[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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A
Accidents:
See Safety
Accountants:
Debarment and suspension...................................2637, 4175
Accounting:
Annual accounting period.........................................2907
Auditor independence.............................................4435
Audits of state and local governments and non-profit
institutions...............................1249, 1255, 1933, 3028
Change in method definition......................................2754
Cost accounting standards..................................3676, 3720
Customs Service fees and interest................................2668
DEA..............................................................1698
Delay rental payments............................................2843
DFARS contract administration and audit services..................778
DFARS modification...........................................769, 797
DOI cost recovery..........................................1622, 1644
Dollar-value LIFO method.........................................2753
FCC cost allocation and accounting rules...................4064, 4072
FMS claims.................................................2574, 2578
Food Stamp Program EBT system audit requirements..................231
Foreign exchange operations......................................2577
Funds transfers to State governments.............................2573
Government payments:
Performance-based payments................................787, 4189
International accounting standards...............................4433
Maritime mobile radio services...................................4113
Mark-to-market.......................................2826, 2878, 2916
Medicare program.................................................1117
OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and
earnings test exempt amounts.................................3875
Partnership debt.................................................2845
PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................3796
PBGC premium self-audit..........................................3789
Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................3673
Sales of partnerships............................................2918
Small business size standards:
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services..................3858
Third-party contacts.............................................2747
Unified Partnership Audit Procedures.............................2838
Valuation tables.................................................2844
Acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Additives:
See Color additives
Food additives
Fuel additives
Adjustment assistance:
See Trade adjustment assistance
Administrative practice and procedure:
See also Claims
Environmental impact statements
Equal access to justice
Freedom of information
Privacy
Advisory committees..............................................3595
ATF:
Delegations of authority...............2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2633
Attorney's fees..................................................2763
Aviation economic proceedings rules of practice..................2010
BATF procedures..................................................2629
Block grants......................................................927
Board of Veterans' Appeals:
Case docketing.................................................3090
Decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error...........3091
Delegations of authority.......................................3063
Jurisdiction...................................................3021
Notification of representatives in connection with clear and
unmistakable error motions.................................3064
Simultaneously contested claims................................3020
Customs Regulations..............................................2664
Defense Logistics Agency..........................................799
DOC...............................................................584
DOE:
Economic development transfers of real property.................893
DOI..................................................1347, 1349, 1552
DOT..............................................................2032
EEOC.............................................................3544
EPA..................................................3123, 3351, 3355
Equal Access to Justice Act.................................932, 3655
Farm Credit Administration.......................................4020
Plain language revisions.......................................4015
FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................4100
FDA...............................................................933
Advisory opinions and guidelines................................944
Citizen petitions..............................................1002
Examination of administrative record............................978
Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3595
Federal Railroad Administration..................................2481
FERC.......................................................4189, 4199
FHFB.............................................................4226
FHFB unpublished information.....................................4221
FTA..............................................................2495
FTC regulatory review............................................4269
FWS seizure and forfeiture procedures............................1385
Government in the Sunshine Act...................................3106
Hazardous materials........................................2516, 2541
Hearing and appeal procedures:
Adverse actions against Head Start agencies....................1230
Army Corps of Engineers.........................................807
Aviation economic proceedings............................2025, 2042
Bureau of Indian Affairs.......................................1563
Bureau of Land Management......................................1627
CNCS discrimination complaint procedures.......................3103
DOL............................................................1855
FCIC procedures.................................................167
Indian affairs.................................................1346
Medicaid State Plan amendments.................................1114
Medicare claims appeal.........................................1135
Medicare enrollment............................................1073
National Forest System..........................................292
National Indian Gaming Commission........................4303, 4306
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.................3660
Office of Government Ethics....................................3663
Office of Personnel Management.....................3696, 3711, 3722
Office of the Special Trustee..................................1352
Office of Trust Funds Management...............................1352
Peace Corps....................................................3786
PTO.............................................................711
Public lands cases.............................................1345
Reclamation Bureau.............................................1616
RRB............................................................3816
Social Security Administration...........................3870, 3892
Transportation proceedings.....................................2257
Treasury Department............................................2637
Veterans Affairs.........................................3075, 3082
HUD..................................................1251, 1260, 1274
INS..............................................................1772
IRS........................................................2723, 2917
Use of penalty mail............................................2951
MARAD............................................................2553
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National Wildlife Refuges........................................1509
NHTSA global technical regulations statement of policy...........2349
NIGC:
Compulsory process and testimony of employees..................4316
NRC........................................................4328, 4350
OPM..............................................................3713
OTS..............................................................2961
Plain language revision and reorganization.....................2966
Peace Corps volunteer discrimination complaints..................3787
Registration of drug producers....................................937
Research and Special Programs Administration.....................2537
RRB..............................................................3808
Rulemaking:
DOL............................................................1873
DOT............................................................2023
FAA............................................................2193
FCA............................................................4017
FCC..........................................4035, 4071, 4125, 4148
FDIC.........................................4161, 4172, 4180, 4181
GSA..........................................3574, 3575, 3576, 3589
INS............................................................1818
IRS......................................................2899, 2900
NRC....................................4317, 4333, 4335, 4351, 4357
OTS............................................................2965
SSA............................................................3914
Treasury Regulation............................................2759
USDA............................................................106
Social Security Administration...................................3918
Testimony of employees and production of records in legal
proceedings................................................3913
USDA..............................................................341
VA...................................................3006, 3028, 3065
Adoption and foster care:
Assistance coverage..............................................2771
Intercountry adoption............................................1996
State performance requirements...................................1227
Adult education:
Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1724
Advertising:
Air carriers, prices.............................................2019
Alcohol beverages................................................2609
DFARS modification................................................800
Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................940
Home insulation..................................................4271
Investment companies.............................................4385
Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4265
Television.......................................................4117
Unfair or deceptive practices..............................4273, 4275
Affirmative action plans:
See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
See also Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
AOA rules revisions..............................................1234
Food assistance programs.....................................189, 217
Medicare premium.................................................1172
Nondiscrimination:
Air travel.....................................................2013
DOL programs...................................................1932
Employment...............................................3542, 3543
Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1160
Agricultural commodities:
See also Commodity futures
Crop insurance
Fruits
Grains
Marketing quotas
Price support programs
Vegetables
Accelerated Production Flexibility Contract payments..............100
Cargo preference regulations.....................................2551
CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................270
Cotton:
Classification services.......................................4, 11
High Volume Instrument (HVI) classification......................25
Crop disaster assistance......................................74, 105
Ethanol and biodiesel grain program................................76
Exports...........................................................271
Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions..............................1861
Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................71
Fruits and vegetables...........................................1, 15
Honey Research and Promotion Program...............................14
Mark-to-market accounting........................................2826
Marketing assistance loan provisions.....................74, 103, 105
Noninsured crop disaster assistance program....................47, 69
Nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for crambe.................101
Nursery crops.....................................................165
Peanut Program.....................................................62
Perishable:
License and complaint fees.......................................12
Limited liability companies......................................28
Rice inspection services..........................................182
Sugarcane..........................................................78
Tobacco............................................................65
Burley...........................................................64
Flue-cured.......................................................63
Inspection....................................................2, 30
Non-auction designation..........................................72
Trade options....................................................3984
U.S. Grain Standards Act:
Fees for inspection and weighing services.......................181
Warehouses for CCC storage contracts...............................37
Wheat:
Karnal bunt regulated areas.....................................115
Agricultural research:
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
Matching funds requirement......................................141
Stakeholder input to formula funds..............................142
Animal embryos and semen..........................................124
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program
administrative provisions.....................................139
Donation of excess research equipment.............................341
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.................................340, 343, 344
Allocation of funds...............................................306
ASCS program ineligibility.........................................77
CFSA state and county committees...................................35
Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................57
Conservation program...............................................58
Cooperative marketing associations.................................92
Disaster assistance................................................86
Disclosure of return information to the Department of
Agriculture............................................2856, 2956
Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3495
Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................335
Farm reconstitution regulations....................................44
Farm Service Agency:
Cash flow margin requirements for guaranteed loans...............75
Disaster set-aside program.......................................70
Disaster set-aside program second installment....................99
Low documentation loans..........................................56
Production Flexibility Contracts.................................60
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Real estate appraisals and chattel appraisals...................102
Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............53
Shared Appreciation Agreements...............................59, 61
Small Hog Operation Payment Program..............................55
Hog imports from Europe...........................................128
Horse protection requirements.....................................114
Income taxes.....................................................2802
Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......299
Nonimmigrant alien workers.................................1866, 1874
Organic certifying agencies........................................20
Pseudorabies in swine.............................................122
Quarantine and inspection service user fees.......................133
State mediation programs...........................................34
Technical assistance and training.......................147, 310, 325
USDA lobbying restrictions........................................342
Worker protection standards......................................3348
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
See also Public assistance programs
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families....................1197, 1229
Unemployed parent................................................1197
AIDS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1156
NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1041
Air carriers:
See also Air rates and fares
Charter flights
Airport certification............................................2127
Anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention programs.................2194
Aviation data requirements.......................................2009
Aviation exemption procedures....................................2016
Baggage liability..........................................2017, 2022
Cargo limit......................................................2526
Competitiveness............................................2008, 2033
Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system..............2144
Computer reservations system.....................................2008
Direct flight, definition........................................2014
Fees charged by airports.........................................2146
Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2015
Hazardous materials transportation:
Emergency telephone number requirements........................2497
Income source rules..............................................2746
Interstate authority.............................................2033
Landing gear shock absorption test requirements..................2148
Landing requirements for passengers arrving from Cuba............1749
Non-age discrimination...........................................2013
Overbooking of flights...........................................2024
Passengers:
Airline counter notices........................................2018
Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................1765
Facility charges...............................................2182
Ground travel expense when diverted............................2015
Manifest information.....................................1719, 2039
Oxygen use.....................................................2038
Passenger Origin-Destination Survey............................2556
Pilots:
National Driver Register records...............................2399
Special Visual Flight Rules....................................2156
Price advertising................................................2019
Repair station requirements................................2136, 2167
Safety and security-related information..........................2188
Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2109
Security measures................................................2186
Smoking ban......................................................2035
Universal child seats............................................2351
Air fares:
See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
See also Motor vehicle pollution
Accidental release prevention..................3324, 3325, 3404, 3405
Aerospace industry...............................................3270
Air quality modeling.............................................3162
Air quality resources:
Class I area designations......................................3193
Air quality standards................................3161, 3207, 3313
Aluminum industry....................................3227, 3250, 3314
American Samoa gasoline antidumping exemption petition...........3160
Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3176
Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3251
Boat manufacturing industry......................................3171
Boilers..........................................................3177
Carbon monoxide..................................................3207
Chemicals............................................3168, 3169, 3238
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)........................................991
Chromium emissions.........................................3183, 3297
Clean Air Act...1823, 3208, 3210, 3216, 3239, 3255, 3259, 3260, 3292,
3404
Clean fuels formula grant program................................2483
Compliance certification requirements............................3275
Consumer products................................................3305
Copper smelters..................................................3249
Cyanide chemical manufacturing...................................3320
Delisting hazardous pollutants.............................3216, 3324
DFARS modification................................................777
Dioxin emission measurement......................................3141
Dry cleaners.....................................................3296
Electric arc furnaces............................................3278
Electrical insulating varnishes............................3274, 3334
Emergency episode requirements...................................3293
Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3144
Emission standards:
Area source permit deferrals...................................3330
Cellulose production...........................................3147
Coke ovens.........................................3153, 3267, 3282
Diesel engine fuel.............................................3215
Halogenated solvents...........................................3273
Hydrogen fluoride production.............................3282, 3323
Municipal landfills............................................3148
Navajo generating station......................................3271
New marine engines.................................3204, 3282, 3323
Non-road spark-ignition engines................................3203
Permit requirements................................3282, 3323, 3326
Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3219
Polyurethane foam productrion..................................3189
Potential to emit..............................................3190
Radionuclides............................................3220, 3333
Semiconductor facilities...........................3178, 3282, 3323
VOC standards............................................3211, 3331
Emissions control programs.......................................3209
Emissions monitoring program.......3151, 3186, 3197, 3236, 3237, 3240
Emissions reporting..............................................3149
Emissions trades.................................................3150
Essential uses....................................................991
Ethylene processing........................................3307, 3322
Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3301
Federal implementation plan......................................3329
Filterable fine particulate matter.........................3222, 3336
Fuels and fuel additives.............................3224, 3332, 3338
Fugitive emissions...............................................3283
Gas turbines.....................................................3164
General provisions amendments....................................3170
Glycol ethers....................................................3262
Granular fertilizer-pesticide combination products...............3354
Halons...........................................................3205
Hazardous air pollutants....3146, 3147, 3148, 3163, 3164, 3167, 3168,
3169, 3169, 3171, 3172, 3173, 3174, 3175, 3176, 3177, 3184,
3185, 3186, 3187, 3188, 3189, 3194, 3195, 3216, 3250, 3253,
3258, 3270, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3302, 3322, 3323, 3374
Hazardous air pollutants source categories.......................3187
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Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3418
HCFC allowance distribution system...............................3154
Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators...................3264
Indian reservations..............................................3234
Inspection/maintenance programs................3140, 3223, 3247, 3337
Internal combustion engines......................................3163
Iron and steel industry....................................3165, 3166
Large appliance coating industry.................................3173
Lime manufacturing industry......................................3298
MACT standards...3147, 3148, 3178, 3184, 3188, 3189, 3302, 3323, 3326
Measurement regulation...........................................3141
Metal parts and products coating industry......3174, 3179, 3194, 3300
Methyl bromide.............................................3199, 3206
Municipal landfills........................................3148, 3327
Municipal waste combustion units.................................3266
Navajo nation lands..............................................3232
NESHAP:
Aerospace industry.............................................3270
Alumina processing.............................................3306
Aluminum production......................................3227, 3314
Ammonium sulphate production...................................3286
Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3287
Brick manufacturing............................................3214
Carbon black.............................................3201, 3302
Cellulose production...........................................3147
Ceramics.......................................................3311
Chemical recovery combustion sources...........................3265
Chromium electroplating........................................3202
Chromium emissions.............................................3183
Clay products manufacturing..............................3214, 3288
Elastomers.....................................................3253
Engine Test Facilities.........................................3217
Ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation
operations...........................................3212, 3307
Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3301
Fumed silica production........................................3155
Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3339
Hazardous waste combustors.....................................3428
Hydrochloric acid production...................................3285
Hydrogen chloride production...................................3289
Iron and steel industry........................................3284
Leather tanning................................................3185
Lightweight aggregate..........................................3218
Metal parts and products coating industry................3179, 3300
Metal pipes....................................................3287
Natural gas production...................................3226, 3254
Natural gas transmission & storage.............................3226
Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3182
Off-site waste and recovery operations.........................3316
Oil production...........................................3226, 3254
Organic liquids................................................3188
Polyether Polyols Production...................................3276
Polyurethane foam production...................................3189
Polyvinyl chloride production..................................3156
Predictive emission monitoring.................................3157
Printing and publishing industry...............................3213
Process heaters................................................3191
Pulp and paper production................................3242, 3265
Site remediation...............................................3184
Spandex........................................................3323
Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry..............3243
Taconite iron ore processing...................................3225
Thermoplastics.................................................3253
Uranium hexafluoride production................................3290
Vegetable oil production.......................................3186
Wet-formed fiberglass mat production...........................3158
New source performance standards.................................3192
New source review..........................................3228, 3229
New stationary sources.....................................3237, 3282
Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3182
Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3233, 3240
Operating permits:
Indian reservations......................................3142, 3281
Program interim approval expiration dates......................3277
Ozone......3173, 3174, 3175, 3194, 3195, 3198, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3280
1-hour standard................................................3310
Emission budgets...............................................3272
Protection of stratospheric ozone........................3269, 3279
Ozone and ozone precursors:
National ambient air quality standards.............3152, 3221, 3335
Transport....................................3268, 3291, 3312, 3315
Paint stripper users.............................................3295
Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3175
Particulate matter.........................................3280, 3308
PCB manufacturing................................................3378
Penalties for violations.........................................3303
Petroleum refineries.............................................3231
Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3248
Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3167
Plastic parts industry...........................................3195
Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................3146
Polymers and resins..............................................3319
Process heaters............................................3177, 3191
Publically owned treatment works study...........................3321
Sewage sludge incinerators.......................................3145
Solid waste incinerators.........................................3192
State implementation plans.....................3229, 3232, 3252, 3280
Stratospheric ozone protection....3154, 3199, 3205, 3206, 3244, 3279,
3309
Sulfur oxides....................................................3161
Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3230
Tire manufacturing...............................................3172
Transportation conformity..................................3210, 3256
Vapor control systems............................................2060
Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program...........................3200
Volatile organic compounds........3173, 3174, 3175, 3180, 3181, 3194,
3195, 3211, 3230, 3246, 3270, 3274, 3304, 3331, 3334
Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3255
Wood furniture industry..........................................3304
Air rates and fares:
Aviation data requirements.......................................2009
Rebating international fares.....................................2034
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.........................................2025, 2042
Certification of screening companies.............................2152
Excise taxes.....................................................2730
Hazardous substances.............................................2496
Inspection of stopover passengers................................1733
Nondiscrimination................................................2030
Revenue and nonrevenue passengers................................2557
Unfair exclusionary conduct......................................2040
Aircraft:
Aircraft parts...................................................2116
Airworthiness directives and standards........2129, 2158, 2159, 2160,
2161, 2162, 2164, 2165, 2183
Bird ingestion standards.........................................2138
Bird strike requirements.........................................2185
Cargo airplanes:
Traffic alert and collision avoidance systems..................2124
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Cargo restrictions:
Oxidizers and organic peroxides................................2548
Certification procedures for products and parts..................2155
Child restraint systems..........................................2118
Corrosion control program........................................2110
Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2176
Dispatcher certification.........................................2197
Duty-free entry of civil aircraft................................2667
Emergency exits..................................................2133
Emergency medical equipment......................................2123
Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2143
FAA registration fees............................................2173
Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.............2189
Flight data recorder improvements................................2154
Float plane take-off and landing.................................2081
Hazardous material recognition training..........................2122
Hazardous material transportation................................2517
Improved seats retrofit..........................................2109
Maintenance:
Aging aircraft...........................................2132, 2136
Repair assessments.............................................2137
Manifests public disclosure......................................2697
Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................814
Parachutes.......................................................2145
Registration.....................................................2166
Rocket engines...................................................3187
Rotorcraft:
Flight plan requirements.......................................2202
Snowplanes.......................................................1523
Surplus military.................................................2174
Titles and security documents....................................2166
Transponders...............................................2177, 2195
Transport category:
Airworthiness directives and standards...................2151, 2184
Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2180
Engine cowling retention devices...............................2171
FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................2126
Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation
materials..................................................2125
Fuel tank ignition source review...............................2190
Low speed stall................................................2172
Repair assessments.............................................2137
Turbine-powered and turboprop:
Bird ingestion standards.......................................2138
Type certification procedures....................................2135
Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1522
Water landing survival equipment.................................2108
Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act...................294, 731
Aircraft pilots:
See Airmen
Airlines:
See Air carriers
Airmen:
Aeromedical education training services..........................2199
Bilateral Air Safety Agreement...................................2192
Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2178
Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2181
Drug abuse.......................................................2169
Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2196
FAA certification fees...........................................2173
Flight attendants:
English language proficiency...................................2111
Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2112
Ground deicing/anti-icing procedures.............................2179
Medical examinations.............................................2198
National Driver Register records.................................2399
Rest and duty requirements.......................................2115
Training and certification...........................2120, 2179, 2203
Airplanes:
See Aircraft
Airports:
Allocation of slots..............................................2201
Concessions:
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2028
Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2024
Fees charged to air carriers.....................................2146
High density rule................................................2153
Land use compatibility planning..................................2175
Landing systems..................................................2140
Security.........................................................2131
Transponder requirement suspension...............................2195
Airspace:
Air traffic services and aeronautical studies:
Fees...........................................................2141
Grand Canyon National Park:
Air tour operations............................................2149
Modifications..................................................2150
Postponement of special flight rules...........................2157
Landing systems..................................................2140
Los Angeles, CA..................................................2134
National Park Service overflights:
Grand Canyon National Park.....................................2187
NOAA overflight regulation........................................555
Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2128
Reduced vertical separation minimum..............................2204
Regulations, routine issue of....................................2163
Airways:
See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
Air carrier employees............................................2194
Block grants......................................................929
DOT substance abuse professional definition......................2043
Motor carrier post-accident test results.........................2310
Railroad employee testing........................................2470
Foreign-based crews............................................2456
Transportation industry........................2007, 2026, 2196, 2487
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
See also Beer
Gasohol
Liquors
Wine
Country of origin statements.....................................2593
Denatured alcohol and rum:
Distribution and use...........................................2625
Formulas and technical amendments..............................2627
Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2604
Health claims in labeling and advertising........................2609
Prohibition of containers........................................2608
Tax-free alcohol.................................................2624
Wine.............................................................2605
Sherry.........................................................2596
Aliens:
See also Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration
Migrant labor
Refugees
Adjustment of status...........................1752, 1756, 1775, 1814
Age requirements for fingerprinting..............................1813
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1687, 1738
Arrival/departure management system..............................1730
Arriving aliens definition.......................................1773
Asylum.....................................................1774, 1783
Authority to grant.............................................1745
Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1736
Battered and abused spouses and children...................1729, 1758
Bonding pilot program............................................1808
Border crossing cards............................................1992
Border crossing identification documents...................1734, 1785
Conditional residents:
Battered and abused............................................1799
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Criminal convictions.......................................1761, 1772
Cuban......................................................1794, 1814
Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1792
Deportation proceedings:
Entrepreneurs............................................1762, 1772
Suspension...............................................1708, 1780
Employment.....................................1718, 1751, 1788, 1806
Refiling of applications.......................................1867
Use on government contract projects.......................780, 1788
Employment authorization fee.....................................1789
Employment eligibility verification........................1791, 1803
Expedited exclusion procedures...................................1761
Expedited removal of jailed criminals............................1714
Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1800
F-1 foreign students.............................................1724
Family Unity Program.............................................1768
Fingerprinting.............................................1777, 1803
Foreign group health plans.......................................1193
Habitual residence...............................................1766
Haitian nationals................................................1817
Health care workers..............................................1728
Hungarian parolees...............................................1769
Immigrant investors..............................................1722
Inadmissability............................................1715, 1747
IR status........................................................2002
Juveniles............................................1732, 1778, 1818
Labor certification process....................1866, 1874, 1877, 1878
Land Border Inspection Fee Account...............................1744
Land border ports-of-entry fees..................................1741
Landing requirements for passengers arrving from Cuba............1749
Mail order brides................................................1729
Manifest requirements............................................1742
National interest waivers for physicians.........................1804
NATO civilian employees..........................................1739
Nicaraguan.......................................................1814
Nonimmigrant classes:
Admission into the U.S...................................1763, 1787
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...1737, 1816
Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................1746
Corporate reorganizations......................................1721
Disclosure of information......................................1760
Documentation..................................................2001
Extending period of duration...................................1809
Fee schedule for students and exchange visitors................1798
Firearm prohibitions...........................................2601
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program..............1796
Law enforcement initiatives....................................1716
Nurses...................................................1750, 1875
Temporary workers..................................1856, 1866, 1874
Visitors for business..........................................1810
Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1822
Orphan petitions.................................................1812
Parent-child relationships.......................................1812
Parole authority.................................................1797
Permanent resident status............................1769, 1775, 1814
Polish parolees..................................................1769
Prostitution.....................................................1723
Public assistance programs:
Food Stamp Program...................................189, 228, 1776
Medicaid.......................................................1776
Sponsor reimbursement....................................1764, 1776
Registration of..................................................1803
Release to immigration authorities...............................1681
Religious workers................................................1779
Removal orders...................................................1771
SSA regulations..................................................1720
Student employment...............................................1781
Temporary protected status.................................1789, 1807
Temporary workers..........................................1754, 1860
Termination of DV registration at NVC............................2003
Transit without visa.......................................1820, 1986
Withholding of removal...........................................1774
Amateur radio service:
See Radio
American Indians:
See Indians
Ammunition:
See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................940
Animal diseases:
Pseudorabies in swine.............................................122
Scrapie...........................................................110
Animal drugs:
See also Animal biologics
Animal Drug Availability Act......................................933
Antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals....................1021
Approval process..................................................980
Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................940
Feed directives.............................................992, 1027
Import tolerance levels..........................................1018
Investigational use...............................................933
New drug applications............................................1001
Presubmission conferences for applicants..........................958
Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........994
Supplemental manufacturing changes................................997
Animal welfare:
Horse protection requirements.....................................114
Inspection, licensing, and procurement............................125
Interstate movement to slaughter..................................121
Marine mammals...............................................107, 604
Training and handling of potentially dangerous animals............134
Animals:
See also Animal diseases
Animal drugs
Animal welfare
Livestock
Wildlife
Imports...........................................................124
Hogs from Europe................................................128
Pet ownership in public housing..................................1329
Substances prohibited from use in feed...........................1020
Annuities:
See Pensions
Antidumping:
American Samoa exemption petition................................3160
Sunset reviews....................................................366
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.................................................3620, 3630
NARA:
Computer tapes.................................................3629
Freedom of information.........................................3634
Plain language revisions.......................................3628
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Privacy Act....................................................3631
Storage standards..............................................3627
Armed forces:
See also Armed forces reserves
Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel
Selective Service System
Air Force:
Academy nominations and appointments............................820
Delivery of personnel to civilian authorities for trial.........821
Freedom of Information Act Program..............................824
Visual information documentation program........................823
Army Corps of Engineers:
Administrative appeals process..................................807
Environmental quality requirements..............................806
ESA scope of analysis...........................................810
Permit regulations..............................................808
Public use of water development projects........................812
Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................809
CHAMPUS...................825, 826, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834
Coast Guard:
ASTM standards.................................................2106
Auxiliary regulations..........................................2068
Cargo securing.................................................2070
Carriage of hazardous materials in bulk........................2083
Commercial diving operations...................................2054
Deep water ports...............................................2053
Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2093
Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2046
Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils.................2080
Mandatory ship reporting systems in whale areas................2102
Marine Safety and Environmental Protection...2050, 2051, 2078, 2097
Marine shipboard electrical cable standards....................2065
Merchant mariners........................................2078, 2095
Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2047
Personnel training and qualifications..........................2061
Propeller injury prevention....................................2096
Regatta and parade permits.....................................2074
Regulated navigation areas.....................................2094
Service obligations, deferments, and waivers...................2552
Tank barge emergency control measures..........................2099
Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances............2073
Tonnage regulations............................................2105
Towing vessel fire protection measures.........................2079
Towing vessel operators........................................2075
Traffic separation schemes.....................................2082
Waivers of the coastwise trade laws for eligible vessels.......2555
Discharge standards for vessels..................................3467
Disclosure of information.........................................762
Military records correction.......................................805
Navy:
Freedom of Information Act program..............................816
Incidental taking during deployment of low frequency active
sonar.......................................................547
Incidental taking of marine mammals........................425, 427
National Environmental Policy Act implementation................815
Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................814
Professional conduct of attorneys...............................817
Regulations.....................................................818
Service obligations, deferments, and waivers...................2552
Underwater archaeology on submerged cultural resources..........813
Reemployment.....................................................3705
Selective service regulation.....................................3823
Surplus aircraft.................................................2174
Armed forces reserves:
Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................3841
Ready Reserve.....................................................747
Arms and munitions:
Antique firearms.................................................2601
Brady Bill regulations.....................................2600, 2611
Curio and relic..................................................2611
Dual-use items....................................................398
Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................399
Explosives safety.................................................745
Export controls..............................................370, 410
Handguns.........................................................2611
Identification markings..........................................2613
Importation......................................................2614
Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.................2601, 2611
Residency requirements for purchasers............................2612
Waiver for firearm prohibition on nonimmigrant visa holders......1822
Asbestos:
Model accreditation plan.........................................3381
Asylum:
See Immigration
Atomic energy:
See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
See Lawyers
Auditing:
See Accounting
Authority delegations:
ATF......................................2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2633
Banks............................................................2570
Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1563
Civil penalty issuance...........................................1705
DFARS.............................................................796
DOA..............................................................1993
DOJ..............................................................1831
DOL........................................................1843, 1874
EPA revisions....................................................3252
FAR..............................................................3964
FCC..............................................................4151
FEMA.............................................................3562
FERC.............................................................4200
HHS:
OIG.............................................................922
HUD..............................................................1275
Immigration judges...............................................1705
INS........................................................1706, 1991
NRC..............................................................4350
Personnel and general claims settlement...........................722
Surface Transportation Board.....................................4439
Automatic data processing:
See Computer technology
Automobiles:
See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
Aging aircraft...................................................2132
Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2119
Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2109
Airplane operator security.......................................2130
Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2129
Airworthiness directives and standards...............2161, 2183, 2184
Alcohol misuse prevention program................................2194
Anti-drug programs...............................................2194
Bird ingestion standards.........................................2138
Bird strike requirements.........................................2185
Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2178
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2039
Corrosion control program........................................2110
Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2159
Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2168
Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2176
Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2180
Engine fuel and induction systems................................2165
Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2143
Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2112
Flight rules...............................................2160, 2162
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Foreign air carriers:
Security programs..............................................2186
Freight:
Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................2142
Fuel tank ignition source review.................................2190
Fuel tank vent protection........................................2158
Hazards to air navigation........................................2128
Information and records disclosed by industry....................2188
Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2164
Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2038
Parachute operations.............................................2145
Pilot rest and duty requirements...........................2115, 2181
Repair assessments...............................................2137
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2136, 2188
Transponder requirement..........................................2177
Type certification procedures....................................2135
Water landing survival equipment.................................2108
B
Baggage:
See Freight
Balloons:
See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
Advertisement of membership......................................4169
Assessments................................................4176, 4181
Credit unions:
Requirements for branches outside the United States............4280
Share insurance................................................4288
Customer protections.................................2643, 2969, 4246
Nonmember banks............................................4178, 4277
Notice of insured status.........................................4158
Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4157
Receivership rules...............................................4159
Retail sales of insurance products.........................4166, 4246
Risk-based capital standards...............................4156, 4160
Savings association activities...................................4174
State bank activities............................................4174
Transactions between insured depository institutions and their
affiliates...................................................4244
Bankruptcy:
Group health plans...............................................1193
RCRA financial responsibility....................................3431
Banks, banking:
See also Bank deposit insurance
Credit
Electronic funds transfers
Federal home loan banks
Federal Reserve System
Foreign banking
National banks
Savings associations
Activities and operations..................................2642, 2644
Anti-money laundering programs...................................2569
Assessment of fees...............................................2646
Automated Clearing House Method............................2586, 2591
Bank Secrecy Act.........................2566, 2567, 2570, 2571, 2572
Casino reporting.................................................2568
Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2576
Collateral eligibility and valuation...........2580, 2581, 2582, 2635
Collection of checks.............................................4264
Community development corporation and project investments........2652
Community Development Financial Institutions Program.............2565
Community reinvestment.....................................2967, 4243
Consumer regulations review......................................4249
Conversions......................................................2963
CRA Sunshine.....................................................4162
Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2567
Debt cancellation contracts......................................2639
Deposit accounts.................................................4259
Due on sale......................................................2964
EDGAR system modernization.......................................4372
Electronic banking...............................................2640
Electronic funds transfer........................................4238
Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........2641, 2968, 4164, 4245
Farm credit:
Borrower rights................................................4009
Charters.......................................................4010
Disclosure to shareholders.....................................4013
Farm Credit System Reform Act..................................4024
FCA rulemaking...........................................4017, 4018
FCSIC nondiscrimination enforcement............................4022
FCSIC referral of criminal violations..........................4023
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital
regulation.................................................4008
Loan participations and purchases..............................4012
Loan policies and operations...................................4014
Mission-related investments....................................4011
Regulatory Burden..............................................4007
Risk-weighting.................................................4006
Standards of conduct...........................................4015
Stock issuance.................................................4019
FedSelect check..................................................2585
Fiduciary activities.............................................2642
Financial institutions:
Consumer information privacy...................................4276
On DoD installations.......................................733, 734
Payment service providers......................................2558
Privacy........................................................2647
Financial services transactions survey.......................348, 351
Financial subsidiaries...............................2563, 2564, 2655
Foreign investments..............................................4254
Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4386
Holding companies..............................4241, 4242, 4257, 4258
International banks..............................................4254
Interstate branches..............................................4165
Lending limits...................................................2644
Long-term issuer credit rating...................................2560
Management interlocks............................................4263
Merchant banking.................................................2561
Minimum capital ratios...........................................2636
Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2638
Non-deposit investment products............................2648, 2962
On DoD installations..............................................734
Operating subsidiaries...........................................2655
Predatory lending practices......................................2957
Privacy of consumer financial information..................4173, 4256
Privacy of nonpublic personal information........................2973
Proxy and information statements.................................4376
Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4253
Regulation CC....................................................4264
Regulation DD....................................................4259
Regulation U.....................................................4240
Resolution Funding Corporation operations........................2562
Restrictions on sale of assets...................................4177
Retained interests...............................................4163
Risk-based capital standards...................3659, 4167, 4252, 4253
Savings association activities...................................4174
Securities brokers and dealers:
Automated submission of trading data...........................4412
Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4168
Securities of nonmember banks....................................4178
State bank activities............................................4174
Membership in the Federal Reserve System.......................4239
Time accounts....................................................4259
Types of offices.................................................2960
Uniform Flood Insurance regulations..............................2977
Usury preemption.................................................2964
Year 2000 safety and soundness guidelines............2651, 2653, 2976
Barges:
See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
See Packaging and containers
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Beef:
See Livestock
Meat and meat products
Beer:
Brewery regulations..............................................2592
Exports..........................................................2622
Imports..........................................................2594
Labeling.........................................................2595
Malt beverage labeling...........................................2623
Bicycles:
Traffic control manual revision..................................2227
Use in Delaware Water Gap NRA....................................1526
Biologics:
See also Animal biologics
Blood
Adverse experience reporting......................................942
Cellular therapy products.........................................998
Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................940
Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic
substances...................................................1007
General safety test exceptions....................................998
Informed consent regulations......................................989
Interstate shipment...............................................930
Labeling....................................................953, 1030
Medicare coverage................................................1185
Part 600 regulations..............................................935
Postmarketing studies............................................1004
Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........994
Birds:
See Wildlife
Birth control:
See Family planning
Blind:
See also Medicaid
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Aids to blind veterans.....................................2983, 2987
Blood:
Current good manufacturing practices.........................961, 967
Errors and accidents reporting....................................981
Hepatitis C virus...........................................961, 3008
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1153
Labeling standards................................................967
Safety standards.............................................945, 981
Blueberries:
Research, Promotion, and Information Order.........................22
Boats and boating safety:
See Marine safety
Navigation (water)
Bonding:
See Surety bonds
Bonds:
Private activity...............................2769, 2815, 2885, 2948
Qualified zone academy.....................................2818, 2841
Secured by government obligations................................2582
Surety bond requirements.........................................1587
Borders:
See International boundaries
Boycotts:
Foreign boycott provisions........................................397
Bridges:
Drawbridge operation.............................................2092
Railroad safety regulations......................................2460
Worker safety standards..........................................2467
Broadcasting:
See Radio
Television
Brokers:
Automated submission of trading data.............................4412
Bonding requirement exemption....................................1883
Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and
introducing brokers....................................3973, 3981
Large trader records.............................................4430
Net capital requirements...................................4417, 4425
Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4398
Proxy and information statements.................................4376
Quotation requirements...........................................4427
Buildings:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Access for individuals with disabilities......1686, 1689, 1692, 1693,
3098, 3101
Asbestos.........................................................3381
Indoor air quality...............................................1965
Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1296
Buses:
See also Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Antilock brakes..................................................2410
Brake systems....................................................2408
School:
Flammability of interior materials.............................2431
Parking brake warning system...................................2418
Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2252
Testing guidelines...............................................2488
Wheelchair restraints............................................2406
Business and industry:
See also 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
Airport concessions:
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2028
Alcohol:
Wine...........................................................2605
Aluminum industry:
Air pollution control..............................3227, 3250, 3314
Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3176
Baker's yeast manufacturing:
Air pollution control..........................................3251
Boat manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3171
Cellulose manufacturing..........................................3147
Chemicals:
Air pollution control..............................3168, 3169, 3230
Control of PMNs................................................3377
Hazardous wastes listing.................................3416, 3432
Manufacture......................3238, 3366, 3371, 3376, 3382, 3383
Pollution standards............................................3378
Polychlorinated biphenyls......................................3390
Construction.....................................................1972
Dry cleaning.....................................................4270
Air pollution control..........................................3296
Economic development..............................................362
Effluent guidelines....3453, 3454, 3455, 3460, 3477, 3495, 3497, 3509
Entertainment industry...........................................2750
EPA operating permits......................................3142, 3277
Ethylene processing:
Air pollution control....................................3307, 3322
Explosives.......................................................2598
Fastener Quality Act..............................................418
Financial services transactions survey............................351
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Financing cooperative stock.......................................304
Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4272
Friction products................................................3299
Health products:
Human cellular and tissue-based products.............946, 956, 1015
Housing..........................................................1309
Industrial container and drum cleaning effluent guidelines.......3497
Industrial disposal wells........................................3534
Industrial technology partnerships................................716
Iron manufacturing:
Effluent guidelines............................................3455
Large appliance coating industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3173
Leather tanning and finishing....................................3185
Lime manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3298
Manufacturing technology program..................................786
Metal finishing industry:
Water pollution control........................................3442
Metal parts and products coating industry:
Air pollution control....................................3174, 3194
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Air bags.......................................................2400
Air pollution control....................................3144, 3180
Emission standards.............................................3258
Fuel economy credits...........................................2369
Metric conversion..............................................2374
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3506
National Type Evaluation Program..................................420
Paint manufacturing:
Hazardous waste management.....................................3409
Paper, film and foil coating industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3175
Pharmaceuticals:
Discontinuation of life-saving products.........................956
Manufacturing changes..........................................1000
Radiopharmaceuticals............................................957
Plastic parts industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3195
Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
Air pollution control..........................................3146
Polyurethane foam production:
Air pollution control..........................................3189
Printing/publishing........................................3181, 3213
Pulp, paper and paperboard.......................................3265
Effluent limitations...........................................3494
Spandex..........................................................3323
Steel manufacturing:
Effluent guidelines............................................3455
Stock transfer rules...........................2772, 2778, 2855, 2955
Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2812
Tires:
Manufacture..............................................3172, 3302
Transportation equipment cleaning:
Effluent guidelines............................................3477
Vegetable oil production.........................................3186
C
Cable television:
Cable Act reform.................................................4031
Cost of service..................................................4026
Customer service standards.......................................4027
Digital must carry...............................................4034
EEO rules and policies...........................................4125
Home wiring rights...............................................4028
Horizontal ownership limits......................................4035
Pole attachments.................................................4033
Rates............................................................4025
TV and VCR compatibility.........................................4099
Cancer:
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3136
NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1043
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1083, 1899
Cargo:
See Freight
Cargo vessels:
See also Maritime carriers
Barges:
Bulk liquid hazardous material...........................2083, 2101
Numbering of undocumented barges.........................2047, 2076
Vapor control systems..........................................2060
Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................2070
Carriage of bulk solid materials requiring special handling......2049
Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2072
Tank vessels:
Escorts........................................................2088
Foreign........................................................2045
Oil pollution prevention.......................................2088
Response plans.................................................2073
Towing vessel safety measures..................................2050
Cemeteries:
VA burial benefits.............................3022, 3023, 3025, 3026
Provisions for capital crimes..................................3027
Census data:
Correction........................................................354
Release authorizations............................................355
Special services and studies.................................353, 356
Cereals (commodity):
See Grains
CHAMPUS:
Claimcheck denials appeals process................................834
Double coverage..............................................829, 830
Dual compensation/conflict of interest program....................827
Family Member Dental Plan.........................................831
Nonavailability statement requirement for maternity care..........833
Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................828
Retiree Dental Program eligibility................................832
Third party recoveries............................................830
Charter buses:
See Buses
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
Passengers stranded by...........................................2012
Checks:
See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
See also Drugs
Hazardous substances
Pesticides and pests
Acrylamide.......................................................3384
Air pollution control......................................3230, 3238
Arsenic in drinking water........................................3517
Assessment information rule......................................3382
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3399
Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1697
Drinking water regulations.......................................3530
Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3346
Health and safety reporting rule.................................3383
Helium conservation..............................................1638
High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3361
New use rules for PMNs...........................................3377
OSHA dermal testing..............................................3375
Ozone depleting:
Halons.........................................................3205
Methyl bromide...........................................3199, 3206
Refrigerant recycling....................................3259, 3260
Sales restrictions.............................................3198
Substitutes....................................................3261
Transshipment provision........................................3309
Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3378, 3390, 3511
Polymers and resins..............................................3253
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Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................3998
Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4333
Registration and reregistration fees.............................1702
Right-to-Know initiative.........................................3357
Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3361
Test rules...............................3362, 3373, 3379, 3386, 3388
Toxic substances.....................................3366, 3394, 3415
Toxic substances in new chemicals................................3376
Toxicity profiles................................................3364
Toxics Release Inventory...................................3392, 3396
Coal...........................................................3393
Lead...........................................................3395
Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3393
Traceable Reference Materials Program.............................421
Use inventory rule...............................................3371
Used in manufacture of controlled substances.....................1695
Child abuse:
See Child welfare
Child care:
See Day care
Child labor:
Forced or indentured.............................................2678
Hazardous occupations............................................1852
Schooling, health, and well-being................................1852
Violation penalties..............................................1857
Child support:
Eligibility for Food Stamp Program................................205
Health care coverage.............................................1896
Medicaid referrals...............................................1100
National medical support notice..................................1224
Non-performance TANF penalty.....................................1222
Payments to Indian tribes........................................1213
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
1221
Safeguarding information.........................................1216
Child welfare:
See also Adoption and foster care
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Child labor
Child support
Day care
Adverse actions against Head Start agencies......................1230
Child poverty rate:
State determination methodology................................1219
Children's Health Insurance Program..................1085, 1166, 1180
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule........................4279
Indian child protection programs...........................1040, 1550
Medical child support............................................1136
Permanent incapacity for self-support............................3007
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1828
Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1226
SSA benefits...............................................3888, 3890
State performance requirements...................................1227
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
High performance bonus...................................1220, 1870
Work requirements..............................................1870
Title IV-D compliance............................................1223
Children:
See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
See also Smoking
Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4002
Floor stocks tax.................................................2632
Permit requirements for roll-your-own tobacco....................2620
Reimportation of products........................................2631
Sale and distribution requirements...............................1026
State and local requirement exemptions...........................1028
Tax computation for cigarette papers.............................2620
Tax increase.....................................................2634
Citizens band radio service:
See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
See also Aliens
Immigration
Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....1756
Age requirements for fingerprinting..............................1813
Revoking grants of naturalization................................1801
Civil defense:
See also Disaster assistance
Military assistance to civil agencies.............................741
Civil rights:
See also Equal educational opportunity
Equal employment opportunity
Fair housing
Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3102
Common rule on title IX of the Civil Rights Act..................3852
Data collection...................................................163
Economic Development Administration guidelines....................363
Education........................................................3646
Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................4248
Food Stamp Program data collections...............................193
Nondiscrimination:
Activities assisted by the NEA...........................3643, 3787
Activities assisted by the NEH.....................3643, 3645, 3787
Age discrimination.......................................1932, 2013
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4022
Federally assisted programs.....1244, 1688, 1690, 1691, 1928, 1932,
3066, 3636, 3906
HIPAA rules..............................................1900, 2729
Housing........................................................1245
Individuals with disabilities...1689, 1692, 1693, 3580, 3784, 3787,
3906
USDA-conducted programs and activities..........................299
Older individuals................................................1234
Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3787
Persons with life-threatening illnesses...........................987
Civil service system:
See Government employees
Claims:
Collection by HUD................................................1237
Collection by the NEA............................................3642
Corporation for National and Community Service debt collection
3105
Debt Collection Improvement Act..................................2579
EEOC.............................................................3540
False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................1831
False drawback...................................................2700
Federal claims collection standards..............................2579
Federal Claims Collection Standards..............................1825
Federal tort claims..............................................1679
FMS payments...............................................2574, 2578
Food Stamp Program................................................201
HUD..............................................................1313
Medical care benefits............................................1887
Medicare suppliers...............................................1066
Meritorious......................................................3614
Public land rights-of-way........................................1348
Veterans.........................................................3047
Attorney fees............................................3047, 3062
Classified information:
Access.......................................................728, 882
DOE policies......................................................884
NARA records declassification....................................3621
Nuclear material..................................................882
OMB policies.....................................................3674
Storage...........................................................729
Uniform system for national security information..................909
Clean Air Act:
See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
See Water pollution control
Coal:
Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1604
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Coal management..................................................1631
Coalbed methane development......................................1649
Emission standards for coke ovens................................3267
Regulation streamlining..........................................1631
Temporary cessation of mining operations.........................1609
Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3393
Coal mines:
See Mine safety and health
Mines
Surface mining
Underground mining
Coastal zone:
See also Continental shelf
Flood plains
Administrative appeals process....................................807
Biological test methods for pollutants...........................3500
Coastal Zone Management Act.......................................558
Development and production plans.................................1601
Exploration plans................................................1601
Fees for appeals..................................................554
Shore protection.................................................2071
TVA shoreline management.........................................3921
Waste deposit prevention.........................................3538
Wetlands:
Conservation program.......................................38, 1365
Minimal effects exemptions......................................338
Privately owned................................................2220
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......................................141
Stakeholder input to formula funds..............................142
Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................775
DFARS modification...........................................775, 801
DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and
institutions..................................................726
DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................743
DOT grants.................................................2021, 2032
Grants administration............................365, 735, 1251, 3564
Grants to Indian colleges........................................1556
Multicultural Scholars Program....................................135
Commercial fisheries:
See Fisheries
Commodities:
See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
Bulk transfers or liquidations...................................3982
Commodity Pool Operator exclusions...............................3974
Commodity pool operator reporting requirements...................3971
Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
Exemption from registration....................................3986
Performance disclosures........................................3976
Contingent EFP prohibition.......................................3972
Contract market designation......................................3983
Denomination of customer funds...................................3968
Electronic signatures............................................3985
Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and
introducing brokers....................................3973, 3981
Foreign futures and options contracts......................3978, 3979
Grading and certification of livestock.............................24
Insider trading regulations......................................3975
Location of depositories.........................................3968
Market rule review.........................................3977, 3980
Principal, definition............................................3969
Qualified eligible participants and clients......................3970
Trade options....................................................3984
Common carriers:
See also Air carriers
Communications common carriers
Maritime carriers
Motor carriers
Railroads
Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4233
DOT registration system..........................................2269
Freight forwarders:
FHWA general jurisdiction......................................2268
Registration requirements......................................2300
Licensing requirements of ocean transportation intermediaries
4236
Communicable diseases:
Correctional management..........................................1664
Interstate quarantine of persons..................................931
Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1107
Communications:
See also Communications common carriers
News media
Telecommunications
Accounting and reporting requirements............................4072
Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4118
Auction authority................................................4151
Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local
exchange carriers............................................4069
Broadcast station construction permits...........................4119
Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4092
Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4139
Commercial mobile radio services.................................4149
Competitive bidding for broadband PCS............................4140
Competitive bidding for IVDS.....................................4138
Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4137
Competitive bidding process......................................4146
Dedicated Short Range Communications.............................2213
Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
4071
Digital audio broadcasting.................................4128, 4155
Digital equipment deregulation...................................4080
DOD visual information documentation program......................823
Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4074
FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.........................4064
FERC regulations governing off-the-record communications.........4195
Forfeitures for violations.......................................4075
Government transfer band.........................................4090
Horizontal ownership limits......................................4035
International common carriers....................................4108
Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4153
Low power FM Radio...............................................4126
Maritime.........................................................4132
Mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...............4087
North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4039
Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4134
Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4091
Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4133
Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4106
Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................4109
Regulatory fees assessment and collection........................4130
Relocation of base stations for 200 MHz licenses.................4141
Revision of 47.2-48.2 GHz band rules.............................4147
RF lighting devices..............................................4086
Satellite:
Dedicated short range communications of intelligent
transportation systems.....................................4085
Digital audio radio service....................................4105
Direct broadcast service.......................................4112
Earth stations.................................................4104
Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4093
Maritime mobile services.......................................4113
MSS spectrum allocation............................4081, 4103, 4111
Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of
the V-band.................................................4110
Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band..............................4096
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4036, 4037
Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4106
Spacing and applications.......................................4101
Tracking and data relay........................................3617
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Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4102
SBC Communications, Inc. petition for biennial review............4070
Spectrum aggregation limits......................................4152
Spectrum allocation..............................................4085
Spread spectrum systems..........................................4095
Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................4154
Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4114
TV:
Advertising practices..........................................4117
Cable Act................................................4026, 4031
Cable television rates.........................................4025
Class A license................................................4127
Closed captioning..............................................4094
Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4032
Digital television service...............................4089, 4094
EEO rules and policies.........................................4125
Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4116
Medical care telemetry devices.................................4082
Over-the-air reception devices.................................4029
Predicting broadcast television field strength.................4098
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4036, 4037
Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................4150
Station ownership........................................4115, 4121
Video programming accessibility................................4030
Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4073
Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................4148
Video teleconference technology..................................3864
Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4135
Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4078
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service...............................4097
Wireless telecommunications carriers.............................4152
Communications common carriers:
Toll free service access codes...................................4042
Communist countries:
Export controls..................................................1476
Community action programs:
Community transition program......................................888
Empowerment zones and enterprise communities......................298
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..........................................2652
Combining other government assistance with CPD assistance........1302
Environmental regulations.........................................144
Financial Institutions Program.............................2565, 2971
Fisheries....................................................496, 638
Requirements of insured depository institutions..................4243
Revitalizing base closure communities.............................737
Rural venture capital demonstration...............................308
SBA:
Local economic development.....................................3825
Compensation:
See Unemployment compensation
Wages
Workers' compensation
Competitiveness:
Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................271
Air carriers.....................................................2033
American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2346
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
Amendments.....................................................1738
Arbitrations...................................................3568
Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1737, 1816
Cable television companies.......................................4028
Communications Act...................................4137, 4138, 4140
DFARS anticompetitive teaming.....................................770
Government research...............................................691
GSA regulations..................................................3597
Manufacturing technology projects.................................774
Telecommunications marketplace...................................4079
Television marketplace.....................................4025, 4032
Trade adjustment assistance................................1868, 1869
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
Access to information on government-owned systems.................879
Accessible electronic and information technology standards......3097,
3926
Automated submission of trading data.............................4412
Automated surety interface.......................................2689
Buy America requirement waiver...................................2494
Cytology specimens...............................................1192
De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............390, 405
Digital equipment deregulation...................................4080
EDGAR system modernization.......................................4372
Electronic filing................................................2659
Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and
cancellations..........................................2267, 2330
Electronic filing of DOT proceedings.............................2029
Electronic filing of FERC forms............................4193, 4201
Electronic periodic statement disclosures from credit unions.....4291
Electronic records...................................2445, 3117, 3635
Electronic requests for confidential treatment of export
manifest data................................................2670
Electronic submission of adverse drug reaction reports............951
Electronic submission of documents...............................4328
Electronic submission of fisheries reports........................430
Electronic submission of labeling information.....................968
Electronic transactions standards for health plans...............1076
Encryption software...............................................416
Exports.......................................369, 377, 388, 407, 409
Internet:
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule......................4279
Domain Name System..............................................694
Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................392
Software classification..........................................1011
Stored-value cards...............................................4251
Condominiums:
Mortgages........................................................1294
Conduct standards:
See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
Customs regulations..............................................2670
EPA regulations..................................................3115
FDA communications with State and foreign government officials
1029
SEC regulations..................................................4436
Conflict of interests:
See also Political activities (Government employees)
CHAMPUS requirements..............................................827
EPA..............................................................3110
Ethical conduct......................................3647, 3649, 3672
DOL employees..................................................1837
Ethics programs..................................................3669
Exemptions.......................................................3670
FDIC.............................................................4161
Financial disclosure.............................................3666
OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3663
Physician referrals..............................................1109
Post-government employment.......................................3671
Salary supplementation...........................................3665
Standards of conduct............................346, 3667, 3785, 3788
Congressional elections:
See Elections
Conservation:
See Energy conservation
Natural resources
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Construction industry:
Confined spaces for construction...........................1273, 1968
Construction Industry Payment Protection Act.....................3948
Davis-Bacon Act..................................................3941
DFARS modification................................................776
Effluent guidelines..............................................3459
Hazardous energy control...................................1273, 1976
Hearing loss prevention..........................................1942
Material bulletins...............................................1262
Noise abatement..................................................2234
Safety and health programs.................................1273, 1974
Safety standards...........................................1273, 1951
Sanitation standards for workers.................................1941
SBA size standards...............................................3853
Scaffold safety standards..................................1273, 1936
Seismic safety requirements.......................................314
Consumer protection:
See also Labeling
Trade practices
Automatic residential garage door operators......................3993
Baby walkers.....................................................3991
Backyard play sets standard......................................3995
Buckles on child-restraint systems...............................4000
Bunk bed requirements............................................4004
Cable home wiring rights.........................................4028
Candles and candle wicks containing lead.........................4001
Child-resistant packaging........................................3996
Cigarette lighters...............................................4002
Crib safety standards............................................3997
Disclosures................................................4273, 4275
Dive sticks......................................................3992
Financial information privacy....................................4276
Flammability standards:
Clothing textiles........................................3987, 4003
Upholstered furniture..............................3990, 3999, 4003
Household goods transportation.............................2275, 2317
Infant formula quality control...................................1008
Lead-based paint.....................................3370, 3372, 3391
Meat and poultry products.........................................237
Natural rubber latex.............................................3994
Notices to passengers............................................2018
Over-the-counter drugs............................................979
Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................3998
Premerger notification...........................................4268
RESPA amendments...........................................1290, 1291
Contagious diseases:
See Communicable diseases
Containers:
See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
Exploration or development and production plans..................1579
Minerals prospecting.............................................1593
Offshore transportation..........................................4188
Oil and gas worker training......................................1592
Oil, gas and sulphur operations..................................1600
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.......................................3535
Corporations:
See Business and industry
Cost principles:
DEAR amendments...................................................902
Educational institutions.........................................3675
Cotton:
Classification services.........................................4, 11
High Volume Instrument (HVI) classification........................25
Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program...................91
Countervailing duties:
Sunset reviews....................................................366
Courts:
Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1677
Damage awards....................................................2718
Immigration proceedings..........................................1707
Crafts:
See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
See also Banks, banking
Credit unions
Mortgages
Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit
substitutes..................................................4156
Debt collection............................................3553, 3642
Administrative offsets.......................1237, 2575, 2588, 3553
Administrative offsets by EEOC.................................3553
Administrative offsets by the OFHEO............................3661
Administrative offsets by the SBA........................3553, 3847
Debt Collection Improvement Act..........................3553, 3632
FEMA...........................................................3555
Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset...2589, 3553
Salary offsets.................................................3661
Tax refund offsets...........................1237, 2936, 3553, 3661
Transfer of referral of delinquent nontax debts................3553
Delinquent debtors:
Public dissemination of identity...............................2590
Direct line of credit..............................................82
Equal credit opportunity.........................................4248
Farm Credit System charter termination...........................4010
Partners and partnership...................................2806, 2845
Patent and Trademark Office fee payment...........................702
Credit unions:
Chartering.......................................................4283
Corporate credit unions..........................................4284
DIMIA compliance.................................................4296
Electronic periodic statement disclosures........................4291
Fair credit reporting............................................4292
Field of membership..............................................4283
Financial information privacy policy.............................4286
Individual Retirement Accounts...................................4301
Insurance and group purchasing activities........................4282
Insurance requirements for branches outside the United States
4280
Involuntary liquidation..........................................4285
Leasing..........................................................4287
On DoD installations..............................................734
Ownership of fixed assets........................................4295
Prompt corrective action...................................4289, 4297
Real estate brokerage services...................................4299
Recordkeeping exemptions.........................................4294
Records preservation program.....................................4293
Regulatory flexibility and exemption program.....................4281
Risk-based net worth requirement.................................4289
Secondary capital accounts.......................................4300
Secondary capital rule...........................................4290
Service organizations............................................4299
Share insurance..................................................4288
Share overdraft accounts.........................................4298
Statutory lien authority.........................................4302
Truth in Savings Act.............................................4291
Crime:
See also Drug abuse
Fraud
Juvenile delinquency
Aliens:
Expedited removal from jails...................................1714
In-transit passengers..........................................1719
Arson reporting..................................................2599
Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1677
Criminal fine collection.........................................1832
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Denial of SSI benefits to felons and probation and parole
violators....................................................3877
Domestic violence................................................2611
FCSIC referral of criminal violations............................4023
Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database Program..................1713
Financial institution reporting requirements.....................2569
Forest System lands...............................................295
Investigative authority of the Special Counsel...................3783
National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1711
Prostitution.....................................................1723
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1828
Sex offender registration programs...............................1712
Sex offender release notification................................1675
United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1790
Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1830
Critical habitat:
See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
Administrative regulations..............................167, 168, 171
Application for...................................................156
Blueberries.......................................................162
Civil penalties...................................................160
Florida fruit tree provisions.....................................161
Grains.......................................................157, 158
High risk land....................................................155
Highly erodible land and wetlands............................169, 170
Insurance by written agreement....................................166
Millet............................................................164
Movement or assumption of policies................................159
Nonstandard classification system.................................171
Nursery crops.....................................................165
Premiums..........................................................172
Reinsurance agreements............................................173
Wheat.............................................................157
Crops:
See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
See Petroleum
Crystalline fructose:
Marketing allotment program........................................78
Crystalline silica:
Occupational exposure......................................1913, 1975
Cultural exchange programs:
Au pair regulation...............................................2005
Fees.............................................................1999
Reinstatment of J-1 exchange visitors............................1998
Short-term scholars..............................................2006
Summer work/travel...............................................1997
Customs duties and inspection:
See also Antidumping
Countervailing duties
Imports
Administrative rulings...........................................2664
Agricultural quarantine and inspection service user fees..........133
Aircraft manifests...............................................2697
Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2662
Check endorsement................................................2682
Civil aircraft...................................................2667
Counterfeited trademarks.........................................2674
Country of origin determinations.................................2698
Country of origin marking......................2676, 2692, 2693, 2695
Cultural property regulations....................................2668
Customs brokers..................................................2702
Duty-free benefits to jewelry manufacturers in the U.S. insular
possessions...................................................368
Duty-free store location.........................................2683
Duty-free stores limitations.....................................2663
Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2694
Electronic filing of entries of merchandise......................2659
Export manifest data.............................................2670
Fee and interest.................................................2668
Payment methods................................................2679
Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2690
General order warehouses.........................................2665
Harbor maintenance fees....................................2687, 2688
Illegal entry:
Penalties......................................................2673
Importation and entry bond conditions............................2680
Inventory accounts...............................................2728
Liquidated damages...............................................2681
Low-value duty-free merchandise..................................2661
Merchandise definition...........................................2728
North American Free Trade Agreement........................2660, 2669
Ports of entry...................................................2696
Products of forced or indentured child labor.....................2678
Reconciliation regulation........................................2658
Seizures, penalties and liquidated damages.......................2672
Summary forfeiture of controlled substances......................2686
Tariffs:
Liquidation of entries.........................................2656
Toxic substances.................................................2699
Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2657
D
Dairy products:
Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................73
Dairy Options Pilot Program.......................................174
Import regulations................................................272
Inspection and grading of dairy plants..............................8
Recourse loans.....................................................45
Transportation and storage........................................238
Dangerous cargo:
See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
See Computer technology
Day care:
Food program......................................................219
VA facilities....................................................3078
Deaf:
See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
Accountants......................................................2637
EPA changes......................................................3114
Social Security Administration...................................3896
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 schools:
See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
See Bank deposit insurance
Desegregation in education:
See Equal educational opportunity
Diabetes:
Qualification of diabetic truck drivers....................2239, 2325
Dietary supplements:
Current good manufacturing proctice...............................966
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Sturcture and function of the body claims........................1033
Disabled:
See 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..........................90
Crop disaster assistance......................................74, 105
Debris removal...................................................3565
Eligible forage crops..............................................41
Farmers..................................................86, 166, 168
Disaster set-aside program.......................................70
Set-aside program second installment.............................99
Fire suppression assistance......................................3549
Fisheries:
Northeast multispecies..........................................661
Floods...........................................................3547
Ability to pay provisions.......................................811
Disaster Reserve Flood Compensation Program......................98
Loans..............................................2654, 4021, 4179
National Flood Insurance Program.............3559, 3560, 3561, 3567
Uniform Flood Insurance regulations............................2977
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3550
Hurricanes:
Property acquisition and grants authority......................3546
Individual assistance programs:
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act........................................................3548
Market loss assistance........................................74, 105
National Flood Insurance Program:
Inspections....................................................3554
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................3557
Noninsured crop disaster assistance program....................47, 69
Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program:
Insurance requirements.........................................3545
Tax relief.......................................................2823
Unemployment assistance..........................................1864
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 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
Block grants......................................................929
Disincentives for inmates........................................1653
Drug-free workplace..............................................3896
Narcotic addict treatment.........................................985
Transit operators................................................2487
Treatment programs...............................................1653
Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1830
Drug testing:
DOT substance abuse professional definition......................2043
Drug Testing Program.............................................1656
Motor carrier post-accident tests................................2310
Railroad employees...............................................2470
Foreign-based crews............................................2456
Skip lot testing..................................................970
Transportation personnel.......................2007, 2020, 2194, 2196
Drug traffic control:
Controlled substances:
Disposer definition and registration...........................1696
Exemptions.....................................................1703
Freight forwarding facilities..................................1699
Gamma butyrolactone............................................1704
Seizure and summary forfeiture.................................2686
Diversion control fee account....................................1698
Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1697
FAA regulations..................................................2169
Hydrochloric gas thresholds......................................1700
Iodine thresholds................................................1700
Drugs:
See also Animal drugs
Biologics
Over-the-counter drugs
Prescription drugs
Adverse drug experiences..........................................988
Adverse drug reaction reports................................942, 951
Aluminum containing..............................................1023
Anabolic steroid products........................................1703
Animal drug products used in food-producing animals..............1021
Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................984
Biological products...............................................935
Bulk drug substances..............................................999
Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances...........1695
Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act........................1701
Current good manufacturing practice..........................983, 990
Debarment certification regulations..............................1012
Drug Master File.................................................1024
Drugs for life-threatening illnesses..............................987
Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic
substances...................................................1007
Fees..............................................................969
Habit-forming drugs...............................................950
Informed consent regulations......................................989
Inhalation solution products......................................988
Insulin-containing products.......................................952
Investigational new drugs.........................938, 949, 987, 1013
Labeling.....................................................934, 990
Life-saving products..............................................956
Manufacturing changes............................................1000
Market withdrawal................................................1006
Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1099
Medicare coverage................................................1185
Narcotic addict treatment.........................................985
New drug applications.................................948, 1024, 1032
Patent holder notification for new drugs.........................1025
Pediatric studies................................................1031
Pharmacy compounding....................................954, 955, 999
Postmarketing studies for human drugs............................1004
Production emission standards....................................3219
Progestational...................................................1030
Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1694
Radiopharmaceuticals.........................................943, 957
Registration and reregistration fees.............................1702
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Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........994
Registration of producers.........................................937
Repackaging approval requirements.................................964
Rubber-containing.................................................934
Stability testing.................................................965
E
Earthquakes:
See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......357, 358, 359, 360
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
Administrative regulations........................................838
Aeromedical education............................................2199
Direct grant programs.............................................838
Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................341
ED general administrative regulations.............................837
Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization............841
Eligibility of overseas military dependents..................723, 724
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs (GEAR UP)............................................842
General Educational Degree.......................................1660
Grants administration.............................................839
Health education revisions........................................920
Inmate occupational educational programs.........................1654
National Security Education Program...............................727
NIH scholarships.................................................1042
NIH service payback obligation...................................1048
Nondiscrimination in programs receiving Federal assistance.......736,
3563, 3636, 3640, 4352
Police Corps reimbursements of educational expenses..............1835
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology Program...........844
Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1651
Qualified state tuition programs.................................2813
State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program..................846
Teacher quality enhancement grant programs........................843
Veterans:
Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3039
Election of benefits...........................................3039
Flight training..........................................2997, 3083
Montgomery G.I. Bill...................3039, 3052, 3053, 3057, 3081
Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria................3050, 3054
Rate increase......................................3052, 3053, 3086
Reservists.....................................................3040
Survivors and dependents.................................2998, 3044
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3002
Education of disadvantaged:
Formula grant allocations.........................................840
Head Start program:
Facilities construction and renovation.........................1218
Family care as an option.......................................1214
Performance standards..........................................1215
Regulations..............................................1225, 1232
Safe transportation of children................................1217
Education of individuals with disabilities:
Children.....................................................845, 849
Rehabilitation services...........................................847
Educational facilities:
Authorization to enroll F-1 students.............................1724
Cost principles for institutions.................................3675
FmHA programs......................................................33
Grants administration............................................3093
Educational research:
Human subjects protection...................................836, 1050
Eggs and egg products:
Inspection regulations...................................21, 245, 252
Refrigeration and labeling........................................996
Refrigeration requirements for shell eggs..........................17
Safe handling labeling statements.................................996
Salmonella enteritidis............................................996
Transfer of shell egg requirements................................251
Transportation and storage........................................238
Voluntary grading fee increase.....................................31
Voluntary shell-egg grading program................................16
Elderly:
See Aged
Elections:
See also Political activities (Government employees)
Indian tribal governments..................................1537, 1538
Electric power:
See also Electric power plants
Electric utilities
Geothermal resources used to generate electricity................1582
Rural electrification...............318, 322, 323, 328, 329, 330, 331
Worker safety....................................................1947
Electric power plants:
Additions and extensions..........................................326
Electric utilities:
Additions and extensions..........................................326
Designation of rate schedule sheets..............................4194
Indian electric power utilities..................................1562
National Forest System............................................273
Private activity bond rules......................................2815
Revision to assessment of annual charges.........................4182
RUS approval of architectural plans and specifications for
buildings.....................................................316
Small business size standards....................................3832
Standards and specifications................................320, 1925
Transmission rates................................................889
Electronic data processing:
See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
Abandoned Mine Land fee payments.................................1608
Electronic benefit transfer systems...............................207
Food Stamp Program audit requirements...........................231
Federal agency disbursements.....................................3131
FRS Regulation E revision..................................4238, 4251
Elementary and secondary education:
Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization............841
Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1724
Emergency medical services:
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act........................1155
Emergency mobilization:
See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
See also Pensions
Cafeteria plans......................................2771, 2852, 2880
Claims...........................................................1887
Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1880
Defined contribution plans.......................................1904
Electronic disclosure............................................1895
Family and medical leave.........................................2880
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Plan documents filing penalties..................................1893
Plan documents filing requirements...............................1891
Plan documents requested by Secretary of Labor...................1892
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............1884, 1890, 1904
Soft dollar interpretive bulletin................................1898
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................1882
Employee management relations:
See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
See Pensions
Employment:
See also Equal employment opportunity
Government employees
Aliens...........1718, 1725, 1751, 1767, 1781, 1788, 1789, 1806, 1856
Eligibility verification...........................1791, 1803, 1877
Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1736
Refiling of applications.......................................1867
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
Amendments.....................................................1738
Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1737, 1816
BIA regulations elimination......................................1541
Community transition program......................................888
Definitions for salary basis.....................................1858
Domestic services................................................1859
Employment authorization fee.....................................1789
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1841
Lower income persons.............................................1309
State employment statistics agency representatives...............1839
Verification of employment.................................1725, 1767
Work provisions of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act............................................208
Workforce investment systems...............................1872, 1929
Employment taxes:
Unemployment repayment...........................................2871
Endangered and threatened species:
See also Marine mammals
Addresses for submissions of permit applications.................1486
Alabama sturgeon.................................................1454
Alameda whipshake................................................1376
Aleutian Canada goose............................................1450
Aquatic snails...................................................1505
Arkansas River shiner............................................1449
Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................810
Asian bonytongue.................................................1451
Atlantic Salmon..................................................1408
Blackburn's sphinx moth..........................................1477
Buena Vista Lake Shrew...........................................1381
Bull trout.......................................................1500
Rule revision..................................................1457
California Bighorn sheep.........................................1508
Campeloma........................................................1505
Canada lynx................................................1361, 1501
Captive breeding.................................................1463
Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1401
Cheetah..........................................................1493
Chinook salmon..............................................686, 1511
Chiricahua leopard frog..........................................1362
CITES decisions............................................1354, 1456
Coastal cutthroat trout..........................................1402
Coho salmon..................................................626, 687
Columbia white-tailed deer.......................................1400
Conservation activities.....................................546, 1366
Conservation permits.............................................1404
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Flora and Fauna........................................1471, 1510
Cowhead Lake tui chub............................................1435
Critical habitat.......492, 603, 610, 632, 681, 685, 686, 1360, 1372,
1374, 1376, 1406, 1413, 1416, 1458, 1462, 1469, 1470
Cutthroat trout...................................................610
Designated ports for listed plants...............................1377
Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew..................................1499
Dusky gopher frog................................................1371
Duskytail darter.................................................1375
Eagles...........................................................1395
Evolutionarily Significant Units..................................606
Florida panther..................................................1384
Freshwater mussels...............................................1436
Freshwater snails................................................1436
Gray wolf..................................................1357, 1431
Green iguana.....................................................1438
Grizzly bears..............................................1424, 1444
Hawaiian damselflies.............................................1443
Hawaiian pomace flies............................................1442
Incidental take regulations.......................................682
Indiana bat......................................................1452
Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1384
Invertebrate species in Bexar County, Texas......................1398
Johnson seagrass.............................................545, 603
Kauai Cave amphipod..............................................1483
Kauai Cave wolf spider...........................................1483
Koala............................................................1388
Least chub.......................................................1468
List, reclassify, or delist.......1386, 1413, 1414, 1421, 1464, 1472,
1503
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1439
Loach minnow.....................................................1458
Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1414
Lost River suckers...............................................1416
Mariana fruit bat................................................1391
Morelet's crocodile..............................................1440
Mountain Yellow-legged Frog......................................1409
Mussels..........................................................1425
Newcomb's snail..................................................1480
Northern Idaho ground squirrel...................................1392
Northern spotted owl.............................................1420
Oahu elepaio.....................................................1389
Ohlone tiger beetle..............................................1370
Oregon coast......................................................687
Pacific Salmon....................................................632
Pecos pupfish....................................................1491
Permit requirements and exemptions...............................1510
Plants:
Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1506
Blumer's dock..................................................1497
California plants..............................................1467
Camatta Canyon amole...........................................1495
Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1393
Cook's lomatium................................................1369
Desert Yellowhead..............................................1397
Fender's blue butterfly........................................1488
Gentner's fritilaria...........................................1494
Golden Sedge...................................................1405
Howell's spectacular thelypody.................................1487
Ione buckwheat.................................................1479
Ione manzanita.................................................1479
Keck's sidalcea................................................1481
Kincaid's lupine...............................................1488
Kneeland prairie penny cress...................................1490
Large-flowered wooly meadowfoam................................1369
Larkspurs......................................................1478
Lloyd's hedgehog cactus, removal...............................1474
Milk-vetch.....................................................1380
Mountain plover................................................1447
Nipomo Mesa lupine.............................................1390
Pariette cactus................................................1441
Rough popcornflower............................................1485
San Diego ambrosia.............................................1460
Spalding's catchfly............................................1459
Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow.............................1482
Wilamette daisy................................................1488
Yreka phlox....................................................1496
Zapata bladderpod..............................................1489
Prebles Meadow Jumping Mouse.....................................1396
Red porgy.........................................................579
Riparian brush rabbit............................................1484
Riparian woodrat.................................................1484
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Salmon..................................................606, 632, 686
San Diego fairy shrimp...........................................1411
Santa Ana suckers..........................................1399, 1462
Scaleshelled mussel..............................................1403
Sea turtles..................................................620, 629
Short-tailed albatross...........................................1394
Shortnose suckers................................................1416
Smoky madtom.....................................................1375
Snake River chinook salmon...................................599, 685
Spectacled Eider.................................................1372
Spikedace........................................................1458
Spotfin chub.....................................................1375
Steelhead trout...................................................550
Steller's eider..................................................1374
Straight-horned markhor..........................................1378
Sturgeon permits.................................................1510
Tibetan antelope.................................................1364
Tidewater Goby.............................................1406, 1455
Tiger Salamander.................................................1368
Tropical birds...................................................1466
Turtle species...................................................1456
Vermilion darter.................................................1382
Vicuna...........................................................1387
Virgin River fishes........................................1421, 1470
West Coast salmonids..............................................606
West Coast steelhead.............................................1498
Western snowy plover.............................................1469
Wet Canyon talussnail............................................1504
White abalone.....................................................492
Yacare caiman....................................................1386
Yellowfin madtom.................................................1375
Energy:
See also Coal
Electric power
Energy conservation
Fuel economy
Geothermal energy
Natural gas
Nuclear energy
Petroleum
Pipelines
Alternative fuels.................................858, 862, 866, 3241
Conduct of DOE employees..........................................915
DEAR amendments...................................................907
Cost principles.................................................902
Management and operating clauses................................914
Mentor-Protege Program..........................................910
Part 970 rewrite................................................905
Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............912
DEAR technical amendments.........................................911
DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................740
FERC reporting requirements..........................4185, 4193, 4201
Foreign atomic energy activities..................................883
Fuel excise taxes................................................2805
Integrated resource planning......................................895
Off-the-record communications....................................4195
Open Access Same-Time Information System.........................4199
Part 33 filing requirements......................................4186
Polygraph examination program for employees.......................885
Privacy Act regulations...........................................887
Regional transmission organizations..............................4198
State energy program..............................................867
Transmission-related issues.......................................894
Uranium mill sites................................................897
Wastes from fossil fuel combustion...............................3406
Weatherization Assistance Program.................................870
Wholesale power rates.............................................894
Energy conservation:
See also Fuel economy
Appliance efficiency standards.....................853, 854, 855, 872
Appliance Labeling Rule..........................................4278
Efficiency standards:
Central air conditioners........................................852
Clothes dryers..................................................875
Clothes washers.................................................852
Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................850
Commercial heating equipment....................................850
Direct heating equipment........................................876
Dishwashers................................................869, 875
Electric motors, 200 hp.........................................877
Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................878
Fluorescent lamp ballasts.......................................852
Heat pumps......................................................852
High intensity discharge lamps..................................873
Pool heaters....................................................876
Refrigerators...................................................868
Water heaters..............................................850, 852
Electric motor vehicles...........................................860
Federal buildings............................................861, 863
Model Energy Code update.........................................1277
Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................871
Test procedures...................................................851
Commercial package boilers......................................859
Testing requirements:
Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................857
Commercial heating equipment....................................865
Commercial water heaters........................................856
Electric motors, small..........................................874
Electronic distribution transformers............................864
High intensity discharge lamps..................................873
Entertainment industry:
Cost recovery....................................................2750
Environmental impact statements:
Antarctic impact assessment......................................3130
DOT regulations......................................2074, 2220, 2254
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:
Informal clauses...............................................3109
Procurement of recycled products and environmentally
preferable services........................................3943
Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act............3653, 3654
Antarctic Treaty.................................................3130
Business ownership representation................................3120
Chemicals......................................3361, 3371, 3379, 3388
Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3128
Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3538
Compliance Assurance Monitoring..................................3275
Contracting by negotiation.......................................3123
Contractor diversity clause......................................3121
Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3448
Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3427
Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule..........3117
Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3452
Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster........3122
Effluent limitation guidelines...........3460, 3494, 3495, 3496, 3497
EPA acquisition regulations..........................3114, 3121, 3133
FAR regulations..................................................3957
Federal water resource development................................806
Forest Service special uses program..........................283, 284
Freedom of information...........................................3137
Grant programs...................................................3125
Grants administration.............................................899
HUD..............................................................1240
Locatable mineral mining.........................................1647
National Environmental Policy Act......................279, 693, 3118
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National Environmental Policy Act implementation..................815
National Forest System............................................289
National Science Foundation......................................3653
Overburden definition............................................3402
Pesticides.................................................3344, 3347
Presidio.........................................................3803
Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................3130
Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3294
Radon............................................................4343
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste
at petroleum refineries......................................3440
Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................744
Rural economic development........................................144
Suspension and debarment of contractors..........................3132
Toxics Release Inventory:
Coal...........................................................3393
Lead...........................................................3395
Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3393
Transit projects...........................................2214, 2482
Equal access to justice:
DOL..............................................................1838
HHS...............................................................932
Equal credit opportunity:
See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and
institutions..................................................726
Education Act Amendments of 1972.................................3646
Federally assisted education programs.....345, 1344, 1688, 3570, 3644
Equal employment opportunity:
Aged.............................................................3542
Broadcast and cable television rules and policies................4125
Complaint processing.............................................3539
Conforming treatment of administrative judge decisions...........3544
Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3542
Delegation of authority........................................3067
Disparate impact theory..........................................3543
Government contractors.....................................1840, 4171
Government employees.............................................3539
Indians..........................................................1555
Individuals with disabilities....................................3539
Mitigating measures..............................................3541
Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1847
Waiver of rights and claims......................................3540
Workforce Investment Act.........................................1929
Eskimos:
See Indians
Estate taxes:
Adequate disclosure of gifts.....................................2943
Qualified family-owned business interests........................2731
Valuation tables.................................................2844
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..........................................................2605
Cigarette papers.................................................2620
Deposits...................................................2749, 2810
Diesel fuel......................................................2805
Excess benefits transactions.....................................2816
Kerosene.........................................................2817
Prepaid telephone cards..........................................2938
Transportation of persons and property by air....................2730
Wine.............................................................2628
Explosives:
See also Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous substances
Criminal misuse reporting........................................2599
Export controls...................................................410
Exports and reexports.............................................412
Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems..............375
Fireworks........................................................2598
Handling at waterfront facilities................................2072
Military munitions................................................745
Exports:
Administration regulations....372, 379, 380, 381, 384, 391, 393, 394,
395, 414, 415, 417
Agricultural commodities.....................................269, 271
Cargo preference regulations...................................2551
Alligator skins..................................................1427
American ginseng.................................................1465
Ammunition........................................................410
CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................270
Chemical and biological weapons control...........................387
Chemical Weapons Convention..................................370, 406
Chemicals........................................................3386
Clearance requirements............................................376
Commerce Control List.........................372, 374, 383, 402, 413
Communication intercepting devices................................402
Computer technology................................369, 372, 377, 409
Country group revisions...........................................408
Crude oil.........................................................396
De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............390, 405
Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened
1377
Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2622
Encryption policy.................................................416
Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................399
Explosive detection systems.......................................375
Explosives...................................................410, 412
Exporter definition...............................................357
Firearms..........................................................410
Foreign boycott provisions........................................397
Ginseng..........................................................1475
High-performance computers........................................407
Humanitarian donations............................................403
India.............................................................407
Investigational new drugs.........................................938
Iraq..............................................................381
Kosovo............................................................414
Libya.............................................................401
License exceptions.................................386, 388, 389, 403
Licensing....................................................373, 394
Manifest data....................................................2670
Marine mammal products.....................................1429, 1476
Medical products containing biological agents.....................413
Missile technology controls..................................383, 393
National Forest System timber.....................................285
North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................389
North Korea.................................................385, 2027
Nuclear equipment and materials..............................371, 407
Nuclear non-proliferation controls................................383
OETCA regulations update..........................................367
Pakistan..........................................................407
People's Republic of China........................................386
Reexports..........................................375, 389, 401, 412
Replacement licenses..............................................394
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements................269, 379, 993
River otters.....................................................1445
Serbia............................................................384
Shipper's export declaration............................358, 359, 360
Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................392
Sudan.............................................................380
Technology........................................................406
Terrorist-supporting countries....................................408
Timber from western states..................................400, 1639
Tobacco..........................................................2630
United Nations....................................................389
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Veterinary user fees..............................................117
Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items............378, 391, 411
Wassenaar Arrangement review......................................374
Wildlife.............................................1363, 1471, 1492
Extension and continuing education:
See Adult education
F
Fabrics:
See Textiles
Fair Housing:
Compliance requirements...........................................303
Fair housing:
Civil penalties for violations.............................1248, 1310
Compliance requirements...........................................143
ANSI standards.................................................1308
Performance standards..........................................1311
Enforcement agency certification and funding.....................1307
Family planning:
Abortion-related services compliance standards...................1055
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.......1689, 1692, 1693, 3095
Outdoor developed areas........................................3096
Play areas.....................................................3099
Energy performance standards.................................861, 863
GSA regulations......................................3593, 3606, 3607
Inspection of persons and personal effects on NASA property......3616
Inspection/maintenance programs............................3223, 3337
Military range assessment.........................................745
Presidential library facilities..................................3633
Property management..............................................3596
Revitalizing base closure communities.............................737
Federal employees:
See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
Advances collateral..............................................4227
Advances participations/transfer of advances.....................4222
Advances regulation amendment........................4206, 4214, 4216
Advances to nonmembers rule......................................4228
Boards of directors........................................4209, 4212
Community Investment Cash Advance regulation.....................4208
Community Support Requirements regulation........................4230
Corporate governance responsibilities............................4215
Employee selection and compensation..............................4217
Financial management regulation..................................4225
Financial statements.............................................4223
Member Mortgage Assets...........................................4207
Membership regulation............................................4214
Minimum capital requirements.....................................4210
Mission fulfillment..............................................4219
President base salary caps.......................................4220
Resolution Funding Corporation payments..........................4213
Senior management................................................4212
Federal property management regulations:
See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
Affiliate funding................................................4261
Collection of checks.............................................4264
Consumer regulations review................................4249, 4255
Electronic funds transfers.......................................4251
Equal credit opportunity.........................................4248
Margin regulations review........................................4240
Public availability of information...............................4262
Reserve requirements:
Depository institutions........................................4250
State banks......................................................4252
Streamlining regulations.........................................4247
Transaction between a member bank and its subsidiaries...........4260
Federal-State relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
Scales and weighing...............................................180
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.....................................2189
Crash-resistant fuel systems...................................2159
Fuel tank vent protection......................................2158
Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2168
Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act......................294
Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standard..............1272
Towing vessels...................................................2079
Underground coal mines...........................................1919
Firearms:
See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
Payment regulations..............................................3741
Retirement.......................................................3754
Fish:
See also Fisheries
Seafood
Definition of harm................................................684
Endangered and threatened.....550, 602, 610, 626, 640, 680, 683, 684,
1375, 1402, 1408, 1416, 1421, 1435, 1449, 1451, 1468, 1470,
1491, 1498, 1500, 1511
Farm-raised fin fish..............................................130
FWS permit applications..........................................1502
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1439
Restoration programs.............................................1428
Trip limits.......................................................468
Fisheries:
AFA qualified vessels.............................................673
Alaska..............................430, 433, 446, 467, 481, 499, 569
Alaska groundfish............................................511, 512
Aleutian Island Atka Mackerel.....................................479
American lobster..................................................635
Atlantic bluefin tuna........................................574, 662
Atlantic bluefish............................................486, 559
Atlantic Coast:
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...................................489
Atlantic herring........................................432, 505, 664
Atlantic mackerel.......................................450, 530, 576
Atlantic Ocean....................................................429
Atlantic surf clams..........................................533, 577
Automated landings reporting system...............................590
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.........447, 468, 478, 524, 656, 663, 674
Black sea bass...............................................485, 575
Bluefin tuna......................................................590
Bottomfish........................................................451
Butterfish...................................................530, 576
Capacity reduction program........................................563
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Conservation efforts.........................................496, 546
Corals and coral reefs.......................................444, 634
Crab..............................................................467
Crab community development quota reserves.........................466
Critical habitat..............................610, 632, 681, 685, 687
Crustacean...................................................460, 474
Cutthroat trout...................................................610
Dolphin control dates.............................................489
Dolphin-safe tuna labeling........................................630
Eastern Pacific..............................................593, 668
Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................625
Flounder..........................................................620
Groundfish.....430, 433, 447, 448, 451, 457, 459, 461, 462, 467, 481,
488, 499, 500, 511, 512, 567, 569, 636, 657, 673
Gulf of Alaska..........................................447, 478, 657
Gulf of Mexico...............................................470, 627
Halibut............................................442, 468, 488, 578
Hawaiian Islands........................................573, 678, 679
Highly migratory species..........................................590
Incidental take regulations.............................600, 621, 682
King Crabs........................................................656
Kodiak Island.....................................................542
License Limitation Program.........................467, 481, 482, 656
List for 2000.....................................................475
List for 2001.....................................................553
Lobster.................................................560, 573, 617
Marine mammal deterrence..........................................600
Marine mammal programs..................................543, 544, 623
Marine Mammal Protection Act......................................625
Marine mammal taking....................................552, 604, 611
Monkfish..........................................................637
National Undersea Research Program................................691
North Atlantic swordfish..........................................521
North Pacific.....................................................431
North Pacific EEZ.................................................654
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.........................591
Ocean quahogs................................................533, 577
Pacific coast.....................................................673
Pacific halibut...................................................578
Pacific Salmon....................................................632
Pelagic..................................434, 441, 470, 534, 678, 679
Pollock.......................................478, 524, 565, 663, 674
Post buy back fee payout..........................................674
Puerto Rico..................................................616, 634
Purse seine..................................................593, 668
Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.....................499, 512
Red porgy.........................................................579
Red snapper.......................................................453
Reef fish..........................................453, 470, 616, 639
Rockfish..........................................................487
Sablefish.........................................................454
Salmon.............................................602, 632, 640, 683
Scales performance criteria.......................................569
Scientific research...............................................601
Scup.........................................................485, 575
Sea turtle conservation.............426, 534, 551, 608, 609, 627, 679
Shrimp.............................................426, 609, 627, 629
Spotter aircraft use.........................................523, 574
Squid........................................................530, 576
Stone crab........................................................560
Summer flounder.........................................485, 575, 608
Tanner crabs......................................................656
Tilefish..........................................................429
U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................616, 634
Wahoo control dates...............................................489
Western Pacific region..................................460, 534, 678
Yellowfin tuna....................................................625
Fishery management plans:
Administrative:
Bycatch reduction measures.................................435, 565
Essential fish habitats....................................561, 649
Fishery Management Councils...........................436, 438, 658
Gulf of Mexico..................................................639
Redefinition of terms...........................................561
Alaska...................................469, 480, 482, 487, 516, 549
Amberjack.........................................................494
American Fisheries Act amendment..................................652
Atlantic:
Atlantic Coast........................................450, 617, 659
South Atlantic....450, 494, 503, 518, 519, 560, 566, 572, 579, 646,
666
Atlantic Billfish.................................................501
Atlantic Bluefish.................................................528
Atlantic herring.............................................509, 527
Atlantic sea scallop....................................507, 585, 588
Beluga whales................................................605, 607
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands........................448, 495, 514, 515
Black grouper................................................526, 581
Black sea bass.....................................506, 531, 532, 649
Bluefin tuna......................................................523
Bottom fisheries..................................................498
Butterfish........................................................536
C. bairdi stocks rebuilding.......................................476
Calico scallop....................................................464
Caribbean.........................................................465
CDQ regulations amendment.........................................472
Chinook salmon....................................................580
Cod landing limit.................................................665
Community Development Quotas.................................490, 525
Coral reef ecosystem..............................................497
Crab.........................................................472, 516
Crustaceans.......................................................536
Deep-sea red crab............................................423, 529
Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)................436, 528, 533, 655, 677
Flounder..........................................................649
Full retention of demersal shelf rockfish.........................487
Gag..........................................................526, 581
Groundfish...........480, 488, 495, 514, 515, 516, 517, 598, 655, 676
Gulf of Alaska.....................................448, 449, 495, 514
Gulf of Maine.....................................................665
Gulf of Mexico......422, 453, 471, 473, 491, 503, 504, 526, 537, 538,
539, 560, 568, 572, 581, 642, 650, 677
Halibut.................................................516, 619, 660
Hawaiian Islands...................................451, 474, 595, 690
Highly migratory species......493, 501, 521, 523, 526, 562, 583, 658,
669
Humpback whales..............................................549, 690
Improved retention/improved utilization program...................480
King Crabs........................................................476
King mackerel.................................491, 502, 539, 572, 659
List of allowable gear............................................658
Lobster...........................................................595
North Pacific.....................................................636
Northeast multispecies...508, 510, 564, 586, 588, 589, 637, 645, 661,
665, 667, 670, 671, 672
Northern anchovy..................................................647
Pacific Coast.......................458, 517, 597, 598, 648, 655, 676
Pacific cod.......................................................515
Pacific halibut..............................................578, 660
Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreements...........................436
Pacific mackerel.............................................594, 675
Pacific sardine...................................................596
Pelagic sargassum.................................................653
Pelagics..........................................................536
Pollack......................................................490, 525
Red crab.....................................................423, 529
Red grouper.......................................................526
Red snapper..................................................471, 677
Reef fish....................................................504, 581
Rhode Island......................................................587
Salmon............................................................597
Overfishing definition..........................................469
Sardine...........................................................675
Sargassum.........................................................541
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Scallops................................................482, 516, 588
Scup...............................................506, 531, 532, 649
Sea scallop........................................507, 585, 588, 667
Sharks............................................................535
Shrimp..................................................473, 538, 540
Sitka Sound halibut...............................................643
Snapper-grouper....................................494, 518, 519, 666
South Atlantic.................464, 491, 518, 519, 540, 541, 642, 653
Spanish mackerel.............................................502, 572
Special Management Zones (SMZs)...................................518
Spiny dogfish...........................................522, 592, 641
Spiny lobster.....................................................503
Squid.............................................................490
Stone crab........................................................422
Summer flounder.........................................506, 531, 532
Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments..............................536
Tanner Crabs......................................................476
Tautog............................................................587
Western Pacific..........................434, 441, 444, 496, 497, 498
Yellowfin sole...............................................619, 660
Fishing:
Alaska............................................................477
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.....................552, 631
Bycatch reduction measures...............435, 477, 538, 540, 631, 657
Catch limits............................................572, 575, 651
Coastal Zone Management Act..................................554, 558
Compensatory fishing..............................................452
Conservation programs.........................436, 449, 451, 561, 563
Data collection program...........................................428
Dealer and vessel reports.........................................582
Distribution of fishing privileges limited by Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization...............................591
Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan...............................611
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.........690
Longline area closure.............................................678
Management measures...............................................568
North Pacific Loan Program........................................439
Participation credit..............................................654
Permit requirements and exemptions...........................436, 437
Quotas:
Alaska groundfish...............................................511
Atlantic Bluefish...............................................486
Community Development Quota Program fees........................463
Halibut....................................................446, 447
North Atlantic swordfish........................................521
Ocean quahogs...................................................577
Sablefish..................................................446, 447
Surf clams......................................................577
Quotas and harvest guidelines.....................................638
Recreational measures..............................470, 485, 531, 651
Reporting and recordkeeping.............................483, 582, 644
Set net gear prohibition..........................................500
Snake River chinook salmon...................................599, 685
Sport fishing:
Refuge-specific regulations....................................1379
Regulations....................................................1453
Sport Fish Restoration Program.................................1422
Subsistence fishing on federal lands.................1407, 1412, 1461
Trawl gear restrictions...........................................542
Fishing vessels:
AFA qualified.....................................................673
American Samoa boundaries.........................................455
Antarctic Marine Living Resources permit requirements.............520
Charter boats.....................................................443
Commercial fisheries documents for US-flag vessels.........2064, 2554
Compensatory fishing..............................................452
Foreign vessels...................................................436
Inshore/offshore reallocation.....................................440
Limited entry permits.........................436, 437, 457, 459, 567
Navassa Island boundaries.........................................570
North Pacific Observer Program....................................484
Observer policy....................................431, 445, 517, 618
Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan.....................628
Standard definitions..............................................615
Trawlers..........................................................461
Vessel length overall.............................................513
Vessel Monitoring System..........................................479
Vessel name on licenses...........................................571
Flammable materials:
Flammability standards.....................................3987, 4003
Upholstered furniture......................................3990, 3999
Flood control:
Ability to pay provisions.........................................811
Impoundment regulations..........................................1910
Flood insurance:
Contracts........................................................3547
Farm Credit Administration requirements..........................4021
FDIC.............................................................4179
National Flood Insurance Act of 1994..............................153
National Flood Insurance Program:
Coverage and rates.......................................3559, 3561
Revisions to Standard Flood Insurance Policy.............3560, 3567
Uniform Flood Insurance regulations..............................2977
Flood plains:
Administrative appeals process....................................807
Loans............................................................2654
Wetlands:
Conservation program.......................................79, 1250
Minimal effects exemptions......................................338
Privately owned................................................2220
Wetlands Reserve Program...................................38, 1250
Floods:
See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
ASTM standards...................................................1005
Flavoring agents:
Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2626
In meat and poultry products.................................250, 267
Notification system...............................................971
Regulatory reinvention............................................986
Food assistance programs:
See also Food stamps
School breakfast and lunch programs
Child and adult care...............................186, 217, 219, 222
Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............192
Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................194
Food delivery systems.............................................197
Food Distribution 2000 project....................................235
Indian reservations.....................................214, 221, 230
National School Lunch Program......................220, 227, 234, 236
Older individuals................................................1234
Paperwork reduction...............................................229
Summer Food Service Program..................................223, 225
TEFAP.............................................................228
Warehousing and distribution system...............................213
Women, infants, and children:
Certification integrity.........................................212
Eligibility.....................................................226
Farmers Market Nutrition Program................................191
Food delivery systems.................................183, 197, 198
Food package revisions..........................................196
Funding provisions..............................................233
Local agency expenditure reports................................232
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act.........................................................209
Food ingredients:
See Food additives
Food labeling:
Fruit and vegetable juices........................................982
Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................246
Meat and poultry.............................................247, 263
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Medical foods....................................................1010
Nutrient content claims...........................................261
Review of regulations............................................1009
Single-ingredient products........................................247
Trans fatty acids................................................1017
Voluntary nutrition labeling program..............................266
Food stamps:
Audit requirements................................................231
Balanced Budget Act provisions....................................211
Civil rights data collections.....................................193
Claims establishment and collection...............................201
Computer matching.................................................184
Disqualifiers and noncompliance penalties.........................205
Electronic benefits transfer system.....................188, 207, 210
Eligibility provisions:
Income standards...........................................189, 206
Employment and training programs..................................211
Employment and training requirements..............................208
Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program......205
Maximum allotments...........................................215, 216
Minimum and maximum allotments....................................206
Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................199
Noncitizen eligibility............................................189
Payment adjustments...............................................195
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
189, 205, 206, 208, 1870
Program revisions and eliminations................................190
Regulatory review............................................218, 224
Reporting provisions..............................................199
Retail food stores................................................202
Retailer application processing...................................203
State agencies administrative and management requirements...188, 189,
218, 224
State agencies reimbursement......................................200
Wholesale food concerns...........................................202
Foods:
See also 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
Fresh fruits and vegetables.........................................1
Fruit and vegetable juices........................................982
HACCP programs...............................................248, 982
Imported..........................................................972
Infant formula quality control...................................1008
Modernization of standards........................................253
Olive Oil Research, Promotion, and Information Order...............18
Organic.........................................................5, 20
Pesticide residues...............................................3124
Processed fruits and vegetables.................................7, 15
Regulatory reinvention............................................986
Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2544
Foreign air carriers:
See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
Income taxation..................................................2804
Foreign currencies:
Acquisition regulations..........................................2577
Foreign exchange:
See Foreign currencies
Foreign investments in U.S.:
Income taxation..................................................2716
Foreign persons:
See Aliens
Foreign relations:
See also Citizenship and naturalization
Cultural exchange programs
Foreign trade
Immigration
International boundaries
Passports and visas
Treaties
Assistance to foreign atomic energy activities....................883
Bilateral Air Safety Agreement...................................2192
Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......347
Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2694
Fishery regulations...............................................436
Foreign gifts utilization and disposal...........................3574
International accounting standards...............................4433
International wills registry.....................................1995
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3361
USML revisions...................................................1988
Foreign trade:
See also Competitiveness
Customs duties and inspection
Exports
Imports
Maritime carriers
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements
Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2662
Boycott provisions................................................397
Canada:
Softwood lumber................................................2671
Earnings and profits.............................................2875
Exemption of securities of the Republic of Portugal..............4422
Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................719
Filing of informational materials................................1826
Financial services transactions survey.......................348, 351
Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.......................2849
Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......357, 358, 359, 360
Futures and options contracts..............................3978, 3979
Military sales...............................................765, 789
Motor vehicles...................................................3196
Overseas use of purchase cards....................................788
Port restrictions:
Japanese vessels...............................................4235
Reporting requirements............................................349
Restrictions on acquisitions from Yugoslavia and Afghanistan.....3946
Stock transfer rules.................................2772, 2855, 2955
Textile labeling.................................................4270
Forests and forest products:
See also National forests
Assistance to timber-dependent communities........................332
Environmental analysis policy and procedure revisions.............279
Forestry Incentive Program...................................337, 339
Imported wood packing materials...................................113
Treatment requirements for material from China..................126
Indian allotments.................................................288
Management planning...............................................275
Migrant and seasonal workers......................................343
Mineral fractions, sale...........................................274
Protection of roadless areas......................................287
Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2671
Special uses authorizations.......................................284
Special uses permit actions.......................................283
Stewardship Incentive Program.....................................296
Timber sales:
Cancellation....................................................289
Contracts.......................................................278
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Export controls...........................................400, 1639
Guidance.......................................................2765
Noncompetitive sale.............................................282
Small business set-aside recomputation..........................293
Surplus species.................................................276
Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................127
Forfeitures:
See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
Civil remedies...................................................4157
Debarment of health care providers...............................3718
Fraudulent commercial driver's licenses..........................2241
Health care fraud and abuse.......................................928
Microcap securities market.......................................4427
Odometer fraud...................................................2344
SSA provisions...................................................3866
Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4267
Title I property insurance.......................................1263
Toll fraud.......................................................4063
Freedom of information:
See also Confidential business information
Amendments.......................................................4313
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3399
Defense Information Systems Agency................................749
Department of the Army............................................804
DOD................................................735, 748, 750, 824
DOE...............................................................886
DOI..............................................................1343
DOJ........................................................1657, 1735
DOL........................................................1836, 1930
Electronic communication.........................................1836
Electronic Freedom of Information Act...1236, 1735, 3116, 3551, 3651,
3656, 3827
EPA........................................................3116, 3137
FEMA.............................................................3551
FMCS.............................................................3569
INS..............................................................1735
Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution..................3612
IRS..............................................................2917
NARA.............................................................3634
NARA organizational and procedural changes.......................3622
National Reconnaissance Office....................................750
Office of the Special Counsel....................................3782
OFHEO............................................................3656
OPM..............................................................3680
Public information..........................................364, 4318
Regulations revision........................................816, 1343
SEC amendments...................................................4436
Social Security Administration...................................3903
Treasury Department..............................................2559
Veterans Affairs.................................................3068
Freight:
See also Hazardous materials transportation
Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................2022
Freight forwarding industry................................2300, 2331
Passenger aircraft cargo:
Oxygen generators..............................................2142
Protection against shifting and falling cargo....................2270
Transportation by small businesses...............................3854
Frozen foods:
Country of origin marking........................................2692
Fruits:
Blueberry Research, Promotion, and Information Order............9, 22
Florida fruit tree crop insurance provisions......................161
Import restrictions..........................................111, 118
Inspection and certification.............................1, 7, 15, 19
Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................112
Fuel:
See Energy
Fuel:
Ethanol and biodiesel grain program................................76
Fuel additives:
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3138, 3521
Oxygenated.......................................................3358
Fuel economy:
Fuel economy credits.............................................2369
Light trucks and light duty vehicles.............................3197
Reporting requirements...........................................2394
Funeral industry:
Practices rule...................................................4266
G
Gambling:
NIGC definitions.................................................4308
NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4303, 4306
Tribal land acquisitions.........................................1549
Garage doors:
Safety standards for automatic operators.........................3993
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......................................1649
Gasohol:
Motor vehicle use.................................................862
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
See Food additives
Geothermal energy:
Geothermal resources used to generate electricity................1582
Regulation simplification........................................1630
Gifts to Government:
See Government property
Goats:
Interstate movement...............................................110
Government buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
See also Government procurement
Acquisition regulations:
USAID....................................................3092, 3094
Affirmative action........................783, 1840, 1846, 1850, 4171
Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era......1849
Audits...........................................................1934
Bundled contracts................................................3848
Buy American Act.................................................1349
Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................37
Commodity Credit Corporation suspension and debarment..............95
Construction.........................................1840, 1854, 3941
Contractors:
Computer security...............................................879
Diversity clause...............................................3121
DOD placement assistance program................................738
DOE contract security personnel.................................880
DOE employee protection program.................................901
DOE security requirements..................................881, 884
Government property management and disposition.................3931
Legal services.................................................1313
Local hiring and training......................................3127
Project management..............................................913
Qualifications.................................................3015
Suspension and debarment.......................................3132
Use of nonimmigrant aliens......................................780
Veterans employment report..........................753, 1982, 3940
Waivers........................................................1853
Work for others by DOE contractors..............................904
DEAR amendments...................................................907
Management and operating clauses................................914
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Mentor-Protege Program..........................................910
Debarment and suspension................................95, 790, 3114
Defense contracts:
Commercial construction.........................................760
Congressional Medal of Honor fraud..............................785
Designation of payment offices..................................791
DFARS modification.....752, 755, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771,
772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 785, 787, 789, 791, 792, 794,
796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803
Financial reporting requirements................................766
Foreign military sales................................765, 773, 789
Manufacturing technology program...........................774, 786
Military packaging and marking..................................792
People's Republic of China......................................784
Performance-based payments......................................787
Transportation acquisition......................................767
Demilitarization requirements.....................................757
DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and
institutions..................................................726
DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................896
EPA acquisition regulations..............3114, 3121, 3123, 3132, 3133
EPA Mentor-Protege Program.......................................3111
Farm Service Agency................................................80
Federal Acquisition Regulations:
DEAR amendments.................................................905
DEAR technical amendments.......................................911
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1841
Fixed price.......................................................756
Highway engineering and design related services..................2211
Indians....................................................1540, 1610
Individually billed charge card..................................3601
Labor standards..................................................1854
Lobbying restrictions.............................................342
Mentor-Protege program modifications..............................755
National Park Service concession contracts.......................1530
Nondiscrimination........................1840, 1846, 1849, 1850, 3636
Nuclear safety management.........................................891
Progress payments................................................3955
Research and development.........................................1045
Rights to inventions.........................................717, 718
Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................819
Site of work wages...............................................1845
Subcontracting:
Commercial items................................................754
Subcontractors...................................................3932
Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3552
VAAR:
Application of labor laws......................................3088
Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3018
Government employees:
See also Conflict of interests
Military personnel
Political activities (Government employees)
Absence and leave:
Annual leave.............................................3707, 3748
Sick leave.....................................................3747
Administrative law judges........................................3760
Appeals..........................................................3701
Availability of official information.............................3680
Career and career conditional employment.........................3685
Career transition assistance.....................................3728
Panama Canal Zone Employees....................................3729
Child care at VA facilities......................................3078
Child care funds for lower income families.......................3777
Classification appeals...........................................3696
Compensatory time off............................................3731
Computer security.................................................879
Corporation for National Service:
Discrimination complaint procedures............................3103
Noncompetitive appointments....................................3686
Cost-of-living allowances:
Nonforeign areas...............................................3746
Defense of tort suits............................................1821
Defense personnel...........................................738, 3726
District of Columbia employees:
Benefits.......................................................3751
Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3752
Emergency leave transfer program.................................3776
Employment discrimination........................................3539
Employment priority for displaced employees......................3727
Ethical standards for attorneys..................................1829
Evacuation payment for dependents................................3743
Excepted service:
Appointing authority for nontemporary part-time or
intermittent positions.....................................3682
Operational procedures.........................................3684
Promotion and internal placement...............................3723
Family and medical leave.........................................3748
Federal Competitive Service appointments of volunteers...........3687
Federal mail management..........................................3590
Financial disclosure requirements................................3666
Foreign rights in inventions......................................719
Garnishment of pay...............................................3781
Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3662
Health and counseling program....................................3708
Health benefits:
Debarment of health care providers.............................3718
Demonstration project....................................3759, 3762
Effective dates................................................3770
FEHBP changes................................3717, 3720, 3758, 3761
Hiring authorities...............................................3690
Holiday and premium pay..........................................3731
Holiday designation for overseas employees.......................3742
Individuals with disabilities....................................3681
Accessible electronic and information technology standards.....3097
Interagency placement program....................................3764
Panama Canal Zone Employees....................................3729
Intermittent.....................................................3692
Investigations...................................................3769
Job grading reviews..............................................3701
Life insurance...................................................3716
Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3719
Regulation revisions.....................................3757, 3780
Locality pay areas...............................................3699
Maximum per diem allowances......................................3604
Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3689
Mileage reimbursement rate for privately owned automobiles.......3605
NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................3635
Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......299
Order of release from competitive level..........................3721
Part-time........................................................3692
Pay administration...............................................3771
Availability pay for criminal investigators....................3744
Pay rates:
Administration...........................................3704, 3742
Appropriated fund wage areas.......................3734, 3735, 3773
Back pay.......................................................3742
Federal Wage System (FWS) survey jobs..........................3772
Locality-based comparability payments..........................3700
Nonappropriated fund wage areas.......3732, 3733, 3736, 3737, 3738,
3739
Official duty station determinations...........................3697
Overtime pay for travel........................................3742
Pay retention..................................................3702
Physicians' comparability allowance............................3742
Superior qualifications appointments...........................3698
Performance appraisal:
Senior Executive Service.......................................3695
Performance Management and Recognition System....................3766
Personnel records................................................3683
Placement assistance to veterans.................................3730
Polygraph examination program.....................................885
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Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3688
Promotion and internal placement...........................3723, 3725
Recruitment bonuses..............................................3706
Reduction in force notices.......................................3693
Reemployment.........................................3694, 3705, 3765
Relocation costs.....................................3697, 3706, 3933
Relocation Income Tax allowance..................................3603
Retention allowances.......................................3706, 3775
Retirement:
Bar of benefits after conviction...............................3711
Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3713
Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3750
Credit for military service..............................3709, 3779
D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................3749
Debt collection................................................3712
Divorced spouses...............................................3779
FERS basic annuity.............................................3756
FERS coverage elections........................................3715
Health care professionals......................................3778
Nuclear materials couriers.....................................3753
Record retention...............................................3714
Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees
3745
Service credit.................................................3710
State income tax withholding...................................3755
Salary offset for claims collection..............................3624
Salary offset for debt collection....................2589, 3863, 3909
Salary supplementation...........................................3665
Seasonal.........................................................3692
Security standards...............................................3768
Selective Service registration requirements......................3691
Senior Executive Service:
Employment requirements........................................3763
Performance appraisal..........................................3695
Performance Awards.............................................3774
Severance pay....................................................3703
Standards of conduct....346, 915, 3615, 3647, 3649, 3650, 3667, 3668,
3669, 3785, 3788, 3826, 3899
Subpoenas........................................................3664
Suitability standards............................................3767
Surplus or displaced.......................................3727, 3728
Temporary change of station......................................3697
Testimony............................................3623, 3664, 3913
Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3724
Transportation management..................................3591, 3592
Travel regulations...................................3581, 3586, 3602
Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3740
Government procurement:
See also Government contracts
Acquisition regulations:
Commercially available off-the-shelf items.....................3930
Competition under multiple-award contracts.....................3945
Construction Industry Payment Protection Act...................3948
Contract bundling..............................................3947
Deferred research and development costs........................3949
Deobligation authority.........................................3964
Department of State............................................1985
DFARS modification................751, 762, 763, 764, 793, 795, 796
Discussion requirements........................................3924
Document availability..........................................3966
DOE........................................................906, 908
Drafting principles............................................3952
Electronic and information technology accessibility............3926
EPA conflict of interest.......................................3110
Financial Management System Software Program...................3965
Foreign acquisitions...........................................3954
HUD............................................................1312
Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises.....3944
Labor-hours contracts..........................................3951
Liquidated damages.............................................3950
NASA...........................................................3618
Overseas use of purchase cards..................................788
Patent and Trademark Office.....................................699
Patent indemnity...............................................3963
Price reasonableness and commerciality.........................3953
Procurement integrity rewrite..................................3923
Products produced by forced or indentured child labor..........3922
Purchase card use...............................................761
Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............912
Quality of environmental data..................................3113
Real property policies.........................................3583
Recycled products and environmentally preferable services......3943
Restrictions on acquisitions from Yugoslavia and Afghanistan
3946
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program...........3925
Special simplified procedures for purchases of commercial
items in excess of threshold...............................3967
Time-and-materials contracts...................................3951
USAID..........................................................3094
USDA............................................................340
Veterans Affairs.....3014, 3016, 3017, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3087
Affirmative action reform.........................................782
Architect-engineer services......................................3588
Award fee determination..........................................3960
Ball and roller bearings..........................................779
Buy American Act.................................................1349
Clean air and water amendment....................................3957
Commercial items acquisition................758, 759, 763, 3935, 3938
Contractors:
Financing policies.............................................3958
Local hiring and training......................................3127
Progress payments..............................................3958
Responsibiities................................................3937
Women- and minority-owned businesses...........................4171
Contracts:
Contract bundling..............................................3947
Goals for procurement contracts................................3679
Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3112
Labor-hours contracts..........................................3951
Multiple Award Schedule........................................3599
NFS contracts..............................................278, 289
Notice to Proceed letter contracts.............................3119
Time-and-materials contracts...................................3951
Cost comparison guidance....................................721, 3962
Costs:
Cost principles...........................................902, 3949
Travel.........................................................3929
Demilitarization requirements.....................................757
DOD prototype projects............................................725
DOL..............................................................1931
Electronic commerce..............................................3934
EPA acquisition regulation:
Informal clauses...............................................3109
Evaluation boards................................................3956
Executive agent..................................................3939
Foreign currency use.............................................2577
Fuel..............................................................740
GSA regulations............................................3583, 3597
GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3573
Historic preference..............................................3587
HUBZone program..................................................3577
Labor relations costs............................................3937
Legal costs......................................................3937
Level of effort..................................................3108
Lobbying restrictions............................................3927
Nondisplacement of qualified workers.............................3961
Ocean transportation by U.S.-flag vessels........................3936
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Pollution control...........................................777, 3957
Prompt payment...................................................3678
Recycled products.....................................903, 3417, 3943
Small business subcontracting....................................3928
Small businesses..................................................739
Business Development Program...................................3959
Contract bundling..............................................3947
Federal Supply Schedules Program...............................3942
Goals for procurement contracts................................3679
Indian Incentive Payment Program................................764
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program...........3925
Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3107
Streamlining legislation implementation..........................3929
Subcontracting.............................................3677, 3928
Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3552
Uniform Procurement Instrument Identification numbers.............781
Universal product numbers........................................3017
Government property:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Government property management
Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3576
Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................341
Donation of surplus personal property......................3578, 3598
Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............893
Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1268
Inspection of persons and personal effects on NASA property......3616
Regulations replacement..........................................3600
Release, dissemination, and sale of DOD visual information
materials.....................................................822
Revitalizing base closure communities.............................737
Sale..............................................................731
Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property...........3575
Telephone systems................................................3572
Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3579
Government property management:
Contribution in aid of construction..............................2829
Federal facilities in urban areas................................3596
Qualified lessee construction allowances for short-term leases
2828
Real property..............................................3584, 3608
Regulations replacement..........................................3600
Reporting excess personal property...............................3582
Smoke development rating increase................................3609
Space and related services:
Alterations....................................................3606
Assignment.....................................................3606
Rents and leases.........................................3593, 3607
Utilization....................................................3606
Government publications:
Plain language revisions.........................................3628
Prohibitions against reproduction.................................921
Release, dissemination, and sale of DOD materials.................822
Grains:
See also Feed grains
Crop insurance...............................................157, 158
Divider tolerances................................................179
Ethanol and biodiesel grain program................................76
Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................176
U.S. Grain Standards Act:
Fees for inspection and weighing services.......................181
Grant programs:
AmeriCorps regulations...........................................3104
Block grants:
Administration regulations......................................927
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment........................929
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families..................1220, 1870
Community Food Project............................................137
CRA Sunshine.....................................................4162
DOI..............................................................1347
Economic adjustment program:
Revolving loan fund.............................................361
Freedom of information...........................................1930
Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision................3619
Grantor definition...............................................2846
Highway safety incentive grants..................................2415
Learn & Serve regulations........................................3104
Library services.................................................3639
Motor vehicle safety incentive grants....2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2442
Multifamily housing:
Rehabilitation program.........................................1283
National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1448
National Dam Safety Program......................................3566
Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program:
Insurance requirements.........................................3545
Research grants..................................................1045
Rights to inventions.........................................717, 718
Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1226
Single Audit Act Amendments......................................1249
Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative
provisions....................................................138
State cemetery grants............................................3023
Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1870
Grant programs-agriculture:
Administrative provisions and requirements..............137, 140, 300
Allocation of funds...............................................306
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program
administrative provisions.....................................139
Community facility grants.........................................332
Lobbying restrictions.............................................342
Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program...........................305
Rural economic development........................................307
Technical assistance and training...................33, 147, 310, 325
Water and waste disposal programs.................................311
Grant programs-education:
Administrative regulations..............................735, 837, 839
Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................775
DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................743
FmHA programs......................................................33
Formula grant allocations.........................................840
Freedom of Information............................................735
Head Start program:
Funding..................................................1218, 1232
Performance standards..........................................1215
Regulations....................................................1225
Hispanic programs.................................................136
Indian colleges..................................................1556
Multicultural Scholars Program....................................135
National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3639
National Security Education Program...............................727
Projects with industry............................................848
Teacher quality enhancement programs..............................843
Grant programs-environmental protection:
Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3448
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund..............................3528
Environmental management program..................................899
EPA technical assistance grants..................................3449
Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3547
Performance Partnership Grants.............................3125, 3126
Solid waste management grants.....................................324
Grant programs-health:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1156
AOA rules revisions..............................................1234
Regulations......................................................1037
Grant programs-housing and community development:
Community development block grants:
Community revitalization strategy..............................1299
Expenditure documentation requirement..........................1303
Pre-award cost and new housing construction regulations........1300
Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1297
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Consolidated Plan................................................1252
Emergency Shelter Grants Program.................................1304
Empowerment zones and enterprise communities......................298
HUD-owned multifamily properties.................................1295
Increasing operating cost percentage.............................1301
OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1251
Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1296
State homes for veterans.........................................2984
Grant programs-Indians:
BIA regulations revision.........................................1541
Construction of jails............................................1833
Indian Housing Block Grant:
Construction cost limits.......................................1327
Grant programs-natural resources:
Carey Act grants.................................................1625
Marine mammal protection:
Rescission of administrative procedures........................1423
National Undersea Research Program................................691
Railroad grants..................................................1623
Wildlife Restoration Programs....................................1428
Grant programs-science and technology:
NCI construction grants..........................................1052
Grant programs-transportation:
Buy American Act.................................................2370
Clean fuels formula grant program................................2483
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program....................2253, 2284
Uniform administrative requirements........................2021, 2032
Grants administration:
Audit requirements.........................................1934, 3558
National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.............1365
National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........140
Nondiscrimination................................................3563
Social Security Administration.................3862, 3896, 3897, 3898
Uniform administrative requirements......365, 1251, 2021, 3093, 3564,
3897
Grazing lands:
Classifications..................................................1624
Conservation......................................................334
Indian land......................................................1568
National Forest System............................................288
Guaranteed loans:
See Loan programs
Guns:
See Arms and munitions
H
Handicapped:
See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2072
Maintenance fees.................................................2687
Hatch Act:
See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
Grants for services provided to older individuals................1234
Hazardous materials transportation:
See also Pipeline safety
Administrator definition.........................................2541
Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements..............2497
Aircraft carriage................................................2496
Barge requirements.........................................2060, 2101
Cargo tank requirements........................2498, 2507, 2519, 2533
Coast Guard regulations........................2046, 2073, 2083, 2099
FAA material recognition training................................2122
Hazard communication requirements................................2515
Hazardous Waste Manifest rule....................................3420
IM Portable Tank unloading.......................................2522
Incident reporting...............................................2512
Intergovernmental relations................................2506, 2520
International Atomic Energy Agency Regulations...................2499
International standards..........................................2520
Liquefied compressed gas.........................................2533
Lithium batteries................................................2525
Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3410
Miscellaneous amendments.........................................2535
Motor carriers.....................2247, 2256, 2257, 2328, 2511, 2519
Oxidizers and organic peroxides..................................2548
Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2517
Poisonous by inhalation materials................................2539
Rail transport...................................................2511
Registration and fee assessment program..........................2536
Shipping papers retention........................................2546
Tank cars........................................................2529
Train responders.................................................2536
Hazardous substances:
See also Explosives
Flammable materials
Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous waste
Poison prevention
Radioactive materials
Air pollutants........1943, 3145, 3146, 3147, 3148, 3163, 3164, 3165,
3166, 3167, 3168, 3171, 3172, 3173, 3174, 3175, 3176, 3177,
3179, 3180, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3186, 3188, 3189, 3192,
3194, 3195, 3216, 3219, 3231, 3248, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3253,
3258, 3270, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3299, 3300, 3301, 3302,
3304, 3319, 3320, 3321, 3322, 3323, 3374, 4270
Aluminum:
Spent potliners from primary reduction.........................3424
Aluminum cylinders safety problems...............................2501
Asbestos...................................................3368, 3381
Beryllium.........................................................900
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3136
Chemical test rules..................................3373, 3374, 3386
Chemicals:
Import of toxic chemicals..............1935, 2699, 3364, 3394, 3397
Chromium...................................................1967, 3297
Corrections and clarification....................................2542
Corrections to regulations.......................................2550
Crystalline silica.........................................1913, 1975
Designation under CERCLA.........................................3452
Drinking water regulations.....................3487, 3514, 3515, 3533
Energy sources...................................................1981
Ethylene oxide.............................................1944, 3212
Exemptions procedures revision and clarification.................2516
Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................1943
Extremely Hazardous Substances List........................3400, 3401
Federally permitted releases.....................................3450
Flammable and combustible liquids................................1945
Glycol ethers....................................................3262
Hazardous Substance Reportable Quantities table..................2540
High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2527
Isocyanates................................................3239, 3401
Lead.........................3360, 3369, 3370, 3372, 3391, 3535, 4001
Mercury analysis.................................................3505
Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3410
Metals...........................................................3365
Metalworking fluids..............................................1971
Method 24 amendment..............................................3143
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3138, 3521
Microorganisms...................................................3367
MSHA protection standards........................................1908
Natural rubber latex.............................................3994
Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2038
Ozone depleting substances.......................................3309
Pesticides.....................................3134, 3352, 3353, 3363
Emergency exemption regulations..........................3134, 3347
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations....................3129, 3134
Field testing..................................................3134
Produced by transgenic plants................3134, 3349, 3352, 3363
Worker protection standards..............................3134, 3348
Pipeline safety standards....2503, 2504, 2505, 2523, 2543, 2545, 2547
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Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3380
Procedural and rulemaking changes................................2537
Propane cylinders:
Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2532
Radon............................................................3522
Registration and training program................................2524
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste
at petroleum refineries......................................3440
Releases on public land..........................................1640
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3385
Solid waste disposal.............................................3438
Sulfur oxides....................................................3161
Surface coatings.................................................3143
Toxicological profiles:
Metals.........................................................3365
Toxics Release Inventory:
Chemicals........................3359, 3392, 3396, 3397, 3398, 3403
Coal...........................................................3393
Lead...........................................................3395
Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3393
Water pollution control........................3481, 3501, 3505, 3512
Hazardous waste:
Carbamates.......................................................3446
Cathode ray tubes................................................3422
Cement kiln dust.................................................3429
Cleanups.........................................................3449
Disposal facilities:
Combustion facilities..........................................3418
Low level mixed waste..........................................3436
Radioactive waste..............................................3340
Effluent limitation guidelines.............................3453, 3476
Groundwater contamination..................................3184, 3534
Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators...................3264
Identification and listing.....................3409, 3413, 3419, 3435
Land disposal:
Restrictions.............................................3423, 3434
Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction................3424
Lead.............................................................3387
Lead-based paint debris..........................................3439
Manifest regulations.............................................3420
Medical waste....................................................2510
Mercury..........................................................3423
Paint manufacturing..............................................3409
Permit program...................................................3412
Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3430
Radioactive waste................................................4344
Dose methodology...............................................3159
Site recommendation.............................................892
Yucca Mountain, NV.......................................3235, 4332
Recycled used oil..........................................3430, 3435
Recycling........................................................3422
Recycling in fertilizers.........................................3426
Silver-bearing waste.............................................3441
Solid waste................................................3425, 3443
Solvents.........................................................3421
Spent solvents...................................................3435
Toxic waste site.................................................3364
Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3437
Training programs accreditation..................................1964
Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3416
Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3447
Head Start Program:
See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
See also Emergency medical services
Medicaid
Medicare
Adult day health care for veterans...............................2985
AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1156
Anti-kickback provisions................................918, 919, 923
Cancer patients..................................................1043
Fraud and abuse...................................................928
Health supply services:
Small business size standards..................................3851
Home health agencies.............................................1065
Community Health Accreditation Program.........................1162
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations..............................................1212
Medicare conditions of participation...........................1150
Schedules of limitations on costs........................1158, 1186
Surety bonds...................................................1169
Human cellular and tissue-based products..............946, 1014, 1015
Longshore Act medical fee schedule...............................1851
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1036
Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................1939
Paramedic intercept ambulance services...........................1174
Privacy standards...........................................925, 1051
Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................923
State self assessments for compliance............................1223
Underserved areas................................................1034
Veterans.............................................3014, 3030, 3080
Medication prescribing authority...............................2978
Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care..............2989
Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.................3056
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1083, 1899
Health facilities:
See also Hospitals
Nursing homes
Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...................1126, 1127, 1173
End-stage renal disease..........................................1187
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)...................919, 1132
Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.....1087, 1183
Long-term care.............................................1087, 1095
Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1266
Physician referrals for health services..........................1109
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1181
Renal dialysis facilities........................................1189
Skilled nursing facilities.................................1144, 1179
State certification of mammography facilities.....................974
Surety bond requirements.........................................1138
Health insurance:
See also Medicare
Access:
Employees of firms with less than 51 employees.................1125
Individual coverage after loss of group coverage...............1125
Non-federal governmental plans exempt from HIPAA...............1184
Pre-existing condition exclusions........................1125, 2862
Special enrollment rules.......................................2862
CHAMPUS:
Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................834
Coverage of transplants.........................................826
Double coverage............................................829, 830
Family Member Dental Plan.......................................831
Nonavailability statement requirement for maternity care........833
Payment for ambulatory care.....................................825
Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................828
Retiree Dental Program eligibility..............................832
Third party recoveries..........................................830
Child health insurance...............................1077, 1085, 1224
COBRA continuation coverage................................1067, 2840
Continuing coverage notice.......................................1881
District of Columbia employees...................................3752
Election changes.................................................2852
Electronic signatures............................................1075
Electronic transactions standards for health plans...............1076
Employer based group health plans..........................1067, 1881
Continuation coverage requirements.......................1881, 2840
Employer identification number...................................1139
Enforcement of legislative requirements..........................1084
Exemption from State regulation..................................1880
Government employees.........3717, 3720, 3758, 3759, 3761, 3762, 3770
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.......1069, 1129,
1134, 1885, 1886
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Minimum requirements for group health plans.......1133, 1134, 1885,
1886
OIG penalties.................................922, 1134, 1885, 1886
Health plan identifiers..........................................1129
HIPAA nondiscrimination rules..............................1900, 2729
Medicare supplemental insurance..................................1149
Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1890
OIG revisions and technical corrections...........................920
Portability................................................1125, 2862
Privacy standards.................................................925
Provider identifiers.............................................1069
Security of individual health information........................1075
Small Business Job Protection Act:
Limitation of liability........................................1905
State Children's Health Insurance Program............1071, 1166, 1180
Summary plan description regulations.............................1894
Third Party Collection Program....................................746
Uninsured:
Medicare premium...............................................1172
Universal health care identifier.................................1146
Health insurance for aged:
See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
Medicaid requirements............................................1096
Medicare contract eligibility....................................1072
Third party liability............................................1112
Health professions:
Alien health care workers........................................1728
Audiologists.....................................................1116
Clinical social workers..........................................1163
Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1192
Education:
Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1064
Grant regulations................................................1037
National Practitioner Data Bank..................................1038
National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................2986
NIH traineeships.................................................1046
Nurse Aide Training Programs.....................................1209
Nurses:
Anesthetists...................................................1064
Nonimmigrant aliens................................1750, 1754, 1875
Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4274
Pathologists.....................................................1116
Physicians:
Comparability allowance........................................3742
Health services referrals......................................1109
Hearing evaluation performance..................................936
National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1804
VA medical opinions rules......................................3077
Professional shortage areas......................................1034
Provider identifiers.............................................1069
Retirement provisions............................................3778
Health records:
Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1104
OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................3683
Prescription Release Rule........................................4274
Privacy Act exempt record system..................................924
Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3908
Privacy standards.................................................925
Universal health care identifier.................................1146
Hearing and appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart disease:
CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................826
Helicopters:
See Aircraft
Heliports:
See Airports
Hepatitis C virus:
Blood donors and recipients.......................................961
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1153
Military service connection......................................3008
Herbicides:
See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
Accident reporting requirements..................................2259
Diabetic interstate truck drivers..........................2239, 2325
Highway safety data improvements incentive grants................2415
Highway-rail grade crossings...................2216, 2222, 2261, 2315
Mexican motor carriers...........................................2306
Motor carrier regulations...2255, 2257, 2258, 2262, 2264, 2282, 2284,
2285, 2290, 2297, 2302, 2307, 2308, 2310, 2311, 2315, 2318,
2319, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2324, 2328, 2340, 2341, 2342,
2433
Retroreflective sign materials...................................2230
State programs...................................................2371
Traffic control devices:
Bicycle safety facilities......................................2227
Manual revision........................2216, 2226, 2227, 2231, 2232
Recreation and cultural interest signs.........................2227
School areas...................................................2224
Tourist oriented directional signs.............................2227
Traffic signs..................................................2210
Work zone safety.................................................2209
Highways and roads:
See also Bridges
Highway safety
Motor carriers
Motor vehicle safety
Motor vehicles
Beautification costs.............................................2206
Emergency relief program disaster eligibility threshold..........2225
Engineering and design related services contracts................2211
Environmental impact and related procedures...2214, 2220, 2254, 2360,
2482
Federal aid projects.................................2218, 2219, 2233
Federal Lands Highway Program:
Forest highways program........................................2238
Indian reservations road program.........................1573, 2236
Park roads and parkways program................................2235
Refuge roads program...........................................2237
Funding..........................................................2260
Highway vehicle definition.......................................2748
Indian Reservation Road Bridge Program...........................2228
Indian reservation road funds distribution.......................1573
Intelligent Transportation System..........................2215, 2233
National Highway System..........................................2219
Railroad highway projects..................................2221, 2339
Right-of-way regulations...................................2240, 2283
Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1523
Statewide metropolitan planning..................................2212
Surface transportation projects:
Credit assistance..............................................2011
Traffic noise abatement..........................................2234
Traffic surveillance and control.................................2229
Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1755
Utilities regulations............................................2217
Historic preservation:
Navy permits for underwater archaeology on submerged cultural
resources.....................................................813
Paleontological resources........................................1629
World Heritage Convention........................................1519
Historical records:
See Archives and records
Hogs:
HACCP programs....................................................248
Imports from Europe...............................................128
Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................122
Small Hog Operation Payment Program................................55
Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................178
Holding companies:
Change in bank control...............................4241, 4242, 4257
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Exception to anti-tying restrictions.............................4258
Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4394
Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4395
Multiple savings and loan holding companies......................2975
Notification of new activities...................................2965
Homeless:
Food Stamp Program................................................206
Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1226
Women, infants, and children......................................209
Homesteads:
Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1620
Honey:
Research and Promotion Program.....................................14
Horses:
Horse Industry Organizations:
Protection requirements.........................................114
Interstate movement to slaughter..................................121
Hospice care:
Medicare conditions of participation.............................1115
Medicare payments................................................1201
Medicare policies................................................1154
Hospitals:
See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
American Osteopathic Association approval for participation......1211
CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................825
Clinical diagnostic laboratory services....................1088, 1147
Conditions of participation:
Laboratory services............................................1153
Diagnostic procedures............................................1068
DOT grants.................................................2021, 2032
Extended care services coinsurance amounts.......................1171
Graduate Medical Education Consortia.............................1176
Grants administration.................365, 735, 839, 1251, 3093, 3564
Inpatient deductible for Medicare part A.........................1171
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1889
Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments................1165
Medicaid payment for services to mentally retarded persons.......1087
Medicare conditions of participation.............................1108
Medicare payment.....................................1061, 1074, 1208
Outpatient services..............................................1068
Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1266
Psychiatric......................................................1098
Uncompensated services...........................................1035
Waivers for organ procurement service areas......................1167
Hours of work:
See Wages
Household appliances:
Amplifiers.......................................................4275
Appliance Labeling Rule..........................................4278
Energy efficiency...................852, 853, 854, 855, 868, 869, 872
Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3173
Housing:
See also Condominiums
Fair housing
Homeless
Housing standards
Low and moderate income housing
Manufactured homes
Mortgage insurance
Mortgages
Public housing
Relocation assistance
Affordable Housing Program regulation............................4229
Assistance applications..........................................1330
Capital advance duration.........................................1287
Claim reform.....................................................1282
Debarment and suspension from HUD programs.......................1246
Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1269
Electronic Freedom of Information Act............................3656
Emergency Initiative.............................................1267
Employment opportunities.........................................1309
Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................871
Equal access to justice..........................................3655
Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1268
HOME Investment Partnerships Program:
Streamlining.............................................1254, 1259
Indians....................................................1305, 1337
Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1315
Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1327
Lead-based paint.................................................3387
Limited denial of participation in HUD programs............1246, 1258
Manufactured home definition.....................................1289
Migrant farmworker projects.......................................150
Model Energy Code update.........................................1277
Multifamily:
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform Act program violations....1239,
1247
Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act.........1267, 1270
Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1245
Prohibited purchasers..........................................1238
Rehabilitation grants..........................................1283
Tenant participation...........................................1284
Uniform physical condition standards and physical inspection
requirements.........................................1260, 1274
OFHEO information regulation.....................................3660
OFHEO interim debt collection regulation.........................3661
Quality assurance review of independent public auditors..........1317
Resident survey information privacy requirements.................1316
Restructuring Plan:
Release of information.........................................1270
Rural:
Farm labor housing..............................................146
Loan policies...................................................152
Loans and grants.................................144, 146, 151, 154
Multiple-family housing.........................................146
Rental housing..................................................146
Sale of property...........................................1282, 2756
Single-family:
Officer Next Door Program......................................1285
Streamlining regulations..........................................146
Tenant income verification.......................................1243
Title I property insurance.................................1263, 1293
Veterans' therapeutic housing....................................2988
Housing assistance payments:
See Housing
Rent subsidies
Housing standards:
Manufactured home construction and safety standards program.....1272,
1288
Material bulletins.........................................1262, 1276
Human research subjects:
In vitro fertilization...........................................1047
Protection of human subjects..........................836, 1050, 3070
Student rights....................................................835
Humane treatment of animals:
See Animal welfare
Hunting:
Mid-continent light fronted geese (MCLG).........................1512
Migratory birds......................................1417, 1473, 1512
Pig frogs........................................................1524
Refuge-specific regulations......................................1379
Regulations......................................................1453
Subsistence hunting on federal lands.......................1407, 1412
Hurricanes:
Property acquisition and grants authority........................3546
Hydroelectric power:
See Electric power
I
Immigration:
See also Aliens
Citizenship and naturalization
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Asylum procedures................................................1726
Authority to grant.............................................1745
Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1736
Availability of material under Freedom of Information and
Privacy Acts.................................................1735
Border crossing identification documents...................1734, 1785
Cancellation of removal..........................................1708
Check points within the U.S......................................1770
Contracts with transportation lines..............................1740
Discipline of attorneys in immigration proceedings...............1707
Employer sanctions fines.........................................1782
Employment eligibility verification..............................1791
Examination fees schedule............................1743, 1815, 1819
Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1706
Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1800
Fee payment methods..............................................2004
Form duplication and electronic generation.......................1802
Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1786
Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994
provisions...................................................1759
In-transit passengers............................................1719
Inadmissability..................................................1715
Inspection of stopover passengers................................1733
Jurisdictional changes...........................................1783
Local law enforcement officer enforcement........................1784
Overtime liability for inspection services.......................1811
Petitions filed after numerical cap is reached...................1793
Petitions for employment based immigrants........................1753
Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................1770
Promises of benefits.............................................1762
Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia,
Germany, and Vietnam.........................................1717
Revoking grants of naturalization................................1801
Special immigrant juvenile petitions.............................1818
Sponsor obligations and penalties..........................1764, 2000
Support processing fee...........................................1983
Suspension of deportation........................................1708
United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1790
Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1748
Imports:
See also Antidumping
Countervailing duties
Customs duties and inspection
Trade adjustment assistance
Animal embryos and semen..........................................124
Beer and wine....................................................2594
Blood products....................................................995
Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1401
Chemicals:
Blanket certifications.......................2699, 3366, 3382, 3383
Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3377
Dairy product quotas..............................................272
Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened
1377
Domestic tobacco products, cigarette papers and tubes............2631
Duty-free benefits to jewelry manufacturers in the U.S. insular
possessions...................................................368
Duty-free entry..................................................2661
Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2694
Effect on the National Security...................................382
Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................995
Firearms.........................................................2614
Fish.........................................................521, 680
Food products.....................................................972
Forests and forest products.......................................116
Fruits and vegetables...................................111, 112, 118
Gypsy moth host material from Canada..............................123
Hogs from Europe..................................................128
Importation and entry bond conditions............................2680
Khmer stone archeological material...............................2703
Lamb meat subject to tariff-rate quota...........................2684
Liquidated damages...............................................2681
Livestock......................................................3, 243
Marine mammal products............................................624
Mexican pork......................................................131
Mexican poultry products..........................................119
Motor vehicles...................................................3257
Canadian.......................................................2380
Plants............................................................132
Poultry products..................................................243
Radio frequency devices..........................................4077
Registration and product listing..................................994
Ruminants.........................................................120
Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2671
Sugar-containing products subject to tariff-rate quota...........2685
Textiles.........................................................2691
Tobacco products.................................................2621
Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................127
Veterinary user fees..............................................117
Wildlife.............................................1363, 1410, 1492
Wood packing materials............................................113
Treatment requirements for material from China..................126
Yachts...........................................................2666
Income taxes:
Accelerated death benefits.......................................2877
Accounting:
Annual accounting period.......................................2907
Mark-to-market.................................................2916
Partnerships.............................................2752, 2918
Acquisitions.....................................................2937
Alternative minimum tax..........................................2872
Asset ownership..................................................2882
Bonds:
Inflation-indexed..............................................2922
Private activity...................................2769, 2885, 2948
Branch remittances...............................................2790
Branches:
Hybrid transactions............................................2896
Business expenses................................................2940
Capitalization...................................................2802
Related party interest capitalization..........................2952
Caribbean Basin countries........................................2870
Charitable contributions.........................................2797
Collections......................................................2718
Installment agreements...................................2723, 2909
Levied property................................................2724
Liens..........................................................2886
Compromises......................................................2901
Consolidated returns:
Intercompany obligations.......................................2831
Losses and deductions....................................2822, 2824
Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2743
Conversion to the Euro...........................................2894
Corporate acquisitions:
Tax period after acquisition of S corporation..................2944
Corporate income tax.............................................2872
Corporations:
Alternative agents.............................................2770
C corporations.................................................2924
Continuity of interest requirement.............................2819
Disposition of stock of another corporation....................2833
Disregarded entitites..........................................2737
Entity classification rules..............................2777, 2859
S corporations.....................................2719, 2775, 2924
Solely-for-voting stock requirement............................2851
Tax shelter registration.................................2733, 2782
Debt:
Collateralized debt obligations................................2809
Debt instruments...........................................2722, 2735
Deemed paid taxes................................................2716
Deferred compensation plans......................................2767
Disaster relief..................................................2823
Disclosure of return information.................................2783
Disclosure of return information to the Department of
Agriculture............................................2856, 2956
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Earned income tax credit eligibility.............................2898
Earned income tax credit recertification requirements............2888
Education credits................................................2897
Electing small business trusts...................................2775
Elective entity classification changes...........................2929
Electronic tip reporting.........................................2887
Electronic transmissions.........................................2814
Electronically filed information returns.........................2909
Employee benefits:
Cafeteria plans....................................2771, 2852, 2880
Funded welfare benefit plans...................................2865
Loans treated as distributions.................................2787
Employee stock ownership plans...................................2775
Equity options with flexible terms...............................2773
Equity options without standard terms............................2935
Escrow funds.....................................................2803
Estates..........................................................2945
Expenditures documentation.......................................2921
Farm income......................................................2825
Foreign corporations.....................2708, 2716, 2788, 2791, 2873
Earnings and profits.........................2708, 2716, 2791, 2875
Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.....................2849
Stock transfer rules...............................2772, 2855, 2955
Foreign deferred compensation plans..............................2912
Foreign eligible entities........................................2848
Foreign governments..............................................2869
Foreign grantor trusts...........................................2710
Foreign insurance companies................................2706, 2709
Foreign investment companies.........................2779, 2804, 2931
Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2789
Foreign partnerships.............................................2914
Foreign tax credit.......................2727, 2785, 2786, 2857, 2867
Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2795
Functional currency..............................................2791
General utilities repeal.........................................2874
Golden parachute payments........................................2866
Grantor definition...............................................2846
Grantor trust rules........................................2882, 2892
Group health plans, continuation coverage........................2840
Highly compensated employee................................2764, 2801
Hyperinflationary currency.......................................2911
Income averaging.................................................2825
Income from ocean and space activities...........................2739
Information disclosure...........................................2820
Insurance companies..............................................2768
Intangible amortization..........................................2919
Intercompany transfer pricing....................................2715
Interest:
Educational loans..............................................2742
Related party interest capitalization..........................2952
Suspension of..................................................2950
Interest deductions..............................................2793
Interest expense...........................................2857, 2915
Interest-free adjustments........................................2876
International communications income..............................2739
International organizations......................................2869
International tax................................................2913
Inventory accounting.............................................2740
Joint returns....................................................2741
Loans from qualified employer plans..............................2774
Long-term contracts..............................................2799
Losses:
Disposition of personal property...............................2891
Separate limitation............................................2707
Marketable stock.................................................2946
Middleman payments...............................................2738
Mileage rates....................................................2940
Multiple party financing.........................................2807
Mutual fund after-tax returns....................................4389
Offset of Federal tax refund payments to collect delinquent
State obligations............................................2583
Offset of refund payments to collect delinquent state income
taxes........................................................2587
Offset programs......................................2575, 2588, 2936
Output facilities................................................2863
Partnerships:
Amortization rules.............................................2858
Capital gains..................................................2830
Fair market value..............................................2752
Foreign investments......................................2811, 2928
Hybrid transactions............................................2896
Mergers and divisions..........................................2760
Returns required on magnetic media.............................2942
Sales of interests.................................2918, 2925, 2928
Section 1503(d) applications.......................2714, 2925, 2928
Unified audit procedures.......................................2838
Withholding..............................................2925, 2928
Passive foreign investment companies.............................2779
Payments:
Advance payments...............................................2758
Credit and debit cards.........................................2893
Middleman payments.............................................2738
Prepayments....................................................2895
Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans............2757
Source of payments.............................................2720
Payments to attorneys......................................2763, 2837
Penalties:
Suspension of..................................................2950
Personal property sales..........................................2705
Preferred stock..................................................2821
Guidance project...............................................2847
Premiums.........................................................2923
Preparer due diligence requirements..............................2898
Principle contracts..............................................2762
Private foundation disclosure rules..............................2949
Procedure and administration...............................2798, 2917
Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2784
Purchase price allocation........................................2937
Qualified offers...........................................2744, 2745
Qualified plans..................................................2808
Cashout limits.................................................2835
Protected benefits exceptions..................................2734
Qualified transportation fringe benefits.........................2910
Real Estate Investment Trusts....................................2839
Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2809, 2904
Receipts for expenditures........................................2921
Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2883
Regulated Investment Companies...................................2839
Reimbursement allowance:
Travel or transportation.......................................3586
Relocation allowance payments for government employees.....3603, 3933
Remedial amendment period........................................2930
Removal of temporary regulations.................................2725
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2711
Research credit............................................2794, 2842
Residence sale or exchange.......................................2756
Resident status..................................................2868
Retention of paid preparers' signatures..........................2832
Retirement plans.....................................2881, 2889, 2947
Rollover contributions...........................................2808
S corporations.............................................2775, 2920
Sale of debt obligations.........................................2932
Section 1441...............................................2850, 2953
Section 197 regulations..........................................2919
Section 263A.....................................................2834
Section 355(d)...................................................2836
Section 355(e) Guidance..........................................2899
Section 42.......................................................2933
Section 6048 regulations.........................................2713
Section 6112...............................................2780, 2860
Section 6159.....................................................2723
Section 6320.....................................................2903
Section 6323.....................................................2886
Section 6330.....................................................2902
Section 6343.....................................................2724
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Section 882......................................................2806
Section 884......................................................2806
Securities.................................................2712, 2878
Statement filing...........................................2781, 2861
Stock transfer regulations.......................................2778
Straddles........................................................2751
Miscellaneous issues...........................................2879
Stripping transactions...........................................2807
Substantial new line of business.................................2939
Swap transactions................................................2720
Tax credits:
FERC well category determinations..............................4184
Puerto Rico....................................................2864
Tax treaties.....................................................2704
Tax-exempt organizations:
Travel and tour activity.......................................2941
Taxpayer Bill of Rights..............................2723, 2724, 2886
Taxpayer identification numbers..................................2927
Taxpayers:
Address correction.............................................2766
Last known address.............................................2906
Timber sales.....................................................2765
Timely mailing treated as timely filing/electronic postmark......2900
Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2726
Trusts:
Charitable remainder trusts..............................2736, 2854
Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2884
Foreign trusts.................................................2721
GST issues.....................................................2905
Lifetime charitable lead trusts................................2776
Non-exempt employees...........................................2882
Trusts and estates.............................2717, 2719, 2732, 2889
Valuation of property passing to surviving spouse................2934
Valuation tables.................................................2844
Voice signatures.................................................2800
Withholding certificates.........................................2814
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......................................................1352
Certificates of degree of Indian blood.....................1551, 1571
Child protection programs........................................1550
Child support enforcement........................................1213
Cultural exchange of marine mammal products between Natives......1429
Electric power utilities.........................................1562
Enrollment application process...................................1572
Fishing management................................................599
Food assistance programs...........................214, 221, 228, 230
Housing..........................................................1337
Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1315
Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1327
Indian affairs hearings and appeals..............................1346
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1040
Indian Judgement Funds...........................................1533
National Indian Gaming Commission.......4304, 4305, 4309, 4310, 4311,
4312, 4313, 4315, 4316
Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act
1305
Navajo generating station........................................3271
NIGC definitions.................................................4308
Official Insignia of Native American Tribes.......................714
Preference in employment.........................................1555
Self-Determination Act...........................................1039
Social welfare and relief of distress............................1569
Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4351
Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska.......1412
Treaty fishing rights:
Columbia River access sites....................................1566
Welfare reform:
Financial assistance and social services.......................1548
Tribal program requirements....................................1228
Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1879
Indians-arts and crafts:
Cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts...................1367
Importation of marine mammal products.............................624
Indians-business and finance:
Federal utilization of Indian organizations and Indian-owned
economic enterprises.........................................3944
Gaming authorizations............................................4310
Gaming operations....................................4305, 4314, 4315
Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1564
Indian Incentive Payment Program..................................764
Indian monies and BIA special deposits...........................1351
Loans, grants, and employment assistance.............1541, 1544, 1545
Tribal revenue allocation........................................1570
Indians-education:
Academic and dormitory standards.................................1539
Adult vocational training........................................1543
Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1540
Grants to colleges...............................................1556
School construction contracts....................................1542
School improvement program.......................................1534
Indians-lands:
Acquisitions.....................................................1547
Acquisitions for gaming..........................................1549
Air pollution control implementation.................3193, 3232, 3234
Alaska Native Veterans allotments................................1637
Allotments.......................................................1645
Debt settlement for tribal land acquisition loans..................46
EPA new source reviews...........................................3282
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2236
Fishing sites on Columbia River..................................1567
Grazing permits............................................1554, 1568
Irrigation projects..............................................1561
Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1560
Mining leases........................................1535, 1559, 1597
Mining regulations...............................................1610
Mortgages and deeds of trust.....................................1546
Municipal solid waste landfills..................................3327
National Forest System lands......................................288
Oil and gas leasing..............................................1591
Road Bridge Program..............................................2228
Road funds distribution..........................................1573
Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1536
Trust management reform..........................................1553
Water pollution control requirements.......................3484, 3524
Water quality standards..........................................3463
Indians-law:
Construction of jails............................................1833
Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1565
Hearings and appeals.................................1563, 4303, 4306
Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1557
NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4307
Indians-tribal government:
Election procedures........................................1537, 1538
Grants for services provided to older individuals............83, 1234
Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1557
Performance Partnership Grants...................................3126
Self-determination...............................................1540
Self-governance program procedures...............................1558
Tribal background investigations.................................4311
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Individuals with disabilities:
See also Blind
Education of individuals with disabilities
Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Vocational rehabilitation
Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1689, 1692,
1693, 3095, 3098
Outdoor developed areas........................................3096
Play areas.....................................................3099
Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1684
Public rights-of-way...........................................3101
Accessibility guidelines for children's environments.............1693
Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and
customer premises equipment..................................4054
Accessible electronic and information technology standards.......3097
Appointment to positions.........................................3681
Children:
Education of....................................................845
Clarification of age as a vocational factor......................3879
Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1846, 1847
DFARS modification................................................803
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3871
Disability ratings:
Mental disorders...............................................3005
Spine..........................................................3001
Employment discrimination complaints.............................3539
Evidence of permanent and total disability.......................3004
Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3872
Housing..........................................................1245
Medicare premium.................................................1172
Mentally retarded:
Intermediate care facilities...................................1183
Payment methods for care facilities............................1087
Mitigating measures clarification................................3541
Motor vehicle modifications......................................2397
Motor vehicle wheelchair lifts and ramps...................2361, 2364
Nondiscrimination..............................1849, 3580, 3784, 3906
Air travel.....................................................2030
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.................3906, 4022
Federally assisted programs....................................1928
In programs or activities conducted by the OFHEO...............3657
Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1684
State and local government services......................1685, 1686
Passenger vessel access....................................2036, 3100
Schedule for rating disabilities...........................2991, 2992
SSA disability evaluation........................................3920
SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3881
Telecommunications relay services..........................4061, 4062
Transportation.............................................1534, 2037
Video programming accessibility..................................4030
Widow's benefits.................................................3884
Work Incentives Improvement Act..................................3867
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.................................................2927
Air bags.........................................................2400
Aircraft child restraints..................................2118, 2351
Baby walker safety requirements..................................3991
Backyard play sets standard......................................3995
Bleachers and grandstands safety.................................3989
Buckles on child-restraint systems...............................4000
Bunk bed requirements............................................4004
Child labor......................................................3922
Cigarette lighter safety standards...............................4002
Crib safety standards............................................3997
Determining family relationships.................................3808
Dive sticks safety...............................................3992
Food assistance programs......................186, 197, 217, 220, 222
Food stamp program................................................224
Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging...................3996
Individuals with disabilities..........................845, 849, 1693
Infant formula...................................................1008
Lead poisoning.......................................3370, 3372, 3391
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1889
Medicaid program.................................................1093
Motor vehicle restraint systems......................2357, 2385, 2426
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1036
Nutrition education participant contacts..........................183
Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................3998
School breakfast and lunch programs...............................185
School child definition..........................................3084
Special immigrant juvenile petitions.............................1818
Sulfate in drinking water........................................3529
Summer Food Service Program.......................................223
Supplemental food program:
Certification integrity.........................................212
Funding provisions..............................................233
Local agency expenditure reports................................232
Taxpayer identification numbers..................................2927
VA pensions for veteran or surviving spouse......................3071
Welfare services.................................................1227
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 for branches outside the United States............4280
Share insurance................................................4288
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3871
Election changes.................................................2852
Equity index insurance products..................................4405
FCSIC regulation.................................................4024
Motor carriers as self-insurers..................................2316
Motor vehicle reporting requirements.............................2383
National Flood Insurance Program.................................3567
Passenger vessel operators.......................................4234
Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program requirements............3545
Insurance companies:
Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4386
Tax on companies other than life insurance companies.............2768
Insured loans:
See Loan programs
Intelligence:
See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
See also Grant programs
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Administration of grants and cooperative agreements..........297, 838
Air carrier regulation...........................................2033
Air pollution control implementation.....3142, 3229, 3232, 3252, 3280
Alternative fuels incentives program..............................862
BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1569
BIA schools......................................................1539
Child support non-performance TANF penalty.......................1222
Education programs................................................136
Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............1880
Employer-based group health plans................................1067
EPA effluent guidelines and standards............................3478
EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule................................3420
EPA State implementation plans (SIPs)............................3240
EPA water monitoring requirements................................3536
EPA water quality standards......................................3501
EPA water regulations streamlining...............................3469
EPA-California water quality standards...........................3481
Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2573
Federal payments to State veterans homes.........................3079
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................1865
Flood assistance program.........................................3547
Food assistance programs......................186, 191, 197, 217, 225
Sharing information with INS...............................191, 209
Food stamps.............................................189, 201, 224
Hazardous materials transportation.........................2506, 2520
HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1114
Highway management...............................................2206
Highway projects.....................................2218, 2219, 2260
Highway safety data improvements incentive grants................2415
Highway safety programs....................................2284, 2371
Local rail freight assistance....................................2458
Medicaid:
Administrative costs...............................1079, 1141, 1142
Eligibility..................................1079, 1131, 1141, 1142
Motor vehicle safety incentive grants....2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2442
National Dam Safety Program......................................3566
Nuclear accident protection......................................3342
Oil spill response...............................................2089
Payments to State and local governments..........................1633
Performance Partnership Grants.............................3125, 3126
Railroad highway projects........................................2221
State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1071, 1077
State employment statistics agency representatives for
consultations with DOL.......................................1839
State issued identification documents............................2434
Transportation right-of-way regulations..........................2283
USDA:
Entitlement programs............................................300
State mediation programs.........................................34
Water supply.....................................................3524
Intermodal transportation:
Charter services.................................................2489
Environmental impact and related procedures......................2254
International agreements:
See Treaties
International boundaries:
Border crossing cards............................................1992
Dedicated commuter lanes...................................1727, 1755
Ports of entry...................................................1727
International trade:
See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
Acquisition regulations...........................................699
Correspondence addresses..........................................709
Design patent claim language......................................707
Fees.........................................................701, 715
Payment by credit card..........................................702
Foreign rights in inventions......................................719
Inter partes reexamination........................................696
Interlocutory rulings at final hearing in interference
procesessings.................................................711
Invention promoter complaints.....................................705
Licensing government-owned inventions.............................720
Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................712
Mineral patent applications......................................1636
New drug patent holder notification..............................1025
Nonprofit organizations...........................................718
Patent applications...........................697, 698, 704, 706, 713
Patent business goals.............................................700
Patent indemnity.................................................3963
Patent interferences..............................................708
Patent practitioners..............................................695
Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement.....................................................717
Small businesses..................................................718
Term adjustments..................................................698
Utility examination guidelines....................................703
Investigations:
Authority of the Special Counsel.................................3783
Civil investigative demands......................................1831
Government personnel.............................................3769
Investment advisers:
See Securities
Investment companies:
Advertising rules................................................4385
Affiliate transactions...........................................4390
Asset transfers..................................................2839
Custody of assets outside the U.S................................4401
Disclosure requirements..........................................4384
Form N-SAR.......................................................4392
Mergers of affiliated investment companies.......................4391
Names............................................................4399
Private investment companies.....................................4378
Registration form................................................4392
Repurchase agreements............................................4402
Role of independent directors....................................4397
Securities acquisition...........................................4388
Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4387
Small business investment companies:
Cost of money..................................................3845
Income computation.............................................3835
Management-ownership diversity.................................3844
Taxation.........................................................2804
Investments:
See also Brokers
Commodity futures
Foreign investments in U.S.
Investment companies
Securities
United States investments abroad
Bonding requirement exemption for certain advisers...............1883
Canadian.........................................................4400
Cash solicitation rule...........................................4393
Economic development..............................................362
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board:
Allocation of fiduciary responsibility.........................1901
Financial services transactions survey.......................348, 351
Guaranteed investment contracts..................................2908
Investment advisers..............................................4383
Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4398
Political contributions........................................4396
Mutual fund after-tax returns....................................4389
Non-deposit investment products..................................2648
Non-mortgage investments by GSEs.................................1241
Proxy and information statements.................................4376
Registration forms...............................................4379
U.S. direct investment abroad survey.........................350, 352
Irrigation:
Project operation and maintenance................................1561
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J
Job Training Partnership Act:
See Manpower training programs
Juices:
Food safety assessment programs...................................982
Juvenile delinquency:
Family Unity Program.............................................1768
K
Kidney diseases:
CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................826
Dialysis services................................................1189
Medicare eligibility.............................................1056
L
Labeling:
See also Food labeling
Packaging and containers
Alcohol beverages................................................2609
American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2346
Antibiotics resistance labeling...................................962
Appliance Labeling Rule..........................................4278
Beer.............................................................2595
Blood and blood components........................................967
Building materials...............................................1276
Country of origin statements.....................................2593
Distilled spirits..........................................2593, 2595
Drugs.............................................................941
Electronic submission of information..............................968
Hearing aids......................................................936
Home insulation..................................................4271
Insulin-containing products.......................................952
Malt beverages...................................................2623
Parenteral drug products containing aluminum.....................1023
Pesticides.......................................................3352
Polyurethane foam in upholstered furniture.......................3999
Pregnancy labeling category for prescription drugs..........953, 1030
Prescription drugs................................................950
Rubber-containing drugs...........................................934
Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1019
Textiles.........................................................4270
Unaged grape brandy..............................................2603
Wine.............................................................2595
Specialty products and flavored wines..........................2607
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
Davis-Bacon helper regulations...................................1854
DOA authority to approve H-2A petitions for agricultural
laborers.....................................................1993
DOL user fees....................................................1843
Fair Labor Standards Act:
Exemptions.....................................................1861
Labor organization annual financial report.......................1863
Service contract exemptions......................................1848
Small Business Job Protection Act................................1844
State employment statistics agency representatives for
consultations with DOL.......................................1839
Trade adjustment assistance................................1868, 1869
Labor management relations:
Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1880
Reporting by labor relations consultants and others..............1862
Laboratories:
Accreditation.......................................................6
Clinical laboratories regulation.....................1060, 1088, 1111
Cytology proficiency testing.....................................1192
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3129
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1153
Testing of mining equipment......................................1920
Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............973
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.....................................1995
Qualified offers...........................................2744, 2745
Suits against Federal employees..................................1821
Law enforcement:
See also Drug traffic control
Armor vest purchase..............................................1834
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1710, 4143
Criminal fine collection.........................................1832
Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1385
Forest Service....................................................280
Immigration......................................................1784
National Indian Gaming Commission................................4307
Officer Next Door Program........................................1285
Police Corps reimbursements of educational expenses..............1835
Retirement.......................................................3754
U.S. Marshals Service fees.......................................1827
Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1716
Lawyers:
Debarment........................................................1012
Disciplinary procedures..........................................1707
Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4303
Lead poisoning:
Hazard abatement.................................................3391
Paint..............................3360, 3369, 3370, 3372, 3387, 3391
Reducing lead consumption and use................................3389
Libraries:
FDA..............................................................1032
National Agricultural Library fee schedule.........................32
Presidential library facilities..................................3633
Life insurance:
Accelerated death benefits.......................................2877
District of Columbia employees...................................3752
Election changes.................................................2852
Government employees.............................................3716
Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3719
Regulation revisions.....................................3757, 3780
Variable life insurance contracts................................4403
Veterans...................................................3046, 3051
Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option................3003
Liquors:
Exports..........................................................2622
Labeling.........................................................2595
Standards of fill................................................2608
Unaged grape brandy..............................................2603
Livestock:
See also Grazing lands
Meat and meat products
Meat inspection
Poultry and poultry products
Animal drug residue levels.......................................1018
Commodity futures contract deliveries..............................24
Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds...........959
Emergency assistance...............................................81
Free choice medicated feed.......................................1016
Imported.......................................................3, 243
Liquid medicated feed............................................1016
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Livestock feed assistance..........................................90
Livestock Indemnity Program.......................................104
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act..................................10
Price reporting...................................................177
Sanitary standard for equipment used to slaughter, process, and
package........................................................26
Substances prohibited from use in feed...........................1020
Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................178
Loan programs:
CRA Sunshine.....................................................4162
Economic adjustment program.......................................361
Floods...............................................2654, 4021, 4179
Qualified employer plans.........................................2774
Revision of RTB loan documents....................................327
Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program..............319, 327, 333
Rural development.................................................148
RUS reduction in minimum TIER requirements........................315
Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........314
Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision...........................2584
Uniform Flood Insurance regulations..............................2977
Loan programs-agriculture:
Account servicing..................................................36
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program...........301, 302, 304
Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................57
Community facility loans..........................................332
Community programs...........................................145, 149
Conservation Reserve Program.......................................58
Cotton.............................................................93
Crop disaster assistance......................................74, 105
Debt settlement....................................................40
Depreciation rates and procedures.................................329
Disaster set-aside program.........................................70
Farm Credit Administration:
Borrower rights................................................4009
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital
regulation.................................................4008
Mission-related investments....................................4011
Participations and purchases...................................4012
Policies and operations........................................4014
Risk-weighting.................................................4006
Stock issuance.................................................4019
Farm Loan Program:
Collection activities............................................43
Debt settlement..........................................51, 67, 68
Low documentation loans..........................................56
Real estate appraisals and chattel appraisals...................102
Regulatory streamlining..........................................53
Small Hog Operation Payment Program..............................55
Farm Service Agency:
Cash flow margin requirements....................................75
Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................71
FCSIC regulation.................................................4024
Housing...........................................................303
Loan changes......................................................151
Loan deficiency payment programs...................................93
Loan Deficiency Payment Rates......................................66
Loans secured by real estate and property..........................50
Lobbying restrictions.............................................342
Market loss assistance........................................74, 105
Marketing assistance loan provisions for crops....................103
Nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for crambe.................101
Regulation streamlining............................................53
Rural economic development...................................144, 307
Rural electrification....................318, 322, 323, 328, 330, 331
Rural housing.....................................................152
Rural telephone system............................................321
State mediation programs...........................................34
Suspension of collection of recapture..............................61
Warehouse receipt requirements.....................................93
Water and waste disposal programs.................................311
Loan programs-business:
Fishermen.........................................................439
Rural areas.......................................................309
SBA:
Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................3841
Modifications to CDC operations................................3855
Multi-lender securitizations...................................3833
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................3840
Loan programs-education:
Interest.........................................................2890
Medical research...........................................1044, 1049
Loan programs-health:
NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1041
Loan programs-housing and community development:
Rural areas.......................................................154
Title I property insurance programs........................1263, 1293
Loan programs-Indians:
BIA program elimination..........................................1541
Housing loan guarantees..........................................1337
Indian Lands Acquisition loans.....................................46
Mortgage loans...................................................1305
Loan programs-veterans:
Acceptance of partial payments...................................3033
Advertising and solicitation disclosure..........................3072
Credit scoring...................................................3073
Credit standards.................................................3074
Property improvements definition.................................2993
Title evidence requirements......................................3032
Lobbying:
Filing of informational materials................................1826
Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1826
Restrictions..........................................342, 1349, 3898
Longshore and harbor workers:
Foreign prohibitions.............................................1984
Medical fee schedule.............................................1851
Safety and health regulations....................................1960
Low and moderate income housing:
See also Public housing
Rent subsidies
Affordable Housing Program amendments......................4224, 4229
Government Sponsored Enterprises:
Purchase goals.................................................1242
Section 8........................................................1261
Amendments...............................................1336, 1341
Lease termination..............................................1331
Management assessment program..................................1325
Payments programs..............................................1271
Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1286
Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal
activity...................................................1256
Lumber:
See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
See also Tuberculosis
CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................826
Diesel particulate...............................................1918
M
Mammography:
State certification of facilities.................................974
Manpower training programs:
Nondiscrimination................................................1932
Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............1994
Workforce investment systems.....................................1872
Manufactured homes:
Construction and safety..............................1272, 1273, 1288
Definition.......................................................1289
Marine engineering:
See Vessels
Marine mammals:
See also Endangered and threatened species
Animal welfare standards..........................................107
Beluga whales.....................................................607
Captive holding and transport.....................................543
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Exports of products for cultural exchange........................1429
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.........690
Incidental taking.......................600, 604, 621, 622, 682, 1418
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan...................552, 631
Deployment of the U.S. Navy's low frequency active sonar...427, 547
During shock testing by the U.S. Navy...........................425
Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan.............................611
Pacific walrus...........................................1507, 1513
Polar bear...............................................1507, 1513
Level B harrassment..............................................1358
Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................624
Marine Mammal Protection Act.....................607, 625, 1418, 1419
Native cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts............1367
North Atlantic whale protection...................................548
North right whales................................................623
Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1356
Photography permits...............................................544
Research authorization............................................601
Serious injury definition.........................................456
Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2102
Steller sea lion conservation.....................................478
Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................424
Marine pollution:
See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
See also Fisheries
Antarctic Marine Living Resources vessel permit requirements......520
Competitive funding requirements..................................692
Criteria for water quality.......................................3499
Critical habitat.............................................640, 683
Endangered and threatened species................545, 603, 1399, 1505
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................613
Marine Mammal Protection Act:
Rescission of administrative procedures........................1423
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary............................688
National Environmental Policy Act.................................693
National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................556
NOAA overflight regulation........................................555
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary...........................689
Program evaluation................................................692
Research program..................................................633
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.............................612
Marine safety:
See also Vessels
ASTM standards...................................................2106
Blood alcohol concentration limit................................2058
Casualty reporting...............................................2045
FCC inspection of radio installations on ships...................4076
Houseboats.......................................................2096
Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2056
Pilotage regulations.......................................2066, 2103
Puget Sound-Area waters..........................................2100
Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2063
Safety/security zone regulations...........................2067, 2084
Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2052
Towing vessels.............................................2050, 2075
Uninspected passenger vessels....................................2055
Vessel Traffic Service...........................................2107
Maritime carriers:
See also Cargo vessels
Passenger vessels
Seamen
Vessels
Cargo preference regulations:
Agricultural exports...........................................2551
Communications...................................................4132
Great Lakes load line certificate................................2076
Income source rules..............................................2746
Japanese vessels.................................................4235
Merchant mariners................................................2095
Non-vessel-operating common carriers.......................4233, 4236
Ocean common carriers............................................4232
Operating agreements.............................................4231
Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2102
Shipboard electrical cable standards.............................2065
Traffic separation schemes.......................................2082
U.S.-flag vessel preference......................................3936
Marketing quotas:
Crystalline fructose...............................................78
Peanuts........................................................54, 88
Sugar..............................................................78
Tobacco....................................48, 49, 63, 64, 65, 87, 97
Mass transportation:
Bus testing guidelines...........................................2488
Major capital investment mass transportation projects............2491
School bus operations............................................2492
Measurement standards:
See also Metric system
Gaseous fuels:
Propane cylinders..............................................2532
Meat and meat products:
See also Meat inspection
Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................256
Consumer protection...............................................237
Disposition and disposal requirements.............................259
Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point
Source Category..............................................3496
Export certificates for lamb meat subject to tariff-rate quota
2684
Export sales reporting............................................269
Grading and certification fees.....................................23
HACCP regulations for rendered products...........................960
Irradiation.......................................................265
Labeling................................................247, 254, 263
Meat grading regulations for imported livestock.....................3
Meat recovery systems.............................................256
Ruminant imports..................................................120
Transportation and storage........................................238
Meat inspection:
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................258
Color additives...................................................250
Contaminated......................................................260
Fee increase......................................................268
Food additives..........................................250, 262, 267
GRAS substances...................................................262
HACCP programs...............................................239, 248
Labeling..........................................................257
Partial quality control programs..................................255
Performance standards:
Bacon...........................................................242
Processing procedures...........................................257
Ready-to-eat products...........................................241
Rules of practice.................................................264
Total quality control systems.....................................249
Medicaid:
See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
Public assistance programs
Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...............................1126
American Osteopathic Association approval for hospital
participation................................................1211
Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1060
Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc......................1162
Disproportionate share hospital payments.........................1165
Drug rebate program..............................................1099
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment
services.....................................................1093
Eligibility:
AFDC children..................................................1197
Medically needy................................................1131
Non-U.S. citizens..............................................1142
Employer-based group health plans................................1067
Estate recoveries................................................1119
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Federal financial participation income limits....................1141
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1132
Health insuring organizations....................................1096
Health maintenance organizations.................................1096
Home and community-based services................................1078
Home health agencies:
Hospice care.....................................................1120
Institutions for mental disease..................................1165
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
1212
Low-income pregnant women........................................1101
Managed care...............................................1079, 1081
Civil penalties.................................................916
Medicaid Management Information System...........................1103
Medical child support............................................1136
Mentally retarded persons:
Payment methods for care facilities............................1087
Nurse Aide Training Programs.....................................1209
Nursing facilities:
Substandard care...............................................1123
Nursing home benefits......................................1188, 1188
Outstation intake locations......................................1101
Penalties, sanctions, exclusions and overpayments.................922
Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1160
Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1098
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1181
Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1100
Skilled nursing facilities.................................1095, 1179
State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1071, 1180
State plan requirements:
Plans of care..................................................1195
Third party liability............................................1112
Tuberculosis-related services....................................1107
Medical and dental schools:
NIH scholarships.................................................1042
Medical assistance program:
See Medicaid
Medical care:
See Health care
Medical devices:
Computer software programs.......................................1011
Establishment registration and listing requirements...............975
Exports of medical products containing biological agents..........413
Gene therapy......................................................976
Hearing aids......................................................936
Intermittent positive pressure machine...........................1105
Liability limitations............................................1118
Medical care telemetry devices.............................4082, 4097
Medicare coverage..........................................1113, 1185
Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................1939
Payment limits...................................................1206
Restricted devices promotion......................................940
Standards........................................................1005
Surety bond requirements.............................1062, 1138, 1140
Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1019
Xenotransplantation...............................................976
Medical facilities:
See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
See Health professions
Medical records:
See Health records
Medical research:
Classification of sheep as minor species.........................1001
Contraception and infertility..............................1044, 1049
Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1104
National Research Service Awards.................................1048
NCI construction grants..........................................1052
NIH service payback obligation...................................1048
Peer review......................................................1045
Radiopharmaceuticals..............................................943
Medicare:
See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
Accelerated payments.............................................1207
Additional supplier standards....................................1066
Advanced refunding of debt.......................................1143
Allowable costs:
FICA and other payroll taxes...................................1194
Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...................1126, 1127, 1173
American Osteopathic Association approval for hospital
participation................................................1211
Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions.........................917, 926
Appeals:
Coverage.......................................................1135
Payment determinations.........................................1191
Audiologists.....................................................1116
Bone mass measurements...........................................1145
Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1091
Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1147
Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1060
Clinical social worker services..................................1163
Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc......................1162
Competitive medical plans:
Appeal protections.............................................1135
Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1090
Contract eligibility.............................................1072
Contract performance evaluation..................................1190
Contractors:
Integrity Program..............................................1134
Millennium compliance..........................................1151
Cost reports.....................................................1117
Criteria for making coverage decisions...........................1157
Demonstration project............................................3762
Dialysis services..........................................1056, 1189
Disproportionate share adjustment................................1178
Durable medical equipment:
Fee schedules..................................................1121
Payment limits...........................................1170, 1206
Surety bonds...................................................1062
End-stage renal disease:
Bad debt payment...............................................1063
Demonstration waivers..........................................1124
Quality assurance and performance improvement data for
facilities.................................................1187
Evaluation of intermediary and carrier performance...............1175
Extended care services coinsurance amounts.......................1171
Fee schedules:
Ambulance services.............................................1059
Application of inherent reasonableness.........................1086
Durable medical equipment................................1121, 1170
Payment limits...........................................1086, 1206
Physicians.....................................................1200
Reasonable charge methodology..................................1203
Graduate Medical Education Consortia.............................1176
Health care prepayment plans:
Appeal protections.............................................1135
Health maintenance organizations:
Appeal protections.............................................1135
Home health agencies:
Conditions of participation..............................1065, 1150
Definition.....................................................1113
Prospective Payment System.....................................1082
Schedules of limitations on costs........................1158, 1186
Survey and sanctions...........................................1092
Hospice care.........................................1115, 1154, 1201
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1108
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System....................1208
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.............1074, 1185
Income protection for community spouse...........................1091
Inpatient hospital deductible....................................1171
Integrity Program................................................1134
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
1212
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Liability insurance..............................................1196
Loan repayments..................................................1143
Medical equipment................................................1105
Medical services coverage decisions..............................1205
Medicare+Choice plans............................................1202
Civil penalties.................................................916
Mentally ill or retarded persons.................................1130
Monthly actuarial rates..........................................1168
Nurse Aide Training Programs.....................................1209
Organ procurement and transplantation rules......................1057
Ownership changes................................................1106
Paramedic intercept ambulance services...........................1174
Penalties, sanctions, exclusions and overpayments................1106
Physicians:
Fee schedules..................................................1198
Volume performance standard rates of increase..................1198
Physicians' referrals......................................1109, 1199
Premium for the uninsured, aged, and certain disabled
individuals..................................................1172
Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1160
Prospective Payment System.......................................1082
Prosthetic Devices:
Payment limits.................................................1206
Provider agreement and supplier participation:
Billing numbers................................................1058
Provider reimbursement disbursement and appeals..................1097
Provider-sponsored organizations solvency standards..............1202
Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1098
Rehabilitation hospital services.................................1061
Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage..........1080
Rural health clinics.............................................1152
Screening Pap smears.............................................1094
Secondary payer......................................1102, 1193, 1196
Skilled nursing facilities.....................1095, 1110, 1113, 1130
Cost limits....................................................1144
Prospective Payment System...............................1179, 1210
Substandard care.........................................1123, 1130
Speech-language pathologists.....................................1116
State allotments for payments of Medicare Part B premiums........1164
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).................1161
Suggestion system................................................1204
Supplementary Medical Insurance premium rates....................1168
Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.........1182
Surety bond requirements.............................1062, 1138, 1140
Sustainable growth rate....................................1159, 1177
Telephone request for payment determinations review..............1191
User fees........................................................1137
Medigap:
Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................917
Mental health programs:
Group health plan benefit parity.................................1888
Medicaid and Medicare sanctions for psychiatric hospitals........1098
Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments................1165
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
Use of restraint and seclusion.................................1181
Merchant marine:
See Maritime carriers
Seamen
Metals:
EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3501
High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3434
Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1560
Waste water treatment sludges from metal finishing...............3442
Metric system:
Conversion:
Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2374
Migrant labor:
Forestry service contracts........................................343
Job service complaint system.....................................1876
Labor standards..................................................1860
Transportation of workers........................................2263
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
Claims settlement.................................................722
Compensation for beneficiaries of the Vietnamese Commandos
Compensation Commission.......................................732
Education eligibility of dependents in overseas areas........723, 724
Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................742
Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................989
Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................3841
Reemployment.....................................................3705
Retirement regulations...........................................3709
Milk:
Child and adult care food program.................................222
Mine safety and health:
Air quality standards............................................1908
Belt entry.......................................................1909
Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................1855
Confined-space hazards...........................................1923
Crystalline silica...............................................1913
Hazard communication.............................................1917
Metal and nonmetal mines:
Electrical standards...........................................1925
Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................1910
Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1912
Rescue teams.....................................................1907
Respirable coal dust.......................................1906, 1915
Surface haulage equipment........................................1911
Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................1920
Training of miners...............................................1926
Underground coal mines:
Diesel particulate.............................................1918
Dust control plan verification.................................1914
Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................1921
High-voltage longwall equipment................................1919
Roof-bolting machines..........................................1927
Safety standard revisions......................................1924
Underground mines:
Diesel particulate.............................................1922
Self-contained self-rescuer life approvals and training........1916
Mineral resources:
See also Coal
Metals
Oil and gas reserves
Public lands-mineral resources
Coal:
Coal management................................................1631
Disposal of mineral materials....................................1635
Fractions sale....................................................274
Mineral patent applications......................................1636
Mining leases on Indian lands..............................1535, 1597
Overburden definition............................................3402
Rights-of-way....................................................1641
Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1536
Mineral royalties:
Credit adjustments...............................................1597
Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1559
Interest and late payments.......................................1574
Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1574, 1596
Miners:
See Mine safety and health
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Mines:
See also Mine safety and health
Reclamation
Surface mining
Underground mining
Abandoned..................................................1604, 1608
Backfilling and grading..........................................1605
Indian lands...............................................1535, 1559
Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1560
Locatable minerals...............................................1647
Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1648
Temporary cessation of operations................................1609
Water pollution control..........................................3458
Minimum wages:
Records to be kept by employers............................1842, 1844
Violation penalties..............................................1857
Minority businesses:
Government contracting...........................................4171
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..........................1294
Mortgage Insurance Certificates..................................1275
Premium reduction................................................1279
Single-family....................................................1275
Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigration activities
1235
Direct endorsement and automated underwriting..................1280
Roster removal procedures......................................1278
Statements of policy.............................................1292
Mortgages:
See also Mortgage insurance
Broker disclosure requirements...................................1290
Credit Watch status..............................................1264
GNMA.............................................................1305
Government Sponsored Enterprises:
Purchase goals.................................................1242
Home mortgage disclosure.........................................4237
Homebuyer downpayment sources....................................1281
Indian lands.....................................................1546
Model Energy Code update.........................................1277
Multifamily housing..............................................1261
Predatory lending practices......................................2957
Real estate appraisals...........................................2650
Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2904
RESPA amendments.................................................1290
Payments for referrals.........................................1291
Risk-based capital regulation....................................3659
Single-family appraisal assessment...............................1265
Terminating origination approval agreements......................1264
Motor carriers:
See also Buses
Brake systems..............................................2309, 2408
Commercial vehicles:
Antilock brake systems.........................................2410
Definition...............................................2223, 2324
Duty status records............................................2256
Inspection, repair, and maintenance............................2281
Intermodal container chassis and trailers......................2281
Marking requirements...........................................2255
Performance based brake testers................................2309
Safety fitness procedures......................................2280
Small passenger carrying.................................2288, 2322
Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico
border.....................................................2311
Data display units.........................................2262, 2297
Drivers:
Diabetic.................................................2239, 2325
Disqualifications..............................................2314
Entry-level....................................................2293
Hours of service regulations.................2266, 2272, 2299, 2302
Instructor training............................................2292
Lerner permits.................................................2291
Licensing....................................2241, 2244, 2272, 2326
Medical examination form and procedures........................2312
Penalties......................................................2314
Physical fitness...............................................2294
Qualification requirements......2245, 2246, 2248, 2250, 2251, 2327,
2332, 2336
Safety performance history...............................2259, 2296
Safety regulations.......................................2288, 2289
Skill performance evaluation...................................2323
Training...........................................2249, 2292, 2293
Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and
cancellations..........................................2267, 2330
English language requirement...............................2274, 2332
FAA compliance activities:
Fees...........................................................2271
Federal safety regulations:
Administrative actions...................................2257, 2341
Advanced technological recordkeeping systems...................2295
CDL exemptions.................................................2302
Commercial van operations transporting passengers across
U.S.-Mexico border.........................................2311
Definition of commercial motor vehicle.........................2324
Hours-of-service...............................................2302
Motor vehicle marking..........................................2313
Periodic registration requirements.............................2290
Post-accident controlled substances and alcohol test results
2310
Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2258
Rules of practice..............................................2342
Small passenger carrying commercial motor vehicles.............2322
Technical amendment............................................2323
Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs..................2285, 2319
Zero-base revision.......................................2282, 2308
Freight forwarding industry................................2300, 2331
Hazardous materials transportation.............2247, 2257, 2328, 2511
Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2433
Highway vehicle definition.......................................2748
Household goods transportation.............................2275, 2317
Information, licensing and registration systems:
Development of a single, on-line Federal system................2265
Replacement system.............................................2298
Inspection, repair, and maintenance..................2264, 2334, 2338
Insurance........................................................2271
Self-insuring..................................................2316
Intermodal cargo containers................................2208, 2334
Investigative authority..........................................2314
Marking of vehicles........................................2242, 2313
Medical examinations.............................................2246
Mexican..............................................2276, 2277, 2278
Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance
initiative.................................................2306
Commercial zones...............................................2304
Financial responsibility.......................................2303
NAFTA..........................................................2305
Migrant workers transportation...................................2263
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program....................2253, 2284
Allocation formula.............................................2337
Revisions......................................................2318
Motor carrier safety regulations.................................2340
Out-of-service criteria....................................2279, 2333
Periodic inspections.............................................2243
Railroad grade crossing safety.............................2261, 2315
Registration requirements..................................2290, 2300
Rules of practice..........................................2314, 2342
Safety fitness procedures........................................2307
Amendments.....................................................2321
Unsatisfactory ratings...................................2286, 2320
Sleeper berth regulations........................................2329
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Tank cars:
Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2507
Television receivers.......................................2262, 2297
Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2544
Truck length and width...........................................2207
Truck size and weight......................................2205, 2335
Motor vehicle pollution:
After-market conversion entities certification...................3245
Alternative fuels.................................................862
Emissions control programs.......................................3209
Emissions standards..................................3258, 3263, 3318
Diesel engine fuel.............................................3215
Emissions testing................................................3196
Gasoline:
American Samoa antidumping exemption petition..................3160
Reformulated.............................................3224, 3332
Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3257
Inspection/maintenance programs............................3139, 3247
Low emission vehicles program....................................3241
Original equipment manufacturers certification...................3245
Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program...........................3200
Motor vehicle safety:
See also Highway safety
Add-on devices...................................................2398
Bonfire test.....................................................2428
Brake systems:
Air brakes.....................................................2408
Antilock brake system malfunction indicator lamp...............2417
Brake hoses....................................................2354
Linings........................................................2389
Motorcycles....................................................2409
Testing procedures.............................................2444
Child restraint systems..................2348, 2357, 2385, 2426, 2435
Community transportation vehicles................................2373
Compressed natural gas fuel container integrity................2420
Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2430
Defect reporting and notification................................2386
Drunk driving prevention.............................2413, 2414, 2416
Ejection mitigation using advanced glazing.......................2350
Electric vehicles..........................................2391, 2444
Financial responsibility.........................................2273
Fire performance requirements....................................2363
Foreign vehicles.................................................2273
Frontal offset protection........................................2382
Imported vehicles................................................2380
Interior trunk release...........................................2424
Lamps and reflective devices:
Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2376
Daytime running lamps..........................................2403
Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2392
Headlamp glare.................................................2355
Motorcycles..............................................2358, 2368
Performance and test requirement modifications.................2404
Signal lamps...................................................2367
Mining industry..................................................1911
Mirrors:
Convex cross view mirrors......................................2347
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program....................2253, 2284
National Highway System Designation Act..........................2272
NHTSA global technical regulations statement of policy...........2349
Occupant crash protection:
Air bags...................2366, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2436, 2437, 2440
Door retention.................................................2375
Dynamically deploying head protection systems..................2443
Head/neck protection.....................................2372, 2438
Safety incentive grants........................................2412
Side impact protection.........................................2345
Upper interior impact..........................................2378
Offset deformable barrier........................................2427
Power window switches............................................2396
Power-operated windows compliance testing........................2393
Radiator safety cap..............................................2362
Rollover protection..............................................2388
Roof crashworthiness.......................................2365, 2421
Safety fitness procedures........................................2280
Amendments.....................................................2287
Unsatisfactory ratings.........................................2286
Safety glazing...................................................2407
School buses:
Body joint strength............................................2425
Flammability of interior materials.............................2431
Parking brake warning system...................................2418
Seat belts:
Rear seats...............................................2343, 2398
Safety incentive grants........................................2411
Seat adjustment position.......................................2398
Use surveys....................................................2442
Seating systems:
Performance....................................................2390
Shifting and falling cargo.................................2270, 2301
Side impact protection...........................................2352
Sleeper berths on motor coaches..................................2252
Test dummies:
Child dummies......................................2401, 2402, 2440
CRABI 12-month size............................................2402
Hybrid III.............................2356, 2366, 2401, 2439, 2440
Tires:
Test procedures................................................2405
Traffic control for school areas.................................2224
Traffic control manual revision......................2227, 2231, 2232
Transmission control levers......................................2441
Transporting Head Start participants.............................1217
Wheelchair lifts.................................................2361
Motor vehicles:
See also Buses
Fuel economy
Motor carriers
Motor vehicle safety
Accelerator control systems......................................2381
Alternatively fueled vehicles....................................3241
American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2346
Brake fluids:
Clarity test...................................................2387
Cargo tank motor vehicles..................................2519, 2529
Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2432
Commercial:
Cargo securement...............................................2301
Dedicated Short Range Communications...........................2213
Community transportation vehicles................................2373
Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2395
Defects..........................................................2395
Domestic origin of parts.........................................2346
Driver training..................................................2248
Electric..........................................................860
High-theft lines.................................................2423
Imports..........................................................3257
Inconsequential defects..........................................2377
Insurance:
Insurer's reporting requirements...............................2383
Light trucks.....................................................3151
Fuel economy standards.........................................2429
Head restraints................................................2438
Location and monitoring systems..................................4148
Low-speed vehicles.........................................2384, 2419
Mileage reimbursement rate for government employees..............3605
Modifications for individuals with disabilities..................2397
National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1709
Noncompliance exemption..........................................2377
Odometer fraud...................................................2344
Open alcohol containers..........................................2413
Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2421
Regulation compliance and enforcement............................2379
Salvage regulations..............................................1824
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Snowmobiles......................................................1523
Special purpose vehicles.........................................2353
State issued identification documents............................2434
Theft data.......................................................2422
Vehicle Identification Numbers...................................2419
Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2364
Window glazing:
Light transmission standards...................................2359
Motorcycles:
See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
See Arms and munitions
Musculoskeletal disorders:
Ergonomic protection standards.............................1953, 3883
Music:
Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2657
N
Narcotics:
See Drug traffic control
National banks:
Capital regulations..............................................2636
Commercial mortgage-backed securities:
Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2650
Fiduciary activities.............................................2642
Financial subsidiaries...............................2563, 2564, 2655
Long-term issuer credit rating...................................2560
Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2638
Operating subsidiaries...........................................2655
Safety and soundness standards...................................4170
Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2649
Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2637
Year 2000 safety and soundness guidelines........................2653
National cemeteries:
See Cemeteries
National defense:
See also Armed forces
Arms and munitions
Civil defense
Classified information
Technical surveillance countermeasures............................730
National defense contracts:
See Government contracts
Government procurement
National forests:
Crime prevention..................................................295
Employee appeals..................................................292
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2238
Fire prevention...................................................295
Hydroelectric uses................................................273
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project..............286
Small business land use...........................................277
Special use authorizations........................................290
Timber sales:
Export and substitution restrictions............................285
Transportation system.............................................281
Visitor services..................................................291
National guard:
See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
Aircraft overflights.......................................2114, 2187
Appalachian National Scenic Trail................................1527
Big Cypress National Preserve:
Frogging.......................................................1524
Concession contracts.............................................1530
Delaware Water Gap NRA Bicycle Trail.............................1526
Denali National Park.............................................1525
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2235
Grand Canyon National Park:
Air tour operations............................................2149
Airspace modifications.........................................2150
Postponement of special flight rules...........................2157
Grand Teton National Park:
Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1523
Information collection activities................................1529
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway:
Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1523
National Capital Region..........................................1532
Park police insignia.............................................1514
Personal watercraft use..........................................1531
Presidio:
Environmental quality..........................................3803
Management...............................................3802, 3804
Release of information about resources...........................1520
Resource protection........................................1515, 1516
Rights-of-way....................................................1521
Snowmobile use.............................................1523, 1527
Solid waste sites................................................1518
Vehicles and traffic safety......................................1517
Visitor use......................................................1515
Voyageurs National Park:
Aircraft operations............................................1522
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 energy facility applications........4196
Determining the need for new interstate pipeline facilities......4205
Filing of applications for the construction and operation of
facilities...................................................4203
Landowner notification requirements..............................4204
Liquefied natural gas:
Safety standards...............................................2534
Motor vehicle fuel................................................862
Optional certificate and abandonment procedures..................4183
Private activity bond rules......................................2815
Production, transmission & storage regulations...................3226
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3226
Transportation on Outer Continental Shelf........................4188
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..................3654
Damage assessments....................................557, 1342, 1350
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project..............286
Wetlands.........................................................1250
Minimal effects exemptions......................................338
Naturalization:
See Citizenship and naturalization
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Naval stores:
See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
See Waterways
Navigation (air):
Airspace regulations..................................555, 2134, 2163
Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2129
Instrument flight rules..........................................2160
Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2128
Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2170
Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2162
Transponder requirement....................................2177, 2195
Navigation (water):
Delaware Bay.....................................................2077
Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2505
Prince William Sound.............................................2088
Puget Sound......................................................2088
Regulated navigation areas.......................................2094
Santa Barbara Channel............................................2082
News media:
See also Radio
Television
Newspapers:
Radio cross-ownership..........................................4120
Noise control:
Airports.........................................................2175
Construction.....................................................2234
Highway traffic..................................................2234
Overflights of national parks..............................2114, 2187
Nondiscrimination:
See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
Cultural property regulations....................................2668
DOT grants.................................................2021, 2032
Food assistance programs..........................................225
Grants administration.................365, 735, 839, 1251, 3093, 3564
Rights to inventions.........................................717, 718
Nuclear energy:
See also Nuclear materials
Nuclear power plants and reactors
Energy compensation sources for well logging.....................4334
NRC document control and distribution............................4328
Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................898
Nuclear materials:
DOE security activities...........................................881
Emergency response worker training................................896
Export controls.........................................371, 383, 407
Industrial devices containing byproducts.........................4331
Licensing........................................................4327
Application for specific licenses..............................4362
Nuclear fuel.....................................................4343
Retirement benefits for couriers.................................3753
Spent fuel........892, 4320, 4322, 4339, 4340, 4348, 4349, 4365, 4366
Shipment information protection requirements...................4351
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
ASME codes and standards.........................................4358
Decommissioning:
Financial assurance requirements...............................4359
Integrated rulemaking..........................................4355
Design certification:
AP600..........................................................4364
Changes to licensing procedures................................4319
Emergency core cooling system evaluations models.................4338
Emergency planning requirements for shutdown sites...............4360
Fire protection............................................4337, 4356
Licensing........................................................4328
Fee schedule revision..........................................4324
NRC regulation amendments:
Adjudicatory process changes...................................4357
Antitrust review authority.....................................4350
Clarifications and addition of flexibility.....................4335
Inservice inspection and inservice testing update requirement
4341
Quality assurance program changes..............................4354
Relocation of Public Document Room.............................4342
Nuclear occurrence...............................................4325
Personnel:
Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4326
Simulator use in operator licensing and conforming changes.....4323
Physical security requirements for exercising licensees'
capability to respond to simulated design basis threat.......4353
Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4333
Radiation safety:
Discrete radioactive particles protection......................4347
Personnel dosimeters...........................................4346
Reporting requirements...........................................4330
Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4317
Safety regulations...........................................890, 891
Source term use..................................................4361
Spent fuel storage:
Geological and seismological characteristics...................4345
HOLTEC Cask....................................................4340
NAC-MPC cask...................................................4366
NAC-UMS cask...................................................4320
Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates cask system............4322, 4365
TN West Amendment 2 cask.......................................4348
Transnuclear Cask........................................4339, 4363
Transtor-Storage cask..........................................4349
VECTRA NUHOMS Cask.............................................4336
Three Mile Island................................................4325
Waste disposal.............................................4321, 4344
Nuclear safety:
See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
See also Health facilities
Medicare and Medicaid benefits.......................1110, 1188, 1210
Mentally ill or retarded residents...............................1130
Skilled nursing facility definition..............................1113
Veterans.........................................................2984
Nursing schools:
See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
See also Food assistance programs
Foods
Food labeling.....................................247, 263, 266, 1009
Medical food labeling............................................1010
Parenteral drug products containing aluminum.....................1023
O
Occupational safety and health:
See also Mine safety and health
Workers' compensation
Air quality................................................1943, 1965
Beryllium exposure..........................................900, 1977
Cargo handling...................................................1960
Chemicals........................................................1935
Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3375
Child labor regulations..........................................1852
Construction industry............................................1968
Hearing loss prevention........................................1942
Sanitation standards for workers...............................1941
Consultation agreements..........................................1957
Cotton dust......................................................1938
Crystalline silica exposure......................................1975
Electric power...................................................1947
Energy sources...................................................1981
Ergonomic standards..............................................1953
Ethylene oxide...................................................1944
Exit routes......................................................1958
Fall protection......................................1951, 1972, 1979
Flammable and combustible liquids................................1945
Glycol ethers....................................................1963
Grain handling facilities........................................1937
Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................1976
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Hazardous waste handling.........................................1964
Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1967
Metalworking fluids..............................................1971
Mine rescue teams................................................1907
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Program:
Fees...........................................................1955
Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................1939
Oil and gas well drilling and servicing industry.................1980
Perchloroethylene exposure.......................................1940
Personal protective equipment....................................1956
Plain language revision of existing standards..............1949, 1958
Power tool standards.............................................1946
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............1952, 1973, 1978
Respiration protection...........................................1959
Safety and health management program.............................1966
Scaffolds........................................................1961
Shipyard standards.............................1961, 1962, 1969, 1970
Spray applications...............................................1949
Standards improvement............................................1948
Steel erection activities........................................1951
Traffic control devices..........................................1950
Tuberculosis exposure............................................1954
Walking working surfaces.........................................1979
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.............................3398
Document update............................................1585, 1586
Drilling operations..............................................1578
Incidental taking of marine mammals...................604, 1507, 1513
Leasing....................................................1632, 1643
Leasing and operations regulations.......................1632, 1646
Oil valuation..................................................1599
Operations within national parks...............................1516
Offshore facilities:
Deep water emergency well control operations...................1602
OSHA standards...................................................1980
Outer Continental Shelf..............................1592, 2048, 2067
Decommissioning activities.....................................1584
Leasing-bidding systems........................................1588
Surety bonds...................................................1587
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......1575, 1583, 1598, 3226
Royalty relief.......................................1577, 1581, 1590
Royalty reporting standards..........................1576, 1577, 1595
Safety zones.....................................................2067
Small refiner administrative fees................................1589
Well category determinations.....................................4184
Worker training..................................................1592
Oil and gas reserves:
Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1632
Export controls...................................................396
Regulation clarification.........................................1600
Oil pollution:
ASTM standards...................................................2106
Discharge-removal equipment......................................2086
Natural resource damage assessment................................557
Oil spill response.......................2046, 2087, 2089, 2099, 2530
Prevention...........................................2051, 3444, 3445
Tank vessels...............................................2062, 2088
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
Disability determinations:
Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................3879
Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3865
Video teleconference technology..................................3864
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
Acceptable medical sources.......................................3887
Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings
test exempt amounts..........................................3875
Disability determinations:
Evaluation of Down syndrome for adults.........................3880
Residual functional capacity...................................3876
Single decisionmaker...........................................3905
Fees for representation of claimants.............................3860
Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3885
Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal
cases........................................................3894
Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3885
Mental disorders, evaluation criteria............................3874
Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................3883
Replacing social security number cards...........................3895
Representative payee reforms.....................................3859
Speech and language impairments..................................3887
Substantial gainful activity.....................................3873
Organization and functions:
Advisory committees..............................................3595
Consolidated Farm Service Agency...................................35
Farm Credit Administration.................................4016, 4019
Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3595
Federal Housing Finance Board........................4211, 4218, 4226
FEMA.............................................................3562
FERC.............................................................4200
FSIS..............................................................244
OFHEO............................................................3658
OTS..............................................................2972
RRB..............................................................3819
Outer continental shelf:
See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
Adverse experience reporting......................................939
Ephedrine drug products..........................................1701
Safety............................................................979
Overseas private investment:
See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
See Wages
P
Packaging and containers:
See also Labeling
Child-resistant..................................................3996
Country of origin marking..................................2692, 2693
Drug repackaging approval requirements............................964
Printing materials control guidelines............................3305
Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4265
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...................2036, 3100
Emergency response plans.........................................2098
Financial responsibility requirements............................4234
Hull examination alternative.....................................2104
Inspection frequency.............................................2104
Inspection of alien crew members...........................1731, 1757
Safety...........................................................2055
Underwater surveys...............................................2104
Passports and visas:
Authority to issue...............................................1991
B visas..........................................................1987
DOA authority to approve H-2A petitions for agricultural
laborers.....................................................1993
F-1 foreign students.............................................1724
Fee payment......................................................2004
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Nonimmigrant visas:
Alien witnesses and informants.................................1990
Exemptions.....................................................1787
Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1822
Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............1994
Transit without visa.............................................1986
Visa waiver pilot program:
Countries eligible.......................................1805, 1989
Patents:
See Inventions and patents
Pay:
See Wages
Peanuts:
Aflatoxin......................................................52, 94
Contracting additional peanuts by type and segregation.............89
Marketing quotas...................................................88
Poundage quota and price support...........................54, 62, 96
Regulation clarification...........................................85
Peer Review Organizations (PROs):
Beneficiary complaints...........................................1128
Contracts........................................................1148
Medicare regulations changes...................1089, 1104, 1122, 1190
Penalties:
See also Seizures and forfeitures
Air pollution control............................................3303
Civil..........................................1903, 2178, 2570, 3548
Inflation adjustment.........................1248, 1903, 2178, 3548
Medicaid managed care organizations.................916, 1903, 2178
Medicare and Medigap............................................917
Medicare+Choice Organizations.......................916, 1903, 2178
Nursing homes............................................1903, 2178
Test and evaluation program....................................2200
Criminal fine collection.........................................1832
Customs duties and inspection....................................2673
False drawback claims............................................2700
FHA program violations.....................................1247, 1310
Food Stamp Program................................................205
Immigration......................................................1705
Inflation adjustment.............................................1857
Labor Department...........................................1857, 1893
Marketing quotas...............................................87, 88
Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................896
OIG...............................................................922
Pensions:
See also Railroad retirement
Social security
Adequate consideration definition................................1902
Audit requirements...............................................1897
Cash balance plans with variable indices.........................3790
Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2755, 2761
Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................1903
Credit union plans...............................................4301
Employer liability...............................................3796
ERISA:
Cessation of operations........................................3798
Employee benefit plans.........................................1905
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act............1886
Filing and issuance rules........................................3791
GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2881
Lump sum benefits................................................3800
Medication copayments............................................2980
Paperless administration of retirement plans.....................2947
PBGC premium self-audit..........................................3789
Penalties assessment and relief..................................3794
Premium payments...........................................3795, 3801
Reporting and notification requirements....................1884, 3797
Single-employer plans:
Premium payments...............................................3797
Valuation......................................................3793
Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................3792
Valuation of plan benefits.................................3793, 3799
Veterans.........................................................3043
Pesticides and pests:
See also Plant diseases and pests
Antimicrobial pesticides.............................3134, 3345, 3353
Boll Weevil Eradication Program....................................77
Canceled or suspended......................................3351, 3355
Data requirements................................................3344
Disposal and storage guidelines......................3351, 3352, 3355
Emergency exemption regulations..................................3347
Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3346
FIFRA exemptions.................................................3356
Forests and forest products.......................................116
Granular fertilizer-pesticide combination products...............3354
Groundwater protection...........................................3350
Gypsy moth host material from Canada..............................123
Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................108
National Laboratory Accreditation Program...........................6
Negotiated consent/procedural test rule..........................3363
Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3124
Pesticide-treated seeds..........................................3356
Registration review program......................................3343
Residue in agricultural products:
Emergency exemptions...........................................3134
Scientific research..............................................3129
Storage and disposal.................................3351, 3352, 3355
Tolerance fees...................................................3135
Transgenic plants................................................3349
Worker protection standards......................................3348
Petroleum:
See also Fuel additives
Oil and gas exploration
Oil and gas reserves
Oil pollution
Pipelines
Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3296
DOD contracting...................................................739
Locations for electrical installations at facilities.............1603
Oil valuation..............................................1591, 1599
Onshore oil pipelines............................................2530
Refineries.......................................................3231
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste
at petroleum refineries......................................3440
Safety zones.....................................................2067
Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3437
Physically handicapped:
See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
See Health professions
Pilots:
See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
Aluminum cylinders...............................................2501
Corrosion control................................................2513
Corrosion determinations.........................................2547
Emergency flow restricting devices...............................2504
Enforcement procedures...........................................2538
Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas.....2502,
2523
Gas gathering lines........................................2500, 2545
Gas pipeline repair..............................................2549
Hazardous liquid pipelines.......................................2509
Hazardous liquids gathering lines................................2545
Incident reporting...............................................1580
Increased inspection requirements................................2503
Inspection devices...............................................2528
Integrity management in high consequence areas...................2523
Liquefied natural gas............................................2534
Maps and records of location.....................................2543
Permanent underwater inspections.................................2505
Pressure testing.................................................2514
Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................2521
Regulatory review................................................2508
Updates to safety requirements...................................2518
Pipelines:
See also Natural gas
Pipeline safety
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Determining the need for new interstate natural gas facilities
4205
Landowner notification requirements..............................4204
Natural Gas Transportation System..........................4187, 4197
Oil pipeline regulations.........................................4190
Onshore oil pipelines............................................2530
Optional certificate and abandonment procedures for natural gas
4183
Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................1594
Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2531
Plant diseases and pests:
Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................109
Plants:
See also Plant diseases and pests
Seeds
Endangered and threatened...1380, 1390, 1393, 1397, 1441, 1447, 1459,
1460, 1467, 1472, 1478, 1479, 1481, 1482, 1485, 1487, 1488,
1489, 1490, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1506
Exports..........................................................1465
Imports...........................................................132
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1439
Noxious weeds:
Categories and priorities.......................................106
Restrictions on interstate movement.............................129
Plant Variety Protection...........................................27
Plastics materials and synthetics:
Air pollution control regulations................................3167
Poison prevention:
See also Lead poisoning
Child-resistant packaging........................................3996
Political activities (Government employees):
Honoraria donated to charities...................................3668
Pollution:
See Environmental protection
Population census:
See Census data
Population control:
See Family planning
Ports:
See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
Consumer protection...............................................237
Disposition and disposal requirements.............................259
Food additives....................................................262
HACCP regulations for rendered products...........................960
Imported..........................................................243
Mexican imports...................................................119
Nutrition labeling................................................247
Sanitary standard for equipment used to slaughter, process, and
package........................................................26
Transportation and storage........................................238
Voluntary grading fee increase.....................................31
Poultry inspection:
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................258
Color additives...................................................250
Contaminated......................................................260
Fee increase......................................................268
Food additives...............................................250, 267
HACCP programs...............................................239, 248
Labeling..........................................................257
Partial quality control programs..................................255
Performance standards:
Processing procedures.................................175, 240, 257
Ready-to-eat products...........................................241
Rules of practice.................................................264
Total quality control systems.....................................249
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..................................................947, 948
Resistance labeling.............................................962
Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................940
Fixed-combination dosage form.....................................963
Generic drug exclusivity for abbreviated new drug applications
1003
Labeling..........................................941, 950, 953, 1030
PDMA policy information, guidance, and clarifications............1022
Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians...............3029, 3031
Presidential elections:
See Elections
Presidential records:
See Archives and records
Price controls:
FCC..............................................................4025
Price support programs:
Peanuts....................................................54, 62, 96
Tobacco........................................48, 49, 63, 64, 65, 97
Prisoners:
Administrative remedy program..............................1652, 1658
Aliens' release to immigration authorities.......................1681
Classification and program review..........................1655, 1678
Correspondence...................................................1680
Drug abuse treatment.............................................1669
Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1653
Early release considerations.....................................1669
Good conduct time................................................1668
Intensive confinement center programs............................1669
Legal activities.................................................1663
Literacy program...........................................1660, 1665
Military prisoners...............................................1674
Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1667
OASDI benefits...................................................3894
Occupational educational programs................................1654
Over-the-counter medications.....................................1673
Prohibited acts..................................................1671
Psychiatric treatment and medication.............................1674
Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1682
Victim and/or witness notification in State custody transfers
1683
Visitors...................................................1659, 1670
Volunteer community service projects.............................1661
Prisons:
Commissary account deposit procedures............................1676
Commissary privileges............................................1666
Denial of visiting...............................................1659
Employment priority for displaced employees......................3727
Incoming publications............................................1663
Infectious disease management....................................1664
Intensive confinement centers....................................1662
Postsecondary education programs.................................1651
Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1672
Telephone privileges.............................................1666
Privacy:
See also Confidential business information
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule........................4279
Consumer financial information...........4173, 4256, 4276, 4286, 4404
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........1871
Financial institutions...........................................2647
Food Stamp Program................................................184
Health information..........................................925, 1051
Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution............3610, 3611
Nonpublic personal information...................................2973
Peer Review Organizations (PROs).................................1128
Privacy Act:
Crop insurance..................................................156
DOC amendments..................................................364
DOE records.....................................................887
DOJ implementation.......................................1657, 1735
Exempt systems of records......................................2645
GSA policy and procedures......................................3594
Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank record system
924
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HUD regulations................................................1314
INS regulations................................................1735
Inspector General investigative files..........................3648
NARA procedures................................................3631
NEA implementation.............................................3641
NSF regulations................................................3652
OGE procedures.................................................3663
SEC amendments.................................................4436
Resident survey information......................................1316
School breakfast and lunch programs...............................185
Social security records and information..........................3908
Procurement:
See Government procurement
Property brokers:
Registration requirements........................................2300
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...........................................................1776
BIA arrangement for social welfare and relief of distress........1569
Eligibility of immigrants........................................1764
Individual Development Accounts..................................1233
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
189, 205, 206, 228, 1870
Welfare reform:
Tribal program requirements....................................1228
Welfare-to-Work Program....................................1231, 1879
Public buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
See also Meat inspection
Waste treatment and disposal
Air pollution effects............................................3374
Blood and blood products..........................................981
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3136
Grant regulations................................................1037
Parenteral drug products containing aluminum.....................1023
Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3294
Safeguarding food during transport...............................2544
Water contamination..................................3346, 3516, 3518
Public housing:
See also Low and moderate income housing
Rent subsidies
Admission and occupancy..........................................1257
Capital Fund allocation formula..................................1340
Capital Fund Program.............................................1319
Consolidated Plans:
Treatment of troubled PHAs.....................................1253
Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based assistance.....1334
Conversion to vouchers...........................................1335
Demolition and disposition.......................................1324
Designated housing regulations...................................1322
Homeownership programs...........................................1338
HOPE VI Program..................................................1328
Joint venture and corsortia formation............................1332
Mixed-finance public housing development.........................1321
Operating Fund allocation formula................................1326
Pet ownership....................................................1329
Public Housing Agency Plan.......................................1318
Public Housing Assessment System.................................1339
Resident management corporations.................................1333
Resident Opportunities and Supportive Services...................1323
Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal
activity.....................................................1256
Total Development Cost...........................................1320
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
Color of title and omitted lands:
Regulatory simplification......................................1628
Desert land entries..............................................1619
Hazardous substances compliance..................................1640
Highway discretionary funds......................................2260
Indian allotments................................................1645
Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1528
Leases...........................................................1617
Payments to State and local governments..........................1633
Permit and easements.............................................1617
Policy and management......................................1617, 1618
Recreational use permits.........................................1634
Wilderness area management.......................................1642
Public lands-classification:
Regulations removal and updating.................................1624
Public lands-grants:
Carey Act grants.................................................1625
Railroad grants..................................................1623
Public lands-mineral resources:
Coalbed methane development......................................1649
Disposal of mineral materials....................................1635
Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1620
Leasing..........................................................1597
Mining operations................................................1647
Oil and gas leasing..............................................1643
Performance standards..........................................1646
Valuation of oil.........................................1591, 1599
User fees........................................................1622
Public lands-rights-of-way:
Administrative process and standards.............................1348
Regulations removal..............................................1644
Public lands-sales:
Segregation and opening of lands.................................1626
Public lands-withdrawal:
Streamlining of operations.......................................1621
Public utilities:
See Electric utilities
Natural gas
Utilities
Water supply
Publications:
See Government publications
R
Rabbits:
Voluntary grading fee increase.....................................31
Radiation protection:
See also Radioactive materials
Contractors and subcontractors....................................891
Discrete radioactive particles protection........................4347
Dose methodology.................................................3159
Drinking water...................................................3342
Medical byproduct use............................................4329
Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program fees.........3556
Personnel dosimeters.............................................4346
Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3294
Yucca Mountain, NV.........................................3235, 4332
Radio:
See also Communications
Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz........................4084
Broadcast ownership..............................................4123
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Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4092
Commercial mobile services.......................................4149
Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4137
Competitive bidding process................................4122, 4146
Digital audio broadcasting system................................4128
Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4105
FM radio.........................................................4124
Low power......................................................4126
Government transfer band.........................................4090
Imports of radio frequency devices...............................4077
Inspection of radio installations on ships.......................4076
Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4136
Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4153
Maritime mobile services.........................................4113
Mass media applications, rules, processes........................4129
Millimeter wave technology.......................................4079
Multiple access systems..........................................4145
Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4120
Public safety communications requirements........................4144
Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4091
Railroad standards and procedures................................2449
Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4133
Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4106
Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2170
Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4135
Spread spectrum systems..........................................4095
Station ownership................................................4115
Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................4154
Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4088
Wireless information networks..............................4083, 4155
Radioactive materials:
See also Nuclear materials
Radiation protection
Medical use.......................................................943
Radioactive waste:
See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
See also Railroad retirement
Railroad unemployment insurance
Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2470
Foreign-based train crews......................................2456
English language proficiency.....................................2457
Safety regulations...............................................2476
Railroad retirement:
Annuity:
Application for a divorced spouse benefit......................3806
Deductions by reason of work...................................3813
Creditability of pay.............................................3817
Disability determination.......................3809, 3815, 3816, 3822
Eligibility:
Children and stepchildren......................................3808
Evidence required..............................................3810
Employee status..................................................3812
Employer status..................................................3811
National emergency plan..........................................3820
Remuneration.....................................................3821
RRB general administration.......................................3819
Trial work period, redefined.....................................3815
Railroad safety:
Brakes...........................................................2465
Bridge maintenance guidelines....................................2460
Bridge worker safety standards...................................2467
Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-up
operations...................................................2466
Crane safety standards...........................................2451
Enforcement procedures...........................................2454
Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2453
Fixed guideway systems...........................................2485
Freight cars...............................................2465, 2474
Grade crossing and signal systems..............2222, 2261, 2315, 2459
High speed rail..................................................2463
Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2445
Locomotives:
Cab working conditions.........................................2448
Crashworthiness................................................2450
Steam locomotives..............................................2479
Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
incidents....................................................2469
Pilot programs:
One-person crews...............................................2477
Radio communications and train control...........................2449
Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2478
Rules of practice................................................2455
Safety integration plans.........................................2466
Shared use of railroad system trackage.....................2472, 2493
Signal systems.............................................2461, 2462
Track maintenance................................................2452
Track standards:
Gage restraint measurement systems.............................2471
Utility employee protection......................................2476
Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2447
Railroad unemployment insurance:
Benefits amendments..............................................3807
Employee status..................................................3812
Employer status..................................................3811
Finality of decisions............................................3818
Repayment tax....................................................2871
Sickness benefits................................................3805
Voluntary quit...................................................3814
Railroads:
See also Railroad employees
Railroad retirement
Railroad safety
Railroad unemployment insurance
Assistance to States.............................................2458
BLM railroad grants..............................................1623
Carload waybill sample...........................................4440
Consolidation procedures.........................................4441
Environmental impact and related procedures......................2254
FRA's docket filing procedures...................................2481
Hazardous materials transportation...............................2511
Locational requirement for dispatching U.S. operations...........2473
Magnetic levitation transportation technology deployment
program......................................................2480
Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1811
Railroad highway projects..................................2221, 2339
Rehabilitation and improvement financing.........................2468
Small businesses or entities.....................................2464
STB authority....................................................4439
Tank cars........................................................2529
Tourist and historic railroads:
Regulatory review..............................................2446
Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2544
Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2475
Rates and fares:
See Air rates and fares
Communications common carriers
Maritime carriers
Motor carriers
Natural gas
Railroads
Real property acquisition:
Farm real estate:
Real estate appraisals and chattel appraisals...................102
GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3573
Highway construction.............................................2240
HUBZone program..................................................3577
Reclamation:
See also Mines
Surface mining
Acreage limitation...............................................1615
Backfilling and grading..........................................1605
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Indian lands.....................................................1536
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.........................1686
Presidio:
Environmental Quality..........................................3803
Management...............................................3802, 3804
Reporting boat accidents.........................................2063
Wildlife refuges.................................................1426
Recreational fishing:
See Fishing
Recycling:
Cathode ray tubes................................................3422
DEAR amendment....................................................903
Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3417
Refrigerant................................................3259, 3260
Refugees:
See also Aliens
Admission procedures.......................................1726, 1795
Guaranty of transportation.......................................1795
Refugee Resettlement Program.....................................1229
Sponsorship agreement............................................1795
Relocation assistance:
Cost ceiling.....................................................3933
Relocation allowances............................................3585
Renal diseases:
See Kidney diseases
Rent subsidies:
HOPWA Assistance options and technical changes...................1298
Repatriation:
See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
Adverse experience reporting......................................942
Air carriers.........................................2039, 2132, 2136
Annual report for Federal contractors............................1982
ARMIS reporting requirements...............................4065, 4072
Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2394
Bank Secrecy Act implementation..........2566, 2567, 2569, 2571, 2572
Blood and blood products..........................................981
Carbamates.......................................................3446
Casinos..........................................................2568
CDBG program:
Expenditure documentation......................................1303
Chemical inventory reporting...............................3371, 3399
Commodity pool operators.........................................3971
Credit unions..............................................4293, 4294
DEA........................................................1696, 1697
Defined contribution plans.......................................1904
DFARS modification................................................772
Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......347
DOI............................................1575, 1577, 1583, 1598
DOL........................................................1842, 1862
DOT..............................................................2264
Drinking water contaminant occurrence............................3531
Electronic records management....................................3626
EDGAR..........................................................4372
FERC...............................................4192, 4193, 4201
Electronic signatures............................................2121
EPA..............................................................3128
Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule........3117
Emissions reporting requirements...............................3149
Freedom of information.........................................3137
Exempt Privacy Act systems of records............................2645
Export information................................................357
Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................995
Exports......................................................379, 993
FAA..............................................................2116
FCC........................................................4072, 4116
FDA..............................................................1014
FDA adverse drug experiences......................................939
FERC.................................................4185, 4191, 4192
Financial services transactions survey............................348
Fisheries.....................................430, 483, 499, 512, 582
Fishing......................................................617, 644
Food assistance programs..........................................225
Food Stamp Program...........................................199, 203
Foreign investment................................................350
Foreign trade.....................................................349
GSA's role in records management.................................3571
Hazardous materials incident reporting...........................2512
Hazardous materials releases.....................................3450
Hazardous materials transportation...............................2546
Hazardous substances.............................................3385
Health care fraud and abuse.......................................928
Honoraria donated to charities...................................3668
Human cellular and tissue-based products....................946, 1014
Importation and entry bond conditions............................2680
Infant formula testing...........................................1008
Information collection requests..................................3414
INS:
Duplication and electronic generation of forms.................1802
Material availability requirements.............................1735
Investment advisers..............................................4380
Investment companies.............................................4384
IRS..............................................................2921
Mortgage broker fees.............................................1290
Motor carriers...........................2256, 2258, 2259, 2295, 2310
Motor vehicle insurers...........................................2383
Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1890
NARA:
Facility standards for records centers.........................3637
Freedom of information.........................................3634
Location of facilities and hours of use........................3630
Plain language revisions.......................................3628
Privacy Act....................................................3631
Records center.................................................3638
Reproduction fees..............................................3625
Storage standards..............................................3627
National Practitioner Data Bank............................1038, 2986
NOAA..............................................................543
NPDES permittee reporting........................................3471
Nuclear power plants.............................................4330
Occupational injuries and illnesses..............................1952
Occupational safety and health...................................1978
Oil and natural gas production...................................3226
OSHA:
Employer certifications........................................1973
Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1150
Paperwork reduction.........................................229, 2615
Pension plans..............................................1884, 3797
Personal property................................................3582
Personnel records................................................3683
Pesticides.................................................3129, 3355
Privacy Act exempt record system from the Healthcare Integrity
and Protection Data Bank......................................924
Rail equipment accidents/incidents...............................2469
Railroad employees.........................................2445, 2462
RCRA.............................................................3414
Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................3635
Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2063
Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency
3714
Royalty management...............................................1595
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Rural electrification loans.......................................330
Securities:
Broker-dealers.....................................4398, 4409, 4419
Large trader reporting system............................4367, 4430
Life insurance contracts.......................................4403
Related issuers and guarantors.................................4373
Transfer agent services............................4420, 4421, 4428
SSA:
Production of records in legal proceedings.....................3913
Sugar..............................................................42
Sugar and crystalline fructose marketing allotment.................78
Telecommunications operations support systems....................4066
Tobacco exports..................................................2630
Toxic chemical test rules........................................3386
Toxics Release Inventory.....3359, 3392, 3393, 3395, 3396, 3398, 3403
Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2531
Uranium mill sites................................................897
USDA..............................................................340
Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............973
VA.........................................................2997, 3040
Vessel documentation.............................................2057
Vessel numbering system..........................................2047
Wassenaar arrangement........................................391, 411
Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1231
Research:
See also Agricultural research
Educational research
Human research subjects
Medical research
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
Matching funds requirement......................................141
Stakeholder input to formula funds..............................142
Biotechnology....................................................3367
Conformity assessment activities..................................419
Credit for increasing research activities........................2812
DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................743
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3129
Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................621
Marine mammals....................................................601
Marine resources.............................................633, 692
Misconduct..................................................977, 1054
National Undersea Research Program................................691
North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.............................431
Reserve forces:
See Armed forces reserves
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
See Lung diseases
Retirement:
See also Pensions
Railroad retirement
Social security
Age for Social Security benefits.................................3916
Canadian.........................................................4400
District of Columbia employees...................................3752
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board:
Allocation of fiduciary responsibility.........................1901
FEHB coverage....................................................3717
Firefighters.....................................................3754
Government employees.....................3709, 3713, 3715, 3749, 3778
Law enforcement officers.........................................3754
Nuclear materials couriers.......................................3753
Paperless administration of retirement plans.....................2947
Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3714
Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees......3745
Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................742
Rice:
Inspection service fees...........................................182
Rights-of-way:
See also Public lands-rights-of-way
Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3101
Acquisition of real property for.................................2240
Regulation revision..............................................1521
Rivers:
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program......................38
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1650
Tennessee River System...........................................3921
Roads:
See Highways and roads
Rockets:
See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
See Aircraft
Royalties:
See Mineral royalties
Rural areas:
Business and industrial loan programs........................307, 309
Community development:
Rural venture capital demonstration.............................308
Community facility loans..........................................332
Economic development loans and grants.............................144
Electric borrowers......................................322, 323, 326
Electric loans................................318, 328, 329, 330, 331
Empowerment zones.................................................298
Enterprise communities............................................298
Housing:
Loans, grants, and programs...........................146, 152, 154
Paramedic intercept ambulance services...........................1174
Pipeline safety standards........................................2545
Regulation streamlining...........................................146
Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program..............319, 327, 333
Rural development loan payment and collection.....................148
RUS approval of architectural plans and specifications for
buildings.....................................................316
RUS reduction in minimum TIER requirements........................315
Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........314
Small farmer outreach training.....................................33
Special equipment contract........................................317
Subsistence hunting and fishing..................................1412
Technical assistance grants and programs.................33, 147, 310
Telecommunications system construction policies..............312, 313
Water and waste disposal loans and grants.........................311
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..............................2113
Automatic residential garage door operators......................3993
Bleachers and grandstands........................................3989
Escalator safety standard........................................3988
Outer continental shelf platforms................................2048
Over-the-counter drugs............................................979
Source term use at operating nuclear reactors....................4361
Steel electricians' fish tapes...................................4005
Salaries:
See Wages
Sanitation:
See Public health
Waste treatment and disposal
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Satellites:
See also Space transportation and exploration
Communications:
Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz......................4084
Dedicated short range communications of intelligent
transportation systems.....................................4085
Digital audio radio service....................................4105
Direct broadcast service.......................................4112
Earth stations.................................................4104
Fixed satellite service in the Ka-band.........................4109
Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4093
Maritime mobile services.......................................4113
MSS spectrum allocation............................4081, 4103, 4111
Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of
the V-band.................................................4110
Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band..............................4096
Sharing of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..................................4109
Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4106
Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4102
Licensing.........................................................614
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................4036, 4037
Savings associations:
Application processing...........................................2959
Capital standards................................................2958
Exempt holding companies.........................................2975
Safety and soundness standards...................................4170
Savings bonds:
See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
National Institutes of Health....................................1042
Service fellowships..............................................1053
School breakfast and lunch programs:
Amendments........................................................234
Eligibility.......................................................187
Menu planning.....................................................204
Release of eligibility information................................185
School integration:
See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
See also Colleges and universities
Educational facilities
Asbestos.........................................................3368
Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3381
Indian School Equalization Program...............................1534
School child definition..........................................3084
Science and technology:
Conformity assessment activities..................................419
De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................405
Deemed export rule................................................404
DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and
institutions..................................................726
DOT monitoring of motor carriers.................................2258
Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................716
Rights to inventions..............................................718
Service fellowships..............................................1053
Technology exports................................................406
Seafood:
See also Fish
Fisheries
Import regulations................................................680
Transportation and storage........................................238
Seals:
See Marine mammals
Seamen:
Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2095
Seaplanes:
See Aircraft
Secondary education:
See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
See also Bonds
Affiliate transactions...........................................4390
Audit committee disclosure.......................................4438
Auditor independence.............................................4435
Blank check companies............................................4371
Broker-dealers.............................................4410, 4419
Automated submission of trading data...........................4412
Foreign........................................................4410
Quotation requirements.........................................4427
Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4431
Company registration and regulation of capital formation...4368, 4374
Conduit financing transactions...................................2926
Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................4381
Customer Protection Rule.........................................4408
Depositories.....................................................4387
Direct participation program interests...........................4411
Disclosure requirements....................................4367, 4384
EDGAR system modernization.......................................4372
Elimination of physical certificates from GNMA...................1306
Equity securities................................................4413
Exemptions for the Republic of Portugal..........................4422
Financial reporting..............................................4371
Form S-8.........................................................4374
Haircuts on......................................................4418
Holding companies....................................2965, 4394, 4395
Income taxation..................................................2878
Initial public offerings.........................................4423
Insider trading..................................................4437
Insurance products...............................................4403
Integrated financial transactions................................2712
Intermarket Trading System Plan..................................4432
International transactions.......................................4414
Investment advisers............................4380, 4382, 4383, 4406
Investment companies.................................4384, 4387, 4399
Mergers of affiliated companies................................4391
Role of independent directors..................................4397
Large trader reporting system....................................4430
Margin regulations review........................................4240
Mark-to-market accounting........................................2826
Marketable stock.................................................2946
Mortgage-backed securities:
Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2650
National bank subsidiary activities..............................4170
Net capital requirements.............................4415, 4417, 4425
Options disclosure document................................4375, 4426
Preferred stock............................................2821, 2926
Guidance project...............................................2847
Privacy of consumer financial information........................4404
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act:
Definition of terms............................................4377
Qualified purchaser..............................................4378
Registration.....................................................4403
Regulation A offering circular...................................4370
Regulation T.....................................................4408
Related issuers and guarantors...................................4373
Reopenings.................................................2853, 2954
Reorganization events............................................4424
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............4409, 4419, 4420
Annual reports and prospectuses....................4407, 4409, 4419
Rule 11Ac1-1.....................................................4429
Rule 15a-4.......................................................4406
Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4408
Rule 17a-3 and 17a-4.............................................4419
Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4408
Rule amendments..................................................4436
Rules 30d-1 and 30d-2............................................4407
Safe harbor:
Exceptions.....................................................2827
Section 8........................................................4408
Selective disclosure.............................................4437
Short sales......................................................4416
Solely-for-voting stock requirement..............................2851
Stock association bylaws.........................................2970
Streamlining.....................................................4369
Supplemental financial information...............................4434
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Tender and reorganization agents.................................4424
Transfer agent services..............................4420, 4421, 4428
Transfer and repurchase..........................................2974
Two-sided quotations.............................................4429
Unlisted trading privileges......................................4423
Security information:
See Classified information
Security measures:
See also Classified information
Classified national security information..........................909
DOE contractors..............................................880, 884
DOE nuclear security activities...................................881
Effect of imported articles.......................................382
Federal mail.....................................................3590
Private Remote Sensing Space Systems..............................614
Technical surveillance countermeasures............................730
Terrorist activity:
Airplanes......................................................2130
Airports.......................................................2131
Wassenaar Arrangement review.................................374, 391
Seeds:
Pesticide-treated................................................3356
Testing and certification......................................13, 29
Segregation in education:
See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
Customs regulations........................................2657, 2672
FCC regulations..................................................4075
Selective Service System:
Registration requirements........................................3691
Senior citizens:
See Aged
Serums:
See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
Incinerator emissions standards..................................3145
Sewer collection systems.........................................3470
Sludge use and disposal....................................3507, 3508
Sex discrimination:
Federally assisted programs...345, 736, 1244, 1344, 1688, 3066, 3563,
3570, 3636, 3640, 3644, 4352
Sheep:
Interstate movement...............................................110
Medical research classifications.................................1001
Shipbuilding industry:
Safety and health regulations..............................1969, 1970
Shipping:
See Air carriers
Maritime carriers
Motor carriers
Railroads
Ships:
See Vessels
Sirup:
See Sugar
Small businesses:
See also Minority businesses
Administrative offset by SBA.....................................3847
Administrative wage garnishment..................................3846
Bundled contracts................................................3848
Business Development Program.....................................3959
Benchmarking principles........................................3837
Technical amendments...........................................3838
Common rule on title IX of the Civil Rights Act..................3852
DEAR amendments:
Mentor-Protege Program..........................................910
DFARS modification...........................................801, 802
Disadvantaged...............................................801, 3679
DOD contracting...................................................739
Economic development..............................................362
Government procurement:
Contract bundling..............................................3947
Federal Supply Schedules Program...............................3942
Goals for procurement contracts................................3679
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program...........3925
Government subcontracting...................................802, 3928
Guaranteed loans servicing.......................................3830
HUBZone program............................................3679, 3834
Lending company expansion and oversight..........................3831
Liquidation plans................................................3829
Loans:
Business loan program..........................................3855
Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................3841
Multi-lender securitizations...................................3833
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................3840
Local economic development.......................................3825
National forest land use..........................................277
New Markets Venture Capital program..............................3839
Penalties........................................................2464
Privacy regulations..............................................3827
Record disclosure................................................3827
Rights to inventions.........................................717, 718
SBA standards of conduct.........................................3826
SBIC Program reform..............................................3857
SDB Program................................................3842, 3843
Size standards:
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services..................3858
Building contractors...........................................3853
Compliance with programs of other agencies.....................3856
Construction...................................................3853
Electric services..............................................3832
Health care industries.........................................3849
Health supply services.........................................3851
Income computation.............................................3835
Mapping Services...............................................3836
North American Industry Classification System..................3850
Transportation of freight and cargo............................3854
Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3828
Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative
provisions....................................................138
Small business investment companies:
Cost of money..................................................3845
Income computation.............................................3835
Management-ownership diversity.................................3844
Timber sales:
Set-aside recomputation.........................................293
Trusts...........................................................2719
Women-owned businesses:
Goals for procurement contracts................................3679
Smoke alarms:
Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standards.............1272
Smoking:
Air carrier prohibition..........................................2035
Workplace air quality............................................1965
Social Security:
Alien applicants.................................................1720
Disability determinations:
Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................3879
Earnings records determinations..................................3890
Publications:
Prohibitions against reproduction...............................921
Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3865
SSA employees:
Testimony......................................................3913
Video teleconference technology..................................3864
Social security:
See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Child welfare
Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Unemployment compensation
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Administrative review............................................3870
Anti-fraud provisions............................................3866
Assessing attorney representatives...............................3919
Assignment of numbers............................................3914
Contributions for support........................................3888
Cost-of-living increases.........................................3915
Coverage:
Employees of State and local governments.......................3904
Cross-program overpayment recovery...............................3869
Debarment and suspension.........................................3896
Debt collection......................................3863, 3909, 3910
Disability determinations:
Expiration date extension for several body system listings.....3920
Medical consultants' opinions..................................3917
Medical equivalence policy.....................................3881
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3871
Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3896
Dually entitled beneficiaries....................................3878
Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3872
Facility of payment provision....................................3891
Freedom of information regulations...............................3903
Grants administration..........................3862, 3896, 3897, 3898
HHS regulation migration to SSA..........3862, 3896, 3897, 3898, 3902
Interest and penalties on debts..................................3911
Maximum family benefit...........................................3891
Medical equipment liability......................................1118
Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................3893
Penalties for false or misleading statements.....................3882
Replacing social security number cards...........................3895
Retirement age...................................................3916
Review process...................................................3892
Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3912
SSA employees:
Ethical conduct................................................3899
Student-earned-income exclusion..................................3868
Third Party Collection Program....................................746
Widow's benefits.................................................3884
Work Incentives Improvement Act..................................3867
Soil conservation:
Conservation Reserve Program...................................58, 80
Highly erodible land and wetlands.............................79, 336
Solid waste disposal:
See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
Commercial launch activities:
DOT licenses.............................................2117, 2139
Reusable launch vehicles.......................................2147
Cross-waiver of liability........................................3613
Financial responsibility requirements for licensed reentry
activities...................................................2191
Income source rules..............................................2746
Non-U.S. licensed space stations.................................4107
Reentry licensing regulations....................................2147
Tracking and data relay satellite system:
Non-government users...........................................3617
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.......................................1839
Sterilization:
See Family planning
Stocks:
See Securities
Strip mining:
See Surface mining
Students:
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs (GEAR UP)............................................842
Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing
835
Student-earned-income exclusion..................................3868
Subsidies:
See Grant programs
Rent subsidies
Sugar:
Export certificates for sugar-containing products subject to
tariff-rate quota............................................2685
Marketing allotment program........................................78
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........................42
Superfund:
Claims application streamlining..................................3451
Cooperative agreements and state contracts.......................3448
Grants for technical assistance..................................3449
Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3446
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
Acceptable medical sources.......................................3887
Computation of benefits..........................................3889
Denial of benefits...............................................3877
Disability determinations:
Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................3879
Endocrine system and obesity...................................3886
Medical consultants' opinions..................................3917
Eligibility:
Non-U.S. citizens..............................................1142
Fees for representation of claimants.............................3860
Income:
Children of Vietnam veterans...................................3907
Deeming from ineligible parents................................3900
Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3901
Plans to achieve self-support....................................3861
Representative payee reforms.....................................3859
Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3865
Speech and language impairments..................................3887
Substantial gainful activity.....................................3873
Video teleconference technology..................................3864
Surety bonds:
Automated surety interface.......................................2689
Health facilities..........................................1138, 1169
Medical device suppliers.............................1062, 1138, 1140
SBA policy and procedure modifications...........................3824
Surface mining:
See also Coal
Mine safety and health
Coal:
Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1604
Backfilling and grading........................................1605
Dam safety rules...............................................1606
Rights.........................................................1612
Subsidence resulting from underground mining...................1613
Temporary cessation of operations..............................1609
Electronic forms filing..........................................1607
Indian lands...............................................1536, 1610
Ownership and control............................................1611
Swine:
See Hogs
Synthetics:
See Plastics materials and synthetics
Syrup:
See Sugar
T
Tank vessels:
See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
See Customs duties and inspection
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Taxes:
See also Customs duties and inspection
Employment taxes
Estate taxes
Excise taxes
Income taxes
Annual accounting period.........................................2907
Breweries........................................................2592
Collateral eligibility and valuation.............................2581
DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................898
Escrow funds.....................................................2803
Excise...........................................................2749
Floor stocks tax.................................................2632
Foreign trade....................................................2796
Passive activity losses and credits..............................2792
Procedure and administration:
Statement......................................................2917
Real estate taxes................................................3573
Treasury Tax and Loan Program....................................2584
Valuation tables.................................................2844
Teachers:
DOD placement assistance program..................................738
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology Program...........844
Quality enhancement grant programs................................843
Technical assistance:
Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3449
Technology:
See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
See also Radio
Satellites
Telephone
Television
Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4068
ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4065
Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
Enhanced services..............................................4059
Equipment manufacture..........................................4043
Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm.................4047
Carrier identification codes.....................................4056
Communication intercepting devices................................402
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................4143
Complaint procedures.............................................4058
Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4060
Equipment manufacture............................................4043
North American Numbering Plan....................................4056
Out-of-region interstate, interexchange services:
Tariff filing requirements.....................................4048
Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4066
Pole attachments.................................................4033
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1828
Regulatory fee assessment and collection.........................4131
Relay services.............................................4061, 4062
Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program..............319, 327, 333
Rural areas..................................................312, 313
Special equipment contract........................................317
Telecommunications Act:
Access charge reform...........................................4052
Access charge return...........................................4067
Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4046
Individuals with disabilities..................................4054
Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4045
LEC provision of interexchange services........................4051
Local competition provisions...................................4053
Non-accounting safeguards......................................4044
Review of policies and rules...................................4048
Streamlining requirements......................................4050
Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm monitoring......4047
Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4049
Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4088
Wireless carriers:
Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4152
Wireless information networks....................................4083
Telemarketing:
Sales rule.......................................................4267
Telephone:
900-number service...............................................4273
911 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4040
Advertising......................................................4273
Caller ID standards..............................................4038
Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4041
Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4055, 4142
Inside wiring....................................................4057
Rural Telephone Bank..............................................321
Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4267
Toll free service access codes...................................4042
Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4073
Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4088
Universal Service Fund...........................................4041
Television:
See also Cable television
Advertising......................................................4117
Broadcast ownership..............................................4123
Class A license..................................................4127
Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4032
Digital television service.......................................4089
Closed captioning..............................................4094
EEO rules and policies...........................................4125
Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4116
Mass media applications, rules, processes........................4129
Medical care telemetry devices.............................4082, 4097
Over-the-air reception devices...................................4029
Predicting broadcast television field strength...................4098
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................4036, 4037
Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................4150
Station ownership..........................................4115, 4121
Video programming:
Accessibility..................................................4030
Textiles:
Customs regulations........................................2691, 2695
Flammability standards.....................................3987, 4003
Labeling.........................................................4270
Timber:
See Forests and forest products
Tobacco:
See also Cigars and cigarettes
Exports..........................................................2630
Floor stocks tax.................................................2632
Imported tobacco products........................................2621
Inspection......................................................2, 30
Marketing quotas...............................48, 49, 63, 64, 65, 97
Non-auction designation............................................72
Price support programs.........................48, 49, 63, 64, 65, 97
Regulation clarification...........................................84
Reimportation of products........................................2631
Smokeless tobacco:
Health warnings................................................4265
Sale and distribution requirements.............................1026
State and local requirement exemptions.........................1028
Tax increase.....................................................2634
Veterans' claims based on effect of tobacco products.............3049
Tort claims:
See Claims
Tourist trade:
See Travel
Toxic substances:
See Hazardous substances
Poison prevention
Toxins:
See Biologics
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Trade adjustment assistance:
TAA program amendments...........................................1868
Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................1869
Trade agreements:
Endangered species...............................................1471
North American Free Trade Agreement..................1869, 2660, 2669
Textile trade agreements.........................................2691
Trade practices:
Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4272
Telephone service................................................4273
Trademarks:
Correspondence addresses..........................................709
Fees.........................................................701, 715
Payment by credit card..........................................702
Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................712
Official Insignia of Native American Tribes.......................714
Registration to practice before the PTO in patent cases...........710
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...........................3210, 3256
Buy America requirements.........................................2490
Dedicated short range communications of intelligent
transportation systems.......................................4085
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation in airport
concessions..................................................2028
DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2023
Drug testing of transportation personnel...................2007, 2020
Environmental review.......................................2482, 3150
Freight and cargo by small businesses............................3854
FTA administrator responsibilities...............................2495
Hazard communication requirements................................2515
Head Start participants..........................................1217
Individuals with disabilities..............................2037, 3100
INS carrier contracts............................................1740
Interstate movement of equines to slaughter.......................121
Interstate movement of noxious weeds..............................129
Interstate ozone transport.......................................3312
Interstate shipment of biological materials.......................930
OSHA standards for traffic control devices.......................1950
Planning.........................................................2484
Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2026
Prevention of alcohol misuse and drug use........................2487
Statewide metropolitan planning..................................2212
Surface transportation projects:
Credit assistance..............................................2011
Third-party contracting..........................................2486
Time zone boundaries.......................................2031, 2041
Transshipment of ozone depleting substances......................3309
Water pollution control..........................................3445
Wildlife...................................................1363, 1492
Travel:
See also Passports and visas
Travel and transportation expenses
Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2113
Time zone boundaries.......................................2031, 2041
Use of government passenger carriers between residence and
place of employment..........................................3589
Travel and transportation expenses:
Conference management............................................3602
Deductions for members of Congress...............................2726
FTR amendment..................................3586, 3602, 3604, 3605
Government contractor-issued individually billed charge card.....3601
Government employees.................................3591, 3592, 3929
Treaties:
See also Trade agreements
Antarctic Treaty.................................................3130
Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................370
Compacts of Free Association.....................................1766
Montreal Protocol..........................................3199, 3206
World Heritage Convention........................................1519
Trucks:
See Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
Charitable remainder trusts......................................2854
GST issues.......................................................2905
Leasing Indian lands.............................................1553
Lifetime charitable lead trusts..................................2776
Tuberculosis:
Correctional management....................................1107, 1664
Occupational exposure............................................1954
Turpentine:
See Forests and forest products
U
Underground mining:
See also Mine safety and health
Subsidence resulting from........................................1613
Ventilation......................................................1914
Unemployment:
See Community development
Manpower training programs
Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
See also Railroad unemployment insurance
Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1871
Disaster unemployment assistance.................................1864
Payments during leave following birth or adoption of a child.....1873
Performance system...............................................1865
United States investments abroad:
Foreign utilities..........................................4394, 4395
Universities:
See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
Mill sites..................................................897, 4343
Utilities:
See also Electric utilities
Natural gas
Water supply
DOD utility service contracts.....................................771
Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4394
Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4395
Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4185
Patent application compliance.....................................703
Regulation proposals.............................................2217
Revision of annual charges assessed to public utilities..........4182
Time frame for intervening in or protesting Federal Power Act
4202
V
Vaccines:
See Biologics
Vaccines:
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1036
Vegetables:
Inspection and certification.............................1, 7, 15, 19
Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................112
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Venereal diseases:
Correctional management..........................................1664
Vessels:
See also Cargo vessels
Fishing vessels
Marine safety
Maritime carriers
Navigation (water)
Passenger vessels
AFA qualified.....................................................673
Anchorage area regulations.................................2081, 2085
Automatic Identification System..................................2059
Ballast water exchange guidelines................................2097
Blood alcohol concentration limit for operators..................2058
Boarding.........................................................2701
Certificates of origin...........................................2090
Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2093
Commercial diving operations.....................................2054
Controlled substances............................................1694
Deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale...............2666
Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3467
Discharge-removal equipment......................................2086
Documentation....................................................2057
Emissions standards for new marine engines.......................3204
Foreign repairs to American vessels..............................2675
Government contracting...........................................1841
Mandatory reporting systems in whale areas.......................2102
National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1448
Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2056
Outer continental shelf..........................................2048
Overtime liability for immigration inspections...................1811
Passenger vessels:
Hull examination alternatives..................................2069
Port restrictions and fees:
Japanese vessels...............................................4235
Regattas and marine parades................................2074, 2091
Safety/security zone regulations.................................2084
Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2052
Ship financing guarantees........................................2553
Single hull tank vessels.........................................2062
Standard measurement system exemption............................2105
Temporarily landed for repair....................................2677
Towing vessel operators..........................................2075
Vessel identification system...............................2044, 2090
Vessel length overall.............................................513
Vessel Traffic Service.....................................2059, 2107
Waivers of the coastwise trade laws for eligible vessels.........2555
Veterans:
Acquisition regulations:
Application of labor laws......................................3088
Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3018
Purchase cards and electronic data interchange....3014, 3016, 3058,
3060, 3061
Adult day health care in state homes.............................2985
Advanced health care planning....................................3030
Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of
contractors and subcontractors.........................1847, 1849
Allotments for Alaska Natives....................................1637
Allowance for children with spina bifida.........................2999
Appeals regulations......................3062, 3075, 3076, 3082, 3089
Case docketing.................................................3090
Delegations of authority.......................................3063
Notification of representatives in connection with clear and
unmistakable error motions...........................3064, 3065
Simultaneously contested claims................................3020
Benefit claims decisions.........................................3055
Benefit of the doubt.............................................3006
Blind......................................................2983, 2987
Burial benefits..........................3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026
Provisions for capital crimes..................................3027
Child care centers...............................................3078
Children's benefits........................................3045, 3907
Permanent incapacity for self-support..........................3007
School child definition........................................3084
Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability
3038
Claims based on effect of tobacco products.......................3049
Clothing allowance...............................................2982
Compensation for beneficiaries of the Vietnamese Commandos
Compensation Commission.......................................732
Custody of school age or adult disabled children.................3071
Debt collection..................................................2979
Disability rating:
Digestive system...............................................2992
Evidence of permanent and total disability.....................3004
Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................3036
Individual unemployability.....................................2994
Medical evidence of improvement................................3080
Mental disorders...............................................3005
Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............2991
Orthopedic system..............................................2990
Skin conditions................................................3034
The spine......................................................3001
Total disability...............................................3035
Education:
Course approval requirements.......................3039, 3081, 3083
Credit standards...............................................3074
Flight training..........................................2997, 3083
Montgomery G.I. Bill.........................3052, 3053, 3057, 3081
Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria................3050, 3054
Rate increase......................................3052, 3053, 3086
Reservists.....................................................3040
Survivors and dependents.................................2998, 3044
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3002
Eligibility Verification Report:
Signature by mark..............................................3012
Employment placement assistance..................................3730
Equal employment opportunity discrimination complaints:
Delegation of authority........................................3067
Evidence requirements............................................2995
Freedom of Information Act.......................................3068
Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option..................3003
Hepatitis C infection............................................3008
Income exclusions................................................3048
Insurance........................................................3046
Loan guaranty:
Acceptance of partial payments.................................3033
Advertising and solicitation disclosure........................3072
Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3032
Credit scoring.................................................3073
Property improvements definition...............................2993
Medical benefits:
Adjunct conditions definition..................................2981
Drugs and medicines......................................3029, 3031
Medication prescribing authority...............................2978
Medical evaluations:
Ankylosis......................................................2996
Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................3037
Limitation in hand movement....................................2996
Medical opinions rules...........................................3077
Medication copayments............................................2980
Minimum active duty requirement..................................3010
National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................2986
National Service Life Insurance..................................3051
Pensions...................................................3043, 3071
Period of payment................................................3013
Post-traumatic stress disorder claims:
Resulting from personal assault................................3009
Proof of service.................................................3000
Prosthetic services..............................................2983
Recognition of organizations and accreditation of
representatives for claimants................................3069
Rehabilitation programs..........................................3035
Rules of Practice:
Clear and unmistakable error.............................3065, 3091
Jurisdiction...................................................3021
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Subpoenas......................................................3019
Title change...................................................3089
Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1847
State Department as agent........................................3011
State homes................................................2984, 3079
Survivor benefits:
DIC benefits...................................................3085
Therapeutic housing..............................................2988
Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care................2989
Veterans employment report..................................753, 3940
Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.................3056
Veterans' Employment and Training Service:
Annual report for Federal contractors..........................1982
Vocational training programs...............................3041, 3042
Well grounded claims/duty to assist..............................3047
Viruses:
See Biologics
Visas:
See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3912
State programs....................................................847
State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program..................846
Veterans.........................................................3042
Volunteers:
DOL regulation...................................................1841
Peace Corps....................................3687, 3786, 3787, 3788
Prison inmate community service projects.........................1661
Vista............................................................3687
W
Wages:
See also Employee benefit plans
Minimum wages
Appropriated fund wage areas.........................3734, 3735, 3773
Back pay.........................................................3742
Domestic services................................................1859
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1841
Federal construction contracts...................................1854
Garnishment of Federal employees' pay............................3781
Hourly compensation:
Computer-related occupations...................................1844
Locality-based comparability payments............................3700
Nonappropriated fund wage areas....3732, 3733, 3736, 3737, 3738, 3739
Overtime.........................................................1842
Overtime pay for travel..........................................3742
Pay administration...............................................3742
Pay and leave administration.....................................3771
Pay retention....................................................3702
Physicians' comparability allowance..............................3742
Salary basis.....................................................1858
SBA administrative wage garnishment..............................3846
Severance pay....................................................3703
Site of work.....................................................1845
Tipped employees.................................................1844
Warehouses:
Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................37
Cotton.............................................................39
Food distribution program.........................................213
General order merchandise........................................2665
Tobacco auction warehouses.........................................87
Waste treatment and disposal:
See also Hazardous waste
Recycling
Sewage disposal
Clean Water Act recognition awards...............................3472
Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3427
Effluent guidelines................3453, 3476, 3493, 3494, 3509, 3510
Financial test criteria..........................................3431
Fossil fuel combustion wastes....................................3406
Hazardous waste management.................................3428, 3438
Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3455
Land disposal:
Restrictions.................................3407, 3424, 3433, 3434
Lead-based paint debris..........................................3439
Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3454
Municipal waste combustion units.................................3266
Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4344
Ocean dumping....................................................3537
Overburden definition............................................3402
Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2475
Permit applications..............................................3506
Radioactive waste................................................3235
Recoverable metals criteria......................................3498
Recycling of hazardous waste in fertilizers......................3426
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste
at petroleum refineries......................................3440
Rural loans and grants............................................311
Sewer grouting...................................................3384
Shore Protection Act.............................................3538
Sludges from metal finishing industry............................3442
Solid waste disposal:
Grant programs..................................................324
Guideline revisions......................................3425, 3443
Hazardous waste................................................3438
Landfill criteria........................................3408, 3425
Landfills and incinerators...................3192, 3264, 3327, 3509
Municipal landfills............................................3148
Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3411
Streamlining regulations.........................................3489
Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3397
Underground storage tanks:
Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3437
Vessels transporting waste.......................................2071
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant compliance criteria..................3341
Water carriers:
See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
See also Oil pollution
Waste treatment and disposal
Biological test methods..........................................3500
Clean Water Act....................3473, 3492, 3498, 3500, 3501, 3512
Discharge of dredged material..................................3474
Fill material definition.......................................3475
Mercury analysis...............................................3505
Recognition awards.............................................3472
Test procedures.....3465, 3473, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3500, 3501, 3502,
3504
Cyanide criteria.................................................3512
Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes
3466
DFARS modification................................................777
Effluent guidelines:
Animal feeding operations................................3456, 3457
Aquaculture industry...........................................3495
Coal mining....................................................3458
Construction and development industry..........................3459
Industrial containers and drum cleaning........................3497
Industrial waste combustors....................................3510
Industrial wastewater....................................3328, 3454
Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3455
Landfills and incinerators.....................................3509
Meat Products Point Source Category............................3496
Oil and gas extraction.........................................3479
Pulp, paper and paperboard.........................3265, 3480, 3493
Regulations reformatting.................................3460, 3478
Transportation equipment cleaning..............................3477
Great Lakes................................................3483, 3499
Marine pollution:
Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2086
Emergency control measures for tank barges.....................2099
Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2046
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Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils.................2080
Facility response plans for vegetable oils and animal fats.....3445
Ocean dumping..................................................3537
Oil or hazardous substances..............................2087, 2089
Tank vessels...................................................2073
Microbiological test methods.....................................3465
NPDES permits..............................................3469, 3470
NPDES permittee reporting........................................3471
Permit applications..............................................3506
Pretreatment regulations.........................................3488
Radon............................................................3522
Recoverable metals criteria......................................3498
Sewer collection systems.........................................3470
Sludge management programs...........................3432, 3442, 3507
Stormwater runoff................................................3513
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.............3464, 3503
Total maximum daily loads..................................3490, 3491
Trace metals criteria............................................3501
Vapor control systems............................................2060
Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3467
Water quality standards............3461, 3481, 3485, 3486, 3502, 3511
Alabama..................................................3462, 3482
Criteria for acute aquatic life.......3461, 3485, 3486, 3499, 3502,
3511
Indian country waters..........................................3463
Mixing zone elimination and phase-out provision................3483
Revisions......................................................3491
State and tribal standards.....................................3484
Water resources:
See also Water supply
Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........806
Best technology available for cooling water intake structures
3468
Colorado River Basin...............................................38
Conservation Reserve Program.......................................58
Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1528
National Invasive Species Act....................................2097
Public use of development projects administered by Chief of
Engineers.....................................................812
Water Bank Program.................................................38
Water supply:
See also Irrigation
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3136
Central Valley Project of California.............................1614
Drinking water:
Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3530
Arsenic........................................................3517
Contaminant level goals (MCLGs)................................3524
Contaminant occurrence reporting...............................3531
Contaminants.....................3342, 3465, 3514, 3518, 3522, 3532
Copper.........................................................3535
Disinfectants......................................3516, 3520, 3525
Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program..............3346
Injection wells................................................3534
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..................3525
Lead...........................................................3535
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..............3519
Methods update.................................................3487
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3138, 3521
Monitoring requirements........................................3536
Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3358
Perchlorate and acetochlor monitoring..........................3533
Public notification requirements...............................3526
Radionuclides..................................................3524
Regulations reformatting.......................................3523
State revolving fund...........................................3528
State Underground Injection Control Programs...................3527
Sulfate........................................................3529
Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3515
Groundwater protection...........................................3350
Water transportation:
See Harbors
Marine safety
Maritime carriers
Navigation (water)
Vessels
Waterways
Waterfowl:
See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
See Harbors
Watershed:
Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................335
Waterways:
See also Bridges
Harbors
Rivers
Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................2046
Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils...................2080
Facility response plans for vegetable oils and animal fats.......3445
Weapons:
See Arms and munitions
Weather:
Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4078
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....................................................157
Diseases..........................................................109
Whistleblowing:
DOE contract costs................................................908
Research misconduct..............................................1054
Wildlife:
See also Marine mammals
Wildlife refuges
Albatross........................................................1394
Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2138, 2185
Brush-tailed possum..............................................1430
Captive bred.....................................................1463
Conservation Reserve Program.......................................58
Eagles.....................................................1395, 1432
Endangered and threatened...1361, 1364, 1386, 1396, 1400, 1420, 1421,
1450, 1466, 1469, 1470, 1472, 1480
Exotic birds:
Importation....................................................1401
Exportation......................................................1363
Falcons..........................................................1432
FWS permit applications..........................................1502
Importation................................................1363, 1410
Injurious............................................1353, 1410, 1430
Management and protection..................................1418, 1419
Marine sanctuary program..........................................612
Migratory birds:
Hunting regulations................................1417, 1473, 1512
List revision..................................................1383
Permits......................................1373, 1433, 1434, 1446
Permit procedures................................................1415
Restoration programs.............................................1428
River otter exports..............................................1445
Seabirds.....................................................477, 689
Subsistence hunting and fishing on federal lands.....1407, 1412, 1461
Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1359
Transportation...................................................1363
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Wildlife refuges:
Alaska...........................................................1355
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2237
Hunting and fishing regulations............................1379, 1453
National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1437
Administrative provisions......................................1509
Public entry and use.................................1355, 1426, 1642
Wine:
Ameliorating materials...........................................2606
Authorized processes.............................................2597
Dornfelder grape variety added...................................2610
Exports..........................................................2622
Imports..........................................................2594
Labeling.........................................................2595
Labeling of specialty products and flavored wines................2607
Sherry...........................................................2596
Standards of fill................................................2608
Tax refund.......................................................2628
Viticultural areas...............................................2602
Women:
See also Minority businesses
Sex discrimination
In vitro fertilization...........................................1047
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1889
Nutrition education participant contacts..........................183
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1083, 1899
Women-owned businesses:
Goals for procurement contracts................................3679
Government contracting.........................................4171
Government subcontracting......................................3928
Women, infants, and children:
Supplemental food program:
Administrative requirement changes..............................209
Certification integrity.........................................212
Food delivery systems...........................................197
Food package revisions..........................................196
Funding provisions..............................................233
Local agency expenditure reports................................232
Wood:
See Forests and forest products
Workers' compensation:
Coal miners......................................................1855
Third Party Collection Program....................................746
Y
Youth:
See also Infants and children
Juvenile delinquency
Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................192
Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1226