[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


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................192
  Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1226
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