[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions] [Subject Index to the Unified Agenda] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]E. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA Seq. No._______________________________________________________________ [[Page 22481]] 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 [[Page 22482]] 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 [[Page 22483]] 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 [[Page 22484]] 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 [[Page 22485]] 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 [[Page 22486]] 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 [[Page 22487]] 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 [[Page 22488]] 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 [[Page 22489]] 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 [[Page 22490]] 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 [[Page 22491]] 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 [[Page 22492]] 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 [[Page 22493]] 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 [[Page 22494]] 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 [[Page 22495]] 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 [[Page 22496]] 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 [[Page 22497]] 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 [[Page 22498]] 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 [[Page 22499]] 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 [[Page 22500]] 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 [[Page 22501]] 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 [[Page 22502]] 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 [[Page 22503]] 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 [[Page 22504]] 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 [[Page 22505]] 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 [[Page 22506]] 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 [[Page 22507]] 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 [[Page 22508]] 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 [[Page 22509]] 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 [[Page 22510]] 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 [[Page 22511]] 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 [[Page 22512]] 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 [[Page 22513]] 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 [[Page 22514]] 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 [[Page 22515]] 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 [[Page 22516]] 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 [[Page 22517]] 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 [[Page 22518]] 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 [[Page 22519]] 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 [[Page 22520]] 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 [[Page 22521]] 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 [[Page 22522]] 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 [[Page 22523]] 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 [[Page 22524]] 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 [[Page 22525]] 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 [[Page 22526]] 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 [[Page 22527]] 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 [[Page 22528]] 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 [[Page 22529]] 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 [[Page 22530]] 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 [[Page 22531]] 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 [[Page 22532]] 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 [[Page 22533]] 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 [[Page 22534]] 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 [[Page 22535]] 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 [[Page 22536]] 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 [[Page 22537]] 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 [[Page 22538]] 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 [[Page 22539]] 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 [[Page 22540]] 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 [[Page 22541]] 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 [[Page 22542]] 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 Y 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