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


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                                   A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2646, 4242
Accounting:
  Audits of local governments, institutions of higher education 
      and non-profit organizations..................................383
  Audits of state and local governments and non-profit 
      institutions.............1285, 1290, 2000, 2098, 3056, 3147, 3708
  Cost accounting standards..................................1887, 3747
  Cost allowability criteria:
    Travel and per diem costs......................................3675
  Cost principles.............................................728, 3752
    Litigation costs...............................................4032
  Credit union audits and verifications............................4346
  Customs Service fees and interest................................2679
  DEA..............................................................1763
  DFARS contract administration and audit services..................733
  DFARS contract services...........................................748
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1680, 1681
  Educational institutions.........................................3752
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.........................4138
  FDA requirements for financial disclosure by clinical 
      investigators................................................1025
  FMS claims.................................................2582, 2586
  Food Stamp Program EBT system audit requirements..................205
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2585
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2580
  Ginnie Mae financial reporting...................................1349
  Government payments:
    DFARS modification..............................................765
    Performance-based payments......................................764
    Taxpayer identification numbers.................................765
  International accounting standards...............................4436
  Mark-to-market.......................................2800, 2871, 2872
  Medicare program.................................................1111
  NRC decommissioning costs........................................4430
  OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and 
      earnings test exempt amounts.................................3972
  PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................3879
  PBGC premium self-audit..........................................3876
  Retirement obligations...........................................1969
  Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................3745
  Sales of partnerships............................................2789
  Securities.......................................................4450
  Small business size standards:
    Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services..................3906
  Unified Partnership Audit Procedures.............................2905
  Uniform audits requirements.......................................383
  VA...............................................................3132
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See 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........................................1695, 3641
  ATF..............................................................2624
  Aviation economic proceedings rules of practice..................2078
  BATF procedures..................................................2623
  BLM procedures.............................................1706, 1710
  Block grants......................................................913
  Board of Veterans' Appeals:
    Case docketing.................................................3110
    Clear and unmistakable error...................................3140
    Delegations of authority.......................................3109
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions.................................3111
    Simultaneously contested claims................................3048
  Code of Conduct..................................................3957
  Communications...................................................4172
  Conduct on the Pentagon Reservation amendment.....................721
  Customs regulations..............................................2709
  Defense Contract Audit Agency:
    Freedom of Information amendment................................720
  Defense Threat Reduction Agency name change.......................722
  DIO..............................................................2635
  DOE:
    Economic development transfers of real property.................875
  DOI..................................................1397, 1398, 1633
  DOJ:
    Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database........................1894
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1879
  EEOC.............................................................3608
  EPA........................................................3419, 3421
  EPA State operating permits......................................3378
  Equal Access to Justice Act.......................................922
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................4091
  FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................4179
  FDA..............................................................1005
    Advisory opinions and guidelines................................938
    Citizen petitions..............................................1009
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3641
  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation................................167
  FEMA.............................................................3611
  FERC.......................................................4250, 4253
  FERC off-the-record communications...............................4256
  FHFB unpublished information.....................................4270
  FTC regulatory review............................................4319
  FWS seizure and forfeiture procedures............................1444
  Government in the Sunshine Act...................................3162
  Hazardous materials..............................................2537
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Administrative law judges......................................1772
    Adverse actions against Head Start agencies....................1263
    Army Corps of Engineers.........................................798
    Aviation economic proceedings............................2094, 2095
    Board of Immigration Appeals...................................1774
    Bureau of Indian Affairs.......................................1625
    Bureau of Land Management......................................1686
    DOL............................................................1925
    FCIC procedures.................................................160
    HHS............................................................1189
    Immigration proceedings........................................1772
    Indian affairs.................................................1399
    Medicaid State Plan amendments.................................1107
    Medicare claims appeal.........................................1132
    Medicare enrollment............................................1052
    Minerals Management Service....................................1650
    Minority Enterprise Development Office.........................3926
    National Forest System..........................................304
    National Indian Gaming Commission........................4360, 4361
    NRC................................................4413, 4414, 4433
    Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...........3731, 3732
    Office of Government Ethics....................................3734
    Office of Personnel Management...........................3770, 3790

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    Office of the Special Trustee..................................1402
    Office of Trust Funds Management...............................1402
    Peace Corps....................................................3873
    PTO.............................................................682
    Public lands cases.............................................1395
    Reclamation Bureau.............................................1670
    RRB............................................................3899
    SBA............................................................3920
    Social Security Administration.....................3930, 3975, 3991
    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board................................688
    Transportation proceedings.....................................2286
    Treasury Department............................................2646
    USDA........................................................78, 306
    Veterans Affairs.........................................3122, 3124
  INS........................................................1796, 1867
  IRS........................................................2860, 2897
  MARAD............................................................2562
  National Credit Union Administration.............................4338
  NHTSA global technical regulations statement of policy...........2385
  NIGC:
    Compulsory process and testimony of employees..................4358
  NOAA civil procedure regulations..................................668
  NRC..............................................................4395
  OMB..............................................................3750
  OPIC.............................................................3866
  OPM..............................................................3793
  OTS........................................................2995, 2997
  Panama Canal Commission:
    Removal of Secretary of the Army as prescribing authority......3869
  Peace Corps volunteer discrimination complaints..................3874
  Registration of drug producers...................................1000
  Research and Special Programs Administration.....................2548
  RRB..............................................................3893
  Rulemaking:
    DOT............................................................2092
    EPA............................................................3191
    FCA............................................................4086
    FCC..........................................4107, 4146, 4202, 4224
    FERC...........................................................4259
    FMC......................................................4288, 4289
    INS............................................................1779
    IRS......................................................2736, 2892
    NRC..........................................4381, 4384, 4434, 4435
    USDA.............................................................95
  Social Security Administration...................................3990
    Testimony of employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3940
  Telephone service observation....................................3990
  USAID commodities transactions...................................3146
  USDA..............................................................359
  USIA.............................................................3993
  VA...............................................................3056
Adoption and foster care:
  Adoption and Safe Families Act...................................1249
  Intercountry adoption............................................2068
  Social security status determination.............................3987
  State performance requirements...................................1255
Adult education:
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1790
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................2088
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................932
  Home insulation..................................................4322
  Investment companies.......................................4463, 4485
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4320
  Television.......................................................4192
  Unfair or deceptive practices..............................4317, 4327
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1271
  Food assistance programs.....................................193, 215
  Foster Grandparent Program.......................................3164
  Housing..........................................................1332
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................2082
    DOL programs...................................................2004
    Employment...............................................3609, 3610
  Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................3165
  Senior Companion Program.........................................3163
Agricultural commodities:
  See also specific commodities
           Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  Accelerated Production Flexibility Contract payments...............63
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2563
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................272
  Exports......................................................273, 274
  Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions..............................1914
  Financing of commercial sales.....................................279
  Foreign donations.................................................280
  Honey recourse loan program........................................93
  Kiwifruit...........................................................5
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2872
  Mohair recourse loan program.......................................94
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program........................51
  Nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for crambe..................66
  Ocean transport...................................................281
  Overseas market development.......................................270
  Speculative limits for futures contracts.........................4060
  Sugarcane..........................................................18
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts...............................24
Agricultural research:
  Administrative provisions.........................................134
  Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
    Matching funds requirement......................................133
    Stakeholder input to formula funds..............................132
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................119
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 
      administrative provisions.....................................130
  Donation of excess research equipment.............................359
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Migrant labor
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Acquisition regulations......................................357, 358
  Aerial photographic reproduction fees..............................91
  ASCS program ineligibility.........................................17
  Certified Lender Program...........................................72
  CFSA state and county committees...................................21
  Clear title for farm product purchasers...........................178
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................16
  Cooperative marketing associations.................................44
  Disaster assistance............................................33, 83
  Farm ownership loans...........................................73, 75
  Farm reconstitution regulations....................................47
  Farm Service Agency:
    Disaster set-aside program second installment....................60

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    Low documentation loans..........................................12
    Real estate appraisals and chattel appraisals....................67
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............61
    Small Hog Operation Payment Program..............................68
  Hog imports from Europe...........................................107
  Horse protection requirements.....................................108
  Income taxes.....................................................2776
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......312
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................117
  Quarantine and inspection service user fees.......................109
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................75
  State mediation programs...........................................20
  Technical assistance and training.......................321, 323, 344
  USDA lobbying restrictions........................................360
  Worker protection standards................................3416, 3423
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..............1128, 1258, 1262
  Unemployed parent................................................1128
AIDS:
  AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1168
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1033
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Airline deregulation benefit provisions..........................1932
  Anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention programs.................2254
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2077
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................2085
  Aviation fuel tax................................................2989
  Baggage liability..........................................2073, 2086
  Cargo limit......................................................2538
  Code-sharing arrangement disclosure..............................2108
  Competitiveness............................................2075, 2099
  Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system..............2190
  Computer reservations system...............................2075, 2111
  Damage of expensive mobility aids................................2080
  Direct flight, definition........................................2083
  Emission standards:
    Turbine engine powered airplanes...............................2269
  Fees charged by airports.........................................2237
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2084
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency telephone number requirements........................2516
  Interstate authority.............................................2099
  Landing gear shock absorption test requirements..................2197
  Non-age discrimination...........................................2082
  On-time flight reports...........................................2569
  Overbooking of flights...........................................2093
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................2087
    Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................1830
    Change-of-gauge services notification..........................2109
    Facility charges...............................................2181
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................2084
    Interference with crewmembers..................................2271
    Manifest information.....................................1784, 2105
    Oxygen use.....................................................2104
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey............................2567
    Portable electronic devices....................................2271
    Provisions.....................................................2271
  Pilots:
    National Driver Register records.........................2409, 2435
    Night flying takeoff and landing training......................2242
  Price advertising................................................2088
  Repair station requirements................................2172, 2182
  Safety and security-related information..........................2187
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2209
  Security measures................................................2228
  Smoking ban......................................................2101
  Tariff filing requirements.......................................2097
  Universal child seats............................................2391
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control..............................................4321
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Acid rain............................................3311, 3372, 3380
    Allowance allocations....................................3297, 3376
  Acid Rain Program:
    Permits regulations............................................3297
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing...........................3338
  Aerospace industry.........................................3347, 3391
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities....................3391
  Agricultural chemicals...........................................3337
  Air quality modeling.............................................3239
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3368
  Air quality standards......................................3238, 3355
  Air storage tanks................................................3217
  Aluminum industry................................................3334
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3260
  Awards...........................................................3190
  Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3252
  Boat manufacturing industry......................................3255
  Boilers..........................................................3261
  Caprolactam......................................................3524
  Carbon monoxide..................................................3355
  Chemicals............................................3249, 3250, 3310
  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)..................................935, 3286
  Chromium emissions.........................................3270, 3364
  Clean Air Act......................3235, 3243, 3281, 3312, 3350, 3351
  Clean fuels formula grant program................................2505
  Consumer products....................................3200, 3283, 3396
  Copper smelters..................................................3333
  Cyanide chemical manufacturing...................................3245
  Dioxin emission measurement......................................3209
  Dry cleaners.....................................................3257
  Electric arc furnaces............................................3321
  Electric utility steam generating facilities.....................3401
  Emergency episode requirements...................................3206
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3307
  Emission standards.....3215, 3216, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3277, 3314, 3361
    Coke ovens.....................................................3222
    Halogenated solvents...........................................3386
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3343
    New marine engines.......................................3201, 3324
    Non-road spark-ignition engines..........................3353, 3385
    Permit requirements............................................3354
    Potential to emit..............................................3279
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................3264
    Turbine engine powered airplanes...............................2269
  Emissions monitoring program......3220, 3275, 3284, 3308, 3309, 3311, 
                                                             3315, 3344
  Emissions reporting..............................................3218
  Emissions trades.................................................3219
  Essential uses....................................................935
  Ethylene processing........................................3258, 3299
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3267
  Ferroalloy industry..............................................3210
  Fugitive emissions...............................................3362
  Gas turbines.....................................................3242
  General provisions amendments....................................3253
  Glycol ethers....................................................3296
  Halons...........................................................3203
  Hazardous air pollutants....3214, 3215, 3216, 3240, 3242, 3247, 3248, 
           3249, 3250, 3251, 3254, 3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 
           3261, 3262, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 3276, 3277, 3278, 
           3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3327, 3328, 3334, 3335, 3336, 3337, 
           3338, 3339, 3344, 3347, 3349, 3364, 3365, 3377, 3389, 3391, 
                                                       3392, 3402, 3447
  Hazardous air pollutants source categories.................3276, 3342

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  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3501
  Hazardous waste TDSF and generator sites.........................3402
  HCFC allowance distribution system...............................3193
  Highway diesel fuel quality......................................3191
  Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators...................3199
  Indian reservations..............................................3359
  Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking.....................3392
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3208
  Internal combustion engines......................................3240
  Iron and steel industry....................................3244, 3246
  Large appliance coating industry.................................3259
  Lead smelters....................................................3251
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3262
  MACT standards........3215, 3216, 3264, 3271, 3272, 3274, 3277, 3342, 
                                                       3343, 3354, 3365
  Measurement regulation...........................................3209
  Metal parts and products coating industry......3265, 3266, 3289, 3290
  Methyl bromide.............................................3204, 3288
  Mineral wool production industry standards.......................3243
  Municipal landfills........................................3216, 3302
  Municipal waste combustion units.................................3241
  National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air Emissions
                                                                   3344
  Navajo nation lands..............................................3211
  NESHAP:
    Alumina processing.............................................3196
    Ammonium sulphate production...................................3382
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3227
    Carbon black.............................................3195, 3274
    Cellulose production...........................................3215
    Chemical recovery combustion sources...........................3366
    Chromium electroplating........................................3295
    Chromium emissions.............................................3270
    Clay products manufacturing....................................3228
    Elastomers.....................................................3278
    Ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation 
        operations.................................................3299
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3267
    Fumed silica production........................................3224
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3226
    Hydrogen chloride production...................................3363
    Iron and steel industry........................................3225
    Leather tanning................................................3273
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3223
    Metal parts and products coating industry................3265, 3266
    Metal pipes....................................................3227
    Natural gas production.........................................3345
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3269
    Off-site waste and recovery operations.........................3352
    Oil production.................................................3345
    Organic liquids................................................3365
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3277
    Polyvinyl chloride production..................................3230
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3232
    Process heaters................................................3280
    Pulp and paper production................................3317, 3366
    Site remediation...............................................3271
    Spandex........................................................3272
    Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry..............3229
    Thermoplastics.................................................3278
    Uranium hexafluoride production................................3231
    Vegetable oil production.......................................3275
    Wet-formed fiberglass mat production...........................3233
    Wood furniture industry........................................3381
  New source performance standards...........................3282, 3392
  New source review................................................3303
  New stationary sources.....................................3309, 3361
  No backsliding rule for nonattainment areas......................3202
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3269
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3306, 3315
  Operating permits....................................3305, 3360, 3384
    Indian reservations............................................3313
  Ozone.....3192, 3194, 3259, 3285, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3347, 3350, 
                                                       3351, 3396, 3399
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    Attainment and nonattainment areas.............................3377
    National ambient air quality standards.........................3221
    Pollutant standards index......................................3320
    Significant harm level programs................................3320
    Transport....................................3318, 3319, 3377, 3383
  Paint stripper users.............................................3254
  Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3292
  Particulate matter...................................3192, 3301, 3356
  PCB manufacturing................................................3450
  Penalties for violations.........................................3367
  Petroleum refineries.......................................3304, 3328
  Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3332
  Phosphogypsum stacks.............................................3390
  Phosphoric acid manufacturing....................................3330
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3248
  Plastic parts industry...........................................3291
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................3214
  Polycarbonates...................................................3339
  Polyether polyol production......................................3336
  Polymers and resins..............................................3329
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3389
  Portland cement manufacturing....................................3335
  Power plants.....................................................3322
  Process heaters............................................3261, 3280
  Publically owned treatment works study...........................3340
  Pulp and paper mills.............................................3327
  Radon......................................................3375, 3390
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3374
  Residential wood heaters.........................................3387
  Sewage sludge incinerators.......................................3213
  Shipbuilding industry............................................3347
  Solid waste incinerators.........................................3282
  State implementation plans...............3192, 3211, 3303, 3341, 3346
  Steel pickling processes.........................................3331
  Stratospheric ozone protection....3193, 3203, 3204, 3236, 3288, 3300, 
                                                             3325, 3370
  Sulfur dioxide...................................................3379
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3238, 3372
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3357
  Test rules.......................................................3322
  Tire manufacturing...............................................3256
  Transportation Conformity Pilot Program....................3198, 3388
  Vapor control systems............................................2133
  Volatile organic compounds........3205, 3259, 3268, 3289, 3290, 3291, 
                         3292, 3293, 3294, 3347, 3357, 3394, 3395, 3396
  Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3281
  Wood furniture industry....................................3293, 3347
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry...........................3247
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2077
  Rebating international fares.....................................2100
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Charter flights
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics.........................................2094, 2095
  Excise taxes...............................................2753, 2982
  Hazardous substances.............................................2514
  Inspection of stopover passengers................................1804
  Unfair exclusionary conduct......................................2106

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Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts...................................................2185
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 
                                           2224, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2246
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2259
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2258
  Cargo restrictions:
    Oxidizers and organic peroxides................................2546
  Child restraint systems..........................................2262
  Corrosion control program........................................2175
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2213
  Dispatcher certification.........................................2227
  Emergency exits..................................................2217
  Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2235
  FAA registration fees............................................2251
  Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.............2261
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2264
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2200
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2209
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2174, 2182
    Certification of mechanics and repairmen.......................2220
    Repair assessments.............................................2225
  Manifests public disclosure......................................2698
  Noise control....................................................2240
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................802
  Parachutes.......................................................2191
  Registration.....................................................2247
  Rocket engines...................................................3276
  Rotorcraft:
    Airworthiness standards..................................2238, 2239
    Flight plan requirements.......................................2192
    Maximum gross weight limitation................................2222
    Rating and certification.......................................2266
  Snowplanes.......................................................1585
  Surplus military.................................................2252
  Titles and security documents....................................2247
  Transponders...............................................2214, 2221
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards.........................2257
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2255
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................2249
    Fuel tank ignition source review...............................2194
    Low speed stall................................................2250
    Repair assessments.............................................2225
  Turbine-powered and turboprop:
    Bird ingestion standards.......................................2259
  Type certification procedures....................................2223
  Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1584
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2208
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act........................706
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Aeromedical education training services..........................2184
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2215
  Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2256
  Drug abuse.......................................................2173
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2180
  FAA certification fees...........................................2251
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................2216
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2176
  Ground deicing/anti-icing procedures.............................2218
  Medical examinations.............................................2183
  National Driver Register records...........................2409, 2435
  Night flying takeoff and landing training........................2242
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2179
  Training and certification...........................2193, 2218, 2241
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Allocation of slots..............................................2236
  Anchorage, Alaska, terminal area.................................2234
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2079
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2093
  Fees charged to air carriers.....................................2237
  Land use compatibility planning..................................2253
  Landing systems..................................................2229
  Revenue policy...................................................2265
  Security.........................................................2212
  Transponder requirement suspension...............................2221
Airspace:
  Air traffic services and aeronautical studies:
    Fees...........................................................2230
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2263
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Air tour operations............................................2198
    Flight rules...................................................2270
    Modifications..................................................2199
  Landing systems..................................................2229
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................2219
  National Park Service overflights:
    Grand Canyon National Park.....................................2260
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................531
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2202
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2207
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  See also Alcoholism
  Air carrier employees............................................2254
  Railroad employee testing........................................2497
  Substance abuse block grants......................................920
  Substance abuse programs, DOE sites...............................902
  Transit operations...............................................2510
  Transportation industry..............................2074, 2096, 2180
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Gasohol
           Liquors
           Wine
  Country of origin statements.....................................2601
  Denatured alcohol and rum:
    Distribution and use...........................................2632
    Formulas and technical amendments..............................2614
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2613
  Prohibition of containers........................................2607
  Tax-free alcohol.................................................2631
  Veterans Affairs acquisition regulations.........................3104
  Wine.............................................................2615
Alcoholism:
  Medicaid program.................................................1193
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Migrant labor
           Refugees
  Accompanying definition..........................................2063
  Adjustment of status.....................1773, 1811, 1816, 1840, 1843
  Age requirements for fingerprinting..............................1797
  Alien registration card name change..............................1869
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1809
  Arrival/departure management system..............................1798
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1838
  Asylum.....................................................1802, 1839
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1807
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1794, 1819
  Bonding pilot program............................................1795

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  Border crossing card fees........................................2064
  Border crossing cards............................................2059
  Border crossing identification documents...................1805, 1850
  Cancellation of removal..........................................1777
  Charitable activities:
    Waiver of fees.................................................2071
  Criminal convictions.......................................1796, 1825
  Cuban............................................................1843
  Deportation proceedings....................................1796, 1826
    Entrepreneurs..................................................1776
    Motion to reopen...............................................1778
    Suspension.........................................1775, 1777, 1847
  Emergency medical services.......................................1217
  Employment...............................1783, 1810, 1822, 1853, 1864
    Employment creation aliens.....................................1876
    Use on government contract projects.............................737
  Employment authorization fee.....................................1857
  Employment eligibility verification..............................1862
  Expedited exclusion procedures...................................1825
  F-1 foreign students.............................................1790
  Family Unity Program.............................................1833
  Fingerprinting...................................................1842
  Foreign group health plans.......................................1113
  Habitual residence...............................................1831
  Haitian nationals................................................1856
  Health care workers..............................................1834
  Hungarian parolees...............................................1835
  Immigrant investors..............................................1787
  Inadmissability............................................1780, 2070
  IR status........................................................2056
  Juveniles............................................1779, 1844, 1845
  Labor certification process................................1940, 1941
  Mail order brides................................................1794
  Nicaraguan.......................................................1843
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Admission into the U.S.............................1827, 1852, 1864
    American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...1808, 1855
    Corporate reorganizations......................................1786
    Disclosure of information......................................1821
    Documentation..................................................2054
    Honoraria and incidental expenses..............................2048
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1817
    Overstay of nonimmigrant status................................1789
    Temporary workers........................................1921, 1937
    Visa Waiver Pilot Program......................................2069
    Visitors for business..........................................1812
    Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1885
  Orphan petitions.................................................1824
  Parent-child relationships.......................................1824
  Permanent residence..............................................1773
  Permanent resident card name change..............................1869
  Permanent resident status............................1835, 1840, 1843
  Polish parolees..................................................1835
  Prostitution.....................................................1788
  Public assistance programs............................198, 1286, 1841
    Food Stamp Program..............................................193
    Housing........................................................2352
    Medicaid.......................................................1193
    Sponsor reimbursement..........................................1829
  Religious workers................................................1846
  Removal orders...................................................1837
  SSA regulations............................................1785, 3989
  Student employment...................................1848, 1865, 1874
  Temporary protected status.................................1857, 1861
  Temporary workers..........................................1814, 1924
  Termination of DV registration at NVX............................2047
  Transit without visa.............................................2050
  Visa ineligibility...............................................2060
  Withholding of removal...........................................1839
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................932
Animal diseases:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................123
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................117
  Scrapie...........................................................100
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Animal Drug Availability Act.....................................1005
  Approval process............................................975, 1015
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................932
  Feed directives..............................................937, 988
  Import tolerance levels...........................................964
  Investigational use..............................................1005
  New drug applications.............................................962
  Presubmission conferences for applicants..........................961
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........940
  Substantial evidence definition...................................986
  Supplemental manufacturing changes................................951
Animal welfare:
  Dogs and cats.....................................................102
  Horse protection requirements.....................................108
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement............................121
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................110
  Marine mammals...............................................111, 528
Animals:
  See also specific animals
           Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Imports......................................................119, 124
    Hogs from Europe................................................107
  Pet ownership in public housing..................................1358
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Duties............................................................386
  Reformulated gasoline program requirements.......................3393
    Compliance baseline modification...............................3298
  Sunset reviews....................................................384
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Apprenticeship programs:
  See Manpower training programs
Archaeology:
  See Historic preservation
Architectural barriers:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  Facilities.......................................................3692
  Federal records centers..........................................3709
  NARA:
    Storage standards..............................................3703
  Researcher registration..........................................3704
  Return of Nixon Presidential materials...........................3707
Armed forces:
  See also Armed forces reserves
           Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System

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  Air Force:
    Academy nominations and appointments............................807
    Environmental impact analysis process...........................806
    Professional conduct and standards for criminal justice.........808
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Administrative appeals process..................................798
    Environmental quality requirements..............................801
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................797
    Permit regulations..............................................799
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................800
  CHAMPUS.......................................810, 811, 812, 813, 817
  Coast Guard:
    Access to National Driver Register.......................2414, 2435
    Advance notice of arrivals.....................................2170
    ASTM standards.................................................2154
    Child development services.....................................2168
    Commercial diving operations...................................2128
    Deep water ports...............................................2127
    Drug testing reporting requirements............................2151
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2161
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2118
    Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils.................2134
    Fees for undocumented vessel numbering.........................2126
    Marine Safety and Environmental Protection........2123, 2124, 2147, 
                                                 2148, 2149, 2170, 2171
    Merchant mariners..................................2148, 2149, 2162
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2120
    Propeller injury prevention....................................2163
    Regatta and parade permits.....................................2142
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................2141
    Tank barge emergency control measures..........................2165
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances............2119
    Tonnage regulations............................................2153
    Towing vessel fire protection measures.........................2150
    Towing vessel operators........................................2143
    Vessel design, inspection, and classification requirements....2166, 
                                                                   2167
  Donations of surplus property....................................3679
  Military records correction.......................................795
  Navy:
    Freedom of Information Act program..............................805
    Incidental taking of marine mammals.............................669
    National Environmental Policy Act implementation................804
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................802
  Reemployment.....................................................3778
  Selective service regulation.....................................3904
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2252
Armed forces reserves:
  National Guard technicians:
    Retirement.....................................................3787
  Ready Reserve.....................................................704
Arms and munitions..................................................414
  Brady Bill regulations...............................2610, 2621, 2641
  Communications satellites:
    Transfer from Commerce Control List to US Munitions List........397
  Curio and relic..................................................2621
  Dual-use items....................................................403
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................404
  Excise taxes.....................................................2640
  Explosives safety.................................................714
  Export controls.........................................387, 414, 416
  Federal surplus donation requirements............................3653
  Handguns...................................................2621, 2642
  Identification markings..........................................2611
  International traffic............................................2057
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1879
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.......................2621
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................2622
  Waiver for firearm prohibition on nonimmigrant visa holders......1885
Asbestos:
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3438
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  ATF..............................................................2643
  Banks............................................................2579
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1625
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1770
  DOA..............................................................2061
  DOJ..............................................................1893
  DOL..............................................................1913
  EPA revisions....................................................3341
  FEMA.............................................................3616
  FWS enforcement..................................................1553
  HHS:
    OIG........................................................910, 912
  HUD..............................................................1311
  Immigration judges...............................................1770
  INS..................................................1868, 1870, 2058
  IRS..................................................2970, 2971, 2991
  Panama Canal Commission:
    Removal of Secretary of the Army as prescribing authority......3869
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................697
  Radiation sources on Army land....................................796
  Surface Transportation Board.....................................4521
  VA...................................................3059, 3116, 3130
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2174
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2233
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2209
  Airplane operator security.......................................2211
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2203
  Airworthiness directives and standards...............2205, 2224, 2257
  Alcohol misuse prevention program................................2254
  Anti-drug programs...............................................2254
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2259
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2258
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2215
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2105
  Corrosion control program........................................2175
  Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2244
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2248
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2213
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2255
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................2246
  Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2235
  Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2176
  Flight rules...............................................2204, 2206
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs..............................................2228
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................2232
  Fuel tank ignition source review.................................2194
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................2243
  Gate requirements for high-lift device controls..................2264
  Hazards to air navigation........................................2202
  Information and records disclosed by industry....................2187
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2245
  Maintenance personnel certification..............................2220
  Major repair data................................................2268
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2104

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  Parachute operations.............................................2191
  Pilot rest and duty requirements...........................2179, 2256
  Repair assessments...............................................2225
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2182, 2187
  Rotorcraft...........................................2238, 2239, 2266
  Rotorcraft weight limitation.....................................2222
  Security personnel...............................................2267
  Transponder requirement..........................................2214
  Type certification procedures....................................2223
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2208


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Assessments......................................................4243
  Capital maintenance..............................................4244
  Credit unions:
    Requirements...................................................4336
    Share insurance................................................4337
  DIMIA compliance...........................................3001, 4237
  FDIC:
    Advertisement of membership....................................4235
  FDIC contractors:
    Women- and minority-owned businesses...........................4234
  Investment rules.................................................4245
  Joint accounts...................................................4246
  Nonmember banks......................................4236, 4238, 4331
  Notice of insured status.........................................4233
  Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4227
  Receivership rules...............................................4228
  Revocable trust accounts.........................................4246
  Risk-based capital standards...............................4230, 4239
  Year 2000 safety and soundness guidelines........................4240
Bankruptcy:
  Group health plans...............................................1113
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3495
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...................................2578
  Automated Clearing House Method..................................2584
  Bank holding companies.....................................4301, 4316
  Bank Secrecy Act...................2572, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2576, 2579
  Capital distributions regulations................................3005
  Casino reporting.................................................2577
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2581
  Collateral eligibility and valuation...........2592, 2593, 2594, 2644
  Community development corporation and project investments........2648
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2571
  Consumer regulations review......................................4297
  Conversions......................................................2998
    Insured credit unions to mutual savings banks..................4349
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2574
  Deposit accounts.................................................4309
  Deposits and electronic banking..................................3006
  Derivative instruments...........................................3007
  DIMIA compliance...........................................3001, 4237
  Due on sale......................................................2999
  EDGAR system modernization.......................................4474
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights................................................4083
    Charters.......................................................4085
    Election of directors..........................................4092
    Farm Credit System Reform Act..................................4096
    FCA rulemaking.................................................4086
    FCB assistance to associations.................................4089
    FCS board compensation limits..................................4093
    FCSIC nondiscrimination enforcement............................4094
    FCSIC referral of criminal violations..........................4095
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4082
    Leasing regulation.............................................4087
  Financial institutions:
    Examination cycle for small financial institutions.............2652
    Payment service providers......................................2570
  Financial services transactions survey............................363
  Foreign investments..............................................4305
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4461
  Funds availability and collection of checks................4295, 4308
  Information disclosure...........................................2654
  International banking operations.................................4301
  International banks..............................................4305
  Investment management............................................4088
  Know Your Customer programs......................................4247
  Leveraged capital................................................4303
  Management interlocks......................................2653, 4306
  Membership of state banking institutions.........................4301
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2651
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2650
  Non-bank financial institutions..................................2573
  Non-deposit investment products............................2656, 2996
  Non-sufficient funds (NSF).......................................2647
  Nondiscrimination................................................2997
  Proxy and information statements.................................4440
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4304
  Regulation CC..............................................4295, 4308
  Regulation D.....................................................4449
  Regulation DD....................................................4309
  Regulation H...............................................4301, 4303
  Regulation K.....................................................4301
  Regulation U.....................................................4294
  Regulation Y...............................................4301, 4303
  Restrictions on sale of assets...................................4226
  Risk-based capital standards.............3729, 4231, 4302, 4303, 4304
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Automated submission of trading data...........................4511
    Operational capability.........................................4492
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4232
  Securities of nonmember banks....................................4236
  State banks:
    Permitted activities and investments...........................4245
  Time accounts....................................................4309
  Types of offices.................................................2994
  Underwriting of mortgage-backed securities.......................4316
  Usury preemption.................................................2999
  Year 2000 safety and soundness guidelines......2655, 2659, 3004, 4240
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barley:
  Official testing service for protein analysis.....................173
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Brewery regulations..............................................2603
  Exports..........................................................2629
  Imports..........................................................2604
  Labeling.........................................................2605
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2630
Bicycles:
  Traffic control manual revision..................................2307

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  Use in Delaware Water Gap NRA....................................1587
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting......................................934
  Cellular therapy products.........................................992
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................932
  General safety test exceptions....................................992
  Informed consent regulations......................................931
  Interstate shipment...............................................921
  Labeling...............................................924, 950, 1013
  Licensing.........................................................991
  Postmarketing studies.............................................973
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........940
  Unapproved new uses information..................................1017
  Vaccine information..............................................1010
  Vaccines for Children Program....................................1202
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Birth control:
  See Family planning
Black lung benefits:
  Offset of Federal benefit payments.........................2598, 2600
Blind:
  See also Medicaid
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Aids to blind veterans.....................................3014, 3019
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices..............................967
  Errors and accidents reporting....................................996
  Hepatitis C virus.................................................967
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1161
  Safety standards.............................................923, 996
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Private activity.....................................2765, 2862, 2863
  Qualified zone academy...........................................2807
  Secured by government obligations................................2594
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Boycotts:
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................402
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.............................................2140
  Railroad safety regulations......................................2484
  Worker safety standards..........................................2494
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Automated submission of trading data.............................4511
  Large trader records.............................................4512
  Net capital requirements...................................4498, 4508
  Operational capability...........................................4492
  Proxy and information statements.................................4440
  Quotation requirements...........................................4496
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................4500, 4517
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities......1752, 1753, 1754, 3150, 
                                                             3155, 3157
  Asbestos.........................................................3438
  CDBG funds documentation.........................................1347
  Indoor air quality...............................................2037
  Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1337
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Antilock brakes..................................................2382
  Brake systems....................................................2380
  School:
    Body joint strength............................................2451
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2440
    Parking brake warning system...................................2392
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2335
  Testing guidelines...............................................2508
  Wheelchair restraints............................................2377
Business and industry..............................................3562
  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..........................................3338
  Aerospace industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3347, 3391
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2079
  Alcohol:
    Wine...........................................................2615
  Aluminum industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3334
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3260
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3252
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3255
  Cellulose manufacturing..........................................3215
  Cement manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3335
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control........................3249, 3250, 3337, 3357
    Control of PMNs................................................3449
    Hazardous wastes listing...........................3491, 3493, 3510
    Manufacture................3310, 3392, 3427, 3436, 3448, 3453, 3454
    Pollution standards............................................3450
    Polychlorinated biphenyls......................................3441
  Construction.....................................................2008
  DOT disadvantaged business enterprise program....................2107
  Dry cleaning.....................................................4321
    Air pollution control..........................................3257
    Effluent guidelines............................................3542
  Economic development..............................................376
  Effluent guidelines......................3542, 3543, 3562, 3563, 3564
  EPA operating permits............................................3305
  Ethylene processing:
    Air pollution control....................................3258, 3299
  Explosives.......................................................2608
  Fastener Quality Act..............................................423
  Ferroalloy industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3210
  Financial services transactions survey............................363
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................319
  Foreign investments in the U.S....................................366
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4323

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  Friction products................................................3263
  Health products...................................................955
    Human cellular and tissue-based products...................941, 942
    Mutual recognition.............................................1024
  Housing..........................................................1353
  Industrial disposal wells........................................3593
  Industrial laundries:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3542
  Industrial technology partnerships................................692
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3564
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3259
  Leather tanning and finishing....................................3273
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3262
  Manufacturing....................................................3392
  Manufacturing technology program..................................750
  Mergers..........................................................4486
  Metal finishing industry:
    Water pollution control........................................3498
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3289, 3290
  Metal products and machinery:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3562
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air bags.......................................................2369
    Air pollution control....................................3268, 3307
    Consumer information.....................................2408, 2459
    Content labeling calculation...................................2386
    Emission standards.......................................3314, 3349
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2374
    Metric conversion..............................................2384
    Sales volume limit provisions..................................3373
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3575
  National Type Evaluation Program..................................424
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3486
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3292
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Discontinuation of life-saving products.........................955
    Manufacturing changes...........................................956
    Radiopharmaceuticals............................................958
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3291
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3214
  Polyether polyol production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3336
  Polyurethane foam production.....................................3277
    Air pollution control..........................................3389
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............2046
  Printing/publishing..............................................3294
  Pulp, paper and paperboard.................................3327, 3366
  Spandex..........................................................3272
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3564
  Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2836
  Tires............................................................3274
    Manufacture....................................................3256
  Transportation equipment cleaning:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3563
  Travel expenses for brand participants............................278
  Vegetable oil production.........................................3275
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3347
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3247


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................4103
  Cost of service..................................................4098
  Customer service standards.......................................4099
  Digital must carry...............................................4106
  EEO rules and policies...........................................4202
  Home wiring rights...............................................4100
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4107
  Pole attachments.................................................4105
  Rates............................................................4097
  TV and VCR compatibility.........................................4155
Cancer:
  See also specific hazardous substances
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3185
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1036
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1169, 1949
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges...........................................................2144
    Bulk liquid hazardous material.................................2115
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2120
    Vapor control systems..........................................2133
  Carriage of bulk solid materials requiring special handling......2122
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2138
  Overfill and tank monitoring devices.............................2157
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................2159
    Foreign........................................................2117
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................2159
    Response plans.................................................2119
    Towing vessel safety measures..................................2123
Cemeteries:
  National Cemetery Administration title changes...................3112
  VA burial benefits.............................3049, 3050, 3052, 3053
    Provisions for capital crimes..................................3054
Census data:
  Census 2000 address list.........................................3751
  Correction........................................................370
  Release authorizations............................................371
  Special services and studies.................................369, 372
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Active Duty Dependents Dental Plan in overseas areas..............814
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest program....................815
  State Victims of Crime Compensation Programs......................819
  TRICARE Program:
    Eligibility requirements revisions..............................809
    Prime balance billing...........................................820
    Prime enrollment................................................816
    Reimbursement...................................................818
  Voice prostheses..................................................819
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Passengers stranded by...........................................2081
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also specific chemicals
           Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3455
  Air pollution control......................................3310, 3357
  Arsenic in drinking water........................................3582
  Assessment information rule......................................3453
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3468
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1762

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  Drinking water regulations.......................................3596
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3409
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3454
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3430
  Hydrogen chloride................................................1768
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3449
  Ozone depleting:
    Halons.........................................................3203
    Methyl bromide...........................................3204, 3288
    Refrigerant recycling..............................3286, 3350, 3351
    Sales restrictions.............................................3285
    Substitutes....................................................3194
    Transshipment provision........................................3300
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3441, 3450, 3550
  Polymers and resins..............................................3278
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4078
  Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4381
  Right-to-Know initiative.........................................3424
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3430
  Special surveillance list of chemicals, products, materials, 
      and equipment................................................1769
  Test rules...............................3431, 3434, 3446, 3451, 3457
  Toxic substances.....................................3436, 3462, 3479
  Toxic substances in new chemicals................................3448
  Toxicity profiles................................................3433
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................3463, 3466
    Coal...........................................................3465
    Lead...........................................................3464
    Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3465
  Traceable Reference Materials Program.............................425
  Use inventory rule...............................................3427
  Used in manufacture of controlled substances.....................1760
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Forced or indentured.............................................2669
  Hazardous occupations............................................1908
  Schooling, health, and well-being................................1908
  Violation penalties..............................................1922
Child support:
  Case closure.....................................................1270
  Debt collection by tax refund offset.............................2597
  Eligibility for Food Stamp Program................................192
  Health care coverage.............................................1962
  Medicaid referrals...............................................1090
  National medical support notice..................................1265
  Non-performance TANF penalty.....................................1247
  Paternity establishment services:
    Requirements for voluntary entities............................1268
  Payments to Indian tribes........................................1246
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1261
  Safeguarding information.........................................1253
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..............................1269
  Adverse actions against Head Start agencies......................1263
  Child poverty rate:
    State determination methodology................................1257
  Databases of convicted offenders.................................1896
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus for grants.....................1260
  Indian child protection programs.................................1031
  Medical child support............................................1135
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1884
  SSA benefits...............................................3961, 3963
  State performance requirements...................................1255
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..........................1935
    High performance bonus.........................................1245
    Work requirements..............................................1258
  Title IV-D compliance............................................1250
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4073
  Permit requirements for roll-your-own tobacco....................2628
  Reimportation of products........................................2626
  Sale and distribution requirements...............................1007
  State and local requirement exemptions...........................1008
  Tax computation for cigarette papers.............................2628
  Tax increase.....................................................2627
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....1816
  Age requirements for fingerprinting..............................1797
  Persons over 65..................................................1866
  Revocation of naturalization.....................................1875
  Testing waivers..................................................1866
Civil defense:
  See also Disaster assistance
  Military assistance to civil agencies.............................710
Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3158
  Common rule on title IX of the Civil Rights Act..................3918
  Economic Development Administration guidelines....................377
  Education........................................................3719
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................4292
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................206
  Language minority groups.........................................1757
  Nondiscrimination...............................337, 2004, 2082, 3874
    Activities assisted by the NEA.................................3715
    Activities assisted by the NEH...........................3715, 3718
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4094
    Federally assisted programs.....1272, 1750, 1755, 1756, 1999, 3127, 
                                                             3702, 3981
    HIPAA rules..............................................1964, 2751
    Housing..................................................1287, 1294
    Individuals with disabilities....1752, 1753, 1754, 3647, 3871, 3981
    USDA-conducted programs and activities..........................312
  Older individuals................................................1271
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3874
  Persons with life-threatening illnesses...........................983
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  Collection by HUD................................................1276
  Collection by the NEA............................................3713
  Corporation for National and Community Service debt collection 
                                                                   3161
  Debt Collection Improvement Act..................................2587
  EEOC.............................................................3603
  False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................1893
  False drawback...................................................2687
  Federal Claims Collection Standards........................1886, 2587
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................1928
  Federal tort claims..............................................3116
  FMS payments...............................................2582, 2586
  Food Stamp Program................................................213
  Government employees.............................................3813

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  HUD..............................................................1356
  Medical care benefits............................................1955
  Medicare suppliers...............................................1060
  Meritorious......................................................3685
  Public land rights-of-way........................................1396
  Veterans.............................................3031, 3116, 3130
    Attorney fees..................................................3107
Classified information:
  Access.......................................................701, 868
  Conformance to national policies for access and protection.......4407
  NARA records declassification....................................3694
  Nuclear material..................................................868
  OMB policies.....................................................3746
  Storage...........................................................702
  Uniform system for national security information..................890
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1660
  Coal management............................................1690, 1696
  Coalbed methane development......................................1707
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1690
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3465
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
      Underground mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Administrative appeals process....................................798
  Biological test methods for pollutants...........................3570
  Coastal Zone Pollution Control Program............................676
  Development and production plans.................................1640
  Exploration plans................................................1640
  Fees for appeals..................................................530
  Shore protection.................................................2155
  TVA shoreline management.........................................3992
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3601
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program.......................................25, 1413
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................354
    Privately owned................................................2273
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
    Matching funds requirement......................................133
    Stakeholder input to formula funds..............................132
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................698
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................712
  DOT grants.......................................................2091
  Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
      Programs......................................................836
  Grants administration..................................380, 829, 3750
  Grants to Indian colleges........................................1618
  Institutional eligibility under the Higher Education Act..........827
  Loan programs...........................................830, 831, 833
  Military recruiting access........................................716
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................126
  ROTC program access...............................................716
  Short-term scholars..............................................3995
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Bulk transfers or liquidations...................................4053
  Commodity Pool Operator exclusions...............................4056
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Performance disclosures........................................4059
  Contract market designation......................................4061
  Denomination of customer funds...................................4055
  Exemptive, no-action, and interpretive letters...................4064
  Foreign boards of trade in the U.S...............................4054
  Insider trading regulations......................................4052
  Location of depositories.........................................4055
  Non-domestic persons disclosure requirements.....................4062
  Principal, definition............................................4057
  Qualified eligible participants and clients......................4058
  Speculative limits for contracts.................................4060
  Voting prohibitions..............................................4063
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4284
  DOT registration system..........................................2319
  Freight forwarders:
    FHWA general jurisdiction......................................2342
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1728
  Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1098
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4193
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4109
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4194
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4170
  Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4214
  Competitive bidding for broadband PCS............................4215
  Competitive bidding for IVDS.....................................4213
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4212
  Competitive bidding process......................................4222
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   4146
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4218
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4158
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4151
  Equal employment opportunity.....................................4204
  Equipment authorization process..................................4172
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.........................4138
  Forfeitures for violations.......................................4152
  Government transfer band.........................................4168
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4107
  International common carriers....................................4187
  Low power FM Radio...............................................4203
  Maritime.........................................................4207
  Mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...............4165
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4111
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4209
  Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4169
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4208
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4185
  Relocation of base stations for 200 MHz licenses.................4216
  Revision of 47.2-48.2 GHz band rules.............................4223
  RF lighting devices..............................................4164
  Satellite:
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................4163
    Digital audio radio service....................................4184
    Earth stations.................................................4183
    Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4171
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4159, 4180

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    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4185
    Spacing and applications.......................................4181
    Tracking and data relay........................................3687
    Transfer from commerce control list to US munitions list........397
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4182
  SBC Communications, Inc. petition for biennial review............4145
  Spectrum allocation..............................................4163
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4189
  TV:
    Advanced systems...............................................4188
    Advertising practices..........................................4192
    Cable Act................................................4098, 4103
    Cable television rates.........................................4097
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4104
    Digital television service.....................................4167
    EEO rules and policies.........................................4202
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4191
    Medical care telemetry devices.................................4160
    Over-the-air reception devices.................................4101
    Station ownership........................................4190, 4196
    Video programming accessibility................................4102
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................4224
  Video teleconference technology..................................3942
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4210
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4156
Communications common carriers:
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4114
  Toll free service access codes...................................4115
Communist countries:
  Export controls..................................................1465
Community action programs:
  Community transition program......................................874
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities.................310, 314
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
  Banks' investment funds..........................................2648
  CDBG funds documentation.........................................1347
  Combining other government assistance with CPD assistance........1346
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2571
  Environmental regulations.........................................146
  Fisheries.........................................................438
  Rural venture capital demonstration...............................322
  Small financial institutions:
    Examination cycle..............................................2652
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
      Workers' compensation
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................273
  Air carriers.....................................................2099
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2443
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
    Amendments.....................................................1809
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1808, 1855
  Cable television companies.......................................4100
  Communications Act...................................4212, 4213, 4215
  Government research...............................................619
  GSA regulations..................................................3648
  Medical plans.....................................................915
  Sugar imports.....................................................277
  Telecommunications marketplace...................................4157
  Television marketplace...............................4097, 4104, 4188
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1933, 1934
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
  Accessible electronic and information technology standards.......3152
  Airline reservations systems.....................................2111
  Automated submission of trading data.............................4511
  Automated surety interface.......................................2692
  Cytology specimens...............................................1109
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................413
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4158
  EDGAR system modernization.......................................4474
  Electronic filing..........................................2663, 4481
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2290
  Electronic publication of DFARS...................................753
  Electronic records.............................2467, 3168, 3684, 3693
  Electronic requests for confidential treatment of export 
      manifest data................................................2681
  Electronic submission of adverse drug reaction reports............948
  Electronic submission of documents...............................4395
  Electronic submission of fisheries reports........................599
  Electronic transactions standards for health plans...............1140
  Encryption software..........................................395, 408
  Evidence of shipments in EDI procurement transactions............4037
  Exports......................................................391, 419
  Exports of high-performance computers to the Peoples Republic 
      of China......................................................420
  Income taxes.....................................................2921
  Internet.........................................................4235
    Domain Name System........................................677, 3669
  License exception CIV eligibility for microprocessors.............421
  MMS electronic reporting.........................................1654
  Software classification...........................................999
  Stored-value cards...............................................4299
Condominiums:
  Mortgages........................................................1320
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  Customs regulations..............................................2681
  EPA regulations..................................................3187
  FDA communications with State and foreign government officials 
                                                                    989
  PTO regulations...................................................684
  SEC regulations..................................................4519
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CFTC voting prohibition..........................................4063
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................815
  Ethical conduct......................................3720, 3722, 3743
    DOL employees..................................................1905
  Ethics programs..................................................3742
  Exemptions.......................................................3738
  Financial disclosure.............................................3736
  Investment companies.............................................4471
  Judges...........................................................3957
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3734
  Physician referrals..............................................1100
  Post-government employment.......................................3744
  Regional Fishery Management Councils..............................621
  Salary supplementation...........................................3737
  Standards of conduct......................362, 3740, 3872, 3875, 3983
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry..............................................1309
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2017

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  Hazardous energy control.........................................2041
  Material bulletins...............................................1296
  Noise abatement..................................................2308
  RUS construction work plan loan eligibility.......................334
  Safety and health programs.......................................2026
  Safety standards.................................................2030
  Scaffold safety standards........................................2010
  Seismic safety requirements.......................................330
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Baby walkers.....................................................4076
  Backyard play sets standard......................................4065
  Bunk bed requirements............................................4072
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................4100
  Child-resistant packaging..................................4070, 4074
  Cigarette lighters...............................................4073
  Crib safety standards............................................4077
  Disclosures................................................4317, 4327
  Flammability standards...........................................4071
    Children's sleepwear.....................................4075, 4081
    Clothing textiles..............................................4066
    Upholstered furniture....................................4068, 4069
  Household goods transportation...................................2321
  Infant formula quality control....................................995
  Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (IDSM)....................4326
  Lead-based paint...............................1289, 3429, 3443, 3459
  Medical devices..................................................1014
  Notices to passengers............................................2087
  Over-the-counter drugs.................................926, 982, 1011
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4078
  Premerger notification...........................................4318
  Product warranties.........................................4324, 4325
  RESPA amendments...........................................1324, 1325
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1634
  Filing fees for required records.................................1658
  Leasing..........................................................1643
  Minerals prospecting.............................................1642
  Offshore transportation..........................................4260
  Oil and gas worker training......................................1639
  Oil, gas and sulphur operations............................1643, 1653
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.......................................3590
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cost principles:
  DEAR amendments...................................................892
Cotton:
  Classification services user fees...................................4
  Crop insurance....................................................169
  Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program...................43
Countervailing duties:
  Administrative procedures.........................................386
  Sunset reviews....................................................384
Courts:
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1744
  Damage awards....................................................2896
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1771
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................4230
  Consumer credit..................................................3010
  Debt collection............................................3623, 3713
    Administrative offsets.............................1276, 2583, 2590
    Administrative offsets by EEOC.................................3605
    Administrative offsets by the OFHEO............................3730
    Administrative offsets by the SBA..............................3923
    Debt Collection Improvement Act................................3705
    FEMA...........................................................3628
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2589
    Salary offsets.................................................3730
    Tax refund offsets.................................1276, 2825, 3730
    Transfer of referral of delinquent nontax debts................2588
  Delinquent debtors...............................................2599
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2591
  Direct line of credit..............................................29
  Disaster Set-Aside program.........................................83
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4292
  Farm Credit System charter termination...........................4085
  Partners and partnership.........................................2877
Credit unions:
  Audits and verifications.........................................4346
  Business loans:
    Streamlining...................................................4338
  Bylaws revisions.................................................4333
  Change in official or senior executive officer...................4340
  Charitable contributions.........................................4343
  Chartering and field of membership policies......................4351
  Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................4349
  Creditor claims..................................................4353
  DIMIA compliance.................................................4339
  Fidelity bond requirements.......................................4341
  Insurance and group purchasing activities........................4334
  Insurance coverage...............................................4341
  Insurance requirements...........................................4336
  Leasing..........................................................4342
  Liquidations.....................................................4353
  Loan assumption by nonmembers....................................4355
  Loan interest rates..............................................4350
  Loan purchase, sale, and pledge..................................4352
  Newly chartered..................................................4340
  Organization and operations......................................4354
  Ownership of fixed assets........................................4332
  Pension plans....................................................4354
  Prompt corrective action.........................................4335
  Safe deposit box service.........................................4347
  Service organizations............................................4344
  Share insurance..................................................4337
  Statutory lien...................................................4345
  Troubled condition...............................................4340
  Truth in Savings Act amendments..................................4348
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    In-transit passengers..........................................1784
  Arson reporting..................................................2609
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1744
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1891
  Criminal history record information..............................1882
  Databases of convicted offenders.....................1879, 1894, 1896
  Denial of SSI benefits to felons and probation and parole 
      violators....................................................3952
  Domestic violence................................................2621
  FCSIC referral of criminal violations............................4095
  Financial institution reporting requirements.....................2578
  Forest System lands...............................................284

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  Motor vehicle theft..............................................2454
  Prostitution.....................................................1788
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1884
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1863
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1880
  Sex offender release notification................................1743
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1858
  Violence against women on campuses...............................1897
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1892
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations..........159, 160, 161, 164, 165, 166, 167
  Application for...................................................149
  Basic provisions..................................................170
  Civil penalties...................................................155
  Conservation program appeals procedures............................78
  Cotton............................................................169
  Florida fruit tree provisions.....................................156
  Grains.......................................................150, 151
  Group Risk Plan...................................................157
  High risk land....................................................148
  Highly erodible land and wetlands............................162, 163
  Insurance by written agreement....................................158
  Movement or assumption of policies................................153
  Nonstandard classification system.................................164
  Premiums..........................................................152
  Reinsurance agreements............................................154
  Wheat.............................................................150
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline fructose:
  Marketing allotment program........................................18
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure......................................1994, 2040
Cultural exchange programs.........................................1465
  Au pair regulation...............................................3994
  Short-term scholars..............................................3995
  Summer work/travel...............................................3996
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Accreditation of commercial testing laboratories.................2676
  Agricultural quarantine and inspection service user fees..........109
  Aircraft manifests...............................................2698
  Automated Clearinghouse credit...................................2707
  Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2674
  Bonded warehouses................................................2672
  Commercial gaugers approval......................................2676
  Counterfeited trademarks.........................................2699
  Country of origin determinations.................................2691
  Country of origin marking......................2666, 2677, 2695, 2697
  Cultural property regulations....................................2679
  Customs brokers..................................................2667
  Detention of merchandise.........................................2678
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2696
  Electronic filing of entries of merchandise......................2663
  Evaluation of duty................................................763
  Export manifest data.............................................2681
  Fee and interest.................................................2679
    Payment methods................................................2671
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2693
  Foreign-based commercial motor vehicles..........................2702
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2689, 2690
  Illegal entry:
    Penalties......................................................2685
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2675
  Inventory accounts...............................................2750
  Land Border Carrier Initiative Program...........................2704
  Low-value duty-free merchandise..................................2670
  Merchandise definition...........................................2750
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2664, 2680
  Ports of entry...................................................2686
  Products of forced or indentured child labor.....................2669
  Protests.........................................................2709
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2662
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................2701
  Seizures, penalties and liquidated damages.......................2683
  Tariffs:
    Filing requirements......................................2097, 4524
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2660
  Toxic substances.................................................2684
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2661
  User fee exemption for Israeli products..........................2710


                                   D

Dairy products:
  See also specific dairy products
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................64
  Dairy Market Loss Assistance Program...............................65
  Dairy Options Pilot Program.......................................168
  Disaster assistance................................................89
  Grading and inspection..............................................8
  Quotas............................................................275
  Recourse loans.....................................................50
  Transportation and storage........................................244
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Day care:
  Food program......................................................207
  VA facilities....................................................3128
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants......................................................2646
  EPA changes......................................................3177
  Social Security Administration...................................3969
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................................814
  Amalgam ingredient labeling......................................1012
  Veterans' disability rating......................................3069
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.....1221

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  Outpatient self-management training services.....................1226
  Qualification of diabetic truck drivers..........................2325
Disability benefits:
  See also Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
           Railroad retirement
           Workers' compensation
  Reduction of Social Security benefits based on workers' 
      compensation.................................................3988
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
  American Indian livestock feed assistance..........................41
  Cost-share adjustments...........................................3620
  Dairy production...................................................89
  Declaration process..............................................3620
  Eligible forage crops..............................................37
  Farmers..................................................33, 158, 161
    Set-aside program second installment.............................60
  Fire suppression assistance......................................3617
  Fisheries.........................................................552
  Floods...............................................1280, 3612, 3613
    Disaster Reserve Flood Compensation Program......................59
  Governor's request for a major disaster declaration..............3636
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3618
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act........................................................3614
  Livestock assistance program.......................................92
  Livestock production...............................................89
  Map change procedures and fee....................................3631
  Mount Weather Emergency Assistance Center........................3627
  National Emergency Training Center...............................3627
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Inspections....................................................3625
    Insurance coverage and rates...................................3638
    Write-Your-Own expense allowance...................3629, 3634, 3637
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................3635
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program........................51
  Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program:
    Insurance requirements.........................................3633
    Redesign.......................................................3632
  Public lands damage repairs......................................1698
  Removal of parts of 44 CFR.......................................3611
  Tax relief.......................................................2745
  Temporary housing assistance.....................................3626
  Tree assistance program............................................89
  Unemployment assistance..........................................1930
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
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1721
  Drug-free workplace..............................................3969
  Medicaid program.................................................1193
  Narcotic addict treatment.........................................928
  Substance abuse block grants......................................920
  Transit operations...............................................2510
  Treatment programs...............................................1721
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1892
Drug testing:
  Coast Guard requirements.........................................2151
  Opiate threshold levels..........................................2110
  Railroad employees...............................................2497
  Transportation personnel.................2074, 2090, 2180, 2254, 2511
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances:
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1761
    Freight forwarding facilities..................................1764
  Diversion control fee account....................................1763
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1762
  FAA regulations..................................................2173
  Hydrochloric gas thresholds......................................1765
  Iodine thresholds................................................1765
  Land Border Carrier Initiative Program...........................2704
Drugs:
  See also specific drugs
           Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Adverse drug experiences..........................................984
  Adverse drug reaction reports................................934, 948
  Aluminum containing...............................................980
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................979
  Bulk drug substances..............................................994
  Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances...........1760
  Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act........................1766
  Contraceptive drugs..............................................1014
  Current good manufacturing practice..........................978, 985
  Debarment certification regulations..............................1003
  Dispute resolution...............................................1022
  Drug manufacturer safety and effectiveness assessment............1016
  Drug Master File..................................................981
  Drugs for life-threatening illnesses..............................983
  FDA requirements for financial disclosure by clinical 
      investigators................................................1025
  Habit-forming drugs...............................................947
  Informed consent regulations......................................931
  Inhalation solution products......................................984
  Insulin-containing products.......................................949
  Investigational new drugs.........................929, 946, 983, 1004
  Labeling.....................................................925, 985
  Life-saving products..............................................955
  Manufacturing changes.............................................956
  Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1089
  Minoxidil........................................................4079
  Narcotic addict treatment.........................................928
  New drug applications.............................945, 960, 981, 1023
  Patent holder notification for new drugs..........................987
  Pediatric........................................................1016

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  Pediatric studies.................................................957
  Pharmacy compounding..............................953, 954, 994, 1019
  Phenylpropanolamine..............................................1767
  Postmarketing studies for human drugs.............................973
  Progestational....................................................950
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1759
  Pseudoephedrine..................................................1767
  Public Housing Drug Elimination Program..........................1359
  Radiopharmaceuticals....................................936, 958, 993
  Registration for distributors....................................1767
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........940
  Registration of producers........................................1000
  Repackaging approval requirements.................................971
  Rubber-containing.................................................925
  Stability testing.................................................972
  Unapproved new uses information..................................1017
  Withdrawn or removed from the market.............................1019


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....367, 368, 373, 374, 
                                                                    375
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..............311
  Administrative regulations........................................825
  Aeromedical education............................................2184
  Direct grant programs.............................................825
  Direct loan programs....................................830, 831, 833
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........333
  Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................359
  ED general administrative regulations.............................824
  Grant programs....................................................829
  Inmate occupational educational programs.........................1723
  National Security Education Program...............................699
  National Service Trust...........................................3160
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1045
  NIH scholarships.................................................1034
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1035
  Nondiscrimination................................................3141
  Nondiscrimination in programs receiving Federal assistance.......3702
  Police Corps reimbursements of educational expenses..............1902
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1713
  Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance Program...........1898
  Qualified state tuition programs.................................2787
  Records exempted from the Privacy Act.............................823
  Teacher quality enhancement grant programs........................828
  Training programs................................................3619
  USDA program......................................................134
  Veterans.........................................................3028
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3072
    Election of benefits...........................................3131
    Flight training..........................................3029, 3077
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...............................3070, 3074, 3085
    Montgomery G.I. Bill administrative errors.....................3037
    Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria......................3097
    Payment suspension and discontinuation.........................3087
    Reservists.........................................3075, 3086, 3088
    Survivors and dependents...........................3030, 3082, 3137
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3036
Education of disadvantaged:
  Head Start program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1244
    Family care as an option.......................................1248
    Performance standards..........................................1252
    Regulation revision............................................1266
    Regulations....................................................1251
    Safe transportation of children................................1256
    Standards for purchase of facilities...........................1267
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Children.....................................................837, 840
  Rehabilitation services...........................................838
Educational facilities:
  Authorization to enroll F-1 students.............................1790
  DOE contractors...................................................886
  FmHA programs......................................................19
  Grants administration............................................3143
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection...................................821, 1043
  OERI conduct standards............................................826
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading fees........................................................9
  Inspection........................................................269
  Refrigeration and labeling........................................943
  Safe handling labeling statements.................................943
  Salmonella enteritidis.......................................267, 943
  Transportation and storage........................................244
  Voluntary shell-egg grading program.................................1
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
           Voting rights
  Indian tribal governments..................................1600, 1601
Electric power:
  See also Electric power plants
           Electric utilities
  Export authorization..............................................883
  Rural electrification..........326, 327, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 350
  Worker safety....................................................2025
Electric power plants:
  Additions and extensions..........................................346
  Emissions........................................................3322
Electric utilities:
  Additions and extensions..........................................346
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1624
  National Forest System............................................283
  Private activity bond rules......................................2863
  Purchases and sales..............................................4261
  Small business size standards....................................3917
  Standards and specifications................................335, 1992
  Steam generating facilities......................................3401
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Defense contract payments.........................................743
  Electronic benefit transfer systems...............................195
    Food Stamp Program audit requirements...........................205
  Federal agency disbursements.....................................3179
  Federal tax payments...........................2596, 2743, 2949, 2950
  FRS Regulation E revision..................................4299, 4313
  Regulatory streamlining..........................................3006

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Elementary and secondary education:
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1790
Emergency medical services:
  Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act........................1166
  Medicare requirements......................................1175, 1187
  Undocumented aliens..............................................1217
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2894
  Claims...........................................................1955
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1943
  Defined contribution plans.......................................1967
  Electronic disclosure............................................1961
  Family and medical leave.........................................2894
  Increase in exemptive dollar amounts.............................4452
  Plan documents filing penalties..................................1947
  Plan documents filing requirements...............................1945
  Plan documents requested by Secretary of Labor...................1946
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............1951, 1958, 1967
  Soft dollar interpretive bulletin................................1963
  Taxation.........................................................2941
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................1950
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens....1783, 1791, 1810, 1822, 1832, 1848, 1853, 1857, 1864, 1874, 
                                                 1876, 1921, 1937, 1940
    Eligibility verification.......................................1862
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1807
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
    Amendments.....................................................1809
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1808, 1855
  BIA regulations elimination......................................1604
  Community transition program......................................874
  Definitions for salary basis.....................................1923
  Domestic services................................................1909
  Employment authorization fee.....................................1857
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1911
  Lower income persons.............................................1353
  State employment statistics agency representatives...............1906
  Verification of employment.................................1791, 1832
  Work provisions of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
      Reconciliation Act............................................196
  Workforce investment systems...............................1938, 2002
Employment taxes:
  De minimis rule..................................................2823
  Real estate agents...............................................2942
  Unemployment repayment...........................................2889
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addresses for submissions of permit applications.................1483
  Alabama sturgeon.................................................1518
  Aleutian Canada goose............................................1536
  Aquatic snails.............................................1429, 1557
  Arkansas River shiner......................................1533, 1545
  Armored snail....................................................1569
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................797
  Asian bonytongue.................................................1539
  Blackburn's sphinx moth..........................................1468
  Bull trout.................................................1473, 1512
  California plants................................................1548
  Campeloma........................................................1429
  Canada lynx................................................1427, 1534
  Captive breeding.................................................1435
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1537
  Cheetah..........................................................1499
  Chiricahua leopard frog..........................................1535
  CITES decisions..................................................1404
  CITES meetings...................................................1552
  Coastal cutthroat trout..........................................1411
  Coho salmon.......................................................542
  Columbia white-tailed deer.......................................1410
  Conservation activities................................527, 588, 1416
  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
      Flora and Fauna..............................................1454
  Cowhead Lake tui chub............................................1505
  Critical habitat......526, 529, 582, 583, 662, 671, 1433, 1434, 1438, 
                                                 1445, 1448, 1453, 1531
  Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew..................................1426
  Eagles.....................................................1417, 1525
  Ferrets..........................................................1551
  Florida panther..................................................1418
  Freshwater mussels...............................................1509
  Freshwater snails................................................1509
  Gray wolf..................................................1482, 1524
  Green iguana.....................................................1514
  Grizzly bears..............................................1461, 1526
  Hawaiian damselflies.............................................1522
  Hawaiian pomace flies............................................1521
  Illinois cave amphipod...........................................1555
  Incidental take regulations..................................588, 614
  Indiana bat......................................................1541
  Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1418
  Invertebrate species in Bexar County, Texas......................1532
  Johnson seagrass.............................................526, 616
  Kauai Cave amphipod..............................................1478
  Kauai Cave wolf spider...........................................1478
  Koala............................................................1480
  Least chub.......................................................1446
  List, reclassify, or delist.......1419, 1436, 1438, 1439, 1452, 1455, 
                                                       1517, 1542, 1543
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1515
  Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1439
  Lost River suckers...............................................1445
  Mariana fruit bat................................................1503
  Morelet's crocodile..............................................1516
  Mussels..........................................................1462
  Newcomb's snail..................................................1472
  Northern Idaho ground squirrel...................................1504
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1451
  Oahu elepaio.....................................................1484
  Parish's alkali grass............................................1543
  Pecos pupfish....................................................1489
  Peregrine falcon.................................................1428
  Permit requirements and exemptions...............................1460
  Plants:
    Bigleaf mahogany.........................................1538, 1566
    Blumer's dock..................................................1424
    California plants............................1443, 1546, 1547, 1549
    Camatta Canyon amole...........................................1501
    Catesbaea melanocarpa..........................................1561
    Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1507
    Desert milk vetch..............................................1490
    Desert Yellowhead..............................................1430
    Devil's River minnow...........................................1506
    Fender's blue butterfly........................................1486
    Gentner's fritilaria...........................................1500
    Goodding's onion...............................................1570
    Hawaii.........................................................1469
    Howell's spectacular thelypody.................................1485
    Ione buckwheat.................................................1471
    Ione manzanita.................................................1471
    Keck's sidalcea................................................1474
    Kincaid's lupine...............................................1486
    Kneeland prairie penny cress...................................1488
    Larkspurs......................................................1470
    Lloyd's hedgehog cactus, removal...............................1458
    Mexican plants.................................................1549
    Mountain plover................................................1432
    Nipomo Mesa lupine.............................................1502
    Pariette cactus................................................1520

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    Puzzle sunflower...............................................1508
    Rough popcornflower............................................1481
    Virginia sneezeweed............................................1558
    Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow.............................1475
    Wilamette daisy................................................1486
    Yreka phlox....................................................1423
    Zapata bladderpod..............................................1487
  Prebles Meadow Jumping Mouse.....................................1408
  Regulations consolidation....................................589, 633
  Riparian brush rabbit............................................1479
  Riparian woodrat.................................................1479
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1544
  Safe harbors.....................................................1460
  San Xavier talussnail............................................1542
  Santa Ana suckers................................................1431
  Scaleshelled mussel..............................................1519
  Sea turtles..................................................519, 671
  Short-tailed albatross...........................................1425
  Shortnose suckers................................................1445
  Slender campeloma................................................1569
  Snake River chinook salmon...................................529, 613
  St. Andrew beach mouse...........................................1559
  Steller sea lion..................................................662
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1540
  Topeka shiner....................................................1560
  Tropical birds...................................................1442
  Vicuna...........................................................1405
  Virgin River fishes........................................1452, 1453
  West Coast steelhead.............................................1510
  Western snowy plover.............................................1448
  Wet Canyon talussnail............................................1523
  Yacare caiman....................................................1419
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Geothermal energy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Alternative fuels............................850, 853, 857, 858, 3316
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................904
  DEAR amendments...................................................898
    Cost principles.................................................892
    Management and operating clauses................................896
    Mentor-Protigi Program..........................................891
    Part 970 rewrite................................................895
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............897
  DEAR technical amendments.........................................901
  DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................709
  Environmental Filing Requirements................................4259
  Extension of coverage of energy statistical programs.............3753
  FERC fuel cost adjustment clause.................................4262
  FERC reporting requirements......................................4251
  Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste Management......3500
  Fuel excise taxes................................................2886
  Landowner notification...........................................4259
  Open Access Same-Time Information System.........................4250
  Part 33 filing requirements......................................4252
  Privacy Act regulations...........................................872
  Regional transmission organizations..............................4254
  Research grants...................................................884
  Residential Area Designation.....................................4259
  State energy program..............................................859
  Uranium mill sites................................................880
  Wastes from fossil fuel combustion...............................3480
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Appliance efficiency standards.....................841, 845, 846, 861
  Appliance Labeling Rule..........................................4330
  Efficiency standards:
    Central air conditioners........................................844
    Clothes dryers..................................................864
    Clothes washers.................................................844
    Direct heating equipment........................................865
    Dishwashers.....................................................864
    Electric motors, 200 hp.........................................866
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................867
    Fluorescent lamp ballasts.......................................844
    Heat pumps......................................................844
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................862
    Pool heaters....................................................865
    Water heaters...................................................844
  Electric motor vehicles...........................................842
  Electric motors...................................................855
  Federal buildings............................................852, 854
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1313
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................860
  Test procedures...................................................843
    Commercial package boilers......................................851
  Testing requirements:
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................849
    Commercial heating equipment....................................848
    Commercial water heaters........................................847
    Electric motors, small..........................................863
    Electronic distribution transformers............................856
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................862
Environmental impact statements:
  Antarctic impact assessment......................................3188
  DOT regulations................................2142, 2273, 2285, 2471
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................4378
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
  Acquisition regulation:
    Contract types.................................................3189
    Informal clauses...............................................3172
  Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act......3726, 3727, 3728
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3188
  Chemicals......................................3427, 3430, 3434, 3451
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3173
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3601
  Content requirements for state operating permits.................3378
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3522
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule..........3168
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3516
  Environmental impact analysis process.............................806
  EPA acquisition regulations......................................3177
  FAR regulations..................................................3997
  Federal water resource development................................801
  Forest Service special uses program..........................296, 297
  Grant programs...................................................3169
  Grants administration.............................................873
  HUD..............................................................1281
  Locatable mineral mining.........................................1692
  National Environmental Policy Act......................291, 597, 3714
  National Environmental Policy Act implementation..................804
  National Forest System.......................................282, 299
  National Science Foundation......................................3726
  Pesticides.................................................3410, 3413
  Presidio.........................................................3889
  Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................3188
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3326

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  Radon............................................................4415
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................713
  Rural areas.......................................................351
  Rural economic development........................................146
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Coal...........................................................3465
    Lead...........................................................3464
    Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3465
  Transit projects.................................................2502
Equal access to justice:
  DOL..............................................................1904
  HHS...............................................................922
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................698
  Education Act Amendments of 1972.................................3719
  Federally assisted education programs.....361, 1394, 1750, 3640, 3717
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.............................................................3609
  Broadcast and cable television rules and policies................4202
  Complaint processing.............................................3602
  Coordination of functions in complaint processing................3608
  Discrimination complaint procedures........................3604, 3609
    Delegation of authority........................................3113
  Disparate impact theory..........................................3610
  Government contractors.....................................1907, 4229
  Government employees.................................3602, 3604, 4204
  Indians..........................................................1617
  Individuals with disabilities..............................3602, 4044
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1918
  Waiver of rights and claims......................................3603
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................2002
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Adequate disclosure of gifts.....................................2815
  Farms............................................................2938
  Qualified family-owned business interests........................2754
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....................................................2615, 2617
  Arms and munitions...............................................2640
  Cigarette papers.................................................2628
  Deposits.........................................................2898
  Diesel fuel......................................................2886
  Excess benefits transactions.....................................2819
  Kerosene.........................................................2844
  Luxury items.....................................................2943
  Prepaid telephone cards....................................2818, 2945
  Tires............................................................2944
  Transportation of persons and property by air..............2753, 2982
  Wine.............................................................2634
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................2609
  Export controls...................................................414
  Exports and reexports.............................................394
  Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems..............400
  Fireworks..................................................2608, 2638
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................2138
  Manufacturer licensing...........................................2638
  Military munitions................................................714
  Plastic explosives.........................................2620, 2708
  Regulation amendments............................................2639
  Storage sites....................................................2638
  Table of distances...............................................2638
Exports:
  Administration regulations...................................396, 411
  Agricultural commodities................................271, 273, 274
    Cargo preference regulations...................................2563
  Alligator skins..................................................1466
  American ginseng.................................................1440
  Ammunition........................................................414
  Antiterrorism controls............................................417
  Automated Export System.....................................367, 2673
  Bluefin tuna re-export certificates...............................462
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................272
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................387, 389
  Chemicals........................................................3457
  Clearance requirements............................................401
  Commerce Control List....................397, 398, 399, 407, 411, 416
  Communication intercepting devices................................407
  Computer technology...............................................411
  Country group revisions...........................................415
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................413
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2629
  Encryption policy.................................................395
  Encryption software...............................................408
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................404
  Explosive detection systems.......................................400
  Explosives...................................................394, 414
  Exporter definition...............................................368
  Firearms..........................................................414
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................402
  Ginseng..........................................................1464
  High-performance computers...................................391, 419
  High-performance computers to the Peoples Republic of China.......420
  Humanitarian donations............................................409
  India.............................................................391
  Investigational new drugs.........................................929
  Libya.............................................................406
  License exceptions...........................................409, 421
  Licensing.........................................................388
  Manifest data....................................................2681
  Marine mammal products.....................................1465, 1476
  Medical products containing biological agents.....................398
  Missile technology controls.......................................392
  North Korea......................................................2076
  Nuclear equipment and materials..............................391, 410
  OETCA regulations update..........................................385
  Pakistan..........................................................391
  Reexports..........................................394, 400, 406, 418
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.....................271, 939
  River otters.....................................................1527
  Satellites........................................................416
  Shipper's export declaration............................373, 374, 375
  Sugar.............................................................277
  Technology........................................................389
  Terrorist-supporting countries....................................415
  Timber from western states........................................405
  Tobacco..........................................................2636
  Used motor vehicles..............................................2705
  Veterinary user fees...............................................99
  Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items.................390, 393
  Wassenaar Arrangement review......................................399
  Wildlife.............................................1412, 1454, 1497
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Civil penalties for violations...................................1354

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  Complaint processing:
    Plain language revision and reorganization.....................1352
  Compliance requirements......................................135, 318
    Performance standards..........................................1351
  Enforcement agency certification and funding.....................1350
  Housing for Older Persons Act....................................1355
  Occupancy standards..............................................1365
Family planning:
  Abortion-related services compliance standards.............1047, 1048
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus................................1260
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.......1752, 1753, 1754, 3151
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3156
    Play areas.....................................................3153
  Conduct on the Pentagon Reservation amendment.....................721
  Energy performance standards.................................852, 854
  GSA regulations................................3643, 3644, 3645, 3672
  Military range assessment.........................................714
  Presidential library facilities..................................3706
  Property management..............................................3671
  Sexual explicit material on DOD property..........................719
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Advances collateral..............................................4269
  Advances participations/transfer of advances.....................4271
  Advances regulation amendment....................................4272
  Appointment and election of Directors............................4277
  Community investment cash advance programs.......................4280
  Eligible collateral..............................................4269
  Employee selection and compensation..............................4273
  Financial management policy......................................4276
  Financial management regulation..................................4267
  Financial statements.............................................4265
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................4279
  Joint and several liability of banks.............................4264
  Letters of credit................................................4278
  Mission fulfillment..............................................4274
  President base salary caps.......................................4275
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Affiliate funding................................................4311
  Bank holding companies...........................................4314
  Capital:
    Leveraged......................................................4303
    Risk-based.....................................................4303
  Check collection.................................................4315
  Consumer regulations review................................4297, 4307
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4299
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4292
  Margin regulations review........................................4294
  Membership.......................................................4314
  Public availability of information...............................4312
  Reserve requirements:
    Depository institutions........................................4298
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4300
  State banks......................................................4302
  Streamlining regulations.........................................4296
  Transaction between a member bank and its subsidiaries...........4310
  Year 2000 safety and soundness guidelines........................4240
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains.........................................................175
  Scales and weighing...............................................172
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
Finance:
  See Banks, banking
      Credit
      Indians-business and finance
      Investments
      Loan programs
      Mortgages
      Trusts and trustees
Fines and penalties:
  See Penalties
Fire prevention:
  Aircraft:
    Cargo/baggage compartments.....................................2261
    Crash-resistant fuel systems...................................2244
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................2243
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2248
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4428
  Towing vessels...................................................2150
  Underground coal mines...........................................1981
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Payment regulations..............................................3820
  Retirement.......................................................3833
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Definition of harm................................................591
  Endangered and threatened...525, 542, 549, 550, 591, 611, 1411, 1445, 
           1446, 1452, 1453, 1473, 1489, 1505, 1506, 1510, 1512, 1518, 
                                                 1533, 1539, 1545, 1560
  Farm-raised fin fish...............................................96
  FWS permit applications..........................................1513
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1515
  Restoration programs.............................................1467
  Size limits.............................................634, 638, 660
  Trip limits.......................................................491
Fisheries:
  Alaska..............................448, 487, 490, 566, 599, 600, 610
  Aleutian Island Atka Mackerel.....................................506
  American lobster..................................................535
  Atlantic billfish.......................................620, 638, 660
  Atlantic bluefin tuna.............................................501
  Atlantic bluefish............................................433, 514
  Atlantic Coast:
    Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...................................536
  Atlantic herring..................................................435
  Atlantic mackerel............................................456, 516
  Atlantic Ocean....................................................428
  Atlantic sea scallop.........................................577, 625
  Atlantic sturgeon.................................................555
  Atlantic surf clams...............................................517
  Atlantic tuna................................................540, 627
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...451, 465, 491, 505, 508, 566, 578, 609, 
                                                                    622
  Black sea bass...............................................513, 515
  Bottomfish........................................................457
  Butterfish...................................................516, 654
  Capacity reduction program........................................454
  Catch sharing plan................................................666
  Classification and listing........................................674
  Conservation efforts..............................................527
  Corals and coral reefs.......................................432, 446
  Crab..............................................................490
  Crab community development quota reserves.........................488
  Critical habitat..............................529, 582, 583, 662, 671

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  Crustacean...................................................481, 500
  Disaster relief...................................................552
  Dolphin encirclement prohibition..................................584
  Dolphin mortality limit...........................................580
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................524
  Flounder..........................................................519
  Golden crab.......................................................635
  Groundfish.....437, 451, 452, 457, 465, 475, 479, 480, 487, 490, 507, 
                  561, 562, 563, 576, 577, 599, 600, 610, 622, 659, 661
  Gulf of Alaska................................451, 465, 505, 507, 578
  Gulf of Mexico................................592, 607, 623, 641, 642
  Halibut......................................................491, 604
    Catch sharing plan..............................................663
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................449, 570
  Incidental take regulations..............520, 584, 585, 612, 614, 672
  King Crabs...................................................609, 622
  License Limitation Program.........................490, 510, 609, 610
  List for 2000.....................................................502
  Lobster.......................................449, 537, 570, 602, 652
  Mackerel.....................................................646, 654
  Marine mammal deterrence..........................................585
  Marine mammal programs.............................521, 522, 541, 587
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.................................524, 672
  Marine mammal taking..............................................528
  Migratory species.................................................628
  Monkfish..........................................................539
  National Undersea Research Program................................619
  North Pacific.....................................................434
  North Pacific EEZ.................................................572
  Ocean quahogs.....................................................517
  Pacific Coast................................................429, 560
  Pacific halibut...................................................666
  Pelagic............................................430, 436, 444, 607
  Pollock.................................................469, 505, 578
  Puerto Rico..................................................431, 432
  Red snapper.......................................................461
  Reef fish.....................................431, 461, 546, 607, 639
  Regional Fishery Management Council disclosures...................621
  Rockfish.....................................................429, 518
  Sablefish....................................................463, 631
  Salmon.............................................458, 525, 549, 550
  Scales performance criteria.......................................487
  Scientific research...............................................586
  Scup.........................................................513, 515
  Sea turtle conservation...........................................592
  Shrimp...................................545, 547, 592, 623, 641, 670
  Snapper-grouper...................................................640
  Spotter aircraft use..............................................501
  Squid........................................................516, 654
  Stone crab...................................................537, 636
  Summer flounder..............................................513, 515
  Swordfish....................................................551, 634
  Tanner crabs............................................437, 609, 622
  Tilefish..........................................................428
  Tuna...............................................462, 520, 584, 656
  U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................431, 432
  Washington coastal tribal fisheries...............................573
  Western Pacific region.......................................430, 481
  Whiting...........................................................573
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................524
Fishery management plans:
  Administrative:
    Bycatch reduction measures.............469, 545, 547, 601, 641, 642
    Essential fish habitats..........................477, 538, 556, 657
    Fishery Management Councils......................439, 442, 489, 629
    Gulf of Mexico..................................................546
    List of gear and fisheries......................................637
    Redefinition of terms......................................538, 626
  Alaska........................................492, 509, 510, 518, 556
  American Fisheries Act amendment..................................493
  Atlantic...........................................456, 565, 625, 667
    Atlantic Coast.............................................602, 628
    South Atlantic...................................472, 495, 537, 557
  Atlantic mackerel.................................................649
  Atlantic salmon...................................................569
  Atlantic surf clams...............................................650
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.............................452, 632, 644
  Black sea bass....................................................477
  Butterfish........................................................649
  C. bairdi stocks rebuilding.......................................503
  Calico scallop....................................................564
  Caribbean.........................................................486
  CDQ regulations amendment.........................................497
  Chinook salmon....................................................508
  Crab..............................................................497
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)..........................439, 575, 664
  Flounder..........................................................477
  Framework adjustment....................................568, 577, 665
  Full retention of demersal shelf rockfish.........................518
  Groundfish..............................................509, 575, 664
  Gulf of Alaska..........................................452, 453, 632
  Gulf of Mexico......460, 461, 478, 485, 489, 495, 496, 537, 547, 565, 
                                                          608, 636, 639
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................457, 500
  Herring...........................................................647
  Highly migratory species................................548, 571, 637
  Improved retention/improved utilization program...................509
  King Crabs...................................................503, 566
  King mackerel.....................................................495
  Monkfish..........................................................647
  North Pacific.....................................................437
  North right whales................................................590
  Northeast multispecies.........467, 470, 483, 539, 568, 576, 647, 665
  Northern anchovy.............................................474, 574
  Ocean quahogs.....................................................650
  Pacific Coast.................................458, 476, 559, 575, 664
  Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreements...........................439
  Pelagic sargassum.................................................498
  Red snapper..................................................489, 496
  Reef fish.........................................................489
  Salmon:
    Overfishing definition..........................................492
  Scallops.....................................................510, 566
  Scup..............................................................477
  Sea scallop.............................................577, 647, 667
  Shrimp............................................................608
  Sitka Sound halibut...............................................464
  South Atlantic.................460, 498, 545, 564, 630, 635, 657, 658
  Spanish mackerel..................................................495
  Spiny dogfish.....................................................455
  Squid.............................................................649
  Tanner Crabs.................................................503, 566
  Tuna..............................................................468
  Vessel moratorium.................................................643
  Western Pacific..........................436, 444, 446, 544, 558, 652
Fishing:
  Alaska............................................................504
  Bycatch reduction measures.........................504, 507, 508, 601
  Catch limits..................................484, 495, 515, 639, 653
  Coastal Zone Management Act..................................530, 676
  Compensatory fishing..............................................459
  Conservation programs..........439, 440, 453, 454, 457, 458, 462, 538
  Data collection program...........................................427
  Gillnets..........................................................536
  Glacier Bay National Park........................................1582
  Management measures................................483, 485, 560, 653
  North Pacific Loan Program........................................443
  Optimum yield specifications......................................573
  Participation credit..............................................572
  Permit requirements and exemptions.................439, 440, 441, 588
  Quotas............................................................451
    Atlantic Bluefish...............................................514
    Atlantic surf clams.............................................655
    Community Development Quota Program fees........................482
    Halibut....................................................448, 553

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    Individual fishing quota survivorship provision.................494
    Northern anchovy................................................574
    Ocean quahogs..............................................517, 655
    Red snapper.....................................................651
    Sablefish.......................................................448
    Surf clams......................................................517
    Tuna............................................................656
  Quotas and harvest guidelines................................438, 652
  Recreational measures...................................484, 513, 607
  Reporting and recordkeeping..................................466, 511
  Snake River chinook salmon...................................529, 613
  Sport fishing:
    Regulations....................................................1414
    Sport Fish Restoration Program.................................1457
    Tournaments................................................638, 660
  Subsistence management regulations...............................1422
Fishing vessels:
  American Samoa boundaries.........................................471
  Charter boats.....................................................605
  Commercial fisheries documents for US-flag vessels...............2561
  Compensatory fishing..............................................459
  Days at sea.......................................................625
  Foreign vessels...................................................439
  Framework adjustment..............................................576
  High Seas Fishing Compliance Act..................................624
  Inshore/offshore reallocation.....................................603
  Licenses..........................................................450
  Limited entry permits.........................439, 441, 475, 480, 561
  Longline vessels..................................................430
  Moratorium vessel permit..........................................643
  North Pacific Observer Program....................................512
  Observer policy..........................434, 447, 520, 606, 642, 661
  Ownership requirements............................................445
  Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan.....................593
  Permit consistency................................................554
  Purse seine fleet capacity limits.................................499
  Scallop vessels.........................................576, 577, 667
  Shrimp vessel registration........................................670
  Stand-down requirement............................................645
  Standard definitions..............................................598
  Trawlers..........................................................562
  Tuna vessels......................................................579
  Vessel Monitoring System................................506, 551, 648
  Vessel name on licenses...........................................567
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards.....................................4066, 4071
    Children's sleepwear...........................................4075
  Upholstered furniture......................................4068, 4069
Flood control:
  Flood Risk Reduction Program.......................................87
  Impoundment regulations..........................................1973
Flood insurance:
  Contracts........................................................3613
  Group Flood Insurance Policy.....................................3612
  HUD programs...............................................1280, 1295
  National Flood Insurance Act of 1994..............................147
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Insurance coverage and rates...................................3638
    Write-Your-Own expense allowance.........................3634, 3637
Flood plains:
  Administrative appeals process....................................798
  Wetlands.........................................................1291
    Conservation program.............................................22
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................354
    Privately owned................................................2273
    Wetlands Reserve Program.........................................25
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  ASTM standards....................................................974
  Cured pork products...............................................258
  Flavoring agents:
    Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2633
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1001
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care...............................188, 207, 212, 215
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............225
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act.........................................................222
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................201
  DOD surplus food distribution....................................3055
  Farm Bill implementation..........................................239
  Food delivery systems.............................................181
  Funding formula...................................................237
  Indian reservations.....................................200, 211, 240
  National School Lunch Program................................190, 230
    Snacks in after-school care programs............................242
  Older individuals................................................1271
  Paperwork reduction...............................................199
  Soy-base beverages................................................238
  State Technical Committees........................................356
  Summer Food Service Program..................................214, 216
  TEFAP.............................................................198
  Women, infants, and children.......................182, 209, 229, 241
    Certification integrity.........................................227
    Disqualification of vendors.....................................220
    Eligibility.....................................................217
    Farmers Market Nutrition Program................................202
    Food delivery systems...........................................181
    Food packaging..................................................236
    Funding provisions..............................................228
    Local agency expenditure reports................................226
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act.........................................................221
    Soy-base beverages..............................................238
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food labeling:
  Fruit and vegetable juices........................................977
  Meat and poultry..................................................264
  Medical foods.....................................................998
  Ovine carcasses...................................................266
  Review of regulations.............................................997
  Trans fatty acids.................................................959
  Voluntary nutrition labeling program..............................256
Food stamps:
  Audit requirements................................................205
  Balanced Budget Act provisions....................................224
  Civil rights data collections.....................................206
  Claims establishment and collection...............................213
  Computer matching.................................................183
  Disqualifiers and noncompliance penalties.........................192
  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................191, 195, 223
  Eligibility provisions............................................194
    Income standards...........................................193, 203
  Employment and training programs..................................224
  Employment and training requirements..............................196
  Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program......192
  Minimum and maximum allotments..........................194, 203, 204
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................231
  Noncitizen eligibility............................................193
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                               192, 193, 194, 196, 1935
  Program revisions and eliminations................................197
  Quality control...................................................208
  Regulatory review............................................187, 235
  Reporting provisions..............................................231
  Retail food stores................................................184
  Retailer application processing...................................185
  Retailer integrity, fraud reduction, and penalties................219

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  State agencies administrative and management requirements...187, 191, 
                                                               193, 235
  State agencies reimbursement......................................210
  Wholesale food concerns...........................................184
Foods:
  See also specific foods
           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........................................977
  HACCP programs....................................................977
  Infant formula quality control....................................995
  Organic.............................................................7
  Pesticide residues...............................................3408
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1001
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2550
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
  Foreign activities of insured state nonmember banks..............4238
  Income taxation..................................................2804
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2585
Foreign exchange:
  See Foreign currencies
Foreign investments in U.S.:
  Income taxation............................................2731, 2958
  Reporting requirements for BE-15..................................366
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
  Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......365
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2696
  Fishery regulations...............................................439
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2702
  International accounting standards...............................4436
  International wills registry.....................................2065
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3430
  USML revisions...................................................2052
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade agreements
  Antidumping duties................................................386
  Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2674
  Boycott provisions................................................402
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber................................................2682
  Countervailing duties.............................................386
  Disclosure standards for foreign issuers.........................4448
  Earnings and profits.............................................2883
  Entry procedures.................................................2703
  Exempted securities issued by the Kingdom of Sweden..............4506
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................694
  Filing of informational materials................................1878
  Financial services transactions survey............................363
  Foreign boards of trade computer terminals in the U.S............4054
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....367, 368, 373, 374, 
                                                                    375
  Motor vehicles...................................................3369
  Overseas use of purchase cards....................................726
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4286
  Textile labeling.................................................4321
  Trade zones......................................................2703
  User fee exemption for Israeli products..........................2710
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Assistance to timber-dependent communities........................342
  Disaster assistance................................................89
  Environmental analysis policy and procedure revisions.............291
  Forestry Incentive Program........................................353
  Imported wood packing materials...................................105
    Treatment requirements for material from China..................122
  Indian allotments.................................................298
  Management planning...............................................286
  Migrant and seasonal workers......................................358
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................285
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2682
  Special uses authorizations.......................................297
  Special uses permit actions.......................................296
  Stewardship Incentive Program.....................................300
  Timber sales......................................................306
    Cancellation....................................................299
    Contracts..................................................282, 290
    Export controls.................................................405
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................294
    Small business set-aside recomputation..........................295
    Surplus species.................................................287
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................106
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Civil remedies...................................................4227
  Debarment of health care providers...............................3798
  Fraudulent commercial driver's licenses..........................2326
  Government procurement employment prohibitions....................732
  Health care fraud and abuse.......................................914
  Microcap securities market.......................................4496
  OASDI............................................................3980
  Odometer fraud...................................................2441
  Payments for information.........................................1194
  Title I property insurance.......................................1298
  Toll fraud.......................................................4137
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4368
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3468
  Defense Contract Audit Agency administrative amendment............720
  Department of the Army............................................794
  Department of the Navy............................................805
  DOD...............................................................705
  DOE...............................................................870
  DOI..............................................................1393
  DOJ..............................................................1806

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  DOL..............................................................1903
  EEOC records.....................................................3607
  Electronic communication.........................................1903
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act....717, 1275, 1806, 3167, 3607, 
                                     3621, 3683, 3684, 3724, 3865, 3908
  EPA..............................................................3167
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................4084
  Federal home loan banks..........................................4279
  FEMA.............................................................3621
  FMCS.............................................................3639
  GSA..............................................................3683
  HHS...............................................................906
  INS..............................................................1806
  IRS..............................................................2860
  NARA organizational and procedural changes.................3695, 3710
  NASA.............................................................3684
  NRC public document rooms........................................4379
  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...................3732
  Office of the Special Counsel....................................3864
  OGE electronic amendments........................................3739
  OPIC electronic amendments.......................................3865
  OPM..............................................................3754
  Public information..........................................379, 4372
  Regulations revision.............................................1393
  SEC amendments...................................................4519
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1880
  Social Security Administration...................................3977
  Tax-exempt organization information..............................2822
  Veterans Affairs.................................................3114
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................2073
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators..............................................2232
  Protection against shifting and falling cargo....................2291
Frozen foods:
  Country of origin marking........................................2677
Fruits:
  See also specific fruits
  Florida fruit tree crop insurance provisions......................156
  Grain-fruit products..............................................233
  Import restrictions.....................................113, 118, 120
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................104
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel additives:
  Oxygenated.......................................................3425
Fuel economy:
  Calculations.....................................................2415
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2374
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles.............................3284
  Light trucks, model year 2001....................................2433
  Reporting requirements...........................................2403
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4329


                                   G

Gambling:
  NIGC definitions.................................................4363
  NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4360, 4361
  Tribal land acquisitions.........................................1614
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......................................1707
Gasohol:
  Motor vehicle use.................................................853
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Geothermal energy:
  Regulation simplification........................................1689
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Interstate movement...............................................100
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    USAID....................................................3144, 3148
  Affirmative action........................762, 1907, 1917, 1929, 4229
  Airline contract city-pair fares.................................3658
  Architect-engineer services:
    Defense FAR Supplement..........................................792
  Audits...........................................................2001
  Bundled contracts................................................3924
  Buy American Act.................................................1397
  Civil defense costs..............................................4041
  Commercial contract quality requirements.........................4034
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................24
  Commodity Credit Corporation suspension and debarment..............52
  Competition exception for international agreements................781
  Construction.....................................774, 775, 1907, 1910
  Contract financing payments.......................................758
  Contract reform...................................................899
  Contracting Action Data System....................................786
  Contractors:
    Applicants and employees with disabilities.....................1929
    Compensation costs for senior executives.......................4039
    Criminal history record information access.....................1882
    DOD placement assistance program................................707
    DOE contract security personnel.................................869
    DOE employee protection program.................................879
    DOE nuclear activities..........................................886
    Government property management and disposition.................4009
    Legal services.................................................1356
    Local hiring and training......................................3183
    Performance evaluations........................................3182
    Project management..............................................889
    Qualifications.................................................3041
    Restructuring costs reimbursement..........................782, 783
    Training........................................................729
    Use of nonimmigrant aliens......................................737
    Veterans employment report......................................736
    Waivers........................................................1920
    Work for others by DOE contractors..............................894
  DD form revisions.......................................740, 741, 791
  DD Form 1057 work stoppage revision...............................767
  DD Form 2631 Performance Evaluation revision......................735
  DEAR amendments...................................................898
    Management and operating clauses................................896
    Mentor-Protigi Program..........................................891
  Debarment and suspension.....................................52, 3177
  Defense Contract Audit Agency:
    Freedom of Information administrative amendment.................720
  Defense contracts:
    Commercial construction.........................................723
    Congressional Medal of Honor fraud..............................749
    Contracting officer electronic addresses........................787
    DFARS modification.....................748, 749, 752, 764, 765, 793
    Electronic funds transfers......................................743
    Electronic publication of DFARS.................................753
    Firms not eligible..............................................777
    Manufacturing technology program................................750
    People's Republic of China......................................746
    Performance-based payments......................................764
    Purchases through other agencies................................751
    Specifications and Standards Requisition Form...................752
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................755

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  Dispute resolution:
    FAA procedures.................................................2231
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................4036
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................698
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................871
  Electronic signature on receiving reports.........................784
  Empowerment contracting..........................................4007
  EPA acquisition regulations......................................3177
  EPA Mentor-Protege Program.......................................3174
  EPA protest solicitation notification............................3180
  Farm Service Agency................................................26
  Federal Acquisition Regulations:
    DEAR amendments.................................................895
    DEAR technical amendments.......................................901
    FAR representation.............................................4042
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1911
  Fees and incentives...............................................899
  Finance rules.....................................................742
  Fixed price.................................................754, 4038
  Foreign military sales............................................788
  Fraud.............................................................732
  Guarantees of performance.........................................900
  Highway engineering and design related services..................2305
  Indians....................................................1603, 1662
  Individually billed charge card..................................3661
  Labor standards..................................................1910
  Lobbying restrictions.................................360, 2089, 3691
  Military construction contracts:
    Foreign countries...............................................775
  Multiple award indefinite delivery contracts.....................4016
  Multiyear contracting.............................................738
  National Park Service concession contracts.......................1578
  NATO entities.....................................................773
  Negotiation......................................................3181
  Nondiscrimination....................................1907, 1917, 3702
  Nondisplacement of qualified workers.............................4035
  Nuclear safety management.........................................877
  Penalty payments.................................................3186
  Petroleum sales...................................................887
  Professional services............................................4015
  Progress payments................................................4011
  Property management services and technical corrections...........3658
  Quality assurance requirements elimination.......................4040
  Recruitment cost principle.......................................4045
  Repricing clause..................................................761
  Research and development....................................768, 1042
  Rights to inventions..............................................693
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................803
  Short form research contracts.....................................776
  Site of work wages...............................................1916
  Spain.............................................................774
  Subcontracting....................................................779
    Commercial items................................................724
  Subcontractors...................................................4010
  Substance abuse...................................................902
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3622
  Technical amendments..............................................903
  Uncompensated overtime...........................................4015
  VAAR:
    Application of labor laws......................................3046
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3045
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................4018
  8(a) purchase order awards........................................785
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave.......................................3780, 3822, 3826
  Administrative law judges........................................3840
  Appeals..........................................................3775
  Authorization of solicitations...................................3841
  Availability of official information.............................3754
  Career and career conditional employment.........................3757
  Career transition assistance.....................................3763
    Panama Canal Zone Employees....................................3808
  Child care at VA facilities......................................3128
  Clarification of staffing provisions.............................3762
  Classification appeals...........................................3770
  Compensatory time off............................................3812
  Corporation for National Service:
    Noncompetitive appointments....................................3758
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3861
    Nonforeign areas...............................................3824
  Criminal investigators...........................................3858
  Defense of tort suits............................................1881
  Defense personnel...........................................707, 3805
  Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program.....................3782
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3829
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3831
  Emergency leave transfer program.................................3825
  Employment discrimination............................3602, 3604, 4204
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................3807
  Excepted service:
    Operational procedures.........................................3756
    Promotion and internal placement...............................3802
  Family and medical leave.........................................3826
  Federal Competitive Service appointments of volunteers...........3759
  Federal Employees' Compensation Act..............................1928
  Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program....................3781
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3736
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................694
  General and temporary duty allowances............................3680
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3733
  Health and counseling program....................................3783
  Health benefits:
    Contributions and withholding..................................3839
    Debarment of health care providers.............................3798
    Demonstration project..........................................3797
    Effective dates................................................3847
    Enrollment.....................................................3862
    FEHBP changes......................................3796, 3838, 3863
  Hiring authorities...............................................3764
  Holiday and premium pay..........................................3812
  Holiday designation for overseas employees.......................3821
  Income tax reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation
                                                                   3663
  Interagency placement program....................................3806
    Panama Canal Zone Employees....................................3808
  Intermittent.....................................................3766
  Investigations...................................................3846
  Job grading reviews..............................................3775
  Life insurance...................................................3795
    Court orders...................................................3835
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3799
    Regulation revisions.....................................3836, 3837
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3761
  NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................3693
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......312
  Occupational radiation protection.................................885
  Part-time........................................................3766
  Pay administration.........................................3811, 3858
  Pay rates:
    Administration...........................................3777, 3821
    Appropriated fund wage areas.................3774, 3814, 3816, 3856
    Back pay.......................................................3821
    Environmental differential pay.................................3817
    Federal Wage System (FWS) survey jobs..........................3773
    Hazardous duty pay.............................................3859
    Lead agency responsibility.....................................3857
    Nonappropriated fund wage areas..............3813, 3853, 3854, 3855

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    Official duty station determinations...........................3771
    Overtime pay for travel........................................3821
    Physicians' comparability allowance............................3821
    Printing positions.............................................3815
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3772
  Performance appraisal............................................3606
    Senior Executive Service.......................................3768
  Performance Management and Recognition System....................3843
  Personnel records................................................3755
  Privately owned automobile mileage reimbursement.................3681
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3760
  Promotion and internal placement.....................3802, 3804, 3850
  Reduction in force...............................................3852
  Reduction in force service credit................................3809
  Reemployment.........................................3778, 3801, 3842
  Relocation costs.....................................3771, 3779, 4014
  Relocation income tax allowance tax tables.......................3660
  Restoration to duty..............................................3810
  Retention allowances.............................................3823
  Retention records................................................3809
  Retirement.......................................................3767
    Bar of benefits after conviction...............................3790
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3793
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3828
    Credit for military service..............................3785, 3789
    D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................3827
    Debt collection................................................3792
    Determinations of marital status for survivor annuities........3786
    Divorced spouses...............................................3789
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3834
    FERS coverage elections........................................3794
    Health care professionals......................................3784
    Nuclear materials couriers.....................................3832
    Service credit.................................................3788
    State income tax withholding...................................3791
    Voluntary early retirement.....................................3830
  Salary offset for claims collection........................3697, 3860
  Salary offset for debt collection....................2589, 3935, 3938
  Salary supplementation...........................................3737
  Seasonal.........................................................3766
  Security standards...............................................3845
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3765
  Senior Executive Service:
    Employment requirements........................................3800
    Last move home benefit.........................................3674
    Moratorium on involuntary reassignments........................3851
    Performance appraisal..........................................3768
    Performance Awards.............................................3818
  Severance pay....................................................3776
  Standards of conduct....362, 904, 3716, 3720, 3722, 3723, 3740, 3741, 
                                           3742, 3872, 3875, 3907, 3933
  Student Educational Employment Program...........................3848
  Subpoenas........................................................3735
  Suitability standards............................................3844
  Surplus or displaced.......................................3763, 3807
  Temporary change of station......................................3771
  Temporary employees..............................................3849
  Testimony......................................3696, 3735, 3866, 3940
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3803
  Training.........................................................3619
  Travel regulations...................................3665, 3674, 3675
  Vacant positions.................................................3852
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3819
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Accession of Singapore to GPA.....................................745
  Acquisition regulations...............................729, 2066, 4394
    Buy American clauses............................................747
    Commercially available off-the-shelf items.....................4005
    DFARS modification.........................................725, 747
    DOD.............................................................768
    DOD activity names and addresses update....................753, 793
    DOE.............................................................888
    EPA protest solicitation notification..........................3180
    Foreign acquisitions...........................................4006
    HUD............................................................1357
    NASA...........................................................3688
    Overseas use of purchase cards..................................726
    Panama Canal Commission........................................3867
    Purchase card use...............................................727
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................3040
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............897
    Quality of environmental data..................................3176
    Real property policies.........................................3649
    USAID....................................................3144, 3145
    Veterans Affairs....3042, 3043, 3044, 3099, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3103, 
                                           3104, 3105, 3106, 3138, 3139
  Affirmative action.........................................4008, 4012
  Affirmative action reform.........................................760
  Architect-engineer services......................................3654
  Ball and roller bearings..........................................734
  Brand name purchase descriptions.................................4013
  Buy American Act.................................................1397
  Civil defense costs..............................................4041
  Clean air and water amendment....................................3997
  Commercial items acquisition.................................756, 757
  Compensation for senior executives...............................4001
  Conditionally accepted items.....................................4022
  Contractors:
    Contractor liability for loss of and/or damages to household 
        goods......................................................3999
    Cost Accounting Standards post-award notification..............4026
    Financing policies.............................................3998
    Interest in Other Financial Costs..............................4027
    Local hiring and training......................................3183
    Performance evaluations........................................3182
    Progress payments..............................................3998
    Women- and minority-owned businesses................381, 4229, 4234
  Contracts:
    Conforming late offer treatment................................4028
    Cost-reimbursement architect-engineer contracts................4025
    Increased payment protection...................................4024
    Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3175
    Indefinite quantity contract limits............................4049
    Modification of existing contracts.............................4033
    Multiple Award Schedule........................................3670
    Negotiation....................................................3181
    NFS contracts.........................................282, 290, 299
    Option clause consistency......................................4029
    Payment due dates..............................................4047
    Payments.......................................................4031
    Personal services..............................................3184
    Service contracts..............................................4046
    Variation in Quantity clause...................................4050
    Waiver of cost or pricing data for subcontracts................4051
  Cost comparison guidance..........................................696
  Costs:
    Cost principles............................................728, 892
    Pension costs..................................................4030
    Travel.........................................................4004
  DD Form 1155 modifications........................................769
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................755
  DOL..............................................................2003
  Domestic source restrictions......................................789
  Electronic commerce..............................................4017
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4031
  Environmentally preferable products..............................3445
  EPA acquisition regulation:
    Contract types.................................................3189
    Informal clauses...............................................3172
  Evaluation boards................................................4019
  FAR representation...............................................4042

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  Fixed price contracts............................................4038
  Foreign currency use.............................................2585
  Fuel..............................................................709
  GSA regulations......................................3648, 3649, 3656
  Helium contracts.................................................1711
  HUBZone Program..................................................4023
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day Revisions....................................4021
  Level of effort..................................................3171
  Limitations on service contracts that cross fiscal years..........778
  Lobbying restrictions............................................4002
  Multiple award indefinite delivery contracts.....................4016
  Office of Contract Compliance Programs National Pre-Award 
      Registry.....................................................4048
  Part 15 rewrite...................................................770
  Part 213 rewrite..................................................772
  Part 30 deviations................................................730
  Pollution control................................................3997
  Prompt payment...................................................3749
  Protest at the level above the contracting officer................382
  Protests.........................................................3180
  Quality assurance requirements elimination.......................4040
  Recycled products...........................................893, 3502
  Research and development..........................................771
  Shipments in electronic data interchange transactions............4037
  Single process initiative.........................................731
  Small business subcontracting....................................4003
  Small businesses............................................708, 4008
    Price evaluation adjustment.....................................766
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3166
  State Department regulations.....................................2066
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................4004
  Subcontracting.............................................3748, 4003
  Taxpayer identification numbers............................3622, 4020
  Television-audio support activity.................................739
  Textiles:
    Para-aramid fibers and yarns....................................744
  Uniform Procurement Instrument Identification numbers.............759
  Universal product numbers........................................3044
  Very Small Business Pilot Program................................4000
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................4018
  Waiver authority to humanitarian or peacekeeping operations.......780
  Weighted guidelines...............................................771
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................359
  Donation of surplus personal property............................3668
  Donation requirements for firearms...............................3653
  Donations to service educational activities......................3679
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............875
  Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1304
  Motor vehicles...................................................3651
  Regulations replacement..........................................3655
  Sale..............................................................706
  Telephone systems................................................3650
Government property management:
  Contribution in aid of construction..............................2713
  Federal facilities in urban areas................................3671
  Negotiation procedures for leasehold interests acquisition.......3652
  Qualified lessee construction allowances for short-term leases 
                                                                   2712
  Real property........................................3642, 3664, 3673
  Regulations replacement..........................................3655
  Reporting excess personal property...............................3666
  Smoke development rating increase................................3646
  Space and related services:
    Alterations..............................................3643, 3672
    Assignment.....................................................3643
    Rents and leases.........................................3644, 3645
    Utilization....................................................3643
Government publications:
  Prohibitions against reproduction.................................909
Grains:
  See also specific grains
           Feed grains
  Crop insurance...............................................150, 151
  Divider tolerances................................................174
  Grain-fruit products..............................................233
  Inspection........................................................179
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................171
  Weighing services.................................................179
Grant programs:
  Absent parent access and visitation..............................1269
  Block grants:
    Administration regulations......................................913
    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families............1245, 1258, 1935
  Community Food Project............................................128
  DOI..............................................................1398
  Energy research...................................................884
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision................3689
  Highway safety incentive grants..................................2428
  Illegitimacy rate reduction bonus requirements...................1260
  Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant program............1900
  Library services.................................................3712
  Microloans for Welfare-to-Work participants......................3928
  Motor vehicle safety incentive grants...2423, 2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 
                                                                   2429
  Multifamily housing:
    Rehabilitation program.........................................1302
  National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1409
  National Dam Safety Program......................................3615
  National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.....................3624
  Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program:
    Insurance requirements.........................................3633
    Redesign.......................................................3632
  Research grants..................................................1042
  Rights to inventions..............................................693
  Single Audit Act Amendments....................1290, 2098, 3147, 3708
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions....................................................129
  State cemetery grants............................................3050
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1935
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administrative provisions and requirements.........128, 131, 134, 313
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 
      administrative provisions.....................................130
  Community facility grants.........................................342
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................360
  Rural economic development........................................315
  Technical assistance and training...................19, 321, 323, 344
  Water and waste disposal programs.................................328
Grant programs-education:
  Acquisition and transfer of excess personal property..............311
  Administrative regulations........................................824
  Combating violence against women on campuses.....................1897
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................712
  Evaluation of recipients, grantees and contractors................826
  Federal Pell Grant Program........................................829
  Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant Program..........829
  Federal Work-Study Programs.......................................829
  FmHA programs......................................................19
  Head Start program...............................................1251
    Funding........................................................1244
    Performance standards..........................................1252
    Regulation revision............................................1266
  Hispanic programs.................................................127
  Indian colleges..................................................1618
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................126

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  National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3712
  National Security Education Program...............................699
  Projects with industry............................................839
  Teacher quality enhancement programs..............................828
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3522
  Drinking Water State Revolving Fund..............................3594
  Environmental management program..................................873
  EPA technical assistance grants..................................3519
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3613
  Performance Partnership Grants.............................3169, 3170
  Solid waste management grants.....................................343
Grant programs-health:
  AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1168
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1271
  Substance abuse block grants......................................920
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants:
    CDBG sanctions.................................................1341
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1340
    Expenditure documentation requirement..........................1344
    Program income.................................................1343
    Prohibition for employment relocation activities...............1338
    Streamlining...................................................1336
  Consolidated Plan................................................1283
  Emergency Shelter Grants Program.................................1345
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities......................310
  HUD-owned multifamily properties.................................1305
  Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1337
  State homes for veterans.........................................3015
Grant programs-Indians:
  BIA regulations revision.........................................1604
  Construction of jails............................................1899
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1683
  Marine mammal protection:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1459
  National Undersea Research Program................................619
  Railroad grants..................................................1708
  Wildlife Restoration Programs....................................1467
Grant programs-science and technology:
  NCI construction grants..........................................1039
Grant programs-transportation:
  Approval process.................................................2317
  Buy American Act.................................................2375
  Capital Construction Fund Program depositories...................2565
  Clean fuels formula grant program................................2505
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program....................2306, 2336
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................2091
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements...............................................2001
  Demonstration project authority..................................3769
  Lobbying restrictions......................................2089, 3691
  National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.............1413
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........131
  Social Security Administration.................3932, 3969, 3970, 3971
  Uniform administrative requirements......380, 2091, 3143, 3690, 3750, 
                                                                   3970
Grazing lands:
  Classifications..................................................1682
  Indian land......................................................1615
  National Forest System............................................298
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guarantees:
  See Warranties
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2138
  Maintenance fees.................................................2689
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1271
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements..............2516
  Aircraft carriage................................................2514
  Barge requirements.........................................2115, 2133
  Cargo tank manufacture...........................................2560
  Cargo tank requirements....................................2525, 2526
  Coast Guard regulations..............................2118, 2119, 2165
  Environmental impacts............................................4378
  FAA material recognition training................................2200
  Hazard communication requirements................................2536
  Hazardous Waste Manifest rule....................................3494
  High-level waste.................................................4378
  Incident reporting...............................................2515
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2513
  Liquefied compressed gas.........................................2526
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3487
  Miscellaneous amendments.........................................2528
  Motor carriers.................................2286, 2332, 2337, 2530
  Oxidizers and organic peroxides..................................2546
  Poisonous materials labeling.....................................2556
  Rail transport...................................................2530
  Registration and fee assessment program..........................2529
  Shipping papers retention........................................2552
  Tank cars........................................................2543
  Train responders.................................................2529
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
           Poison prevention
           Radioactive materials
  Air pollutants........2020, 3210, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3240, 3242, 
           3243, 3244, 3245, 3246, 3247, 3248, 3249, 3251, 3252, 3254, 
           3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3263, 3265, 
           3266, 3267, 3268, 3269, 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 
           3277, 3278, 3282, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3293, 3304, 3327, 
           3328, 3329, 3330, 3331, 3332, 3333, 3334, 3335, 3336, 3337, 
           3338, 3339, 3340, 3342, 3344, 3347, 3349, 3364, 3365, 3376, 
                               3377, 3389, 3391, 3392, 3402, 3447, 4321
  Aluminum:
    Spent potliners from primary reduction.........................3483
  Aluminum cylinders safety problems...............................2519
  Asbestos.............................................3438, 3439, 3440
  Beryllium.........................................................878
  Caprolactam......................................................3524
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3185
  Chemical test rules..................................3446, 3447, 3457
  Chemicals......................................2009, 3433, 3462, 3471
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................2684
  Chromium...................................................2016, 3364
  Crystalline silica.........................................1994, 2040
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3516
  Drinking water regulations.................................3579, 3589
  Drinking water testing methods...................................3588
  Editorial corrections and clarifications.........................2559
  Energy sources...................................................2006
  Environmentally preferable products guidelines...................3445
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2007
  Exemptions procedures revision and clarification.................2537
  Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................2020
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List..................3469, 3470, 3473
  Federally permitted releases.....................................3523
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................2022
  Glycol ethers....................................................3296

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  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2517
  International standards..........................................2555
  Isocyanates..........................................3312, 3470, 3473
  Lead.............1289, 3251, 3428, 3429, 3442, 3443, 3458, 3459, 3590
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3487
  Metals...........................................................3435
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2005
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3358
  Microorganisms...................................................3437
  MSHA protection standards........................................1972
  Nitrogen oxides..................................................3397
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2104
  Ozone and ozone precursors.......................................3377
  Ozone depleting substances.......................................3300
  Pesticides.....................................3406, 3412, 3415, 3432
    Emergency exemption regulations................................3410
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations..........................3178
    Field testing..................................................3422
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3417
    Worker protection standards....................................3416
  Pipeline safety standards....2522, 2523, 2524, 2540, 2549, 2551, 2557
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3452
  Procedural and rulemaking changes................................2548
  Propane cylinders:
    Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2545
  Radon................................................3375, 3390, 3580
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3456
  Sulfur oxides....................................................3238
  Surface coatings.................................................3358
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3435
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Chemicals........................3426, 3461, 3463, 3466, 3467, 3471
    Coal...........................................................3465
    Lead...........................................................3464
    Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3465
  Underground storage tanks........................................3472
  Water pollution control..............................3548, 3552, 3571
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3520
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3482
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3496
  Cleanups...................................................3511, 3519
  Disposal..........................................................790
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3501
    Low level mixed waste..........................................3474
    Radioactive waste........................................3403, 4432
  Effluent limitation guidelines...................................3541
  Geologic repositories............................................4420
  Groundwater contamination..................................3271, 3593
  Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators...................3199
  Identification and listing...............3486, 3492, 3505, 3506, 3511
  Land disposal:
    Post-closure requirements......................................3509
    Restrictions.......................................3476, 3504, 3507
    Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction................3483
  Lead.............................................................3444
  Lead-based paint debris..........................................3503
  Manifest regulations.............................................3494
  Medical waste....................................................2527
  Mercury..........................................................3476
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3486
  Permit program...................................................3489
  Petroleum waste..................................................3512
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3497
  Radioactive waste................................................4418
    Dose methodology...............................................3234
    Site recommendation.............................................882
    Waste management rules.........................................3371
    Yucca Mountain, NV.......................................3212, 4377
  Recycled used oil..........................................3497, 3505
  Recycling..................................................3482, 3508
  Recycling in fertilizers.........................................3490
  Silver-bearing waste.............................................3477
  Solid waste..........................................3484, 3485, 3508
  Solvents...................................................3481, 3510
  Spent solvents...................................................3505
  Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup............3513
  Toxic waste site.................................................3433
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3499
  Training programs accreditation..................................2036
  Treatment and disposal:
    Fluorescent lamps..............................................3500
  Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators.......3402
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3493
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3521
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Adult day health care for veterans...............................3017
  AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1168
  Anti-kickback provisions..........................................911
  Cancer patients..................................................1036
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1185
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1178
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........333
  Fraud and abuse...................................................914
  Health supply services:
    Small business size standards..................................3916
  Home and community-based services.................................917
  Home health agencies........................................917, 1101
    Medicare conditions of participation.....................1073, 1233
  Human cellular and tissue-based products...............941, 942, 1006
  Indian Health Service eligibility regulations....................1032
  National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1030
  New and pending demonstration project proposals..................1215
  Positron emission tomography uses................................1228
  Prepayment plans.................................................1180
  Revised OIG sanction authorities..................................912
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................911
  Rural services...................................................1183
  State self assessments for compliance............................1250
  Underserved areas................................................1027
  Veterans.......................................3062, 3099, 3120, 3129
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1169, 1949
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).........................1065, 1123
  Community mental health centers..................................1192
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1127
  Long-term care...................................................1084
  Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1301
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1100
  Rehabilitation facilities accreditation..........................1236
  Renal dialysis facilities........................................1094
  Schedule of per-beneficiary limitations..........................1220
  Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1149
  Surety bond requirements...................................1069, 1219
Health insurance:
  See also Black lung benefits
           Medicare
  Access:
    Employees of firms with less than 51 employees.................1064
    Individual coverage after loss of group coverage...............1064
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................1064
  CHAMPUS:
    Coverage of transplants.........................................813
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................811

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    Programs........................................................817
    State Victims of Crime Compensation Programs....................819
    TRICARE Prime balance billing...................................820
    TRICARE Prime enrollment........................................816
    Voice prostheses................................................819
  Child health insurance...............................1212, 1213, 1265
  COBRA continuation coverage................................1061, 2857
  Continuing coverage notice.......................................1944
  District of Columbia employees...................................3831
  Electronic signatures............................................1139
  Electronic transactions standards for health plans...............1140
  Employer based group health plans..........................1061, 1944
    Continuation coverage requirements.............................2857
  Employer identification number...................................1141
  Enforcement of legislative requirements..........................1172
  Exemption from State regulation..................................1943
  Government employees...............3796, 3797, 3838, 3839, 3847, 3863
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.......1125, 1129, 
                                                       1131, 1952, 1953
    Minimum requirements for group health plans....................1130
    OIG penalties...................................................910
  Health plan identifiers..........................................1125
  HIPAA nondiscrimination rules..............................1964, 2751
  Medicare supplemental insurance..................................1155
  Mental health benefits.....................................1198, 1214
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1958
  Portability................................................1064, 1201
  Provider identifiers.............................................1129
  Retiree benefits.................................................1969
  Retroactive enrollment...........................................1181
  Security of individual health information........................1139
  Small Business Job Protection Act:
    Limitation of liability........................................1954
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1051, 1237
  Summary plan description regulations.............................1959
  Third Party Collection Program....................................700
  Universal health care identifier.................................1151
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1180
  Medicaid requirements............................................1086
  Medicare contract eligibility....................................1067
  Physician incentive plans.........................................915
  Third party liability............................................1104
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers........................................1834
  Audiologists.....................................................1110
  CHAMPUS provider certification requirements.......................812
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1109
  Education:
    Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1082
  National Practitioner Data Bank................1026, 1028, 1029, 1030
  National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................3018
  NIH traineeships.................................................1040
  Nurse-midwives...................................................1197
  Nurses:
    Anesthetists...................................................1082
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1814
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4328
  Pathologists.....................................................1110
  Physicians:
    Comparability allowance........................................3821
    Health services referrals......................................1100
    Hearing evaluation performance..................................927
    Incentive plans.................................................915
    Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians...............1190
    Practicing Physicians Advisory Council...................1238, 1241
    VA medical opinions rules......................................3126
  Professional shortage areas......................................1027
  Provider identifiers.............................................1129
  Psychologists....................................................1179
  Retirement provisions............................................3784
Health records:
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1096
  OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................3755
  Prescription Release Rule........................................4328
  Privacy Act exempt record system..................................905
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3934
  Universal health care identifier.................................1151
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart disease:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................813
  Congestive heart failure care management.........................1204
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients.......................................967
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1161
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Accident reporting requirements..................................2287
  Diabetic interstate truck drivers................................2325
  Highway safety data improvements incentive grants................2428
  Highway-rail grade crossings...............................2316, 2343
  Motor carrier regulations...2272, 2286, 2288, 2304, 2306, 2312, 2340, 
                                                             2349, 2444
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................2045
  State programs.......................................2317, 2376, 2460
  Traffic control devices:
    Bicycle safety facilities......................................2307
    Manual revision..........................................2307, 2347
    Recreation and cultural interest signs.........................2307
    School areas...................................................2345
    Tourist oriented directional signs.............................2307
    Traffic signs..................................................2348
  Work zone safety.................................................2299
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Beautification costs.............................................2334
  Emergency relief program disaster eligibility threshold..........2297
  Engineering and design related services contracts................2305
  Environmental impact and related procedures....2273, 2285, 2360, 2502
  Federal aid projects.................................2295, 2315, 2338
  Federal Lands Highway Program:
    Forest highways program........................................2278
    Indian reservations road program...............................2276
    Park roads and parkways program................................2275
    Refuge roads program...........................................2277
  Funding..........................................................2314
  Intelligent Transportation System................................2295
  National Highway System..........................................2315
  Railroad highway projects........................................2318
  Right-of-way regulations...................................2279, 2323
  Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1585
  Traffic noise abatement..........................................2308
  Traffic surveillance and control.................................2313
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1815
Historic preservation:
  National parks...................................................1593
  Paleontological resources........................................1688
  Regulatory revisions.............................................3142

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  World Heritage Convention........................................1580
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
Hogs:
  Imports from Europe...............................................107
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................117
  Small Hog Operation Payment Program................................68
Holding companies:
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4477
  Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4478
  Multiple savings and loan holding companies......................3000
  Stock life subsidiary............................................2985
Homeless:
  Food Stamp Program................................................194
  Women, infants, and children......................................221
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1678
Horses:
  Horse Industry Organizations:
    Protection requirements.........................................108
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................110
Hospice care:
  Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc......................1056
  Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 
                                                                   1167
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1108
  Medicare payments................................................1148
  Medicare policies................................................1165
  Wage index notice................................................1222
Hospitals:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................811
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services....................1054, 1075
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services............................................1161
  Diagnostic procedures............................................1062
  DOT grants.......................................................2091
  Emergency medical care...........................................1175
  Grants administration.................................380, 3143, 3750
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...............1957, 2975
  Medicaid payment.................................................1196
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1099
  Medicare payment...........................................1173, 1191
  Mortgages........................................................1321
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules......................1225
  Organ procurement service waivers................................1239
  Outpatient services..............................................1062
  Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1301
  Physician incentive plans prohibition.............................915
  Preadmission services............................................1182
  Psychiatric......................................................1088
  Voluntary reduction in number of residents.......................1136
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Amplifiers.......................................................4317
  Appliance Labeling Rule..........................................4330
  Energy efficiency.............................841, 844, 845, 846, 861
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3259
Housing:
  See also Condominiums
           Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Aged.............................................................1332
  Assistance applications..........................................1373
  Capital advance duration.........................................1308
  CDBG funds documentation.........................................1347
  Claim reform.....................................................1319
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1306
  Employment opportunities.........................................1353
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................860
  Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1304
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1284, 1336
    Streamlining...................................................1292
  Indians..........................................77, 1348, 1383, 1389
    Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1372
    Performance report.............................................1391
  Individuals with disabilities....................................1332
  Lead-based paint...........................................1289, 3444
  Limited denial of participation in HUD programs..................1277
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1342
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1313
  Multifamily:
    Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform Act program violations....1278, 
                                                                   1288
    Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1287
    Rehabilitation grants..........................................1302
    Tenant participation...........................................1303
    Uniform physical condition standards and physical inspection 
        requirements...............................................1274
  Nondiscrimination................................................1294
  OFHEO information regulation...............................3731, 3732
  OFHEO interim debt collection regulation.........................3730
  Quality assurance review of independent public auditors..........1361
  Rental agreements................................................2784
  Replacement housing:
    Modernization factor...........................................1387
  Resident survey information privacy requirements.................1360
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing.........................................136, 138
    Loan policies...............................................70, 140
    Loans and grants............................136, 137, 139, 144, 146
    Multiple-family housing.........................................136
    Rental housing.............................................136, 144
  Sale of property.................................................1319
  Single-family:
    Officer Next Door Program......................................1322
    Property disposition...........................................1331
  Streamlining regulations..........................................136
  Title I property insurance.................................1298, 1314
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
      Rent subsidies
Housing standards:
  Manufactured home construction and safety standards program.....1323, 
                                                             1333, 1334
  Material bulletins.........................................1296, 1312
  Uniform physical condition standards and physical inspection 
      requirements.................................................1274
Human research subjects:
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1041
  Protection of human subjects..........................821, 1043, 3117
  Student rights....................................................822
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds............................................1447, 1456
  Pig frogs........................................................1586
  Regulations......................................................1414
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Adjudication processing..........................................1823

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  Administrative finality of decisions.............................1867
  Application for benefits submitted with incorrect fees...........1871
  Asylum procedures................................................1792
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1807
  Availability of material under Freedom of Information and 
      Privacy Acts.................................................1806
  Border crossing identification documents...................1805, 1850
  Cancellation of removal..........................................1775
  Check points within the U.S......................................1836
  Commercial delivery service as form of personal service..........1854
  Debt collection..................................................1872
  Direct mail program..............................................1860
  Discipline of attorneys in immigration proceedings...............1771
  Employer sanctions fines.........................................1849
  Employment eligibility verification..............................1862
  Examination fees schedule........................................1801
  Fee payment methods..............................................1800
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program...........................1851, 1876
  Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994 
      provisions...................................................1820
  In-transit passengers............................................1784
  Inadmissability..................................................1780
  INS reorganization...............................................1873
  Inspection of stopover passengers................................1804
  Jurisdictional changes...........................................1802
  Local law enforcement officer enforcement........................1803
  Overtime liability for inspection services.......................1781
  Petitions........................................................1876
  Petitions for employment based immigrants........................1813
  Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................1836
  Promises of benefits.............................................1826
  Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, 
      Germany, and Vietnam.........................................1782
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1863
  Special immigrant juvenile petitions.............................1779
  Sponsor obligations and penalties..........................1829, 2053
  Suspension of deportation........................................1775
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1858
Immunization:
  Vaccine information..............................................1010
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
           Trade adjustment assistance
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................119
  APHIS user fees...................................................124
  Beer and wine....................................................2604
  Blood products....................................................990
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1537
  Chemicals............................................3436, 3453, 3454
    Blanket certifications.........................................2684
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3449
  Dairy product quotas.........................................275, 276
  Domestic tobacco products, cigarette papers and tubes............2626
  Duty-free entry..................................................2670
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2696
  Evaluation of duty................................................763
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................990
  Film.............................................................2706
  Fish..............................................................611
  Forests and forest products.......................................112
  Fruits and vegetables..............................104, 113, 118, 120
  Hogs from Europe..................................................107
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2675
  Marine mammal products............................................523
  Mexican pork......................................................101
  Mexican poultry products.....................................103, 260
  Motor vehicles.............................................2390, 3348
    List of nonconforming vehicles eligible........................2464
  Obscene or immoral matter........................................2706
  Ozone-depleting substances.................................3325, 3370
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2700
  Plants............................................................115
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1554
  Radio frequency devices..........................................4154
  Registration and product listing..................................940
  Ruminants.........................................................114
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2682
  Sugar.............................................................277
  Textiles.........................................................2694
    Para-aramid fibers and yarns....................................744
  Tobacco............................................................90
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................106
  User fee exemption for Israeli products..........................2710
  Veterinary user fees...............................................99
  Wheat:
    End-Use Certificate Program......................................15
  Wildlife...................................................1412, 1497
  Wood packing materials............................................105
    Treatment requirements for material from China..................122
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2861
  Accounting:
    Mark-to-market.................................................2800
    Partnerships...................................................2789
  Accuracy related penalty.........................................2953
  Acquisitions.....................................................2714
  Affiliated groups................................................2926
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2884
  Annuities........................................................2816
  Arbitrage restrictions...........................................2907
  Asset ownership..................................................2885
  Backup withholding...............................................2947
  Balanced performance measurement system..........................2853
  Below-market loans...............................................2992
  Bonds:
    Inflation-indexed..............................................2802
    Private activity.........................................2765, 2862
    Tax-exempt.....................................................2907
  Branch remittances...............................................2799
  Branches:
    Foreign taxes..................................................2850
    Hybrid transactions............................................2762
  Business expenses..........................................2846, 2980
  Capital gains..............................................2854, 2983
  Capitalization.............................................2776, 2910
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2881
  Cash advances to service providers...............................2973
  Charitable contributions.........................................2791
  Collections......................................................2896
    Installment agreements...................................2854, 2897
    Levied property................................................2749
    Liens..........................................................2748
  Compromises................................................2744, 2826
  Computer technology..............................................2921
  Consolidated returns.................................2811, 2812, 2935
    Intercompany obligations.......................................2849
    Losses and deductions....................................2810, 2936
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2767
  Continuity of interest...........................................2908
  Controlled groups................................................2782
  Conversion to the Euro...........................................2903
  Corporate acquisitions:
    Tax period after acquisition of S corporation..................2813
  Corporate income tax.............................................2884
  Corporate inversion transactions.................................2866
  Corporations...............................................2781, 2914
    C corporations...........................................2760, 2806
    Continuity of interest requirement.............................2845
    Disposition of stock of another corporation....................2851
    Disregarded entitites..........................................2757
    S corporations...........................................2733, 2806

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    Stock ownership after a merger.................................2782
    Tax shelter registration.......................................2742
  Cost sharing regulations.........................................2906
  Creative property................................................2910
  Debt:
    Collateralized debt obligations................................2747
  Debt instruments...........................................2732, 2746
  Deemed paid taxes................................................2731
  Deferred compensation............................................2941
  Deferred compensation and salary reduction.......................2940
  Disaster relief..................................................2745
  Disclosure of return information...........................2970, 2971
  Due diligence requirements for EIC...............................2954
  Earned income credit.............................................2954
  Earned income tax credit eligibility.......................2891, 2955
  Earned income tax credit recertification requirements............2899
  Education credits................................................2904
  Education loan interest deduction................................2939
  Elective entity classification changes...........................2837
  Electronic funds transfers...........................2743, 2949, 2950
  Electronic tip reporting.........................................2839
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2808
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2894
    Funded welfare benefit plans...................................2869
    Loans treated as distributions.................................2772
  Employee stock ownership plans.............................2981, 2990
  Equity options without standard terms............................2801
  Errors or delays by IRS officers or employees....................2952
  Escrow funds.....................................................2785
  Estates....................................................2874, 2967
  Expenditures documentation.......................................2777
  Farm income................................................2752, 2859
  Farming businesses...............................................2847
  Foreign corporations...............2716, 2731, 2780, 2795, 2882, 2924
    Earnings and profits...........................................2883
  Foreign deferred compensation plans..............................2867
  Foreign governments..............................................2878
  Foreign grantor trusts.....................................2720, 2788
  Foreign insurance companies................................2721, 2730
  Foreign investment companies...............................2803, 2804
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2794
  Foreign partnerships.................................2821, 2843, 2978
  Foreign sales corporation transfer pricing...........2927, 2928, 2929
  Foreign tax credit.............................2728, 2796, 2879, 2926
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2723
  Functional currency..............................................2882
  FUTA tax.........................................................2941
  General utilities repeal.........................................2865
  Golden parachute payments........................................2864
  Grantor trust rules........................................2735, 2885
  Group health plans, continuation coverage..................2857, 2946
  Highly compensated employee......................................2783
  Income:
    Gross income.............................................2711, 2969
    Source of income...............................................2923
  Income averaging.....................................2752, 2847, 2859
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2724
  Information disclosure.....................................2901, 2979
  Insurance income.................................................2931
  Intangible amortization....................................2828, 2962
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................2873
  Interest:
    Contingent interest............................................2967
    Educational loans..............................................2764
  Interest abatement...............................................2952
  Interest charges.................................................2932
  Interest deductions..............................................2774
  Interest expense.................................................2792
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2888
  International communications income..............................2724
  International organizations......................................2878
  International tax................................................2779
  Inventory accounting.............................................2761
  Joint returns....................................................2763
  Long-term contracts..............................................2717
  Losses:
    Disposition of personal property...............................2876
    Separate limitation............................................2729
    Stocks.........................................................2925
  Marketable stock.................................................2805
  Middleman payments...............................................2738
  Mileage rates..............................................2846, 2980
  Multiple party financing.........................................2827
  Notice and consent requirements..................................2965
  Offset programs................................2583, 2590, 2597, 2825
  Partnerships...............................................2798, 2832
    Capital gains..................................................2755
    Foreign investments............................................2835
    Foreign taxes..................................................2850
    Hybrid transactions............................................2762
    Returns required on magnetic media.............................2814
    Sales of interests.......................................2789, 2977
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2734
    Unified audit procedures.................................2905, 2948
    Withholding....................................................2934
  Payments:
    Credit and debit cards...................................2824, 2951
    Middleman payments.............................................2738
    Prepayments....................................................2758
    Source of payments.............................................2875
  Payments to attorneys............................................2739
  Pensions:
    Minimum funding................................................2913
  Personal property sales..........................................2726
  Preferred stock..................................................2778
  Premiums.........................................................2790
  Preparer due diligence requirements........................2891, 2955
  Presidential election campaign fund:
    Payments to candidates.........................................2968
  Private foundation disclosure rules..............................2741
  Procedure and administration...............................2775, 2860
  Property:
    Basis..........................................................2969
  Purchase price allocation........................................2714
  Purchasing reporting requirements................................2947
  Qualified long-term care services and insurance proceeds.........2976
  Qualified offers...........................................2769, 2858
  Qualified plans..................................................2831
    Cashout limits...........................................2852, 2984
    Protected benefits exceptions..................................2756
  Qualifying income................................................2972
  Real Estate Investment Trusts....................................2766
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2747, 2768
  Reasonable basis.................................................2953
  Receipts for expenditures........................................2777
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2895
  Regulated Investment Companies...................................2766
  Reimbursement allowance:
    Travel or transportation.......................................3663
  Relocation allowance payments for government employees...........4014
  Relocation allowance tax tables..................................3660
  Remedial amendment period........................................2838
  Removal of temporary regulations.................................2773
  Rental agreements................................................2784
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2737
  Research credit..................................................2771
  Resident status..................................................2887
  Retention of paid preparers' signatures....................2890, 2988
  Retirement plans...............................2817, 2868, 2900, 2964
  Rewards for information..........................................2957
  Rollover contributions...........................................2831
  Roth individual retirement accounts..............................2912
  S corporations.......................................2829, 2958, 2966

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  Sale of debt obligations.........................................2809
  Section 1.1502-9T................................................2937
  Section 1361(a)(1)...............................................2958
  Section 1441.....................................................2933
  Section 1502.....................................................2810
  Section 179A deduction...........................................2909
  Section 197 regulations..........................................2828
  Section 2056(b)(7)...............................................2967
  Section 263A.....................................................2759
  Section 30 credit................................................2909
  Section 355 distributions........................................2781
  Section 355(d)...................................................2715
  Section 355(e) Guidance..........................................2736
  Section 382......................................................2782
  Section 42.......................................................2840
  Section 501(c)(4) changes........................................2916
  Section 6048 regulations.........................................2740
  Section 6159.....................................................2897
  Section 6320...............................................2856, 2987
  Section 6323.....................................................2748
  Section 6330...............................................2855, 2986
  Section 6343.....................................................2749
  Section 736 regulations..........................................2918
  Section 7805(b)..................................................2974
  Section 882......................................................2877
  Section 884......................................................2877
  Securities.................................................2725, 2871
  Shareholders...............................................2866, 2958
  Short taxable years..............................................2782
  Start-up expenditures............................................2963
  Stocks...........................................................2966
  Straddles:
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2893
  Stripping transactions...........................................2827
  Substantial new line of business...........................2797, 2930
  Supplemental tax exemptions......................................2816
  Swap transactions................................................2875
  Tax credits:
    Puerto Rico....................................................2880
  Tax treaties.....................................................2727
  Tax-exempt organizations:
    Public disclosure of information...............................2822
    Travel and tour activity.......................................2848
  Taxpayer assistance..............................................2991
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..............................2748, 2749, 2897
  Taxpayer identification numbers............................2834, 4020
  Timely mailing treated as timely filing/electronic postmark.....2892, 
                                                                   2956
  Transportation income............................................2922
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2842
  Trusts...........................................................2900
    Charitable remainder trusts..............................2719, 2917
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT)......2722, 
                                                                   2919
    Foreign trusts...........................................2718, 2788
    Grantor trusts.................................................2788
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2885
  Trusts and estates.............................2733, 2770, 2830, 2959
  US possessions:
    Production and sale of property................................2923
  Utilities repeal.................................................2911
  Valuation of property passing to surviving spouse................2841
  Violations of IRS law............................................2957
  Voice signatures.................................................2820
  Withholding certificates.........................................2808
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......................................................1402
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1610
  Child support enforcement........................................1246
  Cultural exchange of marine mammal products between Natives......1476
  Eagle permits....................................................1417
  Electric power utilities.........................................1624
  Enrollment application process...................................1632
  Fishing management......................................573, 613, 629
  Food assistance programs...........................198, 200, 211, 240
  Housing....................................77, 1328, 1383, 1384, 1389
    Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1372
    Performance report.............................................1391
  Indian affairs hearings and appeals..............................1399
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1031
  Indian Health Service eligibility regulations....................1032
  Indian Judgement Funds...........................................1596
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......4356, 4357, 4358, 4364, 4365, 
                                     4366, 4367, 4368, 4369, 4370, 4371
  Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act 
                                                                   1348
  NIGC definitions.................................................4363
  Official Insignia of Native American Tribes.......................678
  Preference in employment.........................................1617
  Social welfare and relief of distress............................1605
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Columbia River access sites....................................1629
  Welfare reform:
    Financial assistance and social services.......................1613
    Tribal program requirements....................................1259
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1942
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................523
Indians-business and finance:
  Gaming authorizations............................................4365
  Gaming operations..................1631, 4357, 4359, 4369, 4370, 4371
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1626
  Indian monies and BIA special deposits...........................1401
  Loans, grants, and employment assistance.............1604, 1608, 1609
  Tribal revenue allocation........................................1627
Indians-education:
  Academic and dormitory standards.................................1602
  Adult vocational training........................................1607
  Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1603
  Grants to colleges...............................................1618
  School construction contracts....................................1606
  School improvement program.......................................1597
Indians-land:
  Debt settlement for tribal land acquisition loans..................11
Indians-lands:
  Acquisitions.................................................77, 1612
  Acquisitions for gaming..........................................1614
  Air pollution control implementation...........3211, 3313, 3359, 3368
  Alaska Native Veterans allotments................................1701
  Allotments.......................................................1705
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3361
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2276
  Fishing sites on Columbia River..................................1630
  Grazing permits............................................1615, 1616
  Irrigation projects..............................................1623
  Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1622
  Migratory bird hunting...........................................1528
  Mining leases........................................1598, 1621, 1657
  Mining regulations...............................................1662
  Mortgages and deeds of trust.....................................1611
  Municipal solid waste landfills............................3302, 3514
  National Forest System lands......................................298
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1594
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1651
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1599
  Water pollution control requirements.......................3531, 3592
Indians-law:
  Construction of jails............................................1899

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  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1628
  Hearings and appeals...........................1400, 1625, 4360, 4361
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1619
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4362
Indians-tribal government............................................30
  Adoptions........................................................1249
  Election procedures........................................1600, 1601
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1271
  Historic preservation programs...................................1593
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1619
  Operating permits programs.......................................3384
  Performance Partnership Grants...................................3170
  Self-determination...............................................1603
  Self-governance program procedures...............................1620
  Tribal background investigations.................................4366
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Blind
           Disability benefits
           Education of individuals with disabilities
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
  Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1752, 1753, 
                                                 1754, 3150, 3151, 3155
    Detectable warnings......................................1758, 3157
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3156
    Play areas.....................................................3153
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1751, 1758
  Accessibility guidelines for children's environments.............1754
  Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and 
      customer premises equipment..................................4219
  Affirmative action...............................................4044
  Clarification of age as a vocational factor......................3941
  Contractor and subcontractor affirmative action obligations.....1917, 
                                                             1927, 1929
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1918
  Damage of mobility aids in air travel............................2080
  Disability ratings:
    The spine......................................................3035
  Employment discrimination complaints.............................3602
  Evidence of permanent and total disability.......................3039
  Housing....................................................1287, 1332
  Motor vehicle modifications......................................2405
  Motor vehicle wheelchair lifts and ramps...................2362, 2365
  Nondiscrimination....................................3647, 3871, 3981
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4094
    Federally assisted programs....................................1999
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1751, 1758
  Passenger vessel access....................................2102, 3154
  Schedule for rating disabilities.....................3021, 3022, 3066
  Telecommunications relay services....................4135, 4136, 4150
  Transportation.............................................1597, 2103
  Video programming accessibility..................................4102
  Widow's benefits.................................................3958
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.................................................2834
  Air bags.........................................................2369
  Aircraft child restraints..................................2262, 2391
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................4076
  Backyard play sets standard......................................4065
  Bunk bed requirements............................................4072
  Child nutrition programs..........................................232
  Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4073
  Crib safety standards............................................4077
  Determining family relationships.................................3893
  Flammability of children's sleepwear.......................4075, 4081
  Food assistance programs............181, 188, 212, 215, 230, 238, 241
  Food stamp program................................................187
  Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging...................4070
  Individuals with disabilities..........................837, 840, 1754
  Infant formula....................................................995
  Lead poisoning...........................1289, 3429, 3443, 3458, 3459
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...1133, 1201, 1957, 2975
  Medicaid program...........................................1081, 1193
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................182
  Pediatric drug assessment........................................1016
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4078
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................186
    Snacks in after-school care programs............................242
  School child definition..........................................3092
  Special immigrant juvenile petitions.............................1779
  Sulfate in drinking water........................................3595
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................214
  Supplemental food program.........................................229
    Certification integrity.........................................227
    Funding provisions..............................................228
    Local agency expenditure reports................................226
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................2834
  VA pensions for veteran or surviving spouse......................3121
  Vaccines for Children Program....................................1202
  Welfare services.................................................1255
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
  Credit unions:
    Requirements...................................................4336
    Share insurance................................................4337
  Equity index insurance products..................................4480
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4096
  Marine accident insurance........................................3868
  Marine hull insurance............................................2566
  Motor vehicle reporting requirements.............................2395
  Motor vehicle verification procedures............................1877
  Passenger vessel operators.......................................4285
  Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program requirements............3633
Insurance companies:
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4461
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements..........303, 825
  Air carrier regulation...........................................2099

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  Air pollution control implementation....3192, 3211, 3303, 3305, 3341, 
                                                                   3346
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................853
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1605
  BIA schools......................................................1602
  Child support non-performance TANF penalty.......................1247
  Databases of convicted offenders.................................1896
  Education programs................................................127
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............1943
  Employer-based group health plans................................1061
  EPA effluent guidelines and standards............................3544
  EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule................................3494
  EPA State implementation plans (SIPs)................3315, 3377, 3378
  EPA water monitoring requirements................................3597
  EPA water quality standards......................................3571
  EPA water regulations streamlining...............................3576
  EPA-California water quality standards...........................3548
  Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2580
  Federal funding of emergency health services for undocumented 
      aliens.......................................................1217
  Federal payments to State veterans homes.........................3057
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................1931
  Flood assistance program.........................................3613
  Food assistance programs............181, 188, 202, 215, 216, 232, 238
    Sharing information with INS....................................221
  Food Security Act.................................................356
  Food stamps.............................................187, 193, 213
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2513
  HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1107
  Highway management...............................................2334
  Highway projects.....................................2314, 2315, 2338
  Highway safety data improvements incentive grants................2428
  Highway safety programs........................2306, 2317, 2376, 2460
  INS programs.....................................................1868
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2479
  Medicaid.......................................1144, 1145, 1146, 1218
    Administrative costs...........................................1195
    Eligibility....................................................1066
  Motor vehicle safety incentive grants...2423, 2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 
                                                                   2429
  National Dam Safety Program......................................3615
  National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.....................3624
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1879
  National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1029
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3404
  Oil spill response...............................................2137
  Payments to State and local governments..........................1693
  Performance Partnership Grants.............................3169, 3170
  Railroad highway projects........................................2318
  State agencies for surplus property..............................3679
  State and local historic preservation programs...................1593
  State Children's Health Insurance Program......1051, 1212, 1213, 1237
  State employment statistics agency representatives for 
      consultations with DOL.......................................1906
  State habitat conservation strategies.......................588, 1460
  State issued identification documents............................2445
  Transportation right-of-way regulations..........................2323
  USDA:
    Entitlement programs............................................313
    State mediation programs.........................................20
  Water supply.....................................................3592
Intermodal transportation:
  Charter services.................................................2509
  Environmental impact and related procedures......................2285
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border boat landing program:
    Landing cards..................................................1828
  Border crossing card fees........................................2064
  Border crossing cards............................................2059
  Dedicated commuter lanes...................................1793, 1815
  Ports of entry...................................................1793
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Fees.........................................................681, 690
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................694
  Interlocutory rulings at final hearing in interference 
      procesessings.................................................682
  Licensing government-owned inventions.............................695
  Mineral patent applications......................................1700
  New drug patent holder notification...............................987
  New drugs........................................................1023
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................693
  Patent applications................................683, 684, 689, 691
  Patent business goals.............................................679
  Patent practitioners..............................................686
  Small businesses..................................................693
  Third-party participation.........................................685
Investigations:
  Civil investigative demands......................................1893
  Government personnel.............................................3846
  Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities........3513
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising by unit investment trusts............................4485
  Advertising rules................................................4463
  Asset transfers..................................................2766
  Codes of ethics..................................................4471
  Custody of assets outside the U.S................................4479
  Deregistration form..............................................4475
  Directors with ownership of index fund securities................4458
  Disclosure requirements..........................................4460
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4467
  Mergers..........................................................4486
  Names............................................................4470
  Private investment companies.....................................4439
  Registration form................................................4467
  Repurchase agreements............................................4465
  Securities acquisition...........................................4466
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4462
  Taxation.........................................................2804
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Foreign investments in U.S.
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Advertising rules................................................4484
  Canadian.........................................................4473
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4468
  Economic development..............................................376
  Financial services transactions survey............................363
  Investment advisers........................................4457, 4483
    Political contributions........................................4459
  Investment Advisers Act amendments...............................4482
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2656
  Non-mortgage investments by GSEs.................................1282
  Proxy and information statements.................................4440
  Registration.....................................................4484
  Registration forms...............................................4453
  Taxation.........................................................2866
  U.S. direct investment abroad survey..............................364
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1623


                                   J

Job Training Partnership Act:
  See Manpower training programs

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Juices:
  Food safety assessment programs...................................977
Juvenile delinquency...............................................1900
  Family Unity Program.............................................1833


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................813
  Dialysis services................................................1094
  Medicare eligibility.......................................1102, 1187


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Amalgam ingredients..............................................1012
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2443
  Animal drugs......................................................986
  Antibiotics resistance labeling...................................968
  Appliance Labeling Rule..........................................4330
  Beer.............................................................2605
  Building materials...............................................1312
  Contraceptive drugs..............................................1014
  Country of origin statements.....................................2601
  Dietary supplements..............................................1002
  Distilled spirits....................................2601, 2605, 2637
  Dolphin-safe tuna.................................................581
  Drugs.................................................933, 1013, 1016
  Electric motors...................................................855
  HCFCs............................................................3287
  Hearing aids......................................................927
  Home insulation..................................................4322
  Insulin-containing products.......................................949
  Malt beverages...................................................2630
  Motor vehicle content calculations...............................2386
  Over-the-counter drugs............................................982
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................980
  Pesticides.......................................................3415
  Poisonous materials..............................................2556
  Polyurethane foam in upholstered furniture.......................4068
  Pregnancy labeling category for prescription drugs...........924, 950
  Prescription drugs................................................947
  Rubber-containing drugs...........................................925
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................966
  Textiles.........................................................4321
  Travel expenses for brand participants............................278
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2612
  Wine.......................................................2605, 2616
    Specialty products and flavored wines..........................2606
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
  Contractor labor disputes.........................................767
  Davis-Bacon helper regulations...................................1910
  DOA authority to approve H-2A petitions for agricultural 
      laborers.....................................................2061
  DOL user fees....................................................1913
  Fair Labor Standards Act:
    Exemptions.....................................................1914
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1915
  State employment statistics agency representatives for 
      consultations with DOL.......................................1906
  Trade adjustment assistance................................1933, 1934
Labor management relations:
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1943
  Reporting by labor relations consultants and others..............1926
Laboratories:
  Accreditation............................................2, 125, 2676
  CLIA fee schedules...............................................1185
  Clinical laboratories regulation...1059, 1075, 1171, 1178, 1186, 1224
  Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1109
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3178
  FDA requirements for financial disclosure by clinical 
      investigators................................................1025
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1161
  Special surveillance list of chemicals, products, materials, 
      and equipment................................................1769
  Testing of mining equipment......................................1982
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.....................................2065
  Judges, Code of Conduct..........................................3957
  Qualified offers...........................................2769, 2858
  Suits against Federal employees..................................1881
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................1901
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1887, 4134
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1891
  Criminal history record information..............................1882
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1444
  Forest Service....................................................292
  Immigration................................................1803, 1868
  Motor vehicle theft..............................................1877
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4362
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1879
  Officer Next Door Program........................................1322
  Police Corps reimbursements of educational expenses..............1902
  Police Recruitment Program guidelines............................1889
  Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance Program...........1898
  Retirement.......................................................3833
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1880
  U.S. Marshals Service fees.......................................1883
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1817
Lawyers:
  Debarment........................................................1003
  Disciplinary procedures..........................................1771
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4360
Lead poisoning:
  Hazard abatement.................................................3429
  Paint..................1289, 3428, 3429, 3442, 3443, 3444, 3458, 3459
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3460
Libraries:
  FDA...............................................................960
  National Agricultural Library fee schedule.........................10
  Presidential library facilities..................................3706
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2861
  Court orders.....................................................3835
  District of Columbia employees...................................3831
  Government employees.............................................3795
    Court orders...................................................3835
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3799
    Regulation revisions.....................................3836, 3837
  Variable life insurance contracts................................4476
  Veterans...................................................3038, 3084
    Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option................3098
Liquor:
  Dealer signs.....................................................2617

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  Labeling.........................................................2605
Liquors:
  Exports..........................................................2629
  Labeling.........................................................2637
  Standards of fill................................................2607
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2612
Livestock:
  See also specific animals
           Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Animal drug residue levels........................................964
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds...........963
  Disaster assistance............................................89, 92
  Emergency assistance...............................................28
  Free choice medicated feed........................................952
  Liquid medicated feed.............................................952
  Livestock feed assistance..........................................41
  Price reporting...................................................176
Loan programs:
  Delinquent debtors...............................................2599
  Lobbying restrictions............................................2089
  Revision of RTB loan documents....................................331
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program........................331
  RUS construction work plan loan eligibility.......................334
  Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........330
  Surface transportation projects..................................2324
  Treasury taxes and loans.........................................2596
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Account service and loan making....................................71
  Account servicing..................................................23
  Application processing timeframe...................................76
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program...........316, 317, 319
  Buyback of repurchased guaranteed loans............................35
  Certified Lender Program...........................................72
  Civil rights of borrowers.........................................337
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................16
  Community facility loans..........................................342
  Community programs...........................................143, 145
  Cotton.............................................................48
  Debt settlement....................................................36
  Depreciation rates and procedures.................................339
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights................................................4083
    Election of directors..........................................4092
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4082
    Leasing regulations............................................4087
  Farm Credit Program:
    Delinquent accounts..............................................81
    Inventory property management....................................80
    Loanmaking.......................................................79
  Farm Loan Program:
    Collection activities............................................45
    Debt settlement..................................................57
    Low documentation loans..........................................12
    Real estate appraisals and chattel appraisals....................67
    Regulatory streamlining..........................................61
    Small Hog Operation Payment Program..............................68
  Farm ownership loans...............................................73
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4096
  Honey recourse loan program........................................93
  Housing...........................................................318
  Interest subsidy for guaranteed borrowers..........................46
  Loan assessment and market placement...............................74
  Loan changes......................................................139
  Loan deficiency payment programs...................................48
  Loans secured by real estate and property..........................56
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................360
  Mohair recourse loan program.......................................94
  Nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for crambe..................66
  Preferred Lender Program...........................................88
  Regulation streamlining.......................................61, 351
  Rural areas.......................................................351
  Rural economic development...................................146, 315
  Rural electrification...............326, 327, 336, 340, 341, 349, 350
  Rural housing................................................140, 144
  Rural telephone system..................................338, 348, 350
  Soil and Water Loans Program.......................................75
  State mediation programs...........................................20
  Warehouse receipt requirements.....................................48
  Water and waste disposal programs.................................328
Loan programs-business:
  Fishermen.........................................................443
  Rural areas.......................................................320
  Rural electric borrowers..........................................352
Loan programs-education:
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........333
  Federal Family Education Loan Program...................830, 831, 832
  Federal Pell Grant Program........................................834
  Federal Perkins Loan Program......................................831
  Interest...................................................2902, 2939
  Medical research...........................................1037, 1038
  Student Assistance General Provisions.............................834
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.............831, 833, 835
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1033
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1045
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Indians..........................................................1328
  Loan Guarantee Program...........................................1342
  Loan policy changes................................................70
  Modernization funding............................................1387
  Rural areas.......................................................137
  Title I property insurance programs........................1298, 1314
Loan programs-Indians:
  BIA program elimination..........................................1604
  Housing loan guarantees..........................................1383
  Indian Lands Acquisition loans.....................................11
  Mortgage loans.............................................1328, 1348
Loan programs-veterans:
  Acceptance of partial payments...................................3119
  Loan refinancing.................................................3123
  Property improvements definition.................................3023
  Title evidence requirements......................................3118
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................1878
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1878
  Restrictions..............................360, 1397, 2089, 3691, 3971
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................2049
  Safety and health regulations....................................2034
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
           Rent subsidies
  Affordable Housing Program amendments......................4266, 4268
  Disposals of surplus real property for housing assistance........3676
  Section 8..................................................1293, 1374
    Amendments.....................................................1369
    Assistance contracts renewal...................................1382
    Lease termination..............................................1375
    Management assessment program..................................1370
    Moderate rehabilitation comparability..........................1376
    Payments programs..............................................1307
    Statutory merger...............................................1381
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Black lung benefits
           Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................813

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  Diesel particulate...............................................1987


                                   M

Manpower training programs:
  Nondiscrimination................................................2004
  Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2062
  Workforce investment systems.....................................1938
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety...............................142, 1309, 1323
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards..........................................111
  Captive holding and transport.....................................521
  Dolphins................................................580, 581, 584
  Exports of products for cultural exchange........................1476
  Harbor porpoise...................................................568
  Incidental taking...520, 528, 543, 584, 585, 612, 614, 615, 669, 672, 
                                                        673, 1449, 1567
    Pacific walrus.................................................1415
    Polar bear.....................................................1415
  Level B harrassment..............................................1529
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................523
  Marine Mammal Protection Act...........524, 541, 580, 672, 1449, 1450
  North right whales...........................................587, 590
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1498
  Photography permits...............................................522
  Research authorization............................................586
  Serious injury definition.........................................473
  Steller sea lion conservation......................505, 578, 646, 662
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Competitive funding requirements..................................534
  Criteria for water quality.......................................3569
  Critical habitat.............................................549, 550
  Endangered and threatened species................526, 616, 1429, 1431
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................675
  Florida offshore SMZ..............................................640
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................532
  Marine Mammal Protection Act:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1459
  Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary............................617
  National Environmental Policy Act.................................597
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................533
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................531
  Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary...........................595
  Program evaluation................................................534
  Regulations consolidation.........................................589
  Research program..................................................618
  South Carolina coast..............................................640
  Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.............................594
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  ASTM standards...................................................2154
  Blood alcohol concentration limit................................2130
  Casualty reporting...............................................2117
  FCC inspection of radio installations on ships...................4153
  Federal pilotage.................................................2171
  Houseboats.......................................................2163
  Maritime training course approval procedures.....................2148
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2114
  Panama Canal Commission insurance requirements...................3868
  Puget Sound-Area waters..........................................2112
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2135
  Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2125
  Towing vessels.............................................2123, 2143
  Uninspected passenger vessels....................................2113
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Automated tariff filing systems..................................4287
  Automated tariff systems.........................................4282
  Cargo preference regulations:
    Agricultural exports...........................................2563
  Communications...................................................4207
  Foreign transfer of vessels......................................2564
  Great Lakes load line certificate................................2144
  Japanese vessels.................................................4286
  Marine terminal operator schedules...............................4291
  Merchant mariners................................................2162
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4284
  Ocean common carrier and marine terminal operator agreements.....4290
  Ocean transportation intermediaries..............................4281
  Rulemaking amendments:
    Controlled carriers............................................4289
    Foreign shipping practices.....................................4289
    Practica and procedure.........................................4288
  Service contracts................................................4283
  Tariff filing requirements.......................................4524
  USCG user fees...................................................2146
Marketing quotas:
  Crystalline fructose...............................................18
  Peanuts........................................................39, 62
  Sugar..............................................................18
  Tobacco................................14, 34, 38, 54, 55, 69, 85, 86
Mass transportation:
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2508
  Capital leases...................................................2512
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2510
  Major capital investment mass transportation projects............2504
  School bus operations............................................2507
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Gaseous fuels:
    Propane cylinders..............................................2545
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................263
  Cured pork products...............................................258
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................249
  Export sales reporting............................................271
  HACCP regulations for rendered products...........................965
  Irradiation.......................................................253
  Labeling................................................264, 265, 266
  Meat recovery systems.............................................263
  Ruminant imports..................................................114
  Sanitation requirements...........................................262
  Transportation and storage........................................244
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................248
  Contaminated......................................................254
  Fee increase......................................................255
  Food additives....................................................257
  GRAS substances...................................................257
  HACCP programs....................................................245
  Labeling..........................................................259
  Partial quality control programs..................................247
  Performance standards.............................................259
    Bacon...........................................................252
    Processing procedures...........................................268
    Ready-to-eat products......................................250, 251
  Residue chemistry analyses........................................243
  Rules of practice.................................................261
Medicaid:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
           Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical center accreditation.........................1223
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...............................1065

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  Case management services.........................................1085
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1171, 1224
  Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc......................1056
  Contract With America Advancement Act............................1193
  Disproportionate share hospitals.................................1196
  Drug rebate program.........................................918, 1089
  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 
      services.....................................................1081
  Eligibility......................................................1174
    AFDC children..................................................1128
    Children.......................................................1218
    Medically needy................................................1066
    Non-U.S. citizens........................................1146, 1218
    Redeterminations...............................................1193
  Employer-based group health plans................................1061
  Estate recoveries................................................1115
  Federal financial participation income limits....................1145
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1127
  Health insuring organizations....................................1086
  Health maintenance organizations.................................1086
  Home and community-based services................................1070
  Hospice care.....................................................1116
  Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 
                                                                   1167
  Low-income pregnant women........................................1091
  Managed care...............................................1144, 1154
    Civil penalties.................................................907
  Medicaid Management Information System...........................1093
  Medical child support............................................1135
  Nursing facilities:
    Substandard care...............................................1120
  Nursing home benefits............................................1077
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules......................1225
  Organ procurement service waivers................................1239
  Outstation intake locations......................................1091
  Penalties, sanctions, exclusions and overpayments.................910
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                             1193, 1195
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1088
  Quarterly listing..........................................1055, 1156
  Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1090
  Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1084
  Spenddown........................................................1174
  State allotments.................................................1206
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1051, 1237
  State plan requirements:
    Plans of care..................................................1063
  Surety bond requirements.........................................1219
  Third party liability............................................1104
  Tuberculosis-related services....................................1098
  Vaccines for Children Program....................................1202
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships.................................................1034
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Computer software programs........................................999
  Dispute resolution...............................................1022
  Exports of medical products containing biological agents..........398
  Hearing aids......................................................927
  Intermittent positive pressure machine...........................1057
  Intraocular lenses...............................................1105
  Investigational device exemptions................................1021
  Liability limitations............................................1112
  Long-term........................................................1014
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4160
  Medicare coverage..........................................1106, 1188
  Mutual recognition...............................................1024
  Payment limits...................................................1163
  Restricted devices promotion......................................932
  Standards.........................................................974
  Surety bond requirements...................................1069, 1142
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................966
  Unapproved new uses information..................................1017
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Classification of sheep as minor species..........................962
  Clinical research streamlining...................................1020
  Contraception and infertility..............................1037, 1038
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1096
  National Research Service Awards.................................1035
  NCI construction grants..........................................1039
  NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program.....................1045
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1035
  Peer review......................................................1042
  Radiopharmaceuticals..............................................936
  Senior Biomedical Research Service................................919
Medicare:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Accelerated payments.............................................1170
  Additional supplier standards....................................1060
  Advanced refunding of debt.......................................1147
  Advertising costs................................................1216
  Allowable costs:
    FICA and other payroll taxes...................................1114
  Ambulance services...............................................1187
  Ambulatory surgical center accreditation.........................1223
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).........................1065, 1123
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................908
  Appeals:
    Coverage.......................................................1132
    Payment determinations.........................................1058
  Audiologists.....................................................1110
  Blood glucose monitors and test strips...........................1221
  Bone mass measurements...........................................1150
  Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1079
  CHAMPUS benefits..................................................810
  Claims filing....................................................1208
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1054
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1171, 1224
  Coinsurance amounts..............................................1229
  Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc......................1056
  Community mental health centers:
    Conditions of participation....................................1192
  Competitive medical plans:
    Appeal protections.............................................1132
  Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee...........................1240
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1078
  Congestive heart failure care management.........................1204
  Consolidated billing.............................................1068
  Contract eligibility.............................................1067
  Contract performance evaluation..................................1095
  Contractors......................................................1205
    Integrity Program..............................................1131
    Millennium compliance..........................................1157
  Coordinated care:
    Best practices.................................................1243
  Coordinated Care Demonstration Project...........................1243
  Cost reports.....................................................1111
  Deductibles:
    Inpatient hospital services....................................1229
    Part A.........................................................1200
  Demonstration project............................................3797
  Dialysis services..........................................1094, 1102
  Disabled active individuals................................1177, 1199
  Disabled individuals with exhausted entitlements.................1230
  Durable medical equipment:
    Fee schedules..................................................1118

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    Payment limits.................................................1163
  Electrostimulation of salivary glands for xerostomia.............1184
  End-stage renal disease:
    Demonstration waivers..........................................1121
    Erythropoietin/Epoietin payments...............................1235
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.............................................1053
    Durable medical equipment......................................1118
    Payment limits.................................................1163
    Physicians.....................................................1143
    Reasonable charge methodology..................................1153
  Fraud and abuse..................................................1194
  Health care prepayment plans.....................................1180
    Appeal protections.............................................1132
  Health maintenance organizations:
    Appeal protections.............................................1132
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation........................1073, 1101, 1233
    Costs..........................................................1220
    Definition.....................................................1106
    Prospective Payment System.....................................1159
    Survey and sanctions...........................................1080
  Hospice care.........................................1108, 1148, 1165
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1099
  Hospital emergency care..........................................1175
  Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System..............1173, 1203
  Hospital outpatient services.....................................1210
  Income protection for community spouse...........................1079
  Integrity Program................................................1131
  Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 
                                                                   1167
  Liability insurance..............................................1117
  Limits on charges of nonparticipating physicians.................1190
  Loan repayments..................................................1147
  Medical devices..................................................1188
  Medical equipment................................................1057
  Medical services coverage decisions........................1162, 1176
  Medicare+Choice plans..........................1071, 1205, 1211, 1234
    Civil penalties.................................................907
    Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee.........................1242
  Medigap policies..................................................916
  Mentally ill or retarded persons.................................1126
  Nurse-midwives...................................................1197
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules................1050, 1225
  Organ procurement service waivers................................1239
  Outpatient self-management training services.....................1226
  Ownership changes................................................1097
  Payment policy revisions.........................................1209
  Penalties, sanctions, exclusions and overpayments......910, 916, 1097
  Physicians:
    Fee schedules............................................1134, 1209
    Practicing Physicians Advisory Council.........................1241
    Sustainable growth rate of increase............................1232
    Volume performance standard rates of increase..................1134
  Physicians' referrals......................................1100, 1137
  Positron emission tomography uses................................1228
  Premiums:
    Medicare Supplementary Insurance Program.......................1227
    Part A...................................................1199, 1230
  Prospective Payment System.....................1068, 1159, 1191, 1210
  Prosthetic Devices:
    Payment limits.................................................1163
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1122
  Provider reimbursement disbursement and appeals..................1087
  Provider-sponsored organization definition.......................1211
  Provider-sponsored organizations solvency standards..............1071
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1088
  Psychiatric services.............................................1231
  Psychologist services............................................1179
  Quarterly listing..........................................1055, 1156
  Rehabilitation facilities........................................1236
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage..........1072
  Resource based practice expense payments.........................1209
  Rural health clinics.......................................1158, 1183
  Rural health professional shortage areas.........................1207
  Screening Pap smears.............................................1083
  Secondary payer................................1092, 1113, 1117, 1177
  Skilled nursing facilities.....................1084, 1103, 1106, 1126
    Cost limits....................................................1149
    Prospective Payment System.....................................1068
    Substandard care...............................................1120
  Social workers...................................................1179
  Speech-language pathologists.....................................1110
  State allotments.................................................1206
    Part B.........................................................1160
  Suggestion system................................................1074
  Surety bond requirements.............................1069, 1142, 1219
  Teleconsultations................................................1207
  Telephone request for payment determinations review..............1058
  Uninsured aged.............................................1199, 1230
  User fees..................................................1138, 1205
  Vision care......................................................1105
Mental health programs:
  Accreditation of hospitals and health care facilities............1231
  DSH payments.....................................................1214
  Group health plan benefit parity...........................1133, 1956
  Group health plan limits.........................................1198
  Medicaid and Medicare sanctions for psychiatric hospitals........1088
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  See also specific metals
  Emission standards for ferroalloy industry.......................3210
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3571
  High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3504
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1622
  Waste water treatment sludges from metal finishing...............3498
Metric system:
  Conversion.......................................................2313
    Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2384
Migrant labor:
  Forestry service contracts........................................358
  Job service complaint system.....................................1939
  Labor standards..................................................1924
  Transportation of workers........................................2339
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
  Administrative separation of enlisted members.....................718
  Appointment of non-status employees..............................3801
  Claims settlement.................................................697
  Compensation for beneficiaries of the Vietnamese Commandos 
      Compensation Commission.......................................715
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................711
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................931
  Reemployment.....................................................3778
  Restoration to duty..............................................3810
  Retirement regulations...........................................3785
Milk:
  See also Milk marketing orders
  Child and adult care food program.................................212
  Import quotas.....................................................276
Milk marketing orders:
  Consolidation and reform............................................3

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Mine safety and health:
  See also Black lung benefits
  Air quality standards............................................1972
  Belt entry.......................................................1988
  Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................1925
  Confined-space hazards...........................................1986
  Crystalline silica...............................................1994
  Hazard communication.............................................1979
  Metal and nonmetal mines:
    Electrical standards...........................................1992
  Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................1973
  Methane safety standards.........................................1989
  Noise control standard...........................................1980
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1984
  Respirable coal dust.......................................1970, 1978
  Supervisor training..............................................1998
  Surface haulage equipment........................................1974
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................1982
  Training and retraining of miners................................1977
  Training of miners...............................................1975
  Underground coal mines:
    Carbon monoxide monitoring.....................................1995
    Diesel particulate.............................................1987
    Dust control plan verification.................................1976
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................1983
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................1981
    Roof-bolting machines..........................................1990
    Safety standard revisions......................................1991
    Ventilation....................................................1985
  Underground mines:
    Diesel particulate.............................................1993
    Self-contained self-rescue devices.............................1996
    Self-contained self-rescuer life approvals and training........1971
  X-ray surveillance program.......................................1997
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Coal:
    Coal management................................................1690
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1697
  Fractions sale....................................................285
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1703
  Mineral patent applications......................................1700
  Mining leases on Indian lands..............................1598, 1657
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1599
Mineral royalties:
  Credit adjustments...............................................1657
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1621
  Interest and late payments.......................................1635
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1635, 1656
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
           Underground mining
  Abandoned........................................................1660
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1661
  Indian lands...............................................1598, 1621
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1622
  Locatable minerals...............................................1692
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1699
  Water pollution control..........................................3528
Minimum wages......................................................1915
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1912
  Violation penalties..............................................1922
Minority businesses:
  Government contracting...........................................4229
  Minority Enterprise Development......................3919, 3920, 3926
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
      Minority businesses
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program....................1320, 1330
  Indian housing...................................................1328
  Mortgage Insurance Certificates..................................1311
  Premium reduction................................................1315
  Single-family....................................................1311
    Direct endorsement and automated underwriting..................1317
    Floodplains....................................................1295
    Informed consumer choice disclosure............................1318
    Maximum mortgage limits and downpayment requirements...........1329
    Roster removal procedures......................................1297
  Statements of policy.............................................1326
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Broker disclosure requirements...................................1324
  Builder warranty for high ratio mortgages........................1316
  Escrow account statement itemization.............................1310
  Federal home loan bank advance collateral........................4269
  GNMA.............................................................1348
  Home mortgage disclosure.........................................4293
  Homebuyer downpayment sources....................................1300
  Hospitals........................................................1321
  Indian lands.....................................................1611
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1313
  Multifamily housing........................................1293, 1327
  Real estate appraisals...........................................2649
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2768, 2920
  RESPA amendments.................................................1324
    Payments for referrals.........................................1325
  RESPA statement of policy:
    Lender payments to mortgage brokers............................1335
  Risk-based capital regulation....................................3729
  Single-family appraisal assessment...............................1299
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems....................................................2380
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2382
    Definition.....................................................2296
    Duty status records............................................2337
    Inspection, repair, and maintenance............................2274
    Intermodal container chassis and trailers......................2274
    Marking requirements...........................................2312
    Safety fitness procedures......................................2303
  Data display units...............................................2288
  Drivers:
    Diabetic.......................................................2325
    Disqualification...............................................2298
    Hours of service regulations.............................2289, 2293
    Licensing..........................................2280, 2293, 2326
    Qualification requirements.............2282, 2284, 2310, 2330, 2333
    Safety performance history.....................................2287
    Training.......................................................2283
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2290
  English language requirement.....................................2344
  FAA compliance activities:
    Fees...........................................................2292
  Federal safety regulations:
    Administrative actions.........................................2286
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2272
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2349
    Zero-base revision.............................................2304
  Financial data collections.......................................2568
  Hazardous materials transportation...................2286, 2332, 2530
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2444

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  Household goods transportation...................................2321
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Development of a single, on-line Federal system................2341
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2340
  Insurance........................................................2292
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2331
  Leased and interchanged vehicles.................................2351
  Licensing and insurance fees.....................................2350
  Marking of vehicles..............................................2327
  Medical examinations.............................................2310
  Mexican........................................2300, 2301, 2302, 2415
  Migrant workers transportation...................................2339
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program....................2306, 2336
  National Network.................................................2353
  Out-of-service criteria..........................................2346
  Periodic inspections.............................................2329
  Powered industrial truck operator training.......................2045
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2316
  Rear underride protection........................................2320
  Safety fitness procedures:
    Unsatisfactory ratings.........................................2309
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2525
  Television receivers.............................................2288
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2550
  Truck length and width...........................................2328
  Truck size and weight......................................2281, 2353
    Nondivisible...................................................2322
    Technical corrections..........................................2354
Motor vehicle pollution:
  After-market conversion entities certification...................3323
  Alternative fuels.................................................853
  Emissions control................................................3397
  Emissions from refinishing coatings..............................3394
  Emissions standards............................3197, 3237, 3349, 3398
  Emissions testing................................................3369
  Gasoline:
    Reformulated.......................................3298, 3393, 3399
  Highway diesel fuel quality......................................3191
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3348
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3207
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3316
  Nitrogen oxides..................................................3397
  On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-duty 
      vehicles and equipment.......................................3400
  Original equipment manufacturers certification...................3323
  Particulate matter standards.....................................3397
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices.............................................2357, 2457
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes.....................................................2380
    Antilock brake system malfunction indicator lamp...............2436
    Light vehicles.................................................2421
    Linings........................................................2396
    Motorcycles....................................................2381
    Thermal test procedure.........................................2465
  Bumper standard requirements.....................................2437
  Certifications:
    New vehicles...................................................2459
    Vehicle alterers...............................................2432
  Child restraint systems..............................2358, 2446, 2457
  Community transportation vehicles................................2383
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2439
  Drunk driving prevention.......................2424, 2426, 2427, 2430
  Ejection mitigation using advanced glazing.......................2359
  Electric vehicles................................................2400
  Financial responsibility.........................................2294
  Fire performance requirements....................................2364
  Foreign vehicles.................................................2294
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2389
    Center high-mounted stop lamps.................................2450
    Daytime running lamps..........................................2412
    European regulations...........................................2418
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2401
    Large trailers.................................................2311
    Motorcycles....................................................2373
    Performance and test requirement modifications.................2372
    Signal lamp inventions.........................................2455
    Signal lamps...................................................2413
  Mining industry..................................................1974
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2367
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program....................2306, 2336
  National Highway System Designation Act..........................2293
  NHTSA global technical regulations statement of policy...........2385
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags.......2369, 2370, 2371, 2410, 2411, 2447, 2448, 2462, 2463
    Door retention.................................................2387
    Dynamically deploying head protection systems..................2438
    Head/neck protection...........................................2379
    Safety incentive grants........................................2425
    Side impact protection.........................................2442
    Upper interior impact..........................................2394
  Pelvic restraints................................................2406
  Power window switches............................................2404
  Power-operated windows compliance testing........................2402
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2363
  Rollover protection..............................................2361
  Roof crashworthiness.............................................2368
  Roof crush compliance testing....................................2399
  Safety fitness procedures........................................2303
    Unsatisfactory ratings.........................................2309
  Safety glazing...................................................2378
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2451
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2440
    Parking brake warning system...................................2392
  Seat belts.......................................................2357
    Rear seats.....................................................2356
    Safety incentive grants........................................2423
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2398
    Use surveys....................................................2429
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2397
  Shifting and falling cargo.......................................2291
  Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2335
  State highway safety programs....................................2434
  Temporary exemption from bumper standard.........................2466
  Test dummies:
    Child dummies......................................2370, 2410, 2411
    CRABI 12-month size............................................2370
    Hybrid III...................................2371, 2407, 2410, 2411
    Improvements...................................................2456
  Tires:
    Identification symbols.........................................2417
    Test procedures................................................2416
  Traffic control for school areas.................................2345
  Traffic control manual revision..................................2307
  Trailer conspicuity..............................................2311
  Transmission control levers......................................2449
  Transporting Head Start participants.............................1256
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2362
  Windshield defrosting and defogging systems:
    European regulations...........................................2420
  Windshield wiping and washing systems:
    European regulations...........................................2419
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety

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  Air conditioning system..........................................3286
  Alternatively fueled vehicles....................................3316
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2443
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2543
    Authorization for continued manufacture........................2560
  Certification requirements for vehicle alterers..................2432
  Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2355
  Community transportation vehicles................................2383
  Cylinder material requirements...................................2453
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2366
  Defects..........................................................2366
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................2443
  Driver training..................................................2282
  Dual energy......................................................2452
  Electric....................................................842, 2452
  Export of used vehicles..........................................2705
  Foreign-based commercial vehicles................................2702
  Imports..............................................2390, 2464, 3348
  Inconsequential defects..........................................2393
  Insurance:
    Insurer's reporting requirements.........................2395, 2461
  Light trucks.....................................................3220
    Fuel economy for model year 2001...............................2433
  Location and monitoring systems..................................4224
  Modifications for individuals with disabilities..................2405
  National Driver Register...................................2414, 2435
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1877
  Noncompliance exemption..........................................2393
  Odometer fraud...................................................2441
  Open alcohol containers..........................................2426
  Privately owned automobile mileage reimbursement.................3681
  Sales volume limit provisions....................................3373
  Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances............................1863
  Snowmobiles......................................................1585
  State issued identification documents............................2445
  Theft data.................................................2388, 2461
  Theft prevention.....................................2422, 2454, 2459
  Truck size and weight:
    Nondivisible...................................................2322
    Technical corrections..........................................2354
  USAID financing..................................................3149
  Utility vehicles:
    Label requirements.............................................2458
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2365
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Musculoskeletal disorders:
  Ergonomic protection standards.............................2014, 3944
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2661


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Capital regulations..............................................2651
  Commercial mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2649
  Know Your Customer programs......................................2658
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2650
  Safety and soundness standards...................................4241
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2657
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2646
  Year 2000 safety and soundness guidelines..................2659, 4240
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  Foreign military sales............................................788
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................703
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Crime prevention..................................................284
  Employee appeals..................................................304
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2278
  Fire prevention...................................................284
  Grazing permits...................................................302
  Hydroelectric uses................................................283
  Ski area permit actions......................................307, 309
  Small business land use...........................................289
  Special use authorizations...................................288, 305
  Transportation system........................................293, 308
  Visitor services..................................................301
National guard:
  See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.......................................2178, 2260
  Alaska:
    Glacier Bay National Park......................................1582
  Appalachian National Scenic Trail................................1590
  Big Cypress National Preserve:
    Frogging.......................................................1586
  Concession contracts.............................................1578
  Delaware Water Gap NRA Bicycle Trail.............................1587
  Denali National Park.............................................1575
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2275
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Air tour operations............................................2198
    Airspace modifications.........................................2199
    Flight rules...................................................2270
  Grand Teton National Park:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1585
  Historic preservation programs...................................1593
  Hydroelectric power projects.....................................1595
  Information collection activities................................1592
  John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1585
  Kaloko-Honokohou National Historic Park..........................1589
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1581
  Park police insignia.............................................1572
  Personal watercraft use..........................................1588
  Presidio:
    Environmental quality..........................................3889
    Management...............................................3887, 3888
  Public nudity..............................................1579, 1589
  Resource protection........................................1573, 1574
  Rights-of-way....................................................1583
  Snowmobile use.............................................1585, 1590
  Solid waste sites................................................1577
  Vehicles and traffic safety......................................1576
  Visitor use......................................................1573
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Aircraft operations............................................1584
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
  Collaborative procedures for facilities..........................4257

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  Liquefied natural gas:
    Safety standards...............................................2547
  Motor vehicle fuel................................................853
  Private activity bond rules......................................2863
  Reformulated gasoline................................3298, 3393, 3399
  Regulation revision..............................................4258
  Transportation on Outer Continental Shelf........................4260
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............3727, 3728
  Damage assessments...............................................1392
  National Natural Landmarks Program...............................1581
  Wetlands.........................................................1291
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................354
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace regulations..................................531, 2207, 2219
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2203
  Cincinnati TCA...................................................2263
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2204
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2202
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2210
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2206
  Transponder requirement....................................2214, 2221
Navigation (water):
  Delaware Bay.....................................................2145
  North Carolina rivers............................................2171
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2524
  Prince William Sound.............................................2159
  Private aids to navigation.......................................2169
  Puget Sound......................................................2159
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................2141
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................4195
Noise control:
  Airports.........................................................2253
  Construction.....................................................2308
  Highway traffic..................................................2308
  Mining industry..................................................1980
  Overflights of national parks..............................2178, 2260
  Small airplanes..................................................2240
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Cultural property regulations....................................2679
  DOT grants.......................................................2091
  Food assistance programs..........................................216
  Grants administration.................................380, 3143, 3750
  Rights to inventions..............................................693
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  DOE nuclear activities............................................886
  Energy compensation sources for well logging.....................4383
  NRC document control and distribution............................4395
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................881
  Prior approval procedures........................................4404
  Requirements for certificate holders, applicants, contractors, 
      and subcontractors...........................................4403
  Transfer of rulemaking functions.................................4434
Nuclear materials:
  Adjudicatory proceedings...................................4413, 4414
  Emergency response worker training................................871
  Export controls..............................................391, 410
  Industrial device user report....................................4422
  Industrial devices containing byproducts...................4376, 4409
  Licensing........................................................4373
    Application for specific licenses..............................4410
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4415
  Retirement benefits for couriers.................................3832
  Source material licensing........................................4424
  Spent fuel..................................................882, 4408
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  ASME codes and standards.........................................4392
  Criticality accident requirements................................4431
  Decommissioning:
    Cost requirements..............................................4430
    Financial assurance requirements...............................4399
  Design and site suitability......................................4417
  Design certification:
    AP600..........................................................4388
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4389
  Emergency core cooling system evaluations models.................4391
  Emergency planning requirements for shutdown sites...............4374
  Emergency preparedness...........................................4397
  Emissions........................................................3322
  Fee schedules....................................................4380
  Fire protection..................................................4387
  Gaseous diffusion plants.........................................4402
  IEEE National Consensus Standard.................................4406
  License transfer applications....................................4433
  Licensing..................................................4395, 4425
  Low-power operations.............................................4426
  Maintenance activities...........................................4405
  NRC regulation amendments:
    Clarifications and addition of flexibility.....................4384
  Nuclear occurrence...............................................4416
  Operator examinations............................................4396
  Operator licensing proceedings.............................4413, 4414
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4393
  Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4381
  Quality assurance programs.......................................4435
  Radiation safety:
    Discrete radioactive particles protection......................4390
    Personnel dosimeters...........................................4412
  Radiation safety requirements....................................4423
  Reporting requirements.....................................4375, 4429
  Safety assessments...............................................4405
  Safety regulations................................876, 877, 885, 4428
  Shutdown.........................................................4426
  Source term use..................................................4382
  Spent fuel storage...............................................4408
    Geological and seismological characteristics...................4419
    HOLTEC Cask....................................................4411
    Transnuclear Cask..............................................4385
    VECTRA NUHOMS Cask.............................................4386
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4427
  Three Mile Island................................................4416
  Waste disposal...................................................4418
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Civil penalties..................................................1164

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  Medicare and Medicaid benefits.............................1077, 1103
  Mentally ill or retarded residents...............................1126
  Notice requirements..............................................1164
  Skilled nursing facility definition..............................1106
  Veterans.........................................................3015
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Dietary supplement labeling......................................1002
  Food labeling...........................................256, 264, 997
  Medical food labeling.............................................998
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................980
  School meals......................................................232
    Snacks in after-school care programs............................242


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Workers' compensation
  Agricultural pesticides..........................................3423
  Air quality................................................2020, 2037
  Beryllium exposure..........................................878, 2042
  Cargo handling...................................................2034
  Chemicals........................................................2009
  Child labor regulations..........................................1908
  Construction industry............................................2017
  Consultation agreements..........................................2028
  Cotton dust......................................................2012
  Crystalline silica exposure......................................2040
  Electric power...................................................2025
  Energy sources...................................................2006
  Ergonomic standards..............................................2014
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2007
  Fall protection......................................2008, 2030, 2044
  Fire brigades....................................................2039
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................2022
  Glycol ethers....................................................2035
  Grain handling facilities........................................2011
  Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................2041
  Hazardous waste handling...................................2036, 2039
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................2016
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2005
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Program:
    Fees...........................................................2021
  Personal protective equipment....................................2027
  Plain language revision of existing standards....................2033
  Power tool standards.............................................2024
  Preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces.............2046
  Radiation exposure..........................................885, 4173
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2023, 2032, 2043
  Respiration protection...........................................2029
  Safety and health management program.............................2015
  Scaffolds........................................................2031
  Shipyard standards.............................2013, 2018, 2019, 2031
  Steel erection activities........................................2030
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................2038
  Walking working surfaces.........................................2044
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 Toxics Release Inventory.............................3461
  Drilling operations..............................................1641
  Incidental taking of marine mammals.........................528, 1415
  Leasing....................................................1676, 1691
    Leasing and operations regulations.............................1685
    Oil valuation..................................................1649
    Operations within national parks...............................1574
    State audit functions..........................................1644
  Offshore facilities:
    Deep water emergency well control operations...................1646
  Outer Continental Shelf....................................1639, 2121
  Production rates.................................................1659
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1636, 1638
  Royalty in kind for oil and gas..................................1645
  Royalty relief...................................................1637
  Royalty reporting standards................................1637, 1652
  Worker training..................................................1639
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1691
  Regulation clarification.........................................1653
Oil pollution:
  ASTM standards...................................................2154
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2156
  Oil spill response.......................2118, 2137, 2158, 2165, 2544
  Prevention...........................................2124, 3515, 3517
  Tank vessels.....................................................2159
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3946
  Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings 
      test exempt amounts..........................................3972
  Disability determinations........................................3950
    Adjudication officers..........................................3975
    Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................3941
    Residual functional capacity...................................3947
    Single decisionmaker...........................................3979
  Drug addiction or alcoholism.....................................3964
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3929
  Fraud............................................................3980
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3959
  Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal 
      cases........................................................3967
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3959
  Mental disorders, evaluation criteria............................3955
  Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................3944
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3968
  Representative payee reforms.....................................3956
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3943
  Speech and language impairments..................................3946
  Substantial gainful activity.........................3945, 3954, 3973
  Video teleconference technology..................................3942
Organization and functions:
  Advisory committees........................................1695, 3641
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency...................................21
  Defense Threat Reduction Agency name change.......................722
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................4090
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3641
  Federal Housing Finance Board....................................4263
  FEMA.............................................................3616
  INS..............................................................1873
  OCC..............................................................2654
  Panama Canal Commission:
    Removal of Secretary of the Army as prescribing authority......3869
  Public housing agencies..........................................1378
  RRB..............................................................3902
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Adverse experience reporting......................................930
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4079
  Ephedrine drug products..........................................1766
  Labeling requirements.............................................982
  Safety............................................................926
  Tamper-resistant packaging.......................................1011
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages

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                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant......................................4070, 4074, 4079
  Country of origin marking..................................2677, 2695
  Drug repackaging approval requirements............................971
  Printing materials control guidelines............................3283
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4320
  Sucraid..........................................................4080
  Tamper-resistant.................................................1011
  Travel expenses for brand participants............................278
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...................2102, 3154
  Emergency response plans.........................................2164
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4285
  Hull examination alternative.....................................2131
  Inspection frequency.............................................2131
  Inspection of alien crew members...........................1799, 1818
  Safety...........................................................2113
  Underwater surveys...............................................2131
Passports and visas:
  Authority to issue...............................................2058
  B visas..........................................................2051
  DOA authority to approve H-2A petitions for agricultural 
      laborers.....................................................2061
  F-1 foreign students.............................................1790
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Alien witnesses and informants.................................2055
    Exemptions.....................................................1852
    Photographs....................................................2072
    Voiding and cancellation.......................................1789
    Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1885
  Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2062
  Transit without visa.............................................2050
  Visa ineligibility...............................................2060
  Visa Waiver Pilot Program..................................1859, 2069
    Countries eligible.............................................2067
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Aflatoxin......................................................49, 58
  Contracting additional peanuts by type and segregation.............40
  Marketing quotas...................................................39
  Poundage quota and price support...............................53, 62
  Regulation clarification...........................................32
Peer Review Organizations (PROs):
  Beneficiary complaints...........................................1124
  Contracts........................................................1152
  Medicare regulations changes...................1076, 1095, 1096, 1119
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Air pollution control............................................3367
  Civil.....668, 915, 916, 917, 918, 1189, 1966, 2215, 2489, 2579, 3614
    Inflation adjustment...........................................1888
    Medicaid managed care organizations.............................907
    Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................907
    Nursing homes..................................................1164
    Test and evaluation program....................................2189
  Criminal fine collection.........................................1891
  Customs duties and inspection....................................2685
  False drawback claims............................................2687
  FHA program violations.....................................1288, 1354
  Food Stamp Program...........................................192, 219
  Immigration......................................................1770
  Inflation adjustment.............................................1922
  Labor Department...........................................1922, 1947
  Marketing quotas...............................................38, 39
  Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................871
  OIG...............................................................910
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Adequate consideration definition................................1965
  Audit requirements...............................................1948
  Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................1966
  Disclosure requirements..........................................1968
  Employer liability...............................................3879
  ERISA:
    Cessation of operations........................................3881
    Employee benefit plans.........................................1954
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act............1953
  Filing and issuance rules........................................3877
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2868
  Lump sum benefits................................................3882
  Medication copayments............................................3011
  Paperless administration of retirement plans.....................2817
  Payroll deduction programs for contribution to individual 
      retirement accounts..........................................1960
  PBGC premium self-audit..........................................3876
  Premium payments...........................................3883, 3885
  Reduction in future accrual rates................................2964
  Reporting and notification requirements....................1951, 3886
  Retirement benefits..............................................1969
  Retirement obligations...........................................1969
  Single-employer plans:
    Premium payments...............................................3886
    Valuation......................................................3880
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................3878
  Trustees and custodians..........................................4354
  Valuation of plan benefits.................................3880, 3884
  Veterans.............................................3081, 3089, 3132
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Antimicrobial pesticides.............................3406, 3412, 3414
  Boll Weevil Eradication Program................................17, 84
  Canceled or suspended......................................3419, 3421
  Data requirements................................................3413
  Disposal and storage guidelines......................3415, 3419, 3421
  Drinking water testing methods...................................3588
  Emergency exemption regulations..................................3410
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3409
  Field testing....................................................3422
  FIFRA exemptions...........................................3411, 3420
  Forests and forest products.......................................112
  Groundwater protection...........................................3418
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms............................97
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program...........................2
  Negotiated consent/procedural test rule..........................3432
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3408
  Pesticide-treated seeds..........................................3411
  Registration review program......................................3405
  Residue in agricultural products:
    Emergency exemptions...........................................3412
  Scientific research..............................................3178
  Storage and disposal.................................3415, 3419, 3421
  Tolerance fees...................................................3407
  Transgenic plants................................................3417
  Worker protection standards................................3416, 3423
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines

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  Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3257
  Air pollution from production facilities.........................3328
  DOD contracting...................................................708
  Electrical standards update for facilities.......................1655
  Gas valuation....................................................1648
  Locations for electrical installations at facilities.............1647
  Oil pipeline regulations.........................................4255
  Oil valuation..............................................1649, 1651
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2544
  Refineries.......................................................3304
  Reserves sales....................................................887
  Thresholds for gas and diesel at retail gas stations.............3472
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3499
  Waste stream hazards.............................................3512
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2519
  Breakout tanks...................................................2542
  Corrosion control................................................2533
  Corrosion determinations.........................................2540
  Emergency flow restricting devices...............................2523
  Enforcement procedures...........................................2531
  Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas......2521
  Gas gathering lines........................................2518, 2551
  Gas pipeline repair..............................................2534
  Hazardous liquid pipelines.......................................2554
  Hazardous liquids gathering lines................................2551
  Increased inspection requirements................................2522
  Inspection devices...............................................2541
  Liquefied natural gas............................................2547
  Maps and records of location.....................................2549
  Operator qualifications..........................................2539
  Periodic updates to regulations............................2532, 2558
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2524
  Pressure testing...........................................2535, 2557
  Regulatory review................................................2553
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Customs regulations..............................................2701
  Natural Gas Transportation System..........................4248, 4249
  Oil pipeline regulations.........................................4255
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2544
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2520
Plant diseases and pests.............................................98
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................125
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened...1423, 1424, 1430, 1432, 1443, 1455, 1469, 
           1470, 1471, 1474, 1475, 1481, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1490, 
           1500, 1501, 1502, 1507, 1508, 1520, 1538, 1546, 1547, 1548, 
                                           1549, 1558, 1561, 1566, 1570
  Exports..........................................................1440
  Imports...........................................................115
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1515
  Noxious weeds:
    Categories and priorities........................................95
    Restrictions on interstate movement.............................116
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3248
Pneumoconiosis:
  See Black lung benefits
Poison prevention:
  See also Lead poisoning
  Child-resistant packaging..................................4070, 4074
  Labeling regulations.............................................2556
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3741
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Population control:
  See Family planning
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................249
  Food additives....................................................257
  Grading fees........................................................9
  HACCP regulations for rendered products...........................965
  Mexican imports..............................................103, 260
  Sanitation requirements...........................................262
  Transportation and storage........................................244
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................248
  Contaminated......................................................254
  Fee increase......................................................255
  HACCP programs....................................................245
  Labeling..........................................................259
  Partial quality control programs..................................247
  Performance standards........................................175, 259
    Processing procedures......................................246, 268
    Ready-to-eat products......................................250, 251
  Regulation clarification..........................................177
  Residue chemistry analyses........................................243
  Rules of practice.................................................261
  User fees.........................................................177
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............................................944, 945, 1018
    Resistance labeling.............................................968
  Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................932
  Drug rebate program...............................................918
  Fixed-combination dosage form.....................................969
  Generic drug exclusivity for abbreviated new drug applications 
                                                                    970
  Labeling.....................................924, 933, 947, 950, 1013
  PDMA policy information, guidance, and clarifications.............976
  Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians...............3061, 3064
  Sucraid..........................................................4080
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................4097
  FERC.............................................................4262
Price support programs:
  Peanuts........................................................53, 62
  Tobacco............................................14, 34, 54, 55, 85
Prisoners:
  Administrative remedy program....................................1715
  Classification and program review..........................1722, 1724
  Drug abuse treatment.............................................1735
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1721
  Early release considerations.....................................1735
  Eligibility for FPI work program.................................1732
  Good conduct time................................................1734
  Intensive confinement center programs............................1735
  Legal activities.................................................1727
  Literacy program.................................................1729
  Military prisoners...............................................1742

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  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1733
  OASDI benefits...................................................3967
  Occupational educational programs................................1723
  Over-the-counter medications.....................................1718
  Personal property of inmates.....................................1730
  Program review participation.....................................1747
  Prohibited acts..................................................1717
  Psychiatric treatment and medication.............................1742
  Special mail procedures....................................1714, 1737
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1745
  Victim and/or witness notification in State custody transfers 
                                                                   1741
  Visitors...................................................1716, 1736
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1725
Prisons:
  Acceptance of donations..........................................1738
  Commissary account deposit procedures............................1720
  Commissary privileges............................................1731
  Cost of incarceration fee........................................1739
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................3807
  Federal Prison Industries standards and procedures...............1719
  Federal Prison Industries work program...........................1732
  Funding of elective abortions....................................1746
  Incoming publications............................................1727
  Infectious disease management....................................1728
  Inmate recreation programs and manuscripts.......................1749
  Inmate work and performance pay..................................1748
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1726
  Postsecondary education programs.................................1713
  Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1740
  Telephone privileges.............................................1731
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Databases of convicted offenders.....................1879, 1894, 1896
  Education Department records exclusions...........................823
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........1936
  Food Stamp Program................................................183
  Income tax returns.........................................2970, 2971
  Peer Review Organizations (PROs).................................1124
  Privacy Act......................................................3725
    CNCS records...................................................3159
    Crop insurance..................................................149
    DOC amendments..................................................379
    DOE records.....................................................872
    DOJ implementation.............................................1806
    Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank record system 
                                                                    905
    INS regulations................................................1806
    Inspector General investigative files..........................3721
    NARA procedures................................................3710
    OGE procedures.................................................3734
    SEC amendments.................................................4519
  Resident survey information......................................1360
  Return of Nixon Presidential materials...........................3707
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................186
  Social security records and information..........................3934
  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...........................................................1841
  BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1605
  Eligibility of immigrants........................................1829
  Individual Development Accounts..................................1254
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                               192, 193, 194, 198, 1935
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..........................1258
  Welfare reform:
    Tribal program requirements....................................1259
  Welfare-to-Work microloans.......................................3928
  Welfare-to-Work Program....................................1264, 1942
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Immunization
           Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3447
  Blood and blood products..........................................996
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3185
  Parenteral drug products containing aluminum......................980
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3326
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2550
  Water contamination............................3409, 3581, 3584, 3598
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
           Rent subsidies
  Admission and occupancy....................................1365, 1374
  Capital Fund allocation formula..................................1362
  Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program funding.............1366
  Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based assistance.....1368
  Conversion to vouchers...........................................1367
  Designated housing regulations...................................1364
  Development regulations revisions................................1378
  Drug Elimination Program.........................................1359
  Eligibility......................................................1374
    Noncitizens....................................................1286
  Indians..........................................................1384
  Joint venture and corsortia formation............................1363
  Management assessment program....................................1389
  Mixed finance partnership development:
    Streamlining...................................................1379
  Operating Fund allocation formula................................1371
  Performance Funding System.......................................1390
  Pet ownership....................................................1358
  PHMAP assessment consolidation...................................1386
  Public Housing Agency Plan.......................................1377
  Rents............................................................1385
  Revitalization potential.........................................1380
  Tenant income reporting..........................................1273
  Uniform physical condition standards and physical inspection 
      requirements.................................................1274
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
  Alaska...........................................................1550
  BLM application procedures.......................................1706
  Color of title and omitted lands:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1687
  Conveyances, disclaimers, and correction documents...............1710
  Damage repairs...................................................1698
  Definitions......................................................1704
  Desert land entries..............................................1677
  Highway discretionary funds......................................2314
  Indian allotments................................................1705
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1591

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  Leases...........................................................1674
  Payments to State and local governments..........................1693
  Permit and easements.............................................1674
  Policy and management................................1550, 1674, 1675
  Recreational use permits.........................................1694
  Revenues management..............................................1669
  Ski area permit actions......................................307, 309
  Subsistence hunting and fishing..................................1422
  Wilderness area management.......................................1702
Public lands-classification:
  Regulations removal and updating.................................1682
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1683
  Railroad grants..................................................1708
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1707
  Disposal of mineral materials..............................1697, 1709
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1678
  Leasing..........................................................1657
  Management of solid minerals other than coal.....................1703
  Mining operations................................................1692
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1676
    Performance standards..........................................1685
    Valuation of oil.........................................1649, 1651
  User fees........................................................1680
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Administrative process and standards.............................1396
  Regulations removal..............................................1681
Public lands-sales:
  Segregation and opening of lands.................................1684
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Streamlining of operations.......................................1679
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Publications:
  See Government publications


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors....................................877
  Discrete radioactive particles protection........................4390
  Dose methodology.................................................3234
  Drinking water...................................................3404
  Industrial device user report....................................4422
  Medical byproduct use............................................4398
  Occupational radiation protection...........................885, 4401
  Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program fees.........3630
  Personnel dosimeters.............................................4412
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3326
  Reactor siting criteria:
    Assessment requirements clarification..........................4425
  Steam generator tube integrity...................................4427
  Yucca Mountain, NV.........................................3212, 4377
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz........................4162
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4174
  Broadcast ownership..............................................4199
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4170
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4212
  Competitive bidding process................................4198, 4222
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4184
  Equipment authorization process..................................4177
  Experimental radio service.......................................4175
  FM radio.........................................................4201
    Low power......................................................4203
  Government transfer band.........................................4168
  Imports of radio frequency devices...............................4154
  Inspection of radio installations on ships.......................4153
  Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4211
  Main Studio/Public File Requirements for Broadcasters............4197
  Mass media applications, rules, processes........................4200
  Millimeter wave technology.......................................4157
  Multiple access systems..........................................4221
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4195
  Personal Communications Services payments........................4225
  Public safety communications requirements........................4220
  Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4169
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2472
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4208
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4185
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2210
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4210
  Station ownership................................................4190
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4166
  Wireless information networks..............................4161, 4218
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Army authority delegations........................................796
  Medical byproduct use............................................4421
  Medical use.......................................................936
  Radiation exposure...............................................4173
    Entitlement to compensation payments...........................1895
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2497
  Locomotive engineers.............................................2481
  Safety regulations...............................................2499
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3896
    Exemption from supplemental tax................................2816
  Creditability of pay.............................................3900
  Disability determination.............................3898, 3899, 3903
  Eligibility:
    Children and stepchildren......................................3893
  Employee status..................................................3895
  Employer status..................................................3894
  National emergency plan..........................................3890
  Offset of Federal benefit payments.........................2598, 2600
  Remuneration.....................................................3891
  RRB general administration.......................................3902
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................3898
Railroad safety:
  Brakes...........................................................2490
  Bridge maintenance guidelines....................................2484
  Bridge worker safety standards...................................2494
  Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-up 
      operations...................................................2493
  Crane safety standards...........................................2500
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2478
  Freight cars...............................................2480, 2490
  Grade crossing and signal systems....................2316, 2343, 2483
  High speed rail..................................................2488
  Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2467
  Locomotives:
    Cab working conditions.........................................2470
    Crashworthiness................................................2473
    Remotely controlled............................................2491
    Steam locomotives..............................................2487
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents....................................................2496
  Passenger equipment standards....................................2482

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  Pilot programs:
    One-person crews...............................................2492
    Remotely controlled locomotives................................2491
  Radio communications and train control...........................2472
  Safety integration plans.........................................2493
  Shared use of railroad system trackage...........................2477
  Signal systems.............................................2485, 2486
  Track maintenance................................................2475
  Track standards:
    Gage restraint measurement systems.............................2476
  Utility employee protection......................................2499
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2469
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Benefits amendments..............................................3892
  Employee status..................................................3895
  Employer status..................................................3894
  Finality of decisions............................................3901
  Repayment tax....................................................2889
  Voluntary quit...................................................3897
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Assistance to States.............................................2479
  BLM railroad grants..............................................1708
  Consolidation procedures.........................................4520
  Environmental impact and related procedures................2285, 2471
  Expedited relief for service inadequacies........................4523
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2530
  Magnetic levitation transportation technology deployment 
      program......................................................2495
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1781
  Railroad highway projects........................................2318
  Rates and fares..................................................4522
  Rehabilitation and improvement financing.........................2474
  Small businesses or entities.....................................2489
  STB authority....................................................4521
  Tank cars........................................................2543
  Tourist and historic railroads:
    Regulatory review..............................................2468
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2550
  Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2498
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............................2938
  Farm real estate...................................................73
    Real estate appraisals and chattel appraisals....................67
  Highway construction.............................................2279
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Acreage limitation...............................................1671
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1661
  Financing........................................................1667
  Indian lands.....................................................1599
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.........................3155
  Presidio:
    Environmental Quality..........................................3889
    Management...............................................3887, 3888
  Wildlife refuges.................................................1463
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3482
  DEAR amendment....................................................893
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3502
  Hazardous waste..................................................3508
  Refrigerant..........................................3286, 3350, 3351
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.............................................1792
  Refugee Resettlement Program.....................................1262
Relocation assistance:
  Cost ceiling.....................................................4014
  Relocation allowances............................................3662
  Relocation expense test program..................................3659
  Streamlining.....................................................1279
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Rent subsidies.....................................................1385
  HOPWA Assistance options and technical changes...................1339
  Tenant income reporting..........................................1273
  Tenant-based assistance renewals.................................1388
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Adverse experience reporting......................................934
  Air carriers...................................2105, 2174, 2182, 2569
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4139
  Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2403
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation....2572, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2576, 2578
  Blood and blood products..........................................996
  Broker-dealers...................................................4517
  Carbamates.......................................................3520
  Casinos..........................................................2577
  CDBG program:
    Expenditure documentation................................1344, 1347
    Prohibition for employment relocation activities...............1338
  Chemical inventory reporting...............................3427, 3468
  Coast Guard drug testing reporting requirements..................2151
  Credit union audits and verifications............................4346
  Criminal databases:
    Criminal offenses against minors...............................1896
    Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database........................1894
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System..............1879
    Sex offender registration systems..............................1896
  Customs regulations..............................................2701
  DEA........................................................1761, 1762
  Defined contribution plans.......................................1967
  Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......365
  DOI..................................................1636, 1637, 1638
  DOL........................................................1912, 1926
  DOT..............................................................2340
  Electronic records management....................................3701
    NASA...........................................................3684
  Electronic signatures.......................................784, 2195
  Employee benefit plan administrators.............................1968
  EPA........................................................3173, 3374
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule........3168
    Emissions reporting requirements...............................3218

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  Excess government property.......................................3657
  Export information................................................368
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................990
  Exports...........................................................939
  FAA..............................................................2185
  FCC..............................................................4191
  FDA..............................................................1006
  FDA adverse drug experiences......................................930
  FERC.............................................................4251
  Fisheries....................................................511, 599
  Fishing......................................................466, 602
  Food assistance programs..........................................216
  Food Stamp Program...........................................185, 231
  GSA's role in records management.................................3667
  Hazardous material releases......................................3523
  Hazardous materials incident reporting...........................2515
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2552
  Hazardous substances.............................................3456
  Health care fraud and abuse.......................................914
  Helium contracts.................................................1711
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3741
  HUD multifamily mortgages........................................1327
  Human cellular and tissue-based products....................942, 1006
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2675
  Income tax preparers' signatures.................................2988
  Infant formula testing............................................995
  Information collection requests..................................3478
  INS:
    Commercial delivery service as form of personal service........1854
    Material availability requirements.............................1806
  Investment advisers..............................................4454
  Investment companies...........................4460, 4464, 4471, 4475
  IRS..............................................................2777
  MMS electronic reporting.........................................1654
  Mortgage broker fees.............................................1324
  Motor carriers.......................................2272, 2287, 2337
  Motor vehicle insurers...........................................2395
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1958
  NARA:
    Facility standards for records centers.........................3698
    Non-paper records and artifacts................................3711
    Records center.................................................3699
    Reproduction fees..............................................3700
    Storage standards..............................................3703
  National Practitioner Data Bank................1026, 1028, 1029, 3018
  Native American Housing Assistance performance report............1391
  NOAA..............................................................521
  NPDES permittee reporting........................................3538
  Nuclear power plants.......................................4375, 4429
  Occupational injuries and illnesses..............................2032
  Occupational safety and health...................................2043
  OSHA:
    Employer certifications........................................2023
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1073
  Ozone-depleting substances importation...........................3325
  Paperwork reduction.....................................71, 199, 2625
  Pension plans..............................................1951, 3886
  Personal property................................................3666
  Personnel records................................................3755
  Pesticides.................................................3178, 3421
  Privacy Act exempt record system from the Healthcare Integrity 
      and Protection Data Bank......................................905
  Purchases made with purchasing card..............................2947
  Rail equipment accidents/incidents...............................2496
  Railroad employees.........................................2467, 2486
  RCRA.............................................................3478
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2920
  Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................3693
  Rural electrification loans.......................................326
  Securities.......................................................4437
    Broker-dealers.....................................4488, 4500, 4501
    Large trader reporting system..................................4512
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4476
    Related issuers and guarantors.................................4443
    Transfer agent services..................................4491, 4503
  SSA:
    Production of records in legal proceedings.....................3940
  Sugar..............................................................42
  Sugar and crystalline fructose marketing allotment.................18
  Telecommunications operations support systems....................4140
  Telecommunications relay services contributors...................4144
  Tenant income reporting..........................................1273
  Tobacco exports..................................................2636
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3457
  Toxics Release Inventory.....3426, 3461, 3463, 3464, 3465, 3466, 3467
  U.S. partners of controlled foreign partnerships.................2843
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2520
  Uranium mill sites................................................880
  VA.........................................................3029, 3075
  Vessel documentation.............................................2129
  Vessel numbering system..........................................2120
  Wassenaar arrangement........................................390, 393
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1264
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
    Matching funds requirement......................................133
    Stakeholder input to formula funds..............................132
  Biotechnology....................................................3437
  Conformity assessment activities..................................422
  Credit for increasing research activities........................2836
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................712
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3178
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................612
  Marine mammals....................................................586
  Marine resources.............................................534, 618
  Misconduct.................................................1046, 1049
  NARA registration requirement....................................3704
  National Undersea Research Program................................619
  North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.............................434
  Short form research contracts.....................................776
Reserve forces:
  See Armed forces reserves
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
  See Lung diseases
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Canadian.........................................................4473
  District of Columbia employees...................................3831
  FEHB coverage....................................................3796
  Firefighters.....................................................3833
  Government employees.........3784, 3785, 3786, 3793, 3794, 3827, 3830
  Law enforcement officers.........................................3833
  National Guard technicians.......................................3787
  Nuclear materials couriers.......................................3832
  Paperless administration of retirement plans.....................2817
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................711
Rice:
  Inspection service fees...........................................180
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Acquisition of real property for.................................2279
  Regulation revision..............................................1583
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program......................25
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1712
  Tennessee River System...........................................3992

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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........................315, 320
  Business enterprise grants........................................323
  Community development:
    Rural venture capital demonstration.............................322
  Community facility loans.....................................141, 342
  Construction work plan loan eligibility...........................334
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........333
  Economic development loans and grants.............................146
  Electric borrowers.................................340, 341, 346, 352
  Electric loans......................326, 327, 336, 337, 339, 349, 350
  Empowerment zones............................................310, 314
  Enterprise communities............................................310
  Farm labor housing................................................138
  Health care services.............................................1183
  Housing:
    Loans, grants, and programs...........................136, 137, 140
    Manufactured housing............................................142
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2551
  Regulation streamlining...........................................136
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program........................331
  Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........330
  Small farmer outreach training.....................................19
  Special equipment contract........................................345
  Technical assistance grants and programs......................19, 321
  Telecommunications system construction policies.........329, 332, 347
  Telephones...................................................348, 350
  Television demonstration grants...................................323
  Water and waste disposal loans and grants.........................328
  Water and waste disposal program regulations......................325


                                   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..............................2177
  Escalator safety standard........................................4067
  Nuclear power plant quality assurance programs...................4435
  Outer continental shelf platforms................................2121
  Over-the-counter drugs......................................926, 1011
  Source term use at operating nuclear reactors....................4382
  Space launch activities..........................................2226
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......................4162
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................4163
    Digital audio radio service....................................4184
    Earth stations.................................................4183
    Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4171
    MSS spectrum allocation..................................4159, 4180
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4185
    Transfer from Commerce Control List to US Munitions List........397
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4182
  Export controls...................................................416
  Licensing.........................................................596
Savings associations:
  Application processing...........................................2993
  Assessments......................................................3009
  Capital standards................................................3002
  Exempt holding companies.........................................3000
  Know Your Customer programs......................................3008
  Letters of credit, suretyship, and guaranty......................3003
  Permitted activities.............................................4245
  Safety and soundness standards...................................4241
  Year 2000 safety and soundness guidelines........................4240
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  National Institutes of Health....................................1034
  Service fellowships..............................................1044
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Amendments...................................................232, 242
  Consolidation of programs.........................................234
  Eligibility.......................................................189
  Formulated grain-fruit products...................................233
  Menu planning.....................................................218
  Release of eligibility information................................186
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos...................................................3439, 3440
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3438
  Indian School Equalization Program...............................1597
  School child definition..........................................3092
Science and technology:
  Advanced Technology Program amendments............................426
  Arecibo radio astronomy coordination zone........................4174
  Conformity assessment activities..................................422
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................413
  Deemed export rule................................................412
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................698
  DOT monitoring of motor carriers.................................2272
  Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................692
  Rights to inventions..............................................693
  Service fellowships..............................................1044
  Technology exports................................................389
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Import regulations................................................611
  Transportation and storage........................................244
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2162
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds

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  Alternative trading systems......................................4516
  Broker-dealers.......................................4489, 4501, 4513
    Automated submission of trading data...........................4511
    Foreign........................................................4489
    Operational capability.........................................4492
    Quotation requirements.........................................4496
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......................4517
    Year 2000 readiness............................................2645
  Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4497
  Company registration and regulation of capital formation...4441, 4445
  Conduit financing transactions...................................2833
  Conforming segment reporting with generally accepted accounting 
      principles...................................................4450
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................4455
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................4487
  Delayed offerings:
    S-1 and SB-2 companies.........................................4451
  Depositories.....................................................4462
  Deregistration form amendments...................................4475
  Direct participation program interests...........................4490
  Disclosure requirements....................................4437, 4460
    Extraordinary corporate transactions...........................4444
    International standards........................................4448
  EDGAR system modernization.......................................4474
  Electronic filing:
    Institutional investment manager reports.......................4481
  Equity securities..........................................4493, 4502
  Exemptions for the Kingdom of Sweden.............................4506
  Foreign markets..................................................4516
  Form S-8.........................................................4445
  Form 13F.........................................................4481
  Haircuts on......................................................4499
  Holding companies..........................................4477, 4478
  Income taxation..................................................2871
  Insurance products...............................................4476
  Integrated financial transactions................................2725
  Intermarket Trading System Plan............................4504, 4505
  International disclosure standards...............................4448
  International transactions.......................................4494
  Investment advisers......................4454, 4456, 4457, 4469, 4483
    Political contributions........................................4459
  Investment Advisers Act amendments...............................4482
  Investment companies.........4460, 4462, 4464, 4470, 4471, 4475, 4486
    Directors with ownership of index fund securities..............4458
  Kingdom of Belgium exemptions....................................4515
  Large trader reporting system....................................4512
  Loss determination...............................................2925
  Margin regulations review........................................4294
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2872
  Mark-to-market for dealers.......................................2915
  Marketable stock.................................................2805
  Mortgage-backed securities.......................................4316
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2649
  Multijurisdictional tender offers................................4447
  National bank subsidiary activities..............................4241
  National securities exchanges....................................4516
  Net capital requirements.............................4495, 4498, 4508
  Options disclosure document................................4446, 4509
  OTC products.....................................................4513
  Preferred stock............................................2778, 2833
  Private Securities Litigation Reform Act:
    Definition of terms............................................4438
  Qualified purchaser..............................................4439
  Registration.....................................................4476
  Registration form amendments.....................................4500
  Regulation T.....................................................4487
  Related issuers and guarantors...................................4443
  Reorganization events............................................4507
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............4488, 4501, 4503
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4472
  Rule amendments..................................................4519
  Rule 11Ac1-1.....................................................4510
  Rule 15a-4.......................................................4469
  Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4487
  Rule 17a-3 and 17a-4.............................................4501
  Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4487
  Rule 430A........................................................4451
  Rules 30d-1 and 30d-2............................................4472
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2793
  Section 8........................................................4487
  SRO matters that do not constitute rule changes..................4514
  Streamlining.....................................................4442
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4507
  Transfer agent services....................................4491, 4503
    Operational capability.........................................4492
  Two-sided quotations.............................................4510
  Year 2000 readiness reports................................2645, 4518
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Classified national security information..........................890
  Conduct on the Pentagon Reservation amendment.....................721
  DOE contractors...................................................869
  Private Remote Sensing Space Systems..............................596
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................703
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................2211
    Airports.......................................................2212
  Wassenaar Arrangement review......................................399
Seeds:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................125
  Pesticide-treated................................................3411
  Testing and certification...........................................6
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations........................................2661, 2683
  FCC regulations..................................................4152
Selective Service System...........................................3904
  Registration requirements........................................3765
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Incinerator emissions standards..................................3213
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3537
  Sludge use and disposal..............................3540, 3561, 3577
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs........361, 1272, 1394, 1750, 3127, 3141, 
                                                       3640, 3702, 3717
Sheep:
  Interstate movement...............................................100
  Medical research classifications..................................962
  Sheep Industry Improvement Center.................................324
Shipbuilding industry:
  Air pollution control............................................3347
  Safety and health regulations..............................2018, 2019
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small business:
  Lending company expansion and oversight..........................3915
  Premier Certified Lenders Program................................3925
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administrative offset by SBA.....................................3923

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  Bundled contracts................................................3924
  Common rule on title IX of the Civil Rights Act..................3918
  Construction businesses..........................................3910
  DEAR amendments:
    Mentor-Protigi Program..........................................891
  DOD contracting..............................................708, 785
  Economic development..............................................376
  Government contracts..............................................779
  Government procurement:
    Affirmative action reform......................................4012
    Price evaluation adjustment.....................................766
  Government subcontracting........................................4003
  Guaranteed loans servicing.......................................3914
  Health care industries...........................................3910
  HUBZone program..................................................4023
  Liquidation plans................................................3913
  Loans:
    SBA guaranty...................................................3921
  Minority Enterprise Development......................3919, 3920, 3926
  National forest land use..........................................289
  North American Industry Classification System....................3911
  Penalties........................................................2489
  Privacy regulations..............................................3908
  Record disclosure................................................3908
  Revisions to 504 program regulations.............................3927
  Rights to inventions..............................................693
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................3907
  SBIC Program reform..............................................3912
  Size standards.............................................3910, 3911
    Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services..................3906
    Architecture and engineering...................................3922
    Construction...................................................3922
    Electric services..............................................3917
    Health supply services.........................................3916
    Refuse systems.................................................3922
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3909
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions....................................................129
  Timber sales......................................................306
    Set-aside recomputation.........................................295
  Trusts...........................................................2733
  Very Small Business Pilot Program................................4000
  Women-owned businesses:
    Solicitation provisions and contract causes.....................381
Smoking:
  Air carrier prohibition..........................................2101
  Workplace air quality............................................2037
Social Security:
  See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
           Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Adopted child's status...........................................3987
  Alien applicants...........................................1785, 3989
  Contributions for support........................................3961
  Coverage:
    Employees of State and local governments.......................3978
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3969
  Debt collection......................................3935, 3936, 3938
  Disability determinations:
    Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................3941
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3950
    Medical consultants' opinions..................................3948
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3969
  Dually entitled beneficiaries....................................3984
  Earnings records determinations..................................3963
  Employer ID numbers for State and local government employment 
                                                                   3953
  Extension of expiration date for attorney advisors' prehearing 
      proceedings and decisions....................................3991
  Facility of payment provision....................................3965
  Freedom of information regulations...............................3977
  Grants administration..........................3932, 3969, 3970, 3971
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..........3932, 3969, 3970, 3971, 3976
  Interest and penalties on debts..................................3937
  Maximum family benefit.....................................3965, 3986
  Medical equipment liability......................................1112
  Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................3966
  Offset of Federal benefit payments.........................2598, 2600
  Publications:
    Prohibitions against reproduction...............................909
  Reduction of disability benefits.................................3988
  Regulations corrections..........................................3985
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3968
  Review process...................................................3930
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3943
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3939
  SSA employees:
    Ethical conduct................................................3933
    Testimony......................................................3940
  Substantial gainful activity determination.......................3954
  Third Party Collection Program....................................700
  Video teleconference technology..................................3942
  Widow's benefits.................................................3958
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program.......................................26
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.............................22, 355
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Commercial launch activities.....................................2226
    DOT licenses.............................................2186, 2188
    Reusable launch vehicles.......................................2196
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3686
  Financial responsibility requirements for licensed reentry 
      activities...................................................2201
  Licenses.........................................................2226
  Non-U.S. licensed space stations.................................4186
  Reentry licensing regulations....................................2196
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3687
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Statistics:
  See also Census data
           Economic statistics
  State employment statistics agency representatives for 
      consultations with DOL.......................................1906
Sterilization:
  See Family planning
Stocks:
  See Securities
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Students:
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    822
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
      Rent subsidies
Sugar:
  Import licensing programs.........................................277
  Marketing allotment program........................................18
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........................42
Superfund:
  Claims application streamlining..................................3518
  Cooperative agreements and state contracts.......................3522
  Grants for technical assistance..................................3519
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3520

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Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................3946
  Computation of benefits..........................................3962
  Denial of benefits...............................................3952
  Disability determinations:
    Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................3941
    Drug abuse or alcoholism.......................................3964
    Endocrine system and obesity.............................3950, 3960
    Medical consultants' opinions..................................3948
  Effective date of application for benefits.......................3951
  Eligibility:
    Children.......................................................1218
    Non-U.S. citizens........................................1146, 1218
  Extension of expiration date for attorney advisors' prehearing 
      proceedings and decisions....................................3991
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................3929
  Income:
    Children of Vietnam veterans...................................3982
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................3974
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3949
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   3951
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................3931
  Regulations corrections..........................................3985
  Representative payee reforms.....................................3956
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3943
  Speech and language impairments..................................3946
  Substantial gainful activity...............................3945, 3954
  Video teleconference technology..................................3942
Surety bonds:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2692
  BLM bonding requirements.........................................1709
  Health facilities..........................................1069, 1219
  Medical device suppliers...................................1069, 1142
  SBA policy and procedure modifications...........................3905
  Security on penal bonds..........................................2595
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1660
    Backfilling and grading........................................1661
    Dam safety rules...............................................1663
    Rights.........................................................1665
    Subsidence resulting from underground mining...................1666
    X-ray surveillance program.....................................1997
  Electronic forms filing..........................................1664
  Indian lands...............................................1599, 1662
  Ownership and control............................................1668
  Reclamation......................................................1667
Swine:
  See Hogs
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
  Aviation fuel tax................................................2989
  Breweries........................................................2603
  Collateral eligibility and valuation.............................2593
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................881
  Escrow funds.....................................................2785
  Foreign trade....................................................2786
  Passive activity losses and credits..............................2870
  Procedure and administration:
    John Doe summons disputes......................................2960
    Statement......................................................2860
    Statute of limitations...................................2960, 2961
  Treasury taxes and loans.........................................2596
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................707
  Quality enhancement grant programs................................828
Technical assistance:
  Community Development Financial Institution Fund.................2571
  Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3519
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services........4142, 4149
  Application of subscriber line charges to ISDN service...........4114
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4139
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................4132
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4116
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm.................4120
  Carrier identification codes.....................................4128
  Communication intercepting devices................................407
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1887, 4134
  Complaint procedures.............................................4131
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4133
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........333
  Equipment manufacture............................................4116
  Fee assessment and collection....................................4206
  North American Numbering Plan....................................4128
  Out-of-region interstate, interexchange services:
    Tariff filing requirements.....................................4121
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4140
  Pole attachments.................................................4105
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1884
  Regulatory fee assessment and collection.........................4205
  Relay services.............................................4135, 4136
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program........................331
  Rural areas..................................................329, 347
  Special equipment contract........................................345
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................4125
    Access charge return...........................................4141
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4119
    Individuals with disabilities..................................4219
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4118
    LEC provision of interexchange services........................4124
    Local competition provisions...................................4126
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................4117
    Parental choice................................................4108
    Review of policies and rules...................................4121
    Streamlining requirements......................................4123
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm monitoring......4120
  Telecommunications relay services................................4150
  Telecommunications relay services contributor reporting 
      requirements.................................................4144
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4122
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4166

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  USDA program......................................................134
  Wireless information networks....................................4161
Telephone:
  Advertising......................................................4327
  Billed party preference..........................................4147
  Caller ID standards..............................................4110
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4113
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4127, 4217
  Equipment authorization process..................................4177
  Inside wiring....................................................4130
  LEC definition and exemptions from Section 214...................4129
  Part 41 elimination..............................................4143
  Pay telephones...................................................4148
  Rural.............................................................348
  Rural Telephone Bank..............................................338
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................332
  Toll free service access codes...................................4115
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4166
  Universal Service Fund...........................................4113
  900-number service...............................................4327
  911 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4112
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advanced systems.................................................4188
  Advertising......................................................4192
  Broadcast ownership..............................................4199
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4104
  Digital television service.......................................4167
  EEO rules and policies...........................................4202
  Equipment authorization process..................................4177
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4191
  Main Studio/Public File Requirements for Broadcasters............4197
  Mass media applications, rules, processes........................4200
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4160
  Over-the-air reception devices...................................4101
  Reallocation of channels 60-69...................................4176
  Station ownership..........................................4190, 4196
  V-chip technical requirements....................................4178
  Video programming:
    Accessibility..................................................4102
    Parental blocks................................................4178
    Rating.........................................................4108
Terrorism:
  Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act....................2620
  Contractor training...............................................729
Textiles:
  Customs regulations........................................2694, 2697
  Flammability standards.....................................4066, 4071
  Labeling.........................................................4321
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Uniform tire quality grading.....................................2408
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Exports..........................................................2636
  Importer assessment................................................90
  Marketing quotas...................................14, 54, 55, 82, 86
  Price support programs.....................................14, 54, 55
  Regulation clarification...........................................31
  Reimportation of products........................................2626
  Smokeless tobacco:
    Health warnings................................................4320
    Sale and distribution requirements.............................1007
    State and local requirement exemptions.........................1008
  Tax increase.....................................................2627
  Veterans Affairs acquisition regulations.........................3104
  Veterans' claims based on effect of tobacco products.............3093
  Warehouse regulations..............................................69
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
      Poison prevention
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade adjustment assistance:
  Communities.......................................................378
  TAA program amendments...........................................1933
  Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................1934
Trade agreements:
  Endangered species...............................................1454
  Market development................................................270
    Accession of Singapore to GPA...................................745
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................1934, 2664, 2680
  Textile trade agreements.........................................2694
Trade practices:
  Consumer product warranties................................4324, 4325
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4323
  Telephone service................................................4327
Trademarks:
  Fees.........................................................681, 690
  Official Insignia of Native American Tribes.......................678
  Parallel imports and other trademarked goods.....................2700
  Registration to practice before the PTO in patent cases...........687
  Trademark Law Treaty..............................................680
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..................................688
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.................................3346
  Buy America requirements.........................................2503
  Civil penalties..................................................2431
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems.......................................4163
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation in airport 
      concessions..................................................2079
  Disadvantaged business enterprise program........................2107
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2092
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2510
  Drug testing of transportation personnel.......2074, 2090, 2110, 2511
  Environmental review.......................................2502, 3219
  Hazard communication requirements................................2536
  Head Start participants..........................................1256
  Individuals with disabilities..............................2103, 3154
  Interstate movement of equines to slaughter.......................110
  Interstate movement of noxious weeds..............................116
  Interstate shipment of biological materials.......................921
  National Transit Database........................................2501
  Planning.........................................................2506
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2096
  Surface transportation projects:
    Credit assistance..............................................2324
  Transportation Conformity Pilot Program....................3198, 3388
  Transportation Equity Act amendment..............................1919
  Transshipment of ozone depleting substances......................3300
  Water pollution control..........................................3517
  Wildlife...................................................1412, 1497
Travel:
  See also Passports and visas
           Travel and transportation expenses

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  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2177
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Business class air fare..........................................4043
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2842
  Expenses connected with death....................................3678
  Fly America Act..................................................3677
  FTR amendment....................................................3658
  Government contractor-issued individually billed charge card.....3661
  Government employees.......................................3674, 4004
  Maximum per diem rates...........................................3682
  Privately owned automobile mileage reimbursement.................3681
  Travel expense test program......................................3659
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3188
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................387
  Compacts of Free Association.....................................1831
  Montreal Protocol..............................3204, 3288, 3325, 3370
  World Heritage Convention........................................1580
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  Unit investment trusts...........................................4485
Tuberculosis:
  Correctional management....................................1098, 1728
  Occupational exposure............................................2038
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Subsidence resulting from........................................1666
  Ventilation................................................1976, 1985
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Manpower training programs
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1936
  Disaster unemployment assistance.................................1930
  Performance system...............................................1931
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities..........................................4477, 4478
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................880, 4415
  NRC regulations amendments.......................................4400
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4477
  Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4478
  Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4251


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  See also specific vegetables
  Import restrictions...............................................118
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................104
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1728
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Alternate Compliance Program.....................................2152
  Anchorage and moorage.............................................675
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................2136
  Armed forces vessels:
    Uniform national discharge standards...........................3556
  Automatic Identification System..................................2132
  Ballast water exchange guidelines................................2147
  Blood alcohol concentration limit for operators..................2130
  Boarding.........................................................2688
  Certificates of origin...........................................2160
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2161
  Commercial diving operations.....................................2128
  Controlled substances............................................1759
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2156
  Documentation....................................................2129
  Emissions standards for new marine engines.......................3201
  Foreign repairs to American vessels..............................2665
  Government contracting...........................................1911
  Inspection requirements..............................2166, 2167, 3870
  Marine hull insurance............................................2566
  National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1409
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2114
  Outer continental shelf..........................................2121
  Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1781
  Panama Canal:
    Insurance requirements.........................................3868
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4286
  Regattas and marine parades................................2139, 2142
  Registration requirements........................................3870
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2135
  Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2125
  Ship financing guarantees........................................2562
  Standard measurement system exemption............................2153
  Temporarily landed for repair....................................2668
  Towing vessel operators..........................................2143
  Vessel identification system...............................2116, 2160
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................2132
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations.....3043, 3099, 3100, 3103, 3104, 3105, 3106, 
                                                             3138, 3139
    Application of labor laws......................................3046
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3045
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................3040
  Additional disability or death benefits..........................3135
  Adult day health care in state homes.............................3017
  Advanced health care planning....................................3062
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors...............................1918
  Allotments for Alaska Natives....................................1701
  Allowance for children with spinal bifida........................3033
  Appeals regulations......................3107, 3108, 3122, 3124, 3125
    Case docketing.................................................3110
    Delegations of authority.......................................3109
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions.................................3111
    Simultaneously contested claims................................3048
  Blind......................................................3014, 3019
  Burial benefits..........................3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053
    Provisions for capital crimes..................................3054
  Checks:
    Returned and canceled benefit checks...........................3094
  Child care centers...............................................3128
  Children's benefits........................................3083, 3982
    School child definition........................................3092
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   3073

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  Claims based on effect of tobacco products.......................3093
  Clothing allowance...............................................3013
  Compensation for beneficiaries of the Vietnamese Commandos 
      Compensation Commission.......................................715
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1927
  Custody of school age or adult disabled children.................3121
  Denial of claims.................................................3130
    Reconsiderations...............................................3058
  Disability rating:
    Dental disabilities............................................3069
    Digestive system...............................................3022
    Evidence of permanent and total disability.....................3039
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs.........................3026, 3066
    Fibromyalgia...................................................3068
    Individual unemployability.....................................3024
    Liver diseases.................................................3032
    Medical evidence of improvement................................3120
    Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............3021
    Orthopedic system..............................................3020
    Skin conditions................................................3065
    Systemic conditions............................................3069
    The spine......................................................3035
    Total disability...............................................3067
  Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program.....................3782
  Diseases subject to presumptive service connection...............3134
  Education:
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3072
    Course approval requirements.......................3028, 3074, 3077
    Election of education benefit..................................3131
    Flight training..........................................3029, 3077
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...............................3070, 3074, 3085
    Montgomery G.I. Bill administrative errors.....................3037
    Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria......................3097
    Reservists.........................................3075, 3086, 3088
    Survivors and dependents...........................3030, 3082, 3137
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3036
  Emergency medical care...........................................1175
  Equal employment opportunity discrimination complaints:
    Delegation of authority........................................3113
  Evidence requirements............................................3025
  Fiduciary activities.............................................3133
  Food assistance programs.........................................3055
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................3114
  Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option..................3098
  Income exclusions................................................3090
  Insurance........................................................3084
  Loan guaranty:
    Acceptance of partial payments.................................3119
    Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3118
    Interest rate reduction refinancing loans......................3078
    Property improvements definition...............................3023
  Loan refinancing.................................................3123
  Medical benefits:
    Adjunct conditions definition..................................3012
    Drugs and medicines......................................3061, 3064
    Enrollment and provisions of hospital care and medical 
        services.............................................3016, 3060
  Medical benefits for dependents and survivors....................3129
  Medical care collection or recovery..............................3063
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis......................................................3027
    Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................3071
    Limitation in hand movement....................................3027
  Medical opinions rules...........................................3126
  Medication copayments............................................3011
  Medication prescribing authority.................................3059
  Minimum income annuity...........................................3136
  National Cemetery Administration title changes...................3112
  National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................3018
  National Service Life Insurance..................................3038
  Pensions.......................................3081, 3089, 3121, 3132
  Post-traumatic stress disorder...................................3079
  Proof of service.................................................3034
  Prosthetic services..............................................3014
  Recognition of organizations and accreditation of 
      representatives for claimants................................3115
  Rehabilitation programs..........................................3067
  Rules of Practice:
    Subpoenas......................................................3047
    Title change...................................................3108
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1918
  State homes................................................3015, 3057
  Survivor benefits................................................3091
    DIC benefits...................................................3096
    Spouses........................................................3095
  Veterans employment report........................................736
  Vocational training programs...............................3076, 3080
  Well grounded claims/duty to assist..............................3031
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3939
  State programs....................................................838
  Veterans.........................................................3080
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................1911
  Foster Grandparent Program.......................................3164
  National Service Trust...........................................3160
  Peace Corps....................................3759, 3873, 3874, 3875
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1725
  Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................3165
  Senior Companion Program.........................................3163
  Vista............................................................3759
Voting rights:
  Minority language guidelines.....................................1757


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Appropriated fund wage areas...................3774, 3814, 3816, 3856
  Back pay.........................................................3821
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3861
  Domestic services................................................1909
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1911
  Federal construction contracts...................................1910
  Government printing positions....................................3815
  Hazardous duty pay.........................................3817, 3859
  Hospice wage index notice........................................1222
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1915
  Lead agency responsibility.......................................3857
  Nonappropriated fund wage areas..................................3855
  Overtime.........................................................1912
  Overtime pay for travel..........................................3821
  Pay administration...............................................3821
  Pay and leave administration...............................3811, 3858
  Physicians' comparability allowance..............................3821
  Salary basis.....................................................1923
  Severance pay....................................................3776
  Site of work.....................................................1916
  Tipped employees.................................................1915
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................24
  Cotton.........................................................13, 27
  Customs regulation...............................................2701
  Tobacco auction warehouses.....................................38, 69
Warranties:
  Disclosure of terms and conditions...............................4324
  Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (IDSM)....................4326
  Pre-sale availability of written warranty terms..................4325

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Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Armed forces vessels.............................................3556
  Effluent guidelines......................3541, 3543, 3545, 3546, 3565
  Financial test criteria..........................................3495
  Fossil fuel combustion wastes....................................3480
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3564
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3475, 3483, 3504
  Landfill leachate................................................3512
  Lead-based paint debris..........................................3503
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3562
  Municipal waste combustion units.................................3241
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4418
  Ocean dumping....................................................3600
  Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2498
  Permit applications........................................3557, 3575
  Radioactive waste................................................3212
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3568
  Recycling of hazardous waste in fertilizers......................3490
  Rural loans and grants............................................328
  Rural program regulations.........................................325
  Sewer grouting...................................................3455
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3601
  Sludges from metal finishing industry............................3498
  Solid waste disposal:
    Grant programs..................................................343
    Guideline revisions......................................3484, 3485
    Hazardous waste recycling......................................3508
    Landfill criteria..............................................3485
    Landfills and incinerators...................3199, 3282, 3302, 3543
    Municipal landfills............................................3216
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3488
    Technical standards for corrective action......................3513
  State programs...................................................3514
  Streamlining regulations.........................................3558
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3471
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3499
  Uniform national discharge standards.............................3556
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................2155
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Biological test methods..........................................3570
  Clean Water Act........3539, 3551, 3552, 3560, 3568, 3570, 3571, 3578
    Test procedures........................3534, 3553, 3554, 3572, 3574
  Cyanide criteria.................................................3552
  Effluent guidelines:
    Animal feeding operations................................3526, 3567
    Coal mining....................................................3528
    Industrial waste combustors....................................3545
    Industrial wastewater....................................3542, 3562
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3564
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3543
    Mining.........................................................3525
    Oil and gas extraction.........................................3566
    Pulp, paper and paperboard.............3327, 3366, 3546, 3547, 3565
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3544
    Transportation equipment cleaning..............................3563
  Great Lakes................................................3530, 3569
  Landfill leachate................................................3512
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2156
    Emergency control measures for tank barges.....................2165
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2118
    Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils.................2134
    Facility response plans for vegetable oils and animal fats.....3517
    Ocean dumping..................................................3600
    Oil or hazardous substances..............................2137, 2158
    Tank monitoring devices........................................2157
    Tank vessels...................................................2119
  Microbiological test methods.........................3534, 3588, 3589
  NPDES permits..............................................3537, 3576
  NPDES permittee reporting........................................3538
  Oil and grease test procedures...................................3551
  Permit applications........................................3557, 3575
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3536
  Publicly owned treatment works renewal process...................3578
  Radon............................................................3580
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3568
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3537
  Sludge management programs.....................3491, 3498, 3540, 3561
  Stormwater runoff................................................3559
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.......3533, 3555, 3573
  Total maximum daily loads........................................3527
  Trace metals criteria............................................3571
  Vapor control systems............................................2133
  Water quality standards............3529, 3548, 3550, 3553, 3554, 3572
    Alabama..................................................3532, 3549
    Criteria for acute aquatic life................................3569
    Mixing zone elimination and phase-out provision................3530
    State and tribal standards.....................................3531
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........801
  Best technology available for cooling water intake structures 
                                                                   3535
  Colorado River Basin.........................................25, 1672
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1591
  National Invasive Species Act....................................2147
  Water Bank Program.................................................25
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3185
  Central Valley Project of California.............................1673
  Colorado River Basin.............................................1672
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3596
    Arsenic........................................................3582
    Contaminant level goals (MCLGs)................................3592
    Contaminants.........3404, 3534, 3579, 3580, 3584, 3587, 3588, 3589
    Copper.........................................................3590
    Disinfectants......................................3581, 3598, 3599
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program..............3409
    Filter backwash recycling......................................3583
    Injection wells................................................3593
    Lead...........................................................3590
    Monitoring requirements........................................3597
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3425
    Public notification requirements...............................3585
    Radionuclides..................................................3592
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3591
    Rural program regulations.......................................325
    State revolving fund...........................................3594
    Sulfate........................................................3595
    Surface water treatment rule...................................3599
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring program.....................3586
  Groundwater protection...........................................3418
  Storage and marketing............................................1672
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
      Waterways
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife

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Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Waterways:
  See also Bridges
           Harbors
           Rivers
  Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................2118
  Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils...................2134
  Facility response plans for vegetable oils and animal fats.......3517
  Private aids to navigation.......................................2169
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Weather:
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4156
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...........................................................98
  End-Use Certificate Program........................................15
Whistleblowing:
  DOE contract costs................................................888
  FBI employees....................................................1890
  Research misconduct........................................1046, 1049
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Albatross........................................................1425
  Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2258, 2259
  Brush-tailed possum..............................................1477
  Captive bred.....................................................1435
  Eagles...............................................1417, 1493, 1525
  Endangered and threatened...1408, 1410, 1419, 1442, 1448, 1451, 1452, 
                               1453, 1455, 1472, 1534, 1536, 1540, 1555
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1537
  Exportation......................................................1412
  Falcons....................................................1421, 1493
  FWS permit applications..........................................1513
  Importation................................................1412, 1554
  Injurious..................................................1403, 1477
  Management and protection..................................1449, 1450
  Marine sanctuary program..........................................594
  Migratory birds:
    Canada goose permits...........................................1420
    Harvest Information Program....................................1565
    Hunting regulations..........................1447, 1456, 1528, 1571
    Lesser snow goose..............................................1564
    List revision..................................................1437
    Molyshot.......................................................1563
    Permits................................1421, 1494, 1495, 1530, 1568
    Tin shot.......................................................1492
    Tungsten-polymer shot..........................................1556
  Permit procedures................................................1441
  Restoration programs.............................................1467
  River otter exports..............................................1527
  Seabirds.....................................................504, 595
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1407
  Transportation...................................................1412
Wildlife refuges:
  Administrative and visitor facility sites........................1553
  Alaska...........................................................1491
  Disturbance regulations..........................................1406
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2277
  Hunting and fishing regulations............................1414, 1496
  Kenai National Wildlife Refuge seasonal closure..................1562
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1511
  Public entry and use.................................1463, 1491, 1702
Wine:
  Ameliorating materials...........................................2618
  Exports..........................................................2629
  Grape variety names..............................................2619
  Imports..........................................................2604
  Labeling.............................................2605, 2616, 2617
  Labeling of specialty products and flavored wines................2606
  Standards of fill................................................2607
  Tax refund.......................................................2634
  Viticultural areas...............................................2602
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1041
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...1133, 1201, 1957, 2975
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................182
  Violence against women on campuses...............................1897
  Women-owned businesses:
    Government contracting.........................................4229
    Government subcontracting......................................4003
    Solicitation provisions and contract causes.....................381
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1169, 1949
Women, infants, and children:
  Funding formula...................................................237
  Supplemental food program.........................................229
    Administrative requirement changes..............................221
    Certification integrity.........................................227
    Food delivery systems...........................................181
    Food packaging..................................................236
    Funding provisions..............................................228
    Local agency expenditure reports................................226
    Soy-base beverages..............................................238
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Workers' compensation:
  Coal miners......................................................1925
  Reduction of Social Security benefits............................3988
  Third Party Collection Program....................................700


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  AmeriCorps participants..........................................3160
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................225
  Meal supplements in after-school care programs....................242
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