 3727, 3736, 3738, 3758, 3768, 
           3771, 3772, 3775, 3776, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 
           3785, 3786, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3800, 3802, 3803, 3804, 3811, 
                                                                   3816
  Hazardous air pollutants source categories...........3699, 3703, 3738

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  Hazardous waste combustion facilities.............................121
  Hazardous waste TDSF and generator sites.........................3758
  Indian reservations..............................................3654
  Indian tribes treatment..........................................3731
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3643, 3655
  Internal combustion engines......................................3771
  Iron and steel industry....................................3773, 3774
  Large appliance coating industry.................................3785
  Lead.............................................................3658
  Lead smelters..............................................3692, 3701
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3789
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3641
  MACT standards.......................................3699, 3700, 3790
  Marine propulsion engines........................................3830
  Measurement regulation.....................................3646, 3718
  Medical waste incinerators........................................128
  Metal parts and products coating industry......3791, 3792, 3800, 3802
  Mineral wool production industry standards.......................3674
  Monitoring........................................................124
  Municipal landfills..............................................3815
  Navajo nation lands..............................................3648
  NESHAP:
    Chromium emissions.............................................3702
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3793
    Lead smelters..................................................3701
    Metal parts and products coating industry................3791, 3792
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3796
    Wood furniture industry........................................3739
  New source performance standards......................128, 3734, 3798
  New source review...........................................125, 3640
  New stationary sources...........................................3726
  Nitrogen dioxide.................................................3732
  Nitrogen oxides.............................................134, 3653
  Non-metallic minerals processing...........................3734, 3796
  Nonhandheld engines..............................................3748
  Nuclear facilities other than power plants.......................3717
  Nylon 6 production...............................................3777
  On-board diagnostics, fuel system malfunctions...................3827
  Opacity measurement of emissions.................................3720
  Operating permits.....................................126, 3667, 3806
    Indian reservations............................................3639
  Outer continental shelf....................................3752, 3753
  Ozone.....98, 110, 130, 131, 956, 3661, 3663, 3665, 3666, 3704, 3707, 
           3711, 3712, 3714, 3725, 3751, 3756, 3757, 3785, 3800, 3802, 
                                                 3803, 3804, 3825, 3831
  Paint stripper users.............................................3779
  Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3804
  Particulate matter standards................................111, 3665
  PCB manufacturing................................................3495
  Perchloroethylene................................................3723
  Petroleum refineries.......................................3675, 3764
  Pharmaceuticals industry.........................................3689
  Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3679
  Phosphogypsum stacks.............................................3737
  Phosphoric acid manufacturing....................................3677
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3687
  Plastic parts industry...........................................3803
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................3768
  Polycarbonates...................................................3694
  Polyether polyol production......................................3688
  Polymers and resins..................................3676, 3818, 3820
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3691
  Portland cement manufacturing....................................3686
  Printing/publishing facilities...................................3817
  Process heaters..................................................3788
  Publically owned treatment works study...........................3695
  Pulp and paper mills..............................................115
  Radioactive waste................................................3769
  Radionuclides........................................3728, 3816, 4701
  Radon......................................................3729, 3737
  Refrigeration equipment leak repairs.............................3831
  Regional haze protection.........................................3633
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3660, 3663
  Sewage sludge incinerators.......................................3631
  Shipbuilding industry............................................3704
  Solid waste incinerators.........................................3798
  Stainless and non-stainless steel manufacturing..................3821
  State implementation plans.......98, 125, 127, 131, 3638, 3648, 3661, 
                                           3666, 3697, 3743, 3752, 3823
  Steel pickling processes.........................................3678
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3632
  Sulfur oxides...............................................114, 3651
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3763
  Test procedures..................................................3828
  Test rules.......................................................3481
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing.............................3736
  Tire manufacturing...............................................3781
  Volatile organic compounds....129, 131, 3638, 3666, 3704, 3718, 3727, 
             3744, 3763, 3785, 3794, 3795, 3800, 3801, 3802, 3803, 3804
  Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3797
  Wood furniture industry..............................3704, 3739, 3801
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry...........................3683
Air rates and fares:
  Rebating international fares.....................................2329
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Non-Federal facilities...........................................2446
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....................................2348
  Aviation economics...................................2296, 2297, 2352
  Aviation insurance...............................................2431
  Civil Aeronautics Board..........................................2347
  FAA field office addresses and terminology.......................2350
  Taxes............................................................3211
Aircraft:
  Agricultural quarantine and inspection on arrival.................302
  Aircraft parts...................................................2514
  Airshows.........................................................1036
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2417, 2440, 2461, 2462, 
             2463, 2464, 2465, 2500, 2502, 2503, 2516, 2519, 2529, 2531
  Allowable carbon dioxide concentrations..........................2477
  Altitude separation..............................................2425
  Arresting systems................................................1031
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2444
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2511
  Burner test requirements.........................................2522
  Cargo restrictions:
    Oxidizers and organic peroxides................................2792
    Oxygen generator...............................................2813
  Certification services:
    Cost recovery..................................................2453
  Child restraints.....................................2528, 2622, 2711
  Commercial Airlift Review Board..................................1034
  Corrosion control program........................................2427
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2479
  Dispatcher certification.........................................2449
  DOD acquisition regulation........................................950
  Emergency exits..................................................2484
  Emission standards and test procedures...........................3653
  Energy management regulations....................................1164

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  FAA registration fees............................................2505
  Flight data recorders..............................................81
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2442
  Government aircraft in airshows..................................1036
  Government employee use..........................................3915
  Government procurement...........................................1014
    Air Carrier Quality Review Program.............................1034
  Helicopters:
    Type design changes............................................2524
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2470
  Insecticide spraying requirements notification...................2318
  Leases...........................................................1036
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2424, 2495
    Authorized persons.............................................2521
    Certification of mechanics and repairmen.......................2509
    Repair assessments.............................................2512
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities.................1025
  On-board diagnostics requirements................................3827
  Pilot and flight instructor certification........................2480
  Registration.....................................................2418
  Rotorcraft:
    Airworthiness standards..................................2517, 2531
    Maximum gross weight limitation................................2432
    Rating and certification.......................................2519
  Single-engine aircraft:
    Instrument flight plans........................................2459
  Snowplanes.......................................................1731
  Surplus military.................................................2478
  Titles and security documents....................................2418
  Transponders...............................................2481, 2490
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards...................2441, 2531
    Braked roll conditions.........................................2443
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2489
    Emergency exits and slides.....................................2468
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................2474
    Low speed stall................................................2475
    Repair assessments.............................................2512
    Structural loads requirements..................................2494
  Turbine-powered and turboprop:
    Bird ingestion standards.......................................2444
    Water and hail ingestion standards.............................2438
  Type certification procedures....................................2436
  Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1728
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2469
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Advanced Simulation Plan.........................................2526
  Aeromedical education training services..........................2450
  Approach chart availability......................................2445
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2483
  Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2434
  Drug abuse.......................................................2504
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2435
  FAA certification fees...........................................2505
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................2507
    Training and competency........................................2518
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2429
  Ground deicing/anti-icing procedures.............................2486
  Medical examinations.............................................2513
  National Security Areas..........................................2447
  Rest and duty requirements.........................................83
  Simulator instructors......................................2485, 2515
  Training and certification.....................2480, 2485, 2486, 2515
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Aircraft arresting systems.......................................1031
  Complaint procedures.............................................2491
  Disadvantaged business enterprise concession plan................2291
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2322
  Fees.............................................................2533
  Land use compatibility planning..................................2426
  Landing systems..................................................2455
  National capitol airports........................................2535
  Peak period landing fees.........................................2286
  Port of entry lists for aliens...................................2979
  Portsmouth Village Airstrip closure..............................1739
  Removals from port of entry lists................................2108
  Revenue policy...................................................2499
  Security...................................................2421, 2492
  Takeoffs on wet or contaminated runways..........................2467
  Transponder requirement suspension...............................2490
Airspace:
  Air traffic services and aeronautical studies:
    Fees...........................................................2456
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2428
  Dallas-Fort Worth, TX............................................2534
  Flights within the territory and airspace of Afghanistan.........2536
  Houston, TX......................................................2532
  Landing systems..................................................2455
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................2487
  Nashville TCA....................................................2523
  National Park System overflights.................................2433
    Grand Canyon National Park.......................................84
    Rocky Mountain National Park...................................2501
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................763
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2460
  Orlando, FL......................................................2525
  Phoenix, AZ......................................................2530
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2466
  Tampa, FL........................................................2508
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol:
  Denatured alcohol and rum:
    Distribution and use...........................................2883
    Formulas and technical amendments..............................2898
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2884
  Tax-free alcohol.................................................2896
Alcohol abuse:
  Air carrier employees............................................2506
  Alcohol Traffic Safety Programs..................................2727
  Alcohol-free workplace...........................................1130
  DOT alcohol testing rules........................................2341
  Drunk-driving-prevention programs................................2648
  Government employees.............................................1154
  Minors operating motor vehicles..................................2678
  NASA employees.............................................3958, 3961
  National Alcohol Research Centers................................1292
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................4243
  Substance abuse block grants.....................................1188
  Substance abuse professional definition..........................2341
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites........................1165, 1169
  Transit operations...............................................2762
  Transportation industry..................2298, 2323, 2375, 2435, 2789
  Veterans.........................................................3362
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Gasohol
           Liquors
           Wine
  BATF technical amendments..................................2907, 2908

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Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Migrant labor
           Refugees
  Adjustment of status...........................2050, 2058, 2066, 2077
  Aggravated felony convictions....................................2030
  Approved petitions and appeal rights.............................2102
  Battered and abused spouses and children.........................2071
  Criminal convictions.........................................53, 2018
  Cuban nationals............................................2031, 2078
  Deportation proceedings..............................2018, 2037, 2041
    Application for suspension.....................................2107
    Entrepreneurs..................................................2013
    Executing a final exclusion order..............................2025
    Motions and appeals in immigration proceedings.................2016
    Regulation streamlining........................................2082
    Withholding of deportation...............................2031, 2062
  Employment...54, 2024, 2029, 2042, 2057, 2062, 2067, 2094, 2175, 2188
  Estate taxes.....................................................3055
  Expedited exclusion procedures.....................................53
  Family unity.....................................................2061
  Farm labor.......................................................2083
  Farm workers.....................................................2085
  Felons:
    Reentry after deportation or removal...........................2088
    Release conditions.............................................2100
    State assistance for imprisonment costs........................2145
    Waiver authority limitations...................................2087
  Fingerprinting by outside agencies...............................2106
  Foreign group health plans.......................................1399
  Form I-94 Arrival/Departure record.........................2111, 2112
  Haitian nationals................................................2078
  Immigrant investors..............................................2021
  Income taxes.....................................................2993
  INS forms........................................................2105
  Labor certification process..................................60, 2185
  Mariel Cubans....................................................2031
  Mexican border crossing cards..............................2040, 2056
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Admission into the U.S...................................2039, 2042
    Classification.................................................2083
    Corporate reorganizations......................................2020
    Diplomats and government representatives.......................2024
    Disclosure of information......................................2073
    Entertainers...................................................2098
    Exchange visitors..................................1096, 2101, 4269
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................2026
    Medical graduates..............................................2067
    Registration and fingerprinting requirements...................2089
    Temporary workers..............................................2171
    Treaty aliens..................................................2049
    Visa Waiver Pilot Program......................................2272
    Visitors for business..........................................2052
  Orphan petitions.................................................2081
  Parent-child relationships.......................................2081
  Permanent residence documentation................................4257
  Permanent resident status........................................2048
  Physical and mental examinations.................................2091
  Ports of entry changes...........................................2108
  Privilege of communication.......................................2059
  Processing of applicants.........................................2080
  Public assistance programs........................................458
    Food stamp program................................................5
  Refugee status...................................................2031
  Relief applications..............................................2077
  Resettlement assistance..........................................2078
  Southern border crossing cards.............................2040, 2056
  SSA regulations.............................................149, 2038
  SSI sponsorship period...........................................4237
  Stowaways........................................................2114
  Student employment...............................................2054
  Temporary protected status.......................................2076
  Temporary workers..............................2051, 2064, 2083, 2172
  Termination of temporary resident status.........................2085
  Transit without visa.........2022, 2033, 2086, 2090, 2116, 2117, 2271
  USIA exchange visitor program extensions.........................4270
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1210
  In vitro immunogenicity tests.....................................291
Animal diseases:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................289
  Importation.......................................................292
  Salmonella enteritidis in chickens................................300
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Approval process.................................................1216
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1210
  Extra-label use..................................................1262
Animal welfare:
  Animal auction standards..........................................285
  Dogs and cats...........................................286, 294, 295
  Import requirements:
    Humane and healthful transport.................................1596
  In vitro tests in place of animal tests...........................291
  Licensing and consignment requirements............................286
  Marine mammals....................................................290
  Tethering and temperature requirements............................294
  Wire flooring.....................................................295
Animals:
  See also specific animals
           Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Imports............................................283, 297, 298, 301
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Duties.............................................................13
  Protective order violations.......................................646
  Reformulated gasoline program requirements.......................3742
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Antitrust:
  Depository institution management interlocks.....................4633
  Management official interlocks.......................2930, 3278, 4555
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
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  Air Force records correction applications........................1028
  Audiovisual records management...................................3991
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1778
  Bureau of Land Management........................................1890
  Coast Guard Board................................................2340
  Customs information disclosure or production.....................2978

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  Disposition of records...........................................3994
  Facilities.......................................................3980
  Federal records centers....................................3981, 3995
  MMS release of proprietary information...........................1822
  Navy and Marine Corps records....................................1026
  Nixon administration.............................................3992
  Privacy..........................................................2843
  Reproduction fees..........................................3988, 3995
  Researcher registration..........................................3987
  Transfer of records..............................................3990
  USIA materials...................................................3982
Armed forces:
  See also Armed forces reserves
           Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Personnel review boards........................................1028
    Public affairs program.........................................1027
  Armed Services Pricing Manual....................................4367
  Army:
    Surrender of military personnel to civilian authorities........1017
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Administrative appeals process.................................1022
    Environmental quality requirements.............................1019
    Nationwide permit program......................................1020
    Permit regulations.......................................1018, 1023
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program.......................1021
  CHAMPUS....1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046
  Coast Guard......................................................2382
    Advance notice of arrivals and departures......................2378
    Changes to the first and fifth district boundaries.............2413
    Correction of military records.................................2340
    Drug, chemical, and alcohol testing............................2375
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2396
    Examination methods modernization..............................2401
    Facilities transferring oil and hazardous material.............2406
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................78
    Hazardous conditions notification..............................2398
    Industry standards adoption....................................2409
    Lighting provisions amendments.................................2397
    Marine casualty reporting......................................2400
    Marine Safety Information System...............................2300
    Merchant marine documents......................................2373
    Merchant mariners..............................................2380
    Navigation safety equipment for towing vessels.................2408
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2363
    Oil Spills.......................................................80
    Organizational changes and miscellaneous amendments......2383, 2415
    Propeller injury prevention....................................2402
    Radar-observer endorsements....................................2374
    Regatta and parade permits.....................................2377
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................2399
    Regulations removal............................................2362
    Reorganization of districts and organizational changes.........2414
    Tank vessel hull regulations...................................2403
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances..............79
    Towing vessel operators........................................2364
    U.S. ATON systems........................................2410, 2411
    Uniform State Waterways Marking System.........................2410
    Vessel design, inspection, and classification requirements.....2376
    Vessel flame propagation resistance standards..................2379
    Vessel rebuild determinations..................................2407
    Western Rivers Marking System..................................2410
  DOD Civil-Military Programs..................................925, 926
  Health care services..............................................935
  Marine Corps:
    Board for correction of records................................1026
  Navy:
    Board for correction of records................................1026
    Incidental taking of marine mammals.............................781
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities...............1025
  Recruiting on campus....................................927, 929, 998
  Selective service regulation.....................................4175
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2478
  Total Quality Management..........................................917
Armed forces reserves:
  DOD contracts with institutions of higher education...............980
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................937
  Education benefits...................................3334, 3369, 3397
  Ready Reserve.....................................................930
Arms and munitions:
  BATF technical amendments..................................2907, 2908
  Brady Bill regulations...........................................2887
  DOD contractor safety.............................................928
  DOD physical security standards..................................1000
  DOD weapon system warranties.....................................1007
  Dual-use items................................653, 655, 669, 670, 681
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................658
  Excise taxes.........................................2888, 2889, 2899
  Export controls.....651, 655, 657, 659, 662, 663, 664, 669, 670, 672, 
                                                         678, 681, 2281
  Handguns.........................................................2886
  Hazardous wastes.................................................3614
  International....................................................2270
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.......................2887
  Semiautomatic assault weapons....................................2886
  Shotshell length restrictions....................................1605
Asbestos:
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3483
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2846
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.................1776, 1777, 1778, 1781, 1801
  Customs Service..................................................2980
  EPA revisions........................................3508, 3697, 3823
  Government contracting...........................................4352
  Government procurement...........................................4361
  GSA programs.....................................................3938
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................3161
  Justice Department...............................................2120
  Labor Department.................................................2157
  NASA approval authorities........................................3965
  NASA space article transit and certification.....................3971
  Office of Personnel Management...................................4101
  Rural Utilities Service...........................................587
  Social Security Administration...................................4264
  Veterans Administration..................3291, 3331, 3351, 3412, 3415
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2424
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2470
  Airplane operator security.......................................2420
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2462
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2440, 2441, 2464, 2500, 
                                                             2529, 2531
  Alcohol misuse prevention program................................2506
  Allowable carbon dioxide concentrations in aircraft..............2477
  Altitude separation of aircraft..................................2425
  Anti-drug programs...............................................2506
  Autopilot use....................................................2488

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  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2444
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2511
  Braked roll conditions...........................................2443
  Civil penalty assessment procedures........................2483, 2527
  Corrosion control program........................................2427
  Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2417
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2471
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2479
  DOD contractors...................................................950
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2489
  Emergency exits and slides.......................................2468
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................2503
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2497
  FAA review of security regulations...............................2416
  FAA security activities:
    Fees...........................................................2457
  Fatigue evaluation and testing...................................2476
  Flight data recorders..............................................81
  Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2429
  Flight rules...............................................2463, 2465
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs..............................................2452
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................2461
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2442
  Hazards to air navigation........................................2460
  International transportation of hazardous materials..............2788
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2502
  Maintenance personnel certification..............................2509
  Mountain flying..................................................2510
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2294
  Pilot rest and duty requirements.............................83, 2434
  Protective breathing equipment...................................2520
  Regulation exemption process.....................................2422
  Repair assessments...............................................2512
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2495, 3936
  Rotorcraft weight limitation.....................................2432
  Seat restraint systems...........................................2473
  Single-engine aircraft...........................................2459
  Subsonic airplanes...............................................2516
  Transponder requirement..........................................2481
  Turboprop and turbine-powered aircraft...........................2438
  Type certification procedures....................................2436
  Visual descent points............................................2423
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2469
  Wet and contaminated runways.....................................2467
Awards:
  See Decorations, medals, awards


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bananas:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................361
Bank deposit insurance:
  Assessments................................................4546, 4550
    SAIF capitalization............................................4563
    SAIF rates.....................................................4548
  Capital maintenance........................................4543, 4552
  Economically depressed regions designation.......................4531
  Eligibility......................................................4530
  FDIC contractors:
    Conflict of interest...........................................4556
    Suspension and exclusions......................................4556
  Forms, instructions and reports:
    Regulation streamlining........................................4547
  Loans in areas having special flood hazards......................4553
  Management official interlocks...................................4555
  Nonmember banks..................................................4655
  Notice of insured status.........................................4540
  Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4534
  Receivership rules...............................................4542
  Risk-based capital standards...............................4532, 4552
  Simplification of regulations....................................4535
  State sponsored insurance organizations..........................2860
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................4551
Bankruptcy:
  Group health plans...............................................1399
  Post-bankruptcy notices...........................................194
  Qualifications for trustees......................................2126
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3613
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...................................2845
  Automated Clearing House Method..................................2855
  Bank clearing agencies:
    Regulation streamlining........................................4559
  Bank holding companies...............................4604, 4605, 4765
  Bank Secrecy Act......2844, 2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2851, 2852, 
                                                             2853, 2854
  Capital distributions regulations................................3265
  Card clubs.......................................................2850
  Change in Bank Control Act.......................................2925
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2859
    Delivery to non-U.S. addresses.................................2873
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2839
  Community Reinvestment Act.......................................2935
  Control..........................................................4630
  Credit of accounts of government employees and beneficiaries.....2863
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2849
  Currency transaction reporting.......................2848, 2851, 2852
  Deposits and electronic banking..................................3262
  Examination cycles...............................................4541
  Farm credit:
    Agricultural secondary market regulations......................4403
    Book-entry regulations.........................................4420
    Borrower rights................................................4414
    Capital regulations revisions............................4402, 4416
    Disclosure to shareholders.....................................4405
    Election of directors..........................................4415
    Farm Credit System Reform Act............................4408, 4424
    FCSIC nondiscrimination enforcement............................4422
    FCSIC referral of criminal violations..........................4423
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4413
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................4407
    Guidelines for financing agreements............................4401
    Leasing regulation.............................................4406
    Loan loss amortization.........................................4557
    Loan underwriting standards....................................4410
    Loans....................................................4409, 4417
    Non-dollar debt................................................4419
    Regulatory review and deletion.................................4404
    Uninsured voluntary and involuntary accounts...................4418
  Federal branches and agencies of foreign banks...................2929
  Financial institutions:
    Examination cycle for small financial institutions.............2915
    Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System...................3272
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4783
  Government securities sales practices............................2923
  Interstate deposit production offices............................2913
  Investment securities............................................2920
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2924
  Loans to protect collateral......................................2924
  Management interlocks............................................3278
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2911

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  Non-bank financial institutions..................................2847
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2914
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4606
  Regulation U.....................................................4618
  Restrictions on sale of assets...................................4533
  Risk-based capital requirements............................4009, 4606
  Risk-based capital standards.............3271, 3273, 4538, 4615, 4639
  Safety and soundness standards.................2920, 3280, 4554, 4642
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4539
    Sales practices................................................4545
  Securities of non-member banks:
    Regulatory consolidation.......................................4544
  Small business loan obligations..................................3267
  State banks:
    Permitted activities and investments...........................4537
  Transmittal orders.........................................2853, 2854
  Travel rules.....................................................4635
  Treasury tax and loan depositories.........................2860, 2872
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beans:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................346
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Advertising......................................................2875
  Brewery regulations................................................92
  Exports..........................................................2874
  Home brew warehouses.............................................2880
  Labeling...................................................2875, 2892
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2879
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2894
Bicycles:
  Bicycle helmet safety standards...................................162
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting.........................1200, 1223, 1238
  Defining..........................................................282
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1210
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1225
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1255
  Labeling.........................................................1245
  Manufacturers:
    Responsible head...............................................1213
  Name of selling agent or distributor.............................1264
  Streamlining procedures............................................28
  Transfer of infectious agents....................................1295
  Vaccine information..............................................1242
  Vaccine injury compensation......................................1271
  Well-characterized biotechnology products........................1268
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Birth control:
  See Family planning
Blind:
  See also Medicaid
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Detectable warnings..............................................1993
Blood:
  Errors and accidents reporting...................................1194
  Hospital standards for HIV infectious blood......................1405
  Look-back requirements for HIV risk..............................1257
  Safety standards.................................................1194
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Arbitrage restrictions...........................................3152
  Premium amortization.......................................3221, 3230
  Qualified..................................................3068, 3154
  Stripped.........................................................3177
  Zero coupon......................................................1410
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Boycotts:
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................652
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.............................................2395
  Railroad safety regulations......................................2743
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  CFTC regulations revisions..................................160, 4383
  Credit extensions..........................................4612, 4637
  Customer limit orders............................................4836
  Disclosure of broker association membership......................4385
  Large trader records.............................................4833
  Net capital requirements.........................................4823
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2838, 4829, 4834
  Risk assessment for holding company systems.......................158
  Theoretical pricing to determine haircuts on options.............4827
  Wrap fee programs................................................4799
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities...50, 1982, 1983, 3434, 3436
  Asbestos.........................................................3483
  Building code changes following disasters........................3894
  Earthquake hazards reduction......................................329
  Indoor air quality...............................................2260
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility of over-the-road buses.............................2332
  School:
    Body joint strength............................................2643
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2641
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2594
  Testing guidelines...............................................2763
Business and industry........................................3547, 3559
  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...................................3493
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3693
  Aerospace industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3698, 3704
  Aircraft:
    Structural loads requirements..................................2494

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  Aluminum industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3684, 3685
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3786
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3778
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3780
  Cement manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3686
  Chemicals:
    Accidental release prevention..................................3843
    Air pollution control........................3690, 3763, 3775, 3776
    Control of PMNs................................................3492
    Hazardous wastes listing.....................3599, 3604, 3605, 3608
    Manufacture........................101, 112, 3490, 3491, 3500, 3501
    Pollution standards......................................3495, 3818
  Chromium electroplating..........................................3811
  Commercial sterilization.........................................3811
  DOT disadvantaged business enterprise program....................2290
  Dry cleaning.....................................................4649
    Air pollution control..........................................3783
    Effluent guidelines............................................3527
    Perchloroethylene..............................................3723
  Effluent guidelines..........3527, 3528, 3529, 3547, 3559, 3561, 3565
  EPA operating permits.............................................126
  Equipment standards..............................................4470
  Ethylene processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3784
  Fastener industry:
    Quality assurance...............................................684
  Ferroalloy industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3647
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4651
  Friction products................................................3759
  Housing..........................................................1534
  Industrial disposal wells........................................3582
  Industrial laundries:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3527
  Industrial technology partnerships................................910
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3561
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3785
  Leather tanning and finishing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3565
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3789
  Mergers....................................................4662, 4785
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3800, 3802
  Metal products and machinery:
    Effluent guidelines......................................3547, 3559
  Mineral processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3734
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control....................................3767, 3794
    Automobile parts content labeling..............................2688
    Defect and noncompliance reporting.............................2687
    Emission standards.................................3668, 3669, 3730
    Emissions standards........................................116, 132
    Fuel economy.............................................2708, 2709
    Reporting and recordkeeping procedures.....................86, 2726
    Sales volume limit provisions..................................3722
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3539
  Nylon 6 production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3777
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3593
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3804
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3689
    Pollution standards............................................3543
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3803
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3768
  Polyether polyol production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3688
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3691
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............2256
  Printing/publishing..............................................3795
    Pollution standards............................................3817
  Public/private partnerships for public housing unit development
                                                                   1557
  Pulp, paper and paperboard..................................115, 3544
  Steel manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3821
    Effluent guidelines............................................3561
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3736
  Tires:
    Manufacture....................................................3781
  Transportation equipment cleaning:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3528
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3704
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3683


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................4434
  Cost of service..................................................4427
  Cross-ownership rules............................................4437
  Customer service standards.......................................4428
  Home wiring rights...............................................4430
  Rates......................................................4426, 4429
  Small systems....................................................4429
  TV and VCR compatibility.........................................4473
Cancer:
  See also specific hazardous substances
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3859
  Mammography Quality Standards Act..................................26
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1287
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Advice of vessel approval.........................................529
  Barges:
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2363
  Cargo preference...........................................2828, 2831
  Export-Import Bank-financed cargo:
    U.S.-flag vessel preference....................................2826
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2358
  Notice of arrivals and departures................................2378
  Operating differential subsidies:
    Removal of regulations.........................................2832
  Overfill and tank monitoring devices.............................2371
  Rate determinations..............................................2827
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................2392
    Foreign........................................................2356
    Hulls..........................................................2403
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................2392
    Qualifications of personnel....................................2365
    Response plans...................................................79
Cemeteries:
  National Cemetery System:
    Disinterments..................................................3350
    Regulation streamlining........................................3411
  VA burial benefits.........................................3316, 3317

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Census data:
  Census 2000 boundary changes......................................636
  Correction........................................................639
  Release authorizations............................................640
  Special services and studies.................................638, 641
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Individuals with disabilities....................................1047
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Charter operators................................................2313
  Passengers stranded by...........................................2302
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also specific chemicals
           Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3497
  Acrylate/methacrylate............................................3493
  Air pollution control.......................................112, 3763
  Arsenic in drinking water........................................3585
  Assessment information rule......................................3500
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3836
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act............................1996, 2009
  Drinking Water Priority List.....................................3589
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3588
  Export/import....................................................2007
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3512
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3501
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3492
  Ozone depleting:
    Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs............................3725
    Refrigerant recycling..............................3711, 3756, 3757
    Sales restrictions.............................................3712
    Substitutes....................................................3714
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3495
  Polymers and resins..............................................3818
  Test rules.........................3478, 3480, 3481, 3489, 3503, 3516
  Toxic substances...........................................3486, 3490
  Toxic substances in new chemicals................................3491
  Toxicity profiles................................................3479
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3504
  Use inventory rule................................................101
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations..............................................55
  Schooling, health, and well-being..................................55
Child support:
  Automated data processing funding limitation.....................1436
  Automated data processing requirements...........................1435
  Eligibility for food stamp program..................................4
  Garnishment orders.........................................4057, 4091
  Medicaid referrals...............................................1354
  Overdue support information......................................1451
  Paternity establishment services:
    Requirements for voluntary entities............................1434
  Payments to indian tribes........................................1438
  State Case Registry:
    Minimum data set...............................................1433
  State Directory of New Hires.....................................1432
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child labor
           Child support
           Day care
  Absent parent access and visitation..............................1437
  ACF reporting requirements.......................................1457
  Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant Program......................1454
  Child poverty rate:
    State determination methodology................................1430
  Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act.......2134
  Early Start program..............................................1459
  Family preservation and support services.........................1448
  Head Start Program...............................................1459
  Head Start Services for Indian tribal children.............1426, 1449
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus for grants.....................1444
  Indian child protection programs...........................1275, 1798
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1439
  Programs of the BIA..............................................1796
  SSA benefits...............................................4239, 4241
  State performance requirements...................................1424
  State plan requirements..........................................1448
  Temporary assistance block grant:
    ACF reporting requirements.....................................1429
  Temporary assistance to needy families:
    Audits, penalties and corrective actions.........................39
    High performance bonus.........................................1431
    State plans....................................................1440
    Work requirements................................................40
  Title IV-A child care programs...................................1455
  Visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct...................2134
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4390
  Cigarette papers and tubes.......................................2902
  Prohibition of cigarette sales to minors.........................4174
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....2066
  Children born to U.S. citizens abroad............................2074
  INS forms........................................................2105
  Issuance of documents............................................2103
  Marriages entered during deportation proceedings.................2047
  Persons authorized to adjudicate nationality claims..............2284
  Persons over 65..................................................2070
  Religious records................................................4213
  Resumption of nationality........................................2285
  Revocation of naturalization.....................................2104
  Standardized testing...............................................51
  Streamlining legislation implementation............................52
  Testing waivers..................................................2070
Citrus fruits:
  See also specific fruits
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................373
Civil defense:
  See also Disaster assistance
  Military assistance to civil agencies.............................932
Civil money damages:
  Housing for Older Persons Act....................................1531
Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3438
  Developmental disabilities assistance............................1453
  Education........................................................4004
  Equal Access to Justice Act......................................4016
  Housing:
    Hearing procedures.......................................1477, 1515
  Individuals with mental illness..................................1187

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  Language minority groups.........................................1989
  Nondiscrimination.........................599, 2232, 2303, 3927, 4141
    Activities assisted by the NEA...........................3998, 4000
    Activities assisted by the NEH...........................4000, 4003
    Delegations of VA authorities..................................3418
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4422
    Federally assisted programs........................1985, 1986, 1987
    Housing........................................................1475
    Individuals with disabilities.....50, 1982, 1983, 2293, 2310, 2311, 
                                                       3901, 3928, 4137
    SBA streamlining legislation implementation....................4192
    USDA-conducted programs and activities..........................567
  Older individuals................................................1460
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........4141
  Persons with life-threatening illnesses..........................1207
  Redress provisions for persons of Japanese ancestry........1984, 1992
  Sex discrimination:
    VA publications..........................................3338, 3424
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  See also Indians-claims
  Collection by the NEA............................................3997
  Collection by the OPM............................................4073
  Collection by the Peace Corps....................................4138
  Collection by the VA:
    Cross-reference to GAO/DOJ regulations.........................3360
    Delegation of authorities and miscellaneous amendments.........3419
  Customs regulations..............................................2951
  Debt Collection Improvement Act............................2861, 2862
  False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................2120
  FCIC procedures...................................................358
  Federal Claims Collection Standards........................2133, 2861
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................2158
  FMS payments.........................................2866, 2868, 2871
  Food Stamp Program..................................................2
  Medicare suppliers...............................................1319
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1271
  Natural resource damage assessment...................1562, 1563, 1564
  Public land rights-of-way........................................1561
  Substitution unused merchandise drawback.........................2974
  Third-party......................................................2498
  Veterans.......................................3331, 3380, 3390, 3399
    Adjudication regulations.......................................3341
    Time limits for filing evidence................................3305
Classified information:
  Access...........................................................1132
  Defense Industrial Security Program..............................4365
  DOD Information Security Program.............................934, 941
  DOD Personnel Security Program....................................942
  DOE Atomic Energy Act regulation.................................1131
  DOE contractors..................................................1158
  DOT regulations..................................................2324
  Military acquisitions.............................................918
  NARA records declassification....................................3986
  National security................................................2345
  NISPOM applicability to government procurement...................4365
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.................................4688, 4728
  Nuclear material.................................................1132
  OMB personnel....................................................4026
  OMB policies.....................................................4029
  OMB security information.........................................4031
  Prison national security considerations..........................1966
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Clothing:
  Leather belts....................................................4658
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1851
  Coalbed methane development......................................1913
  Moisture.........................................................1852
  Rate guidelines for small shippers................................171
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
      Underground mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Administrative appeals process...................................1022
  Biological test methods for pollutants...........................3522
  Disaster assistance..............................................3891
  Fees for appeals..................................................820
  Management........................................................889
  Oil spill prevention.............................................1832
  Permit regulations...............................................1023
  Shore protection.................................................2370
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3557
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program..................................243, 254, 255
Coastal zones:
  Wetlands:
    Privately owned................................................2575
Coffee:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................362, 363
Coins:
  See Currency
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
           Student aid
  Auditing requirements............................................4040
  College Assistance Migrant Program...............................1063
  DOD contracts.....................................................980
  DOD funding.............................................927, 929, 998
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................937
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................920
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................936
  DOT grants.......................................................2314
  Drug-free schools and campuses...................................1064
  Foreign language and area studies programs...........1079, 1086, 1087
  Grants administration.............................................643
  Grants to Indian colleges........................................1747
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................303
  Student Support Services Program.................................1083
  Temporary assignments of government employees....................4048
  USDA grants and agreements........................................569
Color additives:
  Certification program fees.......................................1241
  Meat and poultry products........................................1266
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Bulk transfers or liquidations...................................4373
  Consolidated orders..............................................4379
  Debt-equity ratio requirements....................................160
  Disclosure documents..............................................157
  Disclosure of broker association membership......................4385
  Early warning reporting requirements.............................4382
  Ethics training for registrants..................................4381
  Financial reporting requirements............................160, 4375
  Financing reporting requirements:
    Large trader reports...........................................4380
  Gross collection of exchange-set margin for omnibus accounts.....4383
  Minimum financial requirements...................................4383
  Prepayment of subordinated debt..................................4383

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  Risk assessment for holding company systems.......................158
  Self-regulatory organization automated systems...................4384
  Use of electronic media:
    Disclosure documents............................................157
    Personal identification numbers................................4375
  Voting prohibitions...............................................159
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4596
  DOT registration system..........................................2582
  Freight forwarders:
    FHWA general jurisdiction......................................2558
    Transportation rates...........................................3911
  Notice filing requirements:
    Agricultural cooperative associations..........................2560
    Compensated intercorporate hauling.............................2559
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1956
  Food-borne illnesses.............................................1247
  Labeling of latex items..........................................1226
  Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1308
  PCC health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance 
                                                                   4136
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           Motion pictures
           Telecommunications
  Assessment and collection of regulatory fees.....................4510
  Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4504
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4506
  Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4481
  Comparative renewal..............................................4507
  Competitive bidding for broadband PCS............................4520
  Competitive bidding for IVDS.....................................4518
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4517
  Competitive bidding for unserved cellular areas..................4519
  Competitive bidding for 800 MHz SMR..............................4528
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4469
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4477
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4465
  Equal employment opportunity...............................4497, 4505
  Equipment authorization process..................................4471
  Excise tax.......................................................3251
  Forfeitures for violations.......................................4466
  Intelligent networks.............................................4440
  International accounting rates regulation........................4489
  Licensing........................................................4475
  Maritime.........................................................4511
  Mobile services..................................................4515
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4441
  Paging systems...................................................4522
  PCC radio communications guidelines..............................4135
  PCS rules:
    Partitioning and disaggregation................................4523
  Personal communications technology and services..................4526
  Pioneer's preference rules.......................................4475
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4513
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4512
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4494
  Relocation of base stations for 200 MHz licenses.................4521
  Satellite:
    Digital audio radio service....................................4493
    Digital LMSS in L-Band spectrum................................4485
    Domestic and international services............................4491
    Earth stations.................................................4492
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4478, 4490
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4494
    Spacing and applications.......................................4486
    Tracking and data relay........................................3954
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4488
  Spread spectrum rules............................................4482
  Terrestrial microwave radio services.............................4527
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4499
  TV:
    Advanced systems...............................................4498
    Advertising practices....................................4500, 4503
    Cable Act................................................4427, 4434
    Cable television cross-ownership...............................4437
    Cable television rates.........................................4426
    Children's programming.........................................4508
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4435
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4502
    Medical care telemetry devices.................................4483
    Open video systems.............................................4432
    Over-the-air reception devices.................................4431
    Station ownership..............................................4501
    Video programming accessibility................................4433
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4514
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4474
Communications common carriers:
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4446
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4445
  International common carriers....................................4496
  Price caps for LECs........................................4447, 4448
  Toll free service access codes...................................4449
Communist countries:
  Export controls..............................................656, 662
Community antenna television systems:
  See Cable television
Community colleges:
  See Colleges and universities
Community development:
  Affordable housing...............................................1480
  Base closure community assistance...........................915, 1522
  Combining other government assistance with CPD assistance........1523
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2839
  Community Investment Program......................................163
  Community Reinvestment Act.................................2935, 3264
    Technical corrections..........................................3279
  Environmental regulations.........................................331
  Financial assistance........................................642, 4579
  Fisheries.........................................................860
  Indian tribes....................................................1810
  National bank investments........................................2932
  SBA 8(a) programs................................................4187
  Small financial institutions:
    Examination cycle..............................................2915
  Work study program...............................................1539
Community development block grants:
  CDBG sanctions...................................................1516
  Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages........................1554
Community facilities:
  See also Health facilities
  FmHA loans...................................................315, 323
Compensation:
  See Indemnity payments
      Unemployment compensation
      Wages
      Workers' compensation
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................520
  Air carriers.........................................2295, 2313, 2327
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2702
  Antitrust regulations............................................2930
  Cable television companies.......................................4430
  Cargo preferences................................................2831
  Communications Act.......................4517, 4518, 4519, 4520, 4528
  Communications carriers..........................................4496
  Communications licensing.........................................4475

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  Food products...............................................468, 1247
  Games of chance..................................................4644
  Government contracts.............................................4357
  Government procurement...........................957, 958, 4300, 4358
  Government research...............................................823
  GSA regulations..................................................3904
  Indian art and craftsmanship protection..........................1565
  Medical plans..............................................1182, 1347
  Motor vehicle fuel economy standards.............................2708
  National Park Service visitor services...........................1736
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2277, 2976, 4333
  Public utilities.................................................4576
  Satellite communications.........................................4491
  Scientific instrument and apparatus imports.......................645
  Small businesses.................................................4343
  Solid minerals agreements........................................1795
  Sugar imports.....................................................516
  Telecommunications marketplace.......................4437, 4438, 4476
  Television marketplace...............................4426, 4435, 4498
  Timber sales......................................................563
  Trade adjustment assistance................................2183, 2184
  VA contracts.....................................................3355
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2973
  Computer reservations system.....................................2295
  Cytology specimens...............................................1370
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4477
  Electronic dissemination of securities disclosure documents......4769
  Electronic filing of air carrier rules...........................2338
  Electronic filing of farm products financing statements...........388
  Electronic filing of OST dockets.................................2339
  Electronic filing of tax returns.................................3070
  Electronic media presentations...................................4742
  Electronic records....................................139, 2735, 3990
  Electronic requests for confidential treatment of export 
      manifest data................................................2949
  Electronic signatures on tax documents...........................3155
  Electronic submission of export license applications..............666
  Electronic submission of fisheries reports........................725
  Electronic ticketing of passengers...............................2033
  Encryption software...............................................675
  Export controls.........................................661, 680, 682
  Federal information resources management:
    Abolishment of regulations.....................................3944
  FIP contracts....................................................3938
  Innovation research rights in data...............................4331
  Internet:
    Offshore offerings.............................................4749
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3983
  Prescriptions for controlled substances..........................2002
  Real-time information networks...................................4577
  RESPA amendments.................................................1513
  Sale, exchange or disposal of excess equipment...................3932
  Security:
    Medicare transaction system....................................1421
  Self-regulatory organization automated systems...................4384
  Software classification..........................................1246
  Stored-value cards...............................................4611
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  Customs regulations..............................................2949
  Disclosure and use of proprietary information....................3916
  EPA regulations..................................................3862
  PTO regulations...................................................900
  Statistical information..........................................4032
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CFTC voting prohibition...........................................159
  DEAR organizational conflict of interests........................1156
  Ethical conduct....................3874, 4001, 4002, 4016, 4022, 4081
    DOL employees..................................................2148
  Ethics programs............................................4006, 4015
  Ethics training..................................................4381
  Exemptions.......................................................4019
  Financial disclosure.......................................4021, 4025
  Investment companies.............................................4797
  Judges...........................................................4230
  NARA policy on outside employment................................3993
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................4014
  Physician referrals..............................................1310
  Post-government employment.......................................4020
  Regional Fishery Management Councils..............................790
  Salary supplementation...........................................4023
  Standards of conduct....625, 916, 1559, 2017, 3414, 4007, 4017, 4139, 
                                                                   4142
  Tax deferral.....................................................4024
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2261
  Safety standards...................................................68
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Air transportation...............................................2313
  Baby walkers.....................................................4394
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................4387
  Bicycle helmets...................................................162
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................4430
  Child-resistant packaging............................4388, 4389, 4395
  Children's sleepwear.............................................4397
  Cigarette lighters...............................................4390
  Drain cleaners...................................................4398
  Export of noncomplying products:
    Recodification.................................................4400
  Fireworks........................................................4393
  Flammability standard for upholstered furniture...................161
  FUSE-burn time of fireworks......................................4399
  Games of chance..................................................4644
  Infant formula quality control...................................1193
  Lead-based paint...........................................1471, 3474
  Meat and meat products............................................498
  Medical devices............................................1203, 1218
  Notices to passengers............................................2307
  Over-the-counter drugs...........................................1206
  Premerger notification...........................................4643
  Previously used lubricating oil..................................4652
  Product warranties.........................................4653, 4654
  Protective batting helmets.......................................4386
  RESPA amendments...........................................1492, 1513
  Securities information publication...............................4759
  Truth-in-Savings.................................................4622
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Air pollution control......................................3752, 3753
  Geological and geophysical exploration of........................1824
  Leasing:
    Authorized bidding system revisions............................1848
    Employee training..............................................1834
    Royalty relief...........................................1842, 1843
    Surety bonds...................................................1833
    Updating documents incorporated by reference...................1836
  Offshore structures:
    Annual inspections.............................................1847
    Oil spill prevention and response........................1832, 3620

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    Seismic reassessment of California platforms...................1827
    Supply vessel standards........................................2366
Continuing education:
  See Adult education
Contracts:
  See Government contracts
Controlled substances:
  See Drug abuse
      Drug traffic control
Cooperative agreements:
  See Grant programs
Copper:
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3579
Corn:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................371
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cotton:
  Bale packaging requirements.......................................275
  CAB adjustments...................................................257
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................384
  Cotton User Marketing Certificates................................278
  Program implementation............................................260
  Reentry into the United States....................................532
  Technical corrections to regulations..............................265
  Upland Cotton Program.............................................267
  Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program..................271
  World price calculation...........................................276
Counterfeiting:
  Color illustration of U.S. currency..............................2841
Countervailing duties:
  Administrative procedures..........................................13
  Protective order violations.......................................646
Courts:
  Administrative law judges........................................4101
  Immigration proceedings..........................................2011
  Redress provisions for persons of Japanese ancestry........1984, 1992
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Brokers and dealers..............................................4637
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................4532
  CCC collection of 1995 advance deficiency overpayments............272
  Debt collection.............................144, 218, 935, 3997, 4073
    Administrative offsets by the FMC..............................4602
  Debt collection by salary offset.................................1080
  Debt collection by tax refund offset..............................411
  Debt collection of OASDI overpayment.............................4247
  Debt instruments...............................3153, 3220, 3242, 3258
  Debt settlement...................................................337
  Debt writedown:
    Shared appreciation agreements..................................193
  Direct line of credit.............................................213
  Disaster Set-Aside program........................................217
  DOD acquisition regulations..................................960, 971
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4609
  Irrevocable Letters of Credit....................................4306
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2924
  National banks.................................2922, 2931, 2933, 2934
  Partners and partnership.........................................3024
  Rating organizations.............................................4820
  Regulation U.....................................................4618
  Savings associations.............................................3277
  Small businesses.................................................3267
Credit unions:
  Corporate........................................................4664
  Golden parachute payments........................................4661
  Indemnification..................................................4661
  Insurance requirements...........................................4667
  Investment and deposit activities................................4663
  Loans............................................................4665
  Management official interlocks between depository institutions 
                                                                   4668
  Mergers of FICUs.................................................4662
  NCUA costs for late or inaccurate 5300 reports...................4667
  Organization and operations................................4666, 4669
  Service contracts................................................4660
  Supervisory committee audits and verifications...................4671
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................4670
Crime:
  See also Counterfeiting
           Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Deportation....................................................2041
    Felonies.....................................2030, 2087, 2088, 2100
    In-transit passengers..........................................2032
  Confidentiality of DOJ information...............................2138
  Correctional system grant programs...............................2143
  Criminal fine collection.........................................2130
  Criminal justice block grants....................................2139
  Criminal referrals...............................................4412
  Domestic violence................................................2146
  FCSIC referral of criminal violations............................4423
  Financial institution reporting requirements.....................2845
  Forest System lands...............................................534
  Forged checks....................................................2871
  Motor vehicle theft..........2136, 2147, 2627, 2701, 2712, 2721, 2733
  NASA-sponsored child care centers................................3973
  Operators of Centralized Examination Stations....................2980
  Rent adjustments for security and expense coverage...............1544
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................2084
  Stolen pet dogs and cats..........................................286
  Tenant protection................................................1508
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................2132
  Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act....................2886
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations....................348, 356, 357, 358, 382
  Application for...................................................351
  Catastrophic risk protection.......263, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 
                                                     367, 377, 378, 381
  Conservation program appeals procedures...........................238
  Cotton..................................................374, 375, 384
  Disaster assistance program.......................................383
  Dry beans.........................................................346
  Feed production...................................................359
  Florida citrus fruit..............................................373
  Forage production.................................................359
  Group Risk Plan...................................................347
  High risk land....................................................350
  Highly erodible land and wetlands............................379, 380
  Ineligibility.....................................................352
  Insurance by written agreement....................................355
  Non-insured crop protection.......................................249
  Nonstandard classification system.................................354
  Onions............................................................341
  Peanuts...........................................................340
  Popcorn corn......................................................371
  Potatoes..........................................................342
  Reinsurance.......................................................369
  Rice..............................................................353
  Small grains......................................................384
  Sugarbeets...................................................343, 376
  Sunflowers........................................................368
  Texas citrus tree crops......................................372, 385
  Tobacco......................................................349, 370
  Tomatoes.....................................................344, 345

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Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline fructose:
  Marketing allotment program.......................................221
Cultural exchange programs:
  Exchange Visitor Program.........................................4269
  Residence waiver.................................................1096
Currency:
  See also Foreign currencies
  Color illustration of U.S. currency..............................2841
  Reporting exemptions.................................2848, 2851, 2852
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Accreditation of commercial testing laboratories.................2941
  Andean trade preference..........................................2940
  Centralized Examination Stations.................................2980
  Commercial gaugers approval......................................2941
  Containers designated as instruments of international traffic 
                                                                   2946
  Country of origin determinations.................................2972
  Country of origin marking......................2959, 2962, 2967, 2975
  Cultural property regulations....................................2944
  Detention of merchandise.........................................2961
  Disclosure or production of Customs information..................2978
  Drawback claims..................................................2951
  Duty-free entry of space articles................................3971
  Duty-free stores.................................................2963
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2965
  Duty-free treatment for imports from U.S. possessions.......648, 2936
  Export manifest data.............................................2949
  Fee and interest.................................................2944
  Fees..............................................................287
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2957
  Foreign-based commercial motor vehicles..........................2948
  General enforcement..............................................2968
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2970, 2971
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2945, 2964, 2976
  Ports of entry.............................................2950, 2979
  Prior disclosure of violations...................................2952
  Publication of filer codes.......................................2937
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2947
  Recordkeeping requirements.................................2945, 2960
  Reusable shipping devices arriving from Canada or Mexico.........2977
  Seizures, penalties and liquidated damages.......................2954
  Substitution unused merchandise drawback.........................2974
  Tariffs:
    Filing requirements............................................2301
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2942
  Tax return information disclosure................................3142
  Temporary admission agreements:
    Taiwan and Taipei..............................................2955
  Toxic substances.................................................2969
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................2982
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2943
  Unentered merchandise............................................2953


                                   D

Dairy products:
  See also specific dairy products
  Cheese alternate products.........................................472
  Dairy Indemnity Payment program..............................216, 274
  Federal Agriculture and Improvement Act of 1996...................278
  Inspection and grading.......................................173, 178
  State make allowance..............................................253
  Transportation and storage........................................476
  Yogurt............................................................446
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Day care:
  Food program..............................................8, 434, 461
  Government procurement...........................................4325
  NASA-sponsored child care centers................................3973
  Title IV-A programs..............................................1455
  VA facilities....................................................3359
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants......................................................2926
  DOE procurement contracts........................................1172
  EPA changes................................................3855, 3865
  Forest Service....................................................548
  Social Security Administration...................................4217
  Transportation Department..................................2292, 2320
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information
Decorations, medals, awards:
  Medals of Honor..................................................2346
Deepwater ports:
  See Harbors
Defense:
  See National defense
Defense acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
Delinquency:
  See Juvenile delinquency
Dental health:
  Amalgam ingredient labeling......................................1244
  Veterans' disability rating......................................3292
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..........................2583
Disability benefits:
  See also Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
           Railroad retirement
           Workers' compensation
  Developmental disabilities assistance............................1453
  Reduction of SS benefits based on workers' compensation..........4251
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
  Allowable costs......................................3882, 3888, 3900
  Appeals procedures...............................................3887
  Earthquakes:
    National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Programs.................3898
  Emergency livestock assistance regulations........................258
  Farmers...234, 348, 355, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 
                                                     370, 371, 381, 383
  Federal grant assistance.........................................3886
    Small projects.................................................3881

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  Floods.....................................................3893, 3895
    Mapping special flood hazard areas.............................3899
    National Flood Insurance Program coverage......................3885
    National Flood Insurance Program fee schedule..................3897
  Food stamps and food distribution............................396, 436
  Government contracts.............................................4357
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3896
  Housing Resources Program:
    Dissolution of program.........................................3884
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act........................................................3883
  National Flood Insurance Program.................................3902
  Public assistance eligibility....................................3891
  Restoration of damaged facilities................................3894
  Small projects...................................................3886
  Snow or blizzard:
    Snow removal assistance........................................3889
  Unemployment assistance..........................................2181
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.........................................1467
  Drug-free schools................................................1064
  Drug-free workforce...............................................948
  Drug-free workplace..................................1130, 2292, 4217
  Felony offense restrictions......................................1995
  Government employees.............................................1154
  Narcotic addict treatment........................................1199
  NIH Center grants................................................1291
  Railroad operations..............................................2746
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................4243
  Substance abuse block grants.....................................1188
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites..............................1169
  Transit operations...............................................2762
  Veterans.........................................................3362
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................2132
Drug testing:
  NASA employees.............................................3958, 3961
  NRC rule.........................................................4721
  Transportation personnel....2287, 2298, 2337, 2342, 2375, 2435, 2506, 
                                                             2789, 2818
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances............................................1999
    Disposer definition and registration...........................2003
    Ephedrine/guaifenesin..........................................2006
    Freight forwarding facilities..................................1998
    Habit-forming drugs............................................1248
    Prescription drugs.............................................2008
    Prescriptions..................................................2002
    Psychotropic substances........................................2005
  Diversion control fee account....................................1997
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act............................1996, 2009
  FAA regulations..................................................2504
  Import/export requirements.......................................1999
  Precursor and essential chemicals................................2007
  Pseudoephedrine thresholds.......................................2010
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................2004
Drugs:
  See also specific drugs
           Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Adverse drug experiences.........................................1209
  Adverse experience reporting.........................1200, 1223, 1238
  Aluminum containing..............................................1202
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements..................1198
  Clinical holds...................................................1201
  Contraceptive drugs..............................................1203
  Current good manufacturing practice..............................1230
  Debarment certification regulations..............................1204
  Drug Master File.................................................1234
  Drugs for life-threatening illnesses.............................1207
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1225
  Habit-forming drugs..............................................1248
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1255
  Inhalation solution products.....................................1209
  Insulin certification......................................1205, 1241
  Investigational new drugs......................1191, 1207, 1237, 1251
  Iron containing..................................................1229
  Labeling.........................................................1214
  Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1353
  Narcotic addict treatment........................................1199
  New drug applications..........................1201, 1234, 1237, 1239
  New drugs list...................................................1231
  Personal medical use.............................................2001
  PET radiopharmaceuticals.........................................1236
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1994
  Registration of producers........................................1197


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey............628, 629, 631
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....632, 633, 634, 635, 
                                                                    637
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
  Administrative regulations.........................................16
  Aeromedical education............................................2450
  Audits...........................................................4039
  Bilingual Education Graduate Fellowship Program..................1057
  Children's television programming................................4508
  Direct grant programs............................................1051
  ED acquisition regulation..................................1056, 1059
  ED employment discrimination complaint procedures..........1990, 3879
  ED general administrative regulations......................1055, 1058
  ED recognition procedures for State agencies.....................1082
  ED salary offset for Federal employees...........................1080
  General Education Provisions Act.................................1054
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................306
  Indirect cost rates..............................................4039
  International education..........................................1085
  Migrant labor....................................................1063
  National Security Education Program...............................921
  National Service Trust...........................................3439
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1280
  NIH scholarships.................................................1281
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1284
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3358, 4267
  Prison education tests rule......................................1977
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1945
  Prisoner literacy requirements...................................1954
  Regulatory review and simplification.......................17, 18, 20
  Rural areas.......................................................613
  Student assistance...............................................1081
  Training programs for TRIO programs..............................1069
  USDA program......................................................304
  Veterans:
    Active duty..................................3374, 3375, 3376, 3378
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3308
    Course approval requirements.............................3301, 3377
    Dependents.....................................................3374
    Educational Assistance Test Program......................3343, 3391
    Election of benefits...........................................3299
    Flight training................................................3377
    Independent study approval.....................................3337
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...............................3297, 3387, 3392
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................3289
    Post-Vietnam era.........................................3375, 3389
    Regulations revision...........................................3388
    Reservists.......................3334, 3361, 3369, 3373, 3387, 3397
    Survivors and dependents.......................................3311
Education of disadvantaged:
  Graduate assistance..............................................1084
  Head Start Program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1427
    Fellowships program............................................1450
    Indian tribal children...................................1426, 1449
    Quality standards..............................................1459
    Safe transportation of children................................1445
    Standards for purchase of facilities...........................1446
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  BIA special education regulation elimination.....................1757
  DOD special education services....................................914
  OSERS Disability and Rehabilitation Research Programs............1089
  OSERS Rehabilitation Services Discretionary Programs.............1094
  Rehabilitation services..................1088, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093
Educational facilities:
  Auditing requirements............................................4040
  Cost accounting principles.......................................4037
  FmHA programs.....................................................232
  Government contracts.............................................4356
  Government procurement...........................................4362
  Grants administration......................................1049, 3427
  NASA contracts.............................................3964, 3975
Educational research:
  OERI conduct standards.....................................1060, 1062
  OERI exemplary and promising programs............................1061
  Protection of human subjects.....................................1048
Educational study programs:
  Foreign language and area studies..........................1079, 1086
Eggs and egg products:
  Inspection...................................................483, 497
  Labeling..........................................................497
  Refrigeration and labeling........................................509
  Salmonella enteritidis............................................300
  Transportation and storage........................................476
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
           Voting rights
  Indian tribal governments..................................1755, 1756
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
  Alternative power pooling institutions...........................4574
  Export authorization.............................................1145
  Hydropower facility licensing.....................................884
  Rural electrification....580, 582, 583, 584, 585, 591, 592, 593, 597, 
                                           599, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605
Electric utilities:
  Cost reports.....................................................4568
  FERC Form No. 1 changes..........................................4569
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1780
  National Forest System............................................551
  Purchases and sales..............................................4566
  Standards and specifications................................581, 2216
  Steam generating facilities......................................3710
  Sulfur dioxide allowances........................................3632
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Consumer rights..................................................4628
  Electronic benefit transfer systems..........................417, 431
  Federal agency disbursements.......................................90
  Federal tax payments.......................................2857, 3147
  Federal wage, salary, and retirement payments....................2869
  Fedwire..........................................................4623
  FRS Regulation E revision........................................4611
  Government employee payment......................................2863
  NASA advance payment.............................................3976
  Regulatory streamlining..........................................3262
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2853, 2854
  Royalties, rentals, bonuses, and other monies....................1821
Elementary and secondary education:
  Desegregation programs...........................................1067
  Drug-free schools and campuses...................................1064
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965...................1066
  Impact aid programs..............................................1065
Emblems:
  See Signs and symbols
Emergency medical services:
  Emergency research...............................................1265
  Medicare requirements......................................1316, 1380
  Mining operations................................................2230
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense

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Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Airline deregulation.............................................2177
  Cafeteria plans..................................................3213
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................2201
  Family and medical leave.........................................3213
  Federal service contracts........................................2165
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........................61
  Taxation...................................................3095, 3135
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens........54, 60, 2029, 2042, 2062, 2067, 2083, 2094, 2171, 2175, 
                                                             2185, 2188
  BIA regulations elimination......................................1760
  DOL follow-on contracting rule...................................2170
  Domestic services................................................2166
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2154
  Lower income persons.............................................1534
  Permanent part-time program:
    Air Force......................................................1032
  Removal of duplicative regulations...............................2190
  Removal of restrictions on employing certain individuals.........1995
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   2160
Employment taxes:
  Limited liability companies......................................3086
  Real estate agents...............................................3200
  Unemployment repayment...........................................3204
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1634
  Alaska breeding population of Steller's eiders...................1632
  Arizona plants...................................................1619
  Arkansas River shiner............................................1637
  Armored snail....................................................1687
  Atlantic salmon..................................................1655
  Barton Springs salamander........................................1680
  Behren's silverspot butterfly....................................1634
  Black legless lizard.............................................1653
  Bog turtles......................................................1581
  Brother's Island tuatara.........................................1651
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl.....................................1644
  California butterflies...........................................1643
  California condors...............................................1700
  California plants.....1640, 1645, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1653, 1656, 1660, 
                                     1662, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1670, 1684
  California red-legged frog.......................................1683
  Callippe silverspot butterfly....................................1634
  Captive breeding.................................................1603
  CITES decisions..................................................1591
  Colorado squawfish...............................................1672
  Consultation process.............................................1691
  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
      Flora and Fauna........................................1583, 1623
  Cordia bellonis..................................................1668
  Critical habitat........753, 754, 755, 756, 780, 807, 812, 818, 1628, 
           1629, 1631, 1639, 1644, 1646, 1654, 1659, 1666, 1671, 1679, 
                                                             1687, 1691
  Delissea undulata................................................1685
  Eagles...........................................................1606
  Eggert's sunflower...............................................1641
  Exemption for low-impact activities..............................1688
  Exemption for small landowners...................................1688
  Ferrets..........................................................1597
  Flat-tailed horned lizard........................................1631
  Florida panther..................................................1611
  Freshwater mussels.........................................1638, 1639
  Golden paintbrush................................................1636
  Grizzly bears....................................................1598
  Guajon or rock frog..............................................1669
  Hawaiian plants..........................1689, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1699
  Holmgren's milkvetch.............................................1579
  Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1611
  Jaguar...........................................................1614
  Johnson's seagrass................................................780
  Least chub.......................................................1647
  List, reclassify, or delist.......1584, 1585, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1614, 
           1621, 1622, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1636, 1667, 1668, 1669, 
           1671, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1681, 1684, 1685, 
                                                                   1698
  Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1609
  Lost River suckers...............................................1646
  Maguire daisy....................................................1686
  Marbled murrelet.................................................1682
  Mexican plants...................................................1670
  Mexican wolves...................................................1652
  Mussels..........................................................1599
  Nile crocodiles..................................................1681
  NOAA incidental take regulations..................................813
  Nogal or West Indian walnut tree.................................1667
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1620
  Pallid manzanita.................................................1661
  Parish's alkali grass............................................1610
  Pecos pupfish....................................................1575
  Pesticide labeling program.......................................3457
  Plants:
    Lloyd's hedgehog cactus, removal...............................1625
    Timber.........................................................1595
  Puerto Rican trees...............................................1630
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1633
  Saltwater crocodiles.............................................1681
  San Diego fairy shrimp...........................................1642
  San Francisco plants.......................................1649, 1656
  San Xavier talussnail............................................1608
  Sea turtles........................................784, 801, 811, 818
  Shem's milkvetch.................................................1579
  Shortnose suckers................................................1646
  Snake River chinook salmon..................................808, 1617
  South American birds.............................................1582
  Spring Creek bladderpod..........................................1635
  Stones River bladderpod..........................................1635
  Texas aquatic invertebrates......................................1622
  Texas plants.....................................................1698
  Tropical birds...................................................1578
  Tropical butterflies.............................................1577
  Umpqua River cutthroat trout.....................................1717
  Vernal pool plants of the Central Valley of California...........1629
  Vicuna...........................................................1602
  Virgin River fishes........................................1621, 1659
  Western snowy plover.............................................1654
  Whooping cranes..................................................1666
  Winter-run chinook salmon.........................................887
  Yacare caiman....................................................1585
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Geothermal energy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Alternative fuels....................................1111, 1117, 1127
  Board of Contract Appeals........................................1134
  Bonneville Power Administration..................................1152
  Capacity reservations............................................4565
  Conduct of DOE employees.........................................1176
  DEAR amendments............................25, 1155, 1166, 1170, 1172
    Acquisitions.............................................1162, 1163

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    Rights in data.................................................1161
  DEAR amendments to substance abuse programs......................1169
  DEAR organizational conflict of interests........................1156
  DEAR regulatory reduction..................................1173, 1174
  DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................924
  DOE certification requirements...................................1159
  DOE Privacy Act regulations......................................1148
  DOE small business subcontracting................................1171
  Employee assistance program......................................1154
  FERC fuel cost adjustment clause.................................4573
  FERC reporting requirements......................................4572
  Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste Management......3624
  Fuel excise taxes................................................3137
  Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Licensing Program.................888
  Privacy Act regulations....................................1149, 1154
  Research grants..................................................1136
  Transmission tariff filings......................................4565
  Uranium mill sites...............................................1147
  Wastes from fossil fuel combustion...............................3623
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Appliance efficiency standards.....1102, 1103, 1108, 1109, 1119, 1120
  Efficiency standards...............................................21
    Clothes dryers.................................................1123
    Clothes washers..........................................1097, 1112
    Direct heating equipment.......................................1124
    Dishwashers....................................................1123
    Electric motors, 200 hp........................................1125
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps.............................1126
    High intensity discharge lamps.................................1121
    High priority appliances and equipment.........................1129
    Major residential appliances...................................1114
    Pool heaters...................................................1124
  Electric motor vehicles..........................................1106
  Electric motors..................................................1104
  Federal buildings....................................1099, 1100, 1128
  Fluorescent and incandescent lamps.........................1110, 4657
  Labeling rule....................................................4659
  Plumbing products................................................1101
  Procurement of energy-efficient products and services......3930, 4295
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..................1118
  Rural electrification regulations.................................604
  State Energy Program.............................................1113
  Test procedures..........................1101, 1107, 1109, 1110, 1116
  Testing requirements:
    Electric motors, small.........................................1122
    Electronic distribution transformers...........................1098
    High intensity discharge lamps.................................1121
    Water heaters..................................................1115
Engineers:
  Government procurement...........................................4292
Environmental impact statements:
  Department of Transportation regulations.......2377, 2548, 2575, 2739
  NEPA regulations.................................................1153
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....................................3494
  BLM fire rehabilitation projects.................................1874
  Chemicals.......................................101, 3480, 3481, 3516
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3847
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3557
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3860
  Environman symbol................................................1741
  Environmental Quality Incentive Program...........................614
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3852, 3855, 3865
  EPA civil penalties assessments..................................3846
  EPA cost recovery methodology....................................3845
  EPA information resources management directives..................3869
  EPA invoicing requirements.......................................3868
  EPA source selection procedures..................................3871
  EPA suspension and debarment procedures..........................3870
  Farm Service Agency..........................................206, 207
  Federal Facility Compliance Act..................................3864
  Federal water resource development...............................1019
  FmHA environmental program........................................322
  Government procurement.........................4295, 4348, 4349, 4355
  Grants administration............................................1150
  Housing....................................................1481, 1482
  HUD..............................................................1463
  MMS safety and pollution prevention equipment....................1826
  Monitoring........................................................124
  National Environmental Policy Act..........311, 547, 1235, 3999, 4672
  National Forest System..................................538, 546, 561
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................822
  Pesticides.......................................................3443
  Radon............................................................4706
  Rail service abandonment and discontinuance.......................172
  Restoration of DOD facilities............................15, 912, 940
  Rural economic development........................................331
  Sterilants.......................................................3467
  Transit projects.................................................2761
Equal access to justice:
  Department of Health and Human Services..........................1189
  Payment of attorneys fees........................................2351
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
  Desegregation programs...........................................1067
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................920
  Education Act Amendments of 1972.................................4004
  Federally assisted education programs......................1985, 4267
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged........................................................136, 3875
  Broadcast industry...............................................4497
  Complaint processing.............................................3878
  Discrimination complaint procedures............1990, 3875, 3877, 3879
  DOI regulations............................................1569, 1570
  Government contractors.............................................58
  Government employees.................................3877, 3878, 4505
  Indians..........................................................1771
  Individuals with disabilities...................135, 2174, 3878, 3880
  Interagency coordination of issuances............................3876
  National origin and citizenship anti-discrimination provisions 
                                                                   1991
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Annuity exclusion repeal.........................................3193
  Charitable transfers.............................................3194
  Farms............................................................3054
  Generation-skipping tax on property held in trust................3248
  Nonresident aliens...............................................3055
  Reformable interest..............................................3194
  Taxation of property distributed in kind.........................3215
Estates:
  BIA regulations............................................1574, 1811
Estuaries:
  See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
  See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Exchange visitor program:
  See Cultural exchange programs

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Excise taxes:
  Arms and munitions...................................2888, 2889, 2899
  Chemical substances..............................................3202
  Communications...................................................3251
  Deposits of excise taxes.........................................3148
  Diesel fuel..........................................3137, 3201, 3250
  Fuels............................................................3138
  Luxury items...............................................3057, 3136
  Vehicles.........................................................3069
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Deletion from regulated substance list...........................3837
  DOD contractor safety.............................................928
  DOD physical security standards..................................1000
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2497
  Fireworks..............................................91, 2885, 4393
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................2358
  Manufacturer licensing...........................................2885
  Mines............................................................2229
  Plastic explosives...............................................2909
  Storage sites....................................................2885
  Table of distances...............................................2885
Exports:
  Administration regulations........................................655
  Agricultural commodities...........................514, 517, 520, 525
  American ginseng.................................................1612
  APHIS user fees..............................................301, 302
  Arms and munitions:
    ITAR controls..................................................2281
  Automated Export System...........................................637
  Biological warfare equipment......................................681
  Biological weapons components.....................................663
  Business equipment................................................673
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................519
  Chemical Weapons Convention implementation...................651, 678
  Chemicals..................................................2007, 3503
  Commerce Control List..............................657, 669, 671, 672
  Communication intercepting devices................................671
  Computer technology..........................................661, 680
  Cotton.......................................................271, 532
  Cuba.........................................................656, 673
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2874
  Encryption software...............................................675
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................658
  Exporter definition...............................................632
  Food assistance...................................................518
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................652
  Foreign military sales designator.................................633
  General License G-CTP revisions...................................680
  General License GCG revisions.....................................668
  General License GFW expansion.....................................682
  Ginseng..........................................................1601
  Humanitarian donations............................................677
  Investigational new drugs........................................1251
  Iran..............................................................654
  Latin America.....................................................659
  Libya.............................................................667
  License applications..............................................666
    Trace chemical exemptions.......................................674
  License exceptions......................................676, 677, 683
  Manifest data....................................................2949
  Medical devices..................................................1252
  Missile technology................................................663
  Nonmilitary items:
    ITAR cryptography..............................................2283
  North Korea.......................................................662
  Nuclear equipment and materials..................................4705
  Nuclear weapons..............................................659, 662
  Oil...............................................................683
  Pesticides.......................................................3445
  Reentry into the United States....................................532
  Reexports.........................................................667
  Reporting requirements.......................................514, 521
  River otters.....................................................1623
  Satellites........................................................657
  Savings clause....................................................660
  Semiconductor manufacturing equipment.............................682
  Shotguns..........................................................672
  Sugar........................................................516, 533
  Temporary exports of tools of trade...............................634
  Timber from western states........................................665
  Tobacco.....................................................527, 2890
  Wassenaar Arrangement...................................670, 676, 679
  Weapons proliferation controls..........................655, 664, 669
  Wildlife.........................................................1583
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Complaint processing.......................................1533, 1535
  Compliance requirements......................................327, 579
    Performance standards............................................43
  Hearing procedures.........................................1477, 1515
  Home Loan Data System............................................2927
  Housing for Older Persons Act....................................1531
  Multifamily:
    Foreclosure....................................................1479
  Nondiscrimination requirements..............................317, 1468
  Occupancy standards........................................1474, 1541
  Single-family:
    Foreclosure....................................................1479
Family planning:
  Abortion-related services compliance standards...................1294
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus................................1444
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.........50, 1982, 1983, 3435
  Base closure community assistance...........................915, 1522
  Commercial solicitations and sales...............................1030
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................916
  DOD technical assistance for environmental restoration............912
  Earthquake hazards reduction......................................329
  Energy performance standards...............................1099, 1100
  Maintenance service contracts....................................2170
  Property management..............................................3925
  RCRA compliance..................................................3864
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................939
  Smoking regulations..............................................3937
  Uniform identification information.................................94
  Water conservation...............................................1128
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Advances:
    Mutual fund shares as collateral...............................4585
    Terms and conditions...........................................4594
  Affordable housing program..................................164, 4592
  Appointment and election of Directors............................4586
  Assessments tied to fiscal year..................................4587
  Budgets and other financial information..........................4595
  Community Investment Program......................................163

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  Community support activities.....................................4581
  Directors fees and expenses......................................4593
  Dividends........................................................4583
  Employee selection and compensation..............................4582
  Financial management policy.......................................165
  Membership applications..........................................4591
  Nonmember mortgagees.............................................4579
  Reserve requirement..............................................4590
  Securities:
    Book-entry procedures..........................................4588
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Administrative hearings..........................................4640
  Automated clearinghouse services.................................4624
  Bank holding companies.........................4607, 4625, 4630, 4638
    Eliminating restrictions on section 20 subsidiaries............4626
    Interlock prohibitions.........................................4617
    Streamlining regulations.......................................4620
  Consumer leasing.................................................4634
  Definition of capital stock and surplus..........................4641
  Depositaries and financial/fiscal agents of the Government......2864, 
                                                                   2872
  Depository institution management interlocks.....................4633
  Deposits and check collection issues at contractual branches.....4621
  Electronic fund transfer.........................................4611
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4609
  Fedwire operations...............................................4623
  International banking................................4614, 4631, 4632
  Loans to insiders, and insiders of affiliates....................4616
  Margin regulations...............................................4612
  Public availability of information...............................4627
  Recordkeeping requirements for financial records.................4636
  Reimbursement for providing financial records....................4636
  Removal of obsolete regulation...................................4619
  Reserve requirements:
    Depository institutions........................................4610
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4603
    Sales practices................................................4614
  State banks..................4604, 4605, 4607, 4613, 4615, 4629, 4630
  Streamlining regulations.........................................4608
  Truth-in-savings.................................................4622
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  CAB adjustments...................................................257
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................359
  Livestock feed assistance.........................................258
  Price support.....................................................264
  Program implementation............................................260
  Technical corrections to regulations..............................265
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
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...................................2417
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................2461
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2471
  Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs..............................3725
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4725
  Occupational safety regulation.....................................74
  Underground coal mines.....................................2219, 2228
  Vessels..........................................................2379
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Aquaculture.......................................................305
  Endangered and threatened.....804, 887, 1617, 1621, 1637, 1638, 1639, 
                               1642, 1646, 1647, 1655, 1659, 1674, 1688
Fisheries:
  Akutan, Alaska....................................................860
  Alaska..........689, 695, 724, 725, 726, 735, 736, 738, 827, 840, 846
  American lobster..............................734, 792, 793, 852, 856
  Atlantic billfish.................................................691
  Atlantic bluefish.................................................707
  Atlantic Coast..........................................793, 839, 866
    Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)..............................746, 750
  Atlantic herring..................................................731
  Atlantic highly migratory species.................................714
  Atlantic mackerel.................................................825
  Atlantic Ocean...............................................690, 770
  Atlantic sea scallop....................................716, 730, 734
  Atlantic sharks..............................................710, 711
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................866
  Atlantic surf clams.....................................688, 852, 853
  Atlantic swordfish................................................851
  Atlantic tuna...........................................720, 828, 854
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...701, 705, 708, 709, 721, 722, 723, 727, 
                                           767, 776, 834, 862, 863, 864
  Black sea bass....................................................703
  Bottomfish...................................................739, 838
  Butterfish...................................................685, 825
  Cape Hatteras area...........................................703, 835
  Chinook Salmon:
    Observer coverage...............................................743
  Corals and coral reefs............................................700
  Critical habitat....................753, 754, 755, 756, 807, 812, 818
  Crustaceans.......................................................855
  Dolphin encirclement prohibition..................................815
  Dolphin mortality limit......................................802, 810
  Dolphin removal quotas............................................800
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................760
  Financial Aid Program, conditional fisheries......................885
  Fishermen's Guarantee Program.....................................876
  Fishways under the Federal Power Act..............................884
  Flounder..........................................................868
  Golden crab.......................................................844
  Groundfish.....689, 692, 695, 701, 704, 705, 708, 709, 721, 722, 724, 
           725, 726, 727, 735, 749, 751, 752, 767, 775, 791, 829, 830, 
                                 834, 836, 840, 842, 843, 861, 862, 864
  Gulf of Alaska......................709, 721, 767, 791, 834, 842, 861
  Gulf of Mexico......693, 706, 712, 717, 718, 719, 728, 769, 774, 826, 
                                                          832, 833, 865
  Halibut...........................................................741
  Hawaiian Islands..............................739, 787, 838, 855, 856
  Incidental take regulations...782, 785, 805, 809, 810, 811, 813, 815, 
                                                                    819
  International................................................744, 850
  King crabs..............................................705, 708, 775
  King mackerel...........................................712, 745, 774
  Mackerel..........................................................685
  Mahogany clams....................................................688
  Marine mammal deterrence..........................................782
  Marine mammal programs.............................757, 758, 806, 816
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.................................760, 819
  National Undersea Research Program................................823
  North Pacific................................................773, 794

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  Northeast multispecies.......................................734, 871
  Northeastern United States........................................849
  Northern fur seal take regulations................................785
  Ocean quahogs...........................................688, 852, 853
  Pacific...........................................................741
  Pacific Coast........692, 697, 704, 733, 829, 830, 836, 843, 847, 858
  Pacific cod..................................................723, 727
  Pacific halibut....................................692, 726, 744, 841
  Pacific Ocean perch...............................................842
  Pacific salmon...............................................733, 778
  Pacific whiting..............................................732, 857
  Pelagic.......................................693, 698, 742, 745, 774
  Personal/vessel use limits........................................702
  Pollock.......................................723, 743, 860, 861, 863
  Porpoise..........................................................871
  Product standards.................................................874
  Puerto Rico.............................................699, 700, 848
  Queen conch.......................................................686
  Red drum..........................................................728
  Red snapper........................................719, 769, 796, 865
  Reef fish.......699, 718, 737, 747, 769, 795, 796, 832, 865, 872, 873
  Regional Fishery Management Council disclosures...................790
  Regulation consolidation.......714, 716, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850
  Regulation withdrawal.............................................771
  Rockfish.....................................................697, 842
  Royal red shrimp..................................................717
  Sablefish.....................................692, 701, 748, 752, 776
  Safe boarding ladder regulations..................................837
  Salmon..................................................756, 858, 863
  Scallops.....................................................736, 827
  Scientific research..........................................783, 824
  Scup..............................................................835
  Sea turtle and conservation areas.................................784
  Shrimp.............................................706, 713, 768, 817
  Snapper-grouper..............................................694, 729
  South Atlantic.................693, 694, 712, 713, 729, 768, 774, 844
  Southeastern United States........................................848
  Spanish mackerel.............................................712, 745
  Squid........................................................685, 825
  Striped bass......................................................770
  Summer flounder...................................................801
  Swordfish.........................................................687
  Tanner crabs............................................708, 751, 775
  Tilefish..........................................................690
  Traps definition..................................................833
  Tuna..........................................740, 809, 810, 815, 828
  U.S. Virgin Islands.....................................699, 700, 848
  Weakfish..........................................................839
  Western Pacific region.............................698, 847, 855, 856
  Whaling regulations...............................................867
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................760
Fishery management plans:
  Atlantic sea scallop..............................................870
  Gulf of Mexico......................745, 747, 774, 795, 796, 872, 873
  North Pacific................................................751, 775
  Northeast multispecies.......................................869, 871
  Pacific Coast.....................................................752
  Puerto Rico.......................................................737
  South Atlantic...............................................745, 774
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................737
  Weakfish..........................................................746
  Western Pacific...................................................739
  Western Pacific region............................................742
Fishing:
  Bald Knob Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.........................1709
  Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge........................1708
  Big Muddy Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.........................1715
  Boyer Chute Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.......................1716
  Coastal Zone Management Act..................................789, 820
  Coastal Zone Protection Act.......................................789
  Data collection program...........................................766
  Emiquon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge...........................1713
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.............................14
  Gillnets..........................................................750
  Glacier Bay National Park........................................1727
  Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge..............................1706
  Hoopa Valley Reservation.........................................1805
  Lassen Volcanic National Park....................................1743
  Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge................................1711
  Mid-Atlantic tuna.................................................720
  Patoka River Marsh National Wildlife Refuge......................1714
  Quotas:
    Clarification...................................................738
    Halibut.........................................................741
    Tuna............................................................740
  Shenandoah National Park.........................................1730
  Snake River chinook salmon........................................808
  Sport fishing:
    Sport Fish Restoration Program.................................1590
  Subsistence management regulations..........................557, 1692
  Subsistence uses.................................................1592
  Tallahatchie National wildlife Refuge............................1710
  Wildlife refuges.................................................1693
Fishing vessels:
  Allocation of Bering Sea/Aleutian Island Pacific cod..............727
  Capital construction fund procedures.............................3206
  Certificates of legal origin......................................879
  Charter and recreational..........................................869
  Fishing Vessel Obligation Guarantee Program.......................883
  Freezer vessels...................................................831
  High Seas Fishing Compliance Act.............................772, 777
  Licensing.........................................................772
  Limited entry gear................................................829
  Limited entry permits...................................749, 752, 836
  Longline vessels.............................................698, 715
  Observer policy.........................................715, 794, 809
  Open access gear..................................................829
  Personal/vessel use limits........................................702
  Quota shares assigned to designated vessel size categories........862
  Safety equipment and operating procedures........................2387
  Safety improvement funding........................................797
  Scale weights.....................................................860
  Shrimp vessel registration........................................817
  Standard definitions..............................................696
  Trawl mesh size...................................................689
  Trawlers................................................706, 713, 870
  Trip limits.......................................................774
  Tuna vessels......................................................799
  Unsafe operations................................................2384
Flammable materials:
  Children's sleepwear.............................................4397
  Combustible and flammable liquids..................................74
  Exemption from regulated substance list..........................3837
  Pesticide foggers................................................3450
  Upholstered furniture.............................................161
Flaxseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Flood control:
  Impoundment regulations..........................................2212
Flood insurance:
  Assistance to private sector property insurers...................3902
  Contracts........................................................3895
  FEMA audit program revision......................................3903
  Flood plain certificate..........................................1493
  Group Flood Insurance Policy.....................................3893
  Loan policies and operations...............................4417, 4553
  National bank loan regulation....................................2933
  National Flood Insurance Act of 1994..............................316
  OTS regulation...................................................3276
  Small businesses.................................................4185
  State bank purchase requirements.................................4629
  Veterans.........................................................3332
  Zone AR designation..............................................3892
Flood plains:
  Administrative appeals process...................................1022

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  Conservation program..............................................240
  Management.......................................................3892
  Permit regulations...............................................1023
  Wetlands.........................................................1464
    Conservation program..................................240, 254, 255
    Privately owned................................................2575
    Wetlands Reserve Program........................................243
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  See also Color additives
  Cured pork products...............................................507
  Flavoring agents:
    Meat products..............................................486, 487
    Poultry products................................................487
    Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2897
  Glycerine.........................................................481
  Meat and poultry products........................................1266
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1233
  Sodium citrate buffered with citric acid..........................512
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................482
  Sulfiting agents.................................................1256
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care.....................404, 415, 434, 444, 447, 461
    Day care home reimbursement.......................................8
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act......................................................8, 453
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................400
  Educational and training assistance exclusions....................469
  Emergency disaster assistance.....................................396
  Farm Bill implementation..........................................399
  Food delivery systems...............................................1
  Food distribution disaster provisions.............................436
  Fraud deterrence..................................................457
  Freedom of information............................................474
  Indian reservations..........................................437, 439
  National School Lunch Program......................421, 424, 435, 462
  Older individuals................................................1460
  Overseas..........................................................518
  Paperwork reduction...............................................398
  Purchase of food products produced in the U.S.....................468
  State Technical Committees........................................617
  Summer Food Service Program..................................408, 448
  TEFAP.............................................................458
  Vegetable protein products........................................412
  Women, infants, and children..................397, 443, 454, 455, 460
    Cultural food preferences.......................................422
    Disqualification of vendors.....................................451
    Eligibility.....................................................420
    Food delivery systems.............................................1
    Food packaging..................................................419
    Infant formula..................................................423
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act.........................................................452
Food grades and standards:
  See also Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
  Common or usual name regulations.................................1267
  Fees.........................................................387, 393
  Regulatory review.................................................508
  Standards of identity, quality, and fill of container............1267
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food inspection:
  See Food grades and standards
Food labeling:
  Dietary supplements........................................1229, 1260
  Eggs..............................................................509
  Health claims.....................................................500
  Meat and poultry...................................477, 479, 500, 506
  Medical foods....................................................1190
  Review of regulations............................................1243
  Sausage casings...................................................513
  Sulfiting agents.................................................1256
Food stamps:
  ADP equipment and services acquisition............................470
  Authorization of retail firms.....................................459
  Claims establishment and collection.................................2
  Computer matching.................................................402
  Disqualifiers and noncompliance penalties...........................4
  Electronic benefit transfer systems.....................417, 426, 431
  Eligibility provisions..............................................7
    Alignment with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..........430
    Income standards........................................5, 463, 466
  Emergency disaster assistance................................396, 436
  Employment and training requirements................................6
  Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program...4, 473
  Information use and disclosure....................................441
  Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act....................440, 467
  Minimum and maximum allotments......................................7
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................403
  Noncitizen eligibility..............................................5
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                        4, 5, 6, 7, 430
  Quality control..............................................401, 440
  Regulatory review.......................................414, 418, 445
  Reporting provisions...............................403, 463, 470, 471
  Retail food stores.............................................3, 441
  Retailer application processing...................................407
  Retailer delinquent debt collection...............................411
  Retailer information privacy......................................394
  Retailer integrity, fraud reduction, and penalties................433
  Simplification of rules...........................................465
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.....5, 414, 
                                                               418, 426
  State agencies reimbursement......................................438
  Utility allowances................................................464
  Utility reimbursements............................................456
  Wholesale food concerns...................................3, 441, 459
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..............................................511, 1247
  Infant formula quality control...................................1193
  Organic...........................................................176
  Pesticide residues...................................3447, 3456, 3465
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1233
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2816
Foreign aid:
  Agency for International Development source, origin, and 
      nationality rules............................................3428
  Exports of business equipment for support to the people of Cuba
                                                                    673
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
  Federal branches and agencies....................................2929

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  Income taxation..................................................3129
  Shell branch management..........................................4631
  State branches...................................................4632
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations....................................2865, 4335
Foreign exchange:
  See Currency
      Foreign currencies
Foreign investments in U.S.:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................630
  Income taxation............................................3039, 3149
Foreign officials:
  Employment.......................................................2024
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
  Arms traffic regulations.........................................2270
  BXA policy controls..........................................668, 669
  COMSAT review category of USML...................................2274
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2965
  ED regulation revisions..........................................1079
  Exclusion or expulsion of foreign nationals......................2059
  Fishery regulations..........................................744, 806
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2948
  International wills registry.....................................2279
  Nuclear energy:
    Mid-Columbia Project...........................................1141
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................2269
  USML revisions...................................................2273
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade agreements
  Antidumping duties.................................................13
  Automobile parts.................................................2722
  Boycott provisions................................................652
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................628
  Business and professional services survey.........................631
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber................................................2966
  Caribbean Basin countries..............................989, 992, 4366
  Countervailing duties..............................................13
  DOD acquisition regulations.......................................957
  Earnings and profits.............................................3119
  Endangered species...............................................1681
  European Economic Community......................................4327
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................908
  Filing of informational materials................................2122
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....632, 633, 634, 635, 
                                                                    637
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2788
  International air transportation policy....................2137, 2338
  International data submissions by large air carriers.............2321
  Iran.............................................................4359
  Licensing of foreign patents acquired by the Government...........909
  Liquidation or reorganization of corporations....................3026
  Maritime Security Program........................................2829
  Motor vehicles...................................................3705
  Payments for intangible rights....................................629
  Prohibited/restricted merchandise................................2981
  Textile labeling.................................................4649
  Trade zones:
    Lapse of authority..............................................649
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................2044
  US transformed end products.......................................990
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Assistance to timber-dependent communities........................606
  Environmental analysis policy and procedure revisions.............547
  Indian allotments.................................................552
  Management planning................................................11
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................535
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2966
  Stewardship Incentive Program.....................................554
  Sustained yield forest units:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1897
  Timber:
    Endangered and threatened species..............................1595
    Removal of regulations.........................................1896
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................538
    Competitive bids................................................563
    Contracts.......................................540, 545, 546, 1941
    Debarments and suspensions......................................548
    Export controls.................................................665
    Rates..........................................................1929
    Substitution of sales area......................................558
    Surety bond form revision.......................................537
    Surplus species.................................................539
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Civil and criminal forfeitures...................................2125
  Civil remedies.............................................4264, 4534
  Clinical investigator disqualification...........................1219
  Debarment of health care providers...............................4112
  Fraudulent commercial driver's licenses..........................2584
  Odometer fraud...................................................2699
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Agriculture Department............................................474
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3836
  Department of Energy.............................................1135
  Department of Justice............................................2131
  Department of Transportation...............................2326, 2347
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................3077
  Mineral resources................................................1912
  NARA organizational and procedural changes.................3985, 3989
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................4011
  Office of Personnel Management...................................4041
  Public information...............................................4709
  Railroad Retirement Board fees...................................4173
  Regulations revision.............................................1402
  Social Security Administration...................................4215
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting..........................117, 3472
  Veterans Affairs...........................................3319, 3420
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................2315
  Invoiceless billing..............................................4845
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators..............................................2813
  Protection against shifting and falling cargo....................2540
Frozen foods:
  Country of origin marking........................................2959
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage..................181
Fruits:
  See also specific fruits
           Citrus fruits

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  Common Crop Insurance........................................364, 365
  Crop insurance....................................................372
  Grain-fruit products..............................................409
  Import restrictions...............................................296
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage.............179, 181
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel additives:
  Deposit control additives........................................3829
  Waiver application criteria......................................3635
Fuel economy:
  Equivalent measurements for gaseous fuels........................2709
  Improvements.....................................................3829
  Light trucks.....................................................2708
  Private/municipal alternative fuels fleet program................1117
  Reporting requirements...........................................2672
Furs:
  Labeling.........................................................4647


                                   G

Gambling:
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4673
  NIGC definitions.................................................4677
  NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4674, 4675
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......................................1913
Gasohol:
  Motor vehicle use..........................................1111, 1127
Gasoline:
  See also Fuel economy
           Gasohol
  Diesel fuel tax............................................3059, 3060
  Diesel refineries................................................3650
  Diesel-powered equipment in mines................................2228
  Reformulated.....................................................3810
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Geothermal energy:
  Leasing requirements.............................................1910
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  A-E contracts....................................................1013
  Accounting procedures............................................1007
  Affirmative action...........................................58, 2174
  Agency for International Development.................3428, 3429, 3430
  Authority delegations............................................4352
  Automated systems.................................................984
  Awards to historically black colleges and minority institutions
                                                                   4308
  Bid openings or closing dates....................................4330
  Clauses and solicitation provisions...............................626
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................242
  Competition:
    Miscellaneous changes..........................................3943
  Competitiveness..................................................4357
  Construction..................................57, 58, 964, 1013, 2607
  Contract reform..................................................1160
  Contractors:
    DOD ground and flight risk regulation...........................950
    DOD placement assistance program................................922
    DOD safety regulation...........................................928
    DOE contract security personnel................................1133
    DOE employee security clearance................................1158
    Employee Reprisal Complaint and Investigation Files............1139
    Labor management relations.....................................1029
    Liability......................................................3957
    MMAS changes....................................................953
    Offsets in Foreign Military Sales contracts....................1003
    Performance...............................................973, 1013
    Replacement of striking employees..............................2176
    Responsibility criteria........................................4354
    Termination for convenience....................................4332
    Training..................................................983, 1033
    Waivers........................................................2168
  Cost accounting standards..................................4329, 4356
  Cost allowability criteria.......................955, 999, 1157, 4287
  Cost or pricing data.............................................3852
  Cost principles...................................................972
  Cost reimbursement rules..........................................978
  DEAR amendments..................................25, 1155, 1166, 1170
  DEAR amendments to substance abuse programs......................1169
  DEAR regulatory reduction..................................1173, 1174
  Debarment and suspension.............................1172, 3855, 3865
  Defense Acquisition Pilot Program.................................919
  Defense articles and services.....................................962
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4687
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................968
  Disaster Relief Act..............................................4357
  Dispute resolution.............................3910, 3911, 3912, 4326
    FAA procedures.................................................2458
  DOD contracts with institutions of higher education...............980
  DOD cost/schedule status report...................................954
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................920
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training...................1146
  Drug-free workplace...............................................948
  Economically distressed communities...............................624
  Environmental protection.........................................4355
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3852, 3855, 3865
  EPA Mentor-Protege Program.......................................3848
  EPA source selection procedures..................................3871
  Farm Service Agency...............................................244
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act...................993, 994, 2154
  Fees and incentives..............................................1160
  Finance rules.....................................................971
  Fixed price.......................................................967
  Flexible contract administration services........................1008
  Foreign entities............................................964, 4328
  Highway projects...........................................2569, 2607
  Immigration................................................2115, 2116
  Indians........................................1759, 1800, 1808, 1856
  Labor standards..............................................57, 2165
  Lobbying restrictions......................622, 972, 2309, 3956, 4337
  Manufacturing Technology Program..................................965
  MILCON-funded CPFF contracts.....................................1006
  Multiyear contracting.............................................993
  NAFTA implementation.......................................1004, 4333
  NASA policies........................................3946, 3947, 3950
  NATO entities.....................................................964
  Nondiscrimination............................................58, 2174
  Nuclear safety management..........................................24
  Penalty payments.................................................3854
  Performance work statements......................................4038
  Precontractual contract administration............................952
  Price adjustments to shipbuilding contracts......................1024
  Progress payments.................................................997
  Prompt pay overseas..............................................4328
  Protection of and access to classified information...............4688
  Qualification requirements.......................................1007
  Records retention................................................4338
  Research and development...........1012, 1177, 4280, 4309, 4331, 4356

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  RHCDS contract work hours and safety standards....................339
  Rights to inventions..............................................907
  Service contracting........................................2165, 2170
  Small Business Administration.....................................988
  Small business innovation research rights in data................4331
  Small business subcontracting....................................4191
  Small disadvantaged businesses...................................1011
  Subcontracting...................................971, 979, 4299, 4342
  Substance abuse..................................................1165
  Timber sales.....................................................1941
  Trade Agreements Act.............................................1004
  Truth in Negotiations Act.........................................974
  UN entities.......................................................964
  VA administrative changes..................................3355, 3406
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave...................................................4052
    Family and medical leave........................................141
  Access to classified information..................................942
  Administrative law judges........................................4101
  Availability of official information.............................4041
  BIA staffing.....................................................1809
  Career and career conditional employment.............1032, 4105, 4106
  Career transition assistance for surplus and displaced 
      employees....................................................4076
  Child care at VA facilities......................................3359
  Clarification of staffing provisions.............................4047
  Classification appeals...........................................4082
  Corporation for National Service:
    Noncompetitive appointments....................................4107
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................4058
    COLA partnership committees....................................4092
    Extension of eligibility.......................................4059
  Credit of accounts...............................................2863
  Crime control at NASA-sponsored child care centers...............3973
  Criminal investigators...........................................4089
  Debt collection..................................................4073
  Defense personnel...........................................922, 4075
  DOT staff assignments............................................2343
  Employee organization relationships with OPM.....................4113
  Employment discrimination............................3877, 3878, 4505
  Examining services costs.........................................4101
  Excepted service:
    Appointment of noncitizens.....................................4043
    Operational procedures.........................................4045
  Executive, management, and supervisory development...............4115
  FDIC standards of fitness........................................4561
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................2158
  Financial disclosure requirements................................4021
    Removal of regulation..........................................4560
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................908
  General Schedule position classification system..................4118
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................4013
  Gifts from foreign sources.......................................3923
  Health benefits:
    Acquisition regulation...................................4102, 4131
    Debarment of health care providers.............................4112
    Enrollment...............................................4070, 4100
    FEHBP changes......................................4099, 4129, 4130
    Hospital insurance benefits....................................1359
    Preemption of taxes......................................4069, 4072
  Indemnification............................................1470, 4225
  Interagency placement............................................4116
  Inventions.......................................................3417
  Investigations...................................................4111
  Life insurance.............................................4068, 4098
  Merit system standards...........................................4071
  Mileage allowance................................................3942
  NARA policy on outside employment................................3993
  NARA recordkeeping requirements...................................139
  NASA drug and alcohol testing programs.....................3958, 3961
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......567
  NSF lobbying restrictions........................................4008
  Occupational radiation protection............................22, 1141
  Pay administration.............................4051, 4055, 4089, 4125
  Pay rates........................................................4119
    Non-appropriated fund wage areas.............4084, 4085, 4086, 4087
  Performance appraisal................................4049, 4050, 4117
  Performance Management and Recognition System....................4108
  Personnel records................................................4044
  Presidential Management Intern Program...........................4079
  Promotion and internal placement.................................4074
  Reduction in force.........................................4049, 4077
  Reinstatement eligibility........................................4105
  Relocation costs.................................................4056
  Restoration to duty..............................................4078
  Retention service credit.........................................4049
  Retirement:
    Alternative form of annuity....................................4128
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................4066
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........4094
    Credit for military service....................................4062
    D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................4095
    Debt collection................................................4096
    Determinations of marital status for survivor annuities........4063
    FERS basic annuity.............................................4097
    FERS coverage elections........................................4067
    Health care professionals......................................4061
    Service credit.................................................4064
    State income tax withholding...................................4065
  Salary offset for claims collection........................4054, 4138
    Child support, alimony, commercial garnishments..........4057, 4091
  Salary offset for ED debt collection.............................1080
  Salary supplementation...........................................4023
  Security standards...............................................4110
  Selective Service registration...................................4104
  Senior Executive Service:
    Last move home benefit.........................................3917
    Performance appraisal....................................4050, 4117
  Separate maintenance allowances..................................4126
  Severance pay..............................................4053, 4090
  Standards of conduct.....568, 625, 916, 1176, 1476, 1559, 2017, 2842, 
           3414, 3874, 4001, 4002, 4007, 4015, 4017, 4018, 4081, 4139, 
                                                       4142, 4184, 4202
  Substance abuse.......................................943, 1130, 1154
  Suitability standards............................................4109
  Summer employment................................................4042
  Temporary employees..................................4046, 4048, 4114
  Testimony........................................................4026
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................4103
  Training...................................................4080, 4115
  Travel regulations.....138, 3912, 3913, 3915, 3917, 3920, 3921, 3942, 
                                                                   3945
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................4088
  Wage area redefinition.........................4083, 4120, 4122, 4124
  Wage survey responsibility.................................4121, 4123
Government in the Sunshine Act:
  See Sunshine Act
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations.......621, 623, 624, 944, 966, 981, 983, 993, 
           2267, 3407, 3907, 3943, 3952, 3953, 3963, 4102, 4260, 4346, 
                                                                   4691
    Certification requirements.....................................3909
    Commercial items...............................................3344
    Commercially available off-the-shelf items.....................4319
    Deviation......................................................3908
    Federal Supply Schedules.......................................4282
    Foreign acquisitions...........................................4283
    HUD............................................................1536
    Leasehold interests in real property...........................3919

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    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................3314
    Quality of environmental data..................................3850
    Real property policies.........................................3906
    Simplification.................................................4279
    USAID....................................................3429, 3430
    Value engineering..............................................3853
    Veterans Affairs protest.......................................3347
  Agency supplements...............................................4363
  Agriculture acquisition changes...................................621
  Aircraft parts...................................................1014
  Architect-engineer services......................................4292
  Authority delegations............................................3938
  Ball and roller bearings..........................................958
  Buy American Act.................................................4300
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1276
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.............................989
  Child care services..............................................4325
  Class deviations.................................................4363
  Combination locks.................................................934
  Commercial items acquisition...........................975, 991, 3918
  Commercial vehicle and equipment leasing..........................960
  Competitive range determinations.................................4318
  Concepts and processes:
    Substantive revisions..........................................4276
  Construction....................................951, 1010, 4300, 4364
    Design build selection procedures..............................4272
  Contingent fees............................................4298, 4360
  Contractors:
    Business meal costs............................................4297
    Disclosure and use of proprietary information..................3916
    FAR certifications.................................4278, 4312, 4351
    FDIC suspension and exclusions.................................4556
    Liquidated damages payments....................................4289
    NASA advance payments..........................................3975
    NASA contractor cost reporting.................................3962
    NASA printing and duplicating restrictions.....................3960
    NASA termination liability.....................................3977
    Overhead certification.........................................4301
    Overhead settlement............................................4303
    Purchasing systems reviews................................949, 4288
    Quality considerations...................................1002, 4341
    Response action contractor exclusions..........................3851
  Contracts:
    Administration..................................................982
    Administration and audit cognizance............................4281
    ADP.............................................................984
    Assignment of claims............................................961
    Cost accounting standards......................................4307
    Electronic funds transfer.......................................995
    Executive compensation..........................................985
    Final indirect cost rates................................4281, 4320
    Fixed price....................................................4313
    Forward pricing and billing rates..............................4281
    Gratuities.....................................................4315
    Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3849
    Inspection clauses.............................................4364
    Modification of existing contracts.............................4305
    NASA Contract Adjustment Board.................................3978
    NASA contracts.........................3959, 3964, 3967, 3968, 3969
    NFS contracts.........................................538, 545, 546
    Novation and change-of-name agreements.........................4273
    Offset arrangements.............................................987
    Payment provisions.............................................4287
    Payments......................................961, 1015, 3907, 4296
    Performance-based contracting............................4277, 4317
    Preaward debriefings...........................................4316
    Prompt Payment Act compliance..................................4291
    Reciprocal agreements...........................................982
    Service contracting..........................3405, 4302, 4317, 4364
    Solicitation provisions........................................4368
    Termination....................................................4345
  Convict labor use................................................4340
  Cooperative purchasing............................................137
  Cost accounting standards........................................4329
  Costs:
    Accounting for allowable costs.....................4297, 4337, 4338
    Cost principles.................................................977
    Employee compensation costs....................................4336
    Exceptions to requirements for certified cost data.............4271
    Foreign selling costs..........................................4310
    Gifts and entertainment costs..................................4301
    Interdivisional transfers......................................4346
    Legal proceedings costs........................................4353
    Overhead should-cost reviews....................................996
    Pension costs..................................................4284
    Predetermined indirect cost rates..............................4362
    Travel...................................................4294, 4339
  DD Form 1149 revision.............................................976
  Defense Acquisition Pilot Program.................................919
  Defense Production Act amendments................................4344
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4687
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................968
  Department of Labor..............................................2233
  DOD ozone-depleting substances regulation.........................956
  DOE certification requirements...................................1159
  DOI regulations............................................1566, 1567
  Domestic service restrictions....................................1001
  Education Department.......................................1056, 1059
  Electronic commerce facilitation.................................4279
  Electronic component screening...................................4341
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4296
  Emergency repairs................................................3404
  Energy-efficient office equipment and supplies...................3930
  Energy-efficient products and services...........................4295
  Environmental Protection Agency..................................3869
  Environmentally preferable products............3507, 4295, 4348, 4349
  European Command Supplement.......................................969
  European Economic Community......................................4327
  Extension Service regulation......................................310
  Federal Acquisition Reform Act:
    Procurement integrity..........................................4274
    Simplified commercial item acquisitions........................4275
  FIRMR provisions amendment.................................3938, 3941
  Foreign currency use.......................................2865, 4335
  Foreign patents acquired by the Government........................909
  Foreign product restrictions......................................957
  Foreign source restrictions.......................................946
  Fuel..............................................................924
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade...........................4358
  GSA regulations..............3904, 3906, 3907, 3908, 3909, 3914, 3919
  GSA Service Centers..............................................4368
  Health care services..............................................935
  HUD regulations..................................................1537
  Information Technology Management Reform Act......................986
  Insurance/liability to third parties..............................947
  Irrevocable Letters of Credit....................................4306
  Late offer consideration.........................................4304
  Leasing of transit facilities or equipment.......................2768
  Lobbying restrictions......................................4290, 4337
  Loss allowability criteria.......................................4286
  Micro-purchase procedures..................................1005, 4347
  Military acquisitions.............................................918
  Military assistance program address codes........................1009
  Miller Act Bonds.................................................4306
  Multiyear contracting............................................4352
  NASA approval authorities........................................3965
  NASA award fee coverage..........................................3966
  NASA's midrange procurement procedures...........................3951
  National Park Service visitor services...........................1736
  Office copying machines....................................3929, 4348
  Office of Personnel Management...................................4131
  OFPP Act procurement requirements................................4321
  Panama Canal Commission..........................................4133
  Performance and payment bonds....................................4323
  Performance incentives...........................................4313
  Petroleum products...........................................946, 989

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  Presidential delegation, assignment of claims....................4361
  Pricing..........................................................4367
    Exceptions to requirements for certified pricing data..........4271
  Procurement integrity.............................................945
  Protests.........................................................4314
  Quality assurance nonconformance.................................4334
  Quick closeout procedures........................................4350
  Records retention................................................4338
  Recycled products................................................3618
  Research and development.........................................4364
  Screening FIP resources..........................................3939
  Sealed bidding...................................................4322
  Security procedures........................................1168, 4365
  Small business subcontracting........................1171, 4285, 4293
  Small businesses.................................923, 970, 3968, 4343
    Set asides and thresholds......................................4370
  State Department regulations.....................................2267
  Streamlining legislation implementation........137, 2320, 3940, 4131, 
                                                             4294, 4347
  Subcontracting.......................................4036, 4324, 4342
  Tank and automotive forging items................................1001
  Thresholds......................................985, 1016, 3938, 4369
  Total Quality Management..........................................917
  Trade eligibility-Caribbean Basin Countries......................4366
  Trade prohibitions-Iran..........................................4359
  Transportation acquisitions......................................2355
  Truth in Negotiation Act.........................................3918
  Value engineering definition.....................................4372
  Vessel parts................................................959, 1014
  Voluntary standards..............................................4028
  Wool..............................................................963
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Computer technology equipment:
    Exchange/sale and disposal of excess...........................3932
  NASA reporting regulation........................................3953
  Office copying machines..........................................3929
  Telephone systems................................................3934
Government property management:
  Assignment and utilization of space..............................3924
  Extension Service regulation......................................310
  Federal facilities in urban areas................................3925
  Motor vehicles...................................................3935
  Reporting excess personal property...............................3931
  Space alterations:
    Delegations of authority to occupant agencies..................3926
Government publications:
  Educational institution auditing.................................4039
  Nonprofit organizations..........................................4033
  Prohibitions against reproduction................................1181
Government securities:
  See also Bonds
  Customer protection..............................................4822
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2840
  Sales practices..................................................2923
Grains:
  See also specific grains
           Feed grains
  Farm Facility Loan Program........................................259
  Grain-fruit products..............................................409
  Weighing and inspection fees......................................389
  Weighing regulations review.......................................386
Grant programs:
  Absent parent access and visitation..............................1437
  Block grants:
    Child care and development.....................................1439
    Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages......................1554
    Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program......................1425
    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.....39, 40, 1429, 1431, 1440
  Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant Program......................1454
  Correctional system..............................................2143
  Energy research..................................................1136
  EPA air grants...................................................3814
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus requirements...................1444
  Juvenile delinquency.............................................2141
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration....................3970
  National Institutes of Health..............................1290, 1291
  OPM merit requirement establishment..............................4071
  Research grants..................................................1293
  Rights to inventions..............................................907
  State cemetery grants............................................3317
  1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program.................307
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administrative provisions and requirements..............304, 309, 569
  Community facility grants.........................................606
  Housing preservation grants.......................................321
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................622
  Rangeland Research Grants Program.................................311
  Rural cooperative organizations...................................570
  Rural economic development........................................572
  Rural Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program................588, 613
  Technical assistance and training..................232, 571, 574, 609
  Waiver of restriction on eligibility..............................218
  Water and waste disposal programs............................586, 610
Grant programs-communications:
  Public Telecommunications Facilities Program......................891
  Telecommunications infrastructure.................................892
Grant programs-economic development:
  Excess capacity...................................................642
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations.......................16, 1049, 1055, 1058
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................936
  ED Direct Grant Programs.........................................1051
  Evaluation of recipients, grantees and contractors...............1060
  FmHA programs.....................................................232
  Head Start Program funding.......................................1427
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................306
  Hispanic-serving institutions:
    Work-study programs............................................1538
  Indian colleges..................................................1747
  Indian grant policies and procedures.............................1744
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................303
  National Security Education Program...............................921
  Training programs for TRIO programs..............................1069
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Environmental management program.................................1150
  EPA technical assistance grants..................................3833
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3895
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3896
  Solid waste management grants.....................................608
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1460
  Health professions teaching facilities...........................1272
  Health services research.........................................1278
  National Alcohol Research Centers................................1292
  NIH and NLM training grants......................................1290
  Nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery...........................1274
  Substance abuse block grants.....................................1188
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants...............................1516
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1520
    Program income.................................................1517
    Streamlining...................................................1518
  Emergency shelter grants:
    Streamlining...................................................1526
  Homeless veterans................................................3323
  Housing preservation grants.......................................321
  Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Grants Program......................1510
  Small Cities and Insular Areas...................................1524
  Special needs assistance.........................................1485
Grant programs-Indians:
  BIA regulations revision.........................................1760
  Construction of jails............................................2142

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  Economic development and core management grants..................1810
  Education grant policies and procedures..........................1744
  Health programs..................................................1277
  Tribal Self-Governance Program...................................1802
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................1807
Grant programs-law:
  Confidentiality of information...................................2138
  Criminal justice block grants....................................2139
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................2146
Grant programs-national defense:
  Administrative provisions and requirements........................938
  DOD funds provided to institutions of higher education.......927, 998
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1924
  Marine mammal protection:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1593
  National Undersea Research Program................................823
  Railroad grants..................................................1922
  State grants.....................................................1920
  Surface coal mining agreements...................................1863
Grant programs-science and technology:
  NASA cooperative agreements to State and local governments.......3949
  NCI construction grants..........................................1286
Grant programs-transportation:
  Alcohol traffic safety grants....................................2727
  Approval process.................................................2601
  Debarment and suspension requirements for drug-free workplace 
      grants.......................................................2292
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2595
  Uniform administrative requirements........................2308, 2314
  Value engineering programs.......................................2565
Grants administration:
  Assistance to State and local governments........................3890
  Department of Education..........................................1049
  Lobbying restrictions......................................2309, 3956
  Social Security Administration.................4216, 4217, 4218, 4219
  Uniform administrative requirements.......643, 2314, 3427, 3955, 4218
Grazing lands:
  Alaska grazing administration....................................1919
  Alaska reindeer..................................................1908
  Classifications..................................................1889
  Conservation......................................................618
  Indian land......................................................1745
  Leasing..........................................................1939
  National Forest System.......................................552, 561
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guarantees:
  See Warranties
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling and transfer of oil or hazardous liquids................2365
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2358
  Maintenance fees.................................................2970
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1460
Hazardous material transportation:
  FAA regulations:
    Oxidizers and oxidizing materials..............................2451
  Technical amendment..............................................2609
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Cargo tank requirements..........................................2791
  Coast Guard regulations............................78, 79, 2378, 2406
  Cylinder inspections.............................................2811
  Cylinder qualification requirements..............................2803
  Driving/parking rules............................................2602
  Farmers and retail farm suppliers................................2606
  Hazardous Waste Manifest rule....................................3625
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2786
  International standards..........................................2788
  Liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines..............................2824
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3619
  Miscellaneous amendments.........................................2781
  Motor carrier safety permits.....................................2817
  Motor carrier safety ratings.....................................2563
  Motor carriers.............................89, 1729, 2551, 2552, 2591
  Oxidizers and organic peroxides..................................2792
  Packaging........................................................2810
  Passenger aircraft:
    Oxyden generators..............................................2813
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2790
  Placard requirements.............................................2796
  Poisonous materials labeling.....................................2782
  Preemption determination.........................................2592
  Railroad regulations.......................................2759, 2806
  Regulations elimination..........................................2821
  Regulatory review................................................2808
  Response plans...................................................2820
  Revision of exemption, approval, registration, and reporting 
      procedures...................................................2804
  Shipping papers retention........................................2785
  Stationary source definition.....................................3837
  Tank cars........................................................2798
  Tankerman requirements and qualifications........................2365
  Ticketing program................................................2822
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
           Poison prevention
           Radioactive materials
  Accidental release...............................................3843
  Air pollutants...73, 111, 115, 116, 128, 133, 3509, 3631, 3636, 3647, 
           3665, 3674, 3675, 3676, 3677, 3678, 3679, 3680, 3681, 3682, 
           3683, 3684, 3685, 3686, 3687, 3688, 3689, 3690, 3691, 3692, 
           3693, 3694, 3695, 3698, 3699, 3701, 3702, 3704, 3717, 3727, 
           3736, 3738, 3758, 3759, 3764, 3768, 3771, 3772, 3773, 3774, 
           3775, 3777, 3778, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 
           3786, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3794, 3796, 3798, 
                   3800, 3801, 3802, 3803, 3804, 3811, 3820, 3822, 4649
  Aluminum cylinders safety problems...............................2775
  Asbestos.............................................3483, 3506, 3515
  Basic research and training program..............................1289
  Caprolactam......................................................3822
  Carbon monoxide............................................3653, 3748
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3859
  Chemical test rules..................................3489, 3503, 3509
  Chemicals..........................................95, 96, 3479, 3486
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................2969
  Chromium...............................................71, 3787, 3811
  Damage to natural resources..........................1562, 1563, 1564
  Disinfection byproducts....................................3589, 3591
  Drinking Water Priority List.....................................3589
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3576
  Editorial corrections............................................2814
  Energy sources...................................................2235
  Environmentally preferable products guidelines...................3507
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2236
  Exposure limits for air contaminants...............................73
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List..............................3844
  Federally permitted releases.....................................3840
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................2245
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3512

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  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2771
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1831
  Intrastate transportation..........................................89
  Isocyanates......................................................3637
  Lead........102, 1471, 3474, 3484, 3487, 3505, 3508, 3517, 3579, 3692
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3619
  Metals...........................................................3510
  Metalworking fluids................................................67
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3766
  Microbial contaminants...........................................3591
  Microbial products (biotechnology)...............................3494
  Microorganisms...................................................3477
  MSHA protection standards........................................2218
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3861
  Nitrogen dioxide.................................................3732
  Nitrogen oxides.........................................99, 134, 3653
  Occupational safety and health programs............................70
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2294
  Ozone precursors..................................................131
  Ozone-depleting substances........................................956
  Penalties under CERCLA and emergency planning....................3866
  Pesticides......3442, 3446, 3447, 3451, 3453, 3454, 3463, 3465, 3482, 
                                                                   3760
    Aircraft disinsection notification.............................2318
    Cross-contamination reporting..................................3448
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations..........................3856
    Exportation....................................................3445
    Field testing..................................................3458
    Inventory with cancelled registration..........................3454
    Labeling program.........................................3457, 3461
    Notification procedure.........................................3466
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3449
    Production and distribution records............................3857
    Regulatory review...............................................118
    Self-certification..............................................100
    Water pollution control........................................3566
    Worker protection standards........................3444, 3455, 3462
  Pipeline safety operations.......................................2818
  Pipeline safety standards.....88, 2774, 2779, 2783, 2784, 2787, 2794, 
                                                       2802, 2805, 2809
  Polychlorinated biphenyls.......................119, 3496, 3498, 3513
  Propane cylinders:
    Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2770
  Radionuclides.................105, 3581, 3583, 3728, 3816, 3839, 4701
  Radon................................................3729, 3737, 3842
  Regulatory review.................................................118
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3502, 4355
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3858
  Saccharin........................................................3841
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3632
  Sulfur oxides.....................................................114
  Sulfuric acid drain cleaners.....................................4398
  Surface coatings.................................................3766
  Toxic Release Inventory:
    Chemicals....................................................95, 96
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3510
  Toxics Release Inventory..............................117, 3472, 3504
  Underground storage tanks........................................3626
  Water pollution control..............................3521, 3534, 3535
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3834
  Cement kiln dust..................................................109
  Cleanups....................................................123, 3833
  Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge.................................3514
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities...........................................121
    Radioactive waste................................................97
  Effluent limitation guidelines...................................3546
  Format and Content Guide.........................................3808
  Geologic repositories............................................4708
  Groundwater contamination........................................3582
  Identification and listing.......................120, 123, 3593, 3597
  Land disposal:
    Post-closure requirements......................................3603
    Restrictions..............................................122, 3621
  Lead.............................................................3475
  Manifest regulation..............................................3625
  Medical waste.....................................................128
  Military munitions...............................................3614
  Mineral processing wastes.........................................122
  Organobromines...................................................3604
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3593
  Pesticides.......................................................3863
  Petroleum refining process.......................................3609
  Polychlorinated biphenyls...................................119, 3513
  Radioactive waste..........................................3571, 4720
    Disposal of spent nuclear fuel.................................1151
    Recycling of scrap metals......................................3664
    Site recommendation............................................1140
    Waste Isolation Pilot Plant................................97, 3769
    Waste management rules.........................................3765
    Yucca Mountain, NV..............................................113
  Recycled used oil................................................3597
  Recycling.........................................................107
  Saccharin........................................................3841
  Silver-bearing waste.............................................3592
  Solid waste.................................................107, 3627
  Solvents.........................................................3605
  Spent solvents...................................................3597
  Taxation of environmental settlement funds.......................3257
  Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup.............108
  Testing methods..................................................3596
  Toxic waste site.................................................3479
  Toxicity characteristic metals....................................122
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3622
  Training programs accreditation..................................2258
  Treatment and disposal:
    Fluorescent lamps..............................................3624
  Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators.......3758
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3608
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3835
  Wood preserving wastes............................................122
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health:
  See 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
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Cancer patients..................................................1287
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1313
  Clinical laboratories regulation...................................35

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  Electronic transfer of data......................................1039
  Home and community-based services................................1184
  Home health agencies.............................31, 1184, 1366, 1400
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1338
  Human reproductive tissue intended for fertilization, 
      implantation, or insemination................................1254
  Human tissue intended for transplantation..................1228, 1254
  Organ procurement and transplantation............................1385
  Patient radiation exposures......................................4718
  Patient rights.............................................3284, 4698
  Plastic surgery for inmates......................................1972
  Prepayment plans.................................................1301
  Rural services..............................................613, 1302
  Small business size standards....................................4188
  Veterans...................................93, 3298, 3320, 3363, 3379
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Community mental health centers..................................1327
  Fire safety standards............................................1349
  Hemodialysis facilities..........................................1376
  Incineration of medical waste.....................................128
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded...........1349
  Long-term care...................................................1387
  Mammography Quality Standards Act..................................26
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1310
  Registration requirements........................................1254
  Renal dialysis facilities........................................1304
  Transfer of infectious agents....................................1295
  Uniformed Services facilities.....................................935
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Employees of firms with less than 51 employees...................38
    Individual coverage after loss of group coverage.................38
    Pre-existing condition exclusions................................38
  CHAMPUS amendments...............................................1042
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants..................................1044
  CHAMPUS definition of experimental...............................1045
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care..............................1041
  CHAMPUS programs.................................................1046
  COBRA continuation coverage......................................1373
  Employer based group health plans................................1373
  Exemption from State regulation..................................2201
  Government employees...............4069, 4072, 4099, 4129, 4130, 4131
  Individuals with disabilities.....................................135
  Issuer requirements................................................38
  Portability:
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........62, 63
    State enforcement................................................38
  Retiree benefits.................................................2191
  Retroactive enrollment...........................................1357
  Small Business Job Protection Act:
    Limitation of liability........................................2194
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
  Amendments of 1988...............................................1406
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1301
  Medicaid requirements............................................1352
  Medicare penalties and sanctions.................................1347
  Organizational structure and services............................1404
  Physician incentive plans..................................1182, 1356
  Third party liability............................................1315
Health professions:
  Audiologists.....................................................1324
  CHAMPUS provider certification requirements......................1043
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1370
  Education:
    Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1348
  Foreign medical graduates........................................4268
  Health Education Assistance Loan Program.........................1273
  Health Professional Scholarship Program..........................3364
  Health Professionals Education Assistance Program................3361
  National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1269
  NIH traineeships.................................................1282
  Nurse practitioners and nurse midwives...........................1274
  Nurses:
    Anesthetists...................................................1348
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................2064
  Pathologists.....................................................1324
  Physician assistants.......................................1296, 1321
  Physician ownership and referral arrangements....................1179
  Physicians:
    Civil money penalties..........................................1179
    FEHBP payments for services....................................4129
    Health services referrals......................................1310
    Hearing evaluation performance.................................1196
    Home health certifications.....................................1375
    Incentive plans..........................................1182, 1356
    Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians...............1397
    Medicare reimbursement.........................37, 1367, 1390, 1416
    State registrations............................................2000
    VA medical opinions rules......................................3357
  Psychologists....................................................1351
  Retirement provisions............................................4061
  SSA hearing procedures...........................................4221
  Teaching facilities..............................................1272
  Training grants..................................................1290
Health records:
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1392
  Electronic records and signatures................................1224
  OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................4044
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants..................................1044
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Accident reporting requirements..................................2573
  Alcohol traffic safety grants....................................2727
  Diabetic interstate truck drivers................................2583
  Federally administered areas.....................................2724
  Highway-rail grade crossings...............................2574, 2756
  Motor carrier regulations...2549, 2550, 2552, 2554, 2566, 2567, 2599, 
                                                       2600, 2603, 2625
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................2254
  Sanctions procedures.......................................2724, 2725
  State programs...................................................2601
  Traffic control devices:
    Pedestrian, bicycle and school warning signs...................2604
  Traffic surveillance and control.................................2568
  Zero Tolerance law...............................................2678
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1944
  Beautification costs.......................................2537, 2578
  Center line and edge line markings...............................2608
  Certification acceptance policy..................................2571
  Construction on Indian lands.....................................1769
  Environmental impact and related procedures....2548, 2575, 2690, 2761
  Federal aid project authorization..........................2555, 2605
  Federal aid projects...........................2569, 2570, 2598, 2607

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  Funding..........................................................2553
  Geometric design of highways and streets.........................2596
  Management and monitoring systems..........................2564, 2764
  National Highway System..........................................2555
  Noise abatement projects.........................................2581
  Planning and administrative costs................................2723
  Railroad highway projects........................................2576
  Right-of-way regulations.............................1837, 2541, 2577
  Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1731
  Traffic surveillance and control.....................2572, 2597, 2608
  Tramroads and logging roads......................................1872
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................2065
  Value engineering programs.......................................2565
Historic preservation:
  National parks...................................................1721
  Paleontological resources........................................1906
  Regulatory revisions.............................................3426
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
Holding companies:
  Bank holding companies.........................4607, 4625, 4638, 4765
  CFTC risk assessment..............................................158
  Exempt wholesale generators......................................4802
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4800, 4805
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4801, 4804
  Foreign utility companies........................................4802
Holidays:
  IRS regulation...................................................3256
Home improvement:
  Loans............................................................1495
Homeless:
  Food stamp program..................................................7
  Homeless Assistance Fund...........................................42
  Housing...........................................42, 915, 1485, 1522
  Rural housing.....................................................335
  Single room occupancy program....................................1530
  Veterans.........................................................3323
  Women, infants, and children......................................452
Homesteads:
  Alaska:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1928
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1917
Hospice care:
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1322
  Medicare payments................................................1314
Hospitals:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Blood transfusions...............................................1405
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care..............................1041
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1379
  Diagnostic procedures............................................1374
  DOT grants.......................................................2314
  Emergency medical care...........................................1380
  Essential access community hospitals.............................1423
  Grants administration.......................................643, 3427
  Independent rural primary care hospitals.........................1401
  Medicaid payment...........................................1412, 1418
  Medicare coinsurance amounts.....................................1420
  Medicare conditions of participation...............................30
  Medicare inpatient hospital deductible...........................1420
  Medicare insurance premium.......................................1419
  Medicare payment.............................................33, 1415
  Medicare payment to swing bed hospitals..........................1409
  Mortgages........................................................1490
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules..................29, 1385
  Outpatient services........................................1374, 1382
  Physician incentive plans prohibition............................1182
  Preadmission services............................................1358
  Psychiatric......................................................1299
  USDA grants and agreements........................................569
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances...............................................4659
  Energy efficiency.......21, 1097, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1108, 1112, 1119, 
                                                             1120, 1129
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3785
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Home improvement
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Block grant activities and projects..............................1554
  Congregate Housing Services Program..............................1486
  Drug Elimination Program.........................................1467
  Employee standards of conduct....................................1476
  Employment opportunities.........................................1534
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............................1118
  Environmental quality............................................1481
  Environmental review procedures............................1472, 1482
  FEMA Disaster Housing Resources Program:
    Dissolution of program.........................................3884
  Hearing procedures...............................................1478
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1484, 1518
    Streamlining...................................................1466
  HOPE program amendments..........................................1519
  Housing preservation grants.......................................321
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1537
  Income limits....................................................1487
  Indians.................................45, 228, 231, 336, 1546, 1782
  Lead-based paint.....................................1471, 3475, 3487
  Limited denial of participation in HUD programs..................1462
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1521
  Multifamily:
    Mortgages......................................................1511
    Security servicing..............................................314
    Streamlining.............................................1498, 1499
    Tenant participation.....................................1491, 1499
  Nondiscrimination................................................1475
  OFHEO information regulation...............................4010, 4011
  Rent regulations...........................................1465, 1487
  Rental agreements................................................3179
  Replacement housing:
    Modernization factor.............................................44
  Rulemaking policies and procedures...............................1469
  Rural:
    Deferred mortgage program.......................................334
    Farm labor housing..............................................312
    Homeless and migrant farmworkers................................335
    Lease write-offs................................................332
    Loan policies...............................224, 314, 324, 325, 338
    Loans and grants...........................................320, 331
    Multiple-family housing.........................................326
    Recapture of subsidy............................................333
  Shelter Plus Care:
    Streamlining...................................................1527
  Single-family..................................1500, 1503, 1506, 1519
    Streamlining.............................................1498, 1512
  Site and neighborhood standards..................................1465
  State agency amendments..........................................4579
  Streamlining regulations...................................1486, 1533
  Supportive housing programs......................................1485
    Streamlining...................................................1528
  Termination of tenancy for criminal activity.....................1508
  Turnkey III program..............................................1556
  Youthbuild Program...............................................1529
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
      Rent subsidies
Housing standards:
  Occupancy........................................................1474

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  Use of Materials Bulletins.......................................1488
Human research subjects:
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1283
  Informed consent.................................................1265
  Protection of human subjects...............................1048, 1951
  Streamlining.....................................................1483
  Student rights...................................................1052
  Veterans.........................................................3322
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Bald Knob Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.........................1709
  Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge........................1708
  Big Muddy Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.........................1715
  Boyer Chute Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.......................1716
  Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge................................1707
  Emiquon Marsh National wildlife Refuge...........................1713
  Migratory birds.......1576, 1580, 1588, 1605, 1624, 1702, 1703, 1707, 
                                                       1708, 1709, 1714
    Bismuth-tin shot.........................................1626, 1712
  Patoka River Marsh National wildlife Refuge......................1714
  Polar bears......................................................1701
  Subsistence management regulations..........................557, 1692
  Subsistence uses.................................................1592
  Wildlife refuges...........................................1587, 1694
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Adjudication processing:
    Motions to reopen or reconsider................................2014
  Adjudications processing.........................................2079
  Administrative finality of decisions.............................2035
  Appeals practice and procedure...................................2016
  Application for labor certification..............................2075
  Approved petitions and appeal rights.............................2102
  Asylum procedures..........................................2062, 2114
  Battered spouses and children....................................2280
  Carrier fines........................................2068, 2095, 2096
  Citizenship documents............................................2103
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................2116
  Direct mail program..............................................2092
  Discipline of attorneys in immigration proceedings...............2011
  Examinations fee account schedule................................2034
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2110
  Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994 
      provisions...................................................2072
  In-transit passengers............................................2032
  INA revisions....................................................2276
  INS forms......................................2105, 2109, 2111, 2112
  Interview requirement............................................2053
  Legal services programs..........................................2012
  Master Exhibits availability.....................................2097
  Orders to show cause.............................................2099
  Overtime liability for inspection services.......................2055
  Petitions for employment based immigrants........................2060
  Ports of entry.................................2108, 2117, 2950, 2979
  Preinspection rules..............................................2069
  Promises of benefits.............................................2037
  Reentry after deportation or removal.............................2088
  Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, 
      Germany, and Vietnam.........................................2093
  Representation by law students...................................2015
  Requests for additional evidence.................................2063
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................2084
  Southern border crossing cards...................................2056
  Soviet Scientists Immigration Act................................2057
  Subpoena service authority.......................................2043
  Temporary protected status for Salvadorans.......................2118
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................2033
  Transit agreement suspension.....................................2086
  Transportation lines signatory to contracts......................2115
  Voluntary departure periods......................................2119
  Waiver authority limitations for felons..........................2087
  Waivers on behalf of foreign medical graduates...................4268
  Warrants of arrest...............................................2099
Immunization:
  Vaccine information..............................................1242
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
           Trade adjustment assistance
  Acrylate/methacrylate............................................3493
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................297
  Animals and poultry...............................................292
  Animals for slaughter.............................................498
  APHIS user fees....................................283, 298, 301, 302
  Canadian Province of Origin.......................................635
  Chemicals......................................2007, 3490, 3500, 3501
    Blanket certifications.........................................2969
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3492
  Controlled substances:
    Personal medical use...........................................2001
  Dairy product quotas..............................................515
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2965
  Duty-free treatment for imports from U.S. possessions............2936
  End-use certificates..............................................266
  Fastener quality..................................................684
  Fish..............................................................804
  Forests and forest products.......................................288
  Fruits and vegetables.............................................296
  Information disclosure to intellectual property rights owners 
                                                                   2956
  Inspection:
    User fees.......................................................287
  Marine mammal products............................................759
  Meat and poultry products.........................................530
  Motor vehicles:
    Compliance with Federal safety standards.......................2685
  Nonroad engines..................................................2983
  Ozone-depleting substances.......................................3663
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2938
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1701
  Prohibited/restricted merchandise................................2981
  Scientific instruments and apparatus..............................645
  Seeds.............................................................281
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2966
  Sugar........................................................516, 531
  Textiles...................................................2939, 2958
  Timber:
    Designated ports...............................................1595
  Toshiba sanctions................................................2984
  Watches and watch movements.......................................648
  Wildlife.........................................................1618
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................3081
  Accounting:
    Change in method.........................................3040, 3120
    Hybrid instruments.............................................3177
    Mark-to-market method..........................................3122
    Partnerships...................................................3011
  Accuracy related penalty.........................................3205
  Affiliated groups..........................................3033, 3111
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................3190
  American Samoa residency determination...........................3032
  Annuities............................................3001, 3056, 3153
  Arbitrage regulations............................................3152
  Arbitrage restrictions...........................................3082
  Asset ownership..................................................3058
  Available unit rule..............................................3079
  Below-market loans...............................................3225

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  Bond premium income..............................................3226
  Bonds:
    Accrued market discount........................................3048
    Inflation-indexed........................................3047, 3126
    Premium amortization.....................................3221, 3230
    Private activity...............................................3228
    Qualified..........................................3068, 3154, 3228
    Stripped.......................................................3177
    Tax exempt.....................................................3082
    Tax-exempt.....................................................3152
  Branch profits tax.........................................3025, 3238
  Branch remittances...............................................3121
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2985
  Capitalization.................................2991, 2992, 2993, 3087
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................3115
  Charitable contributions...................................3085, 3103
  Closing costs....................................................3180
  Club membership fees deduction...................................3227
  Common trust funds...............................................3236
  Compromises......................................................3065
  Consolidated group:
    Change in ownership............................................3247
  Consolidated returns:
    Losses and deductions........................3191, 3192, 3246, 3247
  Controlled groups..........................................3173, 3234
  Corporate acquisitions:
    Carryovers of methods of accounting............................3000
  Corporate assets.................................................3170
  Corporate income tax.......................................3026, 3190
    Domestic stock or security transfers...........................3092
    Foreign subsidiary.............................................3053
  Corporate inversion transactions.................................2998
  Corporations...............................................3172, 3178
    Distribution to foreign persons................................3233
    Stock ownership after a merger...........................3173, 3234
  Cost recovery system.............................................2989
  Cost sharing regulations...................................3164, 3235
  Creative property................................................2992
  Credit, paid.....................................................3110
  Debt.............................................................3046
  Debt instruments...................3153, 3220, 3240, 3241, 3242, 3258
  Deemed paid credit...............................................3038
  Deemed paid taxes................................................3039
  Deferred compensation............................................3135
  Deferred compensation and salary reduction.......................3196
  Definitions......................................................3255
  Demolition of structures.........................................3167
  Deposit of taxes.................................................3147
  Diesel fuel tax............................................3059, 3060
  Disabled access credit...........................................3162
  Disclaimer of joint property.....................................3210
  Disclosure of return information.................................3143
  Disclosure of return information to Customs Service..............3142
  Dividends:
    Extraordinary dividends........................................3188
  Electronic filing of Form W-4....................................3197
  Electronic signatures............................................3198
  Electronic signatures on documents...............................3155
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................3213
    Funded welfare benefit plans...................................3176
    Loans treated as distributions.................................3080
    Valuation of plan distribution.................................3095
  Employees........................................................3198
  Employment credits...............................................3074
  Empowerment zones................................................3074
  Entity classification rules......................................3158
  Escrow funds.....................................................3005
  Estates..........................................................3073
  Exemptions.......................................................3100
  Expenditures documentation.................................2995, 2996
  Extension of time to file partnership income and trust income 
      returns......................................................3141
  Extensions of time for certain elections...................3160, 3261
  Filing requirements:
    Extension of time..............................................3150
  Fishing vessel capital construction fund procedures..............3206
  Foreign company income...........................................3117
  Foreign corporations........2999, 3026, 3039, 3041, 3045, 3090, 3105, 
                                                             3109, 3118
    Earnings and profits...........................................3119
    Stapled entities...............................................2994
    Stock transfers..........................................3044, 3091
  Foreign deferred compensation plans..............................3093
  Foreign governments..............................................3107
  Foreign grantor trusts...........................................3009
  Foreign insurance................................................3018
  Foreign insurance companies................................3014, 3035
  Foreign investment companies.....................................3129
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................3108
  Foreign investments........................................3127, 3128
  Foreign partnerships.......................................3020, 3062
  Foreign tax credit.......................3030, 3051, 3111, 3112, 3113
  Foreign taxes....................................................3041
  Form W-4.........................................................3198
  Form 945.........................................................3010
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................3016
  Fringe benefits..................................................3212
  Functional currency..............................................3118
  FUTA tax.........................................................3135
  General utilities repeal.........................................3169
  Golden parachute payments........................................3168
  Grantor trust rules..............................................3058
  Gross income...............................................3031, 3163
  Group health plans, continuation coverage........................3165
  GST revisions....................................................3195
  Guam residency determination.....................................3032
  Highly compensated employee......................................3094
  Indian traders' tax..............................................1791
  Information reporting............................................3131
  Installment obligations..........................................3003
  Insurance companies..............................................3171
  Insurance income.................................................3116
  Insurance underwriters...........................................3259
  Intangible amortization....................................3067, 3216
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................3007
  Interest:
    Contingent interest............................................3073
  Interest charges.................................................3123
  Interest deductions........................................3048, 3083
  Interest expense...........................................3106, 3237
  Interest-free adjustments........................................3145
  International organizations......................................3107
  International tax................................................3089
  Inventory item definitions.......................................3006
  Investment in excess passive assets..............................3037
  Jurisdictional regulation........................................3104
  Labor organizations..............................................3100
  Lease write-offs..................................................332
  Leasing, tax exempt..............................................3229
  Levy.............................................................3064
  LIFO definitions.................................................3006
  Long-term contracts..............................................3004
  Losses:
    Separate limitation............................................3029
    Stocks.........................................................3186
  Magnetic media filing requirements.........................3070, 3203
  Modified guaranteed contracts....................................3012
  Mortgage credit certificates.....................................3078
  Multiple parity financing........................................3066
  Nonpayroll withheld tax liabilities..............................3252
  Northern Mariana Islands residency determination.................3032
  Notice and consent requirements..................................3219
  OBRA 1993 regulations......................................3033, 3151
  Overpayments.....................................................3260
  Partnerships.....................................................3141

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    Depreciation recapture.........................................3043
    Distribution of marketable securities..........................3102
    Foreign investment.............................................3028
    Limited partner definition.....................................3222
    Sales of interests.............................................3011
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................3052
    Tax matters partner............................................3146
    Terminations...................................................3101
    Withholding....................................................3132
  Payments, deferred...............................................3019
  Pensions:
    Minimum funding................................................3002
  Personal injury damages exclusion................................2988
  Personal property sales..........................................3022
  Petroleum and chemicals..........................................3138
  Premiums.........................................................3013
  Presidential election campaign fund:
    Payments to candidates.........................................3224
  Procedure and administration...............................3077, 3084
  Property exempt from levy........................................3064
  Property transfers, outbound.....................................3050
  Qualified costs..................................................2987
  Qualified plans..................................................3075
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................3015
  Reasonable basis...........................................3205, 3255
  Receipts for expenditures..................................2995, 2996
  Reclamation costs................................................3180
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................3076
  Refund offsets....................................................411
  Refunds..........................................................3260
  Rental agreements................................................3179
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......3027, 3061, 3144, 3254
  Research credit..................................................2986
  Residence interest...............................................3166
  Residence trust..................................................3134
  Resident status............................................3031, 3139
  Retirement plans...........................................3157, 3175
  Rollover contributions...........................................3075
  Ruling amounts schedules.........................................3223
  S corporations...........................3072, 3125, 3130, 3149, 3214
  Salary reduction election........................................3174
  Sale of seized property..........................................3159
  Section 1.471-5..................................................3182
  Section 1041 regulations.........................................3187
  Section 1059A regulations........................................3042
  Section 1272(a)(6)...............................................3046
  Section 1361(a)(1)...............................................3149
  Section 1441.....................................................3131
  Section 1502...............................................3192, 3247
  Section 170(f)(8) regulations....................................3085
  Section 179A deduction...........................................2990
  Section 197 regulations..........................................3067
  Section 2056(b)(7)...............................................3073
  Section 274 regulations..........................................3227
  Section 30 credit................................................2990
  Section 338(h)(10)...............................................3171
  Section 3406(b)(1)...............................................3199
  Section 355 distributions..................................3172, 3233
  Section 382................................................3173, 3234
  Section 468A.....................................................3223
  Section 482......................................................3235
  Section 58(e)....................................................2987
  Section 6048 regulations.........................................3063
  Section 6109 regulations.........................................3253
  Section 6114 regulations.........................................3254
  Section 704 and 708 regulations..................................3101
  Section 736 regulations..........................................3184
  Section 882 regulations..........................................3024
  Section 884 regulations..........................................3024
  Section 936 regulations..........................................3033
  Securities.........................3021, 3097, 3098, 3102, 3182, 3232
  Shareholder election, QEF........................................3049
  Shareholders...............................................2998, 3149
  Shareholders, use of deficits....................................3034
  Shipping amendments, Subpart F...................................3036
  Short taxable years........................................3173, 3234
  Simplified computations..........................................3239
  Start-up expenditures............................................3217
  Stock purchase treated as asset purchase.........................3088
  Stocks...................................3072, 3187, 3231, 3244, 3245
    Qualified small business stock.................................3189
  Straddles:
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................3156
  Stripping transactions...........................................3066
  Supplemental tax exemptions......................................3056
  Tax credit:
    Puerto Rico....................................................3114
  Tax treaties.....................................................3023
  Taxpayer assistance..............................................3161
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3199
  Technical corrections............................................3209
  Transportation income............................................3017
  Trustees.........................................................3257
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................3183
    Non-expempt employees..........................................3058
  Trusts and estates.......................3008, 3071, 3133, 3194, 3215
  Unincorporated business entitles.................................3158
  Utilities repeal.................................................2997
  Virgin Islands residency determination.....................3031, 3032
  Voice signatures.................................................3140
  Withholding..............................3198, 3218, 3243, 3249, 3252
Indemnity payments:
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program...................................274
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
  Alaska:
    U.S.M.S. North Star............................................1785
  ANA appeals procedure............................................1456
  Applicability of rules of the BIA................................1784
  BIA staffing regulations.........................................1809
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1793
  Child support enforcement........................................1438
  Child welfare programs.........................1455, 1456, 1796, 1798
  Community development block grants...............................1554
  Eagle permits....................................................1606
  Electric power utilities.........................................1780
  Family violence prevention programs..............................1798
  Fishing management......................................808, 843, 858
  Fishing on the Hoopa Valley Reservation....................1786, 1805
  Food assistance programs................................437, 439, 458
  Food Stamp Program................................................471
  Head Start Services for children...........................1426, 1449
  Housing.....................45, 228, 231, 336, 1546, 1549, 1552, 1782
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1275
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4673
  IRS Form 945.....................................................3010
  Job training programs............................................2179
  Locality-specific regulations....................................1803
  NIGC definitions.................................................4677
  Preference in employment.........................................1771
  Regulations elimination..........................................1804
  Social welfare and relief of distress............................1792
  Surplus bison....................................................1589
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Columbia River access sites....................................1767

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  Trust funds......................................................1746
  Welfare reform:
    Tribal program requirements....................................1443
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................759
  Products of Indian art and craftsmanship.........................1565
Indians-business and finance:
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994.........1773
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1276
  Estates of the Five Civilized Tribes.............................1811
  Gaming authorizations............................................1814
  GSA acquisition regulations.......................................137
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1762
  Licensed Indian traders..........................................1791
  Loans, grants, and employment assistance.......1760, 1764, 1765, 1815
  Management of assets of the Ute Indian Tribe.....................1774
  National Park Service visitor services...........................1736
  Oil and gas resources............................................1795
  Tribal revenue allocation........................................1787
Indians-claims:
  Elimination of regulations.......................................1806
Indians-education:
  Academic and dormitory standards.................................1758
  Adult education programs.........................................1768
  Adult vocational training........................................1763
  Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1759
  Family and child education programs..............................1797
  Grant policies and procedures....................................1744
  Grants to colleges...............................................1747
  Indian fellowship programs.......................................1068
  Individuals with disabilities....................................1757
  School construction contracts....................................1761
  School improvement program.......................................1748
  Self-determination.............................1800, 1807, 1808, 1810
Indians-enrollment:
  Elimination of regulations.......................................1806
Indians-grants:
  Indian Highway Safety Program....................................1766
  Self Determination and Education Assistance Act..................1818
Indians-judgment funds:
  Elimination of regulations.......................................1806
Indians-lands:
  Acquisitions....................................231, 1799, 1812, 1813
  Air pollution control implementation...........3639, 3648, 3654, 3799
  Alaska Native selections.........................................1921
  Allotments.................................................1904, 1923
  American Indian agricultural rangeland management................1789
  BIA authority delegations........................................1777
  Grazing permits............................................1745, 1770
  Indian Land Acquisition loans.....................................228
  Indian Trust Land interests.................................336, 1452
  Irrigation projects..............................................1779
  Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1752
  Migratory bird hunting...........................................1702
  Mining leases......................1750, 1751, 1754, 1790, 1838, 1841
  Mining regulations...............................................1856
  Municipal solid waste landfills..................................3617
  National Forest System lands......................................552
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1723
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1823
    Inspections....................................................1911
  Osage Indian trust property......................................1776
  Osage mineral estate.............................................1817
  Records and title documents......................................1778
  Rights-of-way....................................................1775
  Road construction on.............................................1769
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1753
Indians-law:
  Construction of jails............................................2142
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1788
  Detention and holding facilities.................................1816
  Hearings and appeals...............1571, 1572, 1574, 1781, 4674, 4675
  Indian country law enforcement...................................1783
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1772
  Law and order on Indian reservations.............................1801
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4676
Indians-tribal government...........................................184
  Air quality planning and management..............................3731
  Cost principles...................................................644
  Economic development and core management grants..................1810
  Election procedures........................................1755, 1756
  EPA emergency response reimbursement.............................3838
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1460
  Historic preservation programs...................................1721
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1772
  Osage Tribal Council.............................................1794
  Self-determination.......................1277, 1759, 1800, 1807, 1808
  Self-governance program procedures...........................48, 1802
  Treatment as States..............................................3615
  USDA audits.......................................................566
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........................2293
  Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.......50, 1982, 
                                                 1983, 3434, 3435, 3436
  Accessibility guidelines for children's environments.......1983, 3431
  Accessibility guidelines for detectable warnings.................3437
  Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and 
      customer premises equipment..................................3432
  CHAMPUS Program............................................1038, 1047
  Contractor and subcontractor affirmative action obligations.....2152, 
                                                                   2174
  Detectable warnings..............................................1993
  Employment discrimination complaints.............................3878
  Health insurance..................................................135
  Housing..........................................................1465
  Luxury tax exemption.............................................3057
  Motor vehicle modifications......................................2630
  Motor vehicle wheelchair lifts and ramps...................2614, 2623
  Nondiscrimination....................................3901, 3928, 4137
    Air travel...............................................2310, 2311
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4422
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......................3880
  Passenger vessel access....................................2289, 3433
  Schedule for rating disabilities.....................3286, 3287, 3328
  Transportation...........................1748, 2332, 2333, 2335, 2767
  Video programming accessibility..................................4433
  Widow's benefits.................................................4231
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.....................................1229
  Aircraft child restraints............................2528, 2622, 2711
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................4394
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................4387
  Bicycle helmet safety standard....................................162
  Child Nutrition Programs..........................................442
  Children's television programming................................4508
  Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4390
  Citizenship acquisition..........................................2074

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  DOD special education services....................................914
  Face guard protection standards..................................4386
  Food assistance programs.........1, 404, 412, 415, 435, 443, 444, 447
  Food stamp program......................................414, 440, 467
  Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging.............4389, 4395
  Individuals with disabilities..............................1983, 3431
  Infant formula..............................................423, 1193
  Lead poisoning............................102, 1042, 1471, 3474, 3484
  Medicaid program.................................................1386
  Medication, child-resistant packaging............................4388
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................397
  Prohibition of cigarette sales to minors.........................4174
  Protection for children as research subjects.....................1048
  Sale and distribution of tobacco products........................1263
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................413
  Sleepwear flammability standards.................................4397
  SSA disability determinations....................................4246
  Sulfate in drinking water........................................3587
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................408
  Supplemental food program...............................400, 454, 460
  VA pensions for veteran or surviving spouse......................3303
  Vaccine injuries.................................................1271
  Welfare services.................................................1424
Information:
  See Archives and records
      Classified information
      Confidential business information
      Freedom of information
      Government publications
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
      Sunshine Act
Inland waters:
  See Waterways
Insecticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Insignia:
  See Seals and insignia
Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Mortgage insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
  Aviation insurance...............................................2431
  Commercial space transportation..................................2498
  Exchange visitors................................................4269
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4424
  Insurance/liability to third parties..............................947
  Motor vehicle insurer reporting requirements...............2639, 2721
  Motor vehicle verification procedures............................2121
  Passenger vessel operators........................................166
  Savings associations in the insurance business...................3270
  Securities acquired during the existence of underwriting 
      syndicates...................................................4798
  Title I property insurance.......................................1495
  Underwriters.....................................................3259
Insurance companies:
  Foreign branches.................................................3018
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4783
  Taxation.........................................................3171
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements..............2308
  Air carrier regulation...........................................2327
  Air pollution control implementation.....98, 125, 126, 127, 131, 132, 
           3638, 3648, 3658, 3661, 3666, 3682, 3697, 3743, 3752, 3810, 
                                                       3823, 3824, 3843
  Alternative fueled vehicles mandate..............................1127
  Alternative fuels incentives program.............................1111
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1792
  BIA schools......................................................1758
  California on-board diagnostics requirements.....................3827
  Census 2000 boundary changes......................................636
  Child welfare programs.....................................1457, 1458
  Clean air plan conformity determinations.........................3809
  DOT audit requirements...........................................2349
  Education loan programs..........................................1077
  Education programs...................................1065, 1066, 1082
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............2201
  Employer-based group health plans................................1373
  EPA effluent guidelines and standards............................3536
  EPA emergency response reimbursement.............................3838
  EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule................................3625
  EPA permit regulations......................................103, 3530
  EPA State sewage sludge management...............................3523
  EPA water monitoring requirements................................3578
  EPA water quality standards............................104, 106, 3534
  EPA water regulations streamlining...............................3531
  EPA well operation regulation....................................3577
  EPA-California water quality standards...........................3521
  EPA-Pennsylvania water quality standards.........................3551
  Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2858
  Federal payments to State veterans homes.........................3282
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................2182
  Federally administered State supplementary payments..............4211
  FEHBP preemption of taxes..................................4069, 4072
  Fisheries taking regulations......................................770
  Flood assistance program.........................................3895
  Food assistance programs...................1, 415, 442, 444, 447, 448
    Sharing information with INS....................................452
  Food Security Act.................................................617
  Food stamps..................................2, 5, 414, 466, 470, 473
  GSA acquisition regulations.......................................137
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2786
  HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1320
  Highway beautification...........................................2578
  Highway management.........................................2537, 2564
  Highway projects.......2553, 2555, 2569, 2570, 2571, 2598, 2605, 2607
  Highway safety programs..........................................2601
  INS application for labor certification..........................2075
  Interstate banking and branching.................................2913
  IRS jurisdictional regulations...................................3104
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2745
  Medicaid eligibility.............................................1413
  National Park System exchanges...................................1879
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3573
  Oil spill response...............................................2393
  Prison made goods................................................2144
  Railroad highway projects........................................2576
  Railroad safety programs.........................................2760
  Regional haze protection regulations.............................3633
  State and local historic preservation programs...................1721
  State Cooperative Extension entities receipt of Federal 
      property......................................................310
  State credit unions..............................................4666
  State Energy Program.............................................1113
  State habitat conservation strategies............................1688
  State irrigation districts regulation............................1916
  State issuance of NPDES permits..................................3569
  State matching of highway planning and administrative costs......2723
  State programs of the OSMRE......................................1860
  State sponsored insurance organizations..........................2860

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  Temporary assignments of government employees....................4048
  USDA audits of State and local governments........................566
  USDA State mediation programs.....................................237
  Wildlife refuge exchanges........................................1879
  Zero Tolerance law...............................................2678
Interlocking directorates:
  See Antitrust
Intermodal transportation:
  Customs treatment of reusable shipping containers................2977
  Environmental impact and related procedures......................2548
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border boat landing program:
    Landing cards..................................................2019
  Border crossing card fees........................................2040
  Border services user fee.........................................2113
  Dedicated commuter lane fees.....................................2065
  Ports of entry...................................................2950
International expositions:
  See Antitrust
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  BLM deregulation.................................................1927
  Fees..............................................................899
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................908
  Government employee inventions...................................3417
  Licensing government-owned inventions.............................911
  Licensing of foreign patents acquired by the Government...........909
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................907
  Obsolete regulations.............................................1293
  Patent applications.....................................898, 900, 902
  Patent fees.......................................................904
  Patent practitioners..............................................893
  Patent process reengineering......................................895
  PTO mailing procedures............................................903
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................894
    Nucleotide and amino acid sequence listing......................897
  Small business innovation research rights in data................4331
  Small businesses..................................................907
  Third-party participation.........................................901
  Use of a patent without authorization............................4371
  Waivers..........................................................1177
Investigations:
  Authority to administer oaths....................................1035
  Civil investigative demands......................................2120
  Coast Guard......................................................2300
  Customs:
    Illegal importation of merchandise.............................2952
  Fair housing complaint processing................................1533
  Government personnel.............................................4111
  Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities.........108
  Veterans Affairs:
    Removal of obsolete regulations................................3425
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising by unit investment trusts............................4796
  Advertising prospectus...........................................4813
  Bank holding companies as investment advisers to.................4638
  Bonding of officers and employees................................4788
  Codes of ethics..................................................4797
  Custody of assets with futures commission merchants..............4807
  Deregistration form..............................................4808
  Disclosure requirements............4767, 4782, 4786, 4810, 4811, 4816
  Distribution plans...............................................4814
  Eligible foreign custodian.......................................4806
  Exemption of acquisitions during the existence of underwriting 
      syndicates...................................................4798
  Exemption of certain transactions................................4787
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4792
  Investment Company Act:
    Amendments.....................................................4784
    Exempted transactions..........................................4812
  Mergers..........................................................4785
  Multiple class companies.........................................4790
  Registration fees................................................4776
  Registration form..........................................4780, 4792
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4789
  Small businesses.................................................4774
  Small entity definition..........................................4781
  Solicitation of investor interest................................4759
  Taxation.........................................................3129
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Foreign investments in U.S.
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Advertising rules................................................4779
  Calculation of capital requirements for market risk..............4543
  Credit unions....................................................4663
  DOL investment advice regulation.................................2202
  Money market funds.........................................4795, 4811
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2914
  Registration.....................................................4779
  Registration forms...............................................4775
  Taxation...................................................2998, 3037
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1779


                                   J

Job Training Partnership Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Juvenile delinquency:
  Grant programs:
    State plan compliance..........................................2141


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants..................................1044
  Dialysis services..........................................1304, 1361
  Medicare eligibility.........................................32, 1316
Kites:
  See Aircraft


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Amalgam ingredients..............................................1244
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2702
  Automobile parts.................................................2722
  Beer.......................................................2875, 2892
  Biologics..........................................................28
  Charcoal.........................................................4396
  Contraceptive drugs..............................................1203
  Dietary supplements..............................................1250
  Distilled spirits..........................................2892, 2893
  Dolphin-safe tuna.................................................803
  Drugs....................................1214, 1221, 1245, 1262, 1264
  Electric motors..................................................1104
  Furs.............................................................4647
  HCFCs............................................................3713
  Hearing aids.....................................................1196
  Home insulation..................................................4650
  Household appliances.............................................4659
  Insulin certification............................................1205
  Lamp products....................................................4659
  Latex condoms and gloves.........................................1226
  Latex-containing devices.........................................1227
  Lead in ceramic food ware........................................1258

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  Leather belts....................................................4658
  Lubricating oil..................................................4652
  Malt beverages.............................................2878, 2879
  Over-the-counter drugs...........................................1206
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum.....................1202
  Pesticides.....................................3450, 3457, 3461, 3463
  Plumbing products................................................4659
  Poisonous materials..............................................2782
  Ruminant feed......................................................27
  Textiles.............................................4646, 4648, 4649
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2895
  Wine.................................................2881, 2891, 2892
  Wool products....................................................4646
Labeling rule......................................................4659
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
  Certification for temporary agricultural employment..............2187
  Convict labor use................................................4340
  Davis-Bacon helper regulations..........................57, 339, 1800
  DOL user fees....................................................2157
  Fair Labor Standards Act:
    Exemptions...............................................2161, 2162
  Removal of duplicative regulations...............................2190
  Single location bargaining units.................................4681
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................2163
  Tax exemptions...................................................3100
  Trade adjustment assistance................................2183, 2184
Labor management relations.........................................1029
  See also Labor unions
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................2201
  Reporting by labor relations consultants and others........2173, 2205
  Summary judgment procedures......................................4682
Labor unions:
  Misconduct rules regarding hearings..............................4678
  Remedial provisions..............................................4680
  Representation case procedures.............................4679, 4681
Laboratories:
  Accreditation..........................................180, 284, 2941
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1313
  Clinical laboratories regulation...................35, 36, 1379, 1395
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1370
  Drug testing of transportation personnel...................2337, 2342
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3856
  Testing of mining equipment......................................2224
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.....................................2279
  Judges, Code of Conduct..........................................4230
  Liability under CERCLA for site clean-up.........................3867
  Third party suits:
    Underground storage of hazardous materials.....................3626
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Aliens:
    Deportation....................................................2041
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................2128
  Criminal fine collection.........................................2130
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1616
  Food Stamp Act....................................................441
  Forest Service....................................................560
  Indian country...................................................1783
  Motor vehicle theft..............................................2121
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4676
  Public lands.....................................................1873
  Seat belt exemption for law enforcement vehicles.................2656
  Surrender of military personnel to civilian authorities..........1017
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................2026
Lawyers:
  See also Legal services
  Debarment........................................................1204
  Disciplinary procedures..........................................2011
  Misconduct rules.................................................4678
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4674
Lead poisoning:
  Ceramic food ware................................................1258
  CHAMPUS coverage of screenings...................................1042
  Hazard abatement..................................................102
  Paint.............102, 1471, 3474, 3475, 3484, 3487, 3505, 3508, 3517
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3511
Legal services:
  Individuals with mental illness..................................1187
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................3081
  Disposition of credit life insurance income......................2934
  Government employees.......................................4068, 4098
  Variable annuity separate accounts...............................4817
  Variable life insurance contracts..........................4793, 4794
  Veterans.......................................3381, 3383, 3385, 3386
Linseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Liquors:
  Bonding provisions...............................................2906
  Bottling.........................................................2905
  Exports..........................................................2874
  Labeling...................................................2892, 2893
  Nonindustrial use................................................2905
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2894
  Standards of identity............................................2878
  Taxes............................................................2903
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2895
Livestock:
  See also specific animals
           Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Care and handling at stockyards...................................392
  Emergency assistance..............................................250
  Livestock feed assistance.........................................258
  Regulations revisions........................................390, 391
  Ruminant feed......................................................27
Loan programs:
  Lobbying restrictions............................................2309
  Treasury taxes and loans.........................................2857
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Account service and loan making...................................225
  Account servicing.................................................241
  Application processing timeframe..................................189
  Business and Industry Loan Program...........................577, 578
  Catastrophic risk protection requirement..........................263
  Certified Lender Program..........................................227
  Civil rights of borrowers.........................................599
  Community facility loans..........................................606
  Community programs................................................313
  Debt settlement..............................................218, 594
  Depreciation rates and procedures.................................601
  Disaster assistance...............................................234
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Agriculture secondary market regulations.......................4403

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    Book-entry regulations...................................4411, 4420
    Borrower rights................................................4414
    Capital regulations revisions............................4402, 4416
    Disclosure to shareholders.....................................4405
    Election of directors..........................................4415
    Eligibility....................................................4409
    Farm Credit System Reform Act..................................4408
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4413
    Financing agreement guidelines.................................4401
    Flood insurance regulations....................................4417
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................4407
    Leasing regulations............................................4406
    Loan loss amortization.........................................4557
    Loan underwriting standards....................................4410
    Non-dollar debt................................................4419
    Regulatory review and deletions................................4404
    Uninsured voluntary and involuntary accounts...................4418
  Farm Credit Program:
    Delinquent accounts..............................197, 200, 212, 251
    Inventory property management...................................211
    Loanmaking...................201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 214, 248
    Management and disposal of acquired property...............196, 246
    Regulatory consolidation and deletion.......195, 198, 199, 206, 247
  Farm Facility Loan Program........................................259
  Farm loan mortgages and notes.....................................190
  Farm ownership loans....................................188, 235, 236
  Farmer Program....................................................187
  Farmers Home Administration:
    Community facility loans........................................315
    Debt settlement.................................................337
    Decision to liquidate...........................................233
    Intermediary Relending Program..................................576
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4424
  Federal Agriculture and Improvement Act of 1996...................278
  FSA five-year direct line of credit program.......................183
  Housing...........................................................579
  Loan assessment and market placement..............................229
  Loan changes......................................................320
  Loan extensions...................................................264
  Loan liquidation..................................................607
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................622
  Margin stabilization and revenue and expense deferrals............598
  Monitoring liquid accounts........................................226
  Offsets of Federal payments to borrowers..........................328
  Rural business loans...............................................12
  Rural economic development..............................331, 572, 589
  Rural electrification....580, 582, 584, 585, 590, 591, 592, 595, 602, 
                                                          603, 604, 605
  Rural housing.................................324, 325, 326, 333, 338
  Rural telephone system.............................584, 596, 600, 611
  Rural water and waste disposal....................................313
  RUS consultants...................................................612
  Section 515 nonprofit set-asides..................................330
  Security property.................................................607
  Soil and Water Loans Program......................................230
  State mediation programs..........................................237
  Water and waste disposal programs............................586, 610
Loan programs-education:
  Administrative requirements......................................1074
  Federal Family Education Loan Program................1076, 1077, 1078
  Federal Pell Grant Program.......................................1074
  Federal Perkins Loans............................................1071
  Financial responsibility of institutions.........................1073
  Health Education Assistance Loan Program.........................1273
  Medical research.................................................1285
  Police Corps programs............................................2129
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program................1074, 1081
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1279
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1280
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Approval of lenders and mortgagees...........................41, 1496
  Church Arson Prevention Act......................................1525
  Community Investment Program......................................163
  Fair Housing Home Loan Data System...............................2927
  Farmers Home Administration:
    Community facility loans........................................323
    Multiple-family housing loans...................................314
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1521
  Loan policy changes...............................................224
  Modernization funding..............................................44
  Rehabilitation mortgage insurance for condominiums...............1507
  Title I property insurance.......................................1495
Loan programs-Indians:
  BIA program elimination..........................................1760
  Indian Land Acquisition loans.....................................228
Loan programs-natural resources:
  NOAA Financial Aid Program, conditional fisheries.................885
Loan programs-veterans:
  Acceptance of partial payments...................................3353
  Automatic authority program......................................3291
  Discount points..................................................3333
  Electronic payment of funding fee................................3296
  Home loan program..........................................3304, 3400
  Property improvements definition.................................3354
  Title evidence requirements......................................3352
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................2122
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................2122
  Nonprofit organizations..........................................4033
  Restrictions...................622, 972, 2309, 3956, 4008, 4219, 4337
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Alien crewmen in U.S. ports................................2175, 2188
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................2268
  Safety and health regulations....................................2247
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
           Rent subsidies
  Affordable housing program..................................164, 4592
  Rural housing mortgages...........................................334
  Section 8:
    Rental voucher programs........................................1558
    Rents..........................................................1550
    Special housing types..........................................1550
    Technical amendments...........................................1555
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants..................................1044


                                   M

Management official interlocks:
  See Antitrust
Manpower training programs:
  Government employees.......................................4080, 4115
  Migrant and seasonal farmworkers.................................2180
  Minerals Management Service......................................1834
  Nondiscrimination................................................2232
  Training programs for TRIO programs..............................1069
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety..........................................1502
  Energy efficiency standards..................................21, 1129
  Loans............................................................1495
  Transportation of................................................2566
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards..........................................290
  Captive holding and transport.....................................757
  Dolphins......................................800, 802, 803, 810, 815
  Foreign nationals' marine mammal programs.........................806
  Incidental taking...781, 782, 785, 805, 809, 810, 813, 814, 815, 819, 
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  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................759
  Marine Mammal Protection Act..........760, 802, 819, 1618, 1657, 1658
  Northern fur seals................................................785
  Northern right whales.............................................816
  Photography permits...............................................758
  Polar bears................................................1618, 1701
  Porpoises.........................................................807
  Public display permits............................................886
  Research authorization............................................783
  Research permits..................................................886
  Whales..................................................776, 787, 867
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Coral reefs......................................................1725
  Criteria for water quality.......................................3520
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.............................14
  Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary..........................787
  Marine Mammal Protection Act:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1593
  Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.......................762, 788
  NOAA civil enforcement proceedings................................798
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................763
  Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Licensing Program.................888
  Research program..................................................821
  Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.............................761
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Casualty reporting...............................................2356
  Coast Guard regulations..............................2376, 2398, 2409
  FCC inspection of Great Lakes Agreement ships....................4468
  FCC inspection of radio installations on ships...................4467
  Fishing vessel capital construction funds.........................797
  Fishing vessels.............................................837, 2384
  Houseboats.......................................................2402
  Lassen Volcanic National Park....................................1743
  Liferafts........................................................2369
  Lifesaving equipment regulations.................................2367
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2385
  Small passenger vessels..........................................2368
  Towing vessels.............................................2364, 2408
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Communications...................................................4511
  Great Lakes load line certificate................................2382
  Great Lakes pilotage rates.................................2336, 2769
  International transportation of hazardous materials..............2788
  Maritime Security Program........................................2829
  Merchant mariners..........................................2380, 2830
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4596
  Noncontiguous domestic trade tariffs.............................4599
  Rate determinations..............................................2827
  Reporting and recordkeeping:
    Monitoring reports.............................................4601
  Terminal tariff provisions.......................................4600
Marketing quotas:
  Crystalline fructose..............................................221
  Peanuts...........................................................191
  Sugar.............................................................221
  Tobacco.......................................192, 222, 223, 269, 270
Mass transportation:
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2763
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2762
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Gaseous fuels....................................................2709
    Propane cylinders..............................................2770
  Grain weight......................................................386
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
           Stockyards
  Cured pork products................................486, 503, 505, 507
  Export sales reporting............................................514
  Flavoring agents.............................................486, 487
  Freezing agents...................................................489
  Glycerine used as a humectant.....................................481
  Import limitation.................................................530
  Labeling......................................479, 485, 500, 503, 506
  Sodium citrate buffered with citric acid to extend shelf life 
                                                                    512
  Substances approved for use in the preparation of................1266
  Transportation and storage........................................476
Meat inspection:
  Facilities and equipment approval...................................9
  Food additives....................................................499
  Foreign country import certification..............................498
  GRAS substances...................................................499
  HACCP programs...............................................484, 511
  Labeling..........................................................490
  Performance standards:
    Contamination...................................................496
    Foodborne pathogens.............................................494
    Processing procedures.......................................10, 492
    Suspension of inspection service................................488
    Thermal processing..............................................493
  Sausage casing labeling...........................................513
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................482
  Standards of identity and composition........................475, 477
  User fees....................................................177, 504
Medals:
  See Decorations, medals, awards
Medicaid:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
           Public assistance programs
  Case management services.........................................1388
  Clinical laboratories regulation...................................35
  Disproportionate share hospitals payment...................1412, 1418
  Drug rebate program........................................1178, 1353
  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 
      services.....................................................1386
  Eligibility................................................1339, 1413
  Employer-based group health plans................................1373
  Estate recoveries................................................1330
  Health insuring organizations..............................1352, 1356
  Health maintenance organizations...........................1352, 1356
  Hospice care.....................................................1332
  Low-income pregnant women........................................1355
  Medicaid Management Information System...........................1360
  Nursing facilities:
    Substandard care...............................................1336
  Nursing home benefits............................................1344
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules..................29, 1385
  Outstation intake locations......................................1355
  Personal care services...........................................1365
  Physician incentive plans........................................1356
  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1340
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1299
  Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1354
  Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1387
  Spenddown........................................................1339
  State plan requirements:
    Plans of care..................................................1331
  Third party liability............................................1315
  Tuberculosis-related services....................................1308
Medical and dental schools:
  Construction grants..............................................1272
  NIH scholarships.................................................1281
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Computer software programs.......................................1246

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  Export requirements..............................................1252
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1225
  Hearing aids.....................................................1196
  Intermittent positive pressure machine...........................1362
  Intraocular lenses.........................................1220, 1317
  Investigational device exemptions................................1212
  Latex warning....................................................1227
  Liability limitations............................................1398
  Long-term........................................................1203
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4483
  Medicare coverage..........................................1318, 1368
  Premarket approval applications..................................1261
  Restricted devices promotion.....................................1210
  Standards........................................................4470
  Tracking.........................................................1218
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Adverse experience reporting requirements........................1223
  Clinical investigator disqualification.....................1219, 1240
  Contraception and infertility....................................1285
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1392
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1225
  Grants...........................................................1278
  National Research Service Awards.................................1284
  NCI construction grants..........................................1286
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3861
  NIH Center grants................................................1291
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1280
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1284
  Senior Biomedical Research Service...............................1185
Medicare:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Actuarial rates..................................................1417
  Additional supplier standards....................................1319
  Allowable costs:
    FICA and other payroll taxes...................................1328
  Ambulance services...............................................1316
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions.............................1180
  Appeals of payment determinations................................1363
  Appeals representatives..........................................1303
  Audiologists.....................................................1324
  Cataract surgery.................................................1408
  Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1383
  CHAMPUS benefits.................................................1040
  Claims processing................................................1391
  Clinical laboratories regulation...................................35
  Community mental health centers..................................1407
    Conditions of participation....................................1327
  Competitive medical plans:
    Appeal protections...............................................34
    Contract termination...........................................1347
    Physician incentive plans......................................1356
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1297
  Contract performance evaluation..................................1305
  Cost reimbursement determination.................................1389
  Cost reports.....................................................1325
  Dialysis services......................................32, 1304, 1361
  Disabled active individuals......................................1343
  Drugs payments.....................................................37
  Durable medical equipment:
    Fee schedules..................................................1334
  Electronic cost reporting........................................1366
  Electrostimulation of salivary glands for xerostomia.............1393
  End-stage renal disease..........................................1361
    Demonstration waivers..........................................1377
  Fee schedules:
    Durable medical equipment......................................1334
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1301
    Appeal protections...............................................34
  Health maintenance organizations:
    Appeal protections...............................................34
    Contract termination...........................................1347
    Organizational structure and services..........................1404
    Physician incentive plans......................................1356
  Health professions:
    Physician assistants...........................................1321
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation....................................1338
    Costs per visit................................................1400
    Definition.....................................................1318
    Participation requirements.......................................31
    Physician certifications.......................................1375
    Survey and sanctions...........................................1384
  Home oxygen therapy..............................................1323
  Hospice care.....................................................1322
  Hospice care payments............................................1314
  Hospital conditions of participation...............................30
  Hospital emergency care..........................................1380
  Hospital insurance program.................................1419, 1420
  Hospital outpatient services.....................................1382
  Income protection for community spouse...........................1383
  Interest expense and suspension of payments......................1341
  Interest from zero coupon bonds..................................1410
  Liability insurance..............................................1333
  Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians.................1397
  Medical devices..................................................1368
  Medical equipment................................................1362
  Medical services coverage decisions..............................1381
  Medigap policies...........................................1183, 1403
  Mentally retarded persons........................................1349
  Occupational therapy.............................................1296
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules............29, 1385, 1396
  Ownership changes................................................1306
  Patient outcome measurement................................1338, 1376
  Penalties and sanctions....................................1183, 1186
  Penalties, sanctions, and overpayments...........................1306
  Physical therapy services........................................1307
  Physician assistant services.....................................1296
  Physician fee schedule.................................37, 1372, 1416
  Physician incentive plans........................................1356
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1310
  Physician reimbursement..........................................1390
  Physicians.......................................................1296
    Home health certifications.....................................1375
  Privacy enforcement..............................................1421
  Prospective payment system.............................33, 1359, 1415
  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1340
    Billing numbers................................................1337
  Provider reimbursement disbursement and appeals..................1298
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1299
  Psychologist services............................................1351
  Reasonable compensation equivalent limits........................1367
  Resident assessment screening....................................1346
  Respiratory therapy services.....................................1307
  Rural health clinics.......................................1302, 1407
  Rural hospitals:
    Essential access community hospitals...........................1423
    Independent rural primary care hospitals.......................1401
  Screening Pap smears.............................................1350
  Secondary payer................................1300, 1333, 1343, 1399
  Security enforcement.............................................1421
  Skilled nursing facilities.........1318, 1346, 1387, 1394, 1411, 1422
    Substandard care...............................................1336
  Social workers...................................................1351
  Special enrollment periods.......................................1414
  Speech-language pathologists.....................................1324
  SSA hearing procedures...........................................4221
  Supplementary Medical Insurance............................1372, 1417
  Swing bed hospitals..............................................1409
  Telephone request for payment determinations review..............1363

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  Uninsured aged...................................................1419
  Vision care................................................1296, 1317
Mental health programs:
  Medicaid and Medicare sanctions for psychiatric hospitals........1299
  Protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness......1187
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  See also specific metals
  Aluminum alloy content specifications............................2717
  Ambient lead levels..............................................3658
  Effluent guidelines for metal products and machinery.............3559
  Emission standards for ferroalloy industry.......................3647
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3534
  High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3621
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1752
  Radiation protection standards for scrap metals..................3664
Metric system:
  Conversion.................................................2572, 2596
  Conversion of motor vehicle safety standards.....................2638
Migrant labor:
  Aliens.....................................................2083, 2085
  Education programs...............................................1063
  Housing......................................................312, 335
  Job service complaint system.....................................2186
  Job training programs......................................2179, 2180
  Joint employment relationships.....................................59
  Labor standards..................................................2172
  Transportation of workers........................................2556
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...........................933
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics...................1255
  Restoration to duty..............................................4078
  Retirement regulations...........................................4062
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................939
  SSI benefits for family members..................................4195
Milk:
  Child and adult care food program.................................404
  Dairy Indemnity Payment program..............................216, 274
  Import quotas.....................................................515
  State make allowance..............................................253
Mine safety and health:
  Air quality standards............................................2218
  Belt entry.......................................................2211
  Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................2155
  Confined-space hazards...........................................2221
  Decertification of individuals...................................2223
  Explosive standards..............................................2229
  First aid at metal and nonmetal mines............................2230
  Hazard communication.............................................2217
  Metal and nonmetal mines:
    Electrical standards...........................................2216
  Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................2212
  Methane safety standards.........................................2225
  Noise control standard.............................................65
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2214
  Respirable coal dust...................................64, 2220, 2231
  Roof and rock bolts and accessories..............................2215
  Single-shift sampling notice.....................................2220
  Surface haulage equipment........................................2227
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................2224
  Training of miners...............................................2208
  Underground coal mines:
    Carbon monoxide monitoring.....................................2222
    Diesel particulate...............................................66
    Diesel-powered equipment.......................................2228
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................2226
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................2219
    Roof-bolting machines..........................................2207
    Safety standard revisions......................................2213
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Fractions sale....................................................535
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1876
  Mining leases on Indian lands........................1750, 1790, 1841
  Public information...............................................1912
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1753
  Tax treatment, S corporations....................................3125
Mineral royalties:
  Credit adjustments...............................................1841
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1751
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1840
  Reporting standards..............................................1830
  Royalty relief.............................................1842, 1843
  Valuation of gas production................................1835, 1838
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
           Underground mining
  Abandoned........................................................1851
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1853
  Indian lands.........................................1750, 1751, 1790
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1752
  Mining claims....................................................1932
    Removal of regulations...................................1899, 1907
  Public lands rule..........................................1854, 1880
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1914
  Water pollution control..........................................3550
Minimum wages......................................................2163
  Exemption of white-collar workers..................................56
  Industries in American Samoa.....................................2159
  Records to be kept by employers..................................2156
Minority businesses:
  Reorganization of rules...........................................147
  SBA minority enterprise development program......................4178
  SBA 8(a) programs:
    Appeals of denials.............................................4187
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
      Minority businesses
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Money:
  See Currency
Mortgage insurance:
  Coinsurance......................................................1509
  Elderly homeowners...............................................1504
  Multifamily......................................................1509
  Rehabilitation mortgage insurance for condominiums...............1507
  Single-family..............................................1503, 1506
    Streamlining...................................................1497
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Broker disclosure requirements...................................1492
  Escrow accounting procedures.....................................1494
  Farm loan mortgages and notes.....................................190

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  Foreclosure......................................................1500
  Hospitals........................................................1490
  Loss mitigation..................................................1500
  Minimum capital levels...........................................4012
  Mortgage credit certificates.....................................3078
  Multifamily housing..............................................1511
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................3015, 3185
  RESPA amendments...........................................1492, 1513
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................3274, 4009
  Rural housing.....................................................334
  Single-family lenders......................................1500, 1501
  Streamlining requirements........................................1505
Motion pictures:
  National Archives................................................3982
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems............................2619, 2655, 2671, 2675, 2676
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2567
    Badlands National Park regulations.............................1729
    Duty status records............................................2551
    Marking requirements...........................................2550
  Data display units...............................................2600
  Driver licensing...........................................2542, 2584
  Driver qualification requirements........2543, 2544, 2546, 2589, 2593
  Driver safety performance history................................2573
  Driver training..................................................2545
  Drivers:
    Hours of service regulations...................................2539
  Drivers with diabetes............................................2583
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2557
  Excise taxes.....................................................3069
  FAA compliance activities:
    Fees...........................................................2562
  Federal safety regulations:
    Administrative actions.........................................2552
    General amendments.............................................2549
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2599
    Regulations review.............................................2554
    Safety ratings.................................................2563
  Financial data collections.......................................2834
  Hazardous materials transportation.........89, 2552, 2591, 2602, 2606
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2625
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Development of a single, on-line Federal system................2538
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2603
  Insurance........................................................2562
  Insurance registration:
    Temporary receipt rule.........................................2579
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2590
  Invoiceless billing..............................................4845
  Malfunction lamp.................................................2676
  Manufactured home tires....................................1502, 2566
  Marking of vehicles..............................................2585
  Medical examinations.............................................2543
  Migrant workers transportation...................................2556
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2595
  National network for commercial motor vehicles...................2561
  Periodic inspections.............................................2587
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................2254
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2574
  Rear underride protection........................................2613
  Redesignation of regulations.....................................2580
  Safety permits...................................................2817
  Tank cars:
    Crashworthiness protection requirements........................2825
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2791
  Television receivers.............................................2600
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2816
  Truck camper loading.............................................2719
  Truck length and width...........................................2586
  Truck size and weight......................................2561, 2588
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels..........................................1111, 1127
  Emissions control............................................99, 3829
  Emissions from refinishing coatings..............................3744
  Emissions standards.............................116, 3706, 3826, 3830
  Emissions testing...........................................133, 3705
  Gasoline:
    Fuel additives.................................................3812
    Reformulated...........................3661, 3707, 3742, 3751, 3810
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3642, 3807
  Low emission vehicles program.....................................132
  Nitrogen oxides....................................................99
  On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-duty 
      vehicles and equipment.......................................3708
  Particulate matter standards.......................................99
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Accelerator controls.............................................2661
  Add-on devices.............................................2635, 2703
  Aluminum alloy content specifications............................2717
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes.........................................2619, 2655, 2732
    Antilock brakes....................................2567, 2671, 2704
    Electric vehicles..............................................2675
    Hoses and fluids...............................................2674
    Hydraulic......................................................2730
    Light vehicles.................................................2683
    Linings........................................................2646
    Long stroke brake chambers.....................................2681
    Passenger cars.................................................2704
  Child restraint systems....................................2703, 2707
  Controls and displays standard...................................2665
  Conversion of standards to metric measurements...................2638
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2640
  Drunk-driving-prevention programs................................2648
  Electric vehicles................................................2696
  Fire performance requirements....................................2616
  Foreign vehicles:
    Compliance with Federal safety standards.......................2685
  Fuel containers..................................................2650
  Fuel system integrity......................................2644, 2731
  Glazing materials:
    Film transmittance.............................................2647
  Head restraints compliance testing...............................2658
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Center high-mounted stop lamps.................................2610
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2660
    Headlamp concealment devices...................................2669
    Large trailers.................................................2547
    Motorcycles....................................................2663
    Performance and test requirement modification..................2649
    Replaceable bulb headlamps.....................................2713
    Sealed beam headlamps..........................................2668
    Signal lamp inventions.........................................2612
    Truck tractors.................................................2654
    Visual headlamp aimability requirements........................2620
  Mining industry..................................................2227
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2631
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2595
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags.......................................86, 2673, 2692, 2726
    Backdoor latch improvements....................................2710
    Dummy containment area.........................................2624
    Energy-absorbing sun-visors....................................2720
    Head/neck protection...........................................2642
    Injury criteria................................................2642
    Interior impact tests............................................85
    Removal of regulations.........................................2632
    Side impact protection.........................................2700
    Standards......................................................2626
  Pelvic restraints................................................2634
  Power window switches............................................2628
  Power-operated windows compliance testing........................2664

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  Radiator safety cap..............................................2695
  Reflecting surfaces requirements.................................2659
    Rear reflex reflectors for truck tractors......................2633
  Rigid plastics in windows........................................2652
  Rollover protection..............................................2645
  Roof crashworthiness.............................................2636
  Roof crush compliance testing....................................2618
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2643
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2641
  Seat belts.......................................................2635
    Adjustable seats...............................................2680
    Anchorage requirements.........................................2714
    Colorfastness requirements.....................................2657
    Compliance and transfer-of-funds procedures....................2728
    Exemption for law enforcement vehicles.........................2656
    Occupant crash protection......................................2692
    Owner's manual requirements....................................2714
    Rear seats.....................................................2611
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2693
    Voluntarily-installed shoulder belts...........................2670
  Seating systems:
    Child booster seats............................................2711
    Performance....................................................2691
  Shifting and falling cargo.......................................2540
  Side door strength...............................................2705
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2594
  Test dummies:
    Child dummies............................................2686, 2707
    Hybrid III.....................................................2653
    Improvements.............................................2629, 2684
  Tires:
    Manufactured home tires........................................2566
    Non-pneumatic spare tires......................................2718
    Quality grading standards......................................2651
    Retreads.......................................................2615
    Standards......................................................2729
  Trailer conspicuity..............................................2547
  Transporting Head Start participants.............................1445
  Truck camper loading.............................................2719
  Truck rear underride protection..................................2613
  Warning device standard..........................................2662
  Wheel nut, wheel disc, and hub cap designs.......................2716
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2614
  Windshield defrosting and defogging systems......................2666
  Windshield wiping and washing systems............................2667
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Air conditioning system..........................................3756
  Alternative fueled vehicles......................................1117
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2702
  Automobile parts content labeling..........................2688, 2722
  Cape Cod National Seashore regulation............................1722
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2798
  Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2694
  Compressed natural gas use.......................................2697
  Cylinder material requirements...................................2698
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2682
  Defects..........................................................2682
    Manufacturers' responsibilities................................2687
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................2702
  Driver training..................................................2544
  Dual energy......................................................2617
  Electric.............................................1106, 2617, 2675
  Energy management regulations....................................1164
  Foreign vehicles:
    Compliance with Federal safety standards.......................2685
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2948
  Insurance:
    Insurers' reporting requirements...............................2639
  Leasing.....................................................960, 3915
  Manufacturers................................................86, 2726
  Modifications for individuals with disabilities..................2630
  Motorcycle headlamp performance..................................2663
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2728
  National Driver Register.........................................2679
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......2121
  Odometer fraud...................................................2699
  Recalls......................................................86, 2726
  Sales volume limit provisions....................................3722
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................2084
  Snowmobiles......................................................1731
  Stopping distance................................................2706
  Theft data...........................................2627, 2712, 2721
  Theft prevention...............................2136, 2147, 2701, 2733
  Utility vehicles:
    Label requirements.............................................2637
  Vehicle identification number....................................2715
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2623
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Musculoskeletal disorders:
  Ergonomic protection standards.....................................69
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2943


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Assessment of fees...............................................2912
  Capital regulations..............................................2911
  Civil money penalties............................................2916
  Fiduciary powers.................................................2919
  Insider credit...................................................2931
  International lending supervision................................2917
  Reporting and recordkeeping......................................2921
  Safety and soundness standards...........2922, 2928, 2932, 2933, 2934
  Securities.......................................................2921
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2918
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2926
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  DOD Civil-Military Programs..................................925, 926
  Export controls...................................................668
  Foreign military sales.......................................633, 962
  Key Assets Protection Program.....................................931
  Ready Reserve.....................................................930
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Crime prevention..................................................534
  Damaged timber removal............................................543
  Fire prevention...................................................534
  Forest plan implementation........................................541
  Grazing Forest System lands.......................................561
  Grazing permits...................................................559
  Hydroelectric uses................................................551
  Isolated cabin policy.............................................536
  Land exchanges:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1900
  Mexican wolves reintroduction....................................1652
  Ski area permit fees..............................................556
  Small business land use...........................................544

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  Smith River National Recreation Area..............................565
  Solid waste disposal..............................................562
  Special use authorizations...................................542, 555
    User fees.......................................................550
  Visitor services..................................................549
National guard:
  See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights...................................84, 2433, 2501
  Alaska:
    Glacier Bay National Park................................1727, 1734
    Visitor services...............................................1736
  Appalachian National Scenic Trail:
    Hang gliding...................................................1740
  Badlands National Park:
    Commercial vehicles............................................1729
  Big Thicket National Park:
    Moored houseboats..............................................1732
  Boating and water activities.....................................1733
  Cape Cod National Seashore:
    Off-road operation of motor vehicles...........................1722
  Cape Lookout National Seashore:
    Airstrip closure...............................................1739
  Conveyance of freehold and leasehold interests...................1738
  Grand Teton National Park:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1731
  Historic preservation programs...................................1721
  John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1731
  Lassen Volcanic National Park....................................1743
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1726
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1723
  Park police insignia.............................................1718
  Resource protection..................................1720, 1724, 1737
  Rights-of-way....................................................1719
  Rock climbing....................................................1735
  Shenandoah National Park:
    Backcountry and fishing regulations............................1730
  State exchanges..................................................1879
  Visitor use................................................1720, 1737
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Aircraft operations............................................1728
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.............................4183
  Liquefied natural gas:
    Safety standards...............................................2812
  Motor vehicle fuel...................99, 1111, 1127, 2650, 2697, 3810
  Motor vehicle fuel and fuel additives............................3812
  Reformulated gasoline..............3661, 3707, 3742, 3748, 3751, 3824
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
  Conservation Farm Option..........................................615
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................209
  Damage assessments.............................1560, 1562, 1563, 1564
  DOI acquisition regulations................................1566, 1567
  Environmental Quality Incentive Program...........................614
  Grazing lands.....................................................618
  Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.................................1742
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1726
  Wetlands....................................................279, 1464
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace regulations.....84, 763, 2425, 2466, 2487, 2501, 2508, 2525, 
                                                 2530, 2532, 2534, 2536
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2462
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2428
  Instrument flight rules....................................2445, 2463
  Mountain flying..................................................2510
  Nashville TCA....................................................2523
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2460
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2472
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2465
  Transponder requirement....................................2481, 2490
Navigation (water):
  Great Lakes ports................................................2831
  Lighting provisions..............................................2397
  National Park Service regulations................................1733
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2784
  Prince William Sound.............................................2392
  Puget Sound......................................................2392
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................2399
  Towing vessel safety equipment...................................2408
  U.S. ATON systems..........................................2410, 2411
Noise control:
  Airports.........................................................2426
  Mining industry....................................................65
  Noise abatement projects.........................................2581
  Overflights of national parks..........................84, 2433, 2501
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Cultural property regulations....................................2944
  DOT grants.......................................................2314
  Food assistance programs..........................................448
  Grants administration.......................................643, 3427
  Lobbying.........................................................4033
  NASA contracts.............................................3964, 3975
  Rights to inventions..............................................907
  USDA grants and agreements........................................569
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors

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  DOE information classification policy............................1131
  Marketing........................................................1144
  NEPA regulations...........................................1144, 1153
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.......................................4728
  NRC regulation amendments..................................4690, 4735
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes................1137
Nuclear materials:
  Emergency response worker training...............................1146
  Export controls........................................659, 662, 4705
  Industrial device user report....................................4711
  Licensing..................................................4684, 4724
  Nuclear fuel...............................................1151, 4706
  Reporting requirements for unauthorized use......................4703
  Source material licensing........................................4715
  Spent fuel.................................................1140, 4736
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Advanced boiling water reactor design............................4719
  ASME codes and standards.........................................4714
  Codes and standards..............................................4730
  Decommissioning:
    Cost requirements..............................................4727
    Financial assurance requirements...............................4689
    Operating license termination............................4699, 4733
    Radiological criteria...........................................169
  Design and site suitability............................23, 4713, 4719
  Design certification for System 80+..............................4722
  Emergency preparedness.......................................23, 4734
  License renewal..................................................4731
  License transfer.................................................4733
  Licensing............................................4696, 4717, 4723
    Agreement State licensees......................................4704
    NRC fee schedules...............................................168
  Low-power operations.............................................4683
  Mid-Columbia Project.............................................1141
  Nuclear occurrence...............................................4707
  Personnel:
    Deliberate misconduct of NRC applicants........................4687
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4700, 4721
    Whistleblower provisions.......................................2167
  Physical security..........................................4686, 4692
  Possession only licenses.........................................4723
  Radiation dose criteria..........................................4694
  Radiation safety requirements....................................4712
  Radionuclides emissions level regulation.........................4701
  Reporting requirements................................170, 4703, 4732
  Safety regulations.......................22, 23, 24, 1141, 4716, 4725
  Shutdown.........................................................4683
  Spent fuel storage.........................................4726, 4736
  Steam generator tube integrity....................................167
  Technical amendments.............................................4737
  Three Mile Island................................................4707
  Waste disposal.............................................4720, 4729
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Electronic cost reporting........................................1366
  Medicare and Medicaid benefits.............................1344, 1394
  Medicare payment.................................................1422
  Routine service costs............................................1411
  Skilled nursing facility definition..............................1318
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Dietary supplement labeling..........................1229, 1250, 1260
  Education....................................................400, 424
  Food labeling................................477, 479, 500, 506, 1243
  Medical food labeling............................................1190
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum.....................1202
  School meals......................................................442
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................461


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Workers' compensation
  Agricultural pesticides..........................................3460
  Air quality..................................................73, 2260
  Cargo handling...................................................2247
  Child labor regulations............................................55
  Construction industry............................................2261
  Energy sources...................................................2235
  Ergonomic standards................................................69
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2236
  Fall protection................................................68, 75
  Flammable and combustible liquids............................74, 2245
  Formaldehyde exposure............................................3512
  Glycol ethers....................................................2250
  Hazard abatement documentation...................................2255
  Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................2259
  Hazardous waste handling.........................................2258
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.......................................71
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1831
  Methylene chloride exposure......................................2251
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Program:
    Fees...........................................................2263
  Personal protective equipment....................................2265
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............2256
  Radiation exposure...........................................22, 4472
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2257
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........................76
  Respiration protection...........................................2246
  Safety and health management program...............................70
  Scaffolds..................................................2248, 2264
  Shipyard standards.......................2242, 2248, 2249, 2262, 2265
  Steel erections....................................................68
  Tuberculosis exposure..............................................72
  Walking and work surfaces..........................................75
  1,3-Butadiene....................................................2266
Occupational training:
  See Manpower training programs
Occuptional safety and health:
  Metalworking fluids................................................67
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil:
  Alaska North Slope crude oil......................................683
Oil and gas exploration:
  Burning liquid hydrocarbons......................................1844
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1820
  Geophysical exploration regulations..............................1938
  Leasing................1754, 1823, 1834, 1835, 1838, 1846, 1877, 1930
    Operations within national parks...............................1724
  Onshore oil and gas unit agreements..............................1882
  Outer continental shelf..................1824, 1827, 1833, 1847, 1848
  Royalty relief.............................................1842, 1843
  Royalty reporting standards......................................1830
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1942
  Mineral agreements for Indian-owned..............................1795
Oil pollution:
  Damage assessment....................................1562, 1563, 1564
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2389
  Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund...................................2404
  Oil spill reduction................................................80
  Oil spill response.............78, 1832, 2391, 2393, 2800, 2820, 3620
  Overfill devices.................................................2390
  Prevention...........................................1832, 2406, 3594
  Tank vessels...............................................2392, 2403
Oils and fats:
  See Oilseeds
Oilseeds:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................368

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  Cottonseed Oil Assistance Program............................526, 528
  Export sales reporting requirements...............................521
  Sunflowerseed Oil Assistance Program.........................526, 528
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................4238
  Authority to impose civil money penalties........................4264
  Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings 
      test exempt amounts..........................................4252
  Disability determinations:
    Adjudication officers...........................................153
    Childhood disability............................................156
    Redesign of appeals process....................................4207
    Residual functional capacity....................................150
  Drug addiction or alcoholism.....................................4242
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................4229
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................4232
  Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal 
      cases........................................................4248
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............4232
  Mental disorders, evaluation criteria............................4227
  Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria................4208, 4266
  Overpayment debt collection......................................4247
  Reimbursement for VR services....................................4255
  Replacing social security number cards...........................4214
  Representative payee reforms...............................4228, 4243
  Speech and language impairments..................................4238
  Substantial gainful activity...............................4203, 4209
  Vocational rehabilitation........................................4254
Onions:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................341
Organization and functions:
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1778
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency..................................239
  Federal credit unions............................................4669
  Federal Housing Finance Board..............................4582, 4591
  Fishermen's Guarantee Program.....................................876
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration..............3974, 3978
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network......................29
  Public housing agencies............................................47
  Transportation Department........................................2343
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Adverse experience reporting.....................................1208
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4388
  Labeling requirements............................................1206
  OTC drug monograph system........................................1192
  Safety...........................................................1215
  Tamper-resistant packaging.......................................1222
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant................................3464, 4388, 4389, 4395
  Country of origin marking............................2959, 2962, 2975
  Customs treatment of reusable shipping containers................2977
  Hazardous materials........................................2810, 2820
  Incandescent lamps...............................................4657
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4645
  Tamper-resistant.................................................1222
Paint:
  See Lead poisoning
Paleontological resources:
  Plain English regulations........................................1906
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...................2289, 3433
  Arrival/departure records of aliens........................2111, 2112
  Financial responsibility requirements.............................166
  INS fines............................................2068, 2095, 2096
  Inspection of alien crew members.................................2027
  Security standards...............................................2372
  Small vessel inspection and certification........................2368
Passports and visas:
  B visas..........................................................2278
  Immigrant visas:
    Requests for additional evidence...............................2063
  J Visas..........................................................4270
  NAFTA professionals..............................................2277
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Part 41 regulations of INA.....................................2276
    Place of application...........................................2275
  Persons authorized to adjudicate nationality claims..............2284
  Registration and fingerprinting of certain nonimmigrants.........2089
  Transit without visa.................................2022, 2090, 2271
  Visa Waiver Pilot Program..................................2046, 2272
    Countries eligible.............................................2282
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................340
  Federal Agriculture and Improvement Act of 1966...................278
  Marketing quotas..................................................191
  Poundage quota and price support..................................208
  Price support.....................................................182
Peer Review Organizations (PROs):
  Medicare regulations changes...................1305, 1335, 1342, 1392
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Chemical Weapons Convention violations............................678
  Civil......779, 1178, 1179, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1369, 1382, 1723, 1825, 
                               2199, 2483, 2527, 2846, 3846, 4221, 4264
    Inflation adjustment.......627, 1186, 2123, 2197, 2916, 3423, 4157, 
                                                             4421, 4425
  Coast Guard:
    Removal of outdated provisions.................................2412
  Criminal fine collection.........................................2130
  Food stamp program........................................4, 433, 473
  Hazardous materials regulations............................2759, 2822
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................3255
  Nuclear weapons contractors......................................1146
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Adequate consideration definition................................2198
  Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................2199
  Defined benefit pension plans....................................4148
  Definition of plan assets........................................2204
  Disclosure requirements..........................................2200
  Domestic relations orders........................................2192
  Employer liability................................................142
  ERISA:
    Employee benefit plans.........................................2194
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........62, 63
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................3175
  Investment education for plan participants.......................2202
  Multiemployer plans:
    Mergers and transfers..........................................4143
  Premium payments...........................................4144, 4149
  Reduction in future accrual rates................................3157
  Regulation and bulletin removal..................................2203
  Regulation review..........................................4152, 4153
  Reporting and notification requirements.................61, 143, 4147
  Retirement benefits..............................................2191
  Retirement obligations...........................................2191

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  Single-employer plans:
    Premium payments...............................................4147
  Standard terminations............................................4148
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................4151
  Valuation of plan benefits.......................................4146
  Veterans.........................................................3300
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Aircraft disinsection............................................2318
  Antimicrobial pesticides.............................3442, 3446, 3760
  Boll Weevil Eradication Program..............................186, 220
  Child-resistant packaging........................................3464
  Cross-contamination reporting....................................3448
  Data requirements................................................3443
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3463
  Effluent guidelines and standards................................3566
  Exportation......................................................3445
  Exposure to herbicides...........................................3403
  Field testing....................................................3458
  Forests and forest products.......................................288
  Groundwater protection...............................3451, 3452, 3459
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................280
  Inventory with cancelled registration............................3454
  Labeling requirements:
    Endangered species protection..................................3457
    Flammability...................................................3450
    Permitted statements...........................................3461
  Low-risk pesticides..............................................3468
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program.........................180
  Negotiated consent/procedural test rule..........................3482
  Production and distribution records..............................3857
  Regulatory review.................................................118
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3453, 3466
  Residue in agricultural products.................................3456
    Emergency exemptions...........................................3446
  Scientific research..............................................3856
  Self-certification................................................100
  Sterilants.......................................................3467
  Storage and disposal.............................................3863
  Tolerance program revisions......................................3465
  Transgenic plants................................................3449
  Worker protection standards....................3444, 3455, 3460, 3462
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Gasoline
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3783
  Air pollution from production facilities.........................3675
  DOD contracting...................................................923
  Gas valuation....................................................1819
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1831
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2800
  Refineries.......................................................3764
  Refining process wastes..........................................3609
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3622
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2775
  Breakout tanks...................................................2797
  Corrosion determinations.........................................2794
  Damage prevention systems........................................2802
  Drug testing of pipeline safety operations personnel.............2818
  Emergency flow restricting devices.................................88
  Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas......2778
  Excess flow valves.........................................2776, 2801
  Gas gathering lines........................................2772, 2783
  Gas standards....................................................2819
  Hazardous liquids gathering lines................................2783
  Increased inspection requirements................................2779
  Inspection devices...............................................2795
  Maps and records of location.....................................2774
  Operator qualifications..........................................2773
  Periodic updates to regulations..................................2807
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2784
  Pressure testing rule......................................2787, 2824
  Program administration...........................................2809
  Transportation of hazardous liquids..............................2790
  User fees........................................................2805
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Companies records program........................................4570
  Customs regulations..............................................2960
  Disclosure and notice of change of rates and other service 
      terms........................................................4852
  Equal opportunity during construction and operation..............1569
  Offshore pipeline spill prevention and response..................1832
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2800
  Reporting requirements.....................................1569, 2799
  Rights-of-way....................................................1837
  Secondary market transactions....................................4564
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2777
Plant diseases and pests:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................284
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened....780, 1579, 1584, 1619, 1629, 1630, 1636, 
           1640, 1641, 1645, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1653, 1656, 1660, 1661, 
           1662, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1670, 1671, 1674, 1678, 1684, 1685, 
                               1686, 1689, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699
  Exports.....................................................302, 1612
  Genetically engineered organisms..................................293
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3687
  Motor vehicle windows............................................2652
Poison prevention:
  See also Lead poisoning
  Child-resistant packaging............................4388, 4389, 4395
  Labeling regulations.............................................2782
Political activities (Government employees):
  Federal employees residing in designated localities...............140
  Hatch Act Reform Amendments......................................4127
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................4018
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.............................................342
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage..................181
Poultry and poultry products:
  Communicable diseases.............................................299
  Continuous chilling of split turkey portions......................480
  Flavoring agents..................................................487
  Food additives....................................................499
  HACCP programs....................................................511
  Inspection........................................................475
  Labeling.....................................................479, 500
  Salmonella enteritidis............................................300

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  Sodium citrate buffered with citric acid to extend shelf life 
                                                                    512
  Standards of identity and composition.............................477
  Substances approved for use in the preparation of................1266
  Transportation and storage........................................476
  Trisodium phosphate..........................................478, 510
Poultry inspection:
  Facilities and equipment approval...................................9
  HACCP programs....................................................484
  Labeling.....................................................490, 491
  Performance standards.............................................493
    Contamination...................................................496
    Foodborne pathogens.............................................494
    Processing procedures..................................10, 492, 495
    Suspension of inspection service................................488
  User fees.........................................................504
Poverty:
  See Food assistance programs
      Public assistance programs
Power resources:
  See Energy
Practice and procedure:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Prescription drugs:
  Certification program fees.......................................1241
  Controlled substances......................................2002, 2008
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1210
  Drug rebate program..............................................1178
  Labeling...................................................1221, 1245
  PDMA policy information, guidance, and clarifications............1217
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  Federal Communications Commission................................4426
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.............................4573
Price support programs:
  CCC collection of 1995 advance deficiency overpayments............272
  Peanuts...........................................................182
  Rice..............................................................273
  Tobacco............................................192, 268, 269, 270
  Wheat.............................................................264
Prisoners:
  Aliens...........................................................2145
  Central inmate monitoring........................................1976
  Drug abuse treatment.............................................1962
  Education tests..................................................1977
  Eligibility for FPI work program.................................1947
  Fine and cost processing.........................................1957
  Good conduct time................................................1960
  Inmate organizations.............................................1975
  Legal activities...........................................1948, 1952
  Literacy program.................................................1959
  Mandatory functional literacy requirements.......................1954
  National security considerations.................................1966
  OASDI benefits...................................................4248
  Personal property of inmates.....................................1965
  Plastic surgery..................................................1972
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1953
  Research regulations.............................................1951
  Restraint systems in law enforcement vehicles....................2656
  Special mail procedures..........................................1967
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1963
  Transfer of inmates to State agents..............................1970
  Unescorted transfers.............................................1964
  Use of convict labor.............................................4340
  Use of force.....................................................1974
  Violence and terrorism...........................................1971
  Voluntary surrenders.............................................1964
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1949
Prisons:
  Commissary privileges............................................1968
  Correspondence from pretrial inmates.............................1946
  Federal Prison Industries work program...........................1947
  Funding of elective abortions....................................1958
  Hostage situations...............................................1979
  Incoming publications............................................1952
  Infectious disease management....................................1956
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1950
  Postsecondary education programs...........................1945, 1961
  Prison made goods................................................2144
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1980
  Release of information...........................................1955
  Release preparation program......................................1978
  Special foods....................................................1973
  Telephone privileges.............................................1968
  Violence and terrorism...........................................1971
  Work Program.....................................................1969
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Bureau of Prisons records........................................1955
  Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant Program......................1454
  Family educational rights and privacy............................1053
  Financial records................................................4636
  Food Stamp Program......................................394, 402, 441
  Justice Department research and statistical information..........2138
  Medical transaction system.......................................1421
  OMB statistical information......................................4032
  Privacy Act:
    Crop insurance..................................................351
    DOE records..............................................1149, 1154
    DOE records exemptions...................................1139, 1148
    DOJ implementation.............................................2131
    FDIC regulations...............................................4558
    Inspector General investigative files..........................4005
    NARA procedures................................................3985
    OGE procedures.................................................4014
  Records..........................................................2843
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................413
  Social Security Administration...................................4265
  Tax return information...........................................3142
Procurement:
  See Government procurement
Prosthetic devices:
  See Medical devices
Public assistance programs:
  See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1792
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                           4, 5, 7, 458
  Voter registration...............................................1447
  Welfare reform:
    Tribal program requirements....................................1443
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Immunization
           Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3509
  Air quality standards............................................3732
  Animal drugs.....................................................1262
  Blood and blood products.........................................1194
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3859
  Mammography Quality Standards Act..................................26
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum.....................1202
  PCC health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance 
                                                                   4136
  Pesticide tolerance program......................................3465
  Physical and mental examinations of aliens.......................2091

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  Radiation protection.............................................3574
  Regulation reinvention...........................................1253
  Regulation revocation............................................1249
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3858
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2816
  Salmonella enteritidis............................................300
  Water contamination effects................................3584, 3589
  Water quality standards..........................................3541
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
           Rent subsidies
  Absent fathers...................................................1540
  Admission and occupancy..........................................1541
  Designated housing regulations...................................1548
  Development regulations revisions..................................47
  Drug-related activity adjustments................................1544
  Eligibility:
    Earned income exclusion........................................1546
  Indians....................................................1549, 1552
  Management assessment program......................................45
  Management reform..................................................46
  Mixed finance partnership development:
    Streamlining...................................................1553
  Performance Funding System.......................................1551
  Public/private partnerships for mixed-finance development........1557
  Rent adjustments for security and expense coverage...............1544
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
           Public lands-sales
           Public lands-withdrawal
           Reclamation
  Acquisition by gift, purchase or condemnation:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1901
  Acreage limitation rules.........................................1868
  Alaska...................................1586, 1592, 1692, 1921, 1944
  BLM application procedures.......................................1926
  BLM authorities..................................................1943
  BLM hearing and appeal procedures................................1940
  BLM resource planning............................................1892
  Color of title and omitted lands:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1903
  Conveyances, disclaimers, and correction documents...............1925
  Definitions......................................................1886
  Desert land entries..............................................1878
  Endangered Species Act Consultation regulations..................1691
  Equitable adjudication:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1894
  Fair market value determination..................................1909
  Fire management..................................................1874
  Gas transportation allowances....................................1829
  Highway discretionary funds......................................2553
  Indian allotments................................................1923
  Law enforcement..................................................1873
  Leases...........................................................1869
  Management framework plans.......................................1892
  Mill site restrictions...........................................1932
  Mining claims..............................................1915, 1932
  Natural history resource management..............................1875
  Nondiscrimination regulation.....................................1570
  Notification rules...............................................1854
  Permit and easements.............................................1869
  Policy and management..........................1586, 1704, 1869, 1871
  Records..........................................................1890
  Recreation management......................................1935, 1936
  Revenues management..............................................1867
  Right of entry...................................................1854
  Shore space......................................................1904
  State irrigation districts.......................................1916
  Subsistence hunting and fishing...................................557
  Subsistence management regulations...............................1692
  Surveys..........................................................1931
  Tramroads and logging roads......................................1872
  Trespass regulation..............................................1934
  Visitor services.................................................1933
  Wilderness area management.......................................1870
Public lands-classification:
  Regulations removal and updating.................................1889
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1924
  Railroad grants..................................................1922
  Reclamation projects:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1895
  State grants.....................................................1920
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1942
  Burning liquid hydrocarbons......................................1844
  Civil penalty procedures.........................................1825
  Coalbed methane development......................................1913
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1918
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1917
  Drilling requirements elimination................................1846
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1820
  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1824
  Leasing...1823, 1833, 1836, 1837, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1845, 1846, 1847, 
                                                             1848, 1939
    Drilling requirements elimination..............................1849
  Management.......................................................1937
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1876
  Mining claims:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1907
  Mining in Bodie Bowl, CA.........................................1880
  MMS electronic funds transfer regulations........................1821
  Non-mineral entry on mineral land................................1885
  Oil and gas geophysical exploration..............................1938
  Oil and gas leasing............................1834, 1835, 1877, 1930
    Inspections....................................................1911
    Performance standards............................................49
  Onshore oil and gas unit agreements..............................1882
  Public information...............................................1912
  Release of third party proprietary information...................1822
  Safety and pollution prevention equipment........................1826
  Seismic reassessment of California platforms.....................1827
  Transportation and processing allowances.........................1838
  Unitization model agreements:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1839
  User fees........................................................1884
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Administrative process and standards.............................1561
  Filing fees......................................................1837
  Regulations removal........................................1887, 1888
Public lands-sales:
  Segregation and opening of lands.................................1891
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Streamlining of operations.......................................1883
Public meetings:
  See Sunshine Act
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Public works:
  See Community facilities
Publications:
  See Government publications


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials

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  Contractors and subcontractors.....................................24
  Dose criteria..............................................4694, 4698
  Drinking water.......................................3573, 3581, 3728
  General public...................................................3574
  Industrial device user report....................................4711
  Occupational radiation protection..................................22
  Radiation safety programs........................................4684
  Radiography operations...........................................4697
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3721
  Reactor siting criteria:
    Assessment requirements clarification..........................4717
    Seismic and geological criteria................................4696
    Source term and dose calculations..............................4716
  Release of contaminated lands and structures......................169
  Scrap metal standards............................................3664
  Spent fuel storage...............................................4726
  Steam generator tube integrity....................................167
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant......................................3769
  Yucca Mountain, NV................................................113
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4480
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4517
  Competitive bidding for 800 MHz SMR..............................4528
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4493
  Inspection of Great Lakes Agreement ships........................4468
  Inspection of radio installations on ships.......................4467
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4445
  Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4516
  Millimeter wave technology.......................................4476
  Mobile services..................................................4525
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2740
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4512
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4494
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2472
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4514
  Station ownership................................................4501
  Terrestrial microwave radio services.............................4527
  Wireless information networks....................................4484
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Medical byproduct use......................................4710, 4718
  Radiation exposure...............................................4472
    Entitlement to compensation payments...........................2124
  Waste disposal..............................................105, 3571
  Waste storage....................................................4726
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Alcohol/drug regulations.........................................2746
  Locomotive engineers.............................................2737
  Safety regulations.........................................2749, 2755
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity..........................................................4164
    Deductions by reason of work...................................4160
    Exemption from supplemental tax................................3056
    Finality of decisions regarding...........................145, 4162
  Availability of information to the public........................4173
  Creditability of pay.............................................4156
  Disability determination.............................4161, 4168, 4169
  Eligibility requirements.........................................4154
  Employee status..................................................4166
  Employer status..................................................4165
  Employers' reports.........................................4155, 4172
  Erroneous payments................................................144
  Prohibition of cigarette sales to minors.........................4174
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................4161
Railroad safety:
  Accident reporting...............................................2758
  Brakes...........................................................2748
  Bridge maintenance guidelines....................................2743
  Emergency preparedness.............................................87
  Freight cars.....................................................2747
  Grade crossing and signal systems....................2574, 2750, 2756
  Hazardous materials regulations............................2759, 2806
  Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2735
  Locomotive crashworthiness and working conditions................2734
  Maintenance-of-way employee protection...........................2749
  Passenger equipment standards....................................2741
  Radio communications and train control...........................2740
  Rail fixed guideway systems:
    State safety oversight.........................................2766
  Signal systems.............................................2751, 2752
  State participation..............................................2760
  Steam locomotives................................................2744
  Track standards..................................................2738
  Utility employee protection......................................2755
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2736
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Employee status..................................................4166
  Employer status..................................................4165
  Employers' contributions.........................................4170
  Finality of decisions............................................4158
  Repayment tax....................................................3204
  Representative payment...........................................4171
  Voluntary quit...................................................4167
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Abandonment and discontinuance of rail services...................172
  Alcohol/drug use control.........................................2746
  Assistance to States.............................................2745
  BLM railroad grants..............................................1922
  Consolidation procedures.........................................4842
  Environmental impact and related procedures................2548, 2739
  Environmental law implementation..................................172
  Exemption from regulation:
    Class exemption for acquisition or operation of rail lines.....4851
    Non-ferrous recyclables........................................4844
    Paints, enamels, lacquers, shellacs, and other commodities 
        transportation.............................................4843
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3641
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................2055
  Rail connecting tracks...........................................4848
  Railroad highway projects........................................2576
  Rate guidelines for small shippers................................171
  Rates and fares:
    Deregulation of demurrage......................................4847
    Disclosure, publication, and notice requirements...............4850
    Expedited STB procedures.......................................4849
    Recyclable commodities rates...................................4844
  Tank cars........................................................2798
  Tourist and historic railroads:
    Regulatory review..............................................2757
  Transport of agricultural products...............................4846
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2816
  User fees........................................................2753
  Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2754
Range management:
  Indian rangelands................................................1789
  National Forest System lands......................................561
  Research grants...................................................311
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads

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Real property acquisition:
  Estate tax valuation of farm property............................3054
  Farm real estate..................................................188
  Highway construction.......................................2541, 2577
  Individual Indians and tribes..............................1799, 1812
  National Park Service regulation.................................1738
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Acreage limitation...............................................1868
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1853
  Buy American requirements........................................1568
  Filing of plans of operations....................................1915
  Financing........................................................1915
  Income tax rules.................................................3180
  Indian lands.....................................................1753
  Management of Lake Berryessa, California.........................1865
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1866
  Permits..........................................................1862
  Public lands rule................................................1854
  Townsites:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1895
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.........................3434
  Lassen Volcanic National Park....................................1743
  Management.................................................1935, 1936
  Rock climbing....................................................1735
  Wildlife refuges.................................................1600
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3618
  Hazardous waste...................................................107
  Non-ferrous recyclables..........................................4844
  Oil..............................................................4652
  Paper............................................................4348
  Refrigerant..........................................3711, 3756, 3757
  Scrap metal................................................3496, 3664
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.............................................2061
  Family unity.....................................................2061
Relocation assistance:
  Streamlining...............................................1461, 1480
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Rent subsidies:
  Adjustments for security and expense due to crime................1544
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Administration for Children and Families...................1451, 1457
  Air carriers.......................2321, 2348, 2424, 2495, 2835, 2836
  Aircraft flight data recorder parameters...........................81
  Alcohol and alcoholic beverages..................................2894
  Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2672
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation..........2845, 2847, 2849, 2853, 2854
  Biologics production...............................................28
  Blood and blood products.........................................1194
  Carbamates.......................................................3834
  Chemical inventory reporting............................95, 101, 3836
  Commodities:
    CFTC early warning reporting requirements......................4382
    CFTC reporting requirements.....................................158
    Financial reporting requirements................................160
    Self-regulatory organization automated systems.................4384
  Commodity futures................................................4380
  Currency transactions................................2848, 2851, 2852
  Customs regulations..................................2945, 2960, 2963
  Defense Acquisition Management Documentation and Reports..........954
  Defense contractors, controlled materials program.................650
  Domestic offshore carriers.......................................4598
  DOT records pertaining to individuals............................2325
  Drug Enforcement Administration...1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 
                                                                   2010
  Electronic records...............................................1224
  Employee benefit plan administrators.............................2200
  Environmental monitoring..........................................124
  Environmental Protection Agency.................103, 3577, 3660, 3847
  EPA emissions reporting requirements.............................3762
  EPA information collection rule..................................3591
  EPA key identifiers reporting......................................94
  EPA regulations streamlining......................................106
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission..........................3880
  Export information......................................632, 633, 634
  Export sales......................................................521
  FCA disclosure regulation........................................4405
  FDA adverse drug experiences...............................1208, 1238
  FDA adverse experience reporting.................................1200
  Federal aircraft accidents.......................................3936
  Federal Aviation Administration..................................2514
  Federal Communications Commission................................4502
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.......................4567, 4572
  Financial institutions.....................................4635, 4636
  Firearms loss or theft...........................................2886
  Fisheries....................................................725, 726
  Food assistance programs..........................................448
  Food Stamp Program............................403, 407, 463, 470, 471
  Foreign gifts and donations......................................3923
  Gas pipelines....................................................2799
  Genetically engineered organisms..................................293
  Government contracts..................................953, 4338, 4355
  Government procurement.....................................4286, 4360
  Great Lakes pilotage rates.......................................2336
  Groundfish fisheries..............................................767
  GSA's role in records management.................................3933
  Hazard abatement documentation...................................2255
  Hazardous material releases......................................3840
  Hazardous materials transportation...................2785, 2796, 2804
  Hazardous substances........................................118, 3502
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................4018
  Human drug and licensed biological products......................1223
  Import information................................................635
  Infant formula testing...........................................1193
  Interior Department........................................1569, 1570
  Internal Revenue Service.............................2995, 2996, 3254
  Investigational new drugs........................................1237
  Investment advisers..............................................4810
  Investment companies...4774, 4776, 4782, 4786, 4797, 4808, 4811, 4816
  Labor Department.....................................2156, 2173, 2205
  Lease write-offs..................................................332
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3983
  Marine casualty reporting........................................2400
  Maritime carrier monitoring reports..............................4601
  Maritime operating companies.....................................2373
  Medicare program.................................................1366
  Mine operators...................................................1915
  Mortgage broker fees.............................................1492
  Motor carriers.......................................2551, 2573, 2599
  Motor vehicle insurers...........................................2721
  Motor vehicle manufacturers..................................86, 2726

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  NASA contractor cost reporting...................................3962
  NASA government property reporting regulation....................3953
  NASA research grant handbook revisions...........................3979
  National Driver Register.........................................2679
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration..............757, 838
  National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1269
  New drug applications............................................1239
  Nonpayroll withheld tax liabilities..............................3252
  Nuclear power plants............................170, 4703, 4732, 4733
  Occupational injuries and illnesses................................76
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................4012
  Ozone-depleting substances importation...........................3663
  Paperwork reduction...............................................225
  Pension plans...........................................61, 143, 4147
  Personal property................................................3931
  Personnel records................................................4044
  Pesticides.....................100, 118, 3448, 3453, 3466, 3856, 3857
  Pipeline common carriage.........................................4852
  Pipeline companies records program...............................4570
  Pollution prevention actions in Toxic Release Inventory..........3473
  Public utilities records program.................................4570
  Radionuclides....................................................3839
  Radon............................................................3842
  Rail rates and service terms.....................................4850
  Railroad accident reporting......................................2758
  Railroad employees.........................................2735, 2752
  Railroad Retirement Board......................4154, 4155, 4170, 4172
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................3185
  Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers.................139
  Ruminant feed......................................................27
  Rural electrification loans.......................................602
  Screening FIP resources..........................................3939
  Securities...........................................4739, 4764, 4832
    Abbreviated financial statements...............................4767
    Broker-dealers...............................2838, 4829, 4834, 4836
    Disclosure simplification......................................4770
    Electronic dissemination of disclosure documents...............4769
    Executive and director compensation............................4758
    Forward-looking statements.....................................4763
    Holding period requirement.....................................4750
    Issuers of debt securities.....................................4766
    Large trader reporting system............................2840, 4833
    Legal proceedings..............................................4757
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4793
    Market and credit risk exposures...............................4838
    Mutual fund prospectuses.......................................4815
    National banks.................................................2921
    Regulation S amendments........................................4748
    Section 10A implementation.....................................4837
    State banks....................................................4613
    Transfer agent services........................................4831
    Unregistered equity sales......................................4773
  Stage 2 airplanes in Hawaii......................................2482
  Sugar and crystalline fructose marketing allotment................221
  Surety companies.................................................2870
  Tobacco exports..................................................2890
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3503
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting....................117, 3472, 3504
  Transportation Department........................................2603
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2777
  Uranium mill sites...............................................1147
  Vessel documentation.............................................2378
  Vessel numbering system..........................................2363
  Veterans Administration..........................................3413
  Vocational rehabilitation providers..............................4254
  Washington National Records Center...............................3996
  Zero coupon bond interest........................................1410
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Awards to educational institutions...............................4037
  Biotechnology..............................................3477, 3494
  DOD contracts....................................................1012
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................936
  Dogs and cats.....................................................286
  Domestic and foreign fishing......................................824
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3856
  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1824
  Government contracts.......................................4356, 4364
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................805
  Labor certification process for researchers......................2185
  Marine mammals....................................................783
  Marine resources..................................................821
  NARA registration requirement....................................3987
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration....................3979
  National Institutes of Health....................................1288
  National Undersea Research Program................................823
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................822
  North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan........................773, 794
  OSERS Disability and Rehabilitation Research Programs............1089
  OSERS Rehabilitation Services Discretionary Programs.............1094
  Patuxent Wildlife Research Center................................1704
  Small business innovation research rights in data................4331
Reserve forces:
  See Armed forces reserves
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
  See Lung diseases
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Benefits.........................................................2869
  Government employees.........4061, 4062, 4063, 4066, 4067, 4095, 4128
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................933
Rice:
  CAB adjustments...................................................257
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................353
  Inspection fees...................................................393
  Price support.....................................................273
  Program implementation............................................260
  World price calculation...........................................276
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Acquisition of real property for...........................2541, 2577
  Indian lands.....................................................1775
  Regulation revision..............................................1719
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.....................243
  Sacramento River water diversions.................................887
Roads:
  See Highways and roads
Rockets:
  See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
  See Aircraft
Royalties:
  See Mineral royalties
Rubber and rubber products:
  See Tires
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs.........................12, 572
  Business enterprise grants........................................574
  Community facility loans...........................315, 319, 323, 606
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program..................613
  Economic development loans and grants.............................331
  Electric borrowers......................................585, 594, 603
  Electric loans.......582, 584, 590, 591, 592, 599, 601, 602, 604, 605
  Electrification...............................580, 583, 593, 595, 597
  Farm labor housing................................................312

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  Health care services.............................................1302
  Hospitals:
    Essential access community hospitals...........................1423
    Independent rural primary care hospitals.......................1401
  Housing for homeless and migrant farmworkers......................335
  Housing loans and grants................................318, 325, 338
  Housing loans and programs..............................314, 324, 326
  Housing rehabilitation............................................317
  Labor standards enforcement.......................................339
  Lease write-offs..................................................332
  Loan and grant programs............................233, 337, 576, 607
  Loan programs.....................................................612
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2783
  Safety standards enforcement......................................339
  Small farmer outreach training....................................232
  Technical assistance grants and programs.....................232, 571
  Telephones..............................................584, 596, 611
  Television demonstration grants...................................574
  Water and waste disposal loans and grants....................313, 610
  Water and waste disposal programs............................586, 587


                                   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..............................2430
  Arms, ammunition, and explosives............................928, 1000
  California outer continental shelf platforms.....................1827
  Drugs:
    Over-the-counter.........................................1215, 1222
    Prescription...................................................1221
  Fastener quality..................................................684
  Medical devices......................................1218, 1227, 1261
  MMS safety and pollution prevention equipment....................1826
  RHCDS enforcement of safety standards.............................339
  Space launch activities............................................82
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Digital audio radio service....................................4493
    Domestic and international services............................4491
    Earth stations...........................................4487, 4492
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4478, 4490
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4494
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4488
  Export controls...................................................657
Savings associations:
  Adjustable rate mortgage regulations.............................3277
  Community Reinvestment Act.......................................3264
  Corporate governance regulations.................................3268
  De novo applications for charter.................................3266
  Flood insurance regulation.......................................3276
  Insurance regulations............................................3270
  Lending regulations..............................................3277
  Liquidity regulation.............................................3263
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................3267, 3274
  Safety and soundness standards...................................2928
  Subsidiary regulations...........................................3269
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................3275
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  Bilingual Education Graduate Fellowship Program..................1057
  Foreign language and area studies programs.......................1087
  Head Start Program...............................................1450
  Health Professional Scholarship Program..........................3364
  Indian fellowship programs.......................................1068
  J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board...................1079
  National Institutes of Health....................................1281
  Police Corps programs............................................2129
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Amendments to promote Healthy Meals for Healthy Children in 
      Schools.......................................................442
  Cheese alternate products.........................................472
  Consolidation of..................................................410
  Eligibility..................................................416, 425
  Formulated grain-fruit products...................................409
  Menu planning.....................................................427
  Purchase of food products produced in the U.S.....................468
  Release of eligibility information................................413
  Yogurt crediting..................................................446
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos...................................................3506, 3515
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3483
  EEOC reporting and recordkeeping requirements....................3880
  Improving America's Schools Act..................................1053
  Indian School Equalization Program...............................1748
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................939
Science and technology:
  Accelerator controls.............................................2661
  Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants..................3581
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4480
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................920
  DOT monitoring of motor carriers.................................2599
  Genetically engineered organisms..................................293
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3861
  NSF standards of conduct.........................................4007
  Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................910
  Rights to inventions..............................................907
Scientific equipment:
  See also Medical devices
  Imports...........................................................645
  Standards........................................................4470
Scientists:
  Soviet Scientists Immigration Act................................2057
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Catfish...........................................................881
  Fillet standards.............................................877, 882
  Fish products.....................................................874
  Import regulations................................................804
  Inspection........................................................859
  Product standards.......................................875, 880, 881
  Shrimp............................................................875
  Standards for grades..............................................878
  Transportation and storage........................................476
  Whole or dressed..................................................880
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seals and insignia:
  DOT Official Seal................................................2344
Seamen:
  Merchant marine documents........................................2373
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2380

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Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
           Government securities
  Bank investment securities.......................................2920
  Beneficial owners..........................................4754, 4761
  Book-entry procedures............................................1473
  California exemption.............................................4768
  Capital formation requirements...................................4738
  Company registration and regulation of capital formation.........4740
  Corporate governance regulations.................................3268
  Credit...............................................4618, 4820, 4838
  Custody..........................................................4784
  Customer limit orders......................................4835, 4836
  Delayed offerings:
    S-1 and SB-2 companies.........................................4751
  Depositories.....................................................4789
  Deregistration form amendments...................................4808
  Disclosure requirements.....4739, 4748, 4755, 4756, 4757, 4758, 4762, 
           4763, 4767, 4769, 4770, 4773, 4782, 4786, 4810, 4811, 4815, 
                                                       4816, 4832, 4838
    Extraordinary corporate transactions...........................4744
    Options disclosure.............................................4747
  Distribution.....................................................4826
  Diversification determination....................................3231
  Electronic filing:
    Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System........4743
    Institutional investment manager reports.......................4777
  Elimination of SEC fees..........................................4839
  Executive and director compensation..............................4758
  Foreign issuer...................................................4772
  Form S-8.........................................................4738
  Form 13F.........................................................4777
  Forms F-2, F-3, and S-3..........................................4760
  Government-sponsored enterprises.................................1473
  Haircuts on................................................4827, 4828
  Holding companies..................4625, 4765, 4800, 4801, 4804, 4805
  Holding period requirements......................................4750
  Housing..........................................................1473
  Income taxation......................................3097, 3102, 3187
  Insurance products...................................4793, 4794, 4817
  Integrated financial transactions................................3021
  International transactions.......................................3124
  International transactions terminology...........................4825
  Investment advisers............................4778, 4799, 4809, 4810
  Investment companies........4759, 4776, 4781, 4782, 4785, 4786, 4787, 
                   4788, 4789, 4790, 4797, 4798, 4808, 4811, 4814, 4816
  Issue and sale...................................................4766
  Large trader reporting system....................................4833
  Loss determination...............................................3186
  Lost security holders............................................4819
  Mark-to-market for dealers.......................................3098
  Market-maker trading regulation..................................4835
  Member stock transaction gains and losses........................3244
  Member stock transactions........................................3245
  Multijurisdictional tender offers................................4752
  Nationally recognized statistical rating organizations...........4820
  Net capital requirements.........................................4823
  Non-voting equity................................................4760
  Odd-lot tender offers............................................4830
  Offshore internet offerings......................................4749
  Outbound transfers...............................................3092
  Private Securities Litigation Reform Act:
    Definition of terms............................................4746
  Prohibitions against trading.....................................4826
  Prospectus delivery..............................................4795
  Proxies....................................................4753, 4754
  PUHCA exemption for transactions with foreign associates.........4803
  Registration.........................................4768, 4771, 4793
  Registration form amendments...............................4829, 4834
  Registration statements..........................................4745
  Regulation S amendments....................................4748, 4760
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements......2838, 2921, 4536, 4613, 
                               4750, 4764, 4766, 4773, 4774, 4831, 4837
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4791
  Rule 0-10........................................................4821
  Rule 10-b6, 10b-13, and 13e-4....................................4830
  Rule 11Ac1-1.....................................................4818
  Rule 12b-2.......................................................4760
  Rule 15a-4.......................................................4778
  Rule 17Ad-17, and 17a-24.........................................4819
  Rule 430A........................................................4751
  Rule 9b-1........................................................4747
  Rules 30d-1 and 30d-2............................................4791
  Safe harbors:
    Disclosure of market risk......................................4755
    Offshore press conferences.....................................4741
  Sales loads......................................................4812
  Schedules 13D and 13G............................................4761
  Small business issues definition.................................4760
  Small business or organization:
    Definitions....................................................4821
  Sourcing in international short sales............................3124
  Stabilizing to facilitate offerings..............................4824
  Taxation.........................................................3182
  Transfer agent services..........................................4831
  Transfer services................................................4623
  Transfer to foreign corporations.................................3091
  Two-sided quotations.............................................4818
  Use of electronic media in presentations.........................4742
  Utilities..................................................4804, 4805
  Valuation........................................................2864
  Wrap fee programs................................................4799
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1168
  Aviation...............................................77, 2447, 2492
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................916
  DOE contractors............................................1133, 1158
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2497
  Maritime vessels.................................................2829
  Nuclear power plants and reactors................................4686
  Passenger vessels and terminals..................................2372
  Private Remote Sensing Space Systems..............................764
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................2420
    Airports.......................................................2421
    Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act..................2909
    Aviation safety regulations....................................2416
Seeds:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................284
  Inspection and certification......................................281
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations........................................2943, 2954
  FCC regulations..................................................4466
  Fraud cases......................................................2125
  IRS regulation...................................................3159
Selective Service System.....................................4104, 4175
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Incinerator emissions monitoring.................................3560
  Incinerator emissions standards..................................3631
  Sludge use and disposal..............................3525, 3542, 3558
  Vessels..........................................................3555

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Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs..........................1985, 3358, 3927
Sheep:
  Sheep Industry Improvement Center.................................573
Shipbuilding industry:
  Air pollution control............................................3704
  Obligation guarantees............................................2830
  Safety and health regulations..............................2242, 2262
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See also Seals and insignia
           Trademarks
  Environman symbol................................................1741
  Highway beautification costs.....................................2578
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Disadvantaged business enterprise concession plan................2291
  DOD contracting...................................................923
  Flood insurance coverage.........................................4185
  Government contracts.......................................1011, 3968
  Government procurement................................970, 4343, 4370
  Government subcontracting............................1171, 4285, 4293
  Innovation research rights in data...............................4331
  Investment companies:
    Accounting and financial reporting standards...................4774
    Definition of affilition........................................146
    Eligibility for SBIC financing.................................4182
  Loans:
    Care and preservation of collateral............................4189
    Risk-based capital standards...................................3267
    SBA guaranty..............................................148, 4190
  National forest land use..........................................544
  Nondiscrimination:
    Federally assisted programs....................................4176
    Financial assistance programs..................................4186
    Streamlining legislation implementation........................4192
  Rights to inventions..............................................907
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................4184
  Size standards:
    Health care services industries................................4188
    Natural gas distribution.......................................4183
    North American industry classification system..................4193
    Ostensible subcontractor rule..................................4191
  Streamlining legislation implementation....................4178, 4192
  Surety bond guarantees...........................................4177
  USDA research program.............................................308
Smoking:
  Air carrier prohibition..........................................2331
  Federal buildings and facilities ban.............................3937
  Workplace air quality............................................2260
Social security:
  See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Account number collection and storage.............................360
  Acquisition regulations..........................................4260
  Administrative procedures........................................4224
  Adopted child's status...........................................4250
  Alien applicants............................................149, 2038
  Annual earnings report............................................151
  Canadian citizens' obtaining of social security numbers..........4155
  Citizenship evidence.............................................4213
  Civil monetary penalty regulations...............................4221
  Contributions for support........................................4239
  Cycling payment of benefits.......................................155
  Debarment and suspension.........................................4217
  Disability determinations:
    Medical consultants' opinions...................................154
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................4217
  Earnings records determinations..................................4241
  Employer identification number collection and storage.............360
  Equal Access to Justice Act......................................4223
  Facility of payment provision....................................4244
  Freedom of information regulations...............................4215
  Grants administration..........................4216, 4217, 4218, 4219
  HHS regulation migration to SSA....4215, 4216, 4217, 4218, 4219, 4265
  Living in the same household rule................................4261
  Lump-sum death payment rule......................................4261
  Maximum family benefit.....................................4244, 4245
  Medical equipment liability......................................1398
  Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................4198
  Privacy regulation...............................................4265
  Publications:
    Prohibitions against reproduction..............................1181
  Recovery of overpayments.........................................4258
  Reduction of disability benefits.................................4251
  Regulations corrections..........................................4236
  Replacing social security number cards...........................4214
  Representative payees............................................4194
  Review process...................................................4197
  Social Security Independence and Domestic Employment Reform Act
                                                                   4259
  SSA employees:
    Ethical conduct................................................4202
    Indemnification................................................4225
  Statement of earnings and benefit estimate.......................4256
  Student benefits.................................................4262
  Technical changes................................................4222
  Widow's benefits.................................................4231
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program............................215, 244, 261
  Highly erodible land and wetlands..................240, 254, 619, 620
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Soybeans:
  Vegetable protein products........................................412
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations..................3952, 3953, 3963, 3965, 3966
  Commercial launch activities.......................................82
    DOT licenses...................................................2454
  Contracts.......3946, 3947, 3950, 3951, 3957, 3959, 3962, 3964, 3967, 
                                                 3968, 3969, 3975, 3977
  Cooperative agreements for profit-making organizations...........3970
  Cooperative agreements to State and local governments............3949
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3948
  Drug and alcohol testing for contractor employees................3961
  Duty-free entry of space articles................................3971
  Electronic funds transfer........................................3976
  Insurance for commercial launches................................2498
  Licenses...........................................................82
  NASA Contract Adjustment Board...................................3978
  NASA organization and functions..................................3974
  Non-U.S. licensed space stations.................................4495
  Printing and duplicating by contractors..........................3960
  Research grant handbook....................................3972, 3979
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3954
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations

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Sterilization:
  See Family planning
Stocks:
  See Securities
Stockyards:
  Care and handling of livestock....................................392
  Regulations revisions........................................390, 391
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Student aid:
  See also Scholarships and fellowships
  Community Development Work Study Program.........................1539
  Default rate calculation.........................................1071
  Federal Family Education Loan Program......................1076, 1078
  Financial assistance general provisions................19, 1071, 1081
  Graduate assistance..............................................1084
  Regulatory and review and simplification...........................17
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program......................1081
Students:
  International education..........................................1085
  SSA eligibility rules............................................4262
  SSI eligibility while temporarily abroad.........................4196
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                   1052
  Support services.................................................1083
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
      Rent subsidies
Sugar:
  Crop year definition..............................................252
  Federal Agriculture and Improvement Act of 1996...................278
  Import licensing programs....................................516, 531
  Market stabilization price........................................533
  Marketing allotment program.......................................221
Sugarbeets:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................343
Sugarcane:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................366
Sunflowers:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................368
Sunshine Act:
  FDIC public meetings.............................................4562
Superfund:
  Claims application streamlining..................................3832
  Cost recovery regulation.........................................3845
  Grants for technical assistance..................................3833
  Radiation site cleanup............................................105
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3834
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................4238
  Aliens.....................................................4237, 4257
  Authority to impose civil money penalties........................4264
  Computation of benefits........................4210, 4233, 4235, 4240
  Disability determinations:
    Childhood disability............................................156
    Drug abuse or alcoholism.......................................4242
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................4234
    Medical consultants' opinions...................................154
  Exclusions from income and resources.............................4212
  Families of military personnel...................................4195
  Fees for Federal administration of State supplementary payments
                                                                   4211
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................4229
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................4253
    Deeming of parental income when children are hospitalized......4246
    Exclusions from income.........................................4263
    Information available for benefits determination...............4233
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................4249
  Regulations corrections..........................................4236
  Reimbursement for VR services....................................4255
  Representative payee reforms...............................4228, 4243
  Speech and language impairments..................................4238
  Students temporarily abroad......................................4196
  Substantial gainful activity.....................................4209
  Vocational rehabilitation........................................4254
Surety bonds:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2973
  BLM bonding requirements.........................................1918
  Federal process agents of surety companies.......................2870
  Form revision.....................................................537
  Outer continental shelf leases...................................1833
  Security on penal bonds..........................................2856
  Small business access............................................4177
Surface mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1851
    Alluvial valley floors.........................................1857
    Backfilling and grading........................................1853
    Cooperative agreements.........................................1863
    Rights.........................................................1850
    State program amendments.......................................1860
    Subsidence resulting from underground mining...................1855
    Weight determination...........................................1859
  Indian lands...............................................1753, 1856
  Permit rights....................................................1862
  Regulatory consolidation.........................................1858
  State program amendments.........................................1861
Symbols:
  See Seals and insignia
      Signs and symbols
Synthetics:
  See Plastics materials and synthetics
Syrup:
  See Sugar


                                   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
           Income taxes
  Air transportation of cargo......................................3211
  Breweries..........................................................92
  Communications...................................................3251
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes...................1137
  Environmental..............................................3138, 3202
  Escrow funds.....................................................3005
  Foreign trade....................................................3099
  Passive activity losses and credits........................3096, 3181
  Procedure and administration:
    John Doe summons disputes......................................3207
    List of legal holidays.........................................3256
    Statement......................................................3077
    Statute of limitations...................................3207, 3208
  Treasury taxes and loans.............................2857, 2860, 2872
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................922
Technical assistance:
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2839
  Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3833
  Environmental restoration of DOD facilities.......................912
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Accessibility guidelines.........................................3432

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  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4446
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates..........................4463
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4450
  Bell Operating Companies and monitoring affiliates:
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm.................4454
  Communication intercepting devices................................671
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................2128
  EPA information resources management directives..................3869
  Equipment manufacture............................................4450
  Infrastructure grant program......................................892
  Integrated Services Digital network (ISDN).......................4464
  Microwave antenna flexibility....................................4479
  Out-of-region interstate, interexchange services.................4463
    Tariff filing requirements.....................................4455
  Public Telecommunications Facilities Program......................891
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................4458
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4453
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4452
    LEC provision of interexchange services........................4457
    Local competition provisions.............................4459, 4529
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................4451
    Regulatory fee assessment and collection for 1997..............4509
    Review of policies and rules...................................4455
    Streamlining requirements......................................4436
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm monitoring......4454
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4456
  USDA program......................................................304
  Wireless information networks....................................4484
Telephone:
  Billed party preference..........................................4443
  Cable television cross-ownership.................................4437
  Caller ID standards..............................................4439
  Competitive bidding for unserved cellular areas..................4519
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4444
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems...........................4524
  Expanded interconnection with local company facilities...........4438
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4445
  MTA and WATS market structure....................................4460
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4442
  Payphone compensation for originating 1-800 subscriber calls.....4462
  Portability of telephone numbers.................................4461
  Price caps for LECs........................................4447, 4448
  Rural.............................................................596
  Rural Telephone Bank.........................................600, 611
  Toll free service access codes...................................4449
  Universal Service Fund...........................................4444
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advanced systems.................................................4498
  Advertising......................................................4500
  Advertising practices............................................4503
  Children's programming...........................................4508
  Commercial practices of television networks and affiliates.......4500
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4435
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4469
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4502
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4483
  Open video systems...............................................4432
  Over-the-air reception devices...................................4431
  Station ownership................................................4501
  Video programming accessibility..................................4433
Terrorism:
  Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act....................2909
  Aviation safety regulations......................................2416
  Church Arson Prevention Act......................................1525
  Contractor training...............................................983
Textiles:
  Customs regulations..................................2939, 2958, 2967
  Labeling.............................................4646, 4648, 4649
  Wool products....................................................4646
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Non-pneumatic spare tires........................................2718
  Quality grading standards........................................2651
  Retreads.........................................................2615
  Uniform tire quality grading:
    Reduction of fees for course monitoring tires..................2689
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  BATF technical amemdemnts........................................2908
  BATF technical amendments........................................2907
  Burley............................................................269
  Common Crop Insurance........................................349, 370
  Exports.....................................................527, 2890
  Flue-cured........................................................270
  Marketing assessments.............................................223
  Marketing quotas...................................185, 192, 269, 270
  Nested tobacco....................................................268
  Price support...........................................192, 269, 270
  Sale and distribution to minors............................1263, 4174
  Smokeless........................................................1263
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4645
  Veterans claims based on use.....................................3295
  Warehouse regulations.............................................222
Tomatoes:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................344, 345
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
      Poison prevention
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade adjustment assistance:
  TAA program amendments...........................................2183
  Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................2184
Trade agreements:
  Endangered species.........................................1583, 1623
  Florence Agreement Program........................................645
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade...........................4358
  Market development................................................523
  North American Free Trade Agreement.....1004, 2184, 2277, 2945, 2964, 
                                                             2976, 4333
  Textile trade agreements.........................................2939
  Trade Agreements Act.............................................1004
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................2982
Trade practices:
  Consumer product warranties................................4653, 4654
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4651
Trade unions:
  See Labor unions
Trade zones:
  Lapse of authority................................................649
Trademarks:
  Fastener Quality Act..............................................906
  Fees.........................................................899, 904
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2938
  PTO mailing procedures............................................903
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................894
  Registration......................................................905
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..................................896
Training programs:
  See Manpower training programs

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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............................127, 3743
  Capital leases...................................................2768
  Construction project funding.....................................2765
  Customs regulations..............................................2946
  Definition of substance abuse professional.......................2341
  Disadvantaged business enterprise program........................2290
  DOT audit requirements...........................................2349
  DOT grants administration........................................2292
  DOT rulemaking procedure...................................2317, 2823
  DOT staff assignments............................................2343
  DOT testing of transportation personnel....................2341, 2342
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2762
  Drug testing of transportation personnel......2287, 2298, 2337, 2789, 
                                                                   2818
  Elderly and disabled.............................................2767
  Environmental review.............................................2761
  FTA management and monitoring systems............................2764
  Head Start participants..........................................1445
  Individuals with disabilities............2332, 2333, 2335, 2767, 3433
  Medals of Honor..................................................2346
  Minerals industry transportation and processing allowances.......1838
  National security information....................................2345
  Official Seal regulations........................................2344
  OST electronic filing regulations................................2339
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2323
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................2320
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................2033
Travel:
  See also Passports and visas
           Travel and transportation expenses
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2430
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Government employees.................................3915, 3917, 4294
  Government expenses..............................................3942
  Non-government employees.............................1175, 4297, 4339
  Veterans Administration..........................................3395
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation 
      and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
                                                                    772
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................651, 678
  Exclusion or expulsion of foreign nationals......................2059
  Montreal Protocol................................................3663
  Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty..................................659
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994.........1773
  Chapter 13 standing trustees.....................................2127
  Compensation and reimbursement of expenses.......................2135
  Income taxation..................................................3257
  QDOT security requirements.......................................3133
  Qualifications for bankruptcy trustees...........................2126
  Residence trust..................................................3134
  Taxation.........................................................3215
  Unit investment trusts...........................................4796
Tuberculosis:
  Correctional management....................................1308, 1956
  Occupational exposure..............................................72
Tung nuts:
  See Oilseeds
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Subsidence resulting from........................................1855
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Manpower training programs
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Disaster unemployment assistance.................................2181
  Performance system...............................................2182
Unions:
  See Labor unions
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities..........................................4800, 4801
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites.................................................1147, 4706
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1944
  Environmental protection..........................................322
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4800, 4805
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4801, 4804
  Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4572
  Public utility mergers...........................................4575
  Real-time information networks...................................4577
  Records program..................................................4570
  Transmission access..............................................4576
  Unnecessary filing requirements, elimination.....................4571


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  See also specific vegetables
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................367
  Import restrictions...............................................296
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage.............179, 181
  Vegetable protein products........................................412
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1956
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Anchorage and moorage............................................1725
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................2386
  Armed forces vessels:
    Uniform national discharge standards...........................3519
  Certificates of origin...........................................2359
  Classification society rules.....................................2376
  Clean Vessel Act.................................................1615
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2396
  Controlled substances............................................1994
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2389
  Double-hull regulations............................................80

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  Emissions standards..............................................3830
  Energy management regulations....................................1164
  Financial reporting requirements.................................4598
  Fire protection..................................................2379
  Glacier Bay management plan......................................1734
  Government contracting...........................................2154
  Government procurement......................................959, 1014
  Houseboats.......................................................1732
  New York Vessel Traffic Service..................................2405
  Offshore supply..................................................2366
  Overseas construction............................................2379
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................2055
  Panama Canal:
    Dangerous cargo................................................4132
    Tolls..........................................................4134
  Radar-observer endorsements......................................2374
  Rebuild determinations...........................................2407
  Regatta and parade permits.......................................2377
  Regattas and marine parades......................................2394
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2385
  Sewage discharge.................................................3555
  Towing vessel operators..........................................2364
  User fees........................................................2357
  Vessel identification system...............................2359, 2388
Veterans:
  Abandoned claims.................................................3390
  Acquisition regulations:
    Delete duplication.............................................3347
    Miscellaneous changes..........................................3345
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................3314
  Acquisitions by the VA.........................3355, 3404, 3405, 3406
  Administrative amendments:
    Regulation streamlining........................................3366
  Adult day health care program....................................3321
  Alcohol abuse..............................................3321, 3362
  Appeals regulations..................................3315, 3356, 3408
  Autopsies:
    Regulation streamlining........................................3365
  Burial benefits............................................3316, 3317
  Checks:
    Tracing fees...................................................3318
  Child care centers...............................................3359
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   3309
  Claims based on ionizing radiation...............................3302
  Claims based on tobacco use......................................3295
  Claims based without VA examinations.............................3380
  Community residential care program...............................3321
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................2152
  Custody of school age or adult disabled children.................3303
  Death benefits...................................................3342
  Debt-reduction through work-study services.......................3288
  Delegations of authority:
    Nonsubstantive changes.........................................3367
  Denial of claims.................................................3331
  Determination of need for aid and attendance.....................3399
  Disability rating:
    Cardiovascular system............................................93
    Dental disabilities............................................3292
    Digestive system...............................................3287
    Disability due to hospitalization, treatment, examination, or 
        vocational rehabilitation..................................3379
    Endocrine system...............................................3368
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs.........................3294, 3328
    Fibromyalgia...................................................3330
    Individual unemployability.....................................3290
    Medical evidence of improvement................................3298
    Mental disorders...............................................3372
    Muscular system................................................3326
    Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............3286
    Orthopedic system..............................................3285
    Respiratory system.............................................3370
    Skin conditions................................................3327
    Systemic conditions......................................3292, 3371
    Total disability...............................................3329
  Drug abuse.................................................3321, 3362
  Education:
    Active duty..............................................3376, 3378
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3308
    Course approval requirements.............................3301, 3377
    Dependents assistance and benefits.............................3374
    Educational Assistance Test Program......................3343, 3391
    Election of education benefit..................................3299
    Flight training................................................3377
    Independent study approval.....................................3337
    Montgomery G.I. Bill......3297, 3369, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3378, 3392, 
                                                                   3401
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................3289
    Post-Vietnam era.........................................3375, 3389
    Regulations revision...........................................3388
    Reservists.......................3334, 3361, 3369, 3373, 3387, 3397
    Survivors and dependents.......................................3311
  Emergency medical care...........................................1380
  Employment and training..........................................3413
  Evidence requirements......................................3293, 3382
  Examination requirements.........................................3380
  Exposure to herbicides...........................................3403
  Fiduciary activities.......................................3335, 3398
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................3319
  Health Professional Scholarship Program..........................3364
  Hearings and appeals...........................3348, 3349, 3409, 3410
  Home loans.................................................3304, 3400
  Homelessness grants and programs.................................3323
  Income...........................................................3342
    Simplification of rules........................................3306
  Informed consent for patient care................................3284
  Insurance................................1042, 3381, 3383, 3385, 3386
    Premium cap for H term policyholders...........................3313
  Language removal.................................................3396
  Loan guaranty:
    Acceptance of partial payments.................................3353
    Automatic authority program....................................3291
    Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3352
    Discount points................................................3333
    Electronic payment of funding fee..............................3296
    Emergency repairs..............................................3404
    Flood insurance................................................3332
    Property improvements definition...............................3354
  Lump sum payments................................................3394
  Medical benefits for dependents and survivors....................3320
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis......................................................3310
    Cold injuries..................................................3312
    Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................3307
    Limitation in hand movement....................................3310
  Medical opinions rules...........................................3357
  Medical regulations:
    Miscellaneous changes....................................3324, 3363
  Miscellaneous amendments:
    Regulatory streamlining........................................3407
  Miscellaneous changes......................................3339, 3346
  Outpatient medical services......................................3283
  Pensions...................................................3300, 3303
  Personal funds and effects, disposition of.......................3281
  Publications...............................................3338, 3424
  Radiation exposure...............................................3302
  Recruitment advertising..........................................3412
  Regional Counsels................................................3415
  Regulatory simplification..................................3393, 3402
  Rehabilitation programs..........................................3329
    Nonsubstantive changes.........................................3336
  Research-related injuries........................................3322
  Rulemaking procedures................................3416, 3421, 3422
  Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief..............................3384
  Standards of ethical conduct.....................................3414

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  State homes......................................................3282
  Subpoena authority delegation....................................3351
  Time limits for filing evidence..................................3305
  Travel time......................................................3395
  Unclaimed property, disposition of...............................3281
  Upgraded discharges..............................................3340
  Vocational rehabilitation program..........................3379, 3404
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Projects and industry............................................1091
  Providers:
    Reports to SSA.................................................4254
  Regulation elimination...........................................1092
  State programs.......................................1088, 1090, 1093
  Veterans.........................................................3379
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................2154
  National Service Trust...........................................3439
  Peace Corps..........................................4140, 4141, 4142
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1949
Voting rights:
  Minority language guidelines.....................................1989
  Procedural changes for Section 5.................................1988
  Voter registration...............................................1447


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................4058
  Domestic services................................................2166
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................2869
  Employee compensation costs......................................4336
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2154
  Federal construction contracts.....................................57
  Federal service contracts........................................2165
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................2163
  Overtime.....................................................56, 2156
  Pay and leave administration...................4051, 4055, 4089, 4119
  Remedial measures for unfair labor practices.....................4680
  Salary offset programs...........................................1080
  Separate maintenance allowances..................................4126
  Severance pay..............................................4053, 4090
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   2160
  Tipped employees.................................................2163
  Wage area redefinition.........................4083, 4120, 4122, 4124
  Wage survey responsibility.................................4121, 4123
Warehouses:
  Auction tobacco warehouses........................................222
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................242
  Cotton............................................................245
  Customs regulation...............................................2960
Warranties:
  Disclosure of terms and conditions...............................4653
  Pre-sale availability of written warranty terms..................4654
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Armed forces vessels.............................................3519
  Disposal facilities:
    Residual radioactivity after cleanup............................105
  Effluent guidelines..................................3529, 3546, 3550
  Financial test criteria....................................3613, 3616
  Fossil fuel combustion wastes....................................3623
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3561
  Land disposal:
    Financial responsibility.......................................3607
    Groundwater monitoring.........................................3595
    Restrictions..............................................122, 3621
  Liability for clean-up...........................................3867
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3547
  Mineral processing wastes.........................................122
  Nuclear waste disposal.....................................4720, 4729
  Ocean dumping..............................................3564, 3570
  Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2754
  Permit applications........................................3539, 3556
  Radioactive waste...........................................113, 3571
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3548
  Rural loans and grants.......................................313, 610
  Rural programs...............................................586, 587
  Secondary treatment requirements.................................3567
  Sewer grouting...................................................3497
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3557
  Solid waste disposal:
    Facility criteria..............................................3627
    Grant programs..................................................608
    Hazardous waste recycling.......................................107
    Landfills and incinerators...............................3529, 3798
    MACT for facilities............................................3819
    Municipal landfills............................................3815
    National forests................................................562
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3606
    Technical standards for corrective action.......................108
  State programs...................................................3617
  Toxic Release Inventory............................................96
  Toxicity characteristic metals....................................122
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3622
  Uniform national discharge standards.............................3519
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................2370
  Wood preserving wastes............................................122
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Biological test methods..........................................3522
  Clean Vessel Act.................................................1615
  Clean Water Act........104, 3522, 3532, 3534, 3535, 3548, 3551, 3552, 
                                                 3553, 3562, 3563, 3567
    Test procedures....................................3524, 3538, 3554
  Cyanide criteria.................................................3535
  Effluent guidelines:
    Effluent Guidelines Plan.......................................3568
    Industrial wastewater....................................3527, 3547
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3561
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3529
    Leather tanning and finishing..................................3565
    Metal products and machinery...................................3559
    Ore mining.....................................................3550
    Pesticides.....................................................3566
    Pharmaceuticals................................................3543
    Pulp, paper and paperboard................................115, 3544
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3536
    Transportation equipment cleaning..............................3528
  Great Lakes................................................3520, 3541
  Information collection for disinfection byproducts...............3591
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2389
    Ocean dumping............................................3564, 3570
    Oil and gas facility effluents.................................3545
    Oil or hazardous substances........................2391, 2393, 2406
    Secondary treatment requirements...............................3567
    Tank monitoring devices........................................2371
    Tank vessels...............................................79, 2403
  National Park Service regulations................................1733
  Nationwide permit program........................................1020
  NPDES permits..............................................3531, 3569

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  Oil and grease test procedures...................................3552
  Permit applications..............................................3539
  Permit regulations streamlining.............................103, 3530
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3537
  Publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program..............3549
  Publicly owned treatment works renewal process...................3532
  Radionuclides....................................................3583
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3548
  Sewage sludge incinerator emissions..............................3560
  Sludge management programs.....................3523, 3542, 3558, 3599
  Stormwater runoff................................................3540
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3553
  Total maximum daily loads.........................................104
  Trace metals criteria............................................3534
  Waste disposal permit applications...............................3556
  Water and waste disposal programs............................586, 587
  Water Quality Incentives Project..................................219
  Water quality standards...14, 104, 106, 3518, 3521, 3524, 3538, 3551, 
                                                                   3554
    Criteria for human health and wildlife.........................3541
    Criterial for acute aquatic life...............................3520
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements.......1019
  Colorado River Basin..............................................243
  Federal buildings................................................1128
  Water Bank Program................................................243
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Bottled water....................................................1259
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3859
  Central Valley Project of California.............................1864
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3588
    Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants..........3576, 3581
    Arsenic........................................................3585
    Contaminants.................................3573, 3583, 3586, 3590
    Copper.........................................................3579
    Disinfectants..................................................3584
    Drinking Water Priority List...................................3589
    Injection wells..........................................3577, 3582
    Intake zones...................................................3555
    Lead...........................................................3579
    Monitoring requirements........................................3578
    Radionuclides..................................................3728
    Regulations reformatting..................................106, 3580
    Sulfate........................................................3587
    Surface water treatment rule...................................3590
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3860
  Groundwater protection...............................3451, 3452, 3459
  Lake Berryessa, California.......................................1865
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1866
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3858
  Utilities.........................................................322
  Water Quality Incentives Project..................................219
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.........................................4090
  PCC health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance 
                                                                   4136
  PCC radio communications guidelines..............................4135
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Weather:
  National Weather Service modernization.......................765, 890
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4474
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...................................................257
  End-use certificates..............................................266
  Price support.....................................................264
  Program implementation............................................260
  Technical corrections to regulations..............................265
Whistleblowing:
  Nuclear whistleblower protection.................................2167
Wilderness areas:
  Rock climbing fixed anchors.......................................564
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Adoption fees for wild horses and burros.........................1881
  Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2444, 2511
  Bird diseases.....................................................299
  Captive bred.....................................................1603
  Criteria for water quality.......................................3541
  Eagles...........................................................1606
  Endangered and threatened...1578, 1581, 1582, 1584, 1585, 1620, 1621, 
           1622, 1623, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1659, 1666, 1669, 1674, 
                                                       1678, 1688, 1700
  Importation and exportation...........................301, 1618, 1673
  Management and protection................1657, 1658, 1881, 1893, 1905
  Marine sanctuary program................................761, 787, 788
  Migratory birds:
    Bald Knob Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.......................1709
    Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge......................1708
    Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge..............................1707
    Harvest Information Program changes............................1624
    Hunting and conservation stamp contest.........................1703
    Hunting and permits............................................1576
    Hunting regulations................................1588, 1626, 1712
    Hunting regulations revisions............................1580, 1702
    List revision..................................................1604
    Patoka River Marsh National Wildlife Refuge....................1714
  Permit procedures................................................1613
  Subsistence hunting..............................................1592
  Surplus range animals............................................1589
  Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program...............................616
Wildlife refuges:
  Alaska...............................................1594, 1607, 1690
  Bald Knob Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.........................1709
  Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge........................1708
  Big Muddy Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.........................1715
  Boyer Chute Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.......................1716
  Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, WV.......................1587
  Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge................................1707
  Emiquon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge...........................1713
  Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge..............................1706
  Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, NH...........................1694
  Hunting and fishing........................................1693, 1694
  Hunting and fishing regulations..................................1705
  Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge................................1711
  Ohio River National Wildlife Refuge, WV..........................1693
  Patoka River Marsh National Wildlife Refuge......................1714
  Patuxent Wildlife Research Center................................1704
  Public entry and use.................................1600, 1690, 1870

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  Rocky Mountains refuges..........................................1666
  State exchange...................................................1879
  Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge............................1710
  Visitor services.................................................1607
    Special use permits............................................1594
Wine:
  Exports..........................................................2874
  Labeling...................................................2881, 2892
  Labeling and advertising.........................................2891
  Nonindustrial use................................................2905
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2894
  Treating material and processes..................................2904
  Viticultural areas...............................................2877
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Battered spouses and children:
    Immigrant classifications......................................2280
  Conferring citizenship to foreign-born children..................2074
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1283
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................397
  Supplemental food program...............................400, 454, 460
    Cultural food preferences.......................................422
    Food delivery systems.............................................1
    Food packaging..................................................419
    Infant formula..................................................423
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................2146
  Women-owned businesses:
    Government subcontracting......................................4293
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Administrative requirement changes..............................452
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  DOD procurement...................................................963
Workers' compensation:
  Coal miners......................................................2155
  Reduction of SS benefits and.....................................4251


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  AmeriCorps participants..........................................3439
  Minors operating motor vehicles..................................2678
  Sale and distribution of tobacco products..................1263, 4174
  Young American Medals Program....................................2140
  Youthbuild Program...............................................1529


                                   Z

Zoning:
  Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.................................1742