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Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 80 / Monday, April 27, 1998 / Subject
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Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 80 / Monday, April 27, 1998 / Subject 
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               SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA


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                                   A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2636, 4225
Accounting:
  Audits of state and local governments and non-profit 
      institutions........133, 341, 412, 697, 833, 907, 909, 934, 1276, 
           1281, 1382, 1884, 1981, 1985, 2051, 2077, 3124, 3129, 3146, 
           3164, 3627, 3642, 3686, 3710, 3715, 3722, 3729, 3736, 3763, 
                                                             3996, 4045
  Change in method.....................................2791, 2979, 2990
  Corporate acquisitions...........................................2928
  Cost accounting standards..................................1861, 3765
  Cost allowability criteria........................................912
    Research and development.......................................4031
    Travel and per diem costs......................................3671
  Cost principles.............................................721, 3759
    Litigation costs...............................................4003
  Customs Service fees and interest................................2654
  DFARS contract administration and audit services..................763
  Disaster assistance allowable costs..............................3620
  DOD contracts................................................722, 788
  DOI cost recovery....................................1654, 1655, 1657
  Drug Enforcement Administration..................................1744
  Educational institutions.........................................3759
  FDIC annual independent audits...................................4229
  FMS claims.................................................2582, 2591
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2590
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2580
  Ginnie Mae financial reporting...................................1342
  Government payments:
    Taxpayer identification numbers................................2596
  INS examinations fee account schedule............................1809
  MarAd rate determinations........................................2560
  Mark-to-market method......................................2781, 2877
  Medicare program.................................................1077
  NASA contracts...................................................3693
  NRC decommissioning costs..................................4372, 4401
  OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and 
      earnings test exempt amounts.................................3978
  Overhead settlement..............................................4027
  PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................3877
  Profit-and-loss method...........................................2792
  Retirement obligations...........................................1938
  Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................3756
  Sales of partnerships............................................2713
  Securities.......................................................4418
  SSI computation of benefits......................................3941
  Veterans Administration..........................................3083
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
  Advisory committees..............................................1641
  Arbitrators......................................................3643
  BATF procedures............................................2622, 2623
  BLM procedures.................................1642, 1644, 1672, 1692
  Board of Veterans' Appeals:
    Clear and unmistakable error...................................3032
  Code of Conduct..................................................3958
  Communications...................................................4148
  Department of the Interior...........................1377, 1378, 1569
  DOJ:
    Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database........................1878
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1866
  DOJ bankruptcy and trustee oversight.............................1872
  Economic Development Administration...............................408
  EEOC coordination of issuances...................................3615
  EPA........................................................3419, 3424
  EPA State operating permits......................................3205
  Equal Access to Justice Act.......................................937
  FDA..............................................................1015
  FDA advisory opinions and guidelines.............................1017
  FDIC.............................................................4220
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3674
  Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.......................3643
  FERC.............................................................4241
  FTC regulatory review............................................4309
  FWS seizure and forfeiture procedures............................1452
  General Education Provisions Act..................................829
  General Services Administration............................3673, 3679
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Administrative law judges......................................1755
    Adverse actions against Head Start agencies....................1237
    Agriculture Department......................................38, 330
    Army Corps of Engineers.........................................800
    Aviation economic proceedings............................2055, 2074
    Board of Immigration appeals...................................1761
    Bureau of Indian Affairs.......................................1576
    Bureau of Land Management......................................1643
    Cuban Democracy Act............................................2568
    Death of veteran during appeal...........................3075, 3120
    Disaster assistance............................................3636
    Environmental Protection Agency..........................3380, 3559
    FCIC procedures.................................................158
    General rules..................................................1380
    Health and Human Services Department...........................1169
    Immigration proceedings..................................1755, 1836
    Labor Department...............................................1903
    Medicaid State Plan amendments.................................1074
    Medicare claims appeal.........................................1094
    Medicare enrollment............................................1184
    Minerals Management Service..............................1600, 1606
    National Forest System..........................................334
    National Indian Gaming Commission........................4339, 4340
    Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...........3737, 3738
    Office of Government Ethics....................................3745
    Office of Personnel Management...........................3794, 3841
    Office of the Special Trustee..................................1384
    Office of Thrift Supervision...................................3002
    Office of Trust Funds Management...............................1384
    Peace Corps....................................................3871
    Public lands cases.............................................1375
    Railroad Retirement Board................................3884, 3899
    Reclamation Bureau.............................................1633
    Social Security Administration.....................3933, 3947, 3971
    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board................................673
    Transportation proceedings.....................................2278
    Treasury Department............................................2636
    Veterans Affairs.............................3022, 3089, 3092, 3119
  INS..............................................................1841
  INS decisions....................................................1771
  Internal Revenue Service...................................2771, 2818

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  MARAD......................................................2557, 2563
  National Credit Union Administration.......................4324, 4327
  NIGC:
    Compulsory process and testimony of employees..................4348
  NOAA civil procedure regulations..................................578
  NRC..............................................................4358
  Office of Personnel Management...................................3797
  Panama Canal Commission reorganization...........................3868
  Peace Corps volunteer discrimination complaints..................3872
  PHS Mammography Quality Standards Act............................1020
  Registration of drug producers...................................1009
  Rulemaking:
    DOT............................................................2072
  Social Security Administration...................................3951
  Subpoena issuance and service....................................1835
  Surface Transportation Board.....................................4497
  Telephone service observation....................................3951
  Transportation documentation.....................................3666
  USIA.............................................................3993
Adoption and foster care:
  Adoption and Safe Families Act...................................1240
  Intercountry adoption............................................2045
  Social security status determination.............................3943
  State performance requirements...................................1228
Adult education:
  Indian programs..................................................1585
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1778
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................2066
  Beer.............................................................2630
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................953
  Home insulation..................................................4298
  Investment companies.......................................4444, 4453
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4296
  Television.......................................................4176
  Unfair or deceptive practices........................4304, 4307, 4313
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1260
  Food assistance programs................................228, 234, 241
  Housing..........................................................1261
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................2061
    DOL programs...................................................1984
    Employment.........................................3607, 3610, 3612
    NEA-assisted activities........................................3721
  Supplemental food program....................................240, 247
Agricultural commodities:
  See also specific commodities
           Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Oilseeds
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................301
  Electronic data transmission.......................................10
  Exports......................................................306, 307
  Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions..............................1896
  Inspection.......................................................3128
  Inspection service contractors....................................175
  Kiwifruit...........................................................8
  Maritime Security Program..........................................93
  Overseas market development.......................................304
  Popcorn.............................................................9
  Purchase and shipment.............................................308
  Shipping regulations.............................................2559
  Sugarcane..........................................................21
  Trade options....................................................4056
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts...............................43
Agricultural research:
  Administrative provisions.........................................122
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................109
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 
      administrative provisions.....................................126
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.........................................1846, 1848
  Aquaculture......................................................1525
  ASCS program ineligibility.........................................20
  Certified Lender Program...........................................26
  CFSA state and county committees...................................39
  Conservation Farm Option..........................................384
  Cooperative marketing associations.................................14
  Disaster assistance........................................34, 73, 77
  Farm ownership loans...................................27, 30, 35, 36
  Farm reconstitution................................................95
  Farm reconstitution regulations....................................16
  Farm Service Agency:
    Direct line of credit program....................................46
  Income taxes.....................................................2775
  Indian farmlands.................................................1572
  Labor certification for temporary workers........................1924
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......345
  Ozone depletion..................................................3278
  Seasonal farmworkers.............................................1914
  Socially disadvantaged outreach program........................35, 36
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................30
  State mediation programs...........................................37
  Technical assistance and training.......................353, 354, 379
  Tree assistance program............................................96
  USDA lobbying restrictions........................................389
  Water bank........................................................387
  Worker protection standards..............1889, 3414, 3423, 3427, 3428
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1258
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families........1131, 1234, 1250, 1258
  Unemployed parent................................................1131
AIDS:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1046
  Veterans.........................................................3097
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Airline deregulation benefit provisions..........................1918
  Anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention programs.................2248
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2052
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................2064
  Baggage liability..........................................2054, 2079
  Cargo limit......................................................2529
  Code-sharing arrangement disclosure..............................2084
  Commuter airlines:
    Seat restraint systems.........................................2211
  Competitiveness......................................2057, 2069, 2078
  Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system..............2193

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  Computer reservations system.........................2057, 2093, 2094
  Direct flight, definition........................................2062
  Fees charged by airports.........................................2198
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2063
  INS fines..................................................1801, 1838
  Interstate authority.............................................2078
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age............................................................2061
    Individuals with disabilities..................................2092
  On-time flight reports...........................................2566
  Overbooking of flights...........................................2073
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................2065
    Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................1774
    Change-of-gauge services notification..........................2085
    Facility charges...............................................2171
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................2063
    Manifest information...............................1769, 2087, 2089
    Notification of aircraft disinsection..........................2090
    Oxygen use.....................................................2086
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey............................2564
  Pilots:
    National Driver Register records...............................2415
  Price advertising................................................2066
  Repair station requirements................................2156, 2172
  Safety and security-related information..........................2188
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2209
  Security measures................................................2182
  Smoking ban......................................................2081
  Tariff filing requirements.......................................2076
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control..............................................4297
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Acid rain..........................3196, 3211, 3266, 3380, 3381, 3382
    Allowance allocations..........................................3263
  Acid Rain Program................................................3280
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing...........................3235
  Aerosol can production...........................................3394
  Aerospace industry.........................................3299, 3307
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities....................3299
  Agricultural chemicals...........................................3295
  Air quality modeling.............................................3228
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3253
  Air quality standards......................................3287, 3384
  Air storage tanks................................................3331
  Aircraft and aircraft engines....................................3383
  Aluminum industry..........................................3232, 3393
  Appeals regulations..............................................3380
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3243
  Awards...........................................................3369
  Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3238
  Boat manufacturing industry......................................3349
  Boilers..........................................................3323
  Caprolactam......................................................3529
  Carbon monoxide............................................3309, 3383
  Chemicals............................................3195, 3346, 3347
  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)..................................956, 3260
  Chromium emissions.........................................3248, 3353
  Citizen suit regulation..........................................3166
  Clean Air Act...1286, 3166, 3220, 3240, 3258, 3273, 3288, 3315, 3370, 
                                                 3382, 3401, 3402, 3504
  Clean fuel fleet vehicles........................................3175
  Consumer products................................................3306
  Copper smelters..................................................3231
  Cyanide chemical manufacturing...................................3321
  Diesel refineries................................................3381
  Dioxin emission measurement......................................3183
  District of Columbia VOC control measures........................3179
  Dry cleaners.....................................................3351
  Electric arc furnaces............................................3285
  Electric utility steam generating facilities.....................3314
  Emission control diagnostic systems........................3300, 3326
  Emission standards....3200, 3204, 3250, 3275, 3276, 3329, 3330, 3363, 
                                                             3364, 3365
    Coke ovens.....................................................3333
    Halogenated solvents...........................................3227
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3245
    Non-road spark-ignition engines................................3226
    Potential to emit..............................................3252
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................3357
  Emissions monitoring.................................3203, 3256, 3283
  Emissions monitoring program.......3194, 3196, 3249, 3269, 3277, 3366
  Emissions reporting..............................................3169
  Emissions trades...........................................3308, 3332
  Essential uses....................................................956
  Ethylene processing..............................................3241
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3360
  Ferroalloy industry..............................................3185
  Fuel and fuel additives..........................................3396
  Fugitive emissions...............................................3208
  Gas turbines.....................................................3344
  General provisions amendments....................................3239
  Halons...........................................................3281
  Hazardous air pollutants....3201, 3229, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3236, 
           3240, 3241, 3243, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3281, 3292, 3293, 3294, 
           3295, 3296, 3297, 3299, 3307, 3313, 3317, 3319, 3323, 3324, 
           3328, 3329, 3330, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3347, 3348, 3349, 
           3350, 3351, 3352, 3353, 3354, 3355, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, 
           3367, 3368, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3378, 3387, 3393, 3394, 
                                                                   3452
  Hazardous air pollutants source categories.....3240, 3244, 3300, 3367
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3504
  Hazardous waste TDSF and generator sites.........................3317
  HCFC allowance distribution system...............................3171
  Hydrogen fueled flares...........................................3221
  Indian reservations..............................................3190
  Indian tribes treatment..........................................3402
  Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking.....................3355
  Inspection/maintenance programs................3181, 3192, 3283, 3391
  Internal combustion engines......................................3343
  Iron and steel industry....................................3320, 3322
  Large appliance coating industry.................................3352
  Lead.............................................................3384
  Lead smelters..............................................3234, 3395
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3354
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3264
  MACT standards........3244, 3245, 3250, 3324, 3329, 3330, 3357, 3363, 
                                                       3364, 3368, 3378
  Measurement regulation...........................................3183
  Metal parts and products coating industry......3358, 3359, 3372, 3373
  Mineral wool production industry standards.......................3288
  Monitoring.......................................................3379
  Municipal landfills..............................................3330
  National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air Emissions
                                                                   3249
  Navajo nation lands..............................................3188
  NESHAP:
    Alumina processing.............................................3176
    Ammonium sulphate production...................................3337
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3338
    Carbon black.............................................3318, 3324
    Cellulose production.....................................3329, 3378
    Chromium electroplating........................................3262
    Chromium emissions.............................................3248
    Clay products manufacturing....................................3339
    Elastomers.....................................................3251
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3360
    Fumed silica production........................................3334
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3336
    Hydrogen chloride production...................................3340
    Iron and steel industry........................................3335

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    Lead smelters..................................................3395
    Leather tanning................................................3365
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3213
    Metal parts and products coating industry................3358, 3359
    Metal pipes....................................................3338
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3362
    Off-site waste and recovery operations.........................3222
    Organic liquids................................................3368
    Petroleum refineries...........................................3286
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3250
    Polyvinyl chloride production..................................3341
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3215
    Pulp and paper production......................................3284
    Site remediation...............................................3363
    Spandex........................................................3364
    Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry..............3214
    Thermoplastics.................................................3251
    Uranium hexafluoride production................................3342
    Vegetable oil production.......................................3366
    Wet-formed fiberglass mat production...........................3173
    Wood furniture industry..................................3212, 3246
  New source performance standards...........................3355, 3371
  New source review................................................3265
  New stationary sources.....................................3194, 3204
  Nitrogen oxides..................................................3383
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3362
  Non-road compression ignition engines............................3202
  Non-road spark-ignition engines..................................2681
  Nonhandheld engines..............................................3309
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3267, 3277
  Operating permits..........................................3199, 3325
    Indian reservations............................................3274
  Operating permits programs.......................................3224
  Outer continental shelf....................................3399, 3400
  Ozone.....3186, 3197, 3258, 3259, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3311, 3315, 3316, 
             3352, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3385, 3387, 3388, 3398, 3401
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    Attainment and nonattainment areas.............................3201
    National ambient air quality standards...................3206, 3209
    National ambient air quality surveillance (NAAQS)..............3392
    Pollutant standards index......................................3219
    Significant harm level programs................................3219
    Transport....................................3172, 3201, 3216, 3218
  Paint stripper users.............................................3348
  Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3375
  Particulate matter standards.....................................3387
  PCB manufacturing................................................3467
  Penalties for violations.........................................3301
  Petroleum refineries.......................................3184, 3319
  Pharmaceuticals industry.........................................3294
  Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3291
  Phosphogypsum stacks.............................................3298
  Phosphoric acid manufacturing....................................3289
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3345
  Plastic parts industry...........................................3374
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................3328
  Polycarbonates...................................................3236
  Polyether polyol production......................................3293
  Polymers and resins..............................................3230
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3296
  Portland cement manufacturing....................................3233
  Power plants.....................................................3223
  Process heaters..................................................3323
  Publically owned treatment works study...........................3237
  Pulp and paper mills.............................................3229
  Radionuclides....................................................3386
  Radon......................................................3271, 3298
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3197, 3270
  Residential wood heaters.........................................3174
  Sewage sludge incinerators.......................................3327
  Shipbuilding industry............................................3307
  Solid waste incinerators.........................................3371
  State implementation plans........3186, 3188, 3242, 3265, 3303, 3308, 
                                                       3385, 3388, 3399
  Steel pickling processes.........................................3290
  Stratospheric ozone protection.......................3171, 3207, 3225
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3210
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3266, 3287
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3182
  Test rules.......................................................3223
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing.............................3297
  Tire manufacturing...............................................3350
  Transportation conformity for transitional ozone areas...........3209
  Transportation Conformity Pilot Program..........................3377
  Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program...............................3178
  Volatile organic compounds........3179, 3182, 3247, 3279, 3304, 3305, 
           3307, 3308, 3352, 3361, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3388, 
                                                                   3389
  Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3370
  Wood furniture industry..............................3246, 3307, 3376
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry...........................3292
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2052
  Rebating international fares.....................................2080
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Non-Federal facilities...........................................2176
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.........................................2055, 2074
  Aviation insurance...............................................2226
  Hazardous substances.............................................2507
  Prohibition against certain flights to Korea.....................2262
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts.............................................2181, 3675
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2154, 2200, 2201, 2202, 
                                           2203, 2204, 2207, 2231, 2247
  Altitude separation..............................................2253
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2174
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2250
  Cargo restrictions:
    Oxidizers and organic peroxides................................2549
  Certification services:
    Cost recovery..................................................2257
  Child restraint systems....................................2153, 2443
  Computer Reservations System.....................................2097
  Corrosion control program........................................2163
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2218
  Dispatcher certification.........................................2178
  Emergency exits..................................................2222
  Emission standards and test procedures...........................3383
  Energy management regulations.....................................904
  Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2190
  FAA registration fees............................................2159
  Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.............2243
  Garbage inspection................................................120
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2233
  Government employee use..........................................3667
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2209
  Insecticide spraying requirements notification...................2090
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2161, 2172

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    Certification of mechanics and repairmen.......................2167
    Repair assessments.............................................2173
  Manifests public disclosure......................................2691
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................804
  Parachutes.......................................................2194
  Pilot and flight instructor certification........................2254
  Registration.....................................................2155
  Rocket Engines...................................................3367
  Rotorcraft:
    Flight plan requirements.......................................2195
    Maximum gross weight limitation................................2168
    Rating and certification.......................................2241
    Robinson helicopter operation..................................2261
  Seaplanes........................................................2260
  Single-engine aircraft:
    Instrument flight rules........................................2246
  Snowplanes.......................................................1542
  Surplus military.................................................2217
  Titles and security documents....................................2155
  Transponders...............................................2219, 2227
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards.........................2232
    Braked roll conditions.........................................2234
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2225
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................2212
    Low speed stall................................................2213
    Repair assessments.............................................2173
  Turbine-powered and turboprop:
    Bird ingestion standards.......................................2174
    Water and hail ingestion standards.............................2230
  Type certification procedures....................................2229
  Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1543
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2208
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Aeromedical education training services..........................2180
  Approach chart availability......................................2175
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2220
  Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2249
  Drug abuse.......................................................2158
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2170
  FAA certification fees...........................................2159
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................2221
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2165
  Ground deicing/anti-icing procedures.............................2223
  Medical examinations.............................................2179
  National Driver Register records.................................2415
  National Security Areas..........................................2177
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2228
  Simulator instructors............................................2255
  Training and certification...............2197, 2223, 2254, 2255, 2261
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Allocation of slots..............................................2192
  Anchorage, Alaska, terminal area.................................2245
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2073
  Fees charged to air carriers.....................................2198
  Island airports..................................................2185
  Land use compatibility planning..................................2162
  Landing systems..................................................2239
  Peak period landing fees.........................................2088
  Revenue policy...................................................2238
  Security...................................................2186, 2216
  Takeoffs on wet or contaminated runways..........................2206
  Transponder requirement suspension...............................2227
Airspace:
  Afghanistan......................................................2196
  Air traffic services and aeronautical studies:
    Fees.....................................................2240, 2259
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2164
  Landing systems..................................................2239
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................2224
  National Park Service overflights:
    Grand Canyon National Park...................2169, 2251, 2252, 2263
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................535
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.......................2199, 2259
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2205
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  See also Alcoholism
  Air carrier employees............................................2248
  Alcohol-free workplace............................................879
  Drug-free workplace..............................................3707
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................3966
  Substance abuse block grants......................................935
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites...............................911
  Transit operations...............................................2502
  Transportation industry........................2056, 2075, 2170, 2536
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Gasohol
           Liquors
           Wine
  Denatured alcohol and rum:
    Distribution and use...........................................2626
    Formulas and technical amendments..............................2613
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2607
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2631
  Margaritas.......................................................2631
  Tax-free alcohol.................................................2625
  Wine.............................................................2614
Alcoholism:
  Medicaid program.................................................1126
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Migrant labor
           Refugees
  Adjustment of status...............1760, 1792, 1799, 1825, 1829, 1852
  Age requirements for fingerprinting..............................1842
  Alien registration card name change..............................1827
  Alien registration card replacement..............................1786
  Arrival/departure management system..............................1784
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1823
  Asylum...........................................................1785
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1802, 1819
  Bonding pilot program............................................1820
  Cancellation of removal..........................................1759
  Criminal and terrorist...........................................1824
  Criminal convictions.......................................1810, 1841
  Cuban............................................................1829
  Cuban nationals............................................1768, 1840
  Deportation proceedings....................................1811, 1841
    Entrepreneurs..................................................1757
    Executing a final exclusion order..............................1836
    Suspension.....................................................1759
    Withholding of deportation.....................................1768
  Emergency medical services.......................................1200
  Employment...............................1765, 1767, 1789, 1790, 1805
    Use on government contract projects.............................773
  Expedited exclusion procedures...................................1810
  F-1 foreign students.............................................1778
  Family Unity Program.......................................1816, 1854
  Farm labor.......................................................1846
  Farm workers.....................................................1848

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  Fingerprinting...................................................1828
  Foreign group health plans.......................................1170
  Habitual residence...............................................1776
  Haitian nationals................................................1840
  Health care workers..............................................1817
  Hungarian parolees...............................................1818
  Immigrant investors..............................................1773
  Inadmissability..........................1763, 2038, 2048, 2049, 2050
  Income taxes.....................................................2839
  Juveniles..................................................1830, 1832
  Labor certification process..........................1923, 1925, 1927
  Mail order brides................................................1819
  Mariel Cubans....................................................1768
  Mexican border crossing cards..............................1851, 1857
  Nicaraguan.......................................................1829
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Admission into the U.S...................................1772, 1789
    Classification.................................................1846
    Corporate reorganizations......................................1762
    Diplomats and government representatives.......................1765
    Disclosure of information......................................1804
    Documentation............................................2040, 2041
    Entertainers...................................................1856
    Exchange visitors..............................................3994
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1766
    Overstay of nonimmigrant status................................1777
    Temporary workers..............................................1905
    Visa Waiver Pilot Program......................................2033
    Visitors for business..........................................1793
  Orphan petitions.................................................1808
  Parent-child relationships.......................................1808
  Permanent residence..............................................1760
  Permanent resident card name change..............................1827
  Permanent resident status......................1818, 1825, 1829, 1849
  Polish parolees..................................................1818
  Prostitution.....................................................1775
  Public assistance programs............................203, 1277, 1826
    Food stamp program..............................................234
    Medicaid.......................................................1126
    Sponsor reimbursement..........................................1814
  Refugee status...................................................1768
  Religious workers................................................1845
  Removal orders...................................................1783
  Resettlement assistance..........................................1840
  Southern border crossing cards.............................1851, 1857
  SSA regulations............................................1812, 3945
  Student employment...............................................1764
  Temporary protected status.......................................1806
  Temporary workers..............................1797, 1846, 1850, 1909
  Termination of temporary resident status.........................1848
  Transit without visa.......................................1770, 2032
  USIA:
    Au pair regulations............................................3995
  Withholding of removal...........................................1785
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................953
Animal diseases:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................105
  Garbage inspection at airports....................................120
  Importation.......................................................115
  Scrapie...........................................................112
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Animal Drug Availability Act...............................1015, 1029
  Approval process.............................................938, 980
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................953
  Feed directives..............................................959, 993
  Investigational use..............................................1015
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........964
  Substantial evidence definition...................................992
  Supplemental manufacturing changes................................941
Animal welfare:
  Animal auction standards..........................................100
  Dogs and cats...........................................116, 117, 118
  Import requirements:
    Humane and healthful transport.................................1475
  Licensing and consignment requirements............................118
  Marine mammals.....................................................98
  Pocket pets.......................................................121
  Tethering and temperature requirements............................116
  Wire flooring.....................................................117
Animals:
  See also specific animals
           Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Imports..................................................99, 109, 110
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Duties............................................................414
  Protective order violations.......................................413
  Reformulated gasoline program requirements.......................3302
  Sunset reviews....................................................415
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...........................3643
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
  Facilities.......................................................3696
  Federal records centers..........................................3697
  Researcher registration..........................................3701
  Transfer of records..............................................3712
Armed forces:
  See also Armed forces reserves
           Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air force:
    Academy nominations and appointments............................808
    Environmental impact analysis process...........................807
    Professional conduct and standards for criminal justice.........806
    VA benefits....................................................3115
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Administrative appeals process..................................800
    Environmental quality requirements..............................799
    Permit regulations..............................................801
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................802
  CHAMPUS..................................810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 822
  Civilian employment...............................................719
  Coast Guard:
    Access to National Driver Register.............................2425

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    Advance notice of arrivals.....................................2138
    Child development services.....................................2137
    Deep water ports...............................................2115
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2145
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2146
    Fees for undocumented vessel numbering.........................2114
    Hazardous conditions notification..............................2127
    Lighting provisions amendments.................................2149
    Marine casualty reporting......................................2129
    Marine Safety and Environmental Protection........2109, 2110, 2111, 
                                                 2112, 2113, 2138, 2139
    Marine Safety Information System.........................2095, 2098
    Merchant mariners..................................2112, 2113, 2147
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2099
    Propeller injury prevention....................................2148
    Regatta and parade permits.....................................2130
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................2128
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances............2104
    Towing vessel operators........................................2131
    Vessel design, inspection, and classification requirements....2132, 
                                                             2133, 2150
  Educational assistance...........................................3114
  Health care services..............................................822
  Navy:
    Incidental taking of marine mammals.............................581
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................804
  Privately owned vehicles shipping................................3684
  Reemployment......................................................719
  Selective service regulation.....................................3904
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2217
Armed forces reserves:
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................714
  Education benefits...............................................3103
  Educational assistance.....................................3111, 3113
  Ready Reserve.....................................................692
Arms and munitions:
  Arms Export Control Act..........................................2635
  Brady Bill regulations...........................................2610
  Dual-use items...............................................432, 438
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................434
  Excise taxes.........................................2617, 2618, 2634
  Explosives safety.................................................696
  Export controls...................................420, 433, 438, 2047
  Firearms:
    Brady Bill regulations.........................................2620
    Curio and relic................................................2610
    Handguns.......................................................2621
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1866
    Residency requirements for purchasers..........................2619
  Handguns...................................................2610, 2633
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.......................2610
  Semiautomatic assault weapons....................................2633
  Shotshell length restrictions....................................1513
Asbestos:
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3434
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2577
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1576
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1756
  Commerce Department...............................................469
  EPA revisions....................................................3242
  FDIC.............................................................4220
  FEMA.............................................................3623
  FWS enforcement..................................................1434
  HHS:
    OIG........................................................924, 925
  HUD..............................................................1306
  Immigration judges...............................................1756
  INS..............................................................1782
  Internal Revenue Service.............................2741, 2742, 2914
  Justice Department...............................................1862
  Labor Department.................................................1895
  Office of the Inspector General...................................921
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................689
  Rural Utilities Service...........................................382
  Surface Transportation Board.........................4496, 4502, 4503
  Veterans Administration........................3045, 3081, 3101, 3123
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2161
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2244
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2209
  Airplane operator security.......................................2215
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2201
  Airworthiness directives and standards...............2203, 2231, 2232
  Alcohol misuse prevention program................................2248
  Altitude separation of aircraft..................................2253
  Anti-drug programs...............................................2248
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2174
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2250
  Braked roll conditions...........................................2234
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2220
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.................2087, 2186
  Corrosion control program........................................2163
  Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2154
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2157
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2218
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2225
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................2247
  Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2190
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2235
  FAA security activities:
    Fees...........................................................2258
  Fatigue evaluation and testing...................................2214
  Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2165
  Flight rules.........................................2185, 2202, 2204
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs..............................................2182
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................2187
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................2200
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2233
  Hazards to air navigation........................................2199
  Information and records disclosed by industry....................2188
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2207
  Maintenance personnel certification..............................2167
  Mountain flying..................................................2256
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2086
  Parachute operations.............................................2194
  Pilot rest and duty requirements...........................2228, 2249
  Repair assessments...............................................2173
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2172, 2188, 3672
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2241
  Rotorcraft weight limitation.....................................2168
  Seat restraint systems...........................................2211
  Security personnel...............................................2242
  Security screening...............................................2186
  Transponder requirement..........................................2219
  Turboprop and turbine-powered aircraft...........................2230
  Type certification procedures....................................2229
  Visual descent points............................................2160
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2208

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  Wet and contaminated runways.....................................2206


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Assessments......................................................4226
  Capital maintenance........................................4210, 4222
  DIMIA compliance.................................................4211
  Disclosure of information........................................4230
  Economically depressed regions designation.......................4227
  FDIC:
    Advertisement of membership....................................4218
    Audits and reporting requirements..............................4229
  FDIC contractors:
    Women- and minority-owned businesses...........................4217
  Foreign banks....................................................4228
  Interest on deposits.............................................4231
  Investment rules.................................................4224
  Nonmember banks............................................4221, 4308
  Notice of insured status.........................................4216
  Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4208
  Receivership rules...............................................4209
  Risk-based capital standards.........................4212, 4223, 4232
  Simplification of regulations....................................4213
Bankruptcy:
  Group health plans...............................................1170
  Post-bankruptcy notices............................................48
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3508
  Trustee oversight................................................1872
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...................................2576
  Automated Clearing House Method..................................2579
  Bank holding companies.........................4262, 4279, 4289, 4292
  Bank Secrecy Act.......2569, 2571, 2572, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2577, 2578
  Capital distributions regulations................................2997
  Card clubs.......................................................2578
  Casino reporting.................................................2570
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2581
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2567
  Consumer regulations review......................................4261
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2573
  Currency transaction reporting...................................2572
  Deposit accounts.................................................4264
  Deposits and electronic banking..................................2998
  Derivative instruments...........................................2995
  DIMIA compliance.................................................2993
  Electronic benefit transfer systems..............................2595
  Examination cycles...............................................3003
  Farm credit:
    Agricultural secondary market regulations......................4087
    Borrower rights................................................4088
    CAMEL term replacement with FCARS..............................4083
    Capital regulations revisions..................................4084
    Election of directors..........................................4080
    Farm Credit System Reform Act..................................4097
    FCB assistance to associations.................................4089
    FCS board compensation limits..................................4082
    FCSIC nondiscrimination enforcement............................4095
    FCSIC referral of criminal violations..........................4096
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4079
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................4086
    Guidelines for financing agreements............................4091
    Leasing regulation.............................................4085
    Loan discounting policies......................................4094
    Loans..........................................................4093
  Financial institutions:
    Examination cycle for small financial institutions.............2641
  Foreign investments..............................................4278
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4442
  information disclosure...........................................2639
  International banks..............................................4278
  Interstate deposit production....................................4288
  Investment management............................................4081
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2648
  Leveraged capital................................................4275
  Loans to protect collateral......................................2648
  Management interlocks............................................2637
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2640
  Non-bank financial institutions..................................2571
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2644
  Non-sufficient funds (NSF).......................................2638
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4274
  Regulation B.....................................................4284
  Regulation D.....................................................4417
  Regulation DD....................................................4264
  Regulation G.....................................................4287
  Regulation H...............................................4275, 4288
  Regulation K.....................................................4288
  Regulation T.....................................................4287
  Regulation U.........................................4263, 4287, 4291
  Regulation Y...............................................4275, 4292
  Regulation Z.....................................................4293
  Reporting requirements for BE-605.................................398
  Reserve requirements.............................................4268
  Restrictions on sale of assets...................................4207
  Risk-based capital requirements............................3740, 4274
  Risk-based capital standards.............4214, 4223, 4232, 4272, 4275
  Securities brokers and dealers...................................4287
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4215
  Securities of nonmember banks....................................4221
  State banks:
    Permitted activities and investments...........................4224
  Time accounts....................................................4264
  Underwriting of mortgage-backed securities.......................4279
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Advertising......................................................2630
  Brewery regulations..............................................2606
  Exports..........................................................2605
  Labeling.........................................................2630
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2624
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2629
Bicycles:
  Bicycle helmet safety standards..................................4076
  Use in Delaware Water Gap NRA....................................1544
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting................................955, 1027
  Cellular therapy products.........................................978
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................953
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1021
  General safety test exceptions....................................978
  Informed consent regulations......................................952
  Labeling...............................................976, 984, 1018

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  Licensing.........................................................971
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........964
  Unapproved new uses information...................................966
  Vaccine information.........................................944, 1040
  Vaccines for Children Program....................................1138
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Birth control:
  See Family planning
Black lung benefits:
  Offset of Federal benefits payments..............................2583
Blind:
  See also Medicaid
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Aids to blind veterans...........................................3011
Blood:
  Errors and accidents reporting....................................982
  Safety standards.............................................968, 982
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Premium amortization.............................................2968
  Private activity.........................2835, 2836, 2921, 2922, 2951
  Qualified..................................................2963, 2964
  Qualified zone academy.....................................2880, 2945
  Stripped.........................................................2929
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Boycotts:
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................431
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.............................................2126
  Railroad safety regulations......................................2483
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Credit extensions................................................4286
  Large trader records.............................................4490
  Net capital requirements...................................4479, 4484
  Quotation requirements...........................................4487
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................4485, 4488
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities......1734, 1736, 1737, 3133, 
                                                             3136, 3138
  Asbestos.........................................................3434
  CDBF funds documentation.........................................1332
  Indoor air quality...............................................2014
  Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1331
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility of over-the-road buses.......................2053, 3137
  Antilock brakes..................................................2381
  Brake systems....................................................2379
  EPA Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program...........................3178
  Obsolete regulations.............................................4501
  School:
    Body joint strength............................................2389
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2433
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2317
  Testing guidelines...............................................2501
  Wheelchair restraints............................................2373
Business and industry..............................................3572
  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
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3235
  Aerospace industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3299, 3307
  Alcohol:
    Wine...........................................................2614
  Aluminum industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3232, 3393
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3243
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3238
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3349
  Cellulose manufacturing....................................3329, 3378
  Cement manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3233
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control........................3182, 3295, 3346, 3347
    Control of PMNs................................................3458
    Hazardous wastes listing.....................3499, 3500, 3501, 3517
    Manufacture................3195, 3355, 3439, 3448, 3457, 3459, 3460
    Pollution standards............................................3467
  Construction.....................................................2000
  DOT disadvantaged business enterprise program....................2070
  Dry cleaning.....................................................4297
    Air pollution control..........................................3351
    Effluent guidelines............................................3573
  Economic development..............................................409
  Effluent guidelines......................3541, 3543, 3572, 3573, 3574
  EPA operating permits............................................3325
  Equipment standards..............................................4147
  Ethylene processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3241
  Explosives.......................................................2609
  Ferroalloy industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3185
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................348
  Foreign investments in the U.S...............................393, 394
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4299
  Friction products................................................3356
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based product manufacturers......969, 970
  Housing..........................................................1345
  Industrial disposal wells........................................3590
  Industrial laundries:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3573
  Industrial technology partnerships................................686
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3543
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3352
  Leather tanning and finishing....................................3365

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  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3354
  Manufacturing....................................................3355
  Mergers..........................................................4460
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3372, 3373
  Metal products and machinery:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3572
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air bags.....................................2357, 2462, 2463, 2464
    Air pollution control....................................3326, 3361
    Clean fuel fleet vehicles......................................3175
    Consumer information...............................2354, 2356, 3177
    Emission standards.....................3200, 3275, 3276, 3313, 3397
    Fuel economy...................................................2414
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2369
    Reporting and recordkeeping procedures.........................2458
    Sales volume limit provisions..................................3268
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3549
  National Type Evaluation Program..................................443
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3515
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3375
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3294
    Pollution standards............................................3557
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3374
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3328
  Polyether polyol production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3293
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3250
    Air pollution control..........................................3296
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............2008
  Printing/publishing..............................................3247
  Pulp, paper and paperboard.......................................3229
  Spandex..........................................................3364
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3543
  Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2747
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3297
  Tires............................................................3324
    Manufacture....................................................3350
  Transportation equipment cleaning:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3541
  Travel expenses for brand participants............................303
  Vegetable oil production.........................................3366
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3307
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3292


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................4107
  Cost of service..................................................4101
  Customer service standards.......................................4102
  Digital must carry...............................................4098
  Home wiring rights...............................................4104
  Pole attachments.................................................4109
  Rates......................................................4100, 4103
  Small systems....................................................4103
  TV and VCR compatibility.........................................4150
Cancer:
  See also specific hazardous substances
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3160
  Mammography Quality Standards Act................................1020
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1051
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges...........................................................2105
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2099
  Cargo preference.................................................2559
  Carriage of bulk solid materials requiring special handling......2136
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2102
  Overfill and tank monitoring devices.............................2141
  Rate determinations..............................................2560
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................2143
    Foreign........................................................2101
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................2143
    Qualifications of personnel....................................2116
    Response plans.................................................2104
    Towing vessel safety measures..................................2109
Cemeteries:
  National Cemetery System:
    Disinterments..................................................3121
  VA burial benefits.........................................3033, 3034
Census data:
  Census 2000 address list.........................................3761
  Census 2000 boundary changes......................................406
  Correction........................................................403
  Release authorizations............................................404
  Special services and studies.................................402, 405
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
Cereals (food):
  WIC sugar limits..................................................235
CHAMPUS:
  Active Duty Dependents Dental Plan in overseas areas..............816
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest program....................818
  Preventative services.............................................822
  State Victims of Crime Compensation Programs......................819
  TRICARE Program:
    Eligibility requirements revisions..............................809
    Nonavailability statement.......................................815
    Prime balance billing...........................................821
    Reimbursement...................................................817
    Retiree Dental Program.....................................823, 825
    Selected Reserve Dental Program.................................824
  Voice prostheses..................................................819
  Waiver of collection of payments..................................820
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Charter operators................................................2069
  Passengers stranded by...........................................2060
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also specific chemicals
           Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3455
  Air pollution control......................................3182, 3195
  Arsenic in drinking water........................................3600
  Assessment information rule......................................3459
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3471
  Controlled chemicals exports......................................429
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1743
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3602
  Exports...........................................................429
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3463
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3460
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3443
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3458
  Ozone depleting..................................................3278

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    Aerosol products or other pressurized dispensers................960
    Refrigerant recycling........................3258, 3260, 3315, 3401
    Sales restrictions.............................................3259
    Substitutes....................................................3316
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3467
  Polymers and resins..............................................3251
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3443
  Test rules...............................3444, 3447, 3451, 3462, 3465
  Toxic substances.....................................3448, 3476, 3485
  Toxic substances in new chemicals................................3457
  Toxicity profiles................................................3446
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3473
  Traceable Reference Materials Program.............................444
  Use inventory rule...............................................3439
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations............................................1891
  Schooling, health, and well-being................................1891
  Violation penalties..............................................1898
Child support:
  Automated data processing funding limitation.....................1247
  Automated data processing requirements...........................1246
  Case closure.....................................................1253
  Debt collection by tax refund offset.............................2598
  Eligibility for food stamp program................................196
  Garnishment orders...............................................3857
  Medicaid referrals...............................................1158
  Non-performance TANF penalty.....................................1235
  Passport denial for nonpayment...................................2044
  Paternity establishment services:
    Requirements for voluntary entities............................1245
  Payments to Indian tribes........................................1232
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1252
  State Case Registry:
    Minimum data set...............................................1257
  State Directory of New Hires.....................................1244
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..............................1248
  Adverse actions against Head Start agencies......................1237
  Child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment.................1236
  Child poverty rate:
    State determination methodology................................1230
  Databases of convicted offenders.................................1865
  Head Start Services for Indian tribal children.............1243, 1255
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus for grants.....................1251
  Indian child protection programs.................................1045
  Medical child support............................................1177
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1249
  SSA benefits...............................................3962, 3964
  State performance requirements...................................1228
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..........................1926
    High performance bonus.........................................1231
    Work requirements..............................................1250
  Title IV-B planning requirements for tribes......................1259
  Title IV-E training..............................................1238
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4070
  Sale and distribution requirements................................962
  State and local requirement exemptions............................963
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....1799
  Age requirements for fingerprinting..............................1842
  Religious records................................................3988
  Standardized testing.............................................1853
Civil defense:
  See also Disaster assistance
  Military assistance to civil agencies.............................707
Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3143
  Education........................................................3724
  Equal Access to Justice Act......................................3754
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................1347
  Housing..........................................................1347
  Individuals with mental illness...................................936
  Language minority groups.........................................1740
  Nondiscrimination...............................370, 1984, 2061, 3872
    Activities assisted by the NEA...........................3718, 3721
    Activities assisted by the NEH...........................3718, 3723
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4095
    Federally assisted programs......1262, 1731, 1738, 1739, 3094, 3985
    HIPPA rules....................................................2764
    Housing..................................................1265, 1279
    Individuals with disabilities...1734, 1736, 1737, 2092, 3663, 3869, 
                                                                   3985
    USDA-conducted programs and activities..........................345
  Older individuals................................................1260
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3872
  Persons with life-threatening illnesses...........................989
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  Collection by HUD................................................1267
  Collection by the NEA............................................3716
  Collection by the OPM............................................3837
  Collection by the VA:
    Cross-reference to GAO/DOJ regulations.........................3122
  Customs regulations..............................................2695
  Debt Collection Improvement Act............................2593, 2594
  EEOC.............................................................3614
  False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................1862
  False drawback...................................................2659
  Federal Claims Collection Standards........................1869, 2593
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act........................1904, 1906
  FMS payments...............................................2582, 2591
  Food Stamp Program................................................182
  Government employees.......................................3818, 3847
  HUD..............................................................1348
  Medical care benefits............................................1932
  Medicare suppliers...............................................1167
  Public land rights-of-way........................................1381
  Third-party......................................................2236
  Veterans.........................................................3081
    Attorney fees..................................................3076
Classified information:
  Access.......................................................699, 877
  DOE Atomic Energy Act regulation..................................880
  DOE contractors...................................................913
  Military acquisitions.............................................702
  NARA records declassification....................................3700
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.......................................4356
  Nuclear material..................................................877
  OMB policies.....................................................3757
  Storage...........................................................700
  Uniform system for national security information..................903
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control

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Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1624
  Coal management............................................1661, 1662
  Coalbed methane development......................................1679
  Federal coal leases..............................................1697
  Moisture.........................................................1632
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1661
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
      Underground mining
Coastal Zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Administrative appeals process....................................800
  Biological test methods for pollutants...........................3577
  Coastal Zone Pollution Control Program............................536
  Development and production plans.................................1596
  Exploration plans................................................1596
  Fees for appeals..................................................534
  Shore protection.................................................2121
  TVA shoreline management.........................................3992
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3605
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program.............................................44
    Privately owned................................................2301
Coffee:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................169
Coins:
  See Currency
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Community college Hispanic enrollment............................1352
  DOD military officer educational requirements.....................714
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................703
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................709
  DOT grants.......................................................2071
  Grants administration.............................................411
  Grants to Indian colleges........................................1562
  Military recruiting access........................................711
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................127
  ROTC program access...............................................711
Color additives:
  Certification program fees........................................943
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Account identification for eligible bunched orders...............4058
  Bulk transfers or liquidations...................................4053
  Commodity option premium payments................................4057
  Consolidated orders..............................................4055
  Exemptive, no-action, and interpretive letters...................4060
  Minimum financial requirements...................................4059
  Risk disclosure statements.......................................4061
  Voting prohibitions..............................................4054
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4259
  DOT registration system..........................................2326
  Freight forwarders:
    FHWA general jurisdiction......................................2325
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1707
  Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1068
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4177
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4179
  Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4197
  Competitive bidding for broadband PCS............................4198
  Competitive bidding for IVDS.....................................4196
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4195
  Competitive bidding process......................................4205
  Digital audio broadcasting.................................4162, 4201
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4153
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4142
  Equal employment opportunity...............................4178, 4187
  Equipment authorization process..................................4148
  Forfeitures for violations.......................................4143
  Intelligent networks.............................................4141
  International common carriers....................................4163
  Maritime.........................................................4190
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4111
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4192
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4191
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4169
  Relocation of base stations for 200 MHz licenses.................4199
  Satellite:
    Digital audio radio service....................................4168
    Earth stations.................................................4167
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4154, 4166
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4169
    Spacing and applications.......................................4164
    Tracking and data relay........................................3688
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4165
  Spread spectrum rules............................................4156
  Tax liability of communications services.........................2891
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4173
  TV:
    Advanced systems...............................................4172
    Advertising practices..........................................4176
    Cable Act................................................4101, 4107
    Cable television rates.........................................4100
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4108
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4175
    Medical care telemetry devices.................................4157
    Over-the-air reception devices.................................4105
    Station ownership........................................4174, 4181
    Video programming accessibility................................4106
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4193
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4151
Communications common carriers:
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4115
  Toll free service access codes...................................4116
Communist countries:
  Export controls..................................................1482
Community action programs:
  Community transition program................................886, 1289
  Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities..........343, 1334, 1340
Community antenna television systems:
  See Cable television
Community colleges:
  See Colleges and universities
Community development:
  See also Community action programs
           Grant programs-housing and community development
  CDBF funds documentation.........................................1332
  Combining other government assistance with CPD assistance........1335
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2567
  Community Reinvestment Act.......................................3002
  Environmental regulations.........................................140

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  Financial assistance..............................................407
  Fisheries.........................................................470
  Hispanic-serving educational institutions........................1352
  Military base closures:
    Local Redevelopment Authorities.................................716
  Rural venture capital demonstration...............................352
  Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1331
  Small financial institutions:
    Examination cycle..............................................2641
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
      Workers' compensation
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................306
  Air carriers.........................................2069, 2078, 2093
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2445
  Cable television companies.......................................4104
  Communications Act...................................4195, 4196, 4198
  Government research...............................................634
  GSA regulations..................................................3653
  Medical plans...............................................928, 1214
  North American Free Trade Agreement..............................2034
  Sugar imports.....................................................302
  Telecommunications marketplace.............................4140, 4152
  Television marketplace...............................4100, 4108, 4172
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1919, 1920
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2685
  Computer reservations system.....................................2093
  Cytology specimens...............................................1119
  De Minimis exclusion for technology and software..................427
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4153
  Electronic filing..........................................2660, 4449
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2283
  Electronic filing of tax returns.................................2814
  Electronic records...................................2469, 3698, 3712
  Electronic requests for confidential treatment of export 
      manifest data................................................2670
  Electronic submission of adverse drug reaction reports............940
  Electronic submission of documents...............................4358
  Electronic submission of fisheries reports........................458
  Electronic ticketing of passengers...............................1770
  Electronic transactions standards for health plans...............1098
  Encryption software...............................................423
  Evidence of shipments in EDI procurement transactions............4018
  Exports...........................................................442
  Income taxes.....................................................2784
  Internet.........................................................4218
    Domain Name System..............................................671
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3711
  MMS electronic reporting.........................................1593
  NOAA's GOES Data Collection System................................596
  Sale, exchange or disposal of excess equipment...................3669
  Software classification..........................................1008
  Stored-value cards...............................................4269
Condominiums:
  Mortgages........................................................1300
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  Customs regulations..............................................2670
  EPA regulations..................................................3162
  FDA communications with State and foreign government officials 
                                                                    965
  PTO regulations...................................................678
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CFTC voting prohibition..........................................4054
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................818
  Ethical conduct...........................917, 3725, 3727, 3750, 3754
    DOL employees..................................................1887
  Ethics programs..................................................3752
  Exemptions.......................................................3742
  Financial disclosure.............................................3749
  Investment companies.............................................4455
  Judges...........................................................3958
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3745
  Physician referrals..............................................1069
  Post-government employment.......................................3748
  Regional Fishery Management Councils..............................539
  Salary supplementation...........................................3753
  Standards of conduct...........391, 695, 1379, 3747, 3870, 3873, 3987
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry..............................................1304
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2017
  Hazardous energy control.........................................2025
  Safety and health programs.......................................2023
  Safety standards.................................................1993
  Scaffold safety standards........................................2022
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Air transportation...............................................2069
  Baby walkers.....................................................4074
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................4062
  Bicycle helmets..................................................4076
  Bunk bed requirements............................................4067
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................4104
  Child-resistant packaging............................4069, 4072, 4077
  Cigarette lighters...............................................4070
  Consumer credit transactions.....................................4293
  Crib safety standards............................................4063
  Disclosures..........................................4303, 4304, 4307
  Flammability standards...........................................4073
    Children's sleepwear...........................................4066
    Clothing textiles..............................................4064
    Upholstered furniture..........................................4068
  Household goods transportation...................................2292
  Infant formula quality control...................................1004
  Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (IDSM)....................4302
  Lead-based paint...........................................1280, 3440
  Meat and meat products............................................269
  Medical devices............................................1012, 1019
  Notices to passengers............................................2065
  Over-the-counter drugs..................................942, 983, 988
  Premerger notification...........................................4295
  Product warranties.........................................4300, 4301
  RESPA amendments.....................................1313, 1314, 1325
  Truth-in-Lending...........................................1325, 4293
  Truth-in-Savings.................................................4280
  Water supply.....................................................3597
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Air pollution control......................................3399, 3400
  Filing fees for required records.................................1599
  Geological and geophysical exploration of........................1618
  Leasing:
    Royalty relief...........................................1614, 1619
  Memorandum of understanding between DOT and DOI..................1610
  Offshore structures..............................................2538
    Oil spill prevention and response..............................3524
    Seismic reassessment of California platforms...................1607

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  Oil and gas worker training......................................1595
  Oil, gas and sulphur operations............................1598, 1608
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.......................................3594
Corn:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................161
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cotton:
  Crop insurance....................................................149
  Production flexibility contract....................................82
  Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program...................88
Countervailing duties:
  Administrative procedures.........................................414
  Protective order violations.......................................413
  Sunset reviews....................................................415
Courts:
  Damage awards....................................................2816
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1758
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................4212
  Debt collection..........................2599, 3631, 3716, 3837, 3899
    Administrative offsets.............................1267, 2584, 2585
    Administrative offsets by EEOC.................................3608
    Administrative offsets by the SBA..............................3908
    Debt Collection Improvement Act................................3708
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2602
    OASDI overpayment..............................................3989
    Tax refund offsets............................187, 1267, 2597, 2735
    Transfer of referral of delinquent nontax debts................2600
  Debt instruments...........................................2962, 2967
  Debt sales.......................................................2603
  Debt writedown:
    Shared appreciation agreements...................................91
  Delinquent debtors...............................................2586
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2587
  Direct line of credit..............................................69
  Disaster Set-Aside program.........................................73
  Disclosure requirements..........................................4293
  DOD acquisition regulations.......................................720
  Equal credit opportunity...................................4266, 4284
  Lending limit regulation.........................................2648
  Partners and partnership.........................................2865
  Qualified nonrecourse financing..................................2824
  Rating organizations.............................................4482
  Recourse debt....................................................2824
  Regulation U.....................................................4291
  Self-tests conducted by creditors................................4284
Credit unions:
  Business loans:
    Streamlining...................................................4324
  Bylaws revisions.................................................4317
  Central liquidity facility.......................................4330
  Change in official or senior executive officer...................4319
  Chartering and field of membership policies......................4318
  Creditor claims..................................................4322
  DIMIA compliance.................................................4316
  E-FOIA...........................................................4333
  Fidelity bond requirements.......................................4320
  FOIA.............................................................4333
  Golden parachute payments........................................4314
  Indemnification..................................................4314
  Information disclosure requirements..............................4333
  Insurance and group purchasing activities........................4323
  Insurance coverage...............................................4320
  Investment and deposit activities................................4325
  Liquidations.....................................................4322
  Loan purchase, sale, and pledge..................................4321
  Mergers or conversions:
    Insured status.................................................4329
    Non-credit union status........................................4331
  NCUA Interpretive Rulings and Policy Statements..................4328
  Newly chartered..................................................4319
  Organization and operations......................................4332
  Ownership of fixed assets........................................4315
  Service contracts................................................4326
  Troubled condition...............................................4319
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    In-transit passengers..........................................1769
  Confidentiality of DOJ information...............................1881
  Criminal and terrorist aliens....................................1824
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1876
  Criminal justice block grants....................................1882
  Databases of convicted offenders.....................1865, 1866, 1878
  Denial of SSI benefits to felons and probation and parole 
      violators....................................................3937
  Domestic violence................................................2610
  FCSIC referral of criminal violations............................4096
  Financial institution reporting requirements.....................2576
  Forest System lands...............................................333
  Motor vehicle theft..............................................2340
  Prostitution.....................................................1775
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1834
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1867
  Stolen pet dogs and cats..........................................118
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1877
  Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act....................2633
  Violent crimes against nonprofit organizations...................1339
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations.........................152, 157, 158, 159
  Application for...................................................148
  Catastrophic risk protection.................................169, 170
  Conservation program appeals procedures............................38
  Cotton............................................................149
  Grains.......................................................150, 151
  Group Risk Plan...................................................155
  High risk land....................................................147
  Highly erodible land and wetlands............................162, 163
  Insurance by written agreement....................................156
  Nonstandard classification system.................................152
  Nursery crop......................................................165
  Peanuts...........................................................154
  Popcorn corn......................................................161
  Potatoes..........................................................167
  Rice..............................................................166
  Sunflowers........................................................171
  Tobacco......................................................153, 160
  Tomatoes..........................................................168
  Wheat.............................................................150
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline fructose:
  Marketing allotment program........................................21

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Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure......................................1962, 2024
Cultural exchange programs.........................................1482
  Exchange Visitor Program.........................................3994
Currency:
  See also Foreign currencies
  Reporting exemptions.............................................2572
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Accreditation of commercial testing laboratories.................2651
  Aircraft manifests...............................................2691
  Andean trade preference..........................................2664
  Automated Clearinghouse credit...................................2662
  Centralized Examination Stations.................................2698
  Commercial gaugers approval......................................2651
  Counterfeited trademarks...................................2658, 2676
  Country of origin determinations.................................2684
  Country of origin marking............................2665, 2687, 2689
  Cultural property regulations....................................2654
  Detention of merchandise.........................................2667
  Drawback claims..................................................2695
  Duty-free insular watches.........................................418
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2688
  Electronic filing of entries of merchandise......................2660
  Excluded goods:
    Disposition....................................................2676
  Export manifest data.............................................2670
  Fee and interest.................................................2654
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2686
  Foreign-based commercial motor vehicles..........................2656
  General enforcement..............................................2696
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2682, 2683
  Illegal entry:
    Penalties......................................................2657
  Informal entry...................................................2699
  Inventory accounts...............................................2763
  Land Border Carrier Initiative Program...........................2678
  Merchandise definition...........................................2763
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2661, 2668, 2669
  Ports of entry...................................................2677
  Prior disclosure of violations...................................2672
  Publication of filer codes.......................................2693
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2655
  Recordkeeping requirements.................................2666, 2668
  Seizures, penalties and liquidated damages.......................2674
  Shooks and staves................................................2679
  Tariffs:
    Filing requirements............................................2076
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2652
  Temporary admission agreements:
    Taiwan and Taipei..............................................2697
  Tonnage tax exemption............................................2701
  Toxic substances.................................................2675
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2653
  Unentered merchandise............................................2673


                                   D

Dairy products:
  See also specific dairy products
  Dairy Options Pilot Program.......................................164
  Grading and inspection..........................................7, 11
  Quotas............................................................299
  Transportation and storage........................................286
  User fees..........................................................11
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Day care:
  Food program.................................................209, 244
  VA facilities....................................................3095
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants......................................................2636
  EPA changes......................................................3158
  Social Security Administration...................................3975
  Transportation Department........................................2091
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:
  Active Duty Dependents Dental Plan................................816
  Amalgam ingredient labeling......................................1007
  TRICARE Program for reserves......................................824
  TRICARE Program for retirees.................................823, 825
  Veterans' disability rating......................................3052
Dental schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
  See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
  See Bank deposit insurance
Desegregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Diabetes:
  Medicare coverage for blood glucose monitors and test strips.....1206
  Qualification of diabetic truck drivers..........................2306
Disability benefits:
  See also Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
           Railroad retirement
           Workers' compensation
  Reduction of Social Security benefits based on workers' 
      compensation.................................................3944
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............................................3620, 3638
  American Indian livestock feed assistance..........................86
  Appeals procedures.........................................3624, 3636
  Cost-share adjustments...........................................3616
  Declaration process..............................................3616
  Eligible forage crops..............................................80
  Farmers.....................34, 77, 156, 159, 160, 161, 169, 170, 171
  Fire suppression assistance......................................3625
  Floods...............................................1272, 3617, 3618
    National Flood Insurance Program fee schedule..................3634
  Food stamps and food distribution.................................238
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program......................3624, 3626, 3633
  Housing Resources Program:
    Dissolution of program.........................................3635
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................3619, 3621

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  NEPA emergency actions............................................340
  Public lands damage repairs......................................1670
  Restoration of damaged facilities................................3638
  Snow removal.....................................................3637
  Tax relief.......................................................2762
  Tree assistance program............................................96
  Unemployment assistance..........................................1916
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.........................................1287
  Drug-free workplace.............................879, 2091, 3707, 3975
  Felony offense restrictions......................................1750
  Medicaid program.................................................1126
  Narcotic addict treatment.........................................948
  Railroad operations..............................................2497
  SSA representative payee reforms.................................3966
  Substance abuse block grants......................................935
  Transit operations...............................................2502
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1877
Drug testing:
  NRC rule.........................................................4399
  Transportation personnel.....2056, 2068, 2170, 2248, 2500, 2535, 2536
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances:
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1742
    Ephedrine/guaifenesin..........................................1753
    Freight forwarding facilities..................................1745
    Habit-forming drugs............................................1022
    Psychotropic substances........................................1749
  Distributor registration.........................................1753
  Diversion control fee account....................................1744
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1743
  FAA regulations..................................................2158
  Hydrochloric gas thresholds......................................1746
  Iodine thresholds................................................1746
  Land Border Carrier Initiative Program...........................2678
Drugs:
  See also specific drugs
           Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Adverse drug experiences..........................................990
  Adverse experience reporting................................955, 1027
  Adverse reaction reports..........................................940
  Aluminum containing...............................................986
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................947
  Clinical holds...................................................1024
  Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act........................1747
  Contraceptive drugs..............................................1012
  Current good manufacturing practice..........................985, 991
  Debarment certification regulations..............................1013
  Dispute resolution...............................................1003
  Drug manufacturer safety and effectiveness assessment.............994
  Drug Master File..................................................987
  Drug Pricing Program.............................................1041
  Drugs for life-threatening illnesses..............................989
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1021
  Habit-forming drugs.........................................999, 1022
  Informed consent regulations......................................952
  Inhalation solution products......................................990
  Insulin certification..................................943, 998, 1025
  Insulin-containing products.......................................975
  Investigational new drugs.............950, 974, 989, 1014, 1026, 1031
  Labeling.....................................................954, 991
  Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1107
  Minoxidil........................................................4071
  Narcotic addict treatment.........................................948
  New drug applications......................973, 987, 1024, 1026, 1028
  Patent holder notification for new drugs.........................1016
  Pediatric.........................................................994
  Personal medical use.............................................1752
  PET radiopharmaceuticals.........................................1033
  Pharmacy compounding.............................................1000
  Phenylpropanolamine..............................................1748
  Progestational....................................................976
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1741
  Pseudoephedrine..................................................1748
  Radiopharmaceuticals...................................957, 979, 4410
  Registration for distributors....................................1748
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........964
  Registration of producers........................................1009
  Unapproved new uses information...................................966
  Withdrawn or removed from the market.............................1000


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey.................395, 397
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes...........399, 400, 401
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
           Elementary and secondary education
           Equal educational opportunity
           Indians-education
           Libraries
           School breakfast and lunch programs
           Schools
           Students
           Teachers
  Acquisition and transfer of excess personal property..............344
  Administrative regulations........................................832
  Aeromedical education............................................2180

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  Direct grant programs.............................................832
  ED general administrative regulations.............................831
  Federal work-study programs.......................................843
  General Education Provisions Act..................................829
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................128
  Magnet schools assistance program.................................837
  National Security Education Program...............................693
  National Service Trust...........................................3145
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1057
  NIH scholarships.................................................1047
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1050
  Nondiscrimination................................................3093
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1702
  Qualified state tuition programs.................................2711
  Records exempted from the Privacy Act.............................828
  Removal of regulations............................................848
  Training programs................................................3628
  USDA program......................................................122
  Veterans.........................................................3023
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3019
    Election of benefits...........................................3053
    Flight training..........................................3025, 3059
    Independent study approval.....................................3105
    Montgomery G.I. Bill.........................3018, 3021, 3066, 3107
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................3049
    Regulations revision...........................................3108
    Reservists...............................................3024, 3103
    Survivors and dependents.................................3068, 3106
Education of disadvantaged:
  Disadvantaged children............................................836
  Head Start Program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1229
    Indian tribal children...................................1243, 1255
    Safe transportation of children................................1241
    Standards for purchase of facilities...........................1242
  Head Start Programs:
    Family care as an option.......................................1239
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Children..........................................................847
  Rehabilitation services...........................................845
Educational facilities:
  Authorization to enroll F-1 students.............................1778
  DOE contractors...................................................887
  FmHA programs......................................................33
  Grants administration............................................3127
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection...................................826, 1055
  OERI conduct standards............................................834
  OERI exemplary and promising programs.............................835
  Protection of human subjects......................................830
Eggs and egg products:
  HACCP programs....................................................248
  Inspection...................................................251, 294
  Labeling..........................................................294
  Performance standards:
    Foodborne pathogens.............................................248
  Refrigeration and labeling...................................285, 939
  Safe handling labeling statements.................................939
  Salmonella enteritidis..................................248, 250, 939
  Transportation and storage........................................286
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
           Voting rights
  Indian tribal governments..................................1564, 1565
Electric power:
  See also Electric power plants
           Electric utilities
  Alternative power pooling institutions...........................4238
  Export authorization..............................................893
  Rural electrification....358, 359, 363, 364, 369, 370, 372, 373, 374, 
                                                               375, 381
  Worker safety....................................................2021
Electric power plants:
  Additions and extensions..........................................362
  Emissions........................................................3223
  Hydropower facility licensing....................................4241
Electric utilities:
  Additions and extensions..........................................362
  FERC Form No. 1 changes..........................................4234
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1575
  National Forest System............................................323
  Private activity bond rules..........................2836, 2921, 2922
  Purchases and sales..............................................4233
  Standards and specifications................................368, 1956
  Steam generating facilities......................................3314
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic benefit transfer systems.........................199, 2595
  Federal agency disbursements.....................................2592
  Federal Supply Service contracts.................................3657
  Federal tax payments.......................................2589, 2734
  FRS Regulation E revision........................................4269
  Regulatory streamlining..........................................2998
Elementary and secondary education:
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1778
Emblems:
  See Signs and symbols
Emergency medical services:
  Medicare requirements......................................1102, 1117
  Undocumented aliens..............................................1200
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Cafeteria plans............................................2903, 2920
  Claims...........................................................1932
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1929
  Defined contribution plans.......................................1946
  Family and medical leave.........................................2903
  Increase in exemptive dollar amounts.............................4429
  Nondiscrimination................................................2983
  Participant contributions to plan assets.........................1947
  Plan documents filing penalties..................................1936
  Plan documents filing requirements...............................1934
  Plan documents requested by Secretary of Labor...................1935
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............1930, 1933, 1946
  Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE).............1947
  Taxation...................................................2800, 2849
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens.....1767, 1780, 1789, 1790, 1805, 1815, 1846, 1905, 1923, 1927
  Au pairs.........................................................3995
  BIA regulations elimination......................................1550
  Community service programs information disclosure................3147
  Community transition program......................................886
  Definitions for salary basis.....................................1908
  Domestic services................................................1901
  Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.....................1340
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1893
  Lower income persons.............................................1345
  Removal of restrictions on employing certain individuals.........1750
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   1912
  Verification of employment.................................1780, 1815
Employment taxes:
  Real estate agents...............................................2887

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  Unemployment repayment...........................................2897
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addresses for submissions of permit applications.................1396
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1515
  Aquatic snails...................................................1435
  Arkansas River shiner............................................1449
  Atlantic salmon..................................................1521
  Behren's silverspot butterfly....................................1515
  Black legless lizard.............................................1457
  Blackburn's sphinx moth..........................................1485
  Bog turtles......................................................1518
  Brother's Island tuatara.........................................1519
  Bull trout.......................................................1492
  California plants................................................1466
  Callippe silverspot butterfly....................................1515
  Captive breeding.................................................1440
  Cheetah..........................................................1414
  CITES decisions..................................................1389
  CITES meetings...................................................1433
  Coho salmon.......................................................554
  Conservation activities...........................................589
  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
      Flora and Fauna........................................1468, 1469
  Cowhead Lake tui chub............................................1423
  Critical habitat.......526, 582, 587, 665, 667, 668, 669, 1443, 1453, 
                                                       1458, 1463, 1481
  Eagles...........................................................1429
  Ferrets..........................................................1476
  Florida panther..................................................1448
  Freshwater mussels.........................................1428, 1516
  Freshwater snails................................................1428
  Gray wolf........................................................1500
  Grizzly bears....................................................1477
  Illinois cave amphipod...........................................1494
  Incidental take regulations.......................................589
  Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1448
  Johnson's seagrass................................................665
  Kauai Cave amphipod..............................................1497
  Kauai Cave wolf spider...........................................1497
  Koala............................................................1394
  Least chub.......................................................1454
  List, reclassify, or delist.......1441, 1443, 1444, 1445, 1446, 1462, 
                                                       1470, 1471, 1523
  Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1445
  Lost River suckers...............................................1453
  Manatees.........................................................1501
  Mariana fruit bat................................................1509
  Mexican wolves...................................................1520
  Mussels..........................................................1478
  Newcomb's snail..................................................1491
  NOAA incidental take regulations..................................624
  Northern Idaho ground squirrel...................................1510
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1461
  Oahu elepaio.....................................................1398
  Pallid manzanita.................................................1465
  Parish's alkali grass............................................1446
  Pecos pupfish..............................................1505, 1514
  Peregrine falcon.................................................1426
  Permit requirements and exemptions...............................1474
  Pesticide labeling program.......................................3425
  Plants:
    Blumer's dock..................................................1425
    California plants..........1451, 1455, 1457, 1464, 1467, 1522, 1524
    Camatta Canyon amole...........................................1416
    Catesbaea melanocarpa..........................................1502
    Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1512
    Desert milk vetch..............................................1506
    Devil's River minnow...........................................1511
    Fender's blue butterfly........................................1399
    Gaviota tarplant...............................................1419
    Gentner's fritilaria...........................................1508
    Hawaii.........................................................1486
    Howell's spectacular thelypody.................................1503
    Ione buckwheat.................................................1489
    Ione manzanita.................................................1489
    Keck's sidalcea................................................1493
    Kincaid's lupine...............................................1399
    Kneeland prairie penny cress...................................1400
    LaGraciosa thistle.............................................1417
    Larkspurs......................................................1487
    Lloyd's hedgehog cactus, removal...............................1473
    Lompoc yerba santa.............................................1418
    Mexican plants.................................................1467
    Nipomo Mesa lupine.............................................1421
    Puzzle sunflower...............................................1424
    Rough popcornflower............................................1499
    San Francisco plants...........................................1522
    Santa Cruz tarplant............................................1420
    Virginia sneezeweed............................................1436
    Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow.............................1495
    Wilamette daisy................................................1399
    Yreka phlox....................................................1422
    Zapata bladderpod..............................................1504
  Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse....................................1481
  Regulations consolidation....................................531, 562
  Riparian brush rabbit............................................1498
  Riparian woodrat.................................................1498
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1447
  Safe harbors.....................................................1474
  San Bernadino kangaroo rat.......................................1401
  San Xavier talussnail............................................1444
  Sea turtles.............................................587, 619, 666
  Short-tailed albatross...........................................1427
  Shortnose suckers................................................1453
  Snake River chinook salmon........................................623
  St. Andrew beach mouse...........................................1437
  Texas aquatic invertebrates......................................1523
  Topeka shiner....................................................1438
  Tropical birds...................................................1450
  Vicuna...........................................................1391
  Virgin River fishes........................................1462, 1463
  Western snowy plover.............................................1458
  Yacare caiman....................................................1471
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Geothermal energy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Alternative fuels......................................851, 860, 3282
  Capacity reservations............................................4240
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................919
  DEAR amendments...................................................900
    Acquisitions....................................................915
    Rights in data..................................................905
  DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................706
  DOE certification requirements....................................914
  DOE Privacy Act regulations.......................................898
  Extension of coverage of energy statistical programs.............3764
  FERC fuel cost adjustment clause.................................4237
  FERC reporting requirements......................................4236
  Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste Management......3503
  Fuel excise taxes................................................2890
  Privacy Act regulations...........................................884
  Research grants...................................................895
  Transmission tariff filings......................................4240
  Uranium mill sites................................................890
  Wastes from fossil fuel combustion...............................3520
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy

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  Appliance efficiency standards................850, 853, 854, 867, 874
  Efficiency standards:
    Clothes dryers..................................................870
    Clothes washers.................................................849
    Direct heating equipment........................................871
    Dishwashers.....................................................870
    Electric motors, 200 hp.........................................872
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................873
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................868
    Major residential appliances....................................863
    Pool heaters....................................................871
  Electric motor vehicles...........................................865
  Electric motors...................................................862
  Federal buildings............................................859, 861
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1292
  Plumbing products.................................................875
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................866
  Test procedures.........................................852, 874, 875
  Testing requirements:
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................858
    Commercial heating equipment....................................857
    Commercial water heaters........................................856
    Electric motors, small..........................................869
    Electronic distribution transformers............................855
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................868
    Refrigerators...................................................876
    Water heaters...................................................864
Environmental impact statements:
  Antarctic impact assessment......................................3163
  Department of Transportation regulations.......2130, 2301, 2319, 2473
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......3732, 3733, 3734
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3163
  Chemicals......................................3439, 3443, 3447, 3465
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3152
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3605
  Content requirements for state operating permits.................3205
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3165
  Environmental impact analysis process.............................807
  Environmentally preferable products..............................4034
  EPA acquisition regulations................................3158, 3168
  Farm Service Agency............................................63, 64
  Federal water resource development................................799
  Grants administration.............................................896
  HUD........................................................1273, 1286
  Locatable mineral mining.........................................1667
  Monitoring.......................................................3379
  National Environmental Policy Act...........................317, 3717
  National Forest System.......................................316, 325
  National Science Foundation......................................3733
  NEPA emergency actions............................................340
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................633
  Pesticides.......................................................3411
  Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................3163
  Radon............................................................4368
  Restoration of DOD facilities................................710, 712
  Rural areas.......................................................365
  Rural economic development........................................140
  Transit projects.................................................2504
Equal access to justice:
  Department of Health and Human Services...........................937
  Department of Labor..............................................1886
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................703
  Education Act Amendments of 1972.................................3724
  Federally assisted education programs....390, 1376, 1731, 3148, 3644, 
                                                                   3720
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.......................................................3607, 3610
  Broadcast industry...............................................4187
  Complaint processing.............................................3611
  Discrimination complaint procedures........................3606, 3610
  Disparate impact theory..........................................3612
  Government contractors...........................................1890
  Government employees.................................3606, 3611, 4178
  Indians..........................................................1586
  Individuals with disabilities....................................3611
  Interagency coordination of issuances............................3615
  Waiver of rights and claims......................................3614
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Charitable transfers.............................................2949
  Farms............................................................2885
  Reformable interest..............................................2949
  Taxation of property distributed in kind.........................2965
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..........................................................2614
  Arms and munitions...................................2617, 2618, 2634
  Deposits...................................................2820, 2977
  Diesel fuel................................................2890, 2954
  Excess benefits transactions.....................................2730
  Filing requirements..............................................2956
  Fuels............................................................2955
  Kerosene.........................................................2757
  Luxury items...............................................2888, 2952
  Prepaid telephone cards....................................2729, 2802
  Vehicles.........................................................2738
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Deletion from regulated substance list...........................3481
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2235
  Fireworks..................................................2609, 2615
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................2102
  Manufacturer licensing...........................................2615
  Military munitions................................................696
  Plastic explosives...............................................2616
  Storage sites....................................................2615
  Table of distances...............................................2615
Exports:
  Administration regulations...................................426, 439
  Agricultural commodities.......................92, 300, 306, 307, 308
  Alligator skins..................................................1483
  American ginseng.................................................1430
  Antiterrorism controls............................................428
  Arms and munitions:
    ITAR controls..................................................2047
  Automated Export System...........................................399
  Bluefin tuna re-export certificates...............................447
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................301
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................430, 433
  Chemicals........................................................3462
  Commerce Control List.........................420, 422, 426, 438, 439
  Communication intercepting devices................................422
  Computer technology...............................................426
  Controlled chemicals..............................................429

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  De Minimis exclusion for technology and software..................427
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2605
  Duty to inquire...................................................441
  Encryption software...............................................423
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................434
  Exporter definition...............................................400
  Fastener Quality Act..............................................445
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................431
  Foreign military sales designator.................................401
  Ginseng..........................................................1480
  High performance computers........................................442
  Humanitarian donations............................................424
  Investigational new drugs.........................................950
  Libya.............................................................435
  License exceptions................................................424
  Licensing.........................................................437
  Manifest data....................................................2670
  Marine mammal products.....................................1392, 1482
  North Korea......................................................2059
  Nuclear equipment and materials...................................425
  Nuclear weapons...................................................440
  OETCA regulations update..........................................416
  Oscilloscopes.....................................................440
  Pesticides.......................................................3430
  Prohibited to domestic markets...................................1030
  Reexports.........................................................435
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.....................300, 961
  River otters.....................................................1468
  Satellites........................................................420
  Shooks and staves................................................2679
  Sugar.............................................................302
  Technology........................................................430
  Timber from western states........................................421
  Tobacco..........................................................2628
  Used motor vehicles..............................................2680
  Veterinary user fees..............................................103
  Weapons proliferation controls....................................438
  Wildlife...................................................1412, 1469
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Civil penalties for violations...................................1346
  Compliance requirements......................................130, 351
    Performance standards..........................................1343
  Home Loan Data System............................................2647
  Housing for Older Persons Act....................................1344
  Nondiscrimination requirements....................................145
  Occupancy standards........................................1288, 1362
Family planning:
  Abortion-related services compliance standards...................1059
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus................................1251
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......1734, 1736, 1737, 3134, 
                                                                   3140
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3139
    Play areas.....................................................3135
  Base closure community assistance.................................716
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................695
  Distribution of printed matter...................................1549
  DOD technical assistance for environmental restoration............712
  Energy performance standards.................................859, 861
  GSA regulations................................3648, 3649, 3650, 3659
  Kennedy Center...................................................1549
  Military range assessment.........................................696
  Presidential library facilities..................................3709
  Private organizations on DoD installations........................691
  Property management..............................................3677
  Smoking policy...................................................3662
  Uniform identification information...............................3431
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Appointment and election of Directors............................4244
  Authority to approve bylaws......................................4251
  Definitions:
    State..........................................................4257
  Disclosure requirements..........................................4253
  Employee selection and compensation..............................4246
  Financial management policy......................................4243
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................4252
  Letters of credit................................................4245
  Membership regulation technical amendments.......................4249
  Mission fulfillment..............................................4255
  President base salary caps.......................................4248
  Rural banks......................................................4250
  Securities.......................................................4219
    Book-entry procedures..........................................4256
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Availability of information rules................................4294
  Bank holding companies.....................................4273, 4276
    Section 20 subsidiaries........................................4292
  Capital:
    Leveraged......................................................4275
    Risk-based.....................................................4275
  Capital stock....................................................4277
  Check collection.................................................4290
  Consumer regulations review......................................4261
  Electronic funds transfers.................................4269, 4290
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4266
  Examination cycles...............................................3003
  Fedwire operations...............................................4290
  Margin regulations...............................................4286
  Margin regulations review........................................4263
  Membership.....................................4271, 4273, 4276, 4288
  Privately operated multilateral settlement systems...............4281
  Public availability of information...............................4282
  Reserve requirements:
    Depository institutions........................................4267
    Depository requirements..................................4268, 4285
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4270
  State banks..........................................4262, 4272, 4289
  Streamlining regulations.........................................4265
  Transaction between a member bank and its subsidiaries...........4283
  Truth-in-savings.................................................4280
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Federally affected areas:
  Immigration boundaries...........................................1859
Feed grains.........................................................177
  Production flexibility contract....................................82
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships

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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:
    Cargo/baggage compartments.....................................2243
    Crash-resistant fuel systems...................................2154
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................2200
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2157
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4400
  Occupational safety regulation...................................1997
  Underground coal mines...........................................1966
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Catch limits......................................................506
  Definition of harm................................................590
  Endangered and threatened....554, 566, 567, 568, 590, 621, 628, 1423, 
           1438, 1449, 1453, 1454, 1462, 1463, 1492, 1505, 1511, 1516, 
                                                                   1521
  Halibut Donation Program..........................................480
  Restoration programs........................................601, 1484
  Size limits........................................496, 506, 515, 646
Fisheries:
  Alaska........................................458, 461, 500, 635, 638
  Amberjack.........................................................575
  American lobster..................................................600
  American Samoa....................................................662
  Anchovy...........................................................560
  Atlantic billfish............................................450, 515
  Atlantic bluefish.................................................455
  Atlantic Coast:
    Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...................................464
  Atlantic herring..................................................460
  Atlantic highly migratory species.................................545
  Atlantic mackerel.......................................508, 656, 660
  Atlantic Ocean....................................................449
  Atlantic sea scallop..............................................466
  Atlantic sharks..............................................472, 544
  Atlantic surf clams...............................................448
  Atlantic swordfish................................................642
  Atlantic tuna................................................473, 474
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.............................543, 614, 637
  Black grouper.....................................................575
  Black sea bass...............................................506, 658
  Bottomfish........................................................510
  Butterfish...................................................656, 660
  Capacity reduction program........................................505
  Catch sharing plan...........................................663, 664
  Classification and listing........................................533
  Corals and coral reefs..................................453, 490, 501
  Critical habitat.........................526, 582, 587, 667, 668, 669
  Dolphin encirclement prohibition..................................583
  Dolphin mortality limit......................................525, 580
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................530
  Flounder...........................................506, 619, 658, 670
  Gag...............................................................575
  Golden crab.......................................................497
  Groundfish.....454, 458, 461, 465, 480, 504, 510, 513, 543, 548, 569, 
                                 614, 615, 635, 636, 637, 640, 641, 643
  Gulf of Alaska..........................................454, 614, 637
  Gulf of Mexico.....................................457, 540, 542, 591
  Halibut............................................558, 610, 652, 653
  Hawaiian Islands..................................................502
  Herring...........................................................644
  Incidental take regulations....524, 525, 583, 584, 588, 622, 624, 666
  King crabs........................................................543
  King mackerel.....................................................546
  Lobster..................................477, 502, 549, 572, 605, 606
  Mackerel..........................................................644
  Mahogany clams....................................................448
  Marine mammal deterrence..........................................584
  Marine mammal programs...................523, 527, 528, 553, 586, 645
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.................................530, 588
  Migratory species.................................................475
  Monkfish..........................................................468
  National Undersea Research Program................................634
  No surprises policy..............................................1488
  North Pacific.....................................................459
  Ocean quahogs.....................................................448
  Pacific Coast................................................599, 636
  Pacific halibut..............................................663, 664
  Pelagic........................451, 463, 486, 540, 546, 644, 659, 661
  Pollock...........................................................503
  Puerto Rico..................................................452, 453
  Red porgy.........................................................575
  Red snapper........................................519, 573, 576, 639
  Reef fish...........................452, 494, 519, 520, 547, 573, 639
  Regional Fishery Management Council disclosures...................539
  Regulation consolidation..........................................545
  Research reserves.................................................513
  Rockfish................................................481, 599, 649
  Sablefish....................................................485, 491
  Salmon..............................511, 561, 566, 567, 568, 628, 669
  Scallops.....................................................469, 647
  Scientific research...............................................585
  Scup.........................................................506, 658
  Sea turtle conservation...........................................591
  Seabird avoidance measures........................................657
  Shrimp...................................457, 493, 495, 542, 591, 626
  Snapper-grouper...............................521, 541, 574, 575, 646
  Snow crab.........................................................641
  South Atlantic...............................................540, 541
  Spanish mackerel..................................................546
  Squid........................................................656, 660
  Stone crab...................................................498, 549
  Swordfish...............................................496, 517, 538
  Tanner crabs.................................................465, 543
  Tilefish..........................................................449
  Tuna.....................................447, 514, 524, 525, 570, 583
  U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................452, 453
  Western Pacific region............................................451
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................530
Fishery management plans:
  Administrative:
    Bycatch percentage revision.....................................648
    Bycatch reduction measures.................................495, 602
    Compliance......................................................483
    Essential fish habitats.........................................550
    Fishery Management Councils......................471, 479, 551, 556
    Gulf of Mexico..................................................494
    List of gear and fisheries......................................499
    National standards..............................................551
    Redefinition of terms......................................550, 604
  Alaska............................................................469
  Atlantic................................................466, 508, 577
    Atlantic Coast........................................475, 605, 606
    North Atlantic..................................................659
    South Atlantic..................................................549
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...481, 487, 504, 603, 640, 641, 650, 652, 
                                                                    653
  Bycatch reduction measures........................................493
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)...............................471, 477
  Gulf of Alaska...........................487, 504, 603, 615, 616, 643
  Gulf of Mexico......492, 495, 498, 516, 519, 520, 546, 547, 549, 573, 
                                                               576, 639

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  Hawaiian Islands........................................510, 559, 572
  Highly migratory species................................499, 518, 565
  North Pacific.....................................................465
  North right whales................................................627
  Northeast multispecies...................468, 557, 563, 571, 607, 644
  Northeast Region..................................................509
  Northern anchovy..................................................661
  Pacific Coast................................................511, 561
  Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreements...........................471
  Sea scallop.......................................................577
  South Atlantic................................484, 493, 497, 516, 546
  Spiny dogfish.....................................................507
  Western Pacific.....................463, 486, 489, 490, 501, 569, 572
Fishing:
  Bycatch reduction measures........................................602
  Catch limits............................................520, 575, 576
  Coastal Zone Management Act..................................534, 536
  Compensatory fishing.........................................512, 522
  Conservation programs....447, 471, 472, 476, 501, 505, 510, 511, 518, 
                                                550, 569, 573, 574, 616
  Data collection program...........................................597
  Gillnets..........................................................464
  Glacier Bay National Park........................................1537
  North Pacific Loan Program........................................608
  Permit requirements and exemptions.................471, 476, 478, 589
  Quotas.......................................................514, 614
    Anchovy.........................................................560
    Clarification...................................................638
    Halibut.........................................................500
    Individual fishing quota definition.............................617
    Sablefish.......................................................500
  Quotas and harvest guidelines......................470, 642, 644, 670
    Landing notices.................................................467
  Shenandoah National Park.........................................1547
  Snake River chinook salmon........................................623
  Sport fishing:
    Catch sharing plan.........................................663, 664
    Sport Fish Restoration Program.................................1388
    Tournaments.....................................................515
  Subsistence management regulations.........................1411, 1432
Fishing vessels:
  Charter boats.....................................................611
  Compensatory fishing.........................................512, 522
  Days at sea.......................................................466
  Foreign vessels...................................................471
  Framework adjustment..............................................557
  Gear preemption issues.......................................481, 650
  High Seas Fishing Compliance Act..................................462
  Inshore/offshore reallocation.....................................609
  Licenses..........................................................613
  Limited entry permits...................................471, 478, 548
  Longline vessels........................................451, 456, 662
  Observer policy................456, 459, 524, 552, 612, 618, 651, 654
  Ownership requirements............................................488
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................564
  Safety equipment and operating procedures...................552, 2120
  Scallop vessels...................................................577
  Shrimp vessel registration........................................626
  Standard definitions..............................................598
  Transfer, replacement, and upgrade................................509
  Trawl mesh size..............................................563, 607
  Trawlers..........................................................542
  Tuna vessels......................................................579
  Vessel monitoring system pilot program............................517
Flammable materials:
  Combustible and flammable liquids................................1997
  Exemption from regulated substance list..........................3481
  Flammability standards.....................................4064, 4073
  Pesticide foggers................................................3413
  Upholstered furniture............................................4068
Flaxseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Flood control:
  Flood Risk Reduction Program.......................................81
  Impoundment regulations..........................................1952
Flood insurance:
  Assistance to private sector property insurers...................3639
  Contracts........................................................3618
  Deductible.......................................................3641
  Flood plain certificate..........................................1323
  Group Flood Insurance Policy.....................................3617
  HUD programs...............................................1272, 1294
  National Flood Insurance Act of 1994..............................141
  Waiting period...................................................3640
  Zone AR designation..............................................3632
Flood plains:
  Administrative appeals process....................................800
  Conservation program...............................................41
  Management.......................................................3632
  Wetlands.........................................................1271
    Conservation program.............................................41
    Privately owned................................................2301
    Wetlands Reserve Program.........................................44
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  See also Color additives
  Cured pork products..........................................284, 295
  Flavoring agents:
    Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2627
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1010
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................290
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care..........................181, 190, 209, 228, 241
    Day care home reimbursement.....................................244
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act....................................................219, 244
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program..........................240, 247
  DOD surplus food distribution....................................3039
  Emergency disaster assistance.....................................238
  Farm Bill implementation..........................................179
  Food delivery systems.............................................178
  Fraud deterrence..................................................229
  Funding formula...................................................207
  Halibut Donation Program..........................................480
  Indian reservations.....................................208, 212, 215
  National School Lunch Program...........................193, 210, 233
  Older individuals................................................1260
  Paperwork reduction..........................................206, 239
  State Technical Committees........................................386
  Summer Food Service Program..................................185, 217
  TEFAP.............................................................203
  Vegetable protein products........................................227
  Women, infants, and children.......................221, 222, 223, 225
    Cultural food preferences.......................................232
    Disqualification of vendors.....................................204
    Eligibility.....................................................231
    Food delivery systems...........................................178
    Food packaging..................................................230
    Infant formula..................................................242
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act.........................................................218
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food labeling:
  Eggs..............................................................285
  Fruit and vegetable juices........................................946
  Health claims................................................272, 298
  Meat and poultry...................................271, 272, 282, 283
  Medical foods....................................................1006
  Ovine carcasses...................................................261
  Poultry...........................................................297
  Review of regulations............................................1005

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Food stamps:
  Balanced Budget Act provisions....................................220
  Claims establishment and collection...............................182
  Computer matching.................................................180
  Disqualifiers and noncompliance penalties.........................196
  Electronic benefit transfer systems..........................194, 199
  Electronic benefits transfer system...............................236
  Eligibility provisions............................................197
    Alignment with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..........198
    Income standards................................................234
  Emergency disaster assistance.....................................238
  Employment and training programs..................................220
  Employment and training requirements..............................200
  Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program......196
  Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act.........................216
  Minimum and maximum allotments..........................197, 245, 246
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................213
  Noncitizen eligibility............................................234
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                          196, 197, 198, 200, 234, 1926
  Program revisions and eliminations................................202
  Quality control..............................................211, 216
  Regulatory review............................................189, 192
  Reporting provisions..............................................213
  Retail food stores................................................183
  Retailer application processing...................................184
  Retailer delinquent debt collection...............................187
  Retailer integrity, fraud reduction, and penalties................201
  State agencies administrative and management requirements...189, 192, 
                                                               194, 234
  State agencies reimbursement......................................214
  Wholesale food concerns...........................................183
Foods:
  See also specific foods
           Cereals (food)
           Dairy products
           Fish
           Food additives
           Food assistance programs
           Food labeling
           Frozen foods
           Fruits
           Meat and meat products
           Nutrition
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
           Sugar
           Vegetables
  Fruit and vegetable juices........................................946
  HACCP programs....................................................946
  Infant formula quality control...................................1004
  Organic.............................................................1
  Pesticide residues.........................................3415, 3420
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1010
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2544
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
  FDIC rules and regulations.......................................4228
  Income taxation..................................................2879
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2590
Foreign exchange:
  See Currency
      Foreign currencies
Foreign investments in U.S.:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis benchmark survey......................396
  Income taxation............................................2722, 2898
  Reporting requirements for BE-13/BE-14............................394
  Reporting requirements for BE-15..................................393
  Reporting requirements for BE-605.................................398
Foreign officials:
  Employment.......................................................1765
Foreign persons:
  See Aliens
Foreign relations:
  See also specific countries
           Citizenship and naturalization
           Cultural exchange programs
           Foreign trade
           Immigration
           International boundaries
           Passports and visas
           Treaties
  BXA policy controls...............................................438
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2688
  Fishery regulations..........................................471, 523
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2656
  International wills registry.....................................2042
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3443
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................2037
  USML revisions...................................................2036
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade agreements
  Antidumping duties................................................414
  Boycott provisions................................................431
  Business and professional services survey.........................397
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber................................................2671
  Countervailing duties.............................................414
  Earnings and profits.............................................2875
  Entry procedures.................................................2690
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................685
  Filing of informational materials................................1864
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes...........399, 400, 401
  Foreign trade zones...............................................417
  Maritime Security Program..........................................93
  Motor vehicles...................................................3255
  Payments for intangible rights....................................395
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4260
  Textile labeling.................................................4297
  Trade zones......................................................2690
  U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.................................1847
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Assistance to timber-dependent communities........................376
  Environmental analysis policy and procedure revisions.............317
  Indian allotments.................................................324
  Management planning...............................................310
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................309
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2671
  Stewardship Incentive Program.....................................326
  Sustained yield forest units:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1687
  Timber sales......................................................330
    Cancellation....................................................325
    Contracts.............................................315, 316, 336
    Export controls.................................................421
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................322
    Substitution of sales area......................................337
    Surety bond form revision.......................................335
    Surplus species.................................................311
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Civil remedies...................................................4208

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  Debarment of health care providers...............................3846
  Fraudulent commercial driver's licenses..........................2307
  Government procurement employment prohibitions....................760
  Health care fraud and abuse......................................1037
  Microcap securities market.......................................4487
  OASDI............................................................3936
  Odometer fraud...................................................2440
  OIG...............................................................924
  Payments for information.........................................1088
  Title I property insurance.......................................1295
  Toll fraud.......................................................4139
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4349
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3471
  Corporation for National and Community Service...................3144
  Credit union disclosure requirements.............................4333
  Department of Energy..............................................881
  Department of Justice............................................1868
  Department of Labor..............................................1885
  Department of the Army............................................798
  Department of the Interior.......................................1374
  DOD...............................................................718
  EEOC records.....................................................3609
  Electronic communication..................718, 1885, 3952, 4230, 4242
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act...1266, 2058, 3609, 3629, 3730, 
                                                       3762, 3863, 3912
  FDIC rules.......................................................4294
  Federal home loan banks..........................................4252
  FEMA.............................................................3629
  General Services Administration..................................3685
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................2771
  Mineral resources................................................1678
  NARA organizational and procedural changes.................3699, 3702
  NCUA.............................................................4327
  NRC electronic reporting.........................................4411
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3738
  Office of Personnel Management...................................3767
  OGE electronic amendments........................................3744
  OPIC electronic amendments.......................................3863
  Public information...............................................4388
  Railroad Retirement Board........................................3893
  Regulations revision.............................................1374
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1867
  Social Security Administration...................................3983
  Subpoenas and other litigation material..........................3685
  Tax-exempt organization information..............................2805
  Veterans Affairs.................................................3037
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................2054
  Ocean............................................................3130
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators..............................................2187
  Protection against shifting and falling cargo....................2265
Frozen foods:
  Country of origin marking........................................2665
Fruits:
  See also specific fruits
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................170
  Electronic data transmission.......................................10
  Grain-fruit products..............................................226
  Import restrictions.....................................104, 108, 114
  Inspection fees.................................................3, 12
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel additives:
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3390
Fuel economy:
  Calculations.....................................................2427
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy credits...........................2414
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2369
  Light trucks.....................................................2416
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles.............................3256
  Reporting requirements...........................................2442
  Standards for model years........................................2416
Furs:
  Labeling.........................................................4311


                                   G

Gambling:
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4334
  NIGC definitions.................................................4342
  NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4339, 4340
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......................................1679
Gasohol:
  Motor vehicle use.................................................860
Gasoline:
  See also Fuel economy
           Gasohol
  Additives........................................................3390
  Diesel fuel tax..................................................2953
  Diesel refineries................................................3381
  Reformulated.....................................................3396
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Geothermal energy:
  Leasing requirements.............................................1680
  Regulation simplification........................................1660
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Interstate movement...............................................112
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Affirmative action.........................................1890, 1907
  Agency for International Development.............................3126
  Alternate dispute resolution.....................................4017
  Audits...........................................................1982
  Bid protest regulations..........................................4044
  Bundled contracts................................................3913
  Buy American Act.................................................1377
  Civil defense costs..............................................4026
  Clauses and solicitation provisions...............................916
  Commercial bills of lading.......................................4041
  Commercial contract quality requirements.........................4012
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................43
  Competition exception for international agreements................781
  Construction.....................................739, 768, 1890, 1892
  Construction contracts...........................................3694
  Contract financing payments.......................................755
  Contract reform...................................................901
  Contracting action reporting......................................793
  Contractors:
    Applicants and employees with disabilities.....................1907
    Compensation costs for senior executives.......................4024
    Compensation for certain personnel..............................783
    Contractor insurance/pension review.............................758
    DOD placement assistance program................................704
    DOE contract security personnel.................................878
    DOE employee protection program.................................892
    DOE employee security clearance.................................913
    DOE nuclear activities..........................................887
    Employee Reprisal Complaint and Investigation Files.............899

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    Government property management and disposition.................4011
    Legal services.................................................1348
    Performance.....................................................789
    Project management..............................................902
    Qualifications.................................................3029
    Quality assurance..............................................4039
    Restructuring costs reimbursement..........................782, 784
    Sale of surplus inventory.......................................766
    Training........................................................750
    Travel reimbursement...........................................4019
    Use of nonimmigrant aliens......................................773
    Veterans employment report......................................742
    Waivers........................................................1902
  Cost accounting changes....................................4048, 4049
  Cost allowability criteria........................................912
  Cost or pricing data.............................................3168
  Cost principles...................................................788
  Cost reimbursement rules..........................................722
  DD Form 2631 Performance Evaluation revision......................770
  DEAR amendments...................................................900
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3158
  Defense contracts:
    Firms not eligible..............................................743
  Defense Special Weapons Agency...................................4042
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4406
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................748
  Dispute resolution................................................753
    FAA procedures.................................................2184
  Distribution to DFAS Accounting offices...........................778
  DOD certificate of request for equitable adjustment...............728
  DOD certification requirements....................................729
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................703
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................894
  Economically distressed communities...............................392
  Electronic signature on receiving reports.........................785
  Empowerment contracting..........................................4009
  EPA acquisition regulations................................3158, 3168
  EPA Mentor-Protege Program.......................................3153
  Equitable adjustments............................................3694
  Farm Service Agency................................................45
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act........................723, 1893
  Fees and incentives...............................................901
  Finance rules.....................................................720
  Fixed price.......................................................747
  Fixed-price contracts............................................4021
  Fraud.............................................................760
  Indians.........................................744, 1557, 1603, 1620
  Inspection service contractors....................................175
  ITMRA implementations............................................4040
  Labor standards..................................................1892
  Lobbying restrictions............................389, 788, 2067, 3690
  Military construction contracts:
    Foreign countries...............................................739
  Modular contracting..............................................4036
  Multiyear contracting........................................723, 779
  NAFTA threshold...................................................738
  NARA supplements.................................................3707
  NASA policies....................................................3693
  NATO entities.....................................................765
  Nondiscrimination................................................1890
  Nondisplacement of qualified workers.............................4013
  Nuclear safety management.........................................889
  Overseas architect-engineer services..............................737
  Penalty payments.................................................3157
  Petroleum sales...................................................888
  Pilot Mentor-Protege Program......................................746
  Price adjustments to shipbuilding contracts.......................803
  Profit/fee determinations........................................3167
  Progress payments................................................4015
  Quality assurance requirements elimination.......................4025
  Research and development..............................725, 1054, 4031
  Rights to inventions..............................................684
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................805
  Short form research contracts.....................................772
  Site of work wages...............................................1899
  Small businesses.................................................4047
  Small package shipments..........................................4041
  Spain.............................................................768
  Subcontracting...............................................720, 775
    Nonprofit agencies for the blind or severely disabled...........745
    Outside the United States.......................................736
  Subcontractors.............................................4008, 4014
  Substance abuse...................................................911
  Taxes associated with divested segments..........................4016
  Taxpayer identification numbers............................2601, 3630
  Technical amendments..............................................908
  Ten-year-term contracts reporting requirements....................735
  Test contract format..............................................794
  Uncompensated overtime............................................741
  Very small business program......................................3925
  Weapons systems...................................................796
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave.............................................3810, 3825
  Administrative law judges........................................3836
  Appeals..........................................................3842
  Availability of official information.............................3767
  Benefits for DC employees........................................3830
  Career and career conditional employment.........................3771
  Child care at VA facilities......................................3095
  Claims settlement................................................3847
  Clarification of staffing provisions.............................3774
  Classification appeals...........................................3841
  Compensatory time off............................................3817
  Contractors:
    Fees for background investigations.............................4385
  Corporation for National Service:
    Noncompetitive appointments....................................3838
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3826
    Extension of eligibility.......................................3858
  Criminal investigators...........................................3824
  Debt collection..................................................3837
  Defense personnel...........................................704, 3807
  Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program.....................3787
  Dual appointments................................................3862
  Emergency leave transfer program.................................3827
  Employment discrimination............................3606, 3611, 4178
  Excepted service:
    Appointment of noncitizens.....................................3768
    Operational procedures.........................................3770
  Excepted service authorities.....................................3848
  Expense reimbursement............................................3681
  Federal Competitive Service appointments of volunteers...........3772
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act........................1904, 1906
  Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program....................3786
  FEHBP contract performance.......................................3800
  Fellowships and similar appointments.............................3848
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3749
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................685
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3743
  Health and counseling program....................................3788
  Health and counseling programs...................................3860
  Health benefits............................................3800, 3810
    Debarment of health care providers.............................3846
    Enrollment.....................................................3834
    FEHBP changes..................................................3833
    Hospital insurance benefits....................................1111
  Holiday and premium pay..........................................3817
  Insurance:
    Dual appointments..............................................3862

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  Interagency placement program....................................3839
  Intermittent.....................................................3775
  Investigations...................................................3845
  Job grading reviews..............................................3842
  Life insurance...................................................3799
  Merit promotion and internal placement.....................3773, 3808
  Mileage allowance................................................3680
  Minimum salary requirements......................................3835
  NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................3698
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......345
  NSF lobbying restrictions........................................3735
  Occupational radiation protection.................................891
  Organizations representing employees.............................3849
  Part-time........................................................3775
  Pay administration...................................3780, 3824, 3856
  Pay rates........................................................3852
    Administration.................................................3784
    Appropriated fund wage areas.......................3819, 3822, 3855
    Federal Wage System (FWS) survey jobs..........................3781
    Non-appropriated fund wage areas...................3815, 3816, 3853
    Nonappropriated fund wage area changes.........................3818
    Nonappropriated fund wage areas..........................3820, 3854
    Official duty station determinations...........................3814
    Printing positions.............................................3821
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3779
  Performance appraisal..........................3613, 3778, 3851, 3860
  Performance Management and Recognition System....................3840
  Personnel records................................................3769
  Promotion and internal placement.................................3805
  Re-employment....................................................3802
  Reduction in force.............................3809, 3810, 3811, 3851
  Reduction in force service credit................................3776
  Relocation costs.....................................3682, 3785, 3814
  Restoration to duty..............................................3812
  Retention records................................................3776
  Retention service credit.........................................3851
  Retirement.................................................3777, 3810
    Bar of benefits after conviction...............................3794
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3797
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3828
    Credit for military service..............................3790, 3793
    D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................3831
    Debt collection................................................3796
    Dependants.....................................................3861
    Determinations of marital status for survivor annuities........3791
    Disability.....................................................3829
    Divorced spouses...............................................3793
    Dual appointments..............................................3862
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3832
    FERS coverage elections........................................3798
    Health care professionals......................................3789
    Service credit.................................................3792
    State income tax withholding...................................3795
  Salary offset for claims collection........................3704, 3783
    Child support, alimony, commercial garnishments................3857
  Salary offset for debt collection................................2602
  Salary supplementation...........................................3753
  Seasonal.........................................................3775
  Security standards...............................................3844
  Selective Service registration...................................3850
  Senior Executive Service:
    Last move home benefit.........................................3668
    Moratorium on involuntary reassignments........................3806
  Severance pay....................................................3782
  Standards of conduct......346, 391, 695, 919, 1379, 3719, 3725, 3727, 
                         3728, 3747, 3751, 3752, 3870, 3873, 3921, 3932
  Student Educational Employment Program...........................3801
  Subpoenas........................................................3746
  Substance abuse..............................................715, 879
  Suitability standards............................................3843
  Temporary change of station......................................3814
  Temporary employees..............................................3804
  Testimony..................................................3703, 3746
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3803
  Training.........................................................3813
  Training programs................................................3628
  Travel regulations.................3665, 3667, 3668, 3671, 3679, 3680
  Vacant positions.................................................3811
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3823
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations...............392, 723, 750, 2030, 3645, 4357
    AID amendments.................................................3131
    Commercial items...............................................3070
    Commercially available off-the-shelf items.....................4004
    Data Universal Numbering System................................4033
    Defense Department................724, 725, 726, 727, 752, 790, 791
    Department of Energy............................................906
    Earned Value Management Systems.................................724
    Foreign acquisitions...........................................4005
    HUD............................................................1349
    Justice Department.............................................1873
    NASA...........................................................3695
    Panama Canal Commission........................................3864
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................3026
    Quality of environmental data..................................3155
    Real property policies.........................................3654
    Simplification.................................................4030
    USAID..........................................................3126
    Value engineering..............................................3156
    Veterans Affairs.....3027, 3028, 3030, 3031, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3118
  Affirmative action...................................4010, 4022, 4046
  Affirmative action reform.........................................786
  Architect-engineer services.......................................731
  Ball and roller bearings..........................................769
  Bid protest regulations..........................................4044
  Brand name purchase descriptions.................................4023
  Buy American Act............................................730, 1377
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1044
  Caribbean Basin country end products.............................4052
  Central Contractor Registration...................................752
  Certificate of Competency........................................4038
  Civil defense costs..............................................4026
  Commercial bills of lading.......................................4041
  Commercial items acquisition.................................749, 751
  Concepts and processes:
    Substantive revisions..........................................4029
  Contingent fees...................................................727
  Contractors:
    Compensation for certain personnel..............................910
    Data Universal Numbering System................................4033
    Liquidated damages payments..............................3998, 4007
    Overhead settlement............................................4027
    Quality assurance..............................................4039
    Travel reimbursement...........................................4019
    Women- and minority-owned businesses...........................4217
  Contracts:
    Administration and audit cognizance............................4032
    Clauses and solicitation provisions.............................916
    Final indirect cost rates......................................4032
    Forward pricing and billing rates..............................4032
    Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3154
    Modification of existing contracts.............................4006
    NASA contracts.................................................3692
    NFS contracts.........................................315, 316, 325
    Novation and change-of-name agreements.........................4028
    Payments.................................................3645, 4002
  Cooperative purchasing...........................................3678
  Cost accounting changes....................................4048, 4049
  Cost comparison guidance..........................................688
  Costs:
    Cost principles.................................................721
    Employee compensation costs....................................4035

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    Pension costs..................................................3997
    Travel.........................................................4001
  Data universal numbering system numbers...........................795
  DD Form 1155 modifications........................................754
  Deliberate misconduct actions....................................4406
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................748
  Department of Labor..............................................1983
  DOE certification requirements....................................914
  DOI foreign acquisitions.........................................1383
  Domestic source restrictions......................................767
  Electronic commerce facilitation.................................4030
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4002
  Environmentally preferable products........................3466, 4034
  Fixed-price contracts............................................4021
  Foreign currency use.............................................2590
  Foreign source restrictions.......................................790
  Fuel..............................................................706
  GSA regulations................................3645, 3653, 3654, 3666
  Helium contracts.................................................1683
  Industrial plant equipment........................................771
  Information technology products...................................730
  Integrity requirements...........................................4051
  ITMRA implementations............................................4040
  Limitations on service contracts that cross fiscal years..........774
  Lobbying restrictions............................................3999
  Mapping services..................................................797
  Micro-purchase procedures.........................................776
  Military acquisitions.............................................702
  NAFTA threshold...................................................738
  NASA award fee coverage..........................................3691
  Office copying machines..........................................3664
  Part 15 rewrite...................................................756
  Part 213 rewrite..................................................762
  Part 30 deviations..........................................757, 4020
  Prompt payment...................................................3755
  Protests.........................................................3647
  Quality assurance requirements elimination.......................4025
  Recovered material certification..................................740
  Recycled products................................................3494
  Research and development.....................................734, 761
  Shipments in electronic data interchange transactions............4018
  Single process initiative.........................................759
  Small business subcontracting....................................4000
  Small businesses......................................705, 3692, 4010
  Small package shipments..........................................4041
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3149
  Specialty metals..................................................732
  State Department regulations.....................................2030
  Streamlining legislation implementation....................3678, 4001
  Subcontracting...................................................3758
  Synthetic fabrics.................................................791
  Taxpayer identification numbers............................2601, 3630
  Telecommunications................................................733
  Television-audio support activity.................................787
  Ten-day payment clause...........................................3657
  Test contract format..............................................794
  Transfer of assets following business combination................4037
  Uniform Procurement Instrument Identification numbers.............777
  Voluntary standards..............................................3766
  Waiver authority to humanitarian or peacekeeping operations.......780
  Weighted guidelines...............................................761
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Computer technology equipment:
    Exchange/sale and disposal of excess...........................3669
  Disposal condition codes.........................................3658
  Disposals of surplus real property for public safety purposes 
                                                                   3652
  DoD contractors in possession of..................................764
  Donation of surplus personal property............................3676
  Motor vehicles...................................................3656
  Office copying machines..........................................3664
  Telephone systems................................................3655
Government property management:
  Federal facilities in urban areas................................3677
  ITMRA telecommunications services.................................733
  Real property........................................3646, 3660, 3661
  Space and related services:
    Alterations..............................................3648, 3659
    Assignment.....................................................3648
    Rents and leases.........................................3649, 3650
    Utilization....................................................3648
  Utilization and disposal of personal property..............3675, 3683
Government publications:
  Nonprofit organizations..........................................3760
  Prohibitions against reproduction.................................923
Grains:
  See also specific grains
           Feed grains
  Crop insurance...............................................150, 151
  Divider tolerances................................................176
  Grain-fruit products..............................................226
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................174
  Weighing services.................................................173
Grant programs:
  Absent parent access and visitation..............................1248
  Block grants:
    Child care and development.....................................1249
    Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages......................1370
    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families............1231, 1250, 1926
  Community Food Project............................................124
  Department of the Interior.......................................1378
  Energy research...................................................895
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus requirements...................1251
  Library services.................................................3714
  Microloans for Welfare-to-Work participants......................3910
  National Dam Safety Program......................................3622
  Performance Partnership Grants.............................3150, 3151
  Research grants..................................................1054
  Rights to inventions..............................................684
  Single Audit Act Amendments........133, 341, 412, 697, 833, 907, 934, 
           1281, 1382, 1884, 1985, 2051, 2077, 3129, 3146, 3164, 3627, 
                         3686, 3710, 3715, 3722, 3729, 3736, 3763, 3996
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions....................................................125
  State cemetery grants............................................3034
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1926
  1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program.................129
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administrative provisions and requirements.........122, 124, 342, 347
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 
      administrative provisions.....................................126
  Community facility grants.........................................376
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................389
  Rural economic development........................................349
  Technical assistance and training...................33, 353, 354, 379
  Water and waste disposal programs.................................380
Grant programs-economic development:
  Excess capacity...................................................407
Grant programs-education:
  Acquisition and transfer of excess personal property..............344
  Administrative regulations........................................831
  Community Development Work-Study Program.........................1353
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................709
  Evaluation of recipients, grantees and contractors................834
  FmHA programs......................................................33
  Grants for Residency Training and Advanced Education in the 
      General Practice of Dentistry program........................1043
  Head Start Program funding.......................................1229
  Higher Education Challenge Grants Program.........................128
  Hispanic programs.................................................123

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  Indian colleges..................................................1562
  Indian grant policies and procedures.............................1561
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................127
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3714
  National Security Education Program...............................693
  Projects with industry............................................846
  Student Assistance General Provisions technical changes...........840
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Environmental management program..................................896
  EPA technical assistance grants..................................3528
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3618
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3633
  Solid waste management grants.....................................378
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1260
  Substance abuse block grants......................................935
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants...............................1337
    CDBG sanctions.................................................1328
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1327
    Program income.................................................1330
    Streamlining...................................................1326
  Community Development Work-Study Program.........................1353
  Consolidated Plan................................................1283
  Emergency Shelter Grants Program.................................1333
  Homeless Assistance Fund.........................................1336
  HUD-owned multifamily properties.................................1301
  State homes for veterans.........................................3099
Grant programs-Indians:
  BIA regulations revision.........................................1550
  Construction of jails............................................1880
  Education grant policies and procedures..........................1561
Grant programs-law:
  Confidentiality of information...................................1881
  Criminal justice block grants....................................1882
Grant programs-national defense:
  Administrative provisions and requirements........................694
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1676
  Marine mammal protection:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1390
  National Undersea Research Program................................634
  Railroad grants..................................................1651
  State grants.....................................................1695
  Wildlife Restoration Programs....................................1484
Grant programs-science and technology:
  NCI construction grants..........................................1056
Grant programs-transportation:
  Approval process.................................................2321
  Buy American Act.................................................2370
  Debarment and suspension requirements for drug-free workplace 
      grants.......................................................2091
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2318
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................2071
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements...............................................1982
  Lobbying restrictions......................................2067, 3690
  Social Security Administration.................3931, 3975, 3976, 3977
  Uniform administrative requirements.......411, 2071, 3127, 3689, 3976
Grants programs:
  Block grants:
    Community development..........................................1337
Grazing lands:
  Alaska grazing administration....................................1684
  Alaska reindeer..................................................1685
  Classifications..................................................1648
  Indian land......................................................1571
  National Forest System............................................324
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................2116
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2102
  Maintenance fees.................................................2682
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1260
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Aircraft carriage................................................2507
  Cargo tank requirements....................................2521, 2522
  Coast Guard regulations....................................2104, 2146
  Driving/parking rules............................................2333
  Editorial correction and clarification...........................2556
  Hazardous Waste Manifest rule....................................3493
  Home heating oil delivery........................................2335
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2547
  Liquefied compressed gas.........................................2522
  Liquified compressed gas.........................................2554
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3496
  Miscellaneous amendments...................................2526, 2534
  Motor carrier safety ratings.....................................2329
  Motor carriers.................................2277, 2278, 2313, 2528
  Oxidizers and organic peroxides..................................2549
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2520
  Poisonous materials labeling.....................................2517
  Preemption determination.........................................2314
  Rail transport...................................................2528
  Registration and fee assessment program..........................2527
  Shipping papers retention........................................2546
  Stationary source definition.....................................3481
  Tank cars........................................................2532
  Tankerman requirements and qualifications........................2116
  Train responders.................................................2527
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
           Poison prevention
           Radioactive materials
  Air pollutants........1996, 3184, 3185, 3201, 3229, 3230, 3231, 3232, 
           3233, 3234, 3235, 3236, 3237, 3238, 3240, 3241, 3243, 3244, 
           3248, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3263, 3281, 3288, 3289, 3290, 3291, 
           3292, 3293, 3294, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3299, 3300, 3307, 3313, 
           3317, 3319, 3320, 3321, 3322, 3323, 3324, 3327, 3328, 3329, 
           3330, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3348, 3349, 3350, 3351, 3352, 
           3353, 3354, 3355, 3356, 3358, 3359, 3360, 3361, 3362, 3363, 
           3364, 3365, 3366, 3368, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 
                               3378, 3387, 3393, 3394, 3395, 3452, 4297
  Aluminum cylinders safety problems...............................2511
  Asbestos.............................................3434, 3435, 3436
  Beryllium.........................................................885
  Caprolactam......................................................3529
  Carbon monoxide............................................3309, 3383
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3160
  Chemical test rules..................................3451, 3452, 3462
  Chemicals....................1988, 3446, 3470, 3474, 3475, 3476, 3480
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................2675
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4072
  Chromium...................................................2015, 3353
  Crystalline silica.........................................1962, 2024
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3592
  Editorial correction and clarification...........................2556
  Energy sources...................................................1986
  Environmentally preferable products guidelines...................3466

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  Ethylene oxide...................................................1987
  Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................1996
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List............3472, 3478, 3479, 3510
  Federally permitted releases.....................................3530
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................1999
  Formaldehyde.....................................................3463
  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2508
  International standards..........................................2525
  Isocyanates..........................................3273, 3472, 3479
  Lead.............1280, 3234, 3432, 3438, 3440, 3442, 3450, 3456, 3594
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3496
  Metals...........................................................3433
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2019
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3189
  Microorganisms...................................................3449
  MSHA protection standards........................................1964
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3161
  Nitrogen oxides............................................3254, 3383
  Occupational safety and health programs..........................1994
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2086
  Ozone and ozone precursors.................................3201, 3308
  Ozone depleting substances.......................................3278
  Pesticides...............................3406, 3408, 3412, 3417, 3445
    Aircraft disinsection notification.............................2090
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations..........................3159
    Exportation....................................................3430
    Field testing..................................................3407
    Labeling program.........................................3421, 3425
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3416
    Self-certification.............................................3426
    Worker protection standards........................3414, 3427, 3428
  Pipeline safety operations.......................................2535
  Pipeline safety standards...2515, 2516, 2518, 2519, 2530, 2543, 2545, 
                                                             2552, 2553
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3453, 3454, 3469
  Propane and other liquified compressed gases.....................2554
  Propane cylinders:
    Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2548
  Radionuclides........................................3386, 3533, 3587
  Radon................................................3271, 3298, 3531
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3461
  Saccharin........................................................3512
  Sulfur oxides....................................................3287
  Surface coatings.................................................3189
  Toxic Release Inventory:
    Chemicals..............................3470, 3473, 3474, 3475, 3480
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3433
  Underground storage tanks..................................3487, 3521
  Water pollution control..............................3545, 3546, 3560
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3526
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3489
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3495
  Cleanups...................................................3506, 3528
  Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge.................................3464
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3504
    Radioactive waste..................................3272, 3403, 4384
  Effluent limitation guidelines...................................3540
  Geologic repositories............................................4387
  Groundwater contamination..................................3363, 3590
  Identification and listing...............3506, 3511, 3514, 3515, 3518
  Land disposal:
    Post-closure requirements......................................3498
    Restrictions.................................3484, 3486, 3505, 3513
  Lead.............................................................3441
  Manifest regulation..............................................3493
  Medical waste....................................................2524
  Mercury..........................................................3484
  Mineral processing wastes........................................3505
  Organobromines...................................................3499
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3515
  Permit program...................................................3491
  Petroleum refining process.......................................3502
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3454, 3469, 3497
  Radioactive waste................................................4396
    Dose methodology...............................................3217
    Material dose limits and dose calculation methods..............4382
    Recycling of scrap metals......................................3198
    Site recommendation.............................................897
    Waste Isolation Pilot Plant....................................3272
    Waste management rules.........................................3187
    Yucca Mountain, NV.............................................3193
  Recycled used oil..........................................3497, 3514
  Recycling..................................................3489, 3492
  Saccharin........................................................3512
  Silver-bearing waste.............................................3516
  Solid waste......................................................3492
  Solvents...................................................3488, 3500
  Spent solvents...................................................3514
  Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup............3507
  Toxic waste site.................................................3446
  Toxicity characteristic metals...................................3505
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3519
  Training programs accreditation..................................2012
  Treatment and disposal:
    Fluorescent lamps..............................................3503
  Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators.......3317
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3501
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3527
  Wood preserving wastes...........................................3505
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Advisory opinions of the OIG on State programs....................927
  Anti-kickback provisions..........................................926
  Cancer patients..................................................1051
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1165
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1127, 1151
  Fraud and abuse..................................................1037
  Home and community-based services.................................930
  Home health agencies........................................930, 1115
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1218
  Human cellular and tissue-based products................958, 969, 970
  Lather brushes....................................................995
  National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1038
  New and pending demonstration project proposals..................1194
  Patient radiation exposures......................................4404
  Patient rights...................................................3042
  Prepayment plans.................................................1064
  Reporting health care professionals to state licensing boards 
                                                                   3043
  Revised OIG sanction authorities..................................921
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................926
  Rural services...................................................1065
  Underserved areas................................................1036
  Veterans.................................3028, 3040, 3082, 3097, 3100
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).........................1085, 1086
  Community mental health centers..................................1171
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1091
  Long-term care...................................................1155
  Mammography Quality Standards Act................................1020
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1069
  Renal dialysis facilities........................................1066
  Schedule of per-beneficiary limitations..........................1205
  Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1202
  Surety bond requirements.............................1183, 1203, 1207

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Health insurance:
  See also Black lung benefits
           Medicare
  Access:
    Employees of firms with less than 51 employees.................1125
    Individual coverage after loss of group coverage...............1125
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................1125
  Accessibility....................................................2991
  CHAMPUS:
    Coverage of transplants.........................................813
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................811
    Preventative services...........................................822
    Programs........................................................814
    State Victims of Crime Compensation Programs....................819
    TRICARE Prime balance billing...................................821
    TRICARE Retiree Dental Program..................................825
    Voice prostheses................................................819
    Waiver of collection of payments................................820
  Child health insurance.....................................1188, 1189
  COBRA continuation coverage......................................1120
  Continuing coverage notice.......................................1931
  Electronic signatures............................................1186
  Electronic transactions standards for health plans...............1098
  Employer based group health plans..........................1120, 1931
  Employer identification number...................................1099
  Exemption from State regulation..................................1929
  Government employees.............................................3833
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.......1089, 1093, 
                                                       1175, 1937, 1944
    Administrative simplification..................................1223
    Minimum requirements for group health plans....................1133
    OIG penalties...................................................925
  Health plan identifiers..........................................1089
  HIPPA nondiscrimination rules....................................2764
  Mental health benefits.....................................1132, 1190
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1933
  Nondiscrimination................................................2983
  Portability..........................................1125, 1136, 2991
  Provider identifiers.............................................1093
  Renewability.....................................................2991
  Retiree benefits.................................................1938
  Retroactive enrollment...........................................1109
  Security of individual health information........................1186
  Small Business Job Protection Act:
    Limitation of liability........................................1939
  State Children's Health Insurance Program........................1097
  Summary plan description regulations.............................1928
  Third Party Collection Program...............................690, 698
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1064
  Medicaid requirements............................................1156
  Medicare contract eligibility....................................1142
  Medicare penalties and sanctions.................................1214
  Physician incentive plans.........................................928
  Summary plan description regulations.............................1928
  Third party liability............................................1071
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers........................................1817
  Audiologists.....................................................1076
  CHAMPUS provider certification requirements.......................812
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1119
  Education:
    Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1153
  Grants for Residency Training and Advanced Education in the 
      General Practice of Dentistry program........................1043
  National Practitioner Data Bank................1034, 1035, 1038, 1042
  NIH traineeships.................................................1048
  Nurse-midwives...................................................1092
  Nurses:
    Anesthetists...................................................1153
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1797
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4306
  Pathologists.....................................................1076
  Penalties, sanctions and exclusions...............................924
  Physician assistants.............................................1147
  Physician ownership and referral arrangements.....................933
  Physicians:
    Civil money penalties...........................................933
    Health services referrals......................................1069
    Hearing evaluation performance..................................945
    Home health certifications.....................................1216
    Incentive plans.................................................928
    Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians...............1078
    Medicare reimbursement.........................................1219
    State registrations............................................1751
    VA medical opinions rules......................................3091
  Professional shortage areas......................................1036
  Provider identifiers.............................................1093
  Psychologists....................................................1154
  Retirement provisions............................................3789
Health records:
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1161
  Health and Safety Data Model Reporting...........................3437
  OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................3769
  Prescription Release Rule........................................4306
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart disease:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................813
  Congestive heart failure care management.........................1140
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Accident reporting requirements..................................2279
  Diabetic interstate truck drivers................................2306
  Highway-rail grade crossings...............................2280, 2327
  Motor carrier regulations...2264, 2276, 2278, 2281, 2296, 2299, 2323, 
                                                       2330, 2331, 2446
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................2007
  State programs.................................2321, 2371, 2372, 2465
  Traffic control devices:
    Pedestrian, bicycle and school warning signs...................2303
    School areas...................................................2289
  Work zone safety.................................................2291
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1701
  Beautification costs.............................................2316
  Construction on Indian lands.....................................1573
  Emergency relief program disaster eligibility threshold..........2267
  Environmental impact and related procedures....2301, 2319, 2434, 2504
  Federal aid projects.................................2288, 2300, 2320
  Funding..........................................................2298
  Intelligent Transportation System................................2288
  National Highway System..........................................2300
  Railroad highway projects........................................2302
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................2268
  Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1542
  Traffic surveillance and control...........................2297, 2332
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1798
Historic preservation:
  National parks...................................................1539
  Paleontological resources........................................1664

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  Regulatory revisions.............................................3125
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
Holding companies:
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4458
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4459, 4467
  Intermediate stock holding companies.............................3004
  Mutual savings and loan holding companies........................3004
Homeless:
  Food stamp program................................................197
  Homeless Assistance Fund.........................................1336
  Housing..........................................................1336
  Single-Family Property Disposition Homeless Program..............1302
  Women, infants, and children......................................218
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1668
Hospice care:
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1075
  Medicare payments................................................1199
  Wage index notice................................................1208
Hospitals:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................811
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1101
  Diagnostic procedures............................................1122
  DOT grants.......................................................2071
  Emergency medical care...........................................1102
  Grants administration.......................................411, 3127
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...............1940, 2751
  Medicaid payment.................................................1130
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1163
  Medicare payment.................................................1123
  Mortgages........................................................1312
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules......................1039
  Outpatient services........................................1122, 1212
  Physician incentive plans prohibition.............................928
  Preadmission services............................................1110
  Psychiatric......................................................1157
  Voluntary reduction in number of residents.......................1141
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Amplifiers.......................................................4307
  Energy efficiency........................849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 875
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3352
Housing:
  See also Condominiums
           Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  CDBF funds documentation.........................................1332
  Drug Elimination Program.........................................1287
  Employment opportunities.........................................1345
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................866
  Environmental review procedures..................................1282
  FEMA Disaster Housing Resources Program:
    Dissolution of program.........................................3635
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1275, 1326
    Streamlining...................................................1284
  Indians................................28, 32, 1341, 1361, 1367, 1582
  Lead-based paint.....................................1280, 3441, 3456
  Limited denial of participation in HUD programs..................1268
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1329
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1292
  Multifamily......................................................1316
    Multifamily Housing Reform Act program violations..............1269
    Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1279
  Nondiscrimination................................................1265
  OFHEO information regulation...............................3737, 3738
  Rent regulations.................................................1261
  Rental agreements................................................2780
  Replacement housing:
    Modernization factor...........................................1363
  Rulemaking policies and procedures...............................1285
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................132
    Lease write-offs................................................144
    Loan policies..........................................23, 135, 143
    Loans and grants.................................132, 134, 138, 140
    Multiple-family housing.........................................132
    Rental housing........................................132, 138, 146
  Single-family....................................................1318
    Property disposition...........................................1296
  Site and neighborhood standards..................................1261
  Streamlining regulations....................................132, 1369
  Title I property insurance.................................1295, 1308
  Turnkey III program..............................................1369
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
      Rent subsidies
Housing standards:
  Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards program.....1291, 
                                                                   1303
  Material bulletins...............................................1307
  Metal roofing interpretative bulletin............................1290
  Occupancy........................................................1288
  Physical inspection requirements.................................1263
  Uniform physical condition standards.............................1263
  Use of Materials Bulletins.......................................1315
Human research subjects:
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1049
  Protection of human subjects.....................826, 830, 1055, 3077
  Student rights....................................................827
  Veterans.........................................................3096
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds................................1456, 1472, 1513, 1517
  Pig frogs........................................................1545
  Subsistence management regulations...............................1432
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Adjudication processing..........................................1807
  Administrative finality of decisions.............................1771
  Application for benefits submitted with incorrect fees...........1787
  Asylum procedures................................................1779
  Carrier fines..............................................1801, 1838
  Check points within the U.S......................................1822
  Debt collection..................................................1831
  Direct mail program..............................................1796
  Discipline of attorneys in immigration proceedings...............1758
  Examination fees schedule............................1788, 1809, 1860
  External boundaries..............................................1859
  Fee payment methods..............................................1844
  Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994 
      provisions...................................................1803
  In-transit passengers............................................1769
  INA revisions....................................................2046
  Inadmissability..................................................1763
  INS reorganization...............................................1833
  Master Exhibits availability.....................................1839
  Orders to show cause.............................................1858
  Overtime liability for inspection services.......................1794
  Petitions for employment based immigrants........................1795
  Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................1822

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  Promises of benefits.............................................1811
  Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, 
      Germany, and Vietnam.........................................1837
  Requests for additional evidence.................................1855
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1834
  Southern border crossing cards...................................1851
  Sponsor obligations and penalties..........................1814, 2039
  Subpoena service authority.......................................1835
  Territorial waters...............................................1859
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................1770
  Warrants of arrest...............................................1858
Immunization:
  Vaccine information...............................................944
Impacted areas programs:
  See Federally affected areas
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
           Trade adjustment assistance
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................109
  Animals and poultry...............................................115
  Animals for slaughter.............................................269
  APHIS user fees...............................................99, 110
  Archaeological and ethnological material.........................2700
  Arms and munitions...............................................2635
  Blood products....................................................967
  Chemicals............................................3448, 3459, 3460
    Advance notice requirements....................................1754
    Blanket certifications.........................................2675
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3458
  Controlled substances:
    Personal medical use...........................................1752
  Dairy product quotas.........................................299, 305
  Duty-free entry...................................................726
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2688
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................967
  Film.............................................................2692
  Fish..............................................................621
  Forests and forest products.......................................102
  Fruits and vegetables...................................104, 108, 114
  Imitation goods:
    Labeling.......................................................4305
  Information disclosure to intellectual property rights owners 
                                                                   2694
  Marine mammal products............................................529
  Mexican pork......................................................113
  Mexican poultry products..........................................277
  Motor vehicles.............................................2467, 3310
    Compliance with Federal safety standards.......................2466
  Nonroad engines..................................................2681
  Obscene or immoral matter........................................2692
  Ozone-depleting substances.......................................3197
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2663
  Plants and plant parts............................................119
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1490
  Recycled halons..................................................2980
  Registration and product listing..................................964
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2671
  Sugar.............................................................302
  Textiles.........................................................2650
  Unapproved articles for processing and export....................1030
  Veterinary user fees..............................................103
  Wildlife.........................................................1412
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2833
  Accounting:
    Change in method.........................................2791, 2792
    Hybrid instruments.............................................2929
    Mark-to-market method..........................................2877
    Partnerships...................................................2713
  Accuracy related penalty.........................................2807
  Acquisitions.....................................................2705
  Affiliated groups................................................2788
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2881
  Annuities..................................................2886, 2962
  Arbitrage restrictions...........................................2773
  Asset ownership..................................................2889
  Available unit rule..............................................2917
  Backup withholding...............................................2731
  Below-market loans...............................................2915
  Bonds:
    Accrued market discount........................................2942
    Inflation-indexed..............................................2793
    Premium amortization...........................................2968
    Private activity.........................................2835, 2951
    Qualified................................................2963, 2964
    Stripped.......................................................2929
    Tax-exempt.....................................................2773
  Branch remittances...............................................2876
  Business expenses..........................................2760, 2761
  Cafeteria plans............................................2920, 2973
  Capitalization.......................................2775, 2838, 2839
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2872
  Cash advances to service providers...............................2748
  Charitable contributions.........................................2861
  Closing costs....................................................2931
  Collections......................................................2816
    Installment agreements.........................................2818
    Levied property................................................2746
    Liens..........................................................2745
  Communications services..........................................2891
  Computer technology..............................................2784
  Consolidated returns.....................2727, 2728, 2798, 2883, 2948
    Losses and deductions....................................2882, 2947
  Controlled groups................................................2844
  Corporate acquisitions:
    Carryovers of methods of accounting............................2928
  Corporate income tax.............................................2881
  Corporate inversion transactions.................................2704
  Corporations...............................................2843, 2851
    C corporations.................................................2725
    Continuity of interest requirement.......................2913, 2989
    Reorganizations....................................2927, 2974, 2975
    S corporations...............................2724, 2725, 2944, 2957
    Stock ownership after a merger.................................2844
  Cost recovery system.............................................2924
  Cost sharing regulations.........................................2834
  Creative property................................................2838
  Debt:
    Collateralized debt obligations................................2744
  Debt instruments.....................................2743, 2962, 2967
  Deemed paid taxes................................................2722
  Deferred compensation............................................2800
  Deferred compensation and salary reduction.......................2799
  Demolition of structures.........................................2925
  Diesel fuel tax..................................................2953
  Disabled access credit...........................................2918
  Disaster relief..................................................2762
  Disclaimer of joint property.....................................2961
  Disclosure of return information...........................2741, 2742
  Due diligence requirements for EIC...............................2736
  Earned income credit.............................................2736
  Earned income tax credit recertification requirements......2753, 2827
  Elective entity classification changes...........................2823
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................2734
  Electronic tip reporting.........................................2911
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2796
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2903
    Funded welfare benefit plans...................................2850
    Loans treated as distributions.................................2772
    Valuation of plan distribution.................................2849
  Employee stock ownership plans.............................2769, 2770

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  Employment credits...............................................2971
  Empowerment zones................................................2971
  Equity options without standard terms............................2723
  Errors or delays by IRS officers or employees....................2806
  Escrow funds.....................................................2708
  Estates..........................................................2815
  Expenditures documentation.......................................2840
  Extensions of time for certain elections.........................2972
  Farming businesses...............................................2982
  Foreign corporations...............2706, 2722, 2778, 2863, 2868, 2874
    Earnings and profits...........................................2875
    Stock transfers................................................2779
  Foreign deferred compensation plans..............................2845
  Foreign governments..............................................2866
  Foreign grantor trusts.....................................2712, 2855
  Foreign insurance companies................................2857, 2873
  Foreign investment companies.........................2794, 2879, 2943
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2867
  Foreign partnerships.................................2755, 2756, 2894
  Foreign sales corporation transfer pricing.................2719, 2720
  Foreign tax credit.......................2717, 2788, 2789, 2870, 2937
  Form 945.........................................................2959
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2860
  Functional currency..............................................2874
  FUTA tax.........................................................2800
  General utilities repeal.........................................2842
  Golden parachute payments........................................2841
  Grantor trust rules..............................................2889
  Group health plans, continuation coverage........................2803
  Highly compensated employee......................................2848
  Income:
    Gross income.............................................2817, 2832
    Source of income...............................................2785
  Information disclosure.....................................2758, 2759
  Information reporting............................................2946
  Installment obligations..........................................2930
  Insurance income.................................................2790
  Intangible amortization....................................2811, 2904
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................2853
  Interest:
    Contingent interest............................................2815
  Interest abatement...............................................2806
  Interest charges.................................................2878
  Interest deductions........................................2837, 2942
  Interest expense.................................................2786
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2896
  Interests in passive activities..................................2985
  International organizations......................................2866
  International tax................................................2777
  Inventory item definitions.......................................2934
  Investment income................................................2944
  Issuing guidance on elections..............................2986, 2987
  Lease write-offs..................................................144
  LIFO definitions.................................................2934
  Long-term contracts..................................2707, 2828, 2988
  Losses:
    Separate limitation............................................2869
    Stocks.........................................................2787
  Magnetic media filing requirements...............................2814
  Mileage rates..............................................2760, 2761
  Modified guaranteed contracts....................................2936
  Multiple parity financing........................................2809
  Notice and consent requirements..................................2905
  Offset programs..........................2584, 2585, 2597, 2598, 2735
  Partnerships...................................2721, 2732, 2733, 2819
    Depreciation recapture.........................................2941
    Foreign investments............................................2821
    Limited partner definition.....................................2969
    Sales of interests.......................................2713, 2754
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2884
    Withholding....................................................2726
  Payments:
    Source of payments.............................................2714
  Pensions:
    Minimum funding................................................2847
  Personal property sales..........................................2715
  Petroleum and chemicals..........................................2955
  Preferred stock............................................2801, 2926
  Premiums.........................................................2783
  Presidential election campaign fund:
    Payments to candidates.........................................2740
  Procedure and administration...............................2771, 2774
  Property:
    Basis..........................................................2817
  Public assistance payments.......................................2976
  Purchase price allocation........................................2705
  Purchasing reporting requirements................................2731
  Qualified costs..................................................2919
  Qualified long-term care services and insurance proceeds.........2826
  Qualified plans..................................................2907
  Qualifying income................................................2822
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2744
  Reasonable basis.................................................2807
  Receipts for expenditures........................................2840
  Reclamation costs................................................2931
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2908
  Refund offsets....................................................187
  Relocation allowance payments for government employees...........3682
  Remedial amendment period........................................2910
  Removal of temporary regulations.................................2718
  Rental agreements................................................2780
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2892, 2958
  Research credit..................................................2702
  Residence interest...............................................2923
  Residence trust..................................................2950
  Resident status..................................................2893
  Retirement plans.....................................2813, 2829, 2846
  Rewards for information....................................2808, 2960
  Rollover contributions...........................................2907
  Ruling amounts schedules.........................................2970
  S corporations.......................................2737, 2898, 2906
  Sale of debt obligations.........................................2797
  Section 1.471-5..................................................2933
  Section 1041 regulations.........................................2938
  Section 1361(a)(1)...............................................2898
  Section 141 regulations..........................................2951
  Section 1441.....................................................2946
  Section 1502.....................................................2882
  Section 179A deduction...........................................2703
  Section 197 regulations..........................................2811
  Section 2056(b)(7)...............................................2815
  Section 30 credit................................................2703
  Section 355 distributions........................................2843
  Section 382......................................................2844
  Section 42.......................................................2749
  Section 468A.....................................................2970
  Section 501(c)(4) changes........................................2854
  Section 58(e)....................................................2919
  Section 6048 regulations.........................................2895
  Section 6159.....................................................2818
  Section 6323.....................................................2745
  Section 6343.....................................................2746
  Section 736 regulations..........................................2856
  Section 7805(b)..................................................2912
  Section 882......................................................2865
  Section 884......................................................2865
  Securities...........................................2781, 2864, 2933
  Shareholder election, QEF........................................2795
  Shareholders...............................................2704, 2898
  Short taxable years..............................................2844
  Start-up expenditures............................................2812
  Stocks.....................................................2906, 2938
    Continuity of interest...................................2927, 2975
    Qualified small business stock.................................2940

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    Stock rights and stock warrants................................2974
  Straddles:
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2902
  Stripping transactions...........................................2809
  Substantial new line of business...........................2765, 2831
  Supplemental tax exemptions......................................2886
  Swap transactions................................................2714
  Tax credits......................................................2948
    Puerto Rico....................................................2871
  Tax treaties.....................................................2716
  Tax-exempt organization information..............................2805
  Taxpayer assistance..............................................2914
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..............................2745, 2746, 2818
  Taxpayer identification numbers......................2601, 2909, 2978
  Technical corrections............................................2901
  Transportation income............................................2862
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2752
  Trusts...........................................................2829
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2782
    Financial asset securitization investment trust (FASIT)........2859
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2830
    Foreign trusts...........................................2855, 2916
    Grantor trusts.................................................2855
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2889
  Trusts and estates.................2724, 2739, 2810, 2935, 2949, 2965
  US possessions:
    Production and sale of property................................2785
  User fees........................................................2992
  Utilities repeal.................................................2776
  Valuation of property passing to surviving spouse................2750
  Violations of IRS law......................................2808, 2960
  Voice signatures.................................................2804
  Withdrawal of proposed regulations...............................2767
  Withholding......................................................2966
  Withholding certificates.........................................2796
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Appealing administrative actions of the Office of the Special 
      Trustee......................................................1384
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1563
  Child support enforcement........................................1232
  Cultural exchange of marine mammal products between Natives......1392
  Eagle permits....................................................1429
  Electric power utilities.........................................1575
  Fishing management...........................................556, 623
  Food assistance programs...........................203, 208, 212, 215
  Head Start Services for children...........................1243, 1255
  Housing....................28, 32, 1297, 1354, 1361, 1367, 1371, 1582
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1045
  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.....................................4334
  Individual Indian money accounts.................................1386
  IRS Form 945.....................................................2959
  Job training programs............................................1914
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......4335, 4336, 4343, 4344, 4345, 
                                     4346, 4347, 4348, 4349, 4350, 4351
  Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act 
                                                             1341, 1370
  NIGC definitions.................................................4342
  Preference in employment.........................................1586
  Social welfare and relief of distress............................1577
  Title IV-B planning requirements for tribes......................1259
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Columbia River access sites....................................1580
  Welfare reform:
    Tribal program requirements....................................1233
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1921
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................529
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1044
  Definitions of electronic aid and electronic facsimile...........4351
  Gaming annual fees...............................................4350
  Gaming authorizations......................................4336, 4344
  Gaming operations..............................1584, 4335, 4337, 4338
  GSA acquisition regulations......................................3678
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1583
  Indian incentive payments.........................................744
  Indian monies and BIA special deposits...........................1385
  Loans, grants, and employment assistance.............1550, 1551, 1555
  Management of assets of the Ute Indian Tribe.....................1589
  Tribal revenue allocation........................................1566
Indians-education:
  Academic and dormitory standards.................................1559
  Adult education programs.........................................1585
  Adult vocational training........................................1556
  Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1557
  Grant policies and procedures....................................1561
  Grants to colleges...............................................1562
  School construction contracts....................................1558
  School improvement program.......................................1560
Indians-grants:
  Indian Highway Safety Program....................................1588
Indians-lands:
  Acquisitions.......................................................32
  Air pollution control implementation...........3188, 3190, 3253, 3274
  Alaska Native selections.........................................1652
  Allotments.......................................................1675
  American Indian agricultural rangeland management................1572
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3204
  Fishing sites on Columbia River..................................1581
  Grazing permits............................................1570, 1571
  Indian Land Acquisition loans......................................28
  Indian Trust Land interests......................................1256
  Irrigation projects..............................................1574
  Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1579
  Migratory bird hunting...........................................1439
  Mining leases..................................1553, 1578, 1613, 1615
  Mining regulations...............................................1620
  Mortgages and deeds of trust.....................................1552
  Municipal solid waste landfills..................................3509
  National Forest System lands......................................324
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1528, 1536
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1603
  Road construction on.............................................1573
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1554
  Water pollution control requirements.............................3603
Indians-law:
  Construction of jails............................................1880
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1568
  Hearings and appeals.................................1576, 4339, 4340
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1587
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4341
Indians-tribal government............................................70
  Adoptions........................................................1240
  Air quality planning and management..............................3402
  Election procedures........................................1564, 1565
  EPA emergency response reimbursement.............................3532
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1260
  Historic preservation programs...................................1539
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1587
  Operating permits programs.......................................3224
  Performance Partnership Grants...................................3151
  Self-determination...............................................1557
  Self-governance program procedures...............................1567
  Tribal background investigations.................................4345

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Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Blind
           Disability benefits
           Education of individuals with disabilities
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
  Access guidelines for buildings and facilities:
    Detectable warnings............................................3136
  Accessibility guidelines for air carriers........................2092
  Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1734, 1736, 
                                           1737, 3133, 3134, 3138, 3140
    Detectable warnings............................................1733
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3139
    Play areas.....................................................3135
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1732, 1733
  Accessibility guidelines for children's environments.......1737, 3141
  Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and 
      customer premises equipment............................3142, 4202
  Contractor and subcontractor affirmative action obligations.....1900, 
                                                                   1907
  Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with 
      disabilities..................................................844
  Employment discrimination complaints.............................3611
  Housing..............................................1261, 1279, 1366
  Luxury tax exemption.............................................2952
  Motor vehicle modifications......................................2351
  Motor vehicle wheelchair lifts and ramps...................2345, 2444
  Nondiscrimination....................................3663, 3869, 3985
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4095
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1732, 1733
  Passenger vessel access....................................2082, 3132
  Schedule for rating disabilities.....................3013, 3014, 3048
  Telecommunications relay services..........................4137, 4138
  Transportation.......................................1560, 2053, 2083
  Video programming accessibility..................................4106
  Widow's benefits.................................................3959
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
  Adopted children...........................................2909, 2978
  Air bag warning labels for child seating.........................2421
  Air bags.......................................2357, 2462, 2463, 2464
  Aircraft child restraints..................................2153, 2443
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................4074
  Back yard play sets standard.....................................4062
  Bicycle helmet safety standard...................................4076
  Bunk bed requirements............................................4067
  Child Nutrition Programs..........................................224
  Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4070
  Crib safety standards............................................4063
  Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with 
      disabilities..................................................844
  Flammability of children's sleepwear.............................4066
  Food assistance programs......178, 181, 190, 205, 210, 225, 227, 228, 
                                                                    241
  Food stamp program...........................................189, 216
  Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging.............4069, 4077
  Individuals with disabilities.........................847, 1737, 3141
  Infant formula..............................................242, 1004
  Lead poisoning.................................1280, 3438, 3440, 3442
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...1095, 1136, 1940, 2751
  Medicaid program...........................................1126, 1152
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................221
  Pediatric drug assessment.........................................994
  Protection for children as research subjects......................830
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................188
  SSA disability determinations....................................3970
  Sulfate in drinking water........................................3601
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................185
  Supplemental food program...............................222, 240, 247
  Taxpayer identification numbers............................2909, 2978
  VA pensions for veteran or surviving spouse......................3084
  Vaccines for Children Program....................................1138
  Welfare services.................................................1228
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...............................................2226
  Commercial space transportation..................................2236
  Equity index insurance products..................................4463
  Exchange visitors................................................3994
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4097
  Motor vehicle verification procedures............................1863
  Passenger vessel operators.......................................4258
Insurance companies:
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4442
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements..........320, 832
  Advisory opinions of the OIG regarding health care programs.......927
  Air carrier regulation...........................................2078
  Air pollution control implementation....3186, 3188, 3242, 3265, 3303, 
                               3308, 3325, 3384, 3385, 3388, 3397, 3399
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................860
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1577
  BIA schools......................................................1559
  Census 2000 boundary changes......................................406
  Child support non-performance TANF penalty.......................1235
  Community development............................................1337
  Databases of convicted offenders.................................1865
  Education programs................................................123
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............1929
  Employer-based group health plans................................1120
  EPA effluent guidelines and standards............................3542
  EPA emergency response reimbursement.............................3532
  EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule................................3493
  EPA permit regulations...........................................3559
  EPA State implementation plans (SIPs)..........3201, 3205, 3277, 3377
  EPA State sewage sludge management...............................3567
  EPA water monitoring requirements................................3591
  EPA water quality standards................................3545, 3568

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  EPA water regulations streamlining...............................3551
  EPA-California water quality standards...........................3560
  Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2580
  Federal funding of emergency health services for undocumented 
      aliens.......................................................1200
  Federal payments to State veterans homes.........................3006
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................1917
  Flood assistance program.........................................3618
  Food assistance programs.................178, 190, 217, 224, 228, 241
    Sharing information with INS....................................218
  Food Security Act.................................................386
  Food stamps.............................................182, 189, 234
  GSA acquisition regulations......................................3678
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2547
  HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1074
  Highway management...............................................2316
  Highway projects.....................................2298, 2300, 2320
  Highway safety programs........................2321, 2371, 2372, 2465
  INS programs.....................................................1782
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2477
  Local Redevelopment Authorities...................................716
  Medicaid.......................................1193, 1195, 1196, 1201
    Administrative costs...........................................1128
    Eligibility....................................................1129
  National Dam Safety Program......................................3622
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1866
  National Park System exchanges...................................1674
  National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1035
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3404
  Oil spill response...............................................2144
  Payments to State and local governments..........................1645
  Performance Partnership Grants.............................3150, 3151
  Prison made goods................................................1879
  Railroad highway projects........................................2302
  Reporting health care professionals to state licensing boards 
                                                                   3043
  Social Security payments.........................................3954
  State and local historic preservation programs...................1539
  State Children's Health Insurance Program............1097, 1188, 1189
  State habitat conservation strategies.......................589, 1474
  State irrigation districts regulation............................1677
  State issued identification documents............................2366
  USDA:
    Entitlement programs.......................................342, 347
    State mediation programs.........................................37
  Water supply.........................................3597, 3599, 3603
  Wildlife refuge exchanges........................................1674
Intermodal transportation:
  Charter services.................................................2503
  Environmental impact and related procedures......................2319
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border boat landing program:
    Landing cards..................................................1813
  Border crossing card fees........................................1857
  Dedicated commuter lanes...................................1781, 1798
  Ports of entry...................................................1781
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  BLM deregulation.................................................1693
  Continued prosecution application practice changes................676
  Fees..............................................................675
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................685
  Licensing government-owned inventions.............................687
  Mineral patent applications......................................1666
  New drug patent holder notification..............................1016
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................684
  Patent applications.....................................677, 678, 680
  Patent practitioners..............................................681
  Patent process reengineering......................................672
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................683
    Nucleotide and amino acid sequence listing......................674
  Small businesses..................................................684
  Third-party participation.........................................679
Investigations:
  Civil investigative demands......................................1862
  Coast Guard......................................................2095
  Customs:
    Illegal importation of merchandise.............................2672
  Government personnel.............................................3845
  Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities........3507
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising by unit investment trusts............................4453
  Advertising rules................................................4444
  Bonding of officers and employees................................4462
  Codes of ethics..................................................4455
  Deregistration form..............................................4447
  Disclosure requirements....................................4441, 4466
  Exemption of certain transactions................................4461
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4446
  Limited liability companies......................................3928
  Mergers..........................................................4460
  Multi-state investment advisers exemption........................4450
  Names............................................................4454
  Private investment companies.....................................4421
  Registration form..........................................4446, 4464
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4443
  Small entity definition..........................................4452
  Taxation.........................................................2879
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Foreign investments in U.S.
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Advertising rules................................................4440
  Canadian.........................................................4445
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4448
  Economic development..............................................409
  Investment advisers..............................................4439
  Money market funds...............................................4465
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2644
  Non-mortgage investments by GSEs.................................1274
  Registration.....................................................4440
  Registration forms...............................................4434
  Taxation.........................................................2704
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1574


                                   J

Job Training Partnership Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Juices:
  Food safety assessment programs...................................946
Juvenile delinquency:
  Family Unity Program.............................................1816


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................813
  Dialysis services................................................1066
  Medicare eligibility.......................................1070, 1117


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Air bag warning labels for child seating...................2421, 2428
  Amalgam ingredients..............................................1007

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  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2445
  Animal drugs......................................................992
  Batteries........................................................4313
  Beer.............................................................2630
  Building materials...............................................1307
  Contraceptive drugs..............................................1012
  Dietary supplements...............................................949
  Distilled spirits................................................2611
  Dolphin-safe tuna.................................................620
  Drugs...................................................954, 984, 994
  Electric motors...................................................862
  Furs.............................................................4311
  HCFCs............................................................3261
  Hearing aids......................................................945
  Home insulation..................................................4298
  Insulin certification............................................1025
  Insulin-containing products.......................................975
  Malt beverages...................................................2624
  Methyl bromide...................................................3207
  Over-the-counter drugs............................................988
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................986
  Pesticides.....................................3412, 3413, 3421, 3425
  Poisonous materials..............................................2517
  Pregnancy labeling category for prescription drugs..........976, 1018
  Prescription drugs................................................999
  Textiles.............................................4297, 4310, 4312
  Travel expenses for brand participants............................303
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2612
  Wine.............................................................2608
  Wool products....................................................4310
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..............1924
  Davis-Bacon helper regulations...................................1892
  DOL user fees....................................................1895
  Fair Labor Standards Act:
    Exemptions.....................................................1896
  Single location bargaining units.................................4354
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1897
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1919, 1920
Labor management relations:
  See also Labor unions
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1929
  Reporting by labor relations consultants and others..............1910
Labor unions:
  Remedial provisions..............................................4353
  Representation case procedures.............................4352, 4354
Laboratories:
  Accreditation............................................2, 106, 2651
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1165
  Clinical laboratories regulation.........1101, 1116, 1127, 1151, 1166
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1119
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3159
  Testing of mining equipment......................................1967
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.....................................2042
  Judges, Code of Conduct..........................................3958
  Suits against Federal agencies.............................3166, 3598
  Third party suits:
    Underground storage of hazardous materials.....................3521
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1861, 4136
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1876
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1452
  Forest Service....................................................319
  Immigration......................................................1782
  Motor vehicle theft..............................................1863
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4341
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1866
  Police Recruitment Program guidelines............................1874
  Response to arson or terrorism...................................1339
  Seat belt exemption for law enforcement vehicles.................2396
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1867
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1766
Lawyers:
  See also Legal services
  Debarment........................................................1013
  Disciplinary procedures..........................................1758
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4339
Lead poisoning:
  Hazard abatement.................................................3442
  Paint..................1280, 3432, 3438, 3440, 3441, 3442, 3450, 3456
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3468
Legal services:
  Individuals with mental illness...................................936
Libraries:
  Presidential library facilities..................................3709
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2833
  Government employees.............................................3799
  Variable life insurance contracts................................4457
  Veterans.........................................................3109
Linseeds:
  See Oilseeds
Liquors:
  Exports..........................................................2605
  Labeling.........................................................2611
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2629
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2612
Livestock:
  See also specific animals
           Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Emergency assistance...............................................65
  Free choice medicated feed........................................977
  Liquid medicated feed.............................................977
  Livestock feed assistance..........................................86
Loan programs:
  Delinquent debtors...............................................2586
  Loan Guarantee Recovery Fund.....................................1339
  Lobbying restrictions............................................2067
  Treasury taxes and loans.........................................2589
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Account service and loan making....................................24
  Account servicing..................................................42
  Application processing timeframe...................................31
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program...........348, 350, 356
  Buyback of repurchased guaranteed loans............................13
  Certified Lender Program...........................................26
  Civil rights of borrowers.........................................370
  Community facility loans..........................................376
  Community programs......................................137, 139, 142
  Debt settlement....................................................79

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  Depreciation rates and procedures.................................372
  Disaster assistance................................................34
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Agriculture secondary market regulations.......................4087
    Book-entry regulations.........................................4092
    Borrower rights................................................4088
    Capital regulations revisions..................................4084
    Election of directors..........................................4080
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4079
    Financing agreement guidelines.................................4091
    Funding relationship with other institutions...................4086
    Leasing regulations............................................4085
    Loan policies and operations...................................4093
  Farm Credit Program:
    Delinquent accounts......................................51, 55, 68
    Inventory property management....................................67
    Loanmaking...........................57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 71
    Management and disposal of acquired property.................50, 54
    Regulatory consolidation and deletion............49, 52, 53, 56, 63
  Farm loan mortgages and notes......................................40
  Farm Loan Program:
    Collection activities............................................15
  Farm ownership loans.......................................27, 35, 36
  Farmer Program.....................................................89
  Farmers Home Administration:
    Decision to liquidate............................................90
    Intermediary Relending Program..................................357
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4097
  FSA five-year direct line of credit program........................46
  Housing...........................................................351
  Interest subsidy for guaranteed borrowers..........................19
  Loan assessment and market placement...............................29
  Loan changes......................................................134
  Loan liquidation..................................................377
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................389
  Monitoring liquid accounts.........................................25
  Regulation streamlining...........................................365
  Rural areas.......................................................365
  Rural economic development...................................140, 349
  Rural electrification.....358, 359, 363, 364, 367, 369, 373, 374, 375
  Rural housing......................................135, 138, 143, 146
  Rural telephone system..................................358, 366, 371
  Rural water and waste disposal....................................142
  Security property.................................................377
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................30
  State mediation programs...........................................37
  Water and waste disposal programs.................................380
Loan programs-business:
  Fishermen.........................................................608
Loan programs-education:
  Federal Family Education Loan Program........................838, 842
  Federal Perkins Loan Program......................................838
  Financial responsibility of institutions..........................841
  Interest.........................................................2768
  Medical research...........................................1052, 1053
  Repayment arrangements............................................838
  Student Assistance General Provisions technical changes...........840
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.............838, 839, 842
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1046
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1057
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Approval of lenders and mortgagees...............................1317
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................1347
  Fair Housing Act.................................................1347
  Fair Housing Home Loan Data System...............................2647
  Indians..........................................................1297
  Loan Guarantee Program.....................................1329, 1338
  Loan policy changes................................................23
  Modernization funding............................................1363
  Title I property insurance programs........................1295, 1308
Loan programs-Indians:
  BIA program elimination..........................................1550
  Housing loan guarantees..........................................1361
  Indian Land Acquisition loans......................................28
  Mortgage loans.............................................1297, 1341
Loan programs-veterans:
  Acceptance of partial payments...................................3079
  Automatic authority program......................................3101
  Electronic payment of funding fee................................3102
  Home loan program................................................3104
  Loan refinancing.................................................3088
  Property improvements definition.................................3080
  Title evidence requirements......................................3078
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................1864
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1864
  Nonprofit organizations..........................................3760
  Restrictions...................389, 788, 1377, 2067, 3690, 3735, 3977
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................2031
  Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act...................1913
  Safety and health regulations....................................1992
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
           Rent subsidies
  Affordable Housing Program amendments............................4254
  Disposals of surplus real property for housing assistance........3651
  Section 8............................................1338, 1358, 1366
    Rents..........................................................1365
    Special housing types..........................................1365
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Black lung benefits
           Tuberculosis
  Black lung.......................................................1948
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................813
  Diesel particulate...............................................1950
  Silicosis........................................................1948


                                   M

Manpower training programs:
  Migrant and seasonal farmworkers.................................1915
  Nondiscrimination................................................1984
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety...............................131, 1304, 1322
  Metal roofing....................................................1290
  Transportation of................................................2331
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards...........................................98
  Captive holding and transport.....................................527
  Dolphins...........................................525, 580, 583, 620
  Exports of products for cultural exchange........................1392
  Foreign nationals' marine mammal programs.........................523
  Incidental taking...482, 524, 525, 532, 581, 583, 584, 588, 622, 624, 
                                                         625, 655, 1459
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................529
  Marine Mammal Protection Act......530, 553, 580, 588, 645, 1459, 1460
  North right whales......................................586, 627, 659
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1413
  Photography permits...............................................528
  Research authorization............................................585
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Conservation and management measures..............................555

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  Criteria for water quality.......................................3571
  Critical habitat.............................................566, 567
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................594
  Florida offshore SMZ..............................................521
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................629
  Marine Mammal Protection Act:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1390
  Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.......................593, 630
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................537
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................535
  Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary...........................631
  Regulations consolidation.........................................531
  Research program..................................................632
  South Carolina coast..............................................521
  Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.............................592
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Casualty reporting...............................................2101
  Coast Guard regulations....................................2127, 2150
  FCC inspection of radio installations on ships...................4144
  Federal pilotage.................................................2139
  Houseboats.......................................................2148
  Lifesaving equipment regulations.................................2119
  Maritime training course approval procedures.....................2112
  Pilot registration...............................................2505
  Review of boating safety regulations.............................2152
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2117
  Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2140
  Towing vessels.............................................2109, 2131
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Communications...................................................4190
  Foreign transfer of vessels......................................2558
  Great Lakes load line certificate................................2105
  Japanese vessels.................................................4260
  Merchant mariners................................................2147
  Mortgagees and trustees..........................................2561
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4259
  Rate determinations..............................................2560
  U.S. citizenship requirements....................................2562
  USCG user fees...................................................2107
Marketing quotas:
  Crystalline fructose...............................................21
  Peanuts........................................................84, 92
  Sugar..............................................................21
  Tobacco............................................17, 18, 22, 83, 94
Mass transportation:
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2501
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2502
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Gaseous fuels:
    Propane cylinders..............................................2548
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................268
  Cured pork products.....................................284, 287, 295
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................263
  Export sales reporting............................................300
  Irradiation.......................................................267
  Labeling......................................261, 272, 275, 282, 283
  Meat recovery systems.............................................268
  Performance standards.............................................279
  Prior approval requirements.......................................260
  Sanitation requirements...........................................280
  Transportation and storage........................................286
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................262
  E. coli testing...................................................296
  Food additives....................................................270
  Foreign country import certification..............................269
  GRAS substances...................................................270
  HACCP programs...............................................252, 258
  Labeling.....................................................257, 276
  Partial quality control programs..................................259
  Performance standards.............................................257
    Bacon...........................................................266
    Contamination...................................................256
    Foodborne pathogens.............................................293
    Processing procedures.................................253, 258, 273
    Ready-to-eat products......................................264, 265
    Suspension of inspection service................................291
    Thermal processing..............................................254
  Residue chemistry analyses........................................249
  Rules of practice.................................................278
  Sorbitol in cooked roast beef products............................290
  Standards of identity and composition........................271, 289
  User fees...........................................................5
Medicaid:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
           Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical center accreditation.........................1210
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...............................1085
  Case management services.........................................1106
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1127
  Contract With America Advancement Act............................1126
  Disproportionate share hospitals.................................1130
  Drug rebate program.........................................931, 1107
  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 
      services.....................................................1152
  Eligibility......................................................1100
    AFDC children..................................................1131
    Children.......................................................1201
    Medically needy................................................1129
    Non-U.S. citizens........................................1196, 1201
    Redeterminations...............................................1126
  Employer-based group health plans................................1120
  Estate recoveries................................................1080
  Federal financial participation income limits....................1195
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1091
  Health insuring organizations....................................1156
  Health maintenance organizations.................................1156
  Home and community-based services................................1191
  Hospice care.....................................................1172
  Low-income pregnant women........................................1108
  Managed care.....................................................1193
  Medicaid Management Information System...........................1112
  Medical child support............................................1177
  Nursing facilities:
    Substandard care...............................................1084
  Nursing home benefits............................................1104
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules......................1039
  Outstation intake locations......................................1108
  Penalties, sanctions and exclusions..........................924, 925
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                             1126, 1128
  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1211
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1157
  Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1158
  Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1155
  Spenddown........................................................1100
  State allotments.................................................1180
  State Children's Health Insurance Program........................1097
  State plan requirements:
    Plans of care..................................................1124
  Surety bond requirements.........................................1203
  Third party liability............................................1071
  Tuberculosis-related services....................................1068
  Vaccines for Children Program....................................1138
Medical and dental schools:
  Grants for Residency Training and Advanced Education in the 
      General Practice of Dentistry program........................1043
  NIH scholarships.................................................1047

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Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Computer software programs.......................................1008
  Dispute resolution...............................................1003
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1021
  Hearing aids......................................................945
  Intermittent positive pressure machine...........................1162
  Intraocular lenses...............................................1118
  Investigational device exemptions................................1002
  Liability limitations............................................1121
  Long-term........................................................1012
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4157
  Medicare coverage..........................................1072, 1168
  Restricted devices promotion......................................953
  Standards........................................................4147
  Surety bond requirements...................................1183, 1187
  Tracking.........................................................1019
  Unapproved new uses information...................................966
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Clinical research streamlining...................................1001
  Contraception and infertility..............................1052, 1053
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1161
  FDA standards and evaluations....................................1029
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1021
  National Research Service Awards.................................1050
  NCI construction grants..........................................1056
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3161
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1057
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1050
  Peer review......................................................1054
  Radiopharmaceuticals..............................................957
  Senior Biomedical Research Service................................932
Medicare:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Additional supplier standards....................................1167
  Advanced refunding of debt.......................................1197
  Advertising costs................................................1198
  Advisory opinions of the OIG......................................927
  Allowable costs:
    FICA and other payroll taxes...................................1079
  Ambulance services...............................................1117
  Ambulatory surgical center accreditation.........................1210
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...................1085, 1086, 1137
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................922
  Appeals:
    Coverage.......................................................1094
    Payment determinations.........................................1114
  Audiologists.....................................................1076
  Blood glucose monitors and test strips...........................1206
  Bone mass measurements...........................................1209
  Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1149
  CHAMPUS benefits..................................................810
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1127
  Community mental health centers:
    Conditions of participation....................................1171
  Competitive medical plans:
    Appeal protections.......................................1094, 1217
    Contract termination...........................................1214
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1062
  Congestive heart failure care management.........................1140
  Consolidated billing.............................................1143
  Contract eligibility.............................................1142
  Contract performance evaluation..................................1160
  Contractors......................................................1178
    Integrity Program..............................................1175
  Cost reports.....................................................1077
  Deductibles:
    Part A.........................................................1135
  Depreciable assets...............................................1225
  Dialysis services..........................................1066, 1070
  Disabled active individuals................................1103, 1134
  Durable medical equipment:
    Fee schedules..................................................1082
  Electrostimulation of salivary glands for xerostomia.............1113
  End-stage renal disease:
    Demonstration waivers..........................................1173
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.............................................1061
    Durable medical equipment......................................1082
    Physicians.........................................1192, 1219, 1224
  Fraud and abuse..................................................1088
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1064
    Appeal protections.......................................1094, 1217
  Health maintenance organizations:
    Appeal protections.......................................1094, 1217
    Contract termination...........................................1214
  Home health agencies:
    Capitalization requirements....................................1222
    Conditions of participation....................................1218
    Costs..........................................................1205
    Costs per visit................................................1221
    Definition.....................................................1072
    Participation requirements.....................................1115
    Physician certifications.......................................1216
    Surety bonds...................................................1222
    Survey and sanctions...........................................1150
  Hospice care...............................................1075, 1199
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1163
  Hospital emergency care..........................................1102
  Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System....................1096
  Hospital outpatient services.....................................1212
  Hospital patient services:
    Prospective Payment System.....................................1185
  Income protection for community spouse...........................1149
  Inherent reasonableness..........................................1226
  Integrity Program................................................1175
  Liability insurance..............................................1081
  Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians.................1078
  Loan repayments..................................................1197
  Medical devices..................................................1168
  Medical equipment................................................1162
  Medical services coverage decisions..............................1146
  Medicare+Choice plan contractors.................................1227
  Medicare+Choice plans................................1145, 1178, 1204
  Medigap policies..................................................929
  Mentally ill or retarded persons.................................1090
  Negotiated Rulemaking Committee formation........................1139
  Nurse-midwives...................................................1092
  Occupational therapy.............................................1147
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules................1039, 1073
  Ownership changes................................................1067
  Patient outcome measurement......................................1218
  Payment policy revisions.........................................1144
  Penalties and sanctions...........................................929
  Penalties, sanctions and exclusions..........................924, 925
  Penalties, sanctions and overpayments............................1067
  Physical therapy services........................................1215
  Physician assistant services.....................................1147
  Physicians.......................................................1147
    Fee schedules............................................1176, 1219
    Home health certifications.....................................1216
    Volume performance standard rates of increase..................1176
  Physicians' referrals......................................1069, 1179
  Premiums:
    Part A.........................................................1134
    Part B.........................................................1220
  Prospective Payment System.....................1111, 1123, 1143, 1185

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  Provider agreement and supplier participation....................1211
    Billing numbers................................................1174
  Provider reimbursement disbursement and appeals..................1063
  Provider-sponsored organization definition.......................1145
  Provider-sponsored organizations solvency standards..............1204
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1157
  Psychologist services............................................1154
  Resident assessment screening....................................1213
  Resource based practice expense payments.........................1144
  Respiratory therapy services.....................................1215
  Rural health clinics.............................................1065
  Rural health professional shortage areas.........................1181
  Screening Pap smears.............................................1105
  Secondary payer................................1081, 1103, 1159, 1170
  Skilled nursing facilities...............1072, 1090, 1155, 1164, 1213
    Cost limits....................................................1202
    Prospective Payment System.....................................1143
    Substandard care...............................................1084
  Social workers...................................................1154
  Solvency standards...............................................1139
  Speech-language pathologists.....................................1076
  State allotments.................................................1180
  Surety bond requirements.......................1183, 1187, 1203, 1207
  Teleconsultations................................................1181
  Telephone request for payment determinations review..............1114
  Uninsured aged...................................................1134
  User fees..................................................1178, 1182
  Vision care................................................1118, 1147
Mental health programs:
  DSH payments.....................................................1190
  Group health plan benefit parity.....................1095, 1945, 2984
  Group health plan limits.........................................1132
  Medicaid and Medicare sanctions for psychiatric hospitals........1157
  Protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness.......936
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  See also specific metals
  Ambient lead levels..............................................3384
  Emission standards for ferroalloy industry.......................3185
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3545
  High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3513
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1579
  Radiation protection standards for scrap metals..................3198
Metric system:
  Conversion.......................................................2297
    Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2411
    Pipeline safety standards......................................2537
Migrant labor:
  Aliens.....................................................1846, 1848
  Job service complaint system.....................................1922
  Job training programs......................................1914, 1915
  Labor standards..................................................1909
  Transportation of workers........................................2322
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
  Appointment of non-status employees..............................3802
  Claims settlement.................................................689
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................708
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................952
  Reemployment......................................................719
  Restoration to duty..............................................3812
  Retirement regulations...........................................3790
Milk:
  See also Milk marketing orders
  Child and adult care food program.................................181
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................97
  Import quotas.....................................................305
  Minimum basic formula price.........................................4
Milk marketing orders:
  Consolidation and reform............................................6
Mine safety and health:
  See also Black lung benefits
  Air quality standards............................................1964
  Belt entry.......................................................1951
  Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................1903
  Confined-space hazards...........................................1974
  Crystalline silica...............................................1962
  Decertification of individuals...................................1978
  Experienced miner definitions....................................1973
  Hazard communication.............................................1963
  Metal and nonmetal mines:
    Electrical standards...........................................1956
  Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................1952
  Methane safety standards.........................................1976
  Mine Health and Safety Academy...................................1980
  Noise control standard...........................................1965
  Noise monitoring.................................................1972
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1969
  Respirable coal dust.................................1948, 1958, 1979
  Roof and rock bolts and accessories..............................1970
  Single-shift sampling notice.....................................1979
  Surface haulage equipment........................................1953
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................1967
  Training of miners.........................................1949, 1973
  Underground coal mines:
    Carbon monoxide monitoring.....................................1975
    Diesel particulate.............................................1950
    Dust control plan verification.................................1977
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................1968
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................1966
    Roof-bolting machines..........................................1954
    Safety standard revisions......................................1955
    Ventilation....................................................1960
  Underground mines:
    Diesel particulate.............................................1961
    Self-contained self-rescue devices.............................1957
  X-ray surveillance program.......................................1959
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Coal:
    Coal management................................................1661
    Logical Mining Units...........................................1697
  Fractions sale....................................................309
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1681
  Mineral materials disposal.......................................1663
  Mineral patent applications......................................1666
  Mining leases on Indian lands..............................1553, 1613
  Public information...............................................1678
  Smith River National Recreation Area mining regulations...........339
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1554
Mineral royalties:
  Credit adjustments...............................................1613
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1578
  Interest and late payments.......................................1604
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1604, 1605
  Reporting standards..............................................1601
  Royalty relief.............................................1614, 1619
  Valuation of gas production......................................1615
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health

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Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
           Underground mining
  Abandoned........................................................1624
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1626
  Indian lands...............................................1553, 1578
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1579
  Locatable minerals...............................................1667
  Mining claims:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1698
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1665
  Water pollution control..........................................3583
Minimum wages......................................................1897
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1894
  Violation penalties..............................................1898
Minority businesses:
  Reorganization of rules..........................................3922
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..............................................1320
  Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program....................1300, 1311
  Indian housing...................................................1297
  Mortgage Insurance Certificates..................................1306
  Multifamily housing........................................1316, 1320
  Premium reduction................................................1298
  Single-family....................................................1306
    Direct endorsement and automated underwriting..................1310
    Floodplains....................................................1294
    Risk-sharing agreements........................................1321
    Streamlining...................................................1319
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Broker disclosure requirements.............................1313, 1325
  Builder warranty for high ratio mortgages........................1299
  Escrow accounting procedures.....................................1324
  Farm loan mortgages and notes......................................40
  Foreclosure......................................................1318
  GNMA.............................................................1341
  Home mortgage disclosure.........................................3000
  Hospitals........................................................1312
  Indian lands.....................................................1552
  Loss mitigation..................................................1318
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1292
  Multifamily housing..................................1293, 1305, 1316
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2858
  RESPA amendments.................................................1313
    Payments for referrals.........................................1314
  Risk-based capital regulation....................................3740
  Single-family lenders............................................1318
  Single-family mortgagee's origination approval agreements........1309
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems............................2379, 2397, 2400, 2456, 2457
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems...................................2296, 2381
    Definition.....................................................2266
    Duty status records............................................2277
    Marking requirements...........................................2276
  Data display units...............................................2281
  Drivers:
    Diabetic.......................................................2306
    Disqualification...............................................2290
    Home heating oil delivery......................................2335
    Hours of service regulations.............................2282, 2285
    Licensing..........................................2270, 2285, 2307
    Qualification requirements.............2271, 2272, 2274, 2311, 2315
    Safety preformance history.....................................2279
    Training.......................................................2273
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2283
  English language requirement.....................................2328
  Excise taxes.....................................................2738
  FAA compliance activities:
    Fees...........................................................2284
  Federal safety regulations:
    Administrative actions.........................................2278
    General amendments.............................................2330
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2264
    Regulations review.............................................2299
    Safety ratings.................................................2329
  Finance applications.............................................4493
  Financial data collections.......................................2565
  Hazardous materials transportation.............2278, 2313, 2333, 2528
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2446
  Household goods transportation...................................2292
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Development of a single, on-line Federal system................2324
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2323
  Insurance........................................................2284
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2312
  Leased and interchanged vehicles.................................2305
  Licensing and insurance fees.....................................2304
  Malfunction lamp.................................................2457
  Manufactured home tires....................................1322, 2331
  Marking of vehicles..............................................2308
  Medical examinations.............................................2271
  Mexican........................................2293, 2294, 2295, 2427
  Migrant workers transportation...................................2322
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2318
  Obsolete regulations.......................................4501, 4504
  Periodic inspections.............................................2269
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................2007
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2280
  Rear underride protection..................................2287, 2450
  Retarders and stop lights operation..............................2365
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2521
  Technical amendments.............................................2337
  Television receivers.............................................2281
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2544
  Truck length and width...........................................2309
  Truck size and weight......................................2310, 2336
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels.................................................860
  Emissions control................................................3254
  Emissions from refinishing coatings..............................3304
  Emissions standards........................................3257, 3313
  Emissions testing................................................3255
  Gasoline:
    Reformulated.................................3302, 3311, 3385, 3398
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3310
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3180
  Low emission vehicles program..............................3282, 3397
  Nitrogen oxides..................................................3254
  Non-road diesel engines..........................................3170
  On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-duty 
      vehicles and equipment.......................................3312
  Particulate matter standards.....................................3254
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices.............................................2341, 2410
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes...............................................2379, 2397
    Antilock brakes..........................................2296, 2400
    Electric vehicles..............................................2456

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    Light vehicles.................................................2460
    Linings........................................................2390
    Motorcycles....................................................2380
  Certifications:
    New vehicles...................................................2354
  Child restraint systems..................2344, 2410, 2421, 2428, 2449
  Community transportation vehicles................................2388
  Conversion of standards to metric measurements...................2411
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2432
  Electric vehicles................................................2348
  Financial responsibility.........................................2286
  Fire performance requirements....................................2347
  Foreign vehicles.................................................2286
  Foreign vehicles and standards:
    Compliance with Federal safety standards.................2413, 2466
  Fuel system integrity............................................2452
  Glazing materials:
    Film transmittance.............................................2391
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Center high-mounted stop lamps.................................2338
    Daytime running lamps..........................................2362
    European regulations...........................................2383
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2349
    Large trailers.................................................2275
    Motor-driven cycles............................................2382
    Motorcycles..............................................2367, 2423
    Performance and test requirement modifications.................2363
    Retarders and stop lights operation............................2365
    School bus stop signal arms....................................2420
    Sealed beam headlamps..........................................2350
    Signal lamp inventions.........................................2407
    Signal lamps...................................................2364
    Stop lamps.....................................................2384
  Low speed vehicles...............................................2412
  Mining industry..................................................1953
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2352
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program..........................2318
  National Highway System Designation Act..........................2285
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags......2342, 2343, 2357, 2358, 2359, 2360, 2361, 2401, 2419, 
                               2424, 2426, 2431, 2458, 2462, 2463, 2464
    Dummy containment area.........................................2403
    Head/neck protection...............................2377, 2426, 2451
    Injury criteria................................................2451
    Interior impact tests..........................................2402
    Removal of regulations.........................................2447
    Side impact protection.........................................2441
  Pelvic restraints................................................2409
  Power window switches............................................2405
  Power-operated windows compliance testing........................2398
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2438
  Reflecting surfaces requirements.................................2455
    Rear reflex reflectors for truck tractors......................2461
  Rollover protection..............................................2435
  Roof crashworthiness.............................................2448
  Roof crush compliance testing....................................2394
  Safety glazing...................................................2376
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2389
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2433
    Stop signal arms...............................................2420
  Seat belts.......................................................2341
    Colorfastness requirements.....................................2454
    Exemption for law enforcement vehicles.........................2396
    Rear seats.....................................................2339
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2346
    Voluntarily-installed shoulder belts...........................2399
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2436
  Shifting and falling cargo.......................................2265
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2317
  Speed limits.....................................................2334
  Test dummies.....................................................2417
    Child dummies......................................2358, 2359, 2360
    CRABI 12-month size............................................2360
    Hybrid III.......................2355, 2358, 2359, 2361, 2418, 2453
    Improvements.............................................2406, 2408
    Use of unbelted and belted.....................................2424
  Tires:
    Identification symbols.........................................2378
    Manufactured home tires........................................2331
    Metric conversion..............................................2430
    Retreads.......................................................2392
    Test procedures................................................2368
  Traffic control for school areas.................................2289
  Trailer conspicuity..............................................2275
  Transmission control levers......................................2386
  Transporting Head Start participants.............................1241
  Truck rear underride protection..................................2450
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2345
  Windshield defrosting and defogging systems:
    European regulations...........................................2387
  Windshield wiping and washing systems:
    European regulations...........................................2385
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Air conditioning system....................................3260, 3401
  Alternatively fueled vehicles..............................2414, 3282
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2445
  Cape Cod National Seashore regulation............................1548
  Cargo tank motor vehicles..................................2532, 2554
  Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2437
  Clean fuel fleet vehicles........................................3175
  Community transportation vehicles................................2388
  Compressed natural gas use.......................................2439
  Cylinder material requirements...................................2395
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2404
  Defects..........................................................2404
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................2445
  Driver training..................................................2272
  Dual energy......................................................2393
  Electric..............................................865, 2393, 2456
  Energy management regulations.....................................904
  Export of used vehicles..........................................2680
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2656
  Imports....................................................2467, 3310
  Insurance:
    Insurer's reporting requirements...............................2375
  Leasing..........................................................3667
  Light trucks.....................................................3203
  Low speed vehicles...............................................2412
  Manufacturers....................................................2458
  Modifications for individuals with disabilities..................2351
  National Driver Register...................................2425, 2459
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1863
  Odometer disclosure requirement exemptions.......................2422
  Odometer fraud...................................................2440
  Recalls..........................................................2458
  Sales volume limit provisions....................................3268
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1834
  Snowmobiles......................................................1542
  State issued identification documents............................2366
  Theft data.................................................2374, 2375
  Theft prevention...........................................2340, 2354
  Theft protection.................................................2429
  Utility vehicles:
    Label requirements.............................................2353
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2444
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles

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Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Musculoskeletal disorders:
  Ergonomic protection standards...................................2013
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2653


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Assessment of fees...............................................2646
  Capital regulations..............................................2640
  Fiduciary powers.................................................2649
  International lending supervision................................2642
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2645
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2636
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  Foreign military sales............................................401
  Key Assets Protection Program.....................................713
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................701
  Weapons systems contractors.......................................796
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Crime prevention..................................................333
  Damaged timber removal............................................328
  Employee appeals..................................................334
  Fire prevention...................................................333
  Forest plan implementation........................................312
  Grazing permits...................................................318
  Hydroelectric uses................................................323
  Land exchanges:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1673
  Mexican wolves reintroduction....................................1520
  Ski area permit actions...........................................331
  Small business land use...........................................314
  Smith River National Recreation Area mining regulations...........339
  Special use authorizations...................................313, 327
    User fees.......................................................338
  Transportation system........................................321, 332
  Visitor services..................................................329
National guard:
  See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.................................2169, 2252, 2263
  Alaska:
    Glacier Bay National Park......................................1537
  Appalachian National Scenic Trail................................1541
  Big Cypress National Preserve:
    Frogging.......................................................1545
  Cape Cod National Seashore:
    Off-road operation of motor vehicles...........................1548
  Delaware Water Gap NRA Bicycle Trail.............................1544
  Denali National Park.............................................1530
  Distribution of printed matter...................................1549
  Grand Teton National Park:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1542
  Historic preservation programs...................................1539
  Hydroelectric power projects.....................................1531
  John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1542
  Kaloko-Honokohou National Historic Park..........................1534
  Kennedy Center...................................................1549
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1540
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1536
  Park police insignia.............................................1529
  Personal watercraft use..........................................1533
  Public nudity....................................................1534
  Resource protection........................................1532, 1535
  Rights-of-way....................................................1538
  Safety belt use..................................................1546
  Shenandoah National Park:
    Backcountry and fishing regulations............................1547
  Snowmobile use...................................................1541
  State exchanges..................................................1674
  Visitor use......................................................1532
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Aircraft operations............................................1543
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.............................3920
  Liquefied natural gas:
    Safety standards...............................................2523
  Motor vehicle fuel....................................860, 2439, 3254
  Private activity bond rules..........................2836, 2921, 2922
  Reformulated gasoline....................3302, 3309, 3311, 3385, 3398
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............3732, 3734
  Conservation Farm Option..........................................384
  Damage assessments...............................................1373
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1540
  Water bank........................................................387
  Wetlands.........................................................1271
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace regulations............................535, 2205, 2224, 2253
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2201
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2164
  Instrument flight rules....................................2175, 2202
  Mountain flying..................................................2256
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2199
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2210
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2204
  Transponder requirement....................................2219, 2227

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Navigation (water):
  Conformance of the USWMS with the USATONS (CGD 97-018)...........2135
  Delaware Bay.....................................................2134
  Lighting provisions..............................................2149
  North Carolina rivers............................................2139
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2518
  Prince William Sound.............................................2143
  Private aids to navigation.......................................2108
  Puget Sound......................................................2143
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................2128
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................4180
Noise control:
  Airports.........................................................2162
  Mining industry..................................................1965
  Overflights of national parks..................2169, 2251, 2252, 2263
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Cultural property regulations....................................2654
  DOT grants.......................................................2071
  Food assistance programs..........................................217
  Grants administration.......................................411, 3127
  Lobbying.........................................................3760
  Rights to inventions..............................................684
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  DOE information classification policy.............................880
  DOE nuclear activities............................................887
  Fees for background investigations of licensees..................4385
  NRC compliance with NISPOM.......................................4356
  NRC correcting amendments........................................4412
  NRC document control and distribution............................4358
  NRC fee schedule.................................................4381
  NRC organization and information.................................4414
  NRC policy for access to secret restricted data..................4363
  NRC regulation amendments..................................4373, 4409
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................883
  Prior approval procedures........................................4402
  Requirements for certificate holders, applicants, contractors, 
      and subcontractors...........................................4366
Nuclear materials:
  Emergency response worker training................................894
  Export controls...................................................425
  Industrial device user report....................................4390
  Licensing..................................................4355, 4408
  Medical license terms............................................4379
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4368
  Source material licensing........................................4394
  Spent fuel........................................................897
  Timepieces with tritium..........................................4378
  Vitrified waste containing plutonium.............................4374
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  ASME codes and standards.........................................4393
  Criticality accident requirements................................4413
  Decommissioning:
    Cost requirements..............................................4401
    Financial assurance requirements.........................4372, 4380
  Design and site suitability.................................882, 4392
  Emergency planning requirements for shutdown sites...............4365
  Emergency preparedness......................................882, 4376
  Emissions........................................................3223
  Gaseous diffusion plants.........................................4383
  IEEE National Consensus Standard.................................4359
  Licensing......................................4358, 4377, 4395, 4405
  Low-power operations.............................................4397
  Maintenance activities...........................................4367
  Nuclear occurrence...............................................4386
  Operator examinations............................................4375
  Personnel:
    Deliberate misconduct of NRC applicants........................4406
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4369, 4399
    Whistleblower provisions.................................1911, 2029
  Physical security................................................4407
  Possession only licenses.........................................4405
  Radiation safety requirements....................................4391
  Reporting requirements...........................................4371
  Safety assessments...............................................4367
  Safety regulations..........................882, 889, 891, 4400, 4403
  Shutdown.........................................................4397
  Spent fuel storage...............................................4370
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4398
  Three Mile Island................................................4386
  Waste disposal...................................................4396
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Medicare and Medicaid benefits.............................1104, 1164
  Mentally ill or retarded residents...............................1090
  Skilled nursing facility definition..............................1072
  Veterans.........................................................3098
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Dietary supplement labeling.......................................949
  Education....................................................233, 240
  Food labeling................................271, 272, 282, 283, 1005
  Medical food labeling............................................1006
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................986
  School meals......................................................224


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Workers' compensation
  Agricultural pesticides..........................................3423
  Air quality................................................1996, 2014
  Beryllium exposure..........................................885, 2026
  Cargo handling...................................................1992
  Chemicals........................................................1988
  Child labor regulations..........................................1891
  Construction industry............................................2017
  Consultation agreements..........................................2003
  Cotton dust......................................................1991
  Crystalline silica exposure......................................2024
  Electric power...................................................2021
  Energy sources...................................................1986
  Ergonomic standards..............................................2013
  Ethylene oxide...................................................1987
  Fall protection......................................1993, 2000, 2028
  Fire brigades....................................................1989
  Flammable and combustible liquids..........................1997, 1999
  Formaldehyde exposure............................................3463
  Glycol ethers....................................................2005
  Grain handling facilities........................................1990
  Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................2025
  Hazardous waste handling...................................1989, 2012
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................2015
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2019
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Program:
    Fees...........................................................1998
  Personal protective equipment....................................2002
  Power tool standards.............................................2020
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............2008
  Radiation exposure..........................................891, 4149
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2009
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2001, 2006, 2027
  Respiration protection...........................................2004
  Safety and health management program.............................1994

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  Scaffolds........................................................2010
  Shipyard standards.............................1995, 2010, 2011, 2018
  Steel erection activities........................................1993
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................2016
  Walking and work surfaces........................................2028
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:
  Addition to Toxic Release Inventory..............................3475
  Drilling operations..............................................1597
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1616
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................655
  Leasing........................................1592, 1615, 1659, 1689
    Leasing and operations regulations.............................1658
    Operations within national parks...............................1535
  Offshore facilities:
    Oil spill financial responsibility.............................1611
  Outer Continental Shelf........................1595, 1607, 1618, 2106
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1591, 1594
  Royalty relief.......................................1612, 1614, 1619
  Royalty reporting standards....................1590, 1601, 1606, 1612
  Testing requirements.............................................1609
  Worker training..................................................1595
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1659
  Regulation clarification.........................................1608
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1617
Oil pollution:
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2123
  Oil spill financial liability....................................1611
  Oil spill response.......................2142, 2144, 2146, 2533, 3524
  Prevention...........................................2111, 2151, 3523
  Tank vessels.....................................................2143
Oils and fats:
  See Oilseeds
Oilseeds:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................171
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3929
  Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings 
      test exempt amounts..........................................3978
  Disability determinations........................................3950
    Adjudication officers..........................................3933
    Cardiovascular body system.....................................3991
    Childhood disability...........................................3949
    Residual functional capacity...................................3946
    Single decisionmaker...........................................3935
  Drug addiction or alcoholism.....................................3965
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3957
  Fraud............................................................3936
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3960
  Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal 
      cases........................................................3973
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3960
  Mental disorders, evaluation criteria............................3955
  Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................3938
  Overpayment debt collection......................................3989
  Program administration...........................................3953
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3974
  Representative payee reforms...............................3956, 3966
  Speech and language impairments..................................3929
  Substantial gainful activity...............................3939, 3979
  Vocational rehabilitation........................................3990
Organization and functions:
  Advisory committees..............................................1641
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency...................................39
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................4090
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3674
  Federal Housing Finance Board....................................4247
  FEMA.............................................................3623
  INS..............................................................1833
  Interstate Commerce Commission.............................4499, 4500
  Nuclear Regulatory Commission....................................4414
  OCC..............................................................2639
  OIG system of records............................................1350
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network....................1039
  Panama Canal Commission reorganization...........................3868
  Public housing agencies..........................................1359
  Railroad Retirement Board........................................3886
  Surface Transportation Board...............................4499, 4500
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Adverse experience reporting......................................951
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4071
  Ephedrine drug products..........................................1747
  Labeling requirements.............................................988
  Safety............................................................942
  Tamper-resistant packaging........................................983
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant................................3429, 4069, 4071, 4077
  Country of origin marking..................................2665, 2687
  Hazardous materials..............................................4374
  Ozone-depleting aerosol products or other pressurized 
      dispensers....................................................960
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4296
  Sucraid..........................................................4075
  Tamper-resistant..................................................983
  Travel expenses for brand participants............................303
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...................2082, 3132
  Emergency response plans.........................................2100
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4258
  INS fines..................................................1801, 1838
  Inspection of alien crew members...........................1800, 1843
  Security standards...............................................2124
Passports and visas:
  B visas..........................................................2035
  Denial for nonpayment of child support...........................2044
  F-1 foreign students.............................................1778
  Immigrant visas:
    Requests for additional evidence...............................1855
  NAFTA professionals..............................................2034
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Part 41 regulations of INA.....................................2046
    Voiding and cancellation.......................................1777
  Transit without visa.............................................2032
  Visa Waiver Pilot Program..................................1791, 2033
    Countries eligible.............................................2043
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................154

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  Contracting additional peanuts by type and segregation.............85
  Marketing quotas...............................................84, 92
  Poundage quota and price support...................................92
  Price support......................................................92
  Regulation clarification...........................................76
Peer Review Organizations (PROs):
  Beneficiary complaints...........................................1087
  Medicare regulations changes...................1083, 1148, 1160, 1161
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Air pollution control............................................3301
  Civil.....578, 928, 929, 930, 931, 933, 1169, 1212, 1536, 1942, 2220, 
                                                       2488, 2577, 3621
    Inflation adjustment...................1631, 1821, 1870, 1971, 2096
    Test and evaluation program....................................2191
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1876
  Customs duties and inspection..............................2657, 2676
  EPA..............................................................3598
  Fair Housing Act violations......................................1346
  False drawback claims............................................2659
  FHA program violations...........................................1269
  Food stamp program...........................................196, 201
  Immigration......................................................1756
  Inflation adjustment.......................................1898, 3741
  Labor Department...........................................1898, 1936
  Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act...................1913
  Marketing quotas...............................................83, 84
  Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................894
  OIG...............................................................925
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Adequate consideration definition................................1941
  Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................1942
  Defined benefit pension plans....................................3883
  Disclosure requirements..........................................1943
  Elimination of pre-retirement optional forms...............2825, 2981
  Employer liability...............................................3877
  ERISA:
    Cessation of operations........................................3875
    Employee benefit plans.........................................1939
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1937, 1944
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2846
  Lump sum benefits................................................3874
  Medication copayments............................................3007
  Multiemployer plans:
    Mergers and transfers..........................................3879
  Overpayments.....................................................3880
  Premium payments.................................................3881
  Reduction in future accrual rates................................2813
  Reporting and notification requirements....................1930, 3882
  Retirement benefits..............................................1938
  Retirement obligations...........................................1938
  Single-employer plans:
    Premium payments...............................................3882
  Standard terminations............................................3883
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................3876
  Valuation of plan benefits.......................................3878
  Veterans...................................................3065, 3083
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Aircraft disinsection............................................2090
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3406, 3408
  Boll Weevil Eradication Program................................20, 74
  Canceled or suspended......................................3419, 3424
  Child-resistant packaging........................................3429
  Data requirements................................................3411
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3412
  Effluent guidelines and standards................................3558
  Exportation......................................................3430
  Field testing....................................................3407
  FIFRA exemptions.................................................3409
  Forests and forest products.......................................102
  Groundwater protection.....................................3417, 3418
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................101
  Labeling requirements:
    Endangered species protection..................................3425
    Flammability...................................................3413
    Permitted statements...........................................3421
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program...........................2
  Negotiated consent/procedural test rule..........................3445
  Production and distribution records..............................3422
  Residue in agricultural products...........................3415, 3420
    Emergency exemptions...........................................3406
  Scientific research..............................................3159
  Self-certification...............................................3426
  Storage and disposal.......................................3419, 3424
  Tolerance fees...................................................3410
  Transgenic plants................................................3416
  Worker protection standards....................3414, 3423, 3427, 3428
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Gasoline
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3351
  Air pollution from production facilities.........................3319
  DOD contracting...................................................705
  Gas valuation....................................................1602
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2533
  Refineries.......................................................3184
  Refining process wastes..........................................3502
  Reserves sales....................................................888
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3519
  Underground storage tanks........................................3487
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2511
  Breakout tanks...................................................2512
  Corrosion determinations.........................................2530
  Damage prevention systems........................................2552
  Drug testing of pipeline safety operations personnel.............2535
  Emergency flow restricting devices...............................2516
  Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas......2514
  Excess flow valves...............................................2551
  Gas gathering lines........................................2509, 2545
  Hazardous liquid pipelines.......................................2506
  Hazardous liquids gathering lines................................2545
  Increased inspection requirements................................2515
  Inspection devices...............................................2531
  Leak detection...................................................2540
  Liquefied natural gas............................................2523
  Maps and records of location.....................................2543
  Metric measurements..............................................2537
  Operator qualifications..........................................2510
  Periodic updates to regulations..................................2539
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2518
  Pressure testing rule......................................2519, 2555
  Regulatory review................................................2550
  Response plan review cycle.......................................2541
  Transportation of hazardous liquids..............................2520
  User fees........................................................2553
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Customs regulations..............................................2666

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  Natural Gas Transportation System.................................920
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2533
  Outer continental shelf....................................1610, 2538
  Secondary market transactions....................................4239
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2513
Plant diseases and pests............................................107
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................106
  Domestic quarantine notice........................................119
  Garbage inspection at airports....................................120
  Wheat.............................................................111
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened....665, 1399, 1400, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 
           1420, 1421, 1422, 1424, 1425, 1436, 1451, 1455, 1457, 1464, 
           1465, 1466, 1467, 1470, 1486, 1487, 1489, 1493, 1495, 1499, 
                         1502, 1503, 1504, 1506, 1508, 1512, 1522, 1524
  Exports..........................................................1430
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3345
Pneumoconiosis:
  See Black lung benefits
Poison prevention:
  See also Lead poisoning
  Child-resistant packaging..................................4069, 4077
  Labeling regulations.............................................2517
Political activities (Government employees):
  Federal employees residing in designated localities..............3859
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3751
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.............................................167
Poultry and poultry products:
  Continuous chilling of split turkey portions......................274
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................263
  Food additives....................................................270
  Inspection........................................................289
  Labeling.....................................................272, 283
  Mexican imports...................................................277
  Performance standards.............................................279
  Prior approval requirements.......................................260
  Sanitation requirements...........................................280
  Standards of identity and composition.............................271
  Transportation and storage........................................286
  Trisodium phosphate...............................................288
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................262
  E. coli testing..............................................281, 296
  HACCP programs....................................................252
  Labeling...........................................257, 276, 292, 297
  Partial quality control programs..................................259
  Performance standards...................................177, 254, 257
    Contamination...................................................256
    Foodborne pathogens.............................................293
    Processing procedures.................................253, 255, 273
    Ready-to-eat products......................................264, 265
    Suspension of inspection service................................291
  Regulation clarification..........................................172
  Residue chemistry analyses........................................249
  Rules of practice.................................................278
  User fees.........................................................172
Poverty:
  See Community action programs
      Food assistance programs
      Public assistance programs
Power resources:
  See Energy
Practice and procedure:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Prescription drugs:
  Antibiotics........................................972, 973, 996, 997
  Certification program fees........................................943
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4072
  Compounding practices............................................1032
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................953
  Drug rebate program...............................................931
  Labeling...............................................976, 984, 1018
  Labeling statements...............................................999
  PDMA policy information, guidance, and clarifications.............981
  Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians.....................3046
  Sucraid..........................................................4075
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  Federal Communications Commission................................4100
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.............................4237
Price support programs:
  Peanuts............................................................92
  Tobacco........................................................17, 18
Prisoners:
  Administrative remedy program....................................1720
  Contraband.......................................................1728
  Drug abuse treatment.............................................1716
  Early release considerations.....................................1716
  Eligibility for FPI work program.................................1713
  Fine and cost processing.........................................1725
  Good conduct time................................................1714
  Intensive confinement center programs............................1716
  Legal activities.................................................1706
  Literacy program.................................................1709
  Nondiscrimination................................................1721
  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1724
  OASDI benefits...................................................3973
  Personal property of inmates.....................................1711
  Program review participation.....................................1715
  Progress reports.................................................1729
  Restraint systems in law enforcement vehicles....................2396
  Special mail procedures..............................1703, 1718, 1726
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1710
  Visitors...................................................1717, 1728
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1704
Prisons:
  Acceptance of donations..........................................1719
  Commissary privileges............................................1712
  Correspondence from pretrial inmates.............................1727
  Federal Prison Industries work program...........................1713
  Funding of elective abortions....................................1708
  Incoming publications............................................1706
  Infectious disease management..............................1707, 1730
  Inmate recreation programs and manuscripts.......................1723
  Inmate work and performance pay..................................1722
  Institutional management.........................................1730
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1705
  Nondiscrimination toward inmates.................................1721
  Postsecondary education programs.................................1702
  Prison made goods................................................1879
  Telephone privileges.............................................1712
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Coast Guard's Marine Safety Information System...................2098
  Databases of convicted offenders.....................1865, 1866, 1878
  Education Department records exclusions...........................828
  Food Stamp Program................................................180

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  Income tax returns.........................................2741, 2742
  Justice Department research and statistical information..........1881
  NCUA.............................................................4327
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3739
  OIG systems of records...........................................1351
  Peer Review Organizations (PROs).................................1087
  Privacy Act......................................................3731
    Crop insurance..................................................148
    DOE records.....................................................884
    DOE records exemptions.....................................898, 899
    DOJ implementation.............................................1868
    Inspector General investigative files..........................3726
    NARA procedures................................................3699
    OGE procedures.................................................3745
  Review of regulations............................................1888
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................188
  Self-tests conducted by creditors................................4284
  USIA.............................................................3993
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)
  Aliens...........................................................1826
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1577
  Eligibility of immigrants........................................1814
  Federal means-tests public benefit definition.....................237
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                               196, 197, 203, 234, 1926
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..........................1250
  Welfare reform:
    Tribal program requirements....................................1233
  Welfare reform initiatives.......................................1340
  Welfare-to-Work microloans.......................................3910
  Welfare-to-Work Program....................................1254, 1921
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Immunization
           Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3452
  Blood and blood products..........................................982
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3160
  E. coli testing...................................................296
  Mammography Quality Standards Act................................1020
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................986
  Radiation protection.............................................3405
  Regulation reinvention...........................................1011
  Regulation revocation............................................1023
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2544
  Toxic Substances Control Act.....................................3437
  Water contamination effects......................................3588
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
           Rent subsidies
  Admission and occupancy....................................1358, 1362
  Community transition program.....................................1289
  Designated housing regulations...................................1356
  Development regulations revisions................................1359
  Eligibility......................................................1358
    Noncitizens....................................................1277
  Indians..............................................1354, 1370, 1371
  Management assessment program....................................1367
  Mixed finance partnership development:
    Streamlining...................................................1360
  Performance Funding System.......................................1368
  PHMAP assessment consolidation...................................1355
  Rents............................................................1357
  Revitalization potential.........................................1364
  Section 8 program rent limits....................................1372
  Tenant income reporting..........................................1264
  Uniform financial reporting standards............................1278
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.........................................1694
  Alaska...............................................1387, 1652, 1701
  BLM application procedures.......................................1672
  BLM authorities..................................................1642
  BLM resource planning............................................1640
  Color of title and omitted lands:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1650
  Conveyances, disclaimers, and correction documents...............1644
  Damage repairs...................................................1670
  Definitions......................................................1671
  Desert land entries..............................................1649
  Highway discretionary funds......................................2298
  Indian allotments................................................1675
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1527
  Leases...............................................1656, 1690, 1691
  Management framework plans.......................................1640
  Mineral materials disposal.......................................1663
  Payments to State and local governments..........................1645
  Permit and easements.................................1656, 1690, 1691
  Policy and management................................1387, 1653, 1656
  Recreational use permits.........................................1669
  Revenues management..............................................1636
  Ski area permit actions...........................................331
  State irrigation districts.......................................1677
  Subsistence hunting and fishing..................................1411
  Subsistence management regulations...............................1432
  Wilderness area management.......................................1688
Public lands-classification:
  Regulations removal and updating.................................1648
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1676
  Railroad grants..................................................1651
  Reclamation projects:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1696
  State grants.....................................................1695
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1679
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1682
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1668
  Gas measurement and commingling..................................1616
  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1618
  Leasing........................................1592, 1613, 1614, 1619
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1681
  Mining claims:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1698
  Mining operations................................................1667
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1689
    Performance standards..........................................1658
    Valuation of oil...............................................1603
  Public information...............................................1678
  Seismic reassessment of California platforms.....................1607
  Transportation and processing allowances.........................1615
  User fees........................................................1657
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Administrative process and standards.............................1381

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  Regulations removal........................................1654, 1655
Public lands-sales:
  Segregation and opening of lands.................................1647
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Streamlining of operations.......................................1646
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Publications:
  See Government publications


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors....................................889
  Dose limits and dose calculation methods.........................4382
  Dose methodology.................................................3217
  Drinking water.............................................3386, 3404
  General public...................................................3405
  Industrial device user report....................................4390
  Medical byproduct use............................................4360
  Medical license terms............................................4379
  Occupational radiation protection...........................891, 4362
  Radiation Protection Program.....................................2542
  Radiation safety programs........................................4408
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3191
  Reactor siting criteria:
    Assessment requirements clarification..........................4395
    Source term and dose calculations..............................4403
  Scrap metal standards............................................3198
  Spent fuel storage...............................................4370
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4398
  Visitors of hospitalized radiation patients......................4364
  Yucca Mountain, NV...............................................3193
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz........................4146
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4155
  Broadcast ownership..............................................4184
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4195
  Competitive bidding process................................4183, 4205
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4168
  Equipment authorization process..................................4161
  Experimental radio service.......................................4159
  FM radio.........................................................4186
  Inspection of radio installations on ships.......................4144
  Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4194
  Main Studio/Public File Requirements for Broadcasters............4182
  Mass media applications, rules, processes........................4185
  Millimeter wave technology.......................................4152
  Multiple access systems..........................................4204
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4180
  Personal Communications Services payments........................4206
  Public safety communications requirements........................4203
  Railroad standards and procedures..........................2468, 2491
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4191
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4169
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2210
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4193
  Station ownership................................................4174
  Wireless information networks..............................4158, 4201
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Medical byproduct use......................................4389, 4404
  Medical use.................................................957, 4364
  Radiation exposure...............................................4149
    Entitlement to compensation payments...........................1871
  Waste storage....................................................4370
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Alcohol/drug regulations.........................................2497
  Locomotive engineers.............................................2471
  Safety regulations...............................................2495
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Children's annuities...........................................3892
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3897
    Exemption from supplemental tax................................2886
  Creditability of pay.............................................3891
  Disability determination.......................3884, 3888, 3889, 3900
  Eligibility:
    Children and stepchildren......................................3892
  Employee status..................................................3896
  Employer status..................................................3895
  Employers' reports...............................................3890
  Erroneous payments.........................................3899, 3903
  Information disclosure...........................................3902
  National emergency plan..........................................3887
  Offset of Federal benefits payments..............................2583
  Overpayment recovery.............................................3894
  Payments pursuant to divorce.....................................3901
  RRB general administration.......................................3886
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................3889
Railroad safety:
  Advanced civil speed enforcement system..........................2492
  Brakes...........................................................2475
  Bridge maintenance guidelines....................................2483
  Emergency preparedness...........................................2481
  Equipment standards:
    Freight cars...................................................2475
  Freight cars.....................................................2478
  Grade crossing and signal systems....................2280, 2327, 2482
  High speed rail..................................................2487
  Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2469
  Locomotive crashworthiness and working conditions................2472
  Locomotives:
    Crashworthiness................................................2476
    Remotely controlled............................................2489
  Passenger equipment standards....................................2480
  Pilot programs:
    One-person crews...............................................2490
    Remotely controlled locomotives................................2489
  Radio communications and train control...........................2468
  Signal systems.............................................2484, 2485
  Steam locomotives................................................2474
  Track standards............................................2479, 4498
  Two-way end-of-train telemetry devices...........................2493
  Utility employee protection......................................2495
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2470
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Employee status..................................................3896
  Employer status..................................................3895
  Finality of decisions............................................3885
  Repayment tax....................................................2897
  Voluntary quit...................................................3898
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Accident reporting...............................................2498
  Alcohol/drug use control.........................................2497
  Assistance to States.............................................2477
  BLM railroad grants..............................................1651
  Commuter rail service continuation subsidies and 
      discontinuances..............................................4495
  Consolidation procedures.........................................4491
  Environmental impact and related procedures................2319, 2473
  Exemption from regulation:
    Non-ferrous recyclables........................................4494

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    Paints, enamels, lacquers, shellacs, and other commodities 
        transportation.............................................4492
  Finance applications.............................................4493
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2528
  Locomotive emissions.............................................3264
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1794
  Radio communications.............................................2491
  Railroad highway projects........................................2302
  Rates and fares..................................................4497
  Small businesses or entities.....................................2488
  STB authority....................................................4496
  STB obsolete regulations.........................................4504
  Tank cars........................................................2532
  Tourist and historic railroads:
    Regulatory review..............................................2496
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2544
  User fees........................................................2486
  Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2494
Range management:
  Indian rangelands................................................1572
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  Estate tax valuation of farm property............................2885
  Farm real estate...................................................27
  Highway construction.............................................2268
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Acreage limitation...............................................1634
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1626
  Financing........................................................1622
  Income tax rules.................................................2931
  Indian lands.....................................................1554
  Management of Lake Berryessa, California.........................1639
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1638
  Permits..........................................................1621
  Townsites:
    Removal of regulations.........................................1696
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.........................3138
  Stamp collecting.................................................4305
  Wildlife refuges.................................................1479
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3489
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3494
  Hazardous waste..................................................3492
  Refrigerant....................................3258, 3260, 3315, 3401
  Scrap metal......................................................3198
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.......................................1779, 1854
  Family unity.....................................................1854
  Refugee Resettlement Program.....................................1234
Relocation assistance:
  Streamlining.....................................................1270
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Rent subsidies.....................................................1357
  Tax treatment....................................................2976
  Tenant income reporting..........................................1264
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Adverse experience reporting......................................955
  Air carriers...................................2087, 2161, 2172, 2566
  Alcohol and alcoholic beverages..................................2629
  Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2442
  Balance of Payments Program--Reporting of U.S. Expenditures.......792
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation....2569, 2571, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2576
  Blood and blood products..........................................982
  Broker-dealers...................................................4485
  Carbamates.......................................................3526
  Casinos..........................................................2570
  CDBF funds documentation.........................................1332
  Chemical imports.................................................1754
  Chemical inventory reporting.............3439, 3470, 3471, 3475, 3480
  Criminal databases:
    Criminal offenses against minors...............................1865
    Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database........................1878
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1866
    Sex offender registration systems..............................1865
  Currency transactions............................................2572
  Customs regulations........................................2666, 2668
  Debt Collection Improvement Act..................................2596
  Defense contractors, controlled materials program.................419
  Defined contribution plans.......................................1946
  DOD research and development......................................735
  Drug Enforcement Administration......................1742, 1743, 1749
  Electronic signatures.............................................785
  Employee benefit plan administrators.............................1943
  Environmental monitoring.........................................3379
  Environmental Protection Agency............................3152, 3270
  EPA emissions reporting requirements.............................3169
  EPA key identifiers reporting....................................3431
  Excess government property.......................................3658
  Export information...........................................400, 401
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................967
  Exports...........................................................961
  FDA.........................................................958, 1030
  FDA adverse drug experiences................................951, 1027
  FDIC.............................................................4229
  Federal aircraft accidents.......................................3672
  Federal Aviation Administration..................................2181
  Federal Communications Commission................................4175
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.............................4236
  Firearms loss or theft...........................................2633
  Fisheries...............................................458, 564, 603
  Fishing......................................................467, 606
  Food assistance programs..........................................217
  Food Stamp Program...........................................184, 213
  Fuels and fuel additives.........................................3390
  GSA's role in records management.................................3670
  Hazardous material releases......................................3530
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2546
  Hazardous substances.............................................3461
  Health care fraud and abuse......................................1037
  Helium contracts.................................................1683
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3751
  HUD housing programs.............................................1278
  HUD multifamily mortgages........................................1293
  Human cellular and tissue-based product manufacturers.............970

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  Human cellular and tissue-based products..........................958
  Infant formula testing...........................................1004
  Information collection requests..................................3482
  Interior Department..................................1591, 1594, 1612
  Internal Revenue Service.........................................2840
  Investigational new drugs........................................1026
  Investment advisers..............................................4436
  Investment companies.................................4441, 4447, 4455
  Labor Department...........................................1894, 1910
  Lease write-offs..................................................144
  Magnetic computer tape maintenance...............................3711
  Marine casualty reporting........................................2129
  MMS electronic reporting.........................................1593
  Mortgage broker fees.............................................1313
  Motor carriers.......................................2264, 2277, 2279
  Motor vehicle manufacturers......................................2458
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1933
  NARA Evaluation Program..........................................3713
  NARA facility standards for records centers......................3706
  NARA non-paper records and artifacts.............................3705
  National Driver Register.........................................2459
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...................527
  National Practitioner Data Bank......................1034, 1035, 1042
  New drug applications............................................1028
  NPDES permittee reporting........................................3565
  NRC electronic reporting.........................................4411
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4371
  Occupational injuries and illnesses..............................2006
  Occupational safety and health...................................2027
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3739
  Office of the Inspector General records consolidation............1350
  OSHA:
    Employer certifications........................................2001
  Ozone-depleting substances importation...........................3197
  Paperwork reduction.....................................24, 206, 4409
  Pension plans..............................................1930, 3882
  Personnel records................................................3769
  Pesticides.....................................3159, 3422, 3424, 3426
  Pollution prevention actions in Toxic Release Inventory..........3477
  Purchases made with purchasing card..............................2731
  Radionuclides....................................................3533
  Radon............................................................3531
  Railroad employees.........................................2469, 2485
  Railroad Retirement Board........................................3890
  RCRA.............................................................3482
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2858
  Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................3698
  RRB information available to public..............................3893
  Rural electrification loans.......................................373
  Securities.......................................................4415
    Broker-dealers.....................................4469, 4471, 4488
    Large trader reporting system..................................4490
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4457
    Regulation S amendments........................................4432
    Transfer agent services........................................4481
  Subcontracts performed outside the United States..................736
  Sugar..............................................................87
  Sugar and crystalline fructose marketing allotment.................21
  Tenant income reporting..........................................1264
  Tobacco exports..................................................2628
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3462
  Toxic Substances Control Act.....................................3437
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting...............................3473
  Trade sanction exemptions........................................4043
  Transportation Department........................................2323
  U.S. partners of controlled foreign partnerships.................2755
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2513
  Uranium mill sites................................................890
  Vessel numbering system..........................................2099
  Veterans Administration..............................3024, 3025, 3107
  Vocational rehabilitation providers..............................3990
  Water systems....................................................3597
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1254
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Biotechnology....................................................3449
  Credit for increasing research activities........................2747
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................709
  Dogs and cats.....................................................118
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3159
  Field investigations.............................................1029
  Geological and geophysical exploration...........................1618
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................622
  Labor certification process for researchers......................1927
  Marine mammals....................................................585
  Marine resources..................................................632
  Misconduct.......................................................1060
  NARA registration requirement....................................3701
  National Undersea Research Program................................634
  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program............................633
  North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.............................459
  Short form research contracts.....................................772
Reserve forces:
  See Armed forces reserves
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
  See Lung diseases
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Canadian.........................................................4445
  Government employees...............3789, 3790, 3791, 3797, 3798, 3831
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................708
Rice:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................166
  Production flexibility contract....................................82
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Acquisition of real property for.................................2268
  Regulation revision..............................................1538
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program......................44
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1700
  Tennessee River System...........................................3992
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
  Business enterprise grants........................................354
  Community development:
    Rural venture capital demonstration.............................352
  Community facility loans.....................................136, 376
  Economic development loans and grants.............................140
  Electric borrowers......................................362, 374, 375
  Electric loans.................358, 359, 364, 367, 369, 370, 372, 373
  Electrification..............................................363, 381
  Empowerment zones.................................................343
  Health care services.............................................1065
  Housing:
    Manufactured housing............................................131
  Housing loans, grants and programs.................132, 135, 143, 146
  Housing rehabilitation............................................145

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  Lease write-offs..................................................144
  Loan and grant programs..................................90, 357, 377
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2545
  Regulation streamlining...........................................132
  Small farmer outreach training.....................................33
  Special equipment contract........................................361
  Technical assistance grants and programs......................33, 353
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................360
  Telephones...................................................358, 366
  Television demonstration grants...................................354
  Water and waste disposal loans and grants....................142, 380


                                   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..............................2166
  Escalator safety standard........................................4065
  Medical devices..................................................1019
  Outer continental shelf platforms..........................1607, 2106
  Over-the-counter drugs.......................................942, 983
  Shopping cart safety standard....................................4078
  Space launch activities..........................................2237
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz......................4146
    Digital audio radio service....................................4168
    Earth stations.................................................4167
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4154, 4166
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4169
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4165
  Export controls...................................................420
  Licensing.........................................................595
Savings associations:
  Agency disapproval of directors and senior officers..............2994
  Application processing...........................................2996
  Capital standards................................................2999
  Community Reinvestment Act.......................................3002
  Fiduciary powers.................................................3005
  Liquidity regulation.............................................3001
  Permitted activities.............................................4224
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  National Institutes of Health....................................1047
  Service fellowships..............................................1058
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Amendments to promote Healthy Meals for Healthy Children in 
      Schools.......................................................224
  Consolidation of..................................................186
  Eligibility..................................................191, 243
  Formulated grain-fruit products...................................226
  Menu planning.....................................................195
  Release of eligibility information................................188
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos...................................................3435, 3436
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3434
  Indian School Equalization Program...............................1560
Science and technology:
  Advanced Technology Program amendments............................446
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4155
  De Minimis exclusion for technology and software..................427
  Deemed export rule................................................436
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................703
  DOT monitoring of motor carriers.................................2264
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment....................................3161
  Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................686
  Rights to inventions..............................................684
  Service fellowships..............................................1058
  Technology exports................................................430
Scientific equipment:
  See also Medical devices
  Standards........................................................4147
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Import regulations................................................621
  Transportation and storage........................................286
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2147
  Pilots:
    Great Lakes Pilotage Point System..............................2505
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Alternative trading systems......................................4476
  Beneficial owners................................................4433
  Broker-dealers.......................................4469, 4472, 4480
    Foreign........................................................4472
    Quotation requirements.........................................4487
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......................4485
  Capital formation requirements...................................4427
  Company registration and regulation of capital formation.........4416
  Conduit financing transactions...................................2766
  Conforming segment reporting with generally accepted accounting 
      principles...................................................4418
  Credit...............................................4287, 4291, 4482
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................4437
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................4470
  Delayed offerings:
    S-1 and SB-2 companies.........................................4428
  Depositories.....................................................4443
  Deregistration form amendments...................................4447
  Direct participation program interests...........................4473
  Disclosure requirements..............................4415, 4432, 4441
    Extraordinary corporate transactions...........................4419
  Electronic filing:
    Institutional investment manager reports.......................4449
  Equity securities................................................4475
  Foreign markets..................................................4476
  Form S-8.........................................................4427
  Form 13F.........................................................4449
  Haircuts on......................................................4468
  Holding companies....................................4458, 4459, 4467
  Income taxation............................................2781, 2938
  Ineligible securities............................................4292
  Insurance products...............................................4457
  Integrated financial transactions................................2864

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  International transactions.......................................2939
  Investment advisers................4435, 4436, 4438, 4439, 4450, 4451
  Investment companies........4441, 4443, 4447, 4452, 4454, 4455, 4460, 
                                                       4461, 4462, 4466
  Large trader reporting system....................................4490
  Loss determination...............................................2787
  Margin regulations review........................................4263
  Mark-to-market for dealers.......................................2709
  Mortgage-backed securities.......................................4279
  Multijurisdictional tender offers................................4423
  Municipal securities.............................................2643
  National securities exchanges....................................4476
  Nationally recognized statistical rating organizations...........4482
  Net capital requirements.............................4477, 4479, 4484
  Options disclosure document................................4422, 4478
  OTC products.....................................................4480
  Preferred stock......................................2766, 2801, 2926
  Private Securities Litigation Reform Act:
    Definition of terms............................................4420
  Proxies..........................................................4424
  Qualified purchaser..............................................4421
  Registration.....................................................4457
  Registration form amendments.....................................4488
  Registration statements..........................................4431
  Regulation S amendments..........................................4432
  Regulation T.....................................................4470
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............4469, 4471, 4481
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4456
  Rule 0-10........................................................4483
  Rule 11Ac1-1.....................................................4489
  Rule 15a-4.......................................................4435
  Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4470
  Rule 17a-3 and 17a-4.............................................4469
  Rule 2a-7........................................................4465
  Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4470
  Rule 430A........................................................4428
  Rules 30d-1 and 30d-2............................................4456
  Safe harbors:
    Offshore press conferences.....................................4430
  Schedules 13D and 13G............................................4433
  Section 8........................................................4470
  Shareholder proposal rule amendments.............................4426
  Small business or organization:
    Definitions....................................................4483
  Sourcing in international short sales............................2939
  SRO matters that do not constitute rule changes..................4474
  Stock rights and stock warrants..................................2974
  Streamlining.....................................................4425
  Taxation.........................................................2933
  Transfer agent services..........................................4481
  Transfer to foreign corporations.................................2779
  Two-sided quotations.............................................4489
  Utilities........................................................4467
  Year 2000 readiness reports......................................4486
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Aviation...................................................2089, 2177
  Classified national security information..........................903
  Conduct on the Pentagon reservation...............................695
  DOE contractors..............................................878, 913
  Explosive Detection System.......................................2235
  Passenger vessels and terminals..................................2124
  Private Remote Sensing Space Systems..............................595
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................701
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................2215
    Airports.......................................................2216
Seeds:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................106
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations........................................2653, 2674
  FCC regulations..................................................4143
Selective Service System.....................................3850, 3904
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Incinerator emissions monitoring.................................3580
  Incinerator emissions standards..................................3327
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3552
  Sludge use and disposal..............................3553, 3566, 3581
  Vessels..........................................................3582
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs........390, 1262, 1376, 1731, 3093, 3094, 
                                                       3148, 3644, 3720
Sheep:
  Interstate movement...............................................112
  Sheep Industry Improvement Center.................................355
Shipbuilding industry:
  Air pollution control............................................3307
  Safety and health regulations..............................1995, 2018
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See also Trademarks
  BLM insignia.....................................................1692
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administrative offset by SBA.....................................3908
  Bundled contracts................................................3913
  Certificate of Competency........................................4038
  Competitiveness Demonstration Program............................4050
  Construction businesses..........................................3915
  DOD contracting...................................................705
  Economic development..............................................409
  Government contracts.............................745, 775, 3692, 4047
  Government procurement:
    Affirmative action reform......................................4022
  Government subcontracting........................................4000
  Guaranteed loans servicing.......................................3919
  Health care industries...........................................3915
  HUBZone program..................................................3911
  Investment companies.......................................3926, 3928
  Liquidation plans................................................3918
  Loans......................................................3906, 3927
    Disaster Loan Program....................................3923, 3924
    SBA guaranty...................................................3905
  National forest land use..........................................314
  North American Industry Classification System....................3916
  Penalties........................................................2488
  Privacy regulations..............................................3912
  Record disclosure................................................3912
  Revisions to 504 program regulations.............................3909
  Rights to inventions..............................................684
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................3921
  SBIC Program reform..............................................3917
  Size standards.............................................3915, 3916
    Architecture and engineering...................................3907
    Construction...................................................3907
    Natural gas distribution.......................................3920
    Protest and appeal.............................................4047
    Refuse systems.................................................3907
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3914
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions....................................................125

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  Timber sales......................................................330
  Trusts...........................................................2724
  Very small business program......................................3925
Smoking:
  Air carrier prohibition..........................................2081
  Federal buildings and facilities.................................3662
  Workplace air quality............................................2014
Social security:
  See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administration...................................................3954
  Adopted child's status...........................................3943
  Alien applicants...........................................1812, 3945
  Canadian citizens' obtaining of social security numbers..........3890
  Citizenship evidence.............................................3988
  Contributions for support........................................3962
  Coverage:
    Employees of State and local governments.......................3984
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3975
  Disability determinations:
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3950
    Medical consultants' opinions..................................3948
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3975
  Earnings records determinations..................................3964
  Facility of payment provision....................................3968
  Freedom of information regulations.........................3952, 3983
  Grants administration..........................3931, 3975, 3976, 3977
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..........3931, 3975, 3976, 3977, 3982
  Maximum family benefit.....................................3968, 3969
  Medical equipment liability......................................1121
  Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................3972
  Offset of Federal benefits payments..............................2583
  Publications:
    Prohibitions against reproduction...............................923
  Reduction of disability benefits.................................3944
  Regulations corrections..........................................3942
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3974
  Representative payees............................................3940
  Review process...................................................3971
  SSA employees:
    Ethical conduct................................................3932
  State supplementary payments.....................................3954
  Third Party Collection Program...............................690, 698
  Widow's benefits.................................................3959
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program.......................................45
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.............................41, 385
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Soybeans:
  Vegetable protein products........................................227
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3691
  Commercial launch activities.....................................2237
    DOT licenses.............................................2183, 2189
  Contracts..................................................3692, 3693
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3687
  Insurance for commercial launches................................2236
  Licenses.........................................................2237
  Non-U.S. licensed space stations.................................4170
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3688
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Sterilization:
  See Family planning
Stocks:
  See Securities
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Students:
  SSI eligibility while temporarily abroad.........................3967
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    827
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
      Rent subsidies
Sugar:
  Import licensing programs.........................................302
  Marketing allotment program........................................21
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........................87
Sunflowers:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................171
Superfund:
  Claims application streamlining..................................3525
  Grants for technical assistance..................................3528
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3526
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3929
  Computation of benefits....................................3941, 3963
  Denial of benefits...............................................3937
  Disability determinations:
    Childhood disability...........................................3949
    Drug abuse or alcoholism.......................................3965
    Endocrine system and obesity.............................3950, 3961
    Medical consultants' opinions..................................3948
  Effective date of application for benefits.......................3934
  Eligibility:
    Children.......................................................1201
    Non-U.S. citizens........................................1196, 1201
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3957
  Income:
    Children of Vietnam veterans...................................3986
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................3980
    Deeming of parental income when children are hospitalized......3970
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3981
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   3934
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................3930
  Regulations corrections..........................................3942
  Representative payee reforms...............................3956, 3966
  Speech and language impairments..................................3929
  Students temporarily abroad......................................3967
  Substantial gainful activity.....................................3939
  Vocational rehabilitation........................................3990
Surety bonds:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2685
  BLM bonding requirements.........................................1682
  Form revision.....................................................335
  Health facilities....................................1183, 1203, 1207
  Medical device suppliers...................................1183, 1187
  Security on penal bonds..........................................2588
Surface mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1624
    Alluvial valley floors.........................................1625
    Audits.........................................................1628
    Backfilling and grading........................................1626
    Dam safety rules...............................................1627
    Rights.........................................................1629
    Subsidence resulting from underground mining...................1630
    X-ray surveillance program.....................................1959
  Farmland..........................................................383
  Indian lands...............................................1554, 1620
  NRCS specifications...............................................383
  Ownership and control............................................1623

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  Penalties........................................................1631
  Permit rights....................................................1621
  Reclamation......................................................1622
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
  Breweries........................................................2606
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................883
  Environmental....................................................2955
  Escrow funds.....................................................2708
  Foreign trade....................................................2710
  Imported recycled halons.........................................2980
  New Mexico gross receipts and compensating tax...................4042
  Passive activity losses and credits........................2852, 2932
  Procedure and administration:
    John Doe summons disputes......................................2899
    Statement......................................................2771
    Statute of limitations...................................2899, 2900
  Treasury taxes and loans.........................................2589
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................704
Technical assistance:
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2567
  Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3528
  Environmental restoration of DOD facilities.......................712
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Accessibility guidelines.........................................3142
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4115
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................4134
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4117
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm.................4121
  Carrier identification codes.....................................4129
  Communication intercepting devices................................422
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1861, 4136
  Complaint procedures.............................................4133
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4135
  Equipment manufacture............................................4117
  Fee assessment and collection....................................4188
  Foreign participation in U.S. telecommunications market..........4171
  North American Numbering Plan....................................4129
  Out-of-region interstate, interexchange services:
    Tariff filing requirements.....................................4122
  Pole attachments.................................................4109
  Relay services.............................................4137, 4138
  Special equipment contract........................................361
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................4126
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4120
    Individuals with disabilities..................................4202
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4119
    LEC provision of interexchange services........................4125
    Local competition provisions...................................4127
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................4118
    Parental choice................................................4099
    Regulatory fee assessment and collection for 1997..............4189
    Review of policies and rules...................................4122
    Streamlining requirements......................................4124
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm monitoring......4121
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4123
  USDA program......................................................122
  Wireless information networks....................................4158
Telephone:
  Advertising......................................................4304
  Billed party preference..........................................4113
  Caller ID standards..............................................4110
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4114
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4128, 4200
  Equipment authorization process..................................4161
  Expanded interconnection with local company facilities...........4140
  Inside wiring....................................................4131
  LEC definition and exemptions from Section 214...................4130
  Pay telephones...................................................4132
  Rural.............................................................366
  Rural Telephone Bank..............................................371
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................360
  Toll free service access codes...................................4116
  Universal Service Fund...........................................4114
  900-number service...............................................4304
  911 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4112
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advanced systems.................................................4172
  Advertising......................................................4176
  Broadcast ownership..............................................4184
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4108
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4162
  Equipment authorization process..................................4161
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4175
  Main Studio/Public File Requirements for Broadcasters............4182
  Mass media applications, rules, processes........................4185
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4157
  Over-the-air reception devices...................................4105
  Reallocation of channels 60-69...................................4160
  Station ownership..........................................4174, 4181
  V-chip technical requirements....................................4145
  Video programming:
    Accessibility..................................................4106
    Parental blocks................................................4145
    Rating.........................................................4099
Terrorism:
  Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act....................2616
  Contractor training...............................................750
Textiles:
  Customs regulations........................................2650, 2689
  Flammability standards.....................................4064, 4073
  Government procurement restrictions...............................791
  Labeling.............................................4297, 4310, 4312
  Wool products....................................................4310
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Retreads.........................................................2392
  Uniform tire quality grading.....................................2356
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Common Crop Insurance........................................153, 160

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  Exports..........................................................2628
  Marketing quotas...................................................72
  Regulation clarification...........................................75
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4296
  Smokeless tobacco sale and distribution requirements..............962
  Smokeless tobacco state and local requirement exemptions..........963
  Warehouse regulations..............................................22
Tomatoes:
  Common Crop Insurance.............................................168
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
      Poison prevention
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade adjustment assistance:
  Communities.......................................................410
  TAA program amendments...........................................1919
  Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................1920
Trade agreements:
  Caribbean Basin country end products.............................4052
  Endangered species.........................................1468, 1469
  Hong Kong........................................................2701
  Independent States of the former Soviet Union....................2635
  Independent States of the former Yugoslavia......................2635
  Market development................................................304
  North American Free Trade Agreement......738, 1920, 2034, 2661, 2668, 
                                                                   2669
  Reporting requirements for trade sanction exemptions.............4043
  Telecommunications...............................................4171
  Textile trade agreements.........................................2650
Trade practices:
  Consumer product warranties................................4300, 4301
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4299
  Negative option plans............................................4303
  Telephone service................................................4304
Trade unions:
  See Labor unions
Trademarks:
  Fees..............................................................675
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2663
  PTO rule simplification and elimination...........................683
  Registration to practice before the PTO in patent cases...........682
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..................................673
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.................................3303
  Conformity for transitional ozone areas..........................3209
  Disadvantaged business enterprise program........................2070
  DOT grants administration........................................2091
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2072
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2502
  Drug testing of transportation personnel......2056, 2068, 2500, 2535, 
                                                                   2536
  Environmental review.......................................2504, 3332
  Head Start participants..........................................1241
  Individuals with disabilities........................2053, 2083, 3132
  Minerals industry transportation and processing allowances.......1615
  National Transit Database........................................2499
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2075
  Traffic management...............................................3673
  Transfers of transit without visa aliens.........................1770
  Transportation Conformity Pilot Program..........................3377
  Wildlife.........................................................1412
Travel:
  See also Passports and visas
           Travel and transportation expenses
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2166
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2752
  Government employees.................................3667, 3668, 4001
  Non-government employees..........................................918
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3163
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................433
  Compacts of Free Association.....................................1776
  Montreal Protocol................................................3197
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  Residence trust..................................................2950
  Taxation.........................................................2965
  Unit investment trusts...........................................4453
Tuberculosis:
  Correctional management....................................1068, 1707
  Occupational exposure............................................2016
Tung nuts:
  See Oilseeds
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Subsidence resulting from........................................1630
  Ventilation................................................1960, 1977
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Manpower training programs
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Disaster unemployment assistance.................................1916
  Performance system...............................................1917
Unions:
  See Labor unions
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities..........................................4458, 4459
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................890, 4368
  NRC regulations amendments.......................................4361
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Alaskan transportation and utility systems.......................1701
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4458
  Exemption for subsidiary companies.........................4459, 4467
  Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4236
  Unnecessary filing requirements, elimination.....................4235

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                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  See also specific vegetables
  Electronic data transmission.......................................10
  Import restrictions...............................................108
  Inspection fees.................................................3, 12
  Vegetable protein products........................................227
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1707
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Anchorage and moorage.............................................594
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................2118
  Armed forces vessels:
    Uniform national discharge standards...........................3537
  Ballast water exchange guidelines................................2110
  Certificates of origin...........................................2103
  Classification society rules.....................................2150
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2145
  Controlled substances............................................1741
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2123
  Energy management regulations.....................................904
  Government contracting...........................................1893
  Inspection requirements....................................2132, 2133
  Measurement rules................................................3866
  Outer continental shelf..........................................2106
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1794
  Panama Canal.....................................................3867
    Dangerous cargo................................................3865
    Tolls..........................................................3866
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4260
  Regatta and parade permits.......................................2130
  Regattas and marine parades......................................2125
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2117
  Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2140
  Sewage discharge.................................................3582
  Ship financing guarantees........................................2557
  SOLAS compliance.................................................2151
  Towing vessel operators..........................................2131
  Vessel identification system...............................2103, 2122
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations........................3027, 3028, 3072, 3073
    Affirmative action for employment..............................4046
    Delete duplication.............................................3118
    Miscellaneous changes..........................................3117
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................3026
  Additional disability or death benefits..........................3064
  AIDS.............................................................3097
  Appeals regulations............................3022, 3076, 3089, 3090
  Blind............................................................3011
  Burial benefits......................................3033, 3034, 3035
  Checks:
    Tracing fees...................................................3036
  Child care centers...............................................3095
  Children's benefits........................................3069, 3986
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   3085
  Claims based on ionizing radiation...............................3054
  Clothing allowance...............................................3010
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1900
  Custody of school age or adult disabled children.................3084
  Death of appelate during appeal............................3075, 3120
  Denial of claims.................................................3081
    Reconsiderations...............................................3044
  Disability rating:
    Cardiovascular system..........................................3100
    Dental disabilities............................................3052
    Digestive system...............................................3014
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs.........................3017, 3048
    Fibromyalgia...................................................3051
    Individual unemployability.....................................3015
    Medical evidence of improvement................................3082
    Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............3013
    Orthopedic system..............................................3012
    Skin conditions................................................3047
    Systemic conditions............................................3052
    Total disability...............................................3050
  Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program.....................3787
  Discrimination decisionmaking....................................3123
  Diseases subject to presumptive service connection...............3086
  Education:
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3019
    Course approval requirements.......................3021, 3023, 3059
    Election of education benefit..................................3053
    Flight training..........................................3025, 3059
    Independent study approval.....................................3105
    Montgomery G.I. Bill.........................3018, 3021, 3066, 3107
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................3049
    Regulations revision...........................................3108
    Reservists...............................................3024, 3103
    Survivors and dependents.................................3068, 3106
  Education entitlement repayment to VA............................3061
  Educational assistance...............................3111, 3114, 3116
  Eligibility for benefits.........................................3115
  Emergency medical care...........................................1102
  Evidence requirements............................................3016
  Fiduciary activities.............................................3055
  Food assistance programs.........................................3039
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................3037
  Hearings and appeals.......................................3092, 3119
  Home loans.......................................................3104
  Informed consent for patient care................................3042
  Insurance........................................................3109
  Loan guaranty:
    Acceptance of partial payments.................................3079
    Automatic authority program....................................3101
    Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3078
    Electronic payment of funding fee..............................3102
    Interest rate reduction refinancing loans......................3087
    Property improvements definition...............................3080
  Loan refinancing.................................................3088
  Medical benefits:
    Adjunct conditions definition..................................3009
    Drugs and medicines............................................3046
    Enrollment and provisions of hospital care and medical 
        services...................................................3008
    Hearing aids and sensori neural services.......................3097
  Medical benefits for dependents and survivors....................3040
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis......................................................3020
    Cold injuries..................................................3057
    Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................3056
    Limitation in hand movement....................................3020
  Medical opinions rules...........................................3091
  Medical services.................................................3098
  Medication copayments............................................3007
  Medication prescribing authority.................................3045
  Minimum income annuity...........................................3067
  Miscellaneous changes............................................3071
  Outpatient medical services......................................3041
  Pensions.............................................3065, 3083, 3084
  Persian Gulf.....................................................3110
  Post-traumatic stress disorder...................................3062
  Prosthetic services..............................................3011
  Radiation exposure...............................................3054
  Recognition of organizations and accreditation of 
      representatives for claimants................................3038
  Rehabilitation programs..........................................3050

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  Research-related injuries........................................3096
  Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act.........3060
  State homes................................................3006, 3099
  Survivor benefits................................................3112
  Training.........................................................3060
  Undiagnosed illness compensation.................................3110
  Veterans employment report........................................742
  Vietnam POW compensation..........................................717
  Vocational training programs...............................3058, 3063
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Providers:
    Reports to SSA.................................................3990
  State programs....................................................845
  Veterans.........................................................3063
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................1893
  National Service Trust...........................................3145
  Peace Corps....................................3772, 3871, 3872, 3873
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1704
  Vista............................................................3772
Voting rights:
  Minority language guidelines.....................................1740
  Procedural changes for Section 5.................................1735


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Appropriated fund wage areas.........................3819, 3822, 3855
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3826
  Domestic services................................................1901
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1893
  Federal construction contracts...................................1892
  Garnishments.....................................................2599
  Government printing positions....................................3821
  Hospice wage index notice........................................1208
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1897
  Nonappropriated fund wage areas............................3820, 3854
  Overtime.........................................................1894
  Pay and leave administration.........................3780, 3824, 3856
  Remedial measures for unfair labor practices.....................4353
  Salary basis.....................................................1908
  Severance pay....................................................3782
  Site of work.....................................................1899
  Student-learners, apprentices, messengers, and student workers 
                                                                   1912
  Tipped employees.................................................1897
Warehouses:
  Auction tobacco warehouses.........................................22
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................43
  Cotton.........................................................47, 78
  Customs regulation...............................................2666
  Tobacco auction warehouses.........................................83
Warranties:
  Disclosure of terms and conditions...............................4300
  Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (IDSM)....................4302
  Pre-sale availability of written warranty terms..................4301
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Armed forces vessels.............................................3537
  Effluent guidelines................3540, 3544, 3574, 3575, 3576, 3583
  Financial test criteria..........................................3508
  Fossil fuel combustion wastes....................................3520
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3543
  Land disposal:
    Financial responsibility.......................................3522
    Restrictions.................................3483, 3486, 3505, 3513
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3572
  Mineral processing wastes........................................3505
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4396
  Ocean dumping....................................................3604
  Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2494
  Permit applications........................................3549, 3563
  Radioactive waste................................................3193
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3555
  Rural loans and grants.......................................142, 380
  Sewer grouting...................................................3455
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3605
  Solid waste disposal:
    Grant programs..................................................378
    Hazardous waste recycling......................................3492
    Landfills and incinerators...............................3371, 3574
    Municipal landfills............................................3330
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3490
    Technical standards for corrective action......................3507
  State programs...................................................3509
  Toxic Release Inventory..........................................3474
  Toxicity characteristic metals...................................3505
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3519
  Uniform national discharge standards.............................3537
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................2121
  Wood preserving wastes...........................................3505
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Biological test methods..........................................3577
  Clean Water Act.......3536, 3545, 3546, 3555, 3561, 3568, 3569, 3570, 
                                                                   3577
    Test procedures..............................3556, 3562, 3578, 3579
  Cyanide criteria.................................................3546
  Effluent guidelines:
    Effluent Guidelines Plan for 1998..............................3539
    Industrial waste combustors....................................3575
    Industrial wastewater....................................3572, 3573
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3543
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3574
    Mining.........................................................3534
    Oil and gas extraction.........................................3538
    Ore mining.....................................................3583
    Pharmaceuticals................................................3557
    Pulp, paper and paperboard.........................3229, 3544, 3576
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3542
    Transportation equipment cleaning..............................3541
  Great Lakes......................................................3571
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2123
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2146
    Ocean dumping..................................................3604
    Oil or hazardous substances..............................2142, 2144
    Tank monitoring devices........................................2141
    Tank vessels...................................................2104
  NPDES permits..............................................3551, 3552
  NPDES permittee reporting........................................3565
  Oil and grease test procedures...................................3561
  Permit applications..............................................3549
  Permit regulations streamlining..................................3559
  Pretreatment regulations...................................3550, 3558
  Publicly owned treatment works renewal process...................3536
  Radionuclides....................................................3587
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3555
  Sewage sludge incinerator emissions..............................3580
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3552
  Sludge management programs.....................3517, 3566, 3567, 3581
  Stormwater runoff................................................3564

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  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.......3547, 3548, 3554
  Total maximum daily loads........................................3568
  Trace metals criteria............................................3545
  Waste disposal permit applications...............................3563
  Water quality standards............3535, 3560, 3562, 3568, 3578, 3579
    Criteria for acute aquatic life................................3571
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........799
  Colorado River Basin.........................................44, 1637
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1527
  National Invasive Species Act....................................2110
  Water Bank Program.................................................44
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3160
  Central Valley Project of California.............................1635
  Colorado River Basin.............................................1637
  Drinking water...................................................3598
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3602
    Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants................3592
    Arsenic........................................................3600
    Consumer Confidence Reports....................................3597
    Contaminant level goals (MCLGs)................................3603
    Contaminants...........................3404, 3586, 3587, 3593, 3596
    Copper.........................................................3594
    Disinfectants..................................................3588
    Injection wells................................................3590
    Intake zones...................................................3582
    Lead...........................................................3594
    Monitoring requirements........................................3591
    Public notification requirements...............................3589
    Radionuclides............................................3386, 3603
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3595
    Safe Drinking Water Act..................................3584, 3599
    Sulfate........................................................3601
    Surface water treatment rule...................................3596
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring program.....................3585
  Ecological risk assessment.......................................3165
  Groundwater protection.....................................3417, 3418
  Lake Berryessa, California.......................................1639
  Newlands Irrigation Project, Nevada..............................1638
  Storage and marketing............................................1637
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
  Conformance of the USWMS with the USATONS (CGD 97-018)...........2135
  Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................2146
  Private aids to navigation.......................................2108
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Weather:
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4151
Weights and measures:
  See Measurement standards
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
      Flood plains
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Wheat:
  Crop insurance....................................................150
  Diseases..........................................................107
  Karnal bunt.......................................................111
  Production flexibility contract....................................82
Whistleblowing:
  DOE contract costs................................................906
  FBI employees....................................................1875
  Nuclear whistleblower protection...........................1911, 2029
  Research misconduct..............................................1060
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Adoption of wild horses and burros by power of attorney..........1686
  Albatross........................................................1427
  Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2174, 2250
  Brush-tailed possum..............................................1496
  Captive bred.....................................................1440
  Depredation orders...............................................1525
  Eagles.....................................................1404, 1429
  Endangered and threatened...1450, 1457, 1458, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1468, 
                         1470, 1471, 1491, 1494, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1523
  Falcons..............................................1404, 1407, 1426
  Importation......................................................1490
  Injurious........................................................1496
  Management and protection............................1459, 1460, 1699
  Marine sanctuary program....................................592, 1501
  Migratory birds:
    Canada goose permits...........................................1395
    Hunting and permits............................................1517
    Hunting regulations................................1439, 1456, 1472
    Lesser snow goose..............................................1415
    List revision..................................................1442
    Molyshot.......................................................1409
    Permits............................................1405, 1406, 1407
    Tin shot.......................................................1403
    Tungsten-iron shot.............................................1408
    Tungsten-polymer shot....................................1393, 1408
  No surprises policy..............................................1488
  Permit procedures................................................1431
  Restoration programs.............................................1484
  Seabirds.....................................................631, 657
  Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program...............................388
Wildlife refuges:
  Administrative and visitor facility sites........................1434
  Alaska...........................................................1402
  Disturbance regulations..........................................1397
  Hunting and fishing regulations..................................1410
  Kenai National Wildlife Refuge seasonal closure..................1507
  Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge.....................................1526
  Public entry and use.......................................1479, 1688
  Public use.......................................................1402
  State exchange...................................................1674
Wine:
  Exports..........................................................2605
  Johannisburg Riesling grape variety..............................2632
  Labeling.........................................................2608
  Registration requirements for producers..........................2629
  Viticultural areas...............................................2604
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1049
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...1095, 1136, 1940, 2751
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................221
  Women-owned businesses:
    Government subcontracting......................................4000
Women, infants, and children:
  Funding formula...................................................207
  Supplemental food program...............................222, 240, 247

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    Administrative requirement changes..............................218
    Cereals sugar limit.............................................235
    Cultural food preferences.......................................232
    Food delivery systems...........................................178
    Food packaging..................................................230
    Infant formula..................................................242
    Infant formula rebate contracts.................................205
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Workers' compensation:
  Coal miners......................................................1903
  Reduction of Social Security benefits............................3944
  Third Party Collection Program....................................690


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  AmeriCorps information disclosure................................3147
  AmeriCorps participants..........................................3145
  Young American Medals Program....................................1883