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


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                                   A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2535, 4106
Accounting:
  Audits of non-profit institutions................................3643
  Audits of state and local governments......................3642, 3643
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................406
  Change in method.................................................2663
  Corporate acquisitions...........................................2715
  Cost accounting standards............................1796, 3644, 3915
  Cost allowability criteria.................773, 921, 3904, 3908, 3912
    Research and development.......................................3888
    Travel and per diem costs..........................3516, 3539, 3540
  Cost principles.............................................744, 3634
    Foreign selling costs..........................................3918
    Litigation costs...............................................3881
    Research and development.......................................3917
  Customs Service fees and interest................................2562
  Disaster assistance allowable costs........................3486, 3493
    Repair vs. replacement ratio...................................3496
  DOD contracts............................706, 739, 741, 745, 771, 772
  DOI cost recovery....................................1553, 1557, 1558
  Drug Enforcement Administration..................................1665
  Educational institutions.........................................3634
  EPA cost recovery methodology....................................3460
  FAR contingent fees allowability.................................3905
  FCC regulation...................................................4056
  FMS claims.................................................2487, 2498
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2497
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2485
  Government payments:
    Taxpayer identification numbers................................2493
  INS examinations fee account schedule............................1694
  Loss allowability criteria.......................................3907
  MarAd rate determinations........................................2459
  Mark-to-market method......................................2652, 2772
  Medicare program.................................................1068
  NASA contracts.................................3568, 3571, 3574, 3584
  NRC decommissioning costs..................................4246, 4285
  OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and 
      earnings test exempt amounts.................................3848
  Overhead certification...........................................3912
  Overhead settlement..............................................3878
  PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................3750
  Profit-and-loss method...........................................2664
  Retirement obligations...........................................1857
  Risk-based capital regulation....................................2898
  Sales of partnerships............................................2614
  SSA cycling of benefit payments..................................3861
  SSI computation of benefits..........................3810, 3828, 3830
  Thresholds for contracts.........................................3004
  USDA audits of State, local and Indian tribal governments.........343
  Veterans Administration..........................................2921
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
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
  Adjudication procedures:
    Veterans Affairs...............................................3001
  Administrative law judges........................................3735
  Arbitrators......................................................3497
  BATF procedures............................................2529, 2530
  BLM procedures.................................1561, 1562, 1573, 1578
  CFTC.......................................................3952, 3953
  Classified information...........................................1798
  Clinical investigator disqualification...........................1009
  Code of Conduct..................................................3796
  Communications...................................................4030
  Department of Defense:
    Court of Criminal Appeals.......................................711
    Publications....................................................681
  DOJ:
    Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database........................1794
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1793
  EEOC coordination of issuances...................................3473
  Environmental Protection Agency..................................3461
  EPA........................................................3450, 3455
  EPA State operating permits......................................3252
  Equal Access to Justice Act.................................941, 1976
  FDA...............................................................972
  FDIC.......................................................4099, 4105
  Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.......................3497
  FERC.............................................................4124
  FTC regulatory review............................................4209
  FWS seizure and forfeiture procedures............................1327
  General Education Provisions Act..................................818
  General Services.................................................3501
  General Services Administration..................................3530
  Hearing and appeal procedures....................................1250
    Agriculture Department.................................52, 180, 339
    Army Corps of Engineers.........................................797
    Aviation economic proceedings............................1962, 1963
    Bureau of Indian Affairs.......................................1463
    Bureau of Land Management................................1548, 1598
    Cuban Democracy Act............................................2470
    Disaster assistance............................................3484
    Energy Board of Contract Appeals................................894
    Environmental Protection Agency....................3123, 3304, 3466
    FCIC procedures.................................................166
    GSA Board of Contract Appeals......................3504, 3505, 3533
    Health and Human Services Department......................926, 1117
    Hearing under CERCLA and emergency planning....................3467
    Immigration proceedings..................................1726, 1760
    Labor Department.........................................1835, 1840
    Medicaid State Plan amendments.................................1063
    Medicare claims appeal.............................1091, 1131, 1169
    Minerals Management Service........................1483, 1506, 1510
    National Indian Gaming Commission........................4227, 4228
    NOAA civil enforcement proceedings..............................652
    Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...........3619, 3621
    Office of Government Ethics....................................3624
    Office of Personnel Management...........................3657, 3673
    Office of Thrift Supervision...................................2890
    Peace Corps....................................................3744
    Railroad Retirement Board..........................3758, 3766, 3771
    Reclamation Bureau.............................................1536
    Social Security Administration...3802, 3803, 3805, 3844, 3862, 3864
    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board................................659

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    Transportation proceedings.....................................2203
    Treasury Department............................................2535
    Veterans Affairs.......................2966, 2976, 2977, 2985, 3005
  INS........................................................1710, 1785
  INS decisions....................................................1695
  Interior Department..............................................1428
  Internal Revenue Service...................................2601, 2632
  Justice Department tax administration duties.....................2871
  National Credit Union Administration.......................4212, 4220
  NLRB summary judgment procedures.................................4243
  NOAA civil procedure regulations..................................591
  NRC........................................................4249, 4262
  Office of Personnel Management.....3676, 3708, 3733, 3734, 3736, 3737
  OIG...............................................................937
  Peace Corps volunteer discrimination complaints..................3745
  PHS Mammography Quality Standards Act.............................978
  Registration of drug producers....................................951
  Rulemaking:
    DOT............................................................1982
  Social Security Administration.............................3806, 3821
  Subpoena issuance and service..............................1712, 3006
  Surface Transportation Board.....................................4400
  Telephone service observation....................................3806
  Transportation documentation.....................................3526
  USIA.............................................................3869
Adoption and foster care:
  Government employee leave for adoption of a child................3732
  On-site eligibility reviews......................................1206
  Social security status determination.............................3819
  State performance requirements...................................1175
Adult education:
  Indian programs..................................................1450
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1702
  Regulatory review and simplification..............................850
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................1973
  Beer.............................................................2500
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................965
  Home insulation..................................................4205
  Investment companies.............................................4350
  Lubricating oil..................................................4211
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4201
  Television.................................................4063, 4069
  Unfair or deceptive practices........................4195, 4196, 4199
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1208
  Drug use..........................................................979
  Food assistance programs................................221, 238, 239
  Housing..........................................................1209
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................1968
    DOL programs...................................................1890
    Employment...............................................3469, 3472
    NEA-assisted activities........................................3602
  Supplemental food program.........................................198
Agricultural commodities:
  See also specific commodities
           Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Oilseeds
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program..........................304, 308
  Exports......................................................305, 310
  Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions..............................1826
  Feed grains.......................................................168
  Foreign donation..................................................312
  Inspection....................................................92, 191
  Kiwifruit...........................................................6
  Maritime Security Program..........................................12
  Overseas market development.......................................309
  Popcorn.............................................................3
  Purchase and shipment.............................................307
  Seeds..............................................................92
  Shipping regulations.............................................2462
  Sugarcane..........................................................36
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts...........................28, 56
Agricultural research:
  Administrative provisions.........................................114
  Animal biologics..................................................103
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................110
  Biologics definition..............................................102
  Small Business Innovation Research Program........................116
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.........................................1754, 1756
  Aquaculture.................................................120, 1312
  ASCS debt settlement...............................................33
  ASCS program ineligibility.........................................35
  Certified Lender Program...........................................41
  CFSA state and county committees...................................53
  Conservation and Environmental Program.............................34
  Conservation Farm Option..........................................392
  Cooperative associations:
    Notice filing requirements.....................................2213
  Disaster assistance....................................13, 32, 48, 83
  Environmental program........................................133, 396
  Farm ownership loans...................................15, 44, 49, 50
  Farm products financing statements................................193
  Farm Service Agency:
    Direct line of credit program....................................59
  Income taxes.....................................................2605
  Indian farmlands.................................................1454
  Labor certification for temporary workers........................1851
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......346
  Ozone depletion..................................................3246
  Rail transport of agricultural products..........................4404
  Seasonal farmworkers.............................................1843
  Socially disadvantaged outreach program........................49, 50
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................44
  State mediation programs...........................................51
  Technical assistance and training.......................348, 352, 387
  USDA lobbying restrictions........................................398
  Worker protection standards..............1815, 3022, 3025, 3033, 3041
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1200
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families...............1132, 1194, 1200
  Unemployed parent................................................1132
AIDS:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1028
  Veterans.........................................................2979
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights

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  Airline deregulation benefit provisions..........................1842
  Anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention programs.................2155
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................1971
  Baggage liability..........................................1958, 1998
  Cargo and baggage compartments:
    Transport restrictions.........................................2094
  Cargo limit......................................................2439
  Cargo tax collection.............................................2820
  Code-sharing arrangement disclosure..............................1981
  Communication facilities and dispatchers.........................2170
  Commuter airlines:
    Seat restraint systems.........................................2121
  Competitiveness......................................1954, 1978, 1997
  Computer reservations system.........................1954, 1987, 1992
  Direct flight, definition........................................1969
  Disputes with airport proprietors................................2164
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................1970
  Foreign air transportation.......................................1961
  INS fines............................................1732, 1762, 1763
  Interstate authority.............................................1997
  Minimum altitudes for autopilot use..............................2134
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age............................................................1968
    Individuals with disabilities......................1986, 2004, 2005
  On-time flight reports...........................................2468
  Operating requirements:
    Domestic, flag, supplemental, commuter, and on-demand 
        operations.................................................2170
  Overbooking of flights...........................................1989
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................1972
    Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................1698
    Change-of-gauge services notification..........................1984
    Facility charges...............................................2084
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................1970
    Manifest information...............................1692, 1953, 1977
    Notification of aircraft disinsection..........................1983
    Oxygen use.....................................................1960
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey......................2466, 2469
    Ticketless travel..............................................1988
  Pilots:
    National Driver Register records...............................2336
  Price advertising................................................1973
  Repair station requirements................................2064, 2139
  Safety and security-related information..........................2106
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2118
  Security measures..........................................2095, 2165
  Smoking ban......................................................2000
  Stage 2 airplanes in Hawaii......................................2162
  Tariff filing requirements.......................................1966
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control..............................................4204
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Acid rain........3223, 3233, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3351, 3403, 3409, 3421
    Allowance allocations..........................................3238
  Acid Rain Program................................................3249
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing...........................3271
  Aerosol can production...........................................3367
  Aerospace industry.........................................3284, 3330
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities....................3330
  Agricultural chemicals...........................................3268
  Air quality modeling.............................................3255
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3210
  Air quality standards..........................3230, 3301, 3319, 3320
  Air storage tanks................................................3355
  Aircraft and aircraft engines....................................3224
  Aluminum industry..........................................3264, 3326
  Appeals regulations..............................................3304
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3371
  Awards.....................................................3414, 3453
  Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3363
  Boat manufacturing industry......................................3365
  Boilers..........................................................3373
  Capture efficiency guidelines....................................3303
  Carbon monoxide............................................3224, 3339
  Chemicals............................................3231, 3269, 3362
  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)..................................944, 3297
  Chromium emissions.........................................3279, 3372
  Citizen suit regulation....................................3420, 3454
  Clean Air Act...1213, 3192, 3209, 3239, 3240, 3257, 3262, 3281, 3294, 
                         3306, 3318, 3345, 3346, 3414, 3415, 3454, 3459
  Coal-fired boilers...............................................3422
  Consumer products................................................3337
  Copper smelters..................................................3261
  Cyanide chemical manufacturing...................................3359
  De minimis levels................................................3412
  Diesel refineries................................................3223
  Dioxin emission measurement......................................3217
  Dry cleaners.....................................................3368
  Electric utility steam generating facilities...............3293, 3411
  Emission control diagnostic systems........................3280, 3350
  Emission standards....3243, 3244, 3250, 3316, 3348, 3384, 3385, 3386, 
                                                             3387, 3394
    Determining compliance...................................3245, 3459
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3277
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................3377
  Emissions monitoring.......................................3286, 3296
  Emissions monitoring program......3228, 3229, 3233, 3312, 3317, 3390, 
                                                                   3391
  Emissions reporting........................................3208, 3404
  Emissions trades...........................................3282, 3338
  Essential uses....................................................944
  Ethylene processing..............................................3369
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3380
  Ferroalloy industry..............................................3219
  Field citations..................................................3415
  Fuel and fuel additives....................................3333, 3419
  Gas turbines.....................................................3357
  General provisions amendments....................................3274
  Generic test procedures..........................................3228
  Halons...........................................................3251
  Hazardous air pollutants....3078, 3209, 3211, 3236, 3251, 3256, 3258, 
           3262, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3269, 3270, 3271, 
           3272, 3284, 3290, 3321, 3326, 3327, 3328, 3330, 3347, 3348, 
           3353, 3356, 3357, 3361, 3362, 3364, 3365, 3366, 3367, 3368, 
           3369, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3384, 3385, 3386, 
           3387, 3388, 3389, 3390, 3391, 3392, 3393, 3394, 3395, 3397, 
                                           3399, 3400, 3401, 3408, 3418
  Hazardous air pollutants source categories....3209, 3276, 3280, 3392, 
                                                                   3417
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3192
  Hazardous waste TDSF and generator sites.........................3347
  Indian reservations..............................................3226
  Indian tribes treatment..........................................3318
  Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking.....................3375
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3216, 3227
  Internal combustion engines......................................3356
  Iron and steel industry....................................3358, 3360
  Large appliance coating industry.................................3370
  Lead.............................................................3230
  Lead smelters..............................................3270, 3278
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3374
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3214
  MACT standards........3245, 3276, 3277, 3377, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3387, 
                                                 3388, 3389, 3393, 3394
  Measurement regulation.....................................3217, 3303
  Medical waste incinerators.......................................3321
  Metal parts and products coating industry......3378, 3379, 3397, 3399
  Mineral wool production industry standards.......................3257
  Monitoring.......................................................3300
  Municipal landfills..............................................3386
  National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air Emissions
                                                                   3390

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  Navajo nation lands..............................................3222
  NESHAP:
    Carbon black...................................................3389
    Cellulose production.....................................3384, 3388
    Chromium emissions.............................................3279
    Elastomers.....................................................3395
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3380
    Lead smelters..................................................3278
    Leather tanning................................................3348
    Metal parts and products coating industry................3378, 3379
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3383
    Organic liquids................................................3393
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3394
    Site remediation...............................................3385
    Spandex........................................................3387
    Thermoplastics.................................................3395
    Vegetable oil production.......................................3391
    Wood furniture industry........................................3331
  New source performance standards.........3321, 3322, 3323, 3375, 3396
  New source review..........................................3349, 3402
  New stationary sources.....................................3250, 3312
  Nitrogen dioxide.................................................3410
  Nitrogen oxides............................................3224, 3422
  Non-metallic minerals processing...........................3322, 3383
  Non-road compression ignition engines............................3291
  Nonhandheld engines..............................................3339
  Nuclear facilities other than power plants.......................3405
  Nylon 6 production...............................................3413
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3308, 3317
  Operating permits..........................................3242, 3307
    Indian reservations............................................3241
  Outer continental shelf....................................3343, 3344
  Ozone......774, 3220, 3232, 3234, 3236, 3284, 3288, 3294, 3295, 3299, 
           3315, 3320, 3337, 3338, 3342, 3345, 3346, 3370, 3397, 3399, 
                                                       3400, 3401, 3407
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    Attainment and nonattainment areas.............................3211
    National ambient air quality surveillance (NAAQS)..............3254
    Transport......................................................3211
  Paint stripper users.............................................3364
  Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3401
  Particulate matter standards...............................3236, 3301
  PCB manufacturing................................................3093
  Penalties for violations.........................................3448
  Perchloroethylene................................................3406
  Petroleum refineries.......................................3218, 3258
  Pharmaceuticals industry.........................................3267
  Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3325
  Phosphogypsum stacks.............................................3329
  Phosphoric acid manufacturing....................................3324
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3361
  Plastic parts industry...........................................3400
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................3353
  Polycarbonates...................................................3272
  Polyether polyol production......................................3266
  Polymers and resins..............................................3259
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3327
  Portland cement manufacturing....................................3265
  Process heaters..................................................3373
  Publically owned treatment works study...........................3273
  Pulp and paper mills.............................................3256
  Radioactive waste................................................3237
  Radionuclides..............................................3314, 4296
  Radon......................................................3329, 3354
  Regional haze protection.........................................3416
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3234, 3313
  Sewage sludge incinerators.......................................3352
  Shipbuilding industry............................................3284
  Solid waste incinerators.........................................3396
  State implementation plans........3220, 3222, 3232, 3240, 3275, 3311, 
                                           3315, 3334, 3338, 3343, 3349
  Steel pickling processes.........................................3260
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3409
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3305, 3319
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3302
  Test rules.......................................................3064
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing.............................3328
  Tire manufacturing...............................................3366
  Transportation Conformity Pilot Program..........................3283
  Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program...............................3292
  Volatile organic compounds........3212, 3240, 3247, 3284, 3302, 3303, 
           3315, 3335, 3336, 3338, 3370, 3381, 3382, 3397, 3398, 3399, 
                                                       3400, 3401, 3408
  Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3281
  Wood furniture industry..............................3284, 3331, 3398
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry...........................3263
Air rates and fares:
  Rebating international fares.....................................1999
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Non-Federal facilities...........................................2088
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Air traffic control
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Charter flights
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics.........................................1962, 1963
  Aviation insurance...............................................2078
  Taxes............................................................2820
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts...................................................2093
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2062, 2109, 2110, 2111, 
                                     2112, 2113, 2116, 2142, 2154, 2166
  Allowable carbon dioxide concentrations..........................2160
  Altitude separation..............................................2071
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2086
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2157
  Cargo restrictions:
    Oxidizers and organic peroxides................................2433
    Oxygen generator...............................................2455
  Certification services:
    Cost recovery..................................................2096
  Child restraints.................................................2261
  Corrosion control program........................................2073
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2126
  Dispatcher certification.........................................2090
  DOD acquisition regulation........................................768
  Emergency exits..................................................2130
  Emission standards and test procedures...........................3224
  Energy management regulations.....................................909
  FAA registration fees............................................2068
  Flight data recorders............................................2141
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2085
  Government employee use..........................................3508
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2118
  Insecticide spraying requirements notification...................1983
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2070, 2139
    Certification of mechanics and repairmen.......................2156
    Repair assessments.............................................2158
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................801
  Pilot and flight instructor certification........................2127
  Registration.....................................................2063
  Rocket Engines...................................................3392
  Rotorcraft:
    Maximum gross weight limitation................................2079

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    Rating and certification.......................................2101
  Single-engine aircraft:
    Instrument flight plans........................................2151
  Snowplanes.......................................................1423
  Surplus military.................................................2125
  Titles and security documents....................................2063
  Transponders...............................................2128, 2136
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards.........................2143
    Braked roll conditions.........................................2144
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2135
    Emergency exits and slides.....................................2159
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................2122
    Low speed stall................................................2123
    Repair assessments.............................................2158
    Structural loads requirements..................................2138
  Turbine-powered and turboprop:
    Bird ingestion standards.......................................2086
    Water and hail ingestion standards.............................2140
  Type certification procedures....................................2083
  Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1420
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2117
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Aeromedical education training services..........................2092
  Approach chart availability......................................2087
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2129
  Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2081
  Drug abuse.......................................................2065
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2082
  FAA certification fees...........................................2068
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................2075
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2076
  Ground deicing/anti-icing procedures.............................2132
  Medical examinations.............................................2091
  National Driver Register records.................................2336
  National Security Areas..........................................2089
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2137
  Simulator instructors............................................2131
  Training and certification.....................2127, 2131, 2132, 2172
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Complaint procedures.............................................2164
  Disadvantaged business enterprise concession plan................1979
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................1989
  Island airports..................................................2102
  Land use compatibility planning..................................2072
  Landing systems..................................................2150
  Peak period landing fees.........................................1955
  Revenue policy...................................................2149
  Security.............................................2061, 2067, 2165
  Takeoffs on wet or contaminated runways..........................2115
  Transponder requirement suspension...............................2136
Airspace:
  Air traffic services and aeronautical studies:
    Fees.....................................................2098, 2104
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2074
  Iran.............................................................2171
  Iraq.............................................................2169
  Landing systems..................................................2150
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................2133
  National Park System overflights.................................2080
    Grand Canyon National Park...............................2145, 2153
    Rocky Mountain National Park...................................2167
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................535
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.......................2104, 2108
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2114
  Tampa, FL........................................................2163
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol:
  Denatured alcohol and rum:
    Distribution and use...........................................2508
    Formulas and technical amendments..............................2520
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2509
  Tax-free alcohol.................................................2518
Alcohol abuse:
  See also Alcoholism
  Air carrier employees............................................2155
  Alcohol-free workplace............................................882
  Drunk-driving-prevention programs................................2350
  Minors operating motor vehicles..................................2357
  NASA employees.............................................3576, 3578
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................3838
  Substance abuse block grants......................................940
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites..........................917, 918
  Transit operations...............................................2392
  Transportation industry..................1964, 1990, 2031, 2082, 2416
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Gasohol
           Liquors
           Wine
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2507
  Margaritas.......................................................2507
  Wine.............................................................2510
Alcoholism:
  Medicaid program.................................................1162
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Migrant labor
           Refugees
  Adjustment of status...........................1718, 1723, 1730, 1740
  Aggravated felony convictions....................................1780
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1707, 1734
  Bonding pilot program............................................1751
  Criminal convictions...........................1703, 1710, 1743, 1783
  Cuban nationals............................................1691, 1765
  Deportation proceedings........................1710, 1767, 1770, 1783
    Entrepreneurs..................................................1674
    Executing a final exclusion order..............................1760
    Regulation streamlining........................................1782
    Withholding of deportation...............................1691, 1726
  Employment.............1684, 1686, 1689, 1711, 1726, 1731, 1738, 1776
  Estate taxes.....................................................2795
  Expedited exclusion procedures...................................1743
  F-1 foreign students.............................................1702
  Family unity.....................................................1725
  Family Unity Program.............................................1748
  Farm labor.......................................................1754
  Farm workers.....................................................1756
  Felons:
    Deportation....................................................1785
    Reentry after deportation or removal...........................1772
    Waiver authority limitations...................................1771
  Foreign group health plans.......................................1158
  Habitual residence...............................................1700
  Haitian nationals................................................1765
  Health care workers..............................................1749
  Hungarian parolees...............................................1750
  Immigrant investors..............................................1682
  Inadmissability................................1928, 1930, 1931, 1932
  Income taxes.....................................................2708
  Labor certification process..........................1848, 1850, 1853

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  Mail order brides................................................1707
  Mariel Cubans....................................................1691
  Mexican border crossing cards..............................1697, 1722
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Admission into the U.S...................................1696, 1711
    Classification.................................................1754
    Corporate reorganizations......................................1681
    Diplomats and government representatives.......................1686
    Disclosure of information......................................1736
    Entertainers...................................................1766
    Exchange visitors..............................................3868
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1687
    Medical graduates..............................................1731
    Overstay of nonimmigrant status................................1701
    Registration and fingerprinting requirements...................1773
    Temporary workers..............................................1836
    Treaty aliens..................................................1717
    Visa Waiver Pilot Program......................................1939
    Visitors for business..........................................1720
  Orphan petitions.................................................1742
  Parent-child relationships.......................................1742
  Permanent resident status..................................1716, 1750
  Physical and mental examinations.................................1774
  Polish parolees..................................................1750
  Privilege of communication.......................................1777
  Processing of applicants.........................................1781
  Prostitution.....................................................1699
  Public assistance programs..................................227, 1217
    Food stamp program..............................................221
    Medicaid.......................................................1162
    Sponsor reimbursement..........................................1745
  Refugee status...................................................1691
  Relief applications..............................................1740
  Removal orders...................................................1709
  Resettlement assistance..........................................1765
  Southern border crossing cards.............................1697, 1722
  SSA regulations............................................1744, 3798
  SSI sponsorship period...........................................3859
  Student employment...............................................1759
  Temporary protected status.......................................1739
  Temporary workers..............................1719, 1728, 1754, 1837
  Termination of temporary resident status.........................1756
  Transit without visa.....................1683, 1693, 1757, 1758, 1938
  USIA:
    Au pair regulations............................................3866
  Visas:
    Immigrant................................................1934, 1935
    Nonimmigrant...................................................1933
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................965
  In vitro immunogenicity tests.....................................103
Animal diseases:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................100
  Importation.......................................................104
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Animal Drug Availability Act.................................971, 972
  Approval process..................................................945
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................965
  Investigational use...............................................972
Animal welfare:
  Animal auction standards...........................................95
  Dogs and cats............................................96, 106, 107
  Import requirements:
    Humane and healthful transport.................................1305
  In vitro tests in place of animal tests...........................103
  Licensing and consignment requirements.............................96
  Marine mammals....................................................101
  Tethering and temperature requirements............................106
  Wire flooring.....................................................107
Animals:
  See also specific animals
           Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Imports..................................................93, 110, 111
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Duties............................................................421
  Protective order violations.......................................420
  Reformulated gasoline program requirements.......................3332
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Apprenticeship programs:
  See Manpower training programs
Arbitration:
  Federal Mediation Conciliation Service...........................3497
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
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1478
  Bureau of Land Management........................................1591
  Facilities.......................................................3586
  Federal records centers..........................................3587
  MMS release of proprietary information...........................1483
  Navy and Marine Corps records.....................................802
  Reproduction fees..........................................3593, 4302
  Researcher registration..........................................3592
  Transfer of records..............................................3598
  USIA materials...................................................3597
Armed forces:
  See also Armed forces reserves
           Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Administrative appeals process..................................797
    Environmental quality requirements..............................795
    Nationwide permit program.......................................798
    Permit regulations.........................................794, 799
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................796
  CHAMPUS.........804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814
  Civilian employees...............................................3699
  Coast Guard......................................................2057
    Advance notice of arrivals and departures......................2055
    Drug, chemical, and alcohol testing............................2031
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2046
    Examination methods modernization..............................2054
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2010
    Hazardous conditions notification..............................2048
    Lighting provisions amendments.................................2047
    Marine casualty reporting......................................2049
    Marine Safety Information System...............................1965
    Merchant marine documents......................................2052
    Merchant mariners..............................................2036

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    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2012
    Oil spills.....................................................2056
    Organizational changes and miscellaneous amendments............2058
    Propeller injury prevention....................................2050
    Radar-observer endorsements....................................2053
    Regatta and parade permits.....................................2034
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................2030
    Regulations removal............................................2032
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances............2011
    Towing vessel operators........................................2013
    Vessel design, inspection, and classification requirements....2014, 
                                                       2033, 2037, 2038
    Vessel flame propagation resistance standards..................2035
  Court of Criminal Appeals.........................................711
  DOD Civil-Military Programs..................................674, 675
  Health care services....................................706, 710, 812
  Marine Corps:
    Board for correction of records.................................802
  Navy:
    Board for correction of records.................................802
    Incidental taking of marine mammals.............................571
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................801
  Recruiting on campus.........................................703, 705
  Selective service regulation.....................................3778
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2125
  Total Quality Management..........................................684
Armed forces reserves:
  DOD contracts with institutions of higher education...............715
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................697
  Education benefits...............................................2955
  Ready Reserve.....................................................691
Arms and munitions:
  Arms Export Control Act..........................................2528
  Brady Bill regulations.....................................2511, 2525
  DOD contractor safety.............................................690
  Dual-use items.....................................426, 433, 434, 444
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................428
  Excise taxes.........................................2523, 2526, 2527
  Export controls.....423, 424, 427, 430, 433, 434, 444, 446, 448, 449, 
                                                         452, 457, 1947
  Firearms:
    Curio and relic................................................2511
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1793
  Handguns...................................................2511, 2524
  Hazardous wastes.................................................3205
  International....................................................1949
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.................2511, 2525
  Semiautomatic assault weapons....................................2524
  Shotshell length restrictions....................................1323
Asbestos:
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3049
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2483
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.......................1463, 1476, 1477, 1478
  Coast Guard......................................................2038
  Commerce Department...............................................588
  DOJ..............................................................1798
  DOT........................................................2217, 2219
  EPA revisions..............................................3096, 3275
  FDIC.............................................................4099
  GSA programs.....................................................3544
  HHS:
    OIG........................................................925, 927
  HUD..............................................................1236
  INS..............................................................1706
  Interior Department..............................................1488
  Internal Revenue Service.......................2638, 2836, 2837, 2882
  Justice Department...............................................1788
  Labor Department.................................................1822
  NASA approval authorities........................................3569
  NASA space article transit and certification.....................3581
  Office of Personnel Management...................................3735
  Rural Utilities Service...........................................365
  Veterans Administration..............................2913, 2984, 3006
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2070
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2118
  Airplane operator security.......................................2066
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2110
  Airworthiness directives and standards.........2112, 2142, 2143, 2166
  Alcohol misuse prevention program................................2155
  Allowable carbon dioxide concentrations in aircraft..............2160
  Altitude separation of aircraft..................................2071
  Anti-drug programs...............................................2155
  Autopilot use....................................................2134
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2086
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2157
  Braked roll conditions...........................................2144
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2129
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.................1953, 2061
  Corrosion control program........................................2073
  Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2062
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2119
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2126
  DOD contractors...................................................768
  Ejection seats....................................................724
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2135
  Emergency exits and slides.......................................2159
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................2154
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2146
  FAA review of security regulations...............................2168
  FAA security activities:
    Fees...........................................................2099
  Fatigue evaluation and testing...................................2124
  Flight data recorders............................................2141
  Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2076
  Flight rules.........................................2102, 2111, 2113
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs..............................................2095
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................2105
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................2109
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2085
  Hazards to air navigation........................................2108
  Information and records disclosed by industry....................2106
  International transportation of hazardous materials..............2431
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2116
  Maintenance personnel certification..............................2156
  Mountain flying..................................................2060
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1960
  Pilot rest and duty requirements...........................2081, 2137
  Prohibited overflight areas................................2169, 2171
  Regulation exemption process.....................................2161
  Repair assessments...............................................2158
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2106, 2139, 3529
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2101
  Rotorcraft weight limitation.....................................2079
  Seat restraint systems...........................................2121
  Security personnel...............................................2103
    Falsification of security records..............................2152
  Security screening...............................................2061

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  Single-engine aircraft...........................................2151
  Transponder requirement..........................................2128
  Turboprop and turbine-powered aircraft...........................2140
  Type certification procedures....................................2083
  Visual descent points............................................2069
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2117
  Wet and contaminated runways.....................................2115


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bananas:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................169
Bank deposit insurance:
  Assessments................................................4107, 4112
    SAIF rates...............................................4098, 4114
  Bank Insurance Fund..............................................4098
  Capital maintenance........................................4094, 4101
  Disclosure of information........................................4115
  Economically depressed regions designation.......................4100
  Eligibility......................................................4108
  FDIC:
    Advertisement of membership....................................4096
  FDIC contractors:
    Women- and minority-owned businesses...........................4093
  Forms, instructions and reports:
    Regulation streamlining........................................4113
  Nonmember banks..................................................4208
  Notice of insured status.........................................4090
  Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4088
  Receivership rules...............................................4092
  Risk-based capital standards.....................................4086
  Simplification of regulations....................................4089
  State sponsored insurance organizations..........................2488
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................4095
Bankruptcy:
  Group health plans...............................................1158
  Post-bankruptcy notices............................................19
  Qualifications for trustees......................................1804
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3194
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...................................2482
  Automated Clearing House Method..................................2484
  Bank holding companies...............................4156, 4157, 4177
  Bank Secrecy Act......2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 
                                                             2481, 2483
  Capital:
    Leveraged................................................2891, 4159
    Risk-based...............................................2891, 4159
  Capital distributions regulations................................2897
  Card clubs.......................................................2481
  Change in Bank Control Act.......................................2549
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2486
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2471
  Credit of accounts of government employees and beneficiaries.....2499
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2476
  Currency transaction reporting.............................2475, 2480
  Deposit accounts.................................................4161
  Deposits and electronic banking..................................2887
  Elections of bank directors......................................3972
  Electronic benefit transfer systems..............................2492
  Electronic fund transfer systems.................................4167
  Examination cycles.........................................2896, 4091
  Farm credit:
    Agricultural secondary market regulations......................3980
    Borrower rights................................................3981
    Capital regulations revisions..................................3969
    Disclosure to shareholders.....................................3985
    Election of directors..........................................3982
    Farm Credit System Reform Act............................3977, 3989
    FCSIC nondiscrimination enforcement............................3987
    FCSIC referral of criminal violations..........................3988
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................3979
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................3971
    Guidelines for financing agreements............................3968
    Leasing regulation.............................................3970
    Loan underwriting standards....................................3976
    Loans..........................................................3984
    Regulatory review and deletion.................................3975
  Federal Reserve System:
    Membership...............................................4154, 4155
  Financial institutions:
    Examination cycle for small financial institutions.............2544
    Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System...................2902
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4337
  Government securities sales practices............................2542
  Interstate deposit production....................................4155
  Interstate deposit production offices............................2536
  Investment management............................................3983
  Investment securities............................................2550
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2543
  Loans to protect collateral......................................2543
  Management interlocks............................................2538
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2534
  Non-bank financial institutions..................................2474
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2546
  Non-sufficient funds (NSF).......................................2539
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4158
  Regulation B.....................................................4163
  Regulation C.....................................................4164
  Regulation D.....................................................4154
  Regulation DD....................................................4161
  Regulation E.....................................................4167
  Regulation G.....................................................4169
  Regulation H...............................................4155, 4159
  Regulation I.....................................................4154
  Regulation K.....................................................4155
  Regulation M.....................................................4174
  Regulation T.....................................................4169
  Regulation U...............................................4169, 4176
  Regulation Y...............................................4159, 4177
  Regulation Z...............................................4160, 4178
  Restrictions on sale of assets...................................4087
  Risk-based capital requirements............................3622, 4158
  Risk-based capital standards...................2888, 2895, 4103, 4173
  Safety and soundness standards...................................2550
  Securities brokers and dealers...................................4169
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4104
    Sales practices................................................4111
  Securities of non-member banks:
    Regulatory consolidation.......................................4110
  Small business loan obligations..................................2894
  State banks:
    Permitted activities and investments...........................4102
  Time accounts....................................................4161
  Treasury tax and loan depositories...............................2488
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beans:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................179

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Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Advertising......................................................2500
  Brewery regulations..............................................2506
  Exports..........................................................2503
  Home brew warehouses.............................................2531
  Labeling...................................................2500, 2514
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2504
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2516
Bicycles:
  Bicycle helmet safety standards..................................3961
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting.......................968, 981, 990, 995
  Defining..........................................................102
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................965
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................982
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1008
  Labeling..........................................................985
  Manufacturers:
    Responsible head................................................966
  Streamlining procedures...........................................988
  Transfer of infectious agents....................................1041
  Vaccine information...............................................948
  Vaccine injury compensation......................................1023
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Birth control:
  See Family planning
Blood:
  Errors and accidents reporting....................................947
  Safety standards..................................................947
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Arbitrage restrictions...........................................2682
  Premium amortization.............................................2687
  Private activity.....................................2620, 2783, 2861
  Qualified..................................................2818, 2819
  Stripped.........................................................2724
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Boycotts:
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................425
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.............................................2029
  Railroad safety regulations......................................2379
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  CFTC regulations revisions.......................................3950
  Credit extensions................................................4168
  Large trader records.............................................4386
  Net capital requirements.........................................4379
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2472, 4381
  Risk assessment for holding company systems......................3945
  Theoretical pricing to determine haircuts on options.............4390
  Wrap fee programs................................................4359
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities......1649, 1650, 1651, 3017, 
                                                                   3019
  Asbestos.........................................................3049
  Building code changes following disasters........................3490
  Earthquake hazards reduction......................................145
  Indoor air quality...............................................1921
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility of over-the-road buses.............................2001
  Complaint procedures.............................................4417
  Discontinuance of bus transportation.............................4408
  EPA Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program...........................3292
  Public transit...................................................2216
  School:
    Body joint strength............................................2289
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2287
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2230
  Testing guidelines...............................................2394
Business and industry........................................3135, 3146
  See also specific industries
           Accounting
           Advertising
           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...................................3097
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3271
  Aerospace industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3284, 3330
  Aircraft:
    Structural loads requirements..................................2138
  Alcohol:
    Wine...........................................................2510
  Aluminum industry..........................................3204, 3245
    Air pollution control....................................3264, 3326
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3371
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3363
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3365
  Cellulose manufacturing....................................3384, 3388
  Cement manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3265
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control........................3268, 3269, 3302, 3362
    Control of PMNs................................................3080
    Hazardous wastes listing.....................3178, 3186, 3187, 3190
    Manufacture................3050, 3066, 3079, 3086, 3087, 3231, 3375
    Pollution standards............................................3093
  Construction.....................................................1924
  DOT disadvantaged business enterprise program....................1957
  Dry cleaning.....................................................4204
    Air pollution control..........................................3368
    Effluent guidelines............................................3106
    Perchloroethylene..............................................3406
  Effluent guidelines................3106, 3107, 3108, 3135, 3137, 3146
  EPA operating permits............................................3307
  Equipment standards..............................................4029
  Ethylene processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3369
  Ferroalloy industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3219
  Fertilizers......................................................3323
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4192

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  Friction products................................................3376
  Granular triple superphosphate (GTSP)............................3323
  Housing..........................................................1265
  Industrial disposal wells........................................3167
  Industrial laundries:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3106
  Industrial technology partnerships................................672
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3137
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3370
  Leather tanning and finishing....................................3348
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3374
  Manufacturing....................................................3375
  Mergers....................................................4221, 4338
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3397, 3399
  Metal products and machinery:
    Effluent guidelines......................................3135, 3146
  Mineral processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3322
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air bags.....................................2282, 2332, 2333, 2334
    Air pollution control....................................3350, 3381
    Automobile parts content labeling..............................2328
    Consumer information...............................2278, 2280, 3248
    Defect and noncompliance reporting.............................2360
    Emission standards.....................3243, 3244, 3290, 3316, 3340
    Fuel economy...................................................2277
    Parts making requirements......................................2337
    Reporting and recordkeeping procedures.........................2318
    Sales volume limit provisions..................................3310
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3117
  Nylon 6 production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3413
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3175
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3401
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3267
    Pollution standards............................................3134
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3400
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3353
  Polyether polyol production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3266
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3394
    Air pollution control..........................................3327
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............1916
  Printing/publishing..............................................3382
  Pulp, paper and paperboard.................................3122, 3256
  Spandex..........................................................3387
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3137
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3328
  Tires............................................................3389
    Manufacture....................................................3366
  Transportation equipment cleaning:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3107
  Vegetable oil production.........................................3391
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3284
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3263


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................3997
  Cost of service..................................................3991
  Cross-ownership rules............................................4002
  Customer service standards.......................................3992
  Home wiring rights...............................................3994
  Rates......................................................3990, 3993
  Small systems....................................................3993
  TV and VCR compatibility.........................................4032
Cancer:
  See also specific hazardous substances
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3452
  Mammography Quality Standards Act.................................978
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1038
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges...........................................................2015
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2012
  Cargo preference.................................................2462
  Export-Import Bank-financed cargo:
    U.S.-flag vessel preference....................................2460
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2008
  Notice of arrivals and departures................................2055
  Overfill and tank monitoring devices.............................2026
  Rate determinations..............................................2459
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................2044
    Foreign........................................................2006
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................2044
    Qualifications of personnel....................................2018
    Response plans.................................................2011
Cemeteries:
  National Cemetery System:
    Disinterments..................................................2978
  VA burial benefits.........................................2940, 2941
Census data:
  Census 2000 boundary changes......................................407
  Correction........................................................413
  Release authorizations............................................414
  Special services and studies.................................412, 415
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Individuals with disabilities.....................................803
  Preventative services.............................................812
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Charter operators................................................1978
  Passengers stranded by...........................................1967
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also specific chemicals
           Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3083
  Acrylate/methacrylate............................................3097
  Air pollution control......................................3231, 3302
  Arsenic in drinking water........................................3160
  Assessment information rule......................................3086
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3428
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1659
  Drinking Water Priority List.....................................3168
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3163
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3092
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3087
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3060
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3080
  Ozone depleting..................................................3246

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    Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs............................3407
    Refrigerant recycling........................3294, 3297, 3345, 3346
    Sales restrictions.............................................3295
    Substitutes....................................................3299
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3093
  Polymers and resins..............................................3395
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3060
  Test rules.........................3061, 3063, 3064, 3069, 3077, 3089
  Toxic substances...........................................3053, 3066
  Toxic substances in new chemicals................................3079
  Toxicity profiles................................................3062
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3090
  Use inventory rule...............................................3050
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations............................................1817
  Schooling, health, and well-being................................1817
Child support:
  Automated data processing funding limitation.....................1185
  Automated data processing requirements...........................1184
  Case closure.....................................................1193
  Eligibility for food stamp program................................220
  Garnishment orders.........................................3704, 3730
  Medicaid referrals...............................................1149
  Overdue support information......................................1205
  Passport denial for non-payment..................................1948
  Paternity establishment services:
    Requirements for voluntary entities............................1183
  Payments to indian tribes........................................1187
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1199
  State Case Registry:
    Minimum data set...............................................1182
  State Directory of New Hires.....................................1181
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..............................1186
  Child poverty rate:
    State determination methodology................................1179
  Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act.......1802
  Databases of convicted offenders.................................1792
  Family preservation and support services.........................1202
  Head Start Services for Indian tribal children.............1176, 1197
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus for grants.....................1192
  Indian child protection programs.................................1025
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1188
  SSA benefits...............................................3834, 3836
  State performance requirements...................................1175
  State plan requirements..........................................1202
  Temporary assistance block grant:
    ACF reporting requirements.....................................1178
  Temporary assistance to needy families:
    Audits, penalties and corrective actions.......................1189
    High performance bonus.........................................1180
    State plans....................................................1207
    Work requirements..............................................1190
  Visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct...................1802
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Cigarette lighter safety standards.........................3960, 3967
  Cigarette papers and tubes.......................................2533
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....1730
  Children born to U.S. citizens abroad............................1737
  Marriages entered during deportation proceedings.................1715
  Persons over 65..................................................1778
  Religious records................................................3813
  Residence........................................................1753
  Standardized testing.............................................1685
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................1690
  Testing waivers..................................................1778
Citrus fruits:
  See also specific fruits
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................182
Civil defense:
  See also Disaster assistance
  Military assistance to civil agencies.............................693
Civil money damages:
  Housing for Older Persons Act....................................1263
Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3020
  Education........................................................3610
  Equal Access to Justice Act......................................3626
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................1264
  Housing..........................................................1264
    Hearing procedures.............................................1250
  Individuals with mental illness...................................939
  Language minority groups.........................................1657
  Nondiscrimination.........................377, 1890, 1968, 3523, 3745
    Activities assisted by the NEA...........................3602, 3604
    Activities assisted by the NEH...........................3604, 3609
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3987
    Federally assisted programs........................1653, 1654, 1655
    Housing........................................................1215
    Individuals with disabilities...1649, 1650, 1651, 1986, 2004, 2005, 
                                                             3524, 3742
    USDA-conducted programs and activities..........................346
  Older individuals................................................1208
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3745
  Persons with life-threatening illnesses...........................962
  Redress provisions for persons of Japanese ancestry..............1652
  Sex discrimination:
    VA publications................................................2961
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  Collection by the NEA............................................3601
  Collection by the OPM............................................3680
  Collection by the Peace Corps....................................3747
  Collection by the VA:
    Cross-reference to GAO/DOJ regulations.........................2990
  Customs regulations..............................................2582
  Debt Collection Improvement Act............................2490, 2491
  False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................1788
  FCIC procedures...................................................167
  Federal Claims Collection Standards........................1801, 2490
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................1823
  FMS payments...............................................2487, 2498
  Food Stamp Program................................................201
  Medicare suppliers...............................................1062
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1023
  Public land rights-of-way........................................1293
  Substitution unused merchandise drawback.........................2598
  Third-party......................................................2147
  Veterans.........................................................2984
    Adjudication regulations.......................................3001
    Time limits for filing evidence................................2997
Classified information:
  Access............................................................883

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  DOD Information Security Program.............................695, 700
  DOD Personnel Security Program....................................701
  DOE Atomic Energy Act regulation..................................884
  DOE contractors...................................................913
  DOT regulations..................................................1991
  Military acquisitions.............................................685
  NARA records declassification....................................3591
  National security................................................1798
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.................................4258, 4286
  Nuclear material..................................................883
  OMB personnel....................................................3638
  OMB policies.....................................................3635
  OMB security information.........................................3637
  Prison national security considerations..........................1635
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1522
  Coal management..................................................1544
  Coalbed methane development......................................1581
  Federal coal leases..............................................1602
  Moisture.........................................................1530
  Rate guidelines for small shippers...............................4402
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1544
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
      Underground mining
Coastal Zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Administrative appeals process....................................797
  Biological test methods for pollutants...........................3132
  Disaster assistance..............................................3489
  Fees for appeals..................................................611
  Oil spill prevention.............................................1516
  Permit regulations................................................799
  Shore protection.................................................2025
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3131
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program.............................................57
    Privately owned................................................2208
Coffee:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................170, 171
Coins:
  See Currency
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
           Student aid
  College Assistance Migrant Program................................833
  DOD contracts.....................................................715
  DOD funding..................................................703, 705
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................697
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................686
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................696
  DOT grants.......................................................1980
  Drug-free schools and campuses....................................832
  Foreign language and area studies programs........................834
  Grants administration.............................................418
  Grants to Indian colleges........................................1431
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................113
  Temporary assignments of government employees....................3690
Color additives:
  Certification program fees........................................946
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Bulk transfers or liquidations...................................3943
  Consolidated orders..............................................3947
  Debt-equity ratio requirements...................................3950
  Disclosure documents.............................................3948
  Financial reporting requirements...........................3950, 3951
  Financing reporting requirements:
    Large trader reports...........................................3949
  Risk assessment for holding company systems......................3945
  Use of electronic media:
    Disclosure documents...........................................3948
    Personal identification numbers................................3951
  Voting prohibitions..............................................3946
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4146
  DOT registration system..........................................2190
  Freight forwarders:
    FHWA general jurisdiction......................................2211
    Tariff filing requirements.....................................4406
    Transportation rates.....................................3504, 4406
  Notice filing requirements:
    Agricultural cooperative associations..........................2213
    Compensated intercorporate hauling.............................2212
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1626
  Food-borne illnesses.............................................1003
  Labeling of latex items...........................................983
  Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1052
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           Motion pictures
           News media
           Telecommunications
  Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4064
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4066
  Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4040
  Competitive bidding for broadband PCS............................4078
  Competitive bidding for IVDS.....................................4077
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4076
  Competitive bidding for unserved cellular areas..................4083
  Digital audio broadcasting.................................4028, 4045
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4036
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4025
  Equal employment opportunity...............................4058, 4065
  Equipment authorization process..................................4030
  Forfeitures for violations.......................................4026
  Intelligent networks.............................................4005
  International accounting rates regulation........................4056
  International settlement rates...................................4055
  Licensing........................................................4034
  Maritime.........................................................4071
  Mobile services..................................................4082
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4006
  Paging systems...................................................4084
  PCS rules:
    Partitioning and disaggregation................................4085
  Pioneer's preference rules.......................................4034
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4073
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4072
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4053
  Relocation of base stations for 200 MHz licenses.................4079
  Satellite:
    Digital audio radio service....................................4052
    Domestic and international services............................4057
    Earth stations.................................................4051
    Hughes FSS 13.75 - 14.0 GHz....................................4046
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4037, 4050
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4053
    Spacing and applications.......................................4047

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    Tracking and data relay........................................3562
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4049
  Spread spectrum rules............................................4041
  Tax liability of communications services.........................2803
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4060
  TV:
    Advanced systems...............................................4059
    Advertising practices....................................4063, 4069
    Cable Act................................................3991, 3997
    Cable television cross-ownership...............................4002
    Cable television rates.........................................3990
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3998
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4062
    Medical care telemetry devices.................................4042
    Open video systems.............................................4000
    Over-the-air reception devices.................................3995
    Station ownership........................................4061, 4068
    Video programming accessibility................................3996
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4074
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4033
Communications common carriers:
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4009
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4023
  Price caps for LECs........................................4010, 4024
  Toll free service access codes...................................4011
Communist countries:
  Export controls........................................430, 445, 1309
Community antenna television systems:
  See Cable television
Community colleges:
  See Colleges and universities
Community development:
  Base closure community assistance...........................679, 1259
  Combining other government assistance with CPD assistance........1260
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2471
  Community Investment Program.....................................4127
  Community Reinvestment Act.......................................2890
  Environmental regulations.........................................142
  Financial assistance........................................417, 4140
  Fisheries.........................................................505
  Military base closures:
    Local Redevelopment Authorities.................................682
  Rural venture capital demonstration...............................357
  Small financial institutions:
    Examination cycle..............................................2544
Community development block grants.................................1253
  CDBG sanctions...................................................1256
Community facilities:
  See also Health facilities
  FmHA loans...................................................124, 134
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
      Workers' compensation
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................305
  Air carriers.........................................1978, 1987, 1997
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2348
  Cable television companies.......................................3994
  Communications Act.............................4076, 4077, 4078, 4083
  Communications licensing.........................................4034
  Food products....................................................1003
  Games of chance..................................................4210
  Government procurement.................................775, 776, 3911
  Government research...............................................614
  GSA regulations..................................................3509
  Medical plans...............................................931, 1099
  North American Free Trade Agreement..............................1940
  Satellite communications.........................................4057
  Scientific instrument and apparatus imports.......................419
  Small businesses............................................730, 3934
  Sugar imports.....................................................306
  Telecommunications marketplace.......................4002, 4003, 4035
  Television marketplace...............................3990, 3998, 4059
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1846, 1847
  VA contracts.....................................................3004
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2594
  Computer reservations system.....................................1987
  Cytology specimens...............................................1118
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4036
  Electronic filing..........................................4315, 4333
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2189
  Electronic filing of farm products financing statements...........193
  Electronic filing of tax returns.................................2686
  Electronic media presentations...................................4325
  Electronic records...................................2361, 3589, 3598
  Electronic requests for confidential treatment of export 
      manifest data................................................2579
  Electronic signatures on tax documents...........................2878
  Electronic submission of documents...............................4249
  Electronic submission of export license applications..............450
  Electronic submission of fisheries reports........................481
  Electronic ticketing of passengers...............................1693
  Encryption software...............................................442
  Export controls...................................................447
  Income taxes.....................................................2656
  Internet.........................................................4096
    Offshore offerings.............................................4310
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3588
  Prescriptions for controlled substances..........................1663
  Sale, exchange or disposal of excess equipment...................3512
  Software classification..........................................1002
  Stored-value cards...............................................4166
  Year 2000........................................................3901
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  Customs regulations..............................................2579
  Disclosure and use of proprietary information....................3537
  EPA regulations..................................................3449
  PTO regulations...................................................664
  Statistical information..........................................3639
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CFTC voting prohibition..........................................3946
  DEAR organizational conflict of interests.........................911
  Ethical conduct....................3471, 3606, 3607, 3626, 3629, 3695
    DOL employees..................................................1816
  Ethics programs............................................3617, 3630
  Exemptions.......................................................3631
  Financial disclosure.............................................3627
  Investment companies.............................................4354
  Judges...........................................................3796
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3624
  Physician referrals..............................................1054
  Post-government employment.......................................3632
  Regional Fishery Management Councils..............................538
  Salary supplementation...........................................3633
  Standards of conduct.....402, 680, 1290, 1678, 3618, 3628, 3743, 3746
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry..............................................1231
  Confined spaces for construction.................................1899
  Safety standards.................................................1896

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Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Air transportation.........................................1978, 1996
  Baby walkers.....................................................3963
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................3954
  Bicycle helmets..................................................3961
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3994
  Child-resistant packaging............................3955, 3956, 3962
  Cigarette lighters.........................................3960, 3967
  Consumer creddit transactions....................................4178
  Crib safety standards............................................3964
  Disclosures..........................................4194, 4196, 4199
  Fireworks........................................................3966
  Flammability standard for upholstered furniture..................3959
  Flammability standards...........................................3958
    Clothing textiles..............................................3957
  Games of chance..................................................4210
  Infant formula quality control...................................1000
  Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (IDSM)....................4193
  Lead-based paint...........................................1219, 3055
  Lease disclosures................................................4174
  Meat and meat products............................................282
  Medical devices..............................................958, 977
  Notices to passengers............................................1972
  Over-the-counter drugs............................................961
  Premerger notification...........................................4200
  Previously used lubricating oil..................................4211
  Product warranties.........................................4206, 4207
  Protective batting helmets.......................................3965
  RESPA amendments.........................1232, 1234, 1235, 1248, 4160
  Securities information publication...............................4328
  Truth-in-Lending.....................................1234, 4160, 4178
  Truth-in-Savings.................................................4179
  Water supply.....................................................3152
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Air pollution control......................................3343, 3344
  Geological and geophysical exploration of........................1501
  Leasing:
    Employee training..............................................1517
    Royalty relief...........................................1504, 1505
    Surety bonds...................................................1494
    Updating documents incorporated by reference...................1518
  Offshore structures..............................................2435
    Oil spill prevention and response........................1516, 3196
    Seismic reassessment of California platforms...................1484
    Supply vessel standards........................................2019
  Oil, gas and sulphur operations..................................1489
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.......................................3155
Corn:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................155
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Countervailing duties:
  Administrative procedures.........................................421
  Protective order violations.......................................420
Courts:
  Damage awards....................................................2631
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1673
  Redress provisions for persons of Japanese ancestry..............1652
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................4086
  Debt collection.............................33, 706, 3601, 3680, 3766
    Administrative offsets by the SBA..............................3784
    Debt Collection Improvement Act................................3599
  Debt collection by tax refund offset..............................249
  Debt collection of OASDI overpayment.............................3843
  Debt instruments...........................................2683, 2830
  Debt writedown:
    Shared appreciation agreements...................................61
  Direct line of credit..............................................23
  Disaster Set-Aside program.........................................83
  Disclosure requirements..........................................4178
  DOD acquisition regulations..................................738, 778
  Equal credit opportunity...................................4163, 4181
  Irrevocable Letters of Credit....................................3880
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2543
  National banks...................................................2552
  Partners and partnership.........................................2748
  Rating organizations.............................................4376
  Regulation U.....................................................4176
  Self-tests conducted by creditors................................4163
  Small businesses.................................................2894
Credit unions:
  Business loans:
    Streamlining...................................................4212
  Capital..........................................................4218
  Corporate..................................................4216, 4218
  Employee benefit plans...........................................4219
  Golden parachute payments........................................4214
  Indemnification..................................................4214
  Insurance requirements...........................................4224
  Investment and deposit activities................................4217
  Loans............................................................4222
  Management official interlocks between depository institutions 
                                                                   4225
  Mergers of FICUs.................................................4221
  NCUA costs for late or inaccurate 5300 reports...................4224
  Organization and operations......................................4223
  Ownership of fixed assets........................................4215
  Service contracts................................................4213
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Deportation....................................................1770
    Felonies...........................................1771, 1772, 1780
    In-transit passengers..........................................1692
  Confidentiality of DOJ information...............................1806
  Correctional system grant programs...............................1811
  Court of Criminal Appeals.........................................711
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1799
  Criminal justice block grants....................................1807
  Criminal referrals...............................................3974
  Databases of convicted offenders...............1703, 1792, 1793, 1794
  Domestic violence................................................2511
  FCSIC referral of criminal violations............................3988
  Financial institution reporting requirements.....................2482
  Forest System lands...............................................314
  Motor vehicle theft........................................2252, 2263
  Prostitution.....................................................1699
  Rent adjustments for security and expense coverage...............1277
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1755
  Stolen pet dogs and cats...........................................96
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1800
  Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act....................2524
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species

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Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations.........................153, 165, 166, 167
  Application for...................................................162
  Catastrophic risk protection.......169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 
                                                               186, 187
  Conservation program appeals procedures............................52
  Cotton.......................................................183, 184
  Dry beans.........................................................179
  Feed production...................................................168
  Florida citrus fruit..............................................182
  Forage production.................................................168
  Group Risk Plan...................................................157
  High risk land....................................................151
  Highly erodible land and wetlands............................177, 178
  Ineligibility.....................................................163
  Insurance by written agreement....................................152
  Non-insured crop protection........................................88
  Nonstandard classification system.................................156
  Onions............................................................159
  Peanuts...........................................................148
  Popcorn corn......................................................155
  Potatoes..........................................................149
  Reinsurance.......................................................180
  Rice..............................................................164
  Sugarbeets...................................................160, 185
  Sunflowers........................................................176
  Texas citrus tree crops...........................................181
  Tobacco......................................................147, 154
  Tomatoes.....................................................150, 161
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline fructose:
  Marketing allotment program........................................36
Cultural exchange programs.........................................1309
  Exchange Visitor Program.........................................3868
Currency:
  See also Foreign currencies
  Reporting exemptions.......................................2475, 2480
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Accreditation of commercial testing laboratories.................2559
  Andean trade preference..........................................2558
  Centralized Examination Stations.................................2569
  Commercial gaugers approval......................................2559
  Containers designated as instruments of international traffic 
                                                                   2576
  Counterfeited trademarks.........................................2590
  Country of origin determinations.................................2593
  Country of origin marking......................2573, 2577, 2585, 2597
  Cultural property regulations....................................2562
  Detention of merchandise.........................................2575
  Drawback claims..................................................2582
  Duty-free entry of space articles................................3581
  Duty-free stores.................................................2599
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2581
  Duty-free treatment for imports from U.S. possessions............2554
  Excluded goods:
    Counterfeiting articles........................................2589
    Disposition..............................................2589, 2590
  Export manifest data.............................................2579
  Fee and interest.................................................2562
  Fees..............................................................108
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2595
  Foreign-based commercial motor vehicles..........................2565
  General enforcement..............................................2586
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2591, 2592
  Illegal entry:
    Penalties......................................................2570
  Informal entry...................................................2571
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2563, 2578
  Ports of entry...................................................2580
  Prior disclosure of violations...................................2584
  Publication of filer codes.......................................2555
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2564
  Recordkeeping requirements.................................2563, 2574
  Seizures, penalties and liquidated damages.......................2567
  Substitution unused merchandise drawback.........................2598
  Tariffs:
    Filing requirements............................................1966
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2560
  Tax return information disclosure................................2870
  Temporary admission agreements:
    Taiwan and Taipei..............................................2587
  Toxic substances.................................................2588
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2561
  Unentered merchandise............................................2566


                                   D

Dairy products:
  See also specific dairy products
  Dairy Indemnity Payment program....................................90
  Inspection and grading...........................................4, 8
  Transportation and storage........................................295
  Yogurt............................................................258
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Day care:
  Food program.................................................229, 241
  VA facilities....................................................2989
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants......................................................2535
  EPA changes................................................3445, 3463
  Forest Service....................................................342
  Social Security Administration...................................3816
  Transportation Department..................................1959, 1985
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information
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.......................................949
  Veterans' disability rating......................................2914
Dental schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
  See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
  See Bank deposit insurance
Desegregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Diabetes:
  Issuance of third-class airman medical certificates..............2172
  Qualification of diabetic truck drivers..........................2220
Disability benefits:
  See also Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
           Railroad retirement
           Workers' compensation

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  Reduction of Social Security benefits based on workers' 
      compensation.................................................3847
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................................3486, 3487, 3493, 3496
  Appeals procedures...............................................3484
  Earthquakes:
    National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Programs.................3491
  Emergency livestock assistance regulations.........................32
  Farmers.....13, 48, 152, 153, 154, 155, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 
                                                          175, 176, 180
  Federal grant assistance.........................................3483
  Floods.....................................................3477, 3478
    Mapping special flood hazard areas.............................3494
    National Flood Insurance Program coverage......................3495
    National Flood Insurance Program fee schedule..................3480
  Food stamps and food distribution............................244, 254
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3479
  Housing Resources Program:
    Dissolution of program.........................................3482
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................3475, 3481
  Public assistance eligibility....................................3489
  Restoration of damaged facilities..........................3487, 3490
  Small projects.............................................3483, 3492
  Snow removal.....................................................3485
  Unemployment assistance..........................................1845
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.........................................1216
  Drug-free schools.................................................832
  Drug-free workforce...............................................766
  Drug-free workplace...................................882, 1959, 3816
  Felony offense restrictions......................................1658
  Medicaid program.................................................1162
  Narcotic addict treatment.........................................953
  Railroad operations..............................................2374
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................3838
  Substance abuse block grants......................................940
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites...............................918
  Transit operations...............................................2392
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1800
Drug testing:
  NASA employees.............................................3576, 3578
  NRC rule.........................................................4280
  Transportation personnel.....1964, 1975, 2031, 2082, 2155, 2416, 2430
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances............................................1672
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1664
    Ephedrine/guaifenesin....................................1668, 1670
    Freight forwarding facilities..................................1666
    Habit-forming drugs............................................1004
    Prescriptions..................................................1663
    Psychotropic substances........................................1669
  Distributor registration.........................................1668
  Diversion control fee account....................................1665
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1659
  FAA regulations..................................................2065
  Hydrochloric gas thresholds......................................1662
  Import/export requirements.......................................1672
  Iodine thresholds................................................1662
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................1671
Drugs:
  See also specific drugs
           Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Adverse drug experiences..........................................964
  Adverse experience reporting.......................968, 981, 990, 995
  Aluminum containing...............................................957
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................952
  Clinical holds....................................................956
  Contraceptive drugs...............................................958
  Current good manufacturing practice..........................969, 987
  Debarment certification regulations...............................959
  Drug Master File..................................................991
  Drug Pricing Program.............................................1020
  Drugs for life-threatening illnesses..............................962
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................982
  Habit-forming drugs..............................................1004
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1008
  Inhalation solution products......................................964
  Insulin certification........................................946, 960
  Investigational new drugs.........................943, 962, 994, 1006
  Iron containing..................................................1012
  Labeling.....................................................967, 969
  Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1105
  Narcotic addict treatment.........................................953
  New drug applications..............................956, 991, 994, 996
  New drugs list...................................................1013
  Personal medical use.............................................1661
  PET radiopharmaceuticals..........................................993
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1667
  Radiopharmaceuticals..............................................970
  Registration of producers.........................................951


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey............403, 405, 406

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  Consumer Price Index.............................................4164
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....408, 409, 410, 411, 
                                                                    416
Economics:
  See Economic statistics
      Price controls
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..............................820, 823, 824
  Aeromedical education............................................2092
  Direct grant programs...................................817, 823, 824
  ED acquisition regulation.........................................825
  ED general administrative regulations.............................822
  General Education Provisions Act..................................818
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................118
  Migrant labor.....................................................833
  National Security Education Program...............................677
  National Service Trust...........................................3021
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1029
  NIH scholarships.................................................1030
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1033
  Nondiscrimination................................................2988
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1616
  Prisoner literacy requirements...................................1625
  Regulatory review and simplification....................835, 843, 850
  Training programs for TRIO programs...............................840
  USDA program......................................................114
  Veterans...................................................2932, 3003
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................2925
    Course approval requirements...................................2956
    Educational Assistance Test Program............................3002
    Election of benefits...........................................2920
    Flight training................................................2936
    Independent study approval.....................................2960
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...................2918, 2930, 2931, 2964, 3003
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................2911
    Regulations revision...........................................2934
    Reservists.........................................2933, 2955, 2964
    Survivors and dependents.......................................2962
Education of disadvantaged:
  Disadvantaged children............................................831
  Head Start Program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1177
    Fellowships program............................................1204
    Indian tribal children...................................1176, 1197
    Safe transportation of children................................1195
    Standards for purchase of facilities...........................1196
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  BIA special education regulation elimination.....................1462
  DOD special education services....................................704
  OSERS Disability and Rehabilitation Research Programs.............847
  Rehabilitation services.................................846, 848, 849
Educational facilities:
  Authorization to enroll F-1 students.............................1702
  FmHA programs......................................................46
  Grants administration.......................................819, 3010
  NASA contracts...................................................3568
Educational research:
  OERI conduct standards............................................826
  OERI exemplary and promising programs.............................827
  Protection of human subjects......................................815
Educational study programs:
  Foreign language and area studies.................................834
Eggs and egg products:
  HACCP programs....................................................296
  Inspection...................................................267, 278
  Labeling..........................................................278
  Performance standards:
    Foodborne pathogens.............................................296
  Refrigeration and labeling........................................260
  Salmonella enteritidis............................................296
  Transportation and storage........................................295
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
           Voting rights
  Federal observers and examiners..................................3736
  Indian tribal governments..................................1438, 1439
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
  Alternative power pooling institutions...........................4121
  Export authorization..............................................899
  Hydropower facility licensing....................................4124
  Rural electrification....359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 370, 375, 377, 379, 
                                           380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 391
Electric utilities:
  FERC Form No. 1 changes..........................................4117
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1461
  National Forest System............................................331
  Purchases and sales..............................................4116
  Standards and specifications................................360, 1876
  Steam generating facilities......................................3293
  Sulfur dioxide allowances........................................3409
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic benefit transfer systems.........224, 250, 253, 2492, 4167
  Federal agency disbursements.....................................2489
  Federal tax payments.......................................2495, 2678
  Fedwire..........................................................4187
  FRS Regulation E revision..................................4166, 4167
  Government employee payment......................................2499
  Regulatory streamlining..........................................2887
  Royalties, rentals, bonuses, and other monies....................1496
Elementary and secondary education:
  Desegregation programs............................................828
  Drug-free schools and campuses....................................832
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965....................830
  Impact aid programs...............................................829
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1702
Emblems:
  See Signs and symbols
Emergency medical services:
  Medicare requirements......................................1059, 1138
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Airline deregulation.............................................1842
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2823
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1861
  Family and medical leave.........................................2823
  Federal service contracts........................................1839
  Medical savings accounts.........................................4219
  Participant contributions to plan assets.........................1859
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1855
  Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE).......1859, 4219
  Taxation...................................................2673, 2722
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations

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Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens....1684, 1689, 1705, 1711, 1726, 1731, 1738, 1747, 1754, 1836, 
                                                             1848, 1850
  Au pairs.........................................................3866
  BIA regulations elimination......................................1442
  DOL follow-on contracting rule...................................1834
  Domestic services................................................1831
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1820
  Lower income persons.............................................1265
  Removal of restrictions on employing certain individuals.........1658
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   1825
  Verification of employment.................................1705, 1747
Employment taxes:
  Limited liability companies......................................2844
  Real estate agents...............................................2798
  Unemployment repayment...........................................2812
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1342
  Alaska breeding population of Steller's eiders...................1339
  Arizona plants...................................................1403
  Arkansas River shiner............................................1347
  Atlantic salmon..................................................1364
  Behren's silverspot butterfly....................................1342
  Black legless lizard.............................................1362
  Blackburn's sphinx moth..........................................1321
  Bog turtles......................................................1299
  Brother's Island tuatara.........................................1360
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl.....................................1400
  California butterflies...........................................1399
  California plants.....1353, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1362, 1365, 1372, 1374, 
                                           1375, 1376, 1377, 1381, 1397
  Callippe silverspot butterfly....................................1342
  Captive breeding.................................................1333
  CITES decisions..................................................1302
  CITES meetings...................................................1317
  Coho salmon......................................................1409
  Conservation activities...........................................460
  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
      Flora and Fauna........................................1382, 1383
  Cordia bellonis..................................................1405
  Critical habitat........523, 524, 525, 526, 530, 599, 601, 605, 1297, 
                   1308, 1335, 1354, 1363, 1370, 1378, 1392, 1396, 1400
  Eagles...........................................................1324
  Eggert's sunflower...............................................1350
  Ferrets..........................................................1388
  Flat-tailed horned lizard........................................1297
  Florida panther..................................................1344
  Freshwater mussels.........................................1348, 1396
  Golden paintbrush................................................1343
  Grizzly bears....................................................1389
  Guajon or rock frog..............................................1379
  Holmgren's milkvetch.............................................1356
  Incidental take regulations.......................................460
  Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1344
  Jaguar...........................................................1346
  Johnson's seagrass................................................599
  Least chub.......................................................1355
  List, reclassify, or delist.......1300, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1340, 
             1343, 1346, 1369, 1371, 1379, 1384, 1392, 1394, 1404, 1405
  Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1337
  Lost River suckers...............................................1354
  Mexican plants...................................................1381
  Mexican wolves...................................................1361
  Mussels..........................................................1390
  NOAA incidental take regulations..................................606
  Nogal or West Indian walnut tree.................................1404
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1368
  Pallid manzanita.................................................1373
  Parish's alkali grass............................................1340
  Pecos pupfish....................................................1338
  Permit requirements and exemptions...............................1304
  Pesticide labeling program.......................................3037
  Plants:
    Lloyd's hedgehog cactus, removal...............................1387
    Timber.........................................................1331
  Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse....................................1308
  Puerto Rican trees...............................................1394
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1341
  Safe harbors.....................................................1304
  San Diego fairy shrimp...........................................1398
  San Francisco plants.......................................1358, 1365
  San Xavier talussnail............................................1336
  Sea turtles........................................530, 594, 604, 653
  Shem's milkvetch.................................................1356
  Shortnose suckers................................................1354
  Snake River chinook salmon..................................602, 1401
  South American birds.............................................1380
  Spring Creek bladderpod..........................................1395
  Steller Sea Lions................................................1311
  Stones River bladderpod..........................................1395
  Texas aquatic invertebrates......................................1371
  Tropical birds...................................................1352
  Tropical butterflies.............................................1351
  Vernal pool plants of the Central Valley of California...........1392
  Vicuna...........................................................1307
  Virgin River fishes........................................1369, 1370
  Western snowy plover.............................................1363
  Whooping cranes..................................................1378
  Yacare caiman....................................................1300
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Geothermal energy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Alternative fuels............................................863, 872
  Board of Contract Appeals.........................................894
  Capacity reservations............................................4123
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................924
  DEAR amendments....................................904, 910, 912, 919
    Acquisitions...............................................906, 922
    Rights in data..................................................915
  DEAR amendments to substance abuse programs.......................918
  DEAR organizational conflict of interests.........................911
  DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................689
  DOE certification requirements....................................914
  DOE Privacy Act regulations.......................................897
  DOE small business subcontracting.................................920
  FERC fuel cost adjustment clause.................................4120
  FERC reporting requirements......................................4119
  Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste Management......3200
  Fuel excise taxes................................................2675
  Privacy Act regulations...........................................892
  Research grants...................................................889
  Transmission tariff filings......................................4123
  Uranium mill sites................................................890
  Wastes from fossil fuel combustion...............................3199
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Appliance efficiency standards...........855, 856, 860, 861, 874, 875
  Efficiency standards..............................................858
    Clothes dryers..................................................878
    Clothes washers............................................851, 864

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    Direct heating equipment........................................879
    Dishwashers.....................................................878
    Electric motors, 200 hp.........................................880
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................881
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................876
    Major residential appliances....................................869
    Pool heaters....................................................879
  Electric motor vehicles...........................................853
  Electric motors...................................................868
  Federal buildings............................................854, 865
  Fluorescent and incandescent lamps................................862
  Plumbing products.................................................866
  Procurement of energy-efficient products and services......3535, 3876
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................873
  Rural electrification regulations.................................382
  State Energy Program..............................................867
  Test procedures...............................859, 861, 862, 866, 871
  Testing requirements:
    Electric motors, small..........................................877
    Electronic distribution transformers............................852
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................876
    Refrigerators...................................................857
    Water heaters...................................................870
Engineers:
  Government procurement...........................................3903
Environmental impact statements:
  Antarctic impact assessment......................................3451
  Department of Transportation regulations.......2034, 2182, 2208, 2366
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
  Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act............3615, 3616
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3451
  Biotechnology risk assessment....................................3081
  BLM fire rehabilitation projects.................................1548
  Chemicals................................3050, 3060, 3063, 3064, 3069
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3437
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3131
  Content requirements for state operating permits.................3252
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3447
  Environmental Quality Incentive Program...........................396
  Environmentally preferable products..............................3896
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3442, 3445, 3463
  EPA civil penalties assessments..................................3461
  EPA cost recovery methodology....................................3460
  Farm Service Agency............................................20, 76
  Federal Facility Compliance Act..................................3466
  Federal water resource development................................795
  FmHA environmental program........................................133
  Government procurement...........................................3876
  Grants administration.............................................901
  HUD..............................................................1213
  MMS safety and pollution prevention equipment....................1503
  Monitoring.......................................................3300
  National Environmental Policy Act................324, 992, 3603, 4238
  National Forest System.......................................323, 334
  National Science Foundation......................................3615
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................613
  Pesticides.......................................................3024
  Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................3451
  Radon............................................................4265
  Rail service abandonment and discontinuance......................4403
  Restoration of DOD facilities......................678, 699, 708, 727
  Rural areas.......................................................368
  Rural economic development........................................142
  Transit projects.................................................2391
Equal access to justice:
  Department of Health and Human Services...........................941
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
  Desegregation programs............................................828
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................686
  Education Act Amendments of 1972.................................3610
  Federally assisted education programs............................1653
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.......................................................3469, 3472
  Broadcast industry...............................................4058
  Complaint processing.............................................3474
  Discrimination complaint procedures........................3470, 3472
  Government contractors...........................................1829
  Government employees.................................3470, 3474, 4065
  Indians..........................................................1455
  Individuals with disabilities..............................3468, 3474
  Interagency coordination of issuances............................3473
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Annuity exclusion repeal.........................................2793
  Charitable transfers.............................................2794
  Farms............................................................2792
  Nonresident aliens...............................................2795
  Reformable interest..............................................2794
  Taxation of property distributed in kind.........................2826
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
Excise taxes:
  Alcohol..........................................................2510
  Arms and munitions...................................2523, 2526, 2527
  Chemical substances..............................................2805
  Deposits.............................................2636, 2637, 2873
  Diesel fuel................................................2675, 2802
  Filing requirements........................................2677, 2867
  Fuels............................................................2804
  Luxury items...............................................2799, 2800
  Vehicles.........................................................2825
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Deletion from regulated substance list...........................3430
  DOD contractor safety.............................................690
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2146
  Fireworks............................................2521, 2532, 3966
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................2008
  Manufacturer licensing...........................................2521
  Plastic explosives...............................................2522
  Storage sites....................................................2521
  Table of distances...............................................2521
Exports:
  Administration regulations..........439, 440, 441, 444, 456, 457, 458
  Agricultural commodities.......................25, 303, 305, 307, 310
  Alligator skins..................................................1316
  American ginseng.................................................1325
  Arms and munitions:
    ITAR controls..................................................1947
  Automated Export System...........................................411
  Biological weapons components.....................................448
  Business equipment................................................436
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................304
  Chemical Weapons Convention implementation...................423, 424
  Chemicals........................................................3089

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  Commerce Control List...............427, 433, 435, 439, 440, 452, 458
  Communication intercepting devices................................435
  Computer technology.....................................439, 447, 458
  Cuba.........................................................436, 445
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2503
  Encryption software...............................................442
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................428
  Exporter definition...............................................408
  Food assistance...................................................311
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................425
  Foreign military sales designator.................................409
  General License GCG revisions.....................................451
  Ginseng..........................................................1306
  Humanitarian donations............................................437
  Investigational new drugs........................................1006
  Iran..............................................................443
  Latin America.....................................................446
  Libya.............................................................432
  License applications..............................................450
    Trace chemical exemptions.......................................454
  License exceptions...........................................437, 455
  Manifest data....................................................2579
  Marine mammal products...........................................1309
  Medical devices...................................................989
  Missile technology................................................448
  Nonmilitary items:
    ITAR cryptography..............................................1952
  North Korea.......................................................430
  Nuclear equipment and materials.............................438, 4298
  Nuclear weapons..............................................430, 446
  Pesticides.......................................................3034
  Prohibited to domestic markets....................................974
  Reexports.........................................................432
  Reporting requirements.......................................303, 313
  River otters.....................................................1382
  Satellites........................................................427
  Savings clause....................................................429
  Shotguns..........................................................452
  Sugar.............................................................306
  Temporary exports of tools of trade...............................410
  Timber from western states........................................431
  Tobacco..........................................................2512
  Wassenaar Arrangement...................................434, 453, 455
  Weapons proliferation controls..........................433, 444, 449
  Wildlife.........................................................1383
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Complaint processing.............................................1266
  Compliance requirements......................................141, 356
    Performance standards..........................................1262
  Hearing procedures...............................................1250
  Home Loan Data System............................................2545
  Housing for Older Persons Act....................................1263
  Nondiscrimination requirements..............................126, 1223
  Occupancy standards........................................1225, 1274
Family planning:
  Abortion-related services compliance standards...................1039
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus................................1192
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
  See Government procurement
Farmers:
  See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
  See Grant programs
      Loan programs
      Price support programs
      Technical assistance
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities.......1649, 1650, 1651, 3018
  Base closure community assistance......................679, 682, 1259
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................680
  DOD technical assistance for environmental restoration............678
  Earthquake hazards reduction......................................145
  Energy performance standards.................................854, 865
  GSA regulations..........................3517, 3519, 3520, 3521, 3522
  Maintenance service contracts....................................1834
  Property management..............................................3518
  RCRA compliance..................................................3466
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................707
  Smoking regulations..............................................3558
  Uniform identification information...............................3039
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Advances:
    Mutual fund shares as collateral...............................4143
  Affordable housing program.......................................4132
  Appointment and election of Directors............................4136
  Assessments tied to fiscal year..................................4134
  Community Investment Program.....................................4127
  Community support activities.....................................4133
  Definitions:
    Deposits.......................................................4139
  Dividends........................................................4142
  Employee selection and compensation........................4130, 4141
  Financial management policy......................................4128
  Financing Corporation............................................4137
  Lending and investment authority.................................2904
  Letters of credit................................................4129
  Mission fulfillment..............................................4126
  Nonmember mortgagees.............................................4140
  Qualified Thrift Lender Test...............................2904, 4138
  Securities.......................................................4097
    Book-entry procedures..........................................4135
  Waiver procedures................................................4145
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Automated clearinghouse services.................................4188
  Bank holding companies.....................................4182, 4189
    Eliminating restrictions on section 20 subsidiaries............4190
    Interlock prohibitions.........................................4183
    Section 20 subsidiaries........................................4177
    Streamlining regulations.......................................4185
  Capital:
    Leveraged................................................2891, 4159
    Risk-based...............................................2891, 4159
  Consumer leasing.................................................4174
  Depositaries and financial/fiscal agents of the Government.......2496
  Deposits and check collection issues at contractual branches.....4186
  Electronic fund transfer.........................................4166
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4181
  Examination cycles...............................................2896
  Fedwire operations...............................................4187
  International banking............................................4172
  Loans to insiders, and insiders of affiliates....................4175
  Margin regulations...............................................4168
  Membership.......................................................4154
  Public availability of information...............................4180
  Removal of obsolete regulation...................................4184
  Reserve requirements:
    Depository institutions..................................4154, 4165
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4171
    Sales practices................................................4172
  State banks..............................4156, 4157, 4170, 4173, 4182
  Streamlining regulations.........................................4162

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  Truth-in-savings.................................................4179
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains.........................................................188
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................168
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...................................2062
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................2109
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2119
  Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs..............................3407
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4284
  Occupational safety regulation...................................1903
  Underground coal mines...........................................1881
  Vessels..........................................................2035
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Aquaculture.......................................................120
  Endangered and threatened....597, 1347, 1348, 1354, 1355, 1364, 1369, 
                                                 1370, 1396, 1398, 1401
  Restoration programs........................................584, 1318
Fisheries:
  Alaska.........................467, 481, 485, 487, 545, 546, 617, 633
  American lobster........................................474, 581, 639
  Anchovy...........................................................569
  Atlantic billfish.................................................464
  Atlantic bluefish............................................476, 566
  Atlantic Coast....................................................581
    Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)..............................493, 497
  Atlantic herring..................................................482
  Atlantic highly migratory species.................................544
  Atlantic Ocean...............................................463, 625
  Atlantic sea scallop..........................479, 552, 563, 638, 639
  Atlantic sharks.........................................511, 539, 540
  Atlantic surf clams...............................................462
  Atlantic swordfish................................................510
  Atlantic tuna............................512, 513, 514, 516, 629, 650
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...477, 580, 616, 621, 624, 630, 631, 632, 
                                                               635, 642
  Black sea bass...............................................560, 623
  Bottomfish........................................................547
  Butterfish........................................................548
  Cape Hatteras area................................................623
  Chinook Salmon:
    Observer coverage...............................................645
  Corals and coral reefs............................................472
  Critical habitat....................523, 524, 525, 526, 530, 601, 605
  Crustaceans.......................................................561
  Dolphin encirclement prohibition..................................608
  Dolphin mortality limit......................................522, 595
  Dolphin removal quotas............................................593
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................531
  Groundfish.....467, 473, 477, 481, 485, 496, 498, 499, 501, 503, 504, 
           545, 579, 580, 589, 616, 617, 618, 621, 624, 630, 631, 633, 
                                                               635, 641
  Gulf of Alaska.....................................477, 579, 616, 630
  Gulf of Mexico............465, 475, 480, 541, 620, 626, 628, 636, 640
  Halibut...........................................................644
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................547, 576
  Herring...........................................................567
  Incidental take regulations...522, 572, 575, 598, 603, 604, 606, 608, 
                                                                    610
  International.....................................................646
  King crabs..............................................580, 624, 641
  King mackerel...........................................490, 541, 640
  Lobster.............................506, 518, 519, 550, 561, 562, 565
  Mackerel.....................................................548, 567
  Mahogany clams....................................................462
  Marine mammal deterrence..........................................572
  Marine mammal programs...................521, 527, 528, 574, 590, 600
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.................................531, 610
  Migratory species.................................................515
  Monkfish.....................................................558, 647
  National Undersea Research Program................................614
  North Pacific................................................582, 634
  Northeast multispecies............................................639
  Northern fur seal take regulations................................575
  Ocean quahogs.....................................................462
  Pacific...........................................................644
  Pacific Coast......................................469, 473, 484, 618
  Pacific cod..................................................632, 635
  Pacific halibut.........................................545, 618, 646
  Pacific salmon...............................................484, 549
  Pacific whiting...................................................483
  Pelagic..................................465, 470, 489, 490, 567, 640
  Personal/vessel use limits........................................622
  Pollock......................................................632, 645
  Porpoise..........................................................568
  Puerto Rico..................................................471, 472
  Queen conch.......................................................615
  Red drum..........................................................636
  Red snapper.............................................492, 620, 628
  Reef fish......................471, 491, 492, 494, 583, 620, 626, 643
  Regional Fishery Management Council disclosures...................538
  Regulation consolidation.....................................479, 544
  Regulation withdrawal.............................................543
  Rockfish..........................................................469
  Royal red shrimp..................................................480
  Sablefish.....................................495, 499, 618, 621, 642
  Salmon.......................................................526, 555
  Scallops.....................................................546, 588
  Scientific research...............................................573
  Scup..............................................................560
  Sea turtle and conservation areas.................................653
  Shrimp.............................................475, 542, 609, 619
  Snapper-grouper..............................................466, 637
  Snow crab.........................................................504
  South Atlantic......................465, 466, 541, 542, 619, 637, 640
  Spanish mackerel.............................................490, 541
  Squid.............................................................548
  Stone crab........................................................550
  Striped bass......................................................625
  Summer flounder....................................532, 556, 560, 594
  Swordfish.........................................................461
  Tanner crabs............................................498, 580, 641
  Tilefish..........................................................463
  Tuna...............................................488, 522, 603, 608
  U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................471, 472
  Western Pacific region............................................470
  Whaling regulations...............................................551
  Whitefish.........................................................647
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................531
Fishery management plans:
  Administrative:
    Bycatch reduction measures......................................585
    Essential fish habitats.........................................500
    Fishery Management Councils...........................507, 509, 570
    Fishery Negotiation Panels......................................564

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    National standards..............................................507
    Redefinition of terms......................................500, 587
  Alaska..................................................503, 555, 588
  Atlantic.....................................................552, 563
    Atlantic Coast........................................515, 519, 565
    South Atlantic..................................................550
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands........................501, 503, 504, 586
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)...............................509, 518
  Gulf of Alaska...............................................586, 589
  Gulf of Mexico......................490, 491, 492, 494, 550, 583, 640
  Hawaiian Islands........................................506, 561, 562
  Lobster...........................................................559
  North Pacific................................................498, 641
  Northeast multispecies...551, 553, 557, 558, 559, 567, 568, 647, 648, 
                                                                    649
  Northeastern United States...................................566, 649
  Pacific:
    Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreements.........................509
    Western Pacific............................................561, 569
  Pacific Coast.....................................................499
  Puerto Rico.......................................................643
  South Atlantic...............................................490, 640
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................643
  Weakfish..........................................................493
  Western Pacific...................................................547
  Western Pacific region............................................489
Fishing:
  Bycatch reduction measures........................................585
  Coastal Zone Management Act..................................577, 611
  Coastal Zone Protection Act.......................................577
  Conservation programs..............................500, 509, 511, 517
  Data collection program...........................................537
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................654
  Gillnets......................................497, 551, 557, 568, 648
  Glacier Bay National Park........................................1411
  Mid-Atlantic tuna.................................................629
  Permit requirements and exemptions......459, 460, 509, 517, 563, 648, 
                                                                    650
  Quota managed species:
    Haddock.........................................................557
  Quotas:
    Clarification...................................................487
    Halibut.........................................................644
    Tuna............................................................488
  Quotas and harvest guidelines......505, 510, 516, 532, 560, 561, 562, 
                                                                    567
    Landing notices............................................502, 554
  Shenandoah National Park.........................................1422
  Snake River chinook salmon........................................602
  Sport fishing:
    Sport Fish Restoration Program.................................1301
  Subsistence management regulations..........................325, 1313
  Subsistence uses.................................................1329
Fishing vessels:
  Allocation of Bering Sea/Aleutian Island Pacific cod..............635
  Capital construction fund procedures.............................2814
  Days at sea..................................................552, 649
  Foreign vessels..............................................508, 509
  High Seas Fishing Compliance Act.............................486, 627
  Licensing.........................................................627
  Limited entry permits..............................459, 496, 499, 509
  Longline vessels........................................470, 478, 503
  Observer policy....................................478, 520, 582, 603
  Personal/vessel use limits........................................622
  Safety equipment and operating procedures...................520, 2039
  Safety improvement funding........................................651
  Scallop vessels...................................................553
  Shrimp vessel registration........................................609
  Standard definitions..............................................468
  Trawl mesh size...................................................617
  Trawlers.....................................................475, 542
  Trip limits.......................................................640
  Tuna vessels......................................................592
  Unsafe operations................................................2051
  Vessel Monitoring System..........................................506
Flammable materials:
  Combustible and flammable liquids................................1903
  Exemption from regulated substance list..........................3430
  Flammability standards.....................................3957, 3958
  Pesticide foggers................................................3029
  Upholstered furniture............................................3959
Flaxseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Flood control:
  Impoundment regulations..........................................1872
Flood insurance:
  Contracts........................................................3478
  Flood plain certificate..........................................1233
  Group Flood Insurance Policy.....................................3477
  National Flood Insurance Act of 1994..............................125
  Small businesses.................................................3793
  Veterans.........................................................2954
  Zone AR designation..............................................3476
Flood plains:
  Administrative appeals process....................................797
  Conservation program...............................................54
  Management.......................................................3476
  Permit regulations................................................799
  Wetlands.........................................................1214
    Conservation program.............................................54
    Privately owned................................................2208
    Wetlands Reserve Program.........................................57
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  See also Color additives
  Cured pork products..........................................281, 293
  Flavoring agents:
    Meat products..............................................270, 298
    Poultry products................................................270
    Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2519
  Glycerine.........................................................264
  Regulatory reinvention............................................954
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................266
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care..........................200, 209, 229, 238, 239
    Day care home reimbursement.....................................241
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act....................................................241, 243
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................198
  Emergency disaster assistance.....................................244
  Farm Bill implementation..........................................197
  Food delivery systems.............................................194
  Food distribution disaster provisions.............................254
  Fraud deterrence..................................................211
  Indian reservations..........................................231, 234
  National School Lunch Program...........................215, 246, 251
  Older individuals................................................1208
  Overseas..........................................................311
  Paperwork reduction...............................................196
  State Technical Committees........................................393
  Summer Food Service Program..................................203, 240
  TEFAP.............................................................227
  Vegetable protein products........................................206
  Women, infants, and children.......................195, 237, 245, 247
    Cultural food preferences.......................................216
    Disqualification of vendors.....................................228
    Eligibility.....................................................214
    Food delivery systems...........................................194
    Food packaging..................................................213
    Infant formula..................................................217

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    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act.........................................................242
Food grades and standards:
  See also Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
  Fees..............................................................191
  Regulatory review.................................................294
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food inspection:
  See Food grades and standards
Food labeling:
  Dietary supplements..............................................1012
  Eggs..............................................................260
  Health claims.....................................................285
  Meat and poultry...................................262, 284, 285, 292
  Medical foods.....................................................942
  Review of regulations............................................1001
Food stamps:
  Claims establishment and collection...............................201
  Computer matching.................................................199
  Disqualifiers and noncompliance penalties.........................220
  Electronic benefit transfer systems................218, 224, 250, 253
  Eligibility provisions............................................222
    Alignment with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..........223
    Income standards................................................221
  Emergency disaster assistance................................244, 254
  Employment and training requirements..............................225
  Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program......220
  Information use and disclosure....................................256
  Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act.........................235
  Minimum and maximum allotments....................................222
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................232
  Noncitizen eligibility............................................221
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                220, 221, 222, 223, 225
  Quality control..............................................230, 235
  Regulatory review.......................................208, 212, 257
  Reporting provisions..............................................232
  Retail food stores...........................................248, 256
  Retailer application processing...................................202
  Retailer delinquent debt collection...............................249
  Retailer information privacy......................................259
  Retailer integrity, fraud reduction, and penalties................226
  State agencies administrative and management requirements...208, 212, 
                                                               218, 221
  State agencies reimbursement......................................233
  Utility reimbursements............................................255
  Wholesale food concerns......................................248, 256
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...................................................1003
  Infant formula quality control...................................1000
  Organic.............................................................1
  Pesticide residues.........................................3036, 3045
  Regulatory reinvention............................................954
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2440
Foreign aid:
  Agency for International Development source, origin, and 
      nationality rules............................................3013
  Exports of business equipment for support to the people of Cuba
                                                                    436
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
  Income taxation..................................................2780
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2497
Foreign exchange:
  See Currency
      Foreign currencies
Foreign investments in U.S.:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................404
  Income taxation............................................2767, 2815
Foreign officials:
  Employment.......................................................1686
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.........................................1949
  BXA policy controls..........................................433, 451
  COMSAT review category of USML...................................1950
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2581
  ED regulation revisions...........................................834
  Exclusion or expulsion of foreign nationals......................1777
  Fishery regulations................................508, 509, 600, 646
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2565
  International wills registry.....................................1945
  Nuclear energy:
    Mid-Columbia Project............................................902
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3060
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................1943
  USML revisions...................................................1942
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade agreements
  Antidumping duties................................................421
  Boycott provisions................................................425
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................406
  Business and professional services survey.........................405
  Canada:
    Petroleum......................................................2600
    Softwood lumber................................................2583
  Caribbean Basin countries..............................721, 723, 3940
  Countervailing duties.............................................421
  DOD acquisition regulations.......................................775
  Earnings and profits.............................................2769
  Entry procedures.................................................2568
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................670
  Filing of informational materials................................1790
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....408, 409, 410, 411, 
                                                                    416
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2431

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  International data submissions by large air carriers.............1961
  Licensing of foreign patents acquired by the Government...........671
  Liquidation or reorganization of corporations....................2750
  Maritime Security Program....................................12, 2463
  Motor vehicles...................................................3285
  Payments for intangible rights....................................403
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4148
  Textile labeling.................................................4204
  Trade zones......................................................2568
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................1713
  US transformed end products.......................................722
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Assistance to timber-dependent communities........................384
  Environmental analysis policy and procedure revisions.............324
  Indian allotments.................................................332
  Management planning...............................................333
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................315
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2583
  Stewardship Incentive Program.....................................335
  Sustained yield forest units:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1595
  Timber:
    Endangered and threatened species..............................1331
    Removal of regulations.........................................1594
  Timber sales......................................................339
    Cancellation....................................................334
    Contracts.............................................319, 322, 323
    Debarments and suspensions......................................342
    Export controls.................................................431
    Substitution of sales area......................................338
    Surety bond form revision.......................................317
    Surplus species.................................................318
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Civil and criminal forfeitures...................................1803
  Civil remedies...................................................4088
  Clinical investigator disqualification...........................1009
  Debarment of health care providers...............................3723
  Fraudulent commercial driver's licenses..........................2221
  Odometer fraud...................................................2346
  OIG..........................................................925, 937
  Payments for information.........................................1082
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3428
  Competitive proposals............................................3937
  Department of Defense.............................................683
  Department of Energy..............................................886
  Department of Justice............................................1787
  Department of the Interior.......................................1291
  Department of Transportation.....................................1994
  Electronic communication....................................683, 3856
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act..........3613, 3636, 3973, 3986
  General Services Administration..................................3502
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................2601
  Mineral resources................................................1579
  NARA organizational and procedural changes.................3590, 3594
  NCUA.............................................................4220
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3621
  Office of Personnel Management...................................3646
  Public information...............................................4268
  Regulations revision.............................................1291
  Social Security Administration.............................3853, 3860
  Supoenas and other litigation material...........................3502
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting.........................3051, 3073
  Veterans Affairs.................................................2943
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................1958
  Household goods..................................................4414
  Invoiceless billing..............................................4398
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators..................................2105, 2438, 2455
  Protection against shifting and falling cargo....................2191
Frozen foods:
  Country of origin marking........................................2573
Fruits:
  See also specific fruits
           Citrus fruits
  Common Crop Insurance........................................172, 173
  Crop insurance....................................................181
  Grain-fruit products..............................................204
  Import restrictions..........................................109, 112
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage....................7
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel additives:
  Waiver application criteria......................................3419
Fuel economy:
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy credits...........................2277
  Light trucks...............................................2254, 2335
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles.............................3286
  Private/municipal alternative fuels fleet program.................872
  Reporting requirements...........................................2313
  Standards for model years..................................2254, 2335
Furs:
  Labeling.........................................................4191


                                   G

Gambling:
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4226
  NIGC definitions...........................................1481, 4230
  NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4227, 4228
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......................................1581
Gasohol:
  Motor vehicle use.................................................863
Gasoline:
  See also Fuel economy
           Gasohol
  Diesel fuel tax............................................2676, 2865
  Diesel refineries................................................3223
  Reformulated.....................................................3333
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Geothermal energy:
  Leasing requirements.............................................1601
  Regulation simplification........................................1571
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Affirmative action...............................................1829
  Agency for International Development.......................3009, 3013
  Automated systems.................................................747
  Awards to historically black colleges and minority institutions
                                                                   3916
  Clauses and solicitation provisions...............................908
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................56

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  Competitiveness...................................................730
  Construction..........................................785, 1819, 1829
  Contract reform...................................................905
  Contractors:
    DOD ground and flight risk regulation...........................768
    DOD placement assistance program................................687
    DOD safety regulation...........................................690
    DOE contract security personnel.................................885
    DOE employee security clearance.................................913
    Employee Reprisal Complaint and Investigation Files.............891
    Liability......................................................3565
    MMAS changes....................................................771
    Performance.....................................................740
    Training........................................................746
    Transactions with terrorist governments.........................725
    Waivers........................................................1833
  Cost allowability criteria.............................773, 921, 3908
  Cost or pricing data.............................................3442
  Cost principles...................................................739
  Cost reimbursement rules..........................................745
  DEAR amendments....................................904, 910, 912, 919
  DEAR amendments to substance abuse programs.......................918
  Debarment and suspension...................................3445, 3463
  Defense Acquisition Pilot Program.................................676
  Defense articles and services.....................................783
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4257
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................736
  Dispute resolution...................................3504, 3505, 3533
    FAA procedures.................................................2100
  DOD contracts with institutions of higher education...............715
  DOD cost/schedule status report...................................772
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................686
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................888
  Drug-free workplace...............................................766
  Economically distressed communities...............................401
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3442, 3445, 3463
  EPA Mentor-Protege Program.......................................3438
  Farm Service Agency................................................58
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act...................750, 751, 1820
  Fees and incentives...............................................905
  Finance rules.....................................................738
  Fixed price.......................................................735
  Foreign entities..................................................785
  Highway projects.................................................2201
  Indians..............................................1441, 1487, 1526
  Labor standards............................................1819, 1839
  Lobbying restrictions............................398, 739, 1974, 3564
  Manufacturing Technology Program..................................786
  Mentor-Protege programs:
    DOD.............................................................793
  Multiyear contracting.............................................750
  NASA policies........................................3574, 3583, 3584
  NATO entities.....................................................785
  Nondiscrimination................................................1829
  Nuclear safety management.........................................895
  Penalty payments.................................................3444
  Precontractual contract administration............................770
  Price adjustments to shipbuilding contracts.......................800
  Profit/fee determinations........................................3441
  Protection of and access to classified information...............4258
  Research and development........................754, 1036, 3888, 3917
  Rights to inventions..............................................669
  Service contracting........................................1834, 1839
  Small Business Administration.....................................719
  Small businesses..................................................730
  Subcontracting.........................................714, 738, 3910
  Substance abuse...................................................917
  Truth in Negotiations Act.........................................741
  UN entities.......................................................785
  VA administrative changes........................................3004
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave.............................................3661, 3692
    Family and medical leave.......................................3732
  Access to classified information..................................701
  Administrative law judges........................................3735
  Availability of official information.............................3646
  Career and career conditional employment...................3652, 3724
  Career transition assistance for surplus and displaced 
      employees....................................................3689
  Child care at VA facilities......................................2989
  Civilian employees of the Armed Services.........................3699
  Clarification of staffing provisions.............................3653
  Classification appeals...........................................3657
  Compensatory time off............................................3699
  Compressed work schedules........................................3699
  Corporation for National Service:
    Noncompetitive appointments....................................3718
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3666, 3705
    COLA partnership committees....................................3731
    Extension of eligibility.......................................3665
  Credit of accounts...............................................2499
  Criminal investigators...........................................3701
  Debt collection..................................................3680
  Defense personnel...........................................687, 3688
  Employment discrimination............................3470, 3474, 4065
  Examining services costs.........................................3735
  Excepted service.................................................3683
    Appointment of noncitizens.....................................3647
    Operational procedures...................................3651, 3694
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................1823
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3627
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................670
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3623
  Gifts from foreign sources.......................................3542
  Hatch Act........................................................3685
  Health benefits..................................................3692
    Acquisition regulation.........................................3716
    Debarment of health care providers.............................3723
    Enrollment...............................................3679, 3714
    FEHBP changes..................................................3713
    Hospital insurance benefits....................................1108
    Preemption of taxes......................................3733, 3737
  Indemnification............................................1226, 3822
  Investigations...................................................3722
  Life insurance.............................................3678, 3712
  Merit system standards...........................................3734
  Mileage allowance................................................3531
  NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................3589
  NASA drug and alcohol testing programs.....................3576, 3578
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......346
  NSF lobbying restrictions........................................3612
  Occupational radiation protection............................896, 902
  Organizations representing employees.............................3649
  Pay administration...................................3658, 3701, 3703
  Pay rates........................................................3696
    Federal Wage System (FWS) survey jobs..........................3660
    Non-appropriated fund wage areas.......3659, 3697, 3698, 3728, 3729
  Performance appraisal................................3654, 3655, 3656
  Performance Management and Recognition System....................3719
  Personnel records................................................3650
  Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3725
  Promotion and internal placement.................................3687
  Reduction in force...................................3654, 3691, 3692
  Reinstatement eligibility........................................3724
  Relocation costs.........................3506, 3544, 3550, 3552, 3664
    Housing....................3543, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3548, 3554, 3556
    Vehicles.......................................................3555
  Restoration to duty..............................................3693

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  Retention service credit.........................................3654
  Retirement.................................................3692, 3708
    Bar of benefits after conviction...............................3673
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3676
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3707
    Credit for military service..............................3668, 3672
    D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................3710
    Debt collection................................................3675
    Dependants.....................................................3670
    Determinations of marital status for survivor annuities........3669
    Disability.....................................................3709
    Divorced spouses...............................................3672
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3711
    FERS coverage elections........................................3677
    Health care professionals......................................3667
    Service credit.................................................3671
    State income tax withholding...................................3674
  Salary:
    Overtime.......................................................3699
  Salary offset for claims collection..................3596, 3663, 3747
    Child support, alimony, commercial garnishments..........3704, 3730
  Salary supplementation...........................................3633
  Security standards...............................................3721
  Selective Service registration...................................3717
  Senior Executive Service:
    Last move home benefit.........................................3510
    Performance appraisal..........................................3656
  Severance pay..............................................3662, 3702
  Standards of conduct......347, 402, 680, 924, 1290, 1678, 1841, 3471, 
           3605, 3606, 3607, 3608, 3618, 3625, 3628, 3630, 3695, 3743, 
                                                 3746, 3788, 3800, 4263
  Student Educational Employment Program...........................3648
  Substance abuse..............................................702, 882
  Suitability standards............................................3720
  Summer employment................................................3682
  Temporary employees........................................3686, 3690
  Testimony..................................................3595, 3638
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3684
  Training.........................................................3726
  Travel regulations....3505, 3506, 3507, 3508, 3510, 3516, 3530, 3531, 
                   3532, 3539, 3540, 3544, 3549, 3550, 3551, 3553, 3556
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3700
  Wage area redefinition...........................................3727
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations.......399, 400, 401, 746, 750, 779, 780, 787, 
                               1927, 3499, 3567, 3575, 3585, 3716, 4247
    AID......................................................3011, 3012
    Certification requirements.....................................3515
    Commercial items...............................................2970
    Commercially available off-the-shelf items.....................3887
    Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act...................3892
    Data Universal Numbering System................................3893
    Defense Department.....712, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 
           732, 733, 734, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 
                       761, 762, 763, 764, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793
    Department of Energy............................................907
    Deviation......................................................3541
    Earned Value Management Systems.................................753
    Federal Supply Schedules.......................................3890
    Foreign acquisitions...........................................3891
    HUD............................................................1267
    Individual and class deviations................................3931
    Interior Department............................................1292
    Leasehold interests in real property................732, 3517, 3538
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................2937
    Quality of environmental data..................................3440
    Real property policies....................................732, 3527
    Simplification.................................................3886
    USAID..........................................................3009
    Value engineering..............................................3443
    Veterans Affairs.............................2938, 2939, 2974, 2975
    Veterans Affairs protest.......................................2973
  Agriculture acquisition changes...................................399
  Aircraft parts....................................................724
  Architect-engineer services.................................759, 3903
  Ball and roller bearings..........................................776
  Buy American Act...........................................1294, 3911
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1026
  Caribbean Basin............................................3939, 3940
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.............................721
  Central Contractor Registration...................................763
  Combination locks.................................................695
  Commercial items acquisition...........................742, 749, 3511
  Commercial vehicle and equipment leasing....................778, 3551
  Competitive proposals............................................3937
  Competitive range determinations.................................3883
  Concepts and processes:
    Substantive revisions..........................................3885
  Construction.................................731, 760, 769, 791, 3911
    Design build selection procedures..............................3925
  Contingent fees.............................................757, 3905
  Contractors:
    Bonds for performance and payment...............................731
    Business meal costs............................................3904
    Data Universal Numbering System................................3893
    Disclosure and use of proprietary information............3537, 3937
    FAR certifications.......................................3919, 3929
    INA compliance.................................................3938
    Liquidated damages payments....................................3872
    NASA contractor cost reporting.................................3579
    NASA printing and duplicating restrictions.....................3566
    Overhead certification.........................................3912
    Overhead settlement............................................3878
    Purchasing systems reviews................................767, 3909
    Response action contractor exclusions..........................3462
    Women- and minority-owned businesses...........................4093
  Contracts:
    Administration..................................................716
    Administration and audit cognizance............................3889
    ADP.............................................................747
    Assignment of claims............................................781
    Clauses and solicitation provisions.......................908, 3500
    Cost accounting standards......................................3915
    Executive compensation..........................................717
    Final indirect cost rates................................3889, 3930
    Fixed price....................................................3920
    Forward pricing and billing rates..............................3889
    Gratuities.....................................................3922
    Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3439
    Industrial funding fee.........................................3500
    Modification of existing contracts.................3870, 3879, 3899
    Multiple award schedules.......................................3500
    NASA contracts.........................3568, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3577
    NFS contracts.........................................322, 323, 334
    Novation and change-of-name agreements.........................3884
    Offset arrangements.............................................718
    Payment provisions.............................................3908
    Payments............................................781, 3499, 3877
    Performance-based contracting............................3882, 3928
    Personal services..............................................3011
    Preaward debriefings...........................................3923
    Prompt Payment Act compliance..................................3902
    Reciprocal agreements...........................................716
    Service contracting......................................3882, 3913
  Cooperative purchasing...........................................3498
  Costs:
    Accounting for allowable costs.................................3904
    Attorney's fees................................................3933
    Automatic data processing equipment leasing....................3897
    Cost monitoring.................................................733
    Cost principles.................................................744
    Employee compensation costs..........................729, 755, 3900

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    Exceptions to requirements for certified cost data.............3924
    Foreign pay differential.......................................3898
    Foreign selling costs..........................................3918
    Gifts and entertainment costs..................................3912
    Indirect costs audits..........................................3941
    Lobbying local government......................................3895
    Pension costs..................................................3871
    Restructuring costs........................................728, 729
    Transportation..................................................764
    Travel.........................................................3875
  Data collection..................................................3932
  DD Form 1149 revision.............................................743
  Defense Acquisition Pilot Program.................................676
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4257
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................736
  Department of Labor..............................................1891
  DOD ozone-depleting substances regulation.........................774
  DOE certification requirements....................................914
  Education Department..............................................825
  Electronic commerce facilitation...........................3886, 3942
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................3877
  Energy-efficient office equipment and supplies...................3535
  Energy-efficient products and services...........................3876
  Environmentally preferable products..................3091, 3876, 3896
  European Command Supplement.......................................713
  Federal Acquisition Reform Act:
    Procurement integrity..........................................3926
    Simplified commercial item acquisitions........................3927
  Foreign currency use.......................................2497, 3500
  Foreign patents acquired by the Government........................671
  Foreign product restrictions......................................775
  Foreign source restrictions...................720, 727, 758, 759, 760
  Fuel..............................................................689
  GSA regulations..............3499, 3509, 3515, 3526, 3527, 3538, 3541
  Health care services..............................................706
  Information Technology Management Reform Act......................748
  Insurance/liability to third parties..............................765
  Irrevocable Letters of Credit....................................3880
  Late offer consideration.........................................3914
  Lobbying restrictions............................................3873
  Loss allowability criteria.......................................3907
  Machine parts and tools............................712, 789, 790, 792
  Major system definition..........................................3935
  Military acquisitions.............................................685
  Miller Act Bonds.................................................3880
  NASA approval authorities........................................3569
  NASA award fee coverage..........................................3570
  NASA's midrange procurement procedures...........................3561
  Notices:
    Contract reductions or terminations.............................762
    Downsizing......................................................788
  Office copying machines..........................................3525
  Panama Canal Commission..........................................3740
  Performance incentives...........................................3920
  Petroleum products...........................................720, 721
  Pricing:
    Exceptions to requirements for certified pricing data..........3924
  Printing..........................................................681
  Procurement integrity........................................752, 782
  Protests...................................................3921, 3933
  Recycled products................................................3180
  Research and development..........................................726
  Security procedures...............................................916
  Simplified acquisition thresholds................................3936
  Small business subcontracting.........................920, 3874, 3906
  Small businesses...........................688, 737, 3572, 3894, 3934
  State Department regulations.....................................1927
  Streamlining legislation implementation..............1985, 3498, 3875
  Subcontracting...................................................3645
  Synthetic fabrics.................................................761
  Thresholds........................................................717
  Total Quality Management..........................................684
  Truth in Negotiation Act.........................................3511
  Vessel parts......................................................777
  Voluntary standards..............................................3640
  Wool..............................................................784
  Year 2000........................................................3901
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Computer technology equipment:
    Exchange/sale and disposal of excess...........................3512
  NASA reporting regulation........................................3575
  Office copying machines..........................................3525
  Telephone systems................................................3514
Government property management:
  Assignment and utilization of space..............................3557
  Federal facilities in urban areas................................3518
  Motor vehicles.............................................3528, 3551
  Real property....................................................3503
  Reporting excess personal property...............................3536
  Space:
    Alterations....................................................3519
    Assignment.....................................................3519
    Utilization....................................................3519
  Space alterations:
    Delegations of authority to occupant agencies..................3559
  Space and related services.......................................3517
    Alterations....................................................3522
    Rents and leases.........................................3520, 3521
Government publications:
  Nonprofit organizations..........................................3641
  Prohibitions against reproduction.................................929
Government securities:
  See also Bonds
  Customer protection..............................................4378
  Sales practices..................................................2542
Grains:
  See also specific grains
           Feed grains
  Grain-fruit products..............................................204
  Weighing regulations review.......................................192
Grant programs:
  Absent parent access and visitation..............................1186
  Block grants:
    Child care and development.....................................1188
    Community development..........................................1253
    Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages......................1273
    Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program......................1203
    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families......1178, 1180, 1189, 1190, 
                                                                   1207
  Community Food Project............................................117
  Correctional system..............................................1811
  Costs:
    Indirect cost rates.............................................926
  Energy research...................................................889
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus requirements...................1192
  Juvenile delinquency.............................................1812
  Library services.................................................3600
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration....................3580
  OPM merit requirement establishment........................3715, 3734
  Research grants..................................................1036
  Rights to inventions..............................................669
  State cemetery grants............................................2941
  1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program.................119
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administrative provisions and requirements....114, 116, 117, 344, 345
  Community facility grants.........................................384
  Housing preservation grants.......................................132
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................398
  Rural cooperative organizations...................................350
  Rural economic development........................................349
  Rural Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.....................367

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  Technical assistance and training...................46, 348, 352, 387
  Waiver of restriction on eligibility...............................33
  Water and waste disposal programs............................371, 388
Grant programs-communications:
  Public Telecommunications Facilities Program......................657
Grant programs-economic development:
  Excess capacity...................................................417
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations..............................819, 820, 822
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................696
  ED Direct Grant Programs..........................................817
  Evaluation of recipients, grantees and contractors................826
  FmHA programs......................................................46
  Head Start Program funding.......................................1177
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................118
  Hispanic programs.................................................115
  Hispanic-serving institutions:
    Work-study programs............................................1268
  Indian colleges..................................................1431
  Indian grant policies and procedures.............................1430
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................113
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3600
  National Security Education Program...............................677
  Training programs for TRIO programs...............................840
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Environmental management program..................................901
  EPA technical assistance grants..................................3425
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3478
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3479
  Solid waste management grants.....................................386
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1208
  Health professions teaching facilities...........................1024
  Health services research.........................................1027
  Substance abuse block grants......................................940
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants...............................1256
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1255
    Program income.................................................1251
    Streamlining...................................................1252
  Homeless veterans................................................2993
  Housing preservation grants.......................................132
Grant programs-Indians:
  BIA regulations revision.........................................1442
  Construction of jails............................................1810
  Education grant policies and procedures..........................1430
Grant programs-law:
  Confidentiality of information...................................1806
  Criminal justice block grants....................................1807
Grant programs-national defense:
  Administrative provisions and requirements........................698
  DOD funds provided to institutions of higher education............703
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1590
  Marine mammal protection:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1303
  National Undersea Research Program................................614
  Railroad grants..................................................1559
  State grants.....................................................1587
  Surface coal mining agreements...................................1534
  Wildlife Restoration Programs....................................1318
Grant programs-science and technology:
  NASA cooperative agreements to State and local governments.......3582
  NCI construction grants..........................................1037
Grant programs-transportation:
  Approval process.................................................2234
  Debarment and suspension requirements for drug-free workplace 
      grants.......................................................1959
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2231
  Uniform administrative requirements........................1980, 2003
  Value engineering programs.......................................2197
Grants administration:
  Assistance to State and local governments........................3488
  Department of Education...........................................819
  Lobbying restrictions......................................1974, 3564
  Social Security Administration.................3815, 3816, 3817, 3818
  Uniform administrative requirements.......418, 1980, 3010, 3563, 3817
Grazing lands:
  Alaska grazing administration....................................1555
  Alaska reindeer..................................................1600
  Classifications..................................................1560
  Conservation......................................................394
  Indian land......................................................1451
  National Forest System............................................332
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................2018
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2008
  Maintenance fees.................................................2591
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1208
Hazardous material transportation:
  FAA regulations:
    Oxidizers and oxidizing materials..............................2094
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Cargo tank requirements..........................................2418
  Coast Guard regulations..............................2010, 2011, 2055
  Cylinder inspections.............................................2454
  Cylinder qualification requirements..............................2447
  Driving/parking rules............................................2235
  Hazardous Waste Manifest rule....................................3202
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2441
  International standards..........................................2431
  Liquified compressed gas.........................................2443
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3182
  Miscellaneous amendments.........................................2410
  Motor carrier safety permits.....................................2446
  Motor carrier safety ratings.....................................2195
  Motor carriers...........................1421, 2185, 2203, 2227, 2420
  Oxidizers and organic peroxides..................................2433
  Oxygen generators................................................2438
  Packaging........................................................2453
  Passenger aircraft:
    Oxyden generators..............................................2455
  Penalties........................................................2458
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2417
  Placard requirements.............................................2423
  Poisonous materials labeling.....................................2411
  Preemption determination.........................................2196
  Railroad regulations.............................................2449
  Regulatory review................................................2451
  Revision of exemption, approval, registration, and reporting 
      procedures...................................................2448
  Shipping papers retention........................................2414
  Small business assistance........................................2436
  Stationary source definition.....................................3430
  Tank cars........................................................2425
  Tankerman requirements and qualifications........................2018

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Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
           Poison prevention
           Radioactive materials
  Air pollutants........1902, 3078, 3209, 3211, 3218, 3219, 3236, 3238, 
           3251, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3263, 3264, 
           3265, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3276, 3278, 
           3279, 3280, 3284, 3290, 3301, 3321, 3324, 3325, 3326, 3327, 
           3328, 3330, 3347, 3348, 3352, 3353, 3356, 3357, 3358, 3359, 
           3360, 3361, 3362, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, 3367, 3368, 3369, 
           3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3378, 3379, 3380, 
           3381, 3383, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3387, 3388, 3389, 3390, 3391, 
           3393, 3394, 3395, 3396, 3397, 3398, 3399, 3400, 3401, 3405, 
                                                 3408, 3413, 3418, 4204
  Aluminum cylinders safety problems...............................2405
  Asbestos.............................................3049, 3057, 3068
  Beryllium.........................................................893
  Carbon monoxide............................................3224, 3339
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3452
  Chemical test rules..................................3077, 3078, 3089
  Chemicals................................1905, 3048, 3052, 3053, 3062
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................2588
  Chromium...................................................1922, 3372
  Disinfection byproducts..........................................3168
  Drinking Water Priority List.....................................3168
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3153
  Editorial corrections............................................2456
  Energy sources...................................................1893
  Environmentally preferable products guidelines...................3091
  Ethylene oxide...................................................1894
  Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................1902
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List........................3424, 3429
  Federally permitted releases.....................................3433
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................1904
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3092
  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2402
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1515
  Intrastate transportation........................................2420
  Isocyanates................................................3239, 3429
  Lead.......1219, 3055, 3056, 3071, 3072, 3074, 3076, 3096, 3155, 3270
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3182
  Metals...........................................................3065
  Metalworking fluids..............................................1892
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3225
  Microbial products (biotechnology)...............................3081
  Microorganisms...................................................3059
  MSHA protection standards........................................1879
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3436
  Nitrogen dioxide.................................................3410
  Nitrogen oxides......................................3224, 3341, 3422
  Occupational safety and health programs..........................1897
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1960
  Ozone and ozone precursors.......................................3211
  Ozone precursors.................................................3338
  Ozone-depleting substances..................................774, 3246
  Penalties under CERCLA and emergency planning....................3467
  Pesticides.......3023, 3030, 3032, 3035, 3042, 3044, 3045, 3047, 3067
    Aircraft disinsection notification.............................1983
    Cross-contamination reporting..................................3027
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations..........................3446
    Exportation....................................................3034
    Field testing..................................................3038
    Inventory with cancelled registration..........................3047
    Labeling program.........................................3037, 3040
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3028
    Production and distribution records............................3464
    Regulatory review..............................................3075
    Self-certification.............................................3026
    Worker protection standards........................3025, 3033, 3041
  Pipeline safety..................................................2457
  Pipeline safety operations.......................................2430
  Pipeline safety standards...2404, 2408, 2409, 2412, 2413, 2415, 2421, 
                                                       2428, 2429, 2452
  Polychlorinated biphenyls......................3084, 3085, 3094, 3098
  Propane and other liquified compressed gases.....................2443
  Propane cylinders:
    Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2442
  Radionuclides......................3148, 3158, 3170, 3314, 3432, 4296
  Radon................................................3329, 3354, 3435
  Regulatory review................................................3075
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3088
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3458
  Saccharin........................................................3434
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3409
  Sulfur oxides....................................................3319
  Surface coatings.................................................3225
  Toxic Release Inventory:
    Chemicals................................................3048, 3052
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3065
  Toxics Release Inventory.............................3051, 3073, 3090
  Underground storage tanks........................................3203
  Water pollution control..............................3102, 3111, 3112
Hazardous waste:
  Aluminum production..............................................3204
  Carbamates.......................................................3426
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3181
  Cleanups...................................................3201, 3425
  Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge.................................3095
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3192
    Radioactive waste..............................................3213
  Effluent limitation guidelines...................................3105
  Geologic repositories............................................4267
  Groundwater contamination..................................3167, 3385
  Identification and listing.....................3174, 3175, 3184, 3201
  Land disposal:
    Post-closure requirements......................................3185
    Restrictions.......................................3193, 3197, 3204
  Lead.............................................................3058
  Manifest regulation..............................................3202
  Medical waste....................................................3321
  Military munitions...............................................3205
  Mineral processing wastes........................................3193
  Organobromines...................................................3186
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3175
  Pesticides.......................................................3465
  Petroleum refining process.......................................3191
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3085, 3094
  Radioactive waste..........................................3151, 4279
    Recycling of scrap metals......................................3235
    Site recommendation.............................................898
    Waste Isolation Pilot Plant..............................3213, 3237
    Waste management rules.........................................3221
    Yucca Mountain, NV.............................................3253
  Recycled used oil................................................3174
  Recycling........................................................3177
  Saccharin........................................................3434
  Silver-bearing waste.............................................3171
  Solid waste......................................................3177
  Solvents.........................................................3187
  Spent solvents...................................................3174
  Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup............3179
  Testing methods..................................................3173
  Toxic waste site.................................................3062
  Toxicity characteristic metals...................................3193
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3198
  Training programs accreditation..................................1919
  Treatment and disposal:
    Fluorescent lamps..............................................3200
  Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators.......3347

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  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3190
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3427
  Wood preserving wastes...........................................3193
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Cancer patients..................................................1038
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1057
  Clinical laboratories regulation.....................1097, 1127, 1128
  Electronic transfer of data.......................................806
  Home and community-based services.................................934
  Home health agencies............................934, 1055, 1170, 1173
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1078
  Home health services.............................................1084
  Human cellular and tissue-based products..........................973
  Human reproductive tissue intended for fertilization, 
      implantation, or insemination................................1014
  Human tissue intended for transplantation...................986, 1014
  Organ procurement and transplantation............................1165
  Patient radiation exposures......................................4277
  Patient rights.............................................2946, 4293
  Prepayment plans.................................................1046
  Rural services...................................................1047
  Underserved areas................................................1019
  Veterans...........................2919, 2939, 2944, 2948, 2979, 2980
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).........................1079, 1080
  Community mental health centers..................................1071
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1163
  Fire safety standards............................................1101
  Hemodialysis facilities..........................................1076
  Incineration of medical waste....................................3321
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded...........1101
  Long-term care...................................................1146
  Mammography Quality Standards Act.................................978
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1054
  Registration requirements........................................1014
  Renal dialysis facilities........................................1048
  Transfer of infectious agents....................................1041
  Uniformed Services facilities.....................................706
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Employees of firms with less than 51 employees.................1126
    Individual coverage after loss of group coverage...............1126
    Pre-existing condition exclusions........................1126, 2841
  CHAMPUS:
    Preventative services...........................................812
  CHAMPUS amendments................................................813
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................810
  CHAMPUS definition of experimental................................814
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................808
  CHAMPUS programs..................................................811
  COBRA continuation coverage......................................1119
  Continuing coverage notice.......................................1854
  Employer based group health plans..........................1119, 1854
  Exemption from State regulation..................................1861
  Government employees.................................3713, 3733, 3737
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.......1083, 1089, 
                                                                   1090
    Minimum requirements for group health plans....................1135
    OIG penalties...................................................927
  Health plan identifiers..........................................1083
  Individuals with disabilities....................................3468
  Issuer requirements..............................................1126
  Mental health benefits...........................................1134
  Portability......................................................2841
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1862, 1863
    State enforcement..............................................1126
  Provider identifiers.............................................1089
  Retiree benefits.................................................1857
  Retroactive enrollment...........................................1106
  Small Business Job Protection Act:
    Limitation of liability........................................1858
  Third party liability.............................................710
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1046
  Medicaid requirements............................................1104
  Medicare penalties and sanctions.................................1099
  Physician incentive plans...................................931, 1166
  Third party liability............................................1058
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers........................................1749
  Audiologists.....................................................1067
  CHAMPUS provider certification requirements.......................809
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1118
  Education:
    Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1100
  Foreign medical graduates........................................3867
  Health Education Assistance Loan Program.........................1022
  National Practitioner Data Bank......................1016, 1017, 1018
  NIH traineeships.................................................1031
  Nurse-midwives...................................................1088
  Nurses:
    Anesthetists...................................................1100
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1728
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4198
  Pathologists.....................................................1067
  Penalties, exclusions and sanctions..........................925, 930
  Physician assistants.......................................1064, 1140
  Physician ownership and referral arrangements.....................933
  Physicians:
    Civil money penalties...........................................933
    Health services referrals......................................1054
    Hearing evaluation performance..................................950
    Home health certifications.....................................1121
    Incentive plans...........................................931, 1166
    Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians...............1069
    Medicare reimbursement.......................1087, 1116, 1167, 1171
    State registrations............................................1660
    VA medical opinions rules......................................2987
  Professional shortage areas......................................1019
  Provider identifiers.............................................1089
  Psychologists....................................................1103
  Retirement provisions............................................3667
  SSA hearing procedures...........................................3862
  Teaching facilities..............................................1024
Health records:
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1151
  Electronic records and signatures................................1011
  Health and Safety Data Model Reporting...........................3070
  OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................3650
  Prescription Release Rule........................................4198
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................810
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Accident reporting requirements..................................2186
  Diabetic interstate truck drivers................................2220

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  Highway-rail grade crossings.........................2207, 2218, 2387
  Motor carrier regulations...2173, 2183, 2184, 2187, 2199, 2200, 2203, 
                                                       2205, 2237, 2320
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................1914
  State programs.............................................2234, 2281
  Traffic control devices:
    Pedestrian, bicycle and school warning signs...................2239
  Traffic surveillance and control.................................2242
  Zero Tolerance law...............................................2357
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1615
  Beautification costs.......................................2229, 2238
  Certification acceptance policy..................................2244
  Construction on Indian lands.....................................1452
  Environmental impact and related procedures....2182, 2208, 2338, 2391
  Federal aid projects...........................2201, 2206, 2233, 2243
  Funding..........................................................2204
  Geometric design of highways and streets.........................2198
  Interstate system................................................2216
  Management and monitoring systems..........................2241, 2395
  National Highway System..........................................2206
  Noise abatement projects.........................................2210
  Railroad highway projects........................................2209
  Right-of-way regulations.............................1498, 2194, 2245
  Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1423
  Traffic surveillance and control...........................2202, 2232
  Tramroads and logging roads......................................1547
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1729
  Value engineering programs.......................................2197
Historic preservation:
  National parks...................................................1424
  Paleontological resources........................................1569
  Regulatory revisions.............................................3008
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
Holding companies:
  Bank holding companies.....................................4182, 4189
  CFTC risk assessment.............................................3945
  Exempt wholesale generators......................................4368
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4344, 4370
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4360, 4361
  Foreign utility companies........................................4368
  Intermediate stock holding companies.............................2892
  Mutual savings and loan holding companies........................2892
  Treasury oversight...............................................2904
Home improvement:
  Loans............................................................1237
Homeless:
  Food stamp program................................................222
  Homeless Assistance Fund.........................................1249
  Housing...............................................679, 1249, 1259
  Veterans.........................................................2993
  Women, infants, and children......................................242
Homesteads:
  Alaska:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1612
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1551
Hospice care:
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1065
  Medicare payments................................................1113
Hospitals:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................808
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1093
  Diagnostic procedures............................................1120
  DOT grants.......................................................1980
  Emergency medical care...........................................1138
  Grants administration.......................................418, 3010
  Independent rural primary care hospitals.........................1159
  Medicaid payment...........................................1130, 1174
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1053
  Medicare payment.................................................1070
  Mortgages........................................................1240
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules................1021, 1165
  Outpatient services........................................1120, 1141
  Physician incentive plans prohibition.............................931
  Preadmission services............................................1107
  Psychiatric......................................................1044
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Amplifiers.......................................................4199
  Energy efficiency.........851, 855, 856, 858, 860, 864, 866, 874, 875
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3370
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Home improvement
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Drug Elimination Program.........................................1216
  Employment opportunities.........................................1265
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................873
  Environmental review procedures..................................1220
  FEMA Disaster Housing Resources Program:
    Dissolution of program.........................................3482
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1252
    Streamlining...................................................1222
  HOPE program amendments..........................................1258
  Housing preservation grants.......................................132
  Indians................................42, 45, 1261, 1279, 1285, 1464
  Lead-based paint.....................................1219, 3058, 3074
  Limited denial of participation in HUD programs..................1211
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1257
  Multifamily......................................................1228
    Security servicing..............................................123
    Streamlining.............................................1244, 1246
    Tenant participation.....................................1245, 1246
  Nondiscrimination................................................1215
  OFHEO information regulation...............................3619, 3621
  Rent regulations.................................................1209
  Rental agreements................................................2651
  Replacement housing:
    Modernization factor...........................................1275
  Rulemaking policies and procedures...............................1224
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing.........................................121, 129
    Lease write-offs................................................143
    Loan policies.....................................38, 123, 135, 136
    Loans and grants.................................129, 130, 131, 142
    Multiple-family housing....................................129, 137
    Rental housing........................................129, 130, 140
  Single-family..............................................1241, 1258
    Streamlining...................................................1244
  Site and neighborhood standards..................................1209
  State agency amendments..........................................4140
  Streamlining regulations..............................129, 1266, 1278
  Turnkey III program..............................................1278
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
      Rent subsidies
Housing standards:
  Occupancy........................................................1225
  Use of Materials Bulletins.......................................1227
Human research subjects:
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1032

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  Protection of human subjects................................815, 1643
  Student rights....................................................816
  Veterans.........................................................2945
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds..........................1298, 1323, 1349, 1386, 1407
    Bismuth-tin shot...............................................1408
    Tungsten-iron shot.............................................1310
  Pig frogs........................................................1427
  Subsistence management regulations..........................325, 1313
  Subsistence uses.................................................1329
  Wildlife refuges...........................................1319, 1406
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Adjudication processing:
    Motions to reopen or reconsider................................1675
  Adjudications processing.........................................1741
  Administrative finality of decisions.............................1695
  Application for labor certification..............................1779
  Asylum procedures....................................1704, 1726, 1786
  Battered spouses and children....................................1946
  Carrier fines........................................1732, 1762, 1763
  Check points within the U.S......................................1752
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................1784
  Direct mail program..............................................1679
  Discipline of attorneys in immigration proceedings...............1673
  Examinations fee account schedule..........................1694, 1786
  Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994 
      provisions...................................................1735
  In-transit passengers............................................1692
  INA revisions....................................................1937
  Interview requirement............................................1775
  Legal services programs..........................................1677
  Master Exhibits availability.....................................1764
  Orders to show cause.............................................1768
  Overtime liability for inspection services.......................1721
  Petitions for employment based immigrants........................1724
  Ports of entry...................................................2580
  Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................1752
  Preinspection rules..............................................1733
  Promises of benefits.............................................1767
  Reentry after deportation or removal.............................1772
  Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, 
      Germany, and Vietnam.........................................1761
  Representation by law students...................................1676
  Requests for additional evidence.................................1727
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1755
  Southern border crossing cards...................................1722
  Soviet Scientists Immigration Act................................1776
  Sponsor obligations and penalties..........................1745, 1929
  Subpoena service authority.......................................1712
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................1693
  Transit agreement suspension.....................................1757
  Waiver authority limitations for felons..........................1771
  Waivers on behalf of foreign medical graduates...................3867
  Warrants of arrest...............................................1768
Immunization:
  Vaccine information...............................................948
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
           Trade adjustment assistance
  Acrylate/methacrylate............................................3097
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................110
  Animals and poultry...............................................104
  Animals for slaughter.............................................282
  APHIS user fees...............................................93, 111
  Arms and munitions...............................................2528
  Canadian Province of Origin.......................................416
  Chemicals............................................3066, 3086, 3087
    Blanket certifications.........................................2588
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3080
  Controlled substances:
    Personal medical use...........................................1661
  Dairy product quotas..............................................302
  Duty-free entry...................................................756
    Imports from foreign governments...............................2600
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2581
  Duty-free treatment for imports from U.S. possessions............2554
  Fish..............................................................597
  Forests and forest products........................................98
  Fruits and vegetables.............................................109
  Imitation goods:
    Labeling.......................................................4197
  Information disclosure to intellectual property rights owners 
                                                                   2572
  Inspection:
    User fees.......................................................108
  Marine mammal products............................................529
  Motor vehicles:
    Compliance with Federal safety standards...........2283, 2327, 2330
  Ozone-depleting substances.......................................3234
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2556
  Scientific instruments and apparatus..............................419
  Seeds..............................................................92
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2583
  Sugar.............................................................306
  Textiles...................................................2557, 2596
  Timber:
    Designated ports...............................................1331
  Unapproved articles for processing and export.....................974
  Wildlife.........................................................1402
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2701
  Accounting:
    Change in method.........................................2663, 2664
    Hybrid instruments.............................................2724
    Mark-to-market method..........................................2772
    Partnerships...................................................2614
  Accuracy related penalty.........................................2679
  Affiliated groups..........................................2659, 2852
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2786
  American Samoa residency determination...........................2759
  Annuities............................................2683, 2717, 2797
  Arbitrage regulations............................................2682
  Arbitrage restrictions...........................................2641
  Asset ownership..................................................2801
  Available unit rule..............................................2640
  Below-market loans...............................................2840
  Bonds:
    Accrued market discount........................................2779
    Inflation-indexed........................................2778, 2857
    Premium amortization...........................................2687
    Private activity...................................2620, 2783, 2861
    Qualified................................................2818, 2819
    Stripped.......................................................2724
    Tax-exempt...............................................2641, 2682
  Branch profits tax...............................................2749
  Branch remittances...............................................2771
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2630
  Capitalization.................................2605, 2606, 2643, 2708
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2761
  Charitable contributions...................................2741, 2843
  Closing costs....................................................2726
  Collections......................................................2631
    Installment agreements.........................................2632
    Levied property................................................2635
    Liens..........................................................2634

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  Communications services..........................................2803
  Compromises......................................................2875
  Computer technology..............................................2656
  Consolidated returns:
    Losses and deductions....................................2788, 2789
  Controlled groups................................................2716
  Corporate acquisitions:
    Carryovers of methods of accounting............................2715
  Corporate assets.................................................2712
  Corporate income tax.......................................2750, 2786
    Domestic stock or security transfers...........................2846
    Foreign subsidiary.............................................2791
  Corporate inversion transactions.................................2608
  Corporations...............................................2714, 2725
    C corporations.................................................2619
    Reorganizations....................................2693, 2695, 2696
    S corporations...............................2619, 2781, 2782, 2806
    Stock ownership after a merger.................................2716
  Cost recovery system.............................................2706
  Cost sharing regulations.........................................2703
  Creative property................................................2606
  Credit, paid.....................................................2851
  Debt.............................................................2856
    Collateralized debt obligations................................2839
  Debt instruments.....................................2683, 2830, 2838
  Deemed paid credit...............................................2766
  Deemed paid taxes................................................2767
  Deferred compensation............................................2673
  Deferred compensation and salary reduction.......................2672
  Demolition of structures.........................................2645
  Deposit of taxes.................................................2678
  Diesel fuel tax............................................2676, 2865
  Disabled access credit...........................................2698
  Disclaimer of joint property.....................................2681
  Disclosure of return information.....................2836, 2837, 2871
  Disclosure of return information to Customs Service..............2870
  Dividends:
    Extraordinary dividends........................................2666
  Electronic filing of Form W-4....................................2863
  Electronic signatures......................................2864, 2878
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2823
    Funded welfare benefit plans...................................2723
    Loans treated as distributions.................................2603
    Valuation of plan distribution.................................2722
  Employees........................................................2864
  Employment credits...............................................2690
  Empowerment zones................................................2690
  Entity classification rules......................................2879
  Escrow funds.....................................................2611
  Estates....................................................2832, 2883
  Exemptions.......................................................2653
  Expenditures documentation.................................2607, 2644
  Extension of time to file partnership income and trust income 
      returns......................................................2869
  Extensions of time for certain elections.........................2691
  Filing requirements:
    Extension of time..............................................2876
  Fishing vessel capital construction fund procedures..............2814
  Foreign company income...........................................2853
  Foreign corporations........2609, 2648, 2744, 2750, 2755, 2767, 2768, 
                                                             2770, 2777
    Earnings and profits...........................................2769
    Stapled entities...............................................2709
    Stock transfers..........................................2649, 2776
  Foreign deferred compensation plans..............................2718
  Foreign governments..............................................2751
  Foreign grantor trusts.....................................2732, 2734
  Foreign insurance................................................2743
  Foreign insurance companies................................2737, 2763
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2780
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2753
  Foreign investments........................................2858, 2859
  Foreign partnerships.......................................2623, 2746
  Foreign tax credit.......................2659, 2660, 2661, 2757, 2787
  Foreign taxes....................................................2770
  Form W-4.........................................................2864
  Form 945.........................................................2813
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2740
  Fringe benefits..................................................2821
  Functional currency..............................................2768
  FUTA tax.........................................................2673
  General utilities repeal.........................................2711
  Gift tax.........................................................2883
  Golden parachute payments........................................2710
  Grantor trust rules..............................................2801
  Group health plans, continuation coverage........................2604
  GST revisions....................................................2796
  Guam residency determination.....................................2759
  Highly compensated employee......................................2721
  Income:
    Gross income.......................................2694, 2700, 2758
    Source of income...............................................2615
  Indian traders' tax..............................................1479
  Information reporting............................................2670
  Installment obligations..........................................2650
  Insurance companies..............................................2713
  Insurance income.................................................2662
  Intangible amortization....................................2684, 2827
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................2731
  Interest:
    Contingent interest............................................2832
  Interest charges.................................................2773
  Interest deductions........................................2705, 2779
  Interest expense.................................................2657
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2811
  International organizations......................................2751
  International tax................................................2647
  Inventory item definitions.......................................2730
  Investment in excess passive assets..............................2854
  Investment income................................................2782
  Jurisdictional regulation........................................2850
  Labor organizations..............................................2653
  Lease write-offs..................................................143
  Levy.............................................................2874
  LIFO definitions.................................................2730
  Long-term contracts..............................................2610
  Losses:
    Separate limitation............................................2756
    Stocks.........................................................2658
  Magnetic media filing requirements.........................2686, 2868
  Modified guaranteed contracts....................................2736
  Mortgage credit certificates.....................................2842
  Multiple parity financing........................................2680
  Northern Mariana Islands residency determination.................2759
  Notice and consent requirements..................................2829
  OBRA 1993 regulations......................................2852, 2877
  Partnerships...............................................2633, 2869
    Depreciation recapture.........................................2668
    Distribution of marketable securities..........................2849
    Foreign investment.............................................2754
    Limited partner definition.....................................2688
    Sales of interests.............................................2614
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2790
    Tax matters partner............................................2872
    Terminations...................................................2654
    Withholding....................................................2784
  Payments:
    Source of payments.............................................2616
  Payments, deferred...............................................2745
  Pensions:
    Minimum funding................................................2720
  Personal injury damages exclusion................................2702
  Personal property sales..........................................2747
  Petroleum and chemicals..........................................2804
  Premiums.........................................................2655

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  Presidential election campaign fund:
    Payments to candidates.........................................2835
  Procedure and administration...............................2601, 2642
  Property:
    Basis....................................................2694, 2886
    Intangible.....................................................2886
  Property exempt from levy........................................2874
  Property transfers, outbound.....................................2785
  Public assistance payments.................................2697, 2884
  Qualified costs..................................................2699
  Qualified plans..................................................2833
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2738, 2839
  Reasonable basis.................................................2679
  Receipts for expenditures..................................2607, 2644
  Reclamation costs................................................2726
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2834
  Refund offsets....................................................249
  Refunds..........................................................3855
  Rental agreements................................................2651
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2622, 2752, 2810
  Research credit..................................................2602
  Residence interest...............................................2704
  Residence trust..................................................2671
  Resident status............................................2758, 2807
  Retirement plans...........................................2719, 2828
  Rewards for information....................................2624, 2625
  Rollover contributions...........................................2833
  Ruling amounts schedules.........................................2689
  S Corporations...........................2815, 2824, 2831, 2855, 2860
  Salary reduction election........................................2847
  Sale of seized property..........................................2880
  Section 1.471-5..................................................2729
  Section 1041 regulations.........................................2774
  Section 1059A regulations........................................2775
  Section 1060.....................................................2886
  Section 1272(a)(6)...............................................2856
  Section 1361(a)(1)...............................................2815
  Section 141 regulations..........................................2620
  Section 1441.....................................................2670
  Section 1502.....................................................2789
  Section 170(f)(8) regulations....................................2843
  Section 179A deduction...........................................2707
  Section 197 regulations..........................................2684
  Section 2056.....................................................2883
  Section 2056(b)(7)...............................................2832
  Section 30 credit................................................2707
  Section 338......................................................2886
  Section 338(h)(10)...............................................2713
  Section 3406(b)(1)...............................................2674
  Section 355 distributions........................................2714
  Section 382......................................................2716
  Section 45.......................................................2885
  Section 468A.....................................................2689
  Section 58(e)....................................................2699
  Section 6013...............................................2692, 2881
  Section 6048 regulations.........................................2808
  Section 6159.....................................................2632
  Section 6323.....................................................2634
  Section 6343.....................................................2635
  Section 6344...............................................2692, 2881
  Section 6601...............................................2692, 2881
  Section 6651...............................................2692, 2881
  Section 6656...............................................2692, 2881
  Section 704 and 708 regulations..................................2654
  Section 7122...............................................2692, 2881
  Section 736 regulations..........................................2735
  Section 7430...............................................2692, 2881
  Section 882......................................................2748
  Section 884......................................................2748
  Section 936 regulations..........................................2852
  Securities...............................2617, 2652, 2729, 2848, 2849
  Shareholder election, QEF........................................2669
  Shareholders...............................................2608, 2815
  Shareholders, use of deficits....................................2762
  Shipping amendments, Subpart F...................................2764
  Short taxable years..............................................2716
  Start-up expenditures............................................2628
  Stock purchase treated as asset purchase.........................2845
  Stocks.....................................................2774, 2831
    Continuity of interest...................................2695, 2696
    Qualified small business stock.................................2667
    Stock rights and stock warrants................................2693
  Straddles:
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2822
  Stripping transactions...........................................2680
  Supplemental tax exemptions......................................2797
  Swap transactions................................................2616
  Tax credit:
    FICA taxes on employee tips....................................2885
    Puerto Rico....................................................2760
  Tax treaties.....................................................2618
  Taxpayer assistance........................................2638, 2882
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..................2632, 2634, 2635, 2692, 2881
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................2674
  Technical corrections............................................2627
  Transportation income............................................2742
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2613
    Financial asset securitization investment trust (FASIT)........2639
    Foreign trusts...........................................2732, 2765
    Grantor trusts.................................................2732
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2801
  Trusts and estates...........2626, 2629, 2733, 2781, 2794, 2826, 2862
  Unincorporated business entities.................................2879
  US possessions:
    Production and sale of property................................2615
  Utilities repeal.................................................2646
  Violations of IRS law......................................2624, 2625
  Virgin Islands residency determination.....................2758, 2759
  Voice signatures.................................................2809
  Withholding................................................2685, 2864
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Alaska:
    U.S.M.S. North Star............................................1468
  Applicability of rules of the BIA................................1467
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1447
  Child support enforcement........................................1187
  Eagle permits....................................................1324
  Electric power utilities.........................................1461
  Fishing management................................................602
  Fishing on the Hoopa Valley Reservation..........................1469
  Food assistance programs................................227, 231, 234
  Head Start Services for children...........................1176, 1197
  Housing....................42, 45, 1279, 1282, 1283, 1285, 1287, 1464
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1025
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4226
  IRS Form 945.....................................................2813
  Job training programs............................................1843
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......4231, 4232, 4233, 4234, 4235, 
                                                             4236, 4237
  Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act 
                                                             1261, 1273
  NIGC definitions.................................................4230
  Preference in employment.........................................1455
  Social welfare and relief of distress............................1466
  Surplus bison....................................................1328
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Columbia River access sites....................................1449

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  Trust funds......................................................1473
  Welfare reform:
    Tribal program requirements....................................1191
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................529
Indians-business and finance:
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994...1296, 1474
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1026
  Gaming authorizations................................1481, 4232, 4234
  Gaming operations................................................4231
  GSA acquisition regulations......................................3498
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1470
  Indian monies and BIA special deposits...........................1295
  Licensed Indian traders..........................................1479
  Loans, grants, and employment assistance.............1442, 1445, 1446
  Management of assets of the Ute Indian Tribe.....................1459
  Tribal revenue allocation........................................1471
Indians-education:
  Academic and dormitory standards.................................1440
  Adult education programs.........................................1450
  Adult vocational training........................................1444
  Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1441
  Grant policies and procedures....................................1430
  Grants to colleges...............................................1431
  Individuals with disabilities....................................1462
  School construction contracts....................................1443
  School improvement program.......................................1432
Indians-grants:
  Indian Highway Safety Program....................................1448
Indians-lands:
  Acquisitions.......................................................45
  Air pollution control implementation...........3210, 3222, 3226, 3241
  Alaska Native selections.........................................1556
  Allotments.................................................1567, 1589
  American Indian agricultural rangeland management................1454
  BIA authority delegations........................................1477
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3250
  Grazing permits............................................1451, 1453
  Indian Land Acquisition loans......................................42
  Indian Trust Land interests......................................1198
  Irrigation projects..............................................1460
  Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1458
  Migratory bird hunting...........................................1315
  Mining leases......................1434, 1435, 1437, 1457, 1493, 1499
  Mining regulations...............................................1526
  Municipal solid waste landfills..................................3195
  National Forest System lands......................................332
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1417, 1426
  Oil and gas leasing........................................1487, 1500
    Inspections....................................................1570
  Osage Indian trust property......................................1476
  Records and title documents......................................1478
  Rights-of-way....................................................1475
  Road construction on.............................................1452
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1436
  Water pollution control requirements.............................3166
Indians-law:
  Construction of jails............................................1810
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1472
  Hearings and appeals.................................1463, 4227, 4228
  Indian country law enforcement...................................1465
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1456
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4229
Indians-tribal government............................................80
  Air quality planning and management..............................3318
  Election procedures........................................1438, 1439
  EPA emergency response reimbursement.............................3431
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1208
  Historic preservation programs...................................1424
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1456
  Osage Tribal Council.............................................1480
  Self-determination...............................................1441
  Self-governance program procedures...............................1433
  Treatment as States..............................................3206
  Tribal background investigations.................................4235
  USDA audits.......................................................343
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Disability benefits
           Education of individuals with disabilities
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
  Accessibility guidelines for air carriers........................1986
  Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1649, 1650, 
                                                 1651, 3017, 3018, 3019
  Accessibility guidelines for children's environments.......1651, 3015
  Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and 
      customer premises equipment............................3014, 4081
  CHAMPUS program..............................................803, 805
  Contractor and subcontractor affirmative action obligations......1830
  Employment discrimination complaints.............................3474
  Health insurance.................................................3468
  Housing....................................................1209, 1276
  Luxury tax exemption.............................................2800
  Motor vehicle modifications......................................2266
  Motor vehicle wheelchair lifts and ramps...................2255, 2262
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3524, 3742
    Air travel...............................................2004, 2005
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3987
  Passenger vessel access....................................1956, 3016
  Schedule for rating disabilities.....................2909, 2910, 2951
  Transportation.......................................1432, 2001, 2002
  Video programming accessibility..................................3996
  Widow's benefits.................................................3827
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.....................................1012
  Air bags.......................................2282, 2332, 2333, 2334
  Aircraft child restraints........................................2261
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................3963
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................3954
  Bicycle helmet safety standard...................................3961
  Child Nutrition Programs..........................................236
  Cigarette lighter safety standards.........................3960, 3967
  Citizenship acquisition..........................................1737
  Crib safety standards............................................3964
  DOD special education services....................................704
  Face guard protection standards..................................3965
  Food assistance programs.......194, 200, 206, 209, 237, 238, 239, 246
  Food stamp program...........................................208, 235
  Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging.............3955, 3956
  Individuals with disabilities..............................1651, 3015
  Infant formula..............................................217, 1000
  Lead poisoning............................813, 1219, 3055, 3072, 3076
  Medicaid program...........................................1145, 1162
  Medication, child-resistant packaging............................3962
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................195
  Protection for children as research subjects......................815
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................207
  SSA disability determinations....................................3842
  Sulfate in drinking water........................................3162
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................203
  Supplemental food program....................................198, 245

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  VA pensions for veteran or surviving spouse......................2922
  Vaccine injuries.................................................1023
  Welfare services.................................................1175
Information:
  See Archives and records
      Classified information
      Confidential business information
      Freedom of information
      Government publications
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Inland waters:
  See Waterways
Insecticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Mortgage insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
  Aviation insurance...............................................2078
  Commercial space transportation..................................2147
  Exchange visitors................................................3868
  FCSIC regulation.................................................3989
  Insurance/liability to third parties..............................765
  Motor vehicle insurer reporting requirements.....................2275
  Motor vehicle verification procedures............................1789
  Passenger vessel operators.......................................4147
  Savings associations in the insurance business...................2901
  Securities acquired during the existence of underwriting 
      syndicates...................................................4355
  Title I property insurance.......................................1237
Insurance companies:
  Foreign branches.................................................2743
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4337
  Taxation.........................................................2713
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements....330, 823, 2003
  Air carrier regulation...........................................1997
  Air pollution control implementation....3220, 3222, 3230, 3232, 3240, 
             3262, 3275, 3307, 3311, 3315, 3334, 3338, 3340, 3343, 3349
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................863
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1466
  BIA schools......................................................1440
  Census 2000 boundary changes......................................407
  Community development............................................1253
  Databases of convicted offenders.................................1792
  Education loan programs...........................................844
  Education programs......................................115, 829, 830
  Electronic benefit transfer systems..............................4167
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............1861
  Employer-based group health plans................................1119
  EPA effluent guidelines and standards............................3113
  EPA emergency response reimbursement.............................3431
  EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule................................3202
  EPA permit regulations.....................................3123, 3143
  EPA State implementation plans (SIPs)..........3211, 3252, 3283, 3317
  EPA State sewage sludge management...............................3103
  EPA water monitoring requirements................................3154
  EPA water quality standards..........................3111, 3138, 3169
  EPA water regulations streamlining...............................3109
  EPA well operation regulation....................................3164
  EPA-California water quality standards...........................3102
  EPA-Pennsylvania water quality standards.........................3147
  Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2485
  Federal payments to State veterans homes.........................2906
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................1852
  Federally administered State supplementary payments..............3858
  FEHBP preemption of taxes..................................3733, 3737
  Fisheries taking regulations......................................625
  Flood assistance program.........................................3478
  Food assistance programs.................194, 209, 236, 238, 239, 240
    Sharing information with INS....................................242
  Food Security Act.................................................393
  Food stamps.............................................201, 208, 221
  GSA acquisition regulations......................................3498
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2441
  HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1063
  Highway beautification...........................................2238
  Highway management.........................................2229, 2241
  Highway projects...................2201, 2204, 2206, 2233, 2243, 2244
  Highway safety programs....................................2234, 2281
  INS application for labor certification..........................1779
  INS programs.....................................................1706
  Interstate banking and branching.................................2536
  Investment Advisers Supervision Coordination Act.................4345
  IRS jurisdictional regulations...................................2850
  Juvenile delinquency grant programs..............................1813
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2373
  Local Redevelopment Authorities...................................682
  Medicaid:
    Administrative costs...........................................1086
    Eligibility....................................................1129
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1793
  National Park System exchanges...................................1584
  National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1018
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3150
  Oil spill response...............................................2045
  Personnel merit systems..........................................3715
  Prison made goods................................................1808
  Railroad highway projects........................................2209
  Regional haze protection regulations.............................3416
  State and local historic preservation programs...................1424
  State credit unions..............................................4223
  State Energy Program..............................................867
  State habitat conservation strategies.......................460, 1304
  State irrigation districts regulation............................1583
  State programs of the OSMRE......................................1531
  State sponsored insurance organizations..........................2488
  Temporary assignments of government employees....................3690
  USDA:
    Entitlement programs.......................................344, 345
  USDA audits of State and local governments........................343
  USDA State mediation programs......................................51
  Water supply.........................................3152, 3157, 3166
  Wildlife refuge exchanges........................................1584
  Zero Tolerance law...............................................2357
Intermodal transportation:
  Charter services.................................................2393
  Environmental impact and related procedures......................2182
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border boat landing program:
    Landing cards..................................................1680
  Border crossing card fees........................................1697
  Dedicated commuter lane fees.....................................1729
  Dedicated commuter lanes.........................................1769
  Ports of entry.............................................1769, 2580
International trade:
  See Foreign trade

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Inventions and patents:
  BLM deregulation.................................................1592
  Fees..............................................................661
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................670
  Government employee inventions...................................3007
  Licensing government-owned inventions.............................673
  Licensing of foreign patents acquired by the Government...........671
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................669
  Patent applications.....................................660, 664, 668
  Patent practitioners..............................................662
  Patent process reengineering.................................658, 663
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................666
    Nucleotide and amino acid sequence listing......................667
  Small businesses..................................................669
  Third-party participation.........................................665
Investigations:
  Civil investigative demands......................................1788
  Coast Guard......................................................1965
  Customs:
    Illegal importation of merchandise.............................2584
  Fair housing complaint processing................................1266
  Government personnel.............................................3722
  Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities........3179
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising by unit investment trusts............................4350
  Bonding of officers and employees................................4340
  Codes of ethics..................................................4354
  Custody of assets with futures commission merchants..............4365
  Deregistration form..............................................4363
  Disclosure requirements..............................4336, 4357, 4366
  Eligible foreign custodian.......................................4353
  Exemption of acquisitions during the existence of underwriting 
      syndicates...................................................4355
  Exemption of certain transactions................................4339
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4342
  Investment Company Act:
    Amendments.....................................................4364
  Mergers..........................................................4338
  Multiple class companies.........................................4356
  Names............................................................4351
  Private investment companies...............................4309, 4358
  Registration fees................................................4332
  Registration form..........................................4342, 4347
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4362
  Small entity definition..........................................4349
  Solicitation of investor interest................................4328
  Taxation.........................................................2780
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Foreign investments in U.S.
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Advertising rules................................................4335
  Calculation of capital requirements for market risk..............4101
  Credit unions....................................................4217
  Money market funds.........................................4348, 4352
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2546
  Registration.....................................................4335
  Registration forms...............................................4331
  Taxation...................................................2608, 2854
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1460


                                   J

Job Training Partnership Act:
  See Aircraft
      Manpower training programs
Juvenile delinquency:
  Family Unity Program.............................................1748
  Grant programs...................................................1813
    State plan compliance..........................................1812


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................810
  Dialysis services..........................................1048, 1110
  Medicare eligibility.......................................1056, 1059


                                   L

Labeling:
  Amalgam ingredients...............................................949
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2348
  Batteries........................................................4195
  Beer.......................................................2500, 2514
  Biologics.........................................................988
  Contraceptive drugs...............................................958
  Dietary supplements...............................................955
  Distilled spirits..........................................2514, 2515
  Dolphin-safe tuna.................................................596
  Drugs...................................................967, 979, 985
  Electric motors...................................................868
  Furs.............................................................4191
  HCFCs............................................................3298
  Hearing aids......................................................950
  Home insulation..................................................4205
  Insulin certification.............................................960
  Latex condoms and gloves..........................................983
  Latex-containing devices..........................................984
  Lubricating oil..................................................4211
  Malt beverages.............................................2502, 2504
  Over-the-counter drugs............................................961
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................957
  Pesticides.....................................3029, 3037, 3040, 3042
  Poisonous materials..............................................2411
  Ruminant feed.....................................................997
  Textiles.............................................4202, 4203, 4204
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2517
  Wine.................................................2505, 2513, 2514
  Wool products....................................................4202
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..............1851
  Davis-Bacon helper regulations...................................1819
  DOL user fees....................................................1822
  Fair Labor Standards Act:
    Exemptions...............................................1826, 1827
  Single location bargaining units.................................4241
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1828
  Tax exemptions...................................................2653
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1846, 1847
Labor management relations.........................................1841
  See also Labor unions
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1861
  Reporting by labor relations consultants and others..............1838
  Summary judgment procedures......................................4243
Labor unions:
  Misconduct rules regarding hearings..............................4242
  Remedial provisions..............................................4240
  Representation case procedures.............................4239, 4241
Laboratories:
  Accreditation.............................................5, 94, 2559
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1057
  Clinical laboratories regulation...1093, 1097, 1114, 1127, 1128, 1154

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  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1118
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3446
  Testing of mining equipment......................................1886
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.....................................1945
  Judges, Code of Conduct..........................................3796
  Suits against Federal agencies.............................3454, 3457
  Third party suits:
    Underground storage of hazardous materials.....................3203
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Aliens:
    Deportation....................................................1770
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................1796
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1799
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1327
  Food Stamp Act....................................................256
  Forest Service....................................................329
  Immigration......................................................1706
  Indian country...................................................1465
  Motor vehicle theft..............................................1789
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4229
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1793
  Public lands.....................................................1607
  Seat belt exemption for law enforcement vehicles.................2298
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1687
Lawyers:
  See also Legal services
  Debarment.........................................................959
  Disciplinary procedures..........................................1673
  Misconduct rules.................................................4242
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4227
Lead poisoning:
  CHAMPUS coverage of screenings....................................813
  Hazard abatement.................................................3076
  Paint............1219, 3055, 3056, 3058, 3071, 3072, 3074, 3076, 3096
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3082
Legal services:
  Individuals with mental illness...................................939
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2701
  Government employees.......................................3678, 3712
  Variable life insurance contracts..........................4343, 4367
  Veterans.........................................................2968
Linseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Liquors:
  Exports..........................................................2503
  Labeling...................................................2514, 2515
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2516
  Standards of identity............................................2502
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2517
Livestock:
  See also specific animals
           Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Emergency assistance...........................................32, 77
  Livestock feed assistance..........................................32
  Ruminant feed.....................................................997
Loan programs:
  Lobbying restrictions............................................1974
  Treasury taxes and loans.........................................2495
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Account service and loan making....................................39
  Account servicing..................................................55
  Application processing timeframe...................................16
  Business and Industry Loan Program...........................354, 355
  Certified Lender Program...........................................41
  Civil rights of borrowers.........................................377
  Community facility loans..........................................384
  Community programs...........................................122, 139
  Debt settlement...............................................33, 366
  Depreciation rates and procedures.................................379
  Disaster assistance................................................48
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Agriculture secondary market regulations.......................3980
    Book-entry regulations.........................................3978
    Borrower rights................................................3981
    Capital regulations revisions..................................3969
    Disclosure to shareholders.....................................3985
    Election of directors..........................................3982
    Eligibility....................................................3984
    Farm Credit System Reform Act..................................3977
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................3979
    Financing agreement guidelines.................................3968
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................3971
    Leasing regulations............................................3970
    Loan underwriting standards....................................3976
    Regulatory review and deletions................................3975
  Farm Credit Program:
    Delinquent accounts..................................22, 64, 68, 82
    Inventory property management....................................79
    Loanmaking...........................70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 81
    Management and disposal of acquired property.................63, 67
    Regulatory consolidation and deletion............62, 65, 66, 69, 76
  Farm loan mortgages and notes......................................17
  Farm ownership loans.......................................15, 49, 50
  Farmer Program.....................................................14
  Farmers Home Administration:
    Community facility loans........................................124
    Decision to liquidate............................................47
    Intermediary Relending Program..................................353
  FCSIC regulation.................................................3989
  FSA five-year direct line of credit program........................59
  Housing...........................................................356
  Loan assessment and market placement...............................43
  Loan changes......................................................131
  Loan liquidation..................................................385
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................398
  Margin stabilization and revenue and expense deferrals............376
  Monitoring liquid accounts.........................................40
  Offsets of Federal payments to borrowers..........................144
  Regulation streamlining...........................................368
  Rural areas.......................................................368
  Rural business loans..............................................358
  Rural economic development..............................142, 349, 389
  Rural electrification....359, 361, 363, 364, 369, 370, 372, 380, 381, 
                                                          382, 383, 390
  Rural housing.................................130, 135, 136, 137, 140
  Rural telephone system.............................363, 373, 374, 378
  Rural water and waste disposal....................................122
  Section 515 nonprofit set-asides..................................146
  Security property.................................................385
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................44
  State mediation programs...........................................51
  Water and waste disposal programs............................371, 388
Loan programs-education:
  Administrative requirements.......................................841
  Federal Family Education Loan Program...................837, 844, 845
  Federal Pell Grant Program........................................841
  Federal Perkins Loans.............................................836
  Financial responsibility of institutions..........................839

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  Health Education Assistance Loan Program.........................1022
  Medical research...........................................1034, 1035
  Police Corps programs............................................1805
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program..................838, 841
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1028
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1029
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Approval of lenders and mortgagees.........................1229, 1238
  Community Investment Program.....................................4127
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................1264
  Fair Housing Act.................................................1264
  Fair Housing Home Loan Data System...............................2545
  Farmers Home Administration:
    Community facility loans........................................134
    Multiple-family housing loans...................................123
  Loan Guarantee Program.....................................1254, 1257
  Loan policy changes................................................38
  Modernization funding............................................1275
  Title I property insurance.......................................1237
Loan programs-Indians:
  BIA program elimination..........................................1442
  Indian Land Acquisition loans......................................42
  Mortgage loans.............................................1261, 1283
Loan programs-veterans:
  Acceptance of partial payments...................................2982
  Automatic authority program......................................2913
  Discount points..................................................2996
  Electronic payment of funding fee................................2917
  Home loan program................................................2923
  Property improvements definition.................................2983
  Title evidence requirements......................................2981
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................1790
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1790
  Nonprofit organizations..........................................3641
  Restrictions.........................398, 739, 1974, 3564, 3612, 3818
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................1936
  Safety and health regulations....................................1909
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
           Rent subsidies
  Affordable housing program.......................................4132
  Section 8............................................1254, 1271, 1276
    Rents..........................................................1284
    Special housing types..........................................1284
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................810


                                   M

Manpower training programs:
  Government employees.............................................3726
  Migrant and seasonal farmworkers.................................1844
  Minerals Management Service......................................1517
  Nondiscrimination................................................1890
  Training programs for TRIO programs...............................840
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety...............................128, 1231, 1242
  Energy efficiency standards.......................................858
  Loans............................................................1237
  Transportation of................................................2199
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards..........................................101
  Captive holding and transport.....................................527
  Dolphins......................................522, 593, 595, 596, 608
  Foreign nationals' marine mammal programs.........................600
  Incidental taking...522, 571, 572, 575, 598, 603, 606, 607, 608, 610, 
                                                                   1366
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................529
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.....521, 531, 590, 595, 610, 1366, 1367, 
                                                                   1402
  Northern fur seals................................................575
  Northern right whales.............................................574
  Photography permits...............................................528
  Polar bears......................................................1402
  Porpoises.........................................................601
  Research authorization............................................573
  Whales.......................................................576, 642
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Coral reefs......................................................1416
  Criteria for water quality.......................................3121
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................654
  Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary..........................576
  Marine Mammal Protection Act:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1303
  Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.......................534, 655
  NOAA civil enforcement proceedings................................652
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................535
  Research program..................................................612
  Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.............................533
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Casualty reporting...............................................2006
  Coast Guard regulations....................................2033, 2048
  FCC inspection of radio installations on ships...................4027
  Fishing vessel capital construction funds.........................651
  Fishing vessels..................................................2051
  Houseboats.......................................................2050
  Liferafts........................................................2024
  Lifesaving equipment regulations.................................2022
  Pilot registration...............................................2398
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2020
  Small passenger vessels..........................................2023
  Towing vessels...................................................2013
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Communications...................................................4071
  Domestic off-shore trades........................................4153
  Foreign transfer of vessels......................................2461
  Great Lakes load line certificate..........................2015, 2057
  Great Lakes pilotage rates.......................................2399
  International transportation of hazardous materials..............2431
  Japanese vessels.................................................4148
  Maritime Security Program........................................2463
  Merchant mariners................................................2036
  Mortgagees and trustees..........................................2464
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4146
  Noncontiguous domestic trade tariffs.............................4150
  Rate determinations..............................................2459
  Reporting and recordkeeping:
    Ocean carriers.................................................4151
  Vessel-operating common carriers.................................4153
Marketing quotas:
  Crystalline fructose...............................................36
  Peanuts........................................................25, 85
  Sugar..............................................................36
  Tobacco........................................24, 26, 27, 37, 84, 86
Mass transportation:
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2394
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2392
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Gaseous fuels:
    Propane cylinders..............................................2442

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  Grain weight......................................................192
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Cured pork products...........................281, 289, 293, 297, 298
  Export sales reporting............................................303
  Flavoring agents.............................................270, 298
  Freezing agents...................................................272
  Glycerine used as a humectant.....................................264
  Labeling......................................262, 269, 285, 292, 297
  Transportation and storage........................................295
Meat inspection:
  Facilities and equipment approval.................................286
  Food additives....................................................283
  Foreign country import certification..............................282
  GRAS substances...................................................283
  HACCP programs..........................................268, 280, 291
  Labeling.....................................................279, 288
  Performance standards.............................................279
    Contamination...................................................277
    Foodborne pathogens........................................275, 291
    Processing procedures.................................273, 280, 287
    Suspension of inspection service................................271
    Thermal processing..............................................274
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................266
  Standards of identity and composition........................265, 284
  User fees......................................................2, 299
Medicaid:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
           Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...............................1079
  Case management services.........................................1147
  Clinical laboratories regulation.....................1097, 1127, 1128
  Contract With America Advancement Act............................1162
  Disproportionate share hospitals...........................1130, 1174
  Drug rebate program.........................................935, 1105
  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 
      services.....................................................1145
  Eligibility......................................................1092
    AFDC children..................................................1132
    Medically needy................................................1129
    Redeterminations...............................................1162
  Employer-based group health plans................................1119
  Estate recoveries................................................1073
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1163
  Health insuring organizations..............................1104, 1166
  Health maintenance organizations...........................1104, 1166
  Hospice care.....................................................1160
  Low-income pregnant women........................................1150
  Medicaid Management Information System...........................1109
  Nursing facilities:
    Substandard care...............................................1161
  Nursing home benefits............................................1142
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules................1021, 1165
  Outstation intake locations......................................1150
  Penalties, exclusions and sanctions..........................925, 927
  Personal care services...........................................1115
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                             1086, 1162
  Physician incentive plans........................................1166
  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1094
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1044
  Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1149
  Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1146
  Spenddown........................................................1092
  State plan requirements:
    Plans of care..................................................1123
  Third party liability............................................1058
  Tuberculosis-related services....................................1052
Medical and dental schools:
  Construction grants..............................................1024
  NIH scholarships.................................................1030
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Computer software programs.......................................1002
  Export requirements...............................................989
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................982
  Hearing aids......................................................950
  Intermittent positive pressure machine...........................1111
  Intraocular lenses.........................................1010, 1060
  Investigational device exemptions.................................998
  Latex warning.....................................................984
  Liability limitations............................................1157
  Long-term.........................................................958
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4042
  Medicare coverage..........................................1061, 1156
  Restricted devices promotion......................................965
  Standards........................................................4029
  Tracking..........................................................977
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Adverse experience reporting requirements.........................981
  Clinical investigator disqualification......................999, 1009
  Contraception and infertility..............................1034, 1035
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1151
  FDA standards and evaluations.....................................971
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................982
  Grants...........................................................1027
  National Research Service Awards.................................1033
  NCI construction grants..........................................1037
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3436
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1029
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1033
  Peer review......................................................1036
  Radiopharmaceuticals..............................................970
  Senior Biomedical Research Service................................936
Medicare:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Additional supplier standards....................................1062
  Allowable costs:
    FICA and other payroll taxes...................................1072
  Ambulance services...............................................1059
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).........................1079, 1080
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................928
  Appeals:
    Coverage.......................................................1091
    Payment determinations...................................1112, 1131
  Appeals representatives..........................................1169
  Audiologists.....................................................1067
  Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1143
  CHAMPUS benefits..................................................807
  Claims processing................................................1168
  Clinical laboratories regulation.....................1097, 1127, 1128
  Community mental health centers:
    Conditions of participation....................................1071
  Competitive medical plans:
    Appeal protections.......................................1091, 1122
    Contract termination...........................................1099
    Physician incentive plans......................................1166
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1042
  Contract performance evaluation..................................1049
  Contractors:
    Integrity Program..............................................1090
  Cost reimbursement determination.................................1148
  Cost reports.....................................................1068
  Deductibles:
    Part A.........................................................1137
  Dialysis services....................................1048, 1056, 1110
  Disabled active individuals................................1096, 1136

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  Drugs payments...................................................1171
  Durable medical equipment:
    Fee schedules..................................................1124
  Electronic cost reporting........................................1170
  Electrostimulation of salivary glands for xerostomia.............1152
  End-stage renal disease..........................................1110
    Demonstration waivers..........................................1125
  Fee schedules:
    Durable medical equipment......................................1124
    Physicians.....................................................1087
  Fraud and abuse.............................................937, 1082
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1046
    Appeal protections.......................................1091, 1122
  Health maintenance organizations:
    Appeal protections.......................................1091, 1122
    Contract termination...........................................1099
    Physician incentive plans......................................1166
  Health professions:
    Physician assistants...........................................1064
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation....................................1078
    Costs per visit..........................................1084, 1173
    Definition.....................................................1061
    Participation requirements.....................................1055
    Physician certifications.......................................1121
    Survey and sanctions...........................................1144
  Home oxygen therapy..............................................1066
  Hospice care.....................................................1065
  Hospice care payments............................................1113
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1053
  Hospital emergency care..........................................1138
  Hospital outpatient services.....................................1141
  Income protection for community spouse...........................1143
  Integrity Program................................................1090
  Interest expense and suspension of payments......................1164
  Liability insurance..............................................1074
  Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians.................1069
  Medical devices..................................................1156
  Medical equipment................................................1111
  Medical services coverage decisions..............................1139
  Medigap policies..................................................932
  Mentally ill or retarded persons.................................1085
  Mentally retarded persons........................................1101
  Nurse-midwives...................................................1088
  Occupational therapy.............................................1140
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules..........1021, 1155, 1165
  Ownership changes................................................1050
  Patient outcome measurement................................1076, 1078
  Penalties and sanctions...........................................932
  Penalties, exclusions and sanctions.....................925, 927, 930
  Penalties, sanctions, and overpayments...........................1050
  Physical therapy services........................................1051
  Physician assistant services.....................................1140
  Physician fee schedule.....................................1171, 1172
  Physician incentive plans........................................1166
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1054
  Physician reimbursement..........................................1167
  Physicians.......................................................1140
    Fee schedules..................................................1087
    Home health certifications.....................................1121
  Premiums:
    Part A.........................................................1136
    Part B.........................................................1133
  Prospective payment system.................................1070, 1108
  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1094
    Billing numbers................................................1077
  Provider reimbursement disbursement and appeals..................1043
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1044
  Psychologist services............................................1103
  Reasonable compensation equivalent limits........................1116
  Resident assessment screening....................................1098
  Respiratory therapy services.....................................1051
  Rural health clinics.............................................1047
  Rural hospitals:
    Independent rural primary care hospitals.......................1159
  Screening Pap smears.............................................1102
  Secondary payer................................1045, 1074, 1096, 1158
  Skilled nursing facilities...............1061, 1085, 1098, 1146, 1153
    Substandard care...............................................1161
  Social workers...................................................1103
  Speech-language pathologists.....................................1067
  SSA hearing procedures...........................................3862
  Supplementary Medical Insurance..................................1172
  Telephone request for payment determinations review..............1112
  Uninsured aged...................................................1136
  Vision care................................................1060, 1140
Mental health programs:
  Group health plan limits.........................................1134
  Medicaid and Medicare sanctions for psychiatric hospitals........1044
  Protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness.......939
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  See also specific metals
  Ambient lead levels..............................................3230
  Effluent guidelines for metal products and machinery.............3146
  Emission standards for ferroalloy industry.......................3219
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3111
  High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3197
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1458
  Radiation protection standards for scrap metals..................3235
Metric system:
  Conversion.................................................2198, 2202
    Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2274
    Pipeline safety standards......................................2419
Migrant labor:
  Aliens.....................................................1754, 1756
  Education programs................................................833
  Housing...........................................................121
  Job service complaint system.....................................1849
  Job training programs......................................1843, 1844
  Joint employment relationships...................................1840
  Labor standards..................................................1837
  Transportation of workers........................................2236
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...........................694
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics...................1008
  Restoration to duty..............................................3693
  Retirement regulations...........................................3668
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................707
  SSI benefits for family members..................................3811
Milk:
  Child and adult care food program.................................200
  Dairy Indemnity Payment program....................................90
  Import quotas.....................................................302
Mine safety and health:
  Air quality standards............................................1879
  Belt entry.......................................................1870
  Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................1835
  Confined-space hazards...........................................1883
  Decertification of individuals...................................1885
  Hazard communication.............................................1878
  Metal and nonmetal mines:
    Electrical standards...........................................1876
  Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................1872

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  Methane safety standards.........................................1887
  Noise control standard...........................................1880
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1874
  Respirable coal dust.......................................1871, 1882
  Roof and rock bolts and accessories..............................1875
  Single-shift sampling notice.....................................1882
  Surface haulage equipment........................................1889
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................1886
  Training of miners...............................................1868
  Underground coal mines:
    Carbon monoxide monitoring.....................................1884
    Diesel particulate.............................................1869
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................1888
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................1881
    Roof-bolting machines..........................................1867
    Safety standard revisions......................................1873
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Coal:
    Coal management................................................1544
    Logical Mining Units...........................................1602
  Fractions sale....................................................315
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1582
  Mining leases on Indian lands........................1434, 1435, 1493
  Public information...............................................1579
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1436
  Tax treatment, S corporations....................................2855
Mineral royalties:
  Credit adjustments...............................................1493
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1457
  Interest and late payments.................................1508, 1509
  Management functions:
    Delegation to States...........................................1488
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1482, 1509
  Reporting standards..............................................1486
  Royalty relief.............................................1504, 1505
  Valuation of gas production................................1497, 1499
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
           Underground mining
  Abandoned........................................................1522
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1523
  Indian lands.........................................1434, 1435, 1457
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1458
  Mining claims:
    Removal of regulations...................................1599, 1613
  Public lands rule..........................................1524, 1585
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1608
  Water pollution control..........................................3139
Minimum wages......................................................1828
  Exemption of white-collar workers................................1818
  Industries in American Samoa.....................................1824
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1821
Minority businesses:
  Reorganization of rules..........................................3780
  SBA minority enterprise development program......................3794
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
      Minority businesses
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Money:
  See Currency
Mortgage insurance:
  Electronic payments..............................................1230
  Mortgage Insurance Certificates..................................1236
  Multifamily................................................1228, 1230
  Single-family....................................................1236
    Streamlining...................................................1239
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Broker disclosure requirements.......................1232, 1234, 4160
  Escrow accounting procedures.....................................1243
  Farm loan mortgages and notes......................................17
  Foreclosure......................................................1241
  GNMA.............................................................1261
  Home mortgage disclosure:
    Asset-size exemption threshold.................................4164
  Hospitals........................................................1240
  Loss mitigation..................................................1241
  Mortgage credit certificates.....................................2842
  Multifamily housing..............................................1228
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2738, 2739
  RESPA amendments...........................................1232, 1248
    Payments for referrals.........................................1235
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................2898, 3622
  Single-family lenders......................................1241, 1247
Motion pictures:
  National Archives................................................3597
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems............................2300, 2312, 2316, 2317, 2354
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2200
    Badlands National Park regulations.............................1421
    Duty status records............................................2185
    Marking requirements...........................................2184
  Data display units...............................................2187
  Driver qualification requirements........2177, 2178, 2180, 2225, 2228
  Driver safety performance history................................2186
  Driver training..................................................2179
  Drivers:
    Hours of service regulations.......................2192, 2215, 2240
    Licensing..........................................2176, 2192, 2221
  Drivers with diabetes............................................2220
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2189
  Excise taxes.....................................................2825
  FAA compliance activities:
    Fees...........................................................2174
  Federal safety regulations:
    Administrative actions...................................2203, 2215
    General amendments.............................................2183
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2173
    Regulations review.............................................2205
    Safety ratings.................................................2195
  Finance transactions.............................................4413
  Financial data collections.......................................2467
  Hazardous materials transportation.............2203, 2227, 2235, 2420
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2320
  Household goods tariffs..........................................4414
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Development of a single, on-line Federal system................2188
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2237
  Insurance........................................................2174
    Claims for loss and damage.....................................2217
  Insurance registration:
    Temporary receipt rule.........................................2246
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2226
  Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act.....................2248
  Invoiceless billing..............................................4398
  Malfunction lamp.................................................2317
  Manufactured home tires....................................1242, 2199
  Marking of vehicles..............................................2222
  Medical examinations.............................................2177
  Migrant workers transportation...................................2236
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2231

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  National network for commercial motor vehicles...................2214
  Periodic inspections.............................................2175
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................1914
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2207
  Rear underride protection........................................2286
  Redesignation of regulations.....................................2247
  Routing..........................................................2217
  Safety permits...................................................2446
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2418
  Television receivers.............................................2187
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2440
  Truck length and width...........................................2223
  Truck size and weight......................................2214, 2224
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels.................................................863
  Emissions control................................................3341
  Emissions from refinishing coatings..............................3335
  Emissions standards........................................3287, 3290
  Emissions testing..........................................3285, 3418
  Gasoline:
    Reformulated.................................3232, 3288, 3332, 3342
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3215
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3340
  Nitrogen oxides..................................................3341
  On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-duty 
      vehicles and equipment.......................................3289
  Particulate matter standards.....................................3341
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Accelerator controls.............................................2304
  Add-on devices.............................................2253, 2271
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes...............................................2300, 2354
    Antilock brakes..........................................2200, 2312
    Electric vehicles..............................................2316
    Hoses and fluids...............................................2315
    Light vehicles.................................................2324
    Linings........................................................2292
    Long stroke brake chambers.....................................2358
  Certifications:
    New vehicles...................................................2278
  Child restraint systems..........................................2271
  Controls and displays standard...................................2308
  Conversion of standards to metric measurements...................2274
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2285
  Drunk-driving-prevention programs................................2350
  Electric vehicles................................................2343
  Financial responsibility...................................2193, 2215
  Fire performance requirements....................................2257
  Foreign vehicles.................................................2193
  Foreign vehicles and standards:
    Compliance with Federal safety standards.....2276, 2283, 2327, 2330
  Fuel containers..................................................2351
  Fuel system integrity............................................2290
  Glazing materials:
    Film transmittance.............................................2293
  Head restraints compliance testing...............................2355
  Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act.....................2248
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Center high-mounted stop lamps.................................2249
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2303
    Headlamp concealment devices...................................2356
    Large trailers.................................................2181
    Motorcycles....................................................2306
    Performance and test requirement modification..................2294
    Sealed beam headlamps..........................................2259
    Signal lamp inventions.........................................2264
    Truck tractors.................................................2297
    Visual headlamp aimability requirements........................2301
  Low speed vehicles...............................................2331
  Mining industry..................................................1889
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2349
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2231
  National Highway System Designation Act..........................2192
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags...................2250, 2282, 2314, 2318, 2332, 2333, 2334
    Dummy containment area.........................................2319
    Head/neck protection...........................................2288
    Injury criteria................................................2288
    Interior impact tests..........................................2260
    Removal of regulations.........................................2267
    Side impact protection.........................................2347
    Standards......................................................2359
  Pelvic restraints................................................2270
  Power window switches............................................2325
  Power-operated windows compliance testing........................2307
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2342
  Reflecting surfaces requirements.................................2302
    Rear reflex reflectors for truck tractors......................2269
  Rigid plastics in windows........................................2353
  Rollover protection..............................................2291
  Roof crashworthiness.............................................2272
  Roof crush compliance testing....................................2258
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2289
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2287
  Seat belts.......................................................2253
    Adjustable seats...............................................2322
    Colorfastness requirements.....................................2299
    Exemption for law enforcement vehicles.........................2298
    Occupant crash protection......................................2250
    Rear seats.....................................................2251
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2340
    Voluntarily-installed shoulder belts...........................2311
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2339
  Shifting and falling cargo.......................................2191
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2230
  Test dummies.....................................................2284
    Child dummies..................................................2268
    Hybrid III...............................................2279, 2296
    Improvements.............................................2265, 2326
  Tires:
    Manufactured home tires........................................2199
    Quality grading standards......................................2352
    Retreads.......................................................2256
  Trailer conspicuity..............................................2181
  Transporting Head Start participants.............................1195
  Truck rear underride protection..................................2286
  Warning device standard..........................................2305
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2255
  Windshield defrosting and defogging systems......................2309
  Windshield wiping and washing systems............................2310
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Air conditioning system....................................3297, 3345
  Alternative fueled vehicles.................................872, 2277
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2348
  Automobile parts content labeling................................2328
  Cape Cod National Seashore regulation............................1414
  Cargo tank motor vehicles..................................2425, 2443
  Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2341
  Compressed natural gas use.......................................2344
  Cylinder material requirements...................................2345
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2323
  Defects..........................................................2323
    Manufacturers' responsibilities................................2360
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................2348
  Driver training..................................................2178
  Dual energy......................................................2295

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  Electric..............................................853, 2295, 2316
  Energy management regulations.....................................909
  Foreign vehicles:
    Compliance with Federal safety standards.......................2327
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2565
  Insurance:
    Insurers' reporting requirements...............................2275
  Leasing.....................................................778, 3508
  Light trucks.....................................................3296
  Low speed vehicles...............................................2331
  Manufacturers....................................................2318
  Modifications for individuals with disabilities..................2266
  Motorcycle headlamp performance..................................2306
  National Driver Register.........................................2321
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1789
  Odometer fraud...................................................2346
  Recalls..........................................................2318
  Sales volume limit provisions....................................3310
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1755
  Snowmobiles......................................................1423
  Theft data.......................................................2263
  Theft prevention.....................................2252, 2278, 2337
  Utility vehicles:
    Label requirements.............................................2273
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2262
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Musculoskeletal disorders:
  Ergonomic protection standards...................................1920
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2561


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Assessment of fees...............................................2541
  Capital regulations..............................................2534
  Civil money penalties............................................2553
  Fiduciary powers.................................................2548
  International lending supervision................................2547
  Reporting and recordkeeping......................................2551
  Safety and soundness standards...................................2552
  Securities.......................................................2551
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2537
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2535
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  DOD Civil-Military Programs..................................674, 675
  Export controls...................................................451
  Foreign military sales.......................................409, 783
  Key Assets Protection Program.....................................692
  Ready Reserve.....................................................691
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Crime prevention..................................................314
  Damaged timber removal............................................337
  Fire prevention...................................................314
  Forest plan implementation........................................340
  Grazing permits...................................................327
  Hydroelectric uses................................................331
  Isolated cabin policy.............................................316
  Land exchanges:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1596
  Mexican wolves reintroduction....................................1361
  Ski area permit fees..............................................341
  Small business land use...........................................321
  Special use authorizations...................................320, 336
    User fees.......................................................328
  Visitor services..................................................326
National guard:
  See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.................................2080, 2145, 2167
  Alaska:
    Glacier Bay National Park......................................1411
  Badlands National Park:
    Commercial vehicles............................................1421
  Big Cypress National Preserve:
    Frogging.......................................................1427
  Big Thicket National Park:
    Moored houseboats..............................................1429
  Boating and water activities.....................................1425
  Cape Cod National Seashore:
    Off-road operation of motor vehicles...........................1414
  Denali National Park.............................................1418
  Grand Teton National Park:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1423
  Historic preservation programs...................................1424
  John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1423
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1419
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1426
  Park police insignia.............................................1410
  Resource protection........................................1413, 1415
  Rights-of-way....................................................1412
  Shenandoah National Park:
    Backcountry and fishing regulations............................1422
  State exchanges..................................................1584
  Visitor use......................................................1413
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Aircraft operations............................................1420
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.............................3787
  Liquefied natural gas:
    Safety standards...............................................2432
  Motor vehicle fuel..............................863, 2344, 2351, 3341
  Reformulated gasoline....................3232, 3288, 3332, 3339, 3342

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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
  Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act..................3616
  Conservation Farm Option..........................................392
  Conservation Reserve Program.......................................87
  Damage assessments...............................................1289
  Environmental Quality Incentive Program...........................396
  Grazing lands.....................................................394
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1419
  Wetlands.........................................................1214
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace regulations..........535, 2071, 2114, 2133, 2145, 2163, 2167
    Prohibited areas.........................................2169, 2171
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2110
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2074
  Instrument flight rules....................................2087, 2111
  Mountain flying..................................................2060
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2108
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2120
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2113
  Transponder requirement....................................2128, 2136
Navigation (water):
  Delaware Bay.....................................................2017
  Lighting provisions..............................................2047
  National Park Service regulations................................1425
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2413
  Prince William Sound.............................................2044
  Puget Sound......................................................2044
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................2030
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................4067
Noise control:
  Airports.........................................................2072
  Mining industry..................................................1880
  Noise abatement projects.........................................2210
  Overflights of national parks..................2080, 2145, 2153, 2167
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Cultural property regulations....................................2562
  DOT grants.......................................................1980
  Food assistance programs..........................................240
  Grants administration.......................................418, 3010
  Lobbying.........................................................3641
  NASA contracts...................................................3568
  Rights to inventions..............................................669
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  DOE information classification policy.............................884
  Marketing.........................................................903
  NEPA regulations..................................................903
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.......................................4286
  NRC document control and distribution............................4249
  NRC regulation amendments........................................4260
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................900
Nuclear materials:
  Emergency response worker training................................888
  Export controls...................................430, 438, 446, 4298
  Fissile material shipments and exemptions........................4301
  Industrial device user report....................................4270
  Licensing..................................................4283, 4287
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4265
  Reporting requirements for unauthorized use......................4259
  Source material licensing........................................4274
  Spent fuel........................................................898
  Vitrified waste containing plutonium.............................4288
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Advanced boiling water reactor design............................4278
  ASME codes and standards.........................................4273
  Decommissioning:
    Cost requirements..............................................4285
    Financial assurance requirements...............................4246
    Operating license termination..................................4294
    Radiological criteria..........................................4252
  Design and site suitability...........................887, 4272, 4278
  Design certification for System 80+..............................4281
  Emergency preparedness......................................887, 4251
  Licensing................................4249, 4276, 4282, 4289, 4292
    Agreement State licensees......................................4297
    NRC fee schedules..............................................4261
  Low-power operations.............................................4244
  Mid-Columbia Project..............................................902
  Nuclear occurrence...............................................4266
  Operator examinations............................................4250
  Personnel:
    Deliberate misconduct of NRC applicants........................4257
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4254, 4280
    Whistleblower provisions.......................................1832
  Physical security..........................................4248, 4295
  Possession only licenses.........................................4282
  Radiation dose criteria..........................................4291
  Radiation safety requirements....................................4271
  Radionuclides emissions level regulation.........................4296
  Reporting requirements.....................................4256, 4259
  Safety regulations.....................887, 895, 896, 902, 4275, 4284
  Shutdown.........................................................4244
  Spent fuel storage...............................................4255
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4245
  Three Mile Island................................................4266
  Waste disposal...................................................4279
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Electronic cost reporting........................................1170
  Medicare and Medicaid benefits.............................1142, 1153
  Mentally ill or retarded residents...............................1085
  Skilled nursing facility definition..............................1061
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Dietary supplement labeling.................................955, 1012
  Education....................................................198, 251
  Food labeling................................262, 284, 285, 292, 1001
  Medical food labeling.............................................942
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................957
  School meals......................................................236


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Workers' compensation

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  Agricultural pesticides..........................................3022
  Air quality................................................1902, 1921
  Beryllium exposure................................................893
  Cargo handling...................................................1909
  Chemicals........................................................1905
  Child labor regulations..........................................1817
  Construction industry............................................1899
  Energy sources...................................................1893
  Ergonomic standards..............................................1920
  Ethylene oxide...................................................1894
  Fall protection......................................1896, 1912, 1924
  Fire brigades....................................................1895
  Flammable and combustible liquids..........................1903, 1904
  Formaldehyde exposure............................................3092
  Glycol ethers....................................................1911
  Hazard abatement documentation...................................1915
  Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................1926
  Hazardous waste handling...................................1895, 1919
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1922
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1515
  Metalworking fluids..............................................1892
  Methylene chloride exposure......................................1925
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Program:
    Fees...........................................................1923
  Power tool standards.............................................1907
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............1916
  Radiation exposure..........................................896, 4031
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1917
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1906, 1913
  Respiration protection...........................................1908
  Safety and health management program.............................1897
  Scaffolds........................................................1918
  Shipyard standards.............................1900, 1901, 1910, 1918
  Steel erections..................................................1896
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................1898
  Walking and work surfaces........................................1912
Occupational training:
  See Manpower training programs
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1495
  Leasing......................1437, 1497, 1499, 1500, 1517, 1549, 1572
    Operations within national parks...............................1415
  Offshore facilities:
    Oil spill financial responsibility.............................1507
  Onshore oil and gas unit agreements..............................1611
  Outer continental shelf........................1484, 1494, 1501, 2016
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1511, 1514
  Royalty relief.......................................1504, 1505, 1513
  Royalty reporting standards....................1486, 1510, 1512, 1513
  Testing requirements.............................................1491
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve...................................1572, 1603
  Regulation clarification.........................................1489
  Regulation elimination...........................................1603
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1490
Oil pollution:
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2041
  Oil spill financial liability....................................1507
  Oil spill reduction..............................................2056
  Oil spill response.................1516, 2010, 2043, 2045, 2426, 3196
  Overfill devices.................................................2042
  Prevention.................................................1516, 3172
  Tank vessels.....................................................2044
Oils and fats:
  See Oilseeds
Oilseeds:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................176
  Export sales reporting requirements...............................313
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3833
  Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings 
      test exempt amounts..........................................3848
  Disability determinations........................................3854
    Adjudication officers..........................................3803
    Childhood disability...........................................3823
    Redesign of appeals process....................................3805
    Residual functional capacity...................................3799
  Drug addiction or alcoholism.....................................3837
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3795
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3829
  Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal 
      cases........................................................3845
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3829
  Mental disorders, evaluation criteria............................3825
  Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................3807
  Overpayment debt collection......................................3843
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3814
  Representative payee reforms...............................3826, 3838
  Speech and language impairments..................................3833
  Substantial gainful activity...............................3801, 3808
  Vocational rehabilitation........................................3850
Onions:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................159
Organization and functions:
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1478
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency...................................53
  Federal Housing Finance Board........................4131, 4141, 4144
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network....................1021
  Public housing agencies..........................................1280
  Surface Transportation Board.....................................4153
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Adverse experience reporting......................................963
  Child-resistant packaging........................................3962
  Labeling requirements.............................................961
  OTC drug monograph system........................................1015
  Safety............................................................975
  Tamper-resistant packaging........................................980
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant................................3043, 3955, 3956, 3962
  Country of origin marking............................2573, 2577, 2597
  Hazardous materials........................................2453, 4288
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4201
  Tamper-resistant..................................................980
Paint:
  See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
  See Aircraft
Parks:
  See National parks
Passenger vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................1956, 3016
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4147
  INS fines............................................1732, 1762, 1763
  Inspection of alien crew members.................................1688
  Security standards...............................................2027
  Small vessel inspection and certification........................2023
Passports and visas:
  B visas..........................................................1941

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  Denial for non-payment of child support..........................1948
  F-1 foreign students.............................................1702
  Immigrant visas:
    Requests for additional evidence...............................1727
  NAFTA professionals..............................................1940
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Part 41 regulations of INA.....................................1937
    Place of application...........................................1951
    Voiding and cancellation.......................................1701
  Registration and fingerprinting of certain nonimmigrants.........1773
  Transit without visa.................................1683, 1758, 1938
  Visa Waiver Pilot Program..................................1714, 1939
    Countries eligible.............................................1944
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................148
  Marketing quotas...............................................25, 85
  Poundage quota and price support...............................21, 25
  Price support..................................................18, 25
  Regulation clarification...........................................30
  Warehouses.........................................................28
Peer Review Organizations (PROs):
  Beneficiary complaints...........................................1081
  Medicare regulations changes...................1049, 1075, 1095, 1151
  Sanctions.........................................................930
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Air pollution control............................................3448
  Chemical Weapons Convention violations............................424
  Civil.....591, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 1117, 1141, 1426, 1502, 1865, 
                                     2129, 2389, 2483, 3461, 3475, 3862
    Inflation adjustment........709, 938, 1533, 1708, 1797, 1856, 1877, 
             1995, 2400, 2458, 2553, 2903, 3534, 3681, 3777, 4152, 4300
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1799
  Customs duties and inspection..............................2570, 2590
  EPA..............................................................3457
  Food stamp program...........................................220, 226
  Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................888
  OIG...............................................................927
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Adequate consideration definition................................1864
  Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................1865
  Defined benefit pension plans....................................3754
  Disclosure requirements..........................................1866
  Domestic relations orders........................................1860
  Employer liability...............................................3750
  ERISA:
    Cessation of operations........................................3749
    Employee benefit plans.........................................1858
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1862, 1863
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2719
  Multiemployer plans:
    Mergers and transfers..........................................3748
  Premium payments...........................................3752, 3753
  Reduction in future accrual rates................................2828
  Reporting and notification requirements..............1855, 3756, 3757
  Retirement benefits..............................................1857
  Retirement obligations...........................................1857
  Single-employer plans:
    Premium payments...............................................3756
  Standard terminations............................................3754
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................3755
  Valuation of plan benefits.......................................3751
  Veterans...................................................2921, 2965
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Aircraft disinsection............................................1983
  Antimicrobial pesticides.............................3023, 3035, 3044
  Boll Weevil Eradication Program................................11, 35
  Canceled or suspended......................................3450, 3455
  Child-resistant packaging........................................3043
  Cross-contamination reporting....................................3027
  Data requirements................................................3024
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3042
  Effluent guidelines and standards................................3100
  Exportation......................................................3034
  Field testing....................................................3038
  Forests and forest products........................................98
  Groundwater protection...............................3030, 3031, 3046
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms............................97
  Inventory with cancelled registration............................3047
  Labeling requirements:
    Endangered species protection..................................3037
    Flammability...................................................3029
    Permitted statements...........................................3040
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program...........................5
  Negotiated consent/procedural test rule..........................3067
  Production and distribution records........................3456, 3464
  Regulatory review................................................3075
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3032
  Residue in agricultural products.................................3036
    Emergency exemptions...........................................3035
  Scientific research..............................................3446
  Self-certification...............................................3026
  Storage and disposal.................................3450, 3455, 3465
  Transgenic plants................................................3028
  Worker protection standards....................3022, 3025, 3033, 3041
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Gasoline
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3368
  Air pollution from production facilities.........................3258
  Canadian crude...................................................2600
  DOD contracting...................................................688
  Gas valuation....................................................1492
  Hydrogen sulfide.................................................1515
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2426
  Refineries.......................................................3218
  Refining process wastes..........................................3191
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3198
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety....................................................2457
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2405
  Breakout tanks...................................................2424
  Corrosion determinations.........................................2421
  Damage prevention systems........................................2428
  Drug testing of pipeline safety operations personnel.......2430, 2434
  Emergency flow restricting devices...............................2409
  Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas......2407
  Excess flow valves.........................................2427, 2444
  Gas gathering lines........................................2403, 2412
  Hazardous liquids gathering lines................................2412
  Increased inspection requirements................................2408
  Inspection devices...............................................2422
  Maps and records of location.....................................2404
  Metric measurements..............................................2419
  Operator qualifications..........................................2401
  Periodic updates to regulations..................................2450
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2413

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  Pressure testing rule............................................2415
  Program administration...........................................2452
  Regulatory review................................................2437
  Small business assistance........................................2436
  Transportation of hazardous liquids..............................2417
  User fees........................................................2429
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Customs regulations..............................................2574
  Offshore pipeline spill prevention and response..................1516
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2426
  Outer Continental Shelf..........................................2435
  Reporting requirements...........................................2445
  Rights-of-way....................................................1498
  Secondary market transactions....................................4122
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2406
Plant diseases and pests........................................99, 112
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories.........................94
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened....599, 1343, 1350, 1353, 1356, 1357, 1358, 
           1359, 1362, 1365, 1372, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1381, 
                                           1384, 1392, 1394, 1397, 1403
  Exports..........................................................1325
  Genetically engineered organisms..................................105
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3361
  Motor vehicle windows............................................2353
Poison prevention:
  See also Lead poisoning
  Child-resistant packaging............................3955, 3956, 3962
  Labeling regulations.............................................2411
Political activities (Government employees):
  Federal employees residing in designated localities..............3706
  Hatch Act Reform Amendments......................................3685
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3625
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.............................................149
Poultry and poultry products:
  Continuous chilling of split turkey portions......................263
  Flavoring agents..................................................270
  Food additives....................................................283
  Inspection........................................................265
  Labeling................................................262, 285, 300
  Standards of identity and composition.............................284
  Transportation and storage........................................295
  Trisodium phosphate...............................................261
Poultry inspection:
  Facilities and equipment approval.................................286
  HACCP programs....................................................268
  Labeling................................................279, 288, 290
  Performance standards...................................188, 274, 279
    Contamination..............................................277, 301
    Foodborne pathogens........................................275, 301
    Processing procedures.................................273, 276, 287
    Suspension of inspection service................................271
  Regulation clarification..........................................190
  User fees...............................................189, 190, 299
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........................................946
  Controlled substances............................................1663
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................965
  Drug rebate program...............................................935
  Labeling.....................................................979, 985
  PDMA policy information, guidance, and clarifications.............976
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  Federal Communications Commission................................3990
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.............................4120
Price support programs:
  Parity prices:
    Regulation clarification.........................................91
  Peanuts........................................................18, 25
  Tobacco................................................24, 26, 27, 86
Prisoners:
  Contraband.......................................................1618
  Drug abuse treatment.............................................1632
  Eligibility for FPI work program.................................1617
  Fine and cost processing.........................................1627
  Good conduct time..........................................1630, 1642
  Legal activities...........................................1623, 1648
  Literacy program.................................................1629
  Mandatory functional literacy requirements.......................1625
  National security considerations.................................1635
  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1640
  OASDI benefits...................................................3845
  Personal property of inmates.....................................1634
  Program review participation.....................................1620
  Progress reports.................................................1619
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1624
  Research regulations.............................................1643
  Restraint systems in law enforcement vehicles....................2298
  Special mail procedures..........................................1636
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1633
  Transfer of inmates to and from foreign countries................1641
  Transfer of inmates to State agents..............................1647
  Unescorted transfers.............................................1645
  Violence and terrorism...........................................1639
  Visitors.........................................................1618
  Voluntary surrenders.............................................1645
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1621
Prisons:
  Commissary privileges............................................1637
  Correspondence from pretrial inmates.............................1638
  Federal Prison Industries work program...........................1617
  Funding of elective abortions....................................1628
  Incoming publications............................................1623
  Infectious disease management....................................1626
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1622
  Postsecondary education programs...........................1616, 1631
  Prison made goods................................................1808
  Release of information...........................................1644
  Telephone privileges.............................................1637
  Violence and terrorism...........................................1639
  Work Program.....................................................1646
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Bureau of Prisons records........................................1644
  Databases of convicted offenders.....................1792, 1793, 1794
  Family educational rights and privacy.............................821
  Food Stamp Program......................................199, 256, 259
  Income tax returns.........................................2836, 2837
  Justice Department research and statistical information..........1806
  NCUA.............................................................4220
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3620

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  OMB statistical information......................................3639
  Peer Review Organizations (PROs).................................1081
  Privacy Act......................................................3614
    Crop insurance..................................................162
    DOE records.....................................................892
    DOE records exemptions.....................................891, 897
    DOJ implementation.............................................1787
    Inspector General investigative files..........................3611
    NARA procedures................................................3590
    OGE procedures.................................................3624
  Review of regulations............................................1814
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................207
  Self-tests conducted by creditors................................4163
  Tax return information...........................................2870
  USIA.............................................................3869
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........1466
  Eligibility of immigrants........................................1745
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                     220, 221, 222, 227
  Voter registration...............................................1201
  Welfare reform:
    Tribal program requirements....................................1191
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Immunization
           Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3078
  Air quality standards............................................3410
  Blood and blood products..........................................947
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3452
  Mammography Quality Standards Act.................................978
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................957
  Physical and mental examinations of aliens.......................1774
  Radiation protection.............................................3149
  Regulation reinvention...........................................1007
  Regulation revocation............................................1005
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3458
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2440
  Toxic Substances Control Act.....................................3070
  Water contamination effects................................3159, 3168
  Water quality standards..........................................3144
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
           Rent subsidies
  Absent fathers...................................................1269
  Admission and occupancy..............................1218, 1271, 1274
  Designated housing regulations...................................1272
  Development regulations revisions..........................1218, 1280
  Drug-related activity adjustments................................1277
  Eligibility......................................................1271
    Earned income exclusion..................................1210, 1279
    Noncitizens....................................................1217
  Indians..................................1210, 1273, 1282, 1283, 1287
  Management assessment program....................................1285
  Management reform................................................1288
  Mixed finance partnership development:
    Streamlining...................................................1281
  Performance Funding System.......................................1286
  Rent adjustments for security and expense coverage...............1277
  Rents............................................................1270
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.........................................1597
  Acreage limitation rules.........................................1543
  Alaska.........................................1329, 1385, 1556, 1615
  BLM application procedures.................................1562, 1577
  BLM authorities..................................................1573
  BLM resource planning............................................1605
  Color of title and omitted lands:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1566
  Conveyances, disclaimers, and correction documents...............1561
  Definitions......................................................1588
  Desert land entries..............................................1550
  Equitable adjudication:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1564
  Fair market value determination..................................1614
  Fire management..................................................1548
  Gas transportation allowances....................................1485
  Highway discretionary funds......................................2204
  Indian allotments................................................1589
  Law enforcement..................................................1607
  Leases.........................................1545, 1574, 1575, 1576
  Management framework plans.......................................1605
  Mining claims....................................................1609
  Natural history resource management..............................1610
  Notification rules...............................................1524
  Permit and easements...........................1545, 1574, 1575, 1576
  Policy and management................................1385, 1545, 1546
  Records..........................................................1591
  Revenues management..............................................1541
  Right of entry...................................................1524
  Shore space......................................................1567
  State irrigation districts.......................................1583
  Subsistence hunting and fishing...................................325
  Subsistence management regulations...............................1313
  Tramroads and logging roads......................................1547
  Wilderness area management.......................................1580
Public lands-classification:
  Regulations removal and updating.................................1560
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1590
  Railroad grants..................................................1559
  Reclamation projects:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1593
  State grants.....................................................1587
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Civil penalty procedures.........................................1502
  Coalbed methane development......................................1581
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1554
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1551
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1495
  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1501
  Leasing......................1493, 1494, 1498, 1500, 1504, 1505, 1518
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1582
  Mining claims:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1599
  Mining in Bodie Bowl, CA.........................................1585
  MMS electronic funds transfer regulations........................1496
  Non-mineral entry on mineral land................................1604
  Oil and gas leasing..................................1497, 1517, 1549
    Inspections....................................................1570
    Performance standards..........................................1565
    Valuation of oil...............................................1487

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  Onshore oil and gas unit agreements..............................1611
  Public information...............................................1579
  Release of third party proprietary information...................1483
  Safety and pollution prevention equipment........................1503
  Seismic reassessment of California platforms.....................1484
  Transportation and processing allowances.........................1499
  Unitization model agreements:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1519
  User fees........................................................1553
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Administrative process and standards.............................1293
  Filing fees......................................................1498
  Regulations removal........................................1557, 1558
Public lands-sales:
  Segregation and opening of lands.................................1563
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Streamlining of operations.......................................1552
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
  Contractors and subcontractors....................................895
  Dose criteria..............................................4291, 4293
  Drinking water.......................................3150, 3170, 3314
  General public...................................................3149
  Industrial device user report....................................4270
  Occupational radiation protection.................................896
  Radiation safety programs........................................4287
  Radiography operations...........................................4253
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3309
  Reactor siting criteria:
    Assessment requirements clarification..........................4276
    Seismic and geological criteria................................4292
    Source term and dose calculations..............................4275
  Release of contaminated lands and structures.....................4252
  Scrap metal standards............................................3235
  Spent fuel storage...............................................4255
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4245
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant......................................3237
  Yucca Mountain, NV...............................................3253
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4039
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4076
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4052
  Experimental radio service.......................................4044
  Inspection of radio installations on ships.......................4027
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4023
  Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4075
  Millimeter wave technology.......................................4035
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4067
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2367
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4072
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4053
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2120
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4074
  Station ownership................................................4061
  Wireless information networks..............................4043, 4045
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Medical byproduct use......................................4269, 4277
  Medical use.......................................................970
  Radiation exposure...............................................4031
    Entitlement to compensation payments...........................1791
  Waste disposal.............................................3148, 3151
  Waste storage....................................................4255
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Alcohol/drug regulations.........................................2374
  Locomotive engineers.............................................2363
  Safety regulations.........................................2377, 2386
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity..........................................................3776
    Children's annuities.....................................3761, 3762
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3769
    Exemption from supplemental tax................................2797
    Finality of decisions regarding..........................3771, 3775
  Creditability of pay.............................................3773
  Disability determination.............................3758, 3764, 3772
  Eligibility:
    Children and stepchildren................................3761, 3762
  Eligibility requirements.........................................3759
  Employee status..................................................3768
  Employer status..................................................3767
  Employers' reports...............................................3760
  Erroneous payments...............................................3766
  Payments pursuant to divorce.....................................3763
  Recovery of debts................................................3765
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................3764
Railroad safety:
  Accident reporting...............................................2390
  Brakes.....................................................2372, 2376
  Bridge maintenance guidelines....................................2379
  Emergency preparedness...........................................2369
  Equipment standards:
    Freight cars...................................................2372
  Freight cars.....................................................2375
  Grade crossing and signal systems..............2207, 2218, 2378, 2387
  Hazardous materials regulations..................................2449
  High speed rail..................................................2371
  Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2361
  Locomotive crashworthiness and working conditions................2365
  Locomotives:
    Remotely controlled............................................2383
  Maintenance-of-way employee protection...........................2377
  Passenger equipment standards....................................2368
  Pilot programs:
    One-person crews...............................................2384
    Remotely controlled locomotives................................2383
  Radio communications and train control...........................2367
  Rail fixed guideway systems:
    State safety oversight.........................................2397
  Signal systems.............................................2380, 2381
  Steam locomotives................................................2370
  Track standards..................................................2364
  Utility employee protection......................................2386
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2362
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Employee status..................................................3768
  Employer status..................................................3767
  Finality of decisions............................................3774
  Repayment tax....................................................2812
  Voluntary quit...................................................3770
Railroads..........................................................4405
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Abandonment and discontinuance of rail services..................4403
  Alcohol/drug use control.........................................2374
  Assistance to States.............................................2373
  BLM railroad grants..............................................1559

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  Boxcar traffic...................................................4411
  Consolidation procedures.........................................4395
  Contract filing requirements.....................................4412
  Environmental impact and related procedures................2182, 2366
  Environmental law implementation.................................4403
  Exemption from regulation:
    Non-ferrous recyclables........................................4397
    Paints, enamels, lacquers, shellacs, and other commodities 
        transportation.............................................4396
  Interlocking rail officers.......................................4407
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3214
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1721
  Railroad highway projects........................................2209
  Rate guidelines for small shippers...............................4402
  Rates and fares............................................4399, 4400
    Recyclable commodities rates...................................4397
  Small businesses or entities.....................................2389
  Tank cars........................................................2425
  Tourist and historic railroads:
    Regulatory review..............................................2388
  Transport of agricultural products...............................4404
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2440
  User fees........................................................2382
  Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2385
Range management:
  Indian rangelands................................................1454
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition...........................................732
  Estate tax valuation of farm property............................2792
  Farm real estate...................................................15
  Highway construction.......................................2194, 2245
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Acreage limitation.........................................1539, 1543
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1523
  Buy American requirements........................................1294
  Filing of plans of operations....................................1609
  Financing..................................................1528, 1609
  Income tax rules.................................................2726
  Indian lands.....................................................1436
  Management of Lake Berryessa, California.........................1538
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1542
  Permits..........................................................1520
  Public lands rule................................................1524
  Townsites:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1593
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
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................3017
  Stamp collecting.................................................4197
  Wildlife refuges.................................................1391
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3180
  Hazardous waste..................................................3177
  Non-ferrous recyclables..........................................4397
  Oil..............................................................4211
  Refrigerant....................................3294, 3297, 3345, 3346
  Scrap metal................................................3098, 3235
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.......................................1704, 1725
  Family unity.....................................................1725
  Refugee Resettlement Program.....................................1194
Relocation assistance:
  Streamlining.....................................................1212
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Rent subsidies.....................................................1270
  Adjustments for security and expense due to crime................1277
  Tax treatment..............................................2697, 2884
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Administration for Children and Families.........................1205
  Adverse experience reporting......................................968
  Air carriers.......................1953, 1961, 2070, 2139, 2468, 2469
  Aircraft flight data recorder parameters.........................2141
  Alcohol and alcoholic beverages..................................2516
  Aliens...........................................................1746
  Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2313
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation....2474, 2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2482
  Biologics production..............................................988
  Blood and blood products..........................................947
  Carbamates.......................................................3426
  Chemical inventory reporting.........................3048, 3050, 3428
  Commodities:
    CFTC reporting requirements....................................3945
    Financial reporting requirements...............................3950
  Commodity futures................................................3949
  Criminal databases:
    Aliens on Criminal Probation or Criminal Parole................1703
    Criminal offenses against minors...............................1792
    Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database........................1794
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1793
    Sex offender registration systems..............................1792
  Currency transactions......................................2475, 2480
  Customs regulations..................................2563, 2574, 2599
  Debt Collection Improvement Act..................................2493
  Defense Acquisition Management Documentation and Reports..........772
  Defense contractors...............................................725
  Defense contractors, controlled materials program.................422
  Domestic offshore carriers.......................................4149
  DOT........................................................1996, 2434
  DOT records pertaining to individuals............................1993
  Drug Enforcement Administration......................1659, 1664, 1669
  Electronic records...............................................1011
  Employee benefit plan administrators.............................1866
  Environmental monitoring.........................................3300
  Environmental Protection Agency................3143, 3164, 3313, 3437
  EPA emissions reporting requirements.......................3208, 3404
  EPA key identifiers reporting....................................3039
  EPA regulations streamlining.....................................3169
  Export information......................................408, 409, 410
  Export sales......................................................313
  FCA disclosure regulation........................................3985
  FDA..........................................................973, 974
  FDA adverse drug experiences.................................963, 995
  FDA adverse experience reporting..................................990
  Federal aircraft accidents.......................................3529
  Federal Aviation Administration............................2093, 2152
  Federal Communications Commission................................4062
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.............................4119
  Federal Maritime Commission......................................4151
  Firearms loss or theft...........................................2524

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  Fisheries...............................................481, 545, 586
  Fishing.................................................502, 519, 563
  Fishing quotas....................................................554
  Food assistance programs..........................................240
  Food Stamp Program...........................................202, 232
  Foreign gifts and donations......................................3542
  Gas pipelines....................................................2445
  Genetically engineered organisms..................................105
  Government contracts..............................................771
  Government procurement...........................................3907
  Groundfish fisheries..............................................616
  GSA's role in records management.................................3513
  Hazard abatement documentation...................................1915
  Hazardous material releases......................................3433
  Hazardous materials transportation...................2414, 2423, 2448
  Hazardous substances.......................................3075, 3088
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3625
  Human cellular and tissue-based products..........................973
  Human drug and licensed biological products.......................981
  Import information................................................416
  Infant formula testing...........................................1000
  Interior Department..................................1511, 1513, 1514
  Internal Revenue Service...................................2607, 2644
  Investigational new drugs.........................................994
  Investment companies.....................4332, 4336, 4354, 4363, 4366
  Labor Department...........................................1821, 1838
  Lease write-offs..................................................143
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3588
  Marine casualty reporting........................................2049
  Maritime operating companies...............................2052, 4153
  Medicare program.................................................1170
  Mine operators...................................................1609
  Mortgage broker fees.............................................1232
  Motor carriers.......................................2173, 2185, 2186
  Motor vehicle manufacturers......................................2318
  NASA contractor cost reporting...................................3579
  NASA government property reporting regulation....................3575
  National Driver Register.........................................2321
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...................527
  National Practitioner Data Bank......................1016, 1017, 1018
  New drug applications.............................................996
  Nuclear power plants.......................................4256, 4259
  Occupational injuries and illnesses..............................1913
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3620
  OSHA:
    Employer certifications........................................1906
  Ozone-depleting substances importation...........................3234
  Paperwork reduction................................................39
  Pension plans........................................1855, 3756, 3757
  Personal property................................................3536
  Personnel records................................................3650
  Pesticides.............3026, 3027, 3032, 3075, 3446, 3455, 3456, 3464
  Pollution prevention actions in Toxic Release Inventory..........3054
  Radionuclides....................................................3432
  Radon............................................................3435
  Railroad accident reporting......................................2390
  Railroad employees.........................................2361, 2381
  Railroad Retirement Board..................................3759, 3760
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2739
  Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................3589
  Ruminant feed.....................................................997
  Rural electrification loans.......................................380
  Securities.................................................4304, 4389
    Broker-dealers...............................2472, 4373, 4381, 4383
    Executive and director compensation............................4327
    Holding period requirement.....................................4329
    Large trader reporting system..................................4386
    Legal proceedings..............................................4326
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4343
    Market and credit risk exposures...............................4393
    National banks.................................................2551
    Regulation S amendments........................................4320
    Section 10A implementation.....................................4394
    State banks....................................................4170
    Transfer agent services........................................4384
  Stage 2 airplanes in Hawaii......................................2162
  Sugar and crystalline fructose marketing allotment.................36
  Tobacco exports..................................................2512
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3089
  Toxic Substances Control Act.....................................3070
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting...................3051, 3073, 3090
  Transportation Department............................2216, 2217, 2237
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2406
  Uranium mill sites..........................................890, 4290
  Vessel documentation.............................................2055
  Vessel numbering system..........................................2012
  Veterans Administration....................................2930, 2933
  Vocational rehabilitation providers..............................3850
  Water systems....................................................3152
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Biotechnology..............................................3059, 3081
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................696
  Dogs and cats......................................................96
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3446
  Field investigations..............................................971
  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1501
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................598
  Labor certification process for researchers......................1848
  Marine mammals....................................................573
  Marine resources..................................................612
  Misconduct.......................................................1040
  NARA registration requirement....................................3592
  National Undersea Research Program................................614
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................613
  North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan........................582, 634
  OSERS Disability and Rehabilitation Research Programs.............847
Reserve forces:
  See Armed forces reserves
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
  See Lung diseases
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Government employees...............3667, 3668, 3669, 3676, 3677, 3710
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................694
Rice:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................164
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Acquisition of real property for...........................2194, 2245
  Indian lands.....................................................1475
  Regulation revision..............................................1412
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program......................57
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........................349, 358
  Business enterprise grants........................................352

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  Community development:
    Rural venture capital demonstration.............................357
  Community facility loans...........................124, 134, 138, 384
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program..................367
  Economic development loans and grants.............................142
  Electric borrowers......................................364, 366, 381
  Electric loans.......361, 363, 369, 370, 377, 379, 380, 382, 383, 390
  Electrification...............................359, 362, 372, 375, 391
  Farm labor housing................................................121
  Health care services.............................................1047
  Hospitals:
    Independent rural primary care hospitals.......................1159
  Housing:
    Manufactured housing............................................128
  Housing loans and grants................................127, 129, 136
  Housing loans and programs.........................123, 135, 137, 140
  Housing rehabilitation............................................126
  Lease write-offs..................................................143
  Loan and grant programs..................................47, 353, 385
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2412
  Regulation streamlining...........................................129
  Small farmer outreach training.....................................46
  Technical assistance grants and programs......................46, 348
  Telephones..............................................363, 373, 374
  Television demonstration grants...................................352
  Water and waste disposal loans and grants....................122, 388
  Water and waste disposal programs............................365, 371


                                   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..............................2077
  Arms, ammunition, and explosives..................................690
  California outer continental shelf platforms.....................1484
  Drugs:
    Over-the-counter...........................................975, 980
    Prescription....................................................979
  Medical devices..............................................977, 984
  MMS safety and pollution prevention equipment....................1503
  Outer continental shelf platforms................................2016
  Space launch activities..........................................2148
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Digital audio radio service....................................4052
    Domestic and international services............................4057
    Earth stations...........................................4048, 4051
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4037, 4050
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4053
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4049
  Export controls...................................................427
Savings associations:
  Anti-tying exceptions............................................2904
  Community Reinvestment Act.......................................2890
  Corporate governance regulations.................................2899
  De novo applications for charter.................................2893
  Insurance regulations............................................2901
  Liquidity regulation.............................................2889
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................2894, 2898
  Subsidiary regulations...........................................2900
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  Head Start Program...............................................1204
  J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board....................834
  National Institutes of Health....................................1030
  Police Corps programs............................................1805
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Amendments to promote Healthy Meals for Healthy Children in 
      Schools.......................................................236
  Consolidation of..................................................205
  Eligibility..................................................210, 252
  Formulated grain-fruit products...................................204
  Menu planning.....................................................219
  Release of eligibility information................................207
  Yogurt crediting..................................................258
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos...................................................3057, 3068
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3049
  Improving America's Schools Act...................................821
  Indian School Equalization Program...............................1432
  School boards for DOD dependent schools...........................707
Science and technology:
  Accelerator controls.............................................2304
  Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants..................3170
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4039
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................686
  DOT monitoring of motor carriers.................................2173
  Genetically engineered organisms..................................105
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3436
  NSF standards of conduct.........................................3618
  Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................672
  Rights to inventions..............................................669
Scientific equipment:
  See also Medical devices
  Imports...........................................................419
  Standards........................................................4029
Scientists:
  Soviet Scientists Immigration Act................................1776
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Import regulations................................................597
  Transportation and storage........................................295
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine documents........................................2052
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2036
  Merchant marines:
    Reemployment rights............................................2465
  Pilots:
    Great Lakes Pilotage Point System..............................2398
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
           Government securities
  Bank investment securities.......................................2550
  Beneficial owners..........................................4322, 4330
  Book-entry procedures............................................1221

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  Broker-dealers.......................................4374, 4375, 4383
    Foreign........................................................4375
  Capital formation requirements...................................4303
  Company registration and regulation of capital formation.........4305
  Contract market:
    Designations...................................................3953
    Exchange rules...........................................3952, 3953
  Corporate governance regulations.................................2899
  Credit.........................................4169, 4176, 4376, 4393
  Custody..........................................................4364
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................4372
  Delayed offerings:
    S-1 and SB-2 companies.........................................4321
  Depositories.....................................................4362
  Deregistration form amendments...................................4363
  Disclosure requirements.....4304, 4313, 4320, 4323, 4324, 4326, 4327, 
                                                 4336, 4366, 4389, 4393
    Extraordinary corporate transactions...........................4306
    Options disclosure.............................................4308
  Distribution.....................................................4388
  Electronic filing:
    Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System........4315
    Institutional investment manager reports.......................4333
  Executive and director compensation..............................4327
  Form S-8.........................................................4303
  Form 13F.........................................................4333
  Forms F-2, F-3, and S-3..........................................4317
  Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs)..............................3944
  Government-sponsored enterprises.................................1221
  Haircuts on................................................4371, 4390
  Holding companies........................4189, 4344, 4360, 4361, 4370
  Holding period requirements......................................4329
  Housing..........................................................1221
  Income taxation......................................2652, 2774, 2849
  Ineligible securities............................................4177
  Insurance products.........................................4343, 4367
  Integrated financial transactions................................2617
  International transactions.......................................2665
  International transactions terminology...........................4380
  Investment advisers............................4334, 4345, 4346, 4359
  Investment companies........4328, 4332, 4336, 4338, 4339, 4340, 4349, 
                   4351, 4354, 4355, 4356, 4357, 4358, 4362, 4363, 4366
  Large trader reporting system....................................4386
  Loss determination...............................................2658
  Lost security holders............................................4385
  Mark-to-market for dealers...........................2621, 2848, 2866
  Multijurisdictional tender offers................................4311
  Municipal securities.............................................2540
  National Securities Markets Improvement Act......................4358
  Nationally recognized statistical rating organizations...........4376
  Net capital requirements.........................................4379
  Non-voting equity................................................4317
  Odd-lot tender offers............................................4391
  Offerings subject to State regulation............................4319
  Offshore internet offerings......................................4310
  OTC products...............................................4374, 4392
  Outbound transfers...............................................2846
  Private Securities Litigation Reform Act:
    Definition of terms............................................4307
  Prohibitions against trading.....................................4388
  Prospectus delivery..............................................4348
  Proxies....................................................4312, 4330
  PUHCA exemption for transactions with foreign associates.........4369
  Qualified purchaser........................................4309, 4358
  Registration.....................................................4343
  Registration form amendments.....................................4381
  Registration statements..........................................4318
  Regulation S amendments....................................4317, 4320
  Regulation T.....................................................4372
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements......2472, 2551, 4109, 4170, 
                                           4329, 4373, 4383, 4384, 4394
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4341
  Rule 0-10........................................................4377
  Rule 10-b6, 10b-13, and 13e-4....................................4391
  Rule 11Ac1-1.....................................................4382
  Rule 12b-2.......................................................4317
  Rule 15a-4.......................................................4334
  Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4372
  Rule 17a-3 and 17a-4.............................................4383
  Rule 17Ad-17, and 17a-24.........................................4385
  Rule 2a-7........................................................4352
  Rule 24e-2.......................................................4392
  Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4372
  Rule 31-1........................................................4392
  Rule 430A........................................................4321
  Rule 9b-1........................................................4308
  Rules 30d-1 and 30d-2............................................4341
  Safe harbors:
    Disclosure of market risk......................................4324
    Offshore press conferences.....................................4314
  Safekeeping accounts.............................................3944
  Schedules 13D and 13G............................................4322
  Section 8........................................................4372
  Small business issues definition.................................4317
  Small business or organization:
    Definitions....................................................4377
  Sourcing in international short sales............................2665
  Stabilizing to facilitate offerings..............................4387
  Stock rights and stock warrants..................................2693
  Streamlining.....................................................4316
  Taxation.........................................................2729
  Transaction fees.................................................4392
  Transfer agent services..........................................4384
  Transfer services................................................4187
  Transfer to foreign corporations.................................2649
  Two-sided quotations.............................................4382
  Use of electronic media in presentations.........................4325
  Utilities..................................................4361, 4370
  Valuation........................................................2496
  Wrap fee programs................................................4359
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations...........................................916
  Aviation.............................................1977, 2089, 2165
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................680
  DOE contractors..............................................885, 913
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2146
  Maritime vessels.................................................2463
  Nuclear power plants and reactors................................4295
  Passenger vessels and terminals..................................2027
  Private Remote Sensing Space Systems..............................536
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................2066
    Airports.......................................................2067
    Aviation safety regulations....................................2168
Seeds:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories.........................94
  Inspection and certification.......................................92
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations........................................2561, 2567
  FCC regulations..................................................4026
  Fraud cases......................................................1803
  IRS regulation...................................................2880
Selective Service System.....................................3717, 3778
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics

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Sewage disposal:
  Incinerator emissions monitoring.................................3136
  Incinerator emissions standards..................................3352
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3101
  Sludge use and disposal..............................3104, 3119, 3133
  Vessels..........................................................3129
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs..........................1653, 2988, 3523
Sheep:
  Sheep Industry Improvement Center.................................351
Shipbuilding industry:
  Air pollution control............................................3284
  Safety and health regulations..............................1900, 1901
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See also Trademarks
  BLM insignia.....................................................1578
  Highway beautification costs.....................................2238
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administrative offset by SBA.....................................3784
  Competitiveness Demonstration Program.......................730, 3934
  Disadvantaged business enterprise concession plan................1979
  DOD contracting...................................................688
  Flood insurance coverage.........................................3793
  Government contracts.............................................3572
  Government procurement............................................737
  Government subcontracting.............................920, 3874, 3906
  Investment companies.............................................3781
    Definition of affilition.......................................3779
    Eligibility for SBIC financing.................................3790
  Loans......................................................3782, 3785
    Risk-based capital standards...................................2894
    SBA guaranty...................................................3789
  Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development 
      Program......................................................3894
  National forest land use..........................................321
  Nondiscrimination:
    Federally assisted programs....................................3791
  NRC licensees....................................................4264
  Penalties........................................................2389
  Rights to inventions..............................................669
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................3788
  Size standards:
    Architecture and engineering...................................3783
    Construction...................................................3783
    Natural gas distribution.......................................3787
    Refuse systems.................................................3783
  Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Program.................3786
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................3794
  Surety bond guarantees...........................................3792
  Timber sales......................................................339
  Trusts...........................................................2781
Smoking:
  Air carrier prohibition..........................................2000
  Federal buildings and facilities ban.............................3558
  Workplace air quality............................................1921
Social security:
  See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Account number collection and storage.............................158
  Administrative procedures........................................3821
  Adopted child's status...........................................3819
  Alien applicants...........................................1744, 3798
  Annual earnings report...........................................3863
  Canadian citizens' obtaining of social security numbers..........3760
  Citizenship evidence.............................................3813
  Civil monetary penalty regulations...............................3862
  Contributions for support........................................3834
  Coverage:
    Employees of State and local governments.......................3857
  Cycling payment of benefits......................................3861
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3816
  Disability determinations:
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3854
    Growth impairment listing......................................3865
    Medical consultants' opinions..................................3804
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3816
  Earnings records determinations..................................3836
  Employer identification number collection and storage.............158
  Equal Access to Justice Act......................................3864
  Facility of payment provision....................................3840
  Freedom of information regulations...................3853, 3856, 3860
  Grants administration..........................3815, 3816, 3817, 3818
  HHS regulation migration to SSA....3815, 3816, 3817, 3818, 3852, 3860
  Maximum family benefit.....................................3840, 3841
  Medical equipment liability......................................1157
  Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................3797
  Publications:
    Prohibitions against reproduction...............................929
  Reduction of disability benefits.................................3847
  Regulations corrections..........................................3832
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3814
  Representative payees............................................3809
  Review process...................................................3844
  SSA employees:
    Ethical conduct................................................3800
    Indemnification................................................3822
  Technical changes................................................3820
  Widow's benefits.................................................3827
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program...................................58, 89
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.............................54, 395
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Soybeans:
  Vegetable protein products........................................206
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations..................3567, 3569, 3570, 3575, 3585
  Commercial launch activities.....................................2148
    DOT licenses.............................................2097, 2107
  Contracts.......3561, 3565, 3568, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3574, 3577, 3579, 
                                                             3583, 3584
  Cooperative agreements for profit-making organizations...........3580
  Cooperative agreements to State and local governments............3582
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3560
  Drug and alcohol testing for contractor employees................3578
  Duty-free entry of space articles................................3581
  Insurance for commercial launches................................2147
  Licenses.........................................................2148
  Non-U.S. licensed space stations.................................4054
  Printing and duplicating by contractors..........................3566
  Satellite communications.........................................4046
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3562
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Sterilization:
  See Family planning

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Stocks:
  See Securities
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Student aid:
  See also Scholarships and fellowships
  Default rate calculation..........................................836
  Federal Family Education Loan Program........................837, 845
  Financial assistance general provisions......................836, 842
  Regulatory and review and simplification..........................843
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.......................838
Students:
  SSI eligibility while temporarily abroad.........................3839
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    816
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
      Rent subsidies
Sugar:
  Crop year definition................................................9
  Import licensing programs.........................................306
  Marketing allotment program........................................36
Sugarbeets:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................160
Sugarcane:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................174
Sunflowers:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................176
Superfund:
  Claims application streamlining..................................3423
  Cost recovery regulation.........................................3460
  Grants for technical assistance..................................3425
  Radiation site cleanup...........................................3148
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3426
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3833
  Aliens...........................................................3859
  Computation of benefits........................3810, 3828, 3830, 3835
    Children in institutions.......................................3824
  Disability determinations:
    Childhood disability...........................................3823
    Drug abuse or alcoholism.......................................3837
    Endocrine system and obesity.............................3831, 3854
    Medical consultants' opinions..................................3804
  Exclusions from income and resources.............................3812
  Families of military personnel...................................3811
  Fees for Federal administration of State supplementary payments
                                                                   3858
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3795
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................3849
    Deeming of parental income when children are hospitalized......3842
    Information available for benefits determination...............3830
  Overpayments.....................................................3855
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3851
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................3846
  Private insurance coverage.......................................3824
  Regulations corrections..........................................3832
  Representative payee reforms...............................3826, 3838
  Speech and language impairments..................................3833
  Students temporarily abroad......................................3839
  Substantial gainful activity.....................................3808
  Vocational rehabilitation........................................3850
Surety bonds:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2594
  BLM bonding requirements.........................................1554
  Form revision.....................................................317
  Outer continental shelf leases...................................1494
  Security on penal bonds..........................................2494
  Small business access............................................3792
Surface mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1522
    Alluvial valley floors.........................................1527
    Backfilling and grading........................................1523
    Cooperative agreements.........................................1534
    Rights.........................................................1529
    State program amendments.......................................1531
    Subsidence resulting from underground mining...................1525
    Weight determination...........................................1521
  Indian lands...............................................1436, 1526
  Penalties........................................................1533
  Permit rights....................................................1520
  Reclamation......................................................1528
  Regulatory consolidation.........................................1535
  State program amendments.........................................1532
Symbols:
  See 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......................................2820
  Breweries........................................................2506
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................900
  Environmental..............................................2804, 2805
  Escrow funds.....................................................2611
  Foreign trade....................................................2612
  Passive activity losses and credits........................2727, 2728
  Procedure and administration:
    John Doe summons disputes......................................2816
    Statement......................................................2601
    Statute of limitations...................................2816, 2817
  Treasury taxes and loans...................................2488, 2495
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................687
Technical assistance:
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2471
  Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3425
  Environmental restoration of DOD facilities.......................678
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Accessibility guidelines.........................................3014
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4009
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4012
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm.................4016
  Communication intercepting devices................................435
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................1796
  Equipment manufacture............................................4012
  Microwave antenna flexibility....................................4038
  Out-of-region interstate, interexchange services:
    Tariff filing requirements.....................................4017
  Public Telecommunications Facilities Program......................657
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................4021
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4015

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    Individuals with disabilities..................................4081
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4014
    LEC provision of interexchange services........................4020
    Local competition provisions...................................4022
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................4013
    Parental choice................................................3999
    Regulatory fee assessment and collection for 1997..............4070
    Review of policies and rules...................................4017
    Streamlining requirements......................................4019
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm monitoring......4016
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4018
  USDA program......................................................114
  Wireless information networks....................................4043
Telephone:
  Advertising......................................................4196
  Billed party preference..........................................4008
  Cable television cross-ownership.................................4002
  Caller ID standards..............................................4004
  Competitive bidding for unserved cellular areas..................4083
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4001
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems...........................4080
  Expanded interconnection with local company facilities...........4003
  Interconnection between LECs and CMRS providers..................4023
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4007
  Price caps for LECs........................................4010, 4024
  Rural.............................................................374
  Rural Telephone Bank.........................................373, 378
  Toll free service access codes...................................4011
  Universal Service Fund...........................................4001
  900-number service...............................................4196
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advanced systems.................................................4059
  Advertising................................................4063, 4069
  Commercial practices of networks and affiliates..................4069
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3998
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4028
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4062
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4042
  Open video systems...............................................4000
  Over-the-air reception devices...................................3995
  Station ownership..........................................4061, 4068
  Video programming:
    Accessibility..................................................3996
    Rating.........................................................3999
Terrorism:
  Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act....................2522
  Aviation safety regulations......................................2168
  Contractor training...............................................746
Textiles:
  Customs regulations..................................2557, 2585, 2596
  Flammability standards.....................................3957, 3958
  Government procurement restrictions...............................761
  Labeling.............................................4202, 4203, 4204
  Wool products....................................................4202
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Quality grading standards........................................2352
  Retreads.........................................................2256
  Uniform tire quality grading.....................................2280
    Reduction of fees for course monitoring tires..................2329
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Burley.............................................................26
  Common Crop Insurance........................................147, 154
  Exports..........................................................2512
  Flue-cured.........................................................24
  Marketing assessments..............................................84
  Marketing quotas...................................10, 24, 26, 27, 86
  Price support..........................................24, 26, 27, 86
  Regulation clarification...........................................29
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4201
  Veterans claims based on use.....................................2995
  Warehouse regulations..............................................37
Tomatoes:
  Common Crop Insurance........................................150, 161
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
      Poison prevention
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade adjustment assistance:
  TAA program amendments...........................................1846
  Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................1847
Trade agreements:
  Endangered species.........................................1382, 1383
  Florence Agreement Program........................................419
  Independent States of the former Soviet Union....................2528
  Independent States of the former Yugoslavia......................2528
  Market development................................................309
  North American Free Trade Agreement............1847, 1940, 2563, 2578
  Textile trade agreements.........................................2557
Trade practices:
  Consumer product warranties................................4206, 4207
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4192
  Negative option plans............................................4194
  Telephone service................................................4196
Trade unions:
  See Labor unions
Trademarks:
  Fees..............................................................661
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2556
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................666
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..................................659
Training programs:
  See Manpower training programs
Transportation:
  See also Air transportation
           Bridges
           Common carriers
           Freight
           Highways and roads
           Intermodal transportation
           Mass transportation
           Noise control
           Pipelines
           Railroads
           Space transportation and exploration
           Vessels
  Air pollution control conformity...........................3311, 3334
  Construction project funding.....................................2396
  Customs regulations..............................................2576
  Disadvantaged business enterprise program........................1957
  DOT grants administration........................................1959
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................1982
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2392
  Drug testing of transportation personnel.......1964, 1975, 2416, 2430
  Environmental review.......................................2391, 3282
  FTA management and monitoring systems............................2395
  Government shipments.............................................4410
  Head Start participants..........................................1195
  Individuals with disabilities........................2001, 2002, 3016
  Minerals industry transportation and processing allowances.......1499
  Motor owner-operators............................................4409
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................1990

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  Rate quotations..................................................4410
  Removal of obsolete regulations...4399, 4408, 4409, 4410, 4411, 4412, 
                                                 4413, 4415, 4416, 4417
  Streamlining legislation implementation....................1784, 1985
  Traffic management...............................................3501
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................1693
  Transportation Conformity Pilot Program..........................3283
  Water carriers.......................................4401, 4415, 4416
Travel:
  See also Passports and visas
           Travel and transportation expenses
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2077
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Government employees.................................3508, 3510, 3875
  Non-government employees....................................923, 3904
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation 
      and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
                                                                    627
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3451
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................423, 424
  Compacts of Free Association.....................................1700
  Exclusion or expulsion of foreign nationals......................1777
  Montreal Protocol................................................3234
  Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty..................................446
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994.........1474
  Chapter 13 standing trustees.....................................1795
  QDOT security requirements.......................................2862
  Qualifications for bankruptcy trustees...........................1804
  Residence trust..................................................2671
  Taxation.........................................................2826
  Unit investment trusts...........................................4350
Tuberculosis:
  Correctional management....................................1052, 1626
  Occupational exposure............................................1898
Tung nuts:
  See Oilseeds
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Subsidence resulting from........................................1525
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Manpower training programs
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Disaster unemployment assistance.................................1845
  Performance system...............................................1852
Unions:
  See Labor unions
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities..........................................4344, 4360
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Licensing and procedures of enrichment facilities................4299
  Mill sites............................................890, 4265, 4290
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1615
  Environmental protection..........................................133
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4344, 4370
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4360, 4361
  Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4119
  Public utility mergers...........................................4125
  Unnecessary filing requirements, elimination.....................4118


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  See also specific vegetables
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................175
  Import restrictions...............................................109
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act coverage....................7
  Vegetable protein products........................................206
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1626
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Anchorage and moorage............................................1416
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................2021
  Armed forces vessels:
    Uniform national discharge standards...........................3116
  Certificates of origin...........................................2009
  Classification society rules.....................................2033
  Clean Vessel Act.................................................1326
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2046
  Controlled substances............................................1667
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2041
  Double-hull regulations..........................................2056
  Energy management regulations.....................................909
  Financial reporting requirements.................................4149
  Fire protection..................................................2035
  Government contracting...........................................1820
  Government procurement............................................777
  Houseboats.......................................................1429
  Inspection requirements..............................2014, 2037, 2038
  Offshore supply............................................2019, 2059
  Outer continental shelf..........................................2016
  Overseas construction............................................2035
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1721
  Panama Canal.....................................................3738
    Dangerous cargo................................................3739
    Tolls..........................................................3741
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4148
  Radar-observer endorsements......................................2053
  Regatta and parade permits.......................................2034
  Regattas and marine parades......................................2028
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2020
  Sewage discharge.................................................3129
  Tariff filing requirements.......................................4401
  Towing vessel operators..........................................2013
  User fees........................................................2007
  Vessel identification system...............................2009, 2040
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations........................2938, 2939, 2974, 2975
    Delete duplication.............................................2973
    Miscellaneous changes..........................................2971
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................2937
  Acquisitions by the VA...........................................3004
  Adult day health care program....................................2992
  AIDS.............................................................2979
  Alcohol abuse....................................................2992
  Appeals regulations............................2966, 2985, 2986, 3005

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  Burial benefits......................................2940, 2941, 2967
  Checks:
    Tracing fees...................................................2942
  Child care centers...............................................2989
  Children's benefits..................................2905, 2935, 2980
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   2926
  Claims based on ionizing radiation...............................2957
  Claims based on tobacco use......................................2995
  Community residential care program...............................2992
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1830
  Custody of school age or adult disabled children.................2922
  Death benefits.............................................2963, 2967
  Debt-reduction through work-study services.......................2994
  Delegations of authority.........................................3007
  Denial of claims.................................................2984
  Disability rating:
    Cardiovascular system..........................................2948
    Dental disabilities............................................2914
    Digestive system...............................................2910
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs.........................2916, 2951
    Fibromyalgia...................................................2953
    Individual unemployability.....................................2912
    Medical evidence of improvement................................2919
    Muscular system................................................2949
    Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............2909
    Orthopedic system..............................................2908
    Skin conditions................................................2950
    Systemic conditions............................................2914
    Total disability...............................................2952
  Drug abuse.......................................................2992
  Education........................................................3003
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................2925
    Course approval requirements.................2931, 2932, 2936, 2956
    Educational Assistance Test Program............................3002
    Election of education benefit..................................2920
    Flight training................................................2936
    Independent study approval.....................................2960
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...................2918, 2930, 2931, 2964, 3003
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................2911
    Regulations revision...........................................2934
    Reservists.........................................2933, 2955, 2964
    Survivors and dependents.......................................2962
  Emergency medical care...........................................1138
  Evidence requirements............................................2915
  Fiduciary activities.............................................2958
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................2943
  Hearings and appeals.......................................2976, 2977
  Home loans.......................................................2923
  Homelessness grants and programs.................................2993
  Income...........................................................2963
    Simplification of rules........................................2998
  Informed consent for patient care................................2946
  Insurance.............................................813, 2965, 2968
    Premium cap for H term policyholders...........................2929
  Loan guaranty:
    Acceptance of partial payments.................................2982
    Automatic authority program....................................2913
    Conveyance of property to the VA...............................2981
    Discount points................................................2996
    Electronic payment of funding fee..............................2917
    Flood insurance................................................2954
    Property improvements definition...............................2983
  Medical benefits:
    Dependents and survivors.......................................2980
    Hearing aids and Sensori Neural services.......................2979
  Medical benefits for dependents and survivors....................2944
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis......................................................2927
    Cold injuries..................................................2928
    Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................2924
    Limitation in hand movement....................................2927
  Medical opinions rules...........................................2987
  Medical regulations:
    Miscellaneous changes..........................................2947
  Miscellaneous changes......................................2972, 2999
  Outpatient medical services......................................2907
  Pensions.............................................2921, 2922, 2965
    Dependents and survivors benefits........................2905, 2967
  Personal funds and effects, disposition of.......................2991
  Publications.....................................................2961
  Radiation exposure...............................................2957
  Rehabilitation programs....................................2935, 2952
    Nonsubstantive changes.........................................2959
  Research-related injuries........................................2945
  State homes......................................................2906
  Subpoena authority delegation....................................3006
  Time limits for filing evidence..................................2997
  Unclaimed property, disposition of...............................2991
  Upgraded discharges..............................................3000
  Vocational training programs...............................2935, 2969
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Projects and industry.............................................849
  Providers:
    Reports to SSA.................................................3850
  State programs...............................................846, 848
  Veterans.........................................................2935
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................1820
  National Service Trust...........................................3021
  Peace Corps..........................................3744, 3745, 3746
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1621
Voting rights:
  Minority language guidelines.....................................1657
  Procedural changes for Section 5.................................1656
  Voter registration.........................................1201, 3736


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3705
  Domestic services................................................1831
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1820
  Federal construction contracts...................................1819
  Federal service contracts........................................1839
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1828
  Overtime...................................................1818, 1821
  Pay and leave administration.........................3658, 3701, 3703
  Remedial measures for unfair labor practices.....................4240
  Severance pay..............................................3662, 3702
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   1825
  Tipped employees.................................................1828
  Wage area redefinition...........................................3727
Warehouses:
  Auction tobacco warehouses.........................................37
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................56
  Cotton.............................................................60
  Customs regulation...............................................2574
  Regulation clarification...........................................31
Warranties:
  Disclosure of terms and conditions...............................4206
  Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (IDSM)....................4193
  Pre-sale availability of written warranty terms..................4207
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Armed forces vessels.............................................3116
  Disposal facilities:
    Residual radioactivity after cleanup...........................3148

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  Effluent guidelines..................................3105, 3108, 3139
  Financial test criteria....................................3194, 3207
  Fossil fuel combustion wastes....................................3199
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3137
  Land disposal:
    Financial responsibility.......................................3189
    Groundwater monitoring.........................................3183
    Restrictions.............................................3193, 3197
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3135
  Mineral processing wastes........................................3193
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4279
  Ocean dumping....................................................3142
  Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2385
  Permit applications........................................3117, 3130
  Radioactive waste..........................................3151, 3253
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3124
  Rural loans and grants.......................................122, 388
  Rural programs...............................................365, 371
  Sewer grouting...................................................3083
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3131
  Solid waste disposal:
    Grant programs..................................................386
    Hazardous waste recycling......................................3177
    Landfills and incinerators...............................3108, 3396
    Municipal landfills............................................3386
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods.....................3176, 3188
    Technical standards for corrective action......................3179
  State programs...................................................3195
  Toxic Release Inventory..........................................3052
  Toxicity characteristic metals...................................3193
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3198
  Uniform national discharge standards.............................3116
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................2025
  Wood preserving wastes...........................................3193
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Biological test methods..........................................3132
  Clean Vessel Act.................................................1326
  Clean Water Act.......3110, 3111, 3112, 3124, 3126, 3127, 3132, 3138, 
                                                       3140, 3141, 3147
    Test procedures....................................3115, 3120, 3128
  Cyanide criteria.................................................3112
  Effluent guidelines:
    Industrial wastewater....................................3106, 3135
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3137
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3108
    Metal products and machinery...................................3146
    Ore mining.....................................................3139
    Pharmaceuticals................................................3134
    Pulp, paper and paperboard...............................3122, 3256
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3113
    Transportation equipment cleaning..............................3107
  Great Lakes................................................3121, 3144
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2041
    Ocean dumping..................................................3142
    Oil and gas facility effluents.................................3145
    Oil or hazardous substances..............................2043, 2045
    Tank monitoring devices........................................2026
    Tank vessels...................................................2011
  National Park Service regulations................................1425
  Nationwide permit program.........................................798
  NPDES permits..............................................3101, 3109
  Oil and grease test procedures...................................3126
  Permit applications..............................................3117
  Permit regulations streamlining............................3123, 3143
  Pretreatment regulations...................................3100, 3114
  Publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program..............3125
  Publicly owned treatment works renewal process...................3110
  Radionuclides....................................................3158
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3124
  Sewage sludge incinerator emissions..............................3136
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3101
  Sludge management programs.....................3103, 3119, 3133, 3178
  Stormwater runoff................................................3118
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3127
  Total maximum daily loads........................................3138
  Trace metals criteria............................................3111
  Waste disposal permit applications...............................3130
  Water and waste disposal programs............................365, 371
  Water Quality Incentives Project...................................34
  Water quality standards......654, 3099, 3102, 3115, 3120, 3128, 3138, 
                                                             3147, 3169
    Criteria for human health and wildlife.........................3144
    Criterial for acute aquatic life...............................3121
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........795
  Colorado River Basin.........................................57, 1540
  Water Bank Program.................................................57
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3452
  Central Valley Project of California.............................1537
  Colorado River Basin.............................................1540
  Drinking water...................................................3457
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3163
    Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants..........3153, 3170
    Arsenic........................................................3160
    Consumer Confidence Reports....................................3152
    Contaminant level goals (MCLGs)................................3166
    Contaminants.................................3150, 3158, 3161, 3165
    Copper.........................................................3155
    Disinfectants..................................................3159
    Drinking Water Priority List...................................3168
    Injection wells..........................................3164, 3167
    Intake zones...................................................3129
    Lead...........................................................3155
    Monitoring requirements........................................3154
    Radionuclides............................................3166, 3314
    Regulations reformatting.................................3156, 3169
    Safe Drinking Water Act........................................3157
    Sulfate........................................................3162
    Surface water treatment rule...................................3165
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3447
  Groundwater protection...............................3030, 3031, 3046
  Lake Berryessa, California.......................................1538
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1542
  Reproductive toxicity risk assessment............................3458
  Storage and marketing............................................1540
  Utilities.........................................................133
  Water Quality Incentives Project...................................34
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.........................................3702
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions

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Weather:
  National Weather Service modernization.......................578, 656
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4033
Weights and measures:
  See Measurement standards
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
      Flood plains
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Wheat:
  Diseases...........................................................99
Whistleblowing:
  DOE contract costs................................................907
  Nuclear whistleblower protection.................................1832
  Research misconduct..............................................1040
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Adoption fees for wild horses and burros.........................1586
  Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2086, 2157
  Captive bred.....................................................1333
  Criteria for water quality.......................................3144
  Depredation orders...............................................1312
  Eagles...........................................................1324
  Endangered and threatened...1299, 1300, 1352, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 
                   1368, 1369, 1370, 1371, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1382, 1384
  Importation and exportation......................................1402
  Management and protection................1366, 1367, 1568, 1586, 1606
  Marine sanctuary program................................533, 576, 655
  Migratory birds:
    Harvest Information Program changes......................1314, 1407
    Hunting and conservation stamp contest.........................1332
    Hunting and permits............................................1349
    Hunting regulations....................1298, 1310, 1315, 1386, 1408
    List revision..................................................1322
  Permit procedures................................................1345
  Restoration programs.............................................1318
  Seabirds..........................................................503
  Subsistence hunting..............................................1329
  Surplus range animals............................................1328
  Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program...............................397
Wildlife refuges:
  Alaska.....................................................1330, 1393
  Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, WV.......................1406
  Hunting and fishing regulations..................................1319
  Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge.....................................1320
  Public entry and use.......................................1391, 1580
  Rocky Mountains refuges..........................................1378
  State exchange...................................................1584
  Visitor services.................................................1393
    Special use permits............................................1330
Wine:
  Exports..........................................................2503
  Labeling...................................................2505, 2514
  Labeling and advertising.........................................2513
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2516
  Viticultural areas...............................................2501
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Battered spouses and children:
    Immigrant classifications......................................1946
  Conferring citizenship to foreign-born children..................1737
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1032
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................195
  Supplemental food program....................................198, 245
    Cultural food preferences.......................................216
    Food delivery systems...........................................194
    Food packaging..................................................213
    Infant formula..................................................217
  Women-owned businesses:
    Government subcontracting......................................3874
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Administrative requirement changes..............................242
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  DOD procurement...................................................784
Workers' compensation:
  Coal miners......................................................1835
  Reduction of Social Security benefits............................3847


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  AmeriCorps participants..........................................3021
  Minors operating motor vehicles..................................2357
  Young American Medals Program....................................1809