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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 231 / Thursday, November 30, 2000 / 
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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 231 / Thursday, November 30, 2000 / 
Subject Index

              F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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                                   A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2946, 4616
Accounting:
  Annual accounting period.........................................3226
  Auditor independence.............................................4867
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions...............................1420, 1425, 2234, 3419
  Change in method definition......................................3050
  Cost accounting standards......................4061, 4100, 4365, 4370
  Customs Service fees and interest................................3007
  DEA..............................................................1990
  Delay rental payments............................................3151
  DFARS modification................................................931
  Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial 
      instruments and derivative commodity instruments.............4865
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1903, 1921
  Dollar-value LIFO method.........................................3155
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules...................4497, 4504
  FMS claims.................................................2866, 2873
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2872
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2870
  Government payments:
    Performance-based payments.....................................4637
  International accounting standards...............................4863
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................4547
  Mark-to-market.............................................3129, 3200
  Medicare program.................................................1348
  OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and 
      earnings test exempt amounts.................................4307
  Partnership debt.................................................3153
  PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................4189
  PBGC premium self-audit..........................................4183
  Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................4057
  SEC financial statements.........................................4864
  Third-party contacts.............................................3045
  Unified Partnership Audit Procedures.............................3144
  Valuation tables.................................................3269
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Food additives
      Fuel additives
Adjustment assistance:
  See Trade adjustment assistance
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Equal access to justice
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  Advisory committees..............................................3961
  ATF:
    Delegations of authority........2897, 2898, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 
                                           2919, 2920, 2921, 2922, 2941
    Technical amendments...........................................2918
  Attorney's fees..................................................3057
  Aviation economic proceedings rules of practice..................2316
  BATF procedures..................................................2935
  Complaint and disclosure filings.................................4174
  Customs Regulations..............................................2968
  DOC...............................................................707
  DOE:
    Economic development transfers of real property................1073
  DOI..................................................1525, 1527, 1839
  DOT........................................................2341, 2344
  EEOC.............................................................3915
  EPA..................................................3486, 3713, 3718
  Equal Access to Justice Act................................1111, 4043
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................4455
    Plain language revisions.......................................4453
  FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................4534
  FDA............................................1123, 1148, 1181, 1197
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3961
  FERC.............................................................4637
  FTC..............................................................4695
  FWS..............................................................1682
  Hazardous materials........................................2827, 2832
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Army Corps of Engineers.........................................974
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................2334
    BIA......................................................1522, 1854
    BLM............................................................1907
    CNCS...........................................................3456
    DOL............................................................2152
    FCIC............................................................341
    Indian affairs.................................................1528
    Medicaid State Plan amendments.................................1276
    Medicare claims appeal.........................................1288
    Medicare enrollment............................................1292
    National Forest System..........................................448
    NIGC.....................................................4724, 4728
    Office of the Special Trustee..................................1531
    Office of Trust Funds Management...............................1531
    OGE............................................................4047
    OHA............................................................1520
    OPM................................................4077, 4143, 4168
    Peace Corps....................................................4181
    PTO.............................................................876
    Public lands cases.............................................1519
    RRB............................................................4196
    SBA............................................................4247
    SSA......................................................4288, 4299
    Treasury Department............................................2946
    VA.........................3351, 3389, 3390, 3391, 3412, 3415, 3439
  HUD........................................................1421, 1451
  INS..............................................................2061
  IRS..............................................................3030
  MARAD............................................................2845
  NHTSA............................................................2725
  NRC..................................................4754, 4786, 4789
  OCC..............................................................2958
  OPM..............................................................4090
  OSC..............................................................4174
  OTS........................................................3285, 3290
  Peace Corps................................................4179, 4182
  Registration of drug producers...................................1117
  RRB..............................................................4212
  RSPA.............................................................2823
  Rulemaking:
    DOL............................................................2173
    DOT............................................................2332
    FAA............................................................2477
    FCA............................................................4452
    FCC..........................................4468, 4503, 4561, 4586
    FDIC.....................................................4601, 4619
    FMC............................................................4653
    GSA..........................................3948, 3949, 3976, 3977
    IRS................................................3054, 3143, 3221
    NRC....................................4741, 4766, 4770, 4772, 4777
    OTS............................................................3289

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    SSA............................................................4316
    USDA............................................................293
  Social Security Administration:
    Testimony of employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................4284
  Treasury Department:
    Plain language revision........................................2936
  USDA..........................................330, 331, 332, 333, 498
  VA...................................................3317, 3392, 3419
Adoption and foster care:
  Assistance coverage..............................................3159
  Intercountry adoption............................................2305
Adult education:
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................2099
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................2328
  Alcohol beverages................................................2907
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1196
  Home insulation..................................................4700
  Investment companies.............................................4809
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4696
  Television.......................................................4554
  Unfair or deceptive practices..............................4702, 4704
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1403
  Food assistance programs.......................................9, 387
  Medicare premium.................................................1376
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................2322
    DOL programs...................................................2231
    Employment...............................................3913, 3914
    NEA............................................................4024
    NEH............................................................4029
    USAID..........................................................3445
  Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1310
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2842
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................426
  Cotton:
    Classification services....................................198, 205
    High Volume Instrument (HVI) classification.....................195
  Crop disaster assistance................................210, 243, 247
  Ethanol and biodiesel grain program...............................245
  Exports...........................................................427
  Farm Storage Facility Loan Program................................241
  Fruits and vegetables...................................190, 196, 274
  Honey Research and Promotion Program..............................189
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................3129
  Marketing assistance loan provisions.........................243, 248
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program..................225, 239
  Nursery crops.....................................................329
  Nursery stock importation.........................................281
  Peanut Program...............................................235, 258
  Perishable:
    License and complaint fees......................................200
    Limited liability companies.....................................201
  Tobacco......................................................238, 257
    Burley................................................237, 249, 256
    Flue-cured.................................................236, 255
    Inspection............................................177, 183, 199
    Non-auction designation.........................................242
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts..............................216
  Wheat:
    Karnal bunt regulated areas.....................................302
Agricultural research:
  Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
    Matching funds requirement......................................309
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................288
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 
      administrative provisions.....................................307
  Donation of excess research equipment.............................498
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......................................497, 500
  Administrative regulations..............................330, 331, 332
  Allocation of funds...............................................459
  Beef imports from Brazil..........................................275
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............278
  CFSA state and county committees..................................214
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans.......................232
  Disclosure of return information to the Department of 
      Agriculture..................................................3234
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3858
  Emergency Conservation Program...............................233, 253
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................492
  Farm reconstitution regulations...................................222
  Farm Service Agency:
    Cash flow margin requirements for guaranteed loans..............244
    Disaster set-aside program......................................240
    Low documentation loans.........................................231
    Payments to delinquent Farm Credit Program borrowers............251
    Production Flexibility Contracts................................209
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs............208
    Shared Appreciation Agreements.............................234, 262
    Small Hog Operation Payment Program.............................230
  Hog imports from Europe...........................................291
  Horse protection requirements.....................................292
  Income taxes.....................................................3253
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......452
  Nonimmigrant alien workers.................................2171, 2174
  Organic certifying agencies.......................................182
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................296
  Science and Technology Laboratory Service.........................184
  State mediation programs..........................................213
  Technical assistance and training............................314, 480
  Unshu oranges importation.........................................276
  USDA lobbying restrictions........................................499
  Worker protection standards......................................3715
AIDS:
  AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1366
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1218
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Airport certification..............................................99
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2447
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2315
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................2325

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  Baggage liability..........................................2326, 2331
  Cargo limit......................................................2815
  Competitiveness............................................2314, 2346
  Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system..............2465
  Computer reservations system.....................................2314
  Direct flight, definition........................................2323
  Fees charged by airports.........................................2467
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2324
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency telephone number requirements........................2804
  Income source rules..............................................3225
  Interstate authority.............................................2346
  Landing gear shock absorption test requirements..................2470
  Landing requirements for passengers arriving from Cuba...........2116
  Noise certification standards..............................2444, 2448
  Non-age discrimination...........................................2322
  Overbooking of flights...........................................2333
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................2327
    Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................2056
    Facility charges.........................................2515, 2524
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................2324
    Manifest information.....................................2012, 2350
    Oxygen use.....................................................2349
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey............................2848
    Unruly.........................................................2447
  Pilots:
    National Driver Register records...............................2720
    Special Visual Flight Rules....................................2520
  Price advertising................................................2328
  Prohibition against flights within the territory and airspace 
      of Ethiopia..................................................2521
  Repair station requirements................................2451, 2459
  Safety and security-related information..........................2464
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2426
  Security measures................................................2508
  Smoking ban..........................................2352, 2357, 2523
  Universal child seats............................................2715
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention..............................3774, 3775
  Aerospace industry...............................................3640
  Air quality modeling.............................................3619
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3664
  Air quality standards.................................110, 3566, 3670
  Aluminum industry....................................3582, 3671, 3683
  Ambient air quality monitoring...................................3590
  American Samoa gasoline antidumping exemption petition...........3520
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3536
  Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3622
  Best available retrofit technology...............................3595
  Boat manufacturing industry......................................3623
  Boilers...........................................................116
  Carbon monoxide..................................................3566
  Chemicals.............................................135, 3528, 3529
  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).......................................1166
  Chromium emissions.........................................3537, 3545
  Clean Air Act....118, 2131, 3574, 3609, 3628, 3630, 3631, 3636, 3654, 
                                                                   3775
  Clean fuels formula grant program................................2773
  Compliance certification requirements............................3645
  Consumer products................................................3665
  Copper smelters..................................................3621
  Delisting hazardous pollutants...................................3574
  DFARS modification................................................935
  Dioxin emission measurement......................................3498
  Dry cleaners.....................................................3533
  Electric arc furnaces............................................3701
  Electrical insulating varnishes..................................3643
  Emergency episode requirements...................................3655
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3501
  Emission standards:
    Cellulose production...........................................3503
    Coke ovens.........................................3507, 3509, 3638
    Diesel engine fuel..............................................136
    Halogenated solvents...........................................3696
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3507
    Municipal landfills............................................3504
    Navajo generating station..........................3601, 3633, 3695
    New marine engines.......................................3507, 3564
    Non-road spark-ignition engines................................3563
    Permit requirements............................................3507
    Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3641
    Polyurethane foam productrion..................................3659
    Potential to emit..............................................3550
    Radionuclides..................................................3642
    Semiconductor facilities.................................3507, 3540
    VOC standards..................................................3569
  Emissions control programs...........................3599, 3637, 3672
  Emissions monitoring program......3506, 3556, 3594, 3607, 3610, 3626, 
                                                                   3675
  Emissions reporting..............................................3611
  Emissions trades.................................................3505
  Essential uses...................................................1166
  Ethylene processing..............................................3690
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3542
  Filterable fine particulate matter...............................3578
  Fuels and fuel additives.........................................3644
  Fugitive emissions...............................................3510
  Gas turbines......................................................115
  General provisions amendments....................................3530
  Glycol ethers....................................................3687
  Granular fertilizer-pesticide combination products...............3709
  Halons.....................................................3592, 3691
  Hazardous air pollutants........113, 114, 115, 116, 3503, 3504, 3527, 
           3528, 3529, 3529, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3534, 3535, 3536, 3537, 
           3539, 3546, 3547, 3548, 3549, 3552, 3553, 3558, 3574, 3588, 
             3589, 3623, 3626, 3627, 3640, 3658, 3659, 3683, 3686, 3734
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3808
  HCFC allowance distribution system...............................3511
  Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators...................3689
  Indian reservations........................................3672, 3674
  Inspection/maintenance programs......................3497, 3579, 3681
  Internal combustion engines.......................................114
  Iron and steel industry....................................3525, 3526
  Large appliance coating industry.................................3534
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3539
  MACT standards...............3503, 3504, 3540, 3546, 3549, 3658, 3659
  Measurement regulation...........................................3498
  Metal parts and products coating industry......3535, 3541, 3552, 3625
  Methyl bromide.............................................3565, 3632
  Municipal landfills..............................................3504
  Municipal waste combustion units.................................3635
  National Air Toxics Program......................................3598
  Navajo nation lands..............................................3673
  NESHAP:
    Aerospace industry.............................................3640
    Alumina processing.............................................3562
    Aluminum production......................................3582, 3671
    Amino/phenolic resins..........................................3551
    Ammonium sulphate production...................................3678
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3514
    Brick manufacturing............................................3572
    Carbon black.............................................3560, 3658
    Cellulose production...........................................3503
    Ceramics.......................................................3573
    Chemical recovery combustion sources...........................3634
    Chromium electroplating........................................3561

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    Chromium emissions.............................................3545
    Clay products manufacturing..............................3515, 3572
    Delegations' provisions........................................3591
    Elastomers.....................................................3627
    Engine Test Facilities.........................................3575
    Ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation 
        operations...........................................3570, 3690
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3542
    Friction products manufacturing industry.......................3585
    Fumed silica production........................................3512
    Gasoline distribution facilities...............................3652
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3697
    Hazardous waste combustors.....................................3789
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3513
    Hydrogen chloride production...................................3679
    Iron and steel industry........................................3677
    Leather tanning................................................3547
    Lightweight aggregate..........................................3576
    Metal parts and products coating industry................3541, 3625
    Metal pipes....................................................3514
    Natural gas production...................................3660, 3698
    Natural gas transmission & storage.............................3698
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3544
    Off-site waste and recovery operations.........................3600
    Off-site waste recovery operations.............................3682
    Oil production...........................................3660, 3698
    Organic liquids................................................3549
    Pesticide Active Ingredient Production.........................3597
    Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3647
    Phosphate fertilizer production................................3649
    Phosphoric acid manufacturing..................................3649
    Polyether Polyols Production...................................3699
    Polyurethane foam production.............................3586, 3659
    Polyvinyl chloride production..................................3516
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3518
    Printing and publishing industry...............................3571
    Process heaters................................................3661
    Pulp and paper production................................3613, 3634
    Site remediation...............................................3546
    Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry..............3614
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................3581
    Thermoplastics.................................................3627
    Uranium hexafluoride production................................3517
    Vegetable oil production.......................................3626
    Wet-formed fiberglass mat production...........................3616
  New source performance standards.................................3663
  New source review...........................................111, 3583
  New stationary sources.....................................3507, 3675
  Nitrogen oxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired steam 
      generating units.............................................3648
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3544
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3605, 3610
  Operating permits:
    Indian reservations.......................................112, 3653
    Program interim approval expiration dates......................3700
  Ozone.......133, 3534, 3535, 3552, 3553, 3557, 3558, 3630, 3631, 3666
    1-hour standard................................................3667
    Emission budgets...............................................3668
    Protection of stratospheric ozone............3592, 3596, 3646, 3694
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    National ambient air quality standards...................3508, 3577
    Transport...................119, 3521, 3584, 3615, 3650, 3669, 3693
  Paint stripper users.............................................3531
  Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3558
  Particulate matter...........................................117, 133
  PCB manufacturing................................................3747
  Penalties for violations.........................................3662
  Petroleum refineries.............................................3603
  Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3620
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3527
  Plastic parts industry...........................................3553
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing..........................113
  Process heaters.............................................116, 3661
  Project XL.................................................3599, 3799
  Sewage sludge incinerators.......................................3676
  Solid waste incinerators...................................3593, 3663
  Source category list.......................................3588, 3589
  State implementation plans.......................111, 133, 3624, 3673
  Stratospheric ozone protection....3511, 3565, 3592, 3617, 3632, 3646, 
                                                             3691, 3692
  Sulfur oxides.....................................................110
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3602
  Tire manufacturing...............................................3532
  Transportation conformity...................................118, 3685
  Vapor control systems............................................2377
  Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program...........................3559
  Volatile organic compounds........3534, 3535, 3543, 3552, 3553, 3554, 
                               3558, 3569, 3602, 3618, 3640, 3643, 3684
  Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3628
  Wood furniture industry..........................................3554
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2315
  Rebating international fares.....................................2347
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...............................................2334
  Certification of screening companies.............................2473
  Civil penalties..................................................2360
  Excise taxes.....................................................3035
  Hazardous substances.............................................2789
  Inspection of stopover passengers................................2020
  Nondiscrimination..........................................2320, 2339
  Revenue and nonrevenue passengers................................2849
  Unfair exclusionary conduct......................................2351
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts...................................................2433
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2450, 2483, 2484, 2485, 
                                           2486, 2487, 2489, 2490, 2505
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2460
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2507
  Cargo airplanes:
    Traffic alert and collision avoidance systems..................2440
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2476
  Child restraint systems..........................................2435
  Corrosion control program........................................2428
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2499
  Duty-free entry of civil aircraft................................2986
  Emergency exits..................................................2457
  Emergency medical equipment......................................2513
  Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2517
  FAA registration fees............................................2496
  Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.............2511
  Flight data recorder improvements..........................2475, 2482
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................2395
  Fractional ownership.............................................2445
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2973
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2439
  Hazardous material transportation................................2805
  Helicopters......................................................2448
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2426
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2455, 2459

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    Repair assessments.............................................2516
  Manifests public disclosure......................................3002
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................980
  Overflight Program...............................................2973
  Parachutes.......................................................2466
  Reexport of foreign registered aircraft to Serbia.................562
  Registration.....................................................2491
  Rocket engines...................................................3548
  Snowplanes.......................................................1811
  Surplus military.................................................2497
  Titles and security documents....................................2491
  Transponders.....................................................2500
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards...................2472, 2506
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2503
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................2494
    FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................2442
    Fire protection standards for powerplant installations.........2480
    Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation 
        materials..................................................2441
    Fuel tank ignition source review...............................2468
    Low speed stall................................................2495
    Repair assessments.............................................2516
  Turbine-powered and turboprop:
    Bird ingestion standards.......................................2460
  Type certification procedures....................................2514
  Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1810
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2427
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act...................450, 903
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Bilateral Air Safety Agreement...................................2512
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2501
  Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2504
  Deicing and anti-icing procedures................................2502
  Drug abuse.......................................................2493
  FAA certification fees...........................................2496
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................2456
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.........96
  National Driver Register records.................................2720
  Rest and duty requirements.........................................98
  Training and certification.................................2437, 2502
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..........2318, 2337
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2333
  Fees charged to air carriers.....................................2467
  High density rule................................................2474
  Land use compatibility planning..................................2498
  Landing systems..................................................2462
  Security.........................................................2454
Airspace:
  Air traffic services and aeronautical studies:
    Fees...........................................................2463
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Air tour operations............................................2518
    Modifications..................................................2519
    National Park Service overflights..............................2509
    Postponement of special flight rules...........................2479
  Landing systems..................................................2462
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................2458
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................693
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2449
  Prohibition against flights within territory of Ethiopia.........2521
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2488
  Removal of prohibition against flights within territory of 
      Serbia-Montenegro............................................2522
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Block grants.....................................................1108
  Motor carrier post-accident test results.........................2580
  Railroad employee testing........................................2760
    Foreign-based crews............................................2747
  Transportation employee testing..................................2584
  Transportation industry..............................2335, 2336, 2776
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Gasohol
           Liquors
           Wine
  Country of origin statements.....................................2938
  Denatured alcohol and rum:
    Distribution and use...........................................2928
    Formulas and technical amendments..............................2930
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2904
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2933
  Health claims in labeling and advertising........................2907
  Health warning statement.........................................2886
  Prohibition of containers........................................2890
  Saccharin disclosure.............................................2934
  Sake regulations.................................................2932
  Tax-free alcohol.................................................2927
  Wine.............................................................2905
    Sherry.........................................................2891
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
           Migrant labor
  Adjustment of status...............2042, 2044, 2047, 2064, 2093, 2094
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1974, 2025
  Arrival/departure management system..............................2112
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................2062
  Asylum.....................................................2063, 2113
    Authority to grant.............................................2031
    Establishing eligibility.......................................2041
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............2023
    Numerical limit on grants......................................2092
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................2017, 2049
  Bonding pilot program............................................2102
  Border crossing cards............................................2306
  Border crossing identification documents...................2021, 2071
  Concurrent filing of Form I-140 and Form I-485...................2042
  Conditional residents:
    Battered and abused............................................2083
  Criminal convictions.......................................2052, 2061
  Cubans...........................................................2079
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......2078
  Deportation proceedings:
    Entrepreneurs............................................2053, 2061
    Power of Attorney General......................................2039
    Relief application.............................................1999
    Suspension...............................................2000, 2068
  Detention of aliens ordered removed..............................2091
  Employment.......................................72, 2011, 2074, 2096
    Refiling of applications.......................................2165
    Use on government contract projects............................2074
  Employment authorization fee.....................................2075
  Employment authorization for certificate of citizenship 
      applicants...................................................2107

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  Employment eligibility verification........................2077, 2087
  Expedited exclusion procedures...................................2052
  Expedited removal of jailed criminals............................2007
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............2084
  F-1 foreign students.............................................2099
  Family Unity Program.............................................2057
  Fingerprinting...........................2037, 2066, 2087, 2090, 2117
  Habitual residence...............................................2109
  Health care workers..............................................2058
  Hungarian parolees...............................................2111
  Immigrant investors..............................................2014
  Inadmissability..............................................71, 2033
  Juveniles..................................................2019, 2067
  Labor certification process....................2159, 2169, 2171, 2174
  Land Border Inspection Fee Account...............................2115
  Land border ports-of-entry fees..................................2028
  Landing requirements for passengers arrving from Cuba............2116
  Mail order brides................................................2017
  Manifest requirements............................................2029
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................2088
  NATO civilian employees..........................................2026
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Actuaries......................................................2038
    Admission into the U.S...................................2054, 2073
    American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.........2024
    Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................2032
    Corporate reorganizations......................................2098
    Disclosure of information......................................2051
    Extending period of duration...................................2082
    Fee schedule for students and exchange visitors................2106
    Firearm prohibitions...........................................2896
    Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program..............2105
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................2009
    Nurses...................................................2035, 2166
    Plant pathologists.............................................2038
    Temporary workers..................................2153, 2171, 2174
    Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................2119
  Parole authority.................................................2081
  Permanent resident status..................................2064, 2111
  Polish parolees..................................................2111
  Powers of duties of service officers.............................2094
  Prostitution.....................................................2015
  Public assistance programs:
    Food Stamp Program..........................................9, 2065
    Medicaid.......................................................2065
    Sponsor reimbursement....................................2055, 2065
  Registration of..................................................2087
  Relative petitions...............................................2094
  Release to immigration authorities...............................1965
  Religious workers................................................2103
  Removal orders.............................................2060, 2091
  SSA regulations..................................................2013
  Student employment...............................................2104
  Temporary protected status.................................2075, 2097
  Temporary workers................................................2108
  Transit without visa.............................................2295
  Visa petition....................................................2042
  Waivers of fees..................................................2036
  Withholding of removal...........................................2063
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1196
Animal diseases:
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................296
  Scrapie...........................................................284
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Animal Drug Availability Act.....................................1197
  Antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals....................1149
  Approval process.................................................1159
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1196
  Feed directives..................................................1168
  Import tolerance levels..........................................1113
  Investigational use..............................................1197
  New drug applications............................................1208
  Presubmission conferences for applicants.........................1180
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing.......1170
  Supplemental manufacturing changes...............................1176
Animal welfare:
  Horse protection requirements.....................................292
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement............................270
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................286
  Marine mammals..........................................282, 283, 837
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Imports...........................................................288
    Hogs from Europe................................................291
  Pet ownership in public housing..................................1510
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals......................................................1155
  Substances prohibited from use in feed...........................1114
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  American Samoa exemption petition................................3520
  Sunset reviews....................................................522
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Apples:
  Assistance program................................................211
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.................................................4012, 4018
  FAR:
    General records schedules......................................4393
  Historical Records Services......................................2040
  NARA:
    Computer tapes.................................................4017
    Electronic records transfer options............................4006
    Freedom of information.........................................4008
    John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection rules.........4019
    Plain language revisions.......................................4002
    Privacy Act....................................................4003
    Records disposition............................................4005
    Research room procedures.......................................4004
    Storage standards..............................................4001

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Armed forces:
  See also Armed forces reserves
           Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Academy nominations and appointments............................989
    Delivery of personnel to civilian authorities for trial.........990
    Installation entry policy.......................................988
    Visual information documentation program........................992
  Army:
    Use of employees of non-federal entities to provide services 
                                                                    966
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Administrative appeals process..................................974
    Environmental quality requirements..............................969
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................972
    Permit regulations..............................................970
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................971
  CHAMPUS...993, 994, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 
                                                       1005, 1006, 1007
  Civil disturbance intervention....................................988
  Coast Guard:
    Auxiliary regulations..........................................2384
    Cargo securing.................................................2386
    Carriage of hazardous materials in bulk........................2396
    Commercial diving operations...................................2413
    Deep water ports...............................................2372
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2406
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................93
    Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils.................2421
    Mandatory ship reporting systems in whale areas................2416
    Marine Safety and Environmental Protection...2369, 2370, 2392, 2393
    Marine shipboard electrical cable standards....................2381
    Merchant mariners........................................2393, 2409
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2366
    Personnel training and qualifications..........................2378
    Propeller injury prevention....................................2410
    Regatta and parade permits.....................................2408
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................2407
    Service obligations, deferments, and waivers...................2847
    Tank barge emergency control measures..........................2419
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances..............94
    Towing vessel fire protection measures.........................2420
    Towing vessel operators........................................2391
    Traffic separation schemes.....................................2422
  Disaster assistance...............................................988
  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3869
  Disclosure of information.........................................943
  Military records correction.......................................968
  Navy:
    Disposition of property.........................................976
    Freedom of Information Act program.........................982, 986
    Incidental taking during deployment of low frequency active 
        sonar.......................................................681
    Incidental taking of marine mammals...................683, 689, 848
    Legal assistance................................................987
    National Environmental Policy Act...............................975
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................980
    Payment of rewards for absentee/deserter personnel..............978
    Professional conduct of attorneys...............................983
    Public access limitations.......................................979
    Regulations.....................................................984
    Service obligations, deferments, and waivers...................2847
    Underwater archaeology on submerged cultural resources..........985
  Reemployment.....................................................4083
  Selective service regulation.....................................4215
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2497
Armed forces reserves:
  Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................4242
Arms and munitions:
  Antique firearms.................................................2896
  Brady Bill regulations.....................................2895, 2909
  Curio and relic..................................................2909
  Dual-use items....................................................547
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................564
  Explosives safety..................................................23
  Export controls...................................................548
  Handguns.........................................................2909
  Identification markings..........................................2911
  Importation......................................................2940
  Inventory requirements...........................................2912
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.................2896, 2909
  Public housing purchasing preference for responsible companies 
                                                                   1494
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................2910
  Waiver for firearm prohibition on nonimmigrant visa holders......2119
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit...................................................2229
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3750
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  ATF.......2897, 2898, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2919, 2920, 2921, 2922, 
                                                                   2941
  Banks............................................................2864
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1854
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1997
  DOA..............................................................2311
  DOJ..............................................................2129
  DOL........................................................2157, 2174
  EPA revisions....................................................3624
  FCC..............................................................4589
  FEMA.............................................................3932
  HHS:
    OIG............................................................1105
  HUD..............................................................1448
  Immigration judges...............................................1997
  INS........................................................1998, 2300
  NRC..............................................................4786
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................892
  Surface Transportation Board.....................................4871
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Advanced qualification program...................................2481
  Aging aircraft...................................................2455
  Air tour and sightseeing operations........................2436, 2443
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2426
  Airplane operator security.......................................2453
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2450
  Airworthiness directives and standards...............2486, 2505, 2506
  Bird ingestion standards.........................................2460
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2507
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2501
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2350
  Corrosion control program........................................2428
  Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2484
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2492
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2499
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2503
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................2490
  Enhanced ground proximity warning system.........................2517
  Fire protection requirements on transport airplanes..............2480
  Flight operational quality assurance program information...........96

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  Flight rules...............................................2485, 2487
  Flight simulation device qualification...........................2446
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs..............................................2508
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................2510
  Fuel tank ignition source review.................................2468
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................2483
  Hazards to air navigation........................................2449
  Information and records disclosed by industry....................2464
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2489
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2349
  Parachute operations.............................................2466
  Pilot rest and duty requirements.............................98, 2504
  Repair assessments...............................................2516
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2459, 2464
  Transponder requirement..........................................2500
  Type certification procedures....................................2514
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2427


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Advertisement of membership......................................4617
  Appeals process for claims.......................................4607
  Assessments......................................................4596
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............4709
    Share insurance................................................4718
  Customer protections.................................2950, 3296, 4679
  Nonmember banks..................................................4705
  Notice of insured status.........................................4598
  Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4609
  Receivership rules...............................................4599
  Retail sales of insurance products.........................4604, 4679
  Risk-based capital standards...............................4600, 4608
  Savings association activities...................................4621
  State bank activities............................................4621
  Transactions between insured depository institutions and their 
      affiliates...................................................4669
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3807
Banks, banking:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Credit
           Electronic funds transfers
           Federal home loan banks
           Federal Reserve System
           Foreign banking
           National banks
           Savings associations
  Access to SSI information.........................................159
  Activities and operations............................2944, 2951, 2952
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................2863
  Assessment of fees.........................................2953, 2954
  Automated Clearinghouse Method.............................2869, 2879
  Bank Secrecy Act.........................2859, 2860, 2862, 2864, 2865
  Casino reporting.................................................2861
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2871
  Collateral eligibility and valuation...........2882, 2883, 2884, 2943
  Community development............................................3294
  Community reinvestment.....................................3295, 4677
  Consumer regulations review......................................4673
  Conversions......................................................3287
  CRA Sunshine.....................................................4613
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2860
  Debt cancellation contracts......................................2947
  Deposit accounts.................................................4688
  Disclosure and reporting of CRA related agreements...............2957
  Disqualified persons definition..................................3090
  DoD installations.................................................905
  Due on sale......................................................3288
  EDGAR system modernization.......................................4804
  Electronic banking...............................................2948
  Electronic funds transfer..................................3969, 4676
  Equity investments...............................................2964
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........2949, 3291, 4602, 4670
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights................................................4439
    Charters.......................................................4446
    Disclosure to shareholders.....................................4448
    Electronic commerce............................................4444
    Farm Credit System Reform Act..................................4458
    FCA rulemaking...........................................4451, 4452
    FCSIC nondiscrimination enforcement............................4456
    FCSIC referral of criminal violations..........................4457
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4445
    Loan participations and purchases..............................4441
    Loan policies and operations...................................4449
    Mission-related investments....................................4440
    Regulatory Burden..............................................4454
    Risk-weighting.................................................4442
    Standards of conduct...........................................4453
    Stock issuance.................................................4447
  FedSelect check..................................................2885
  Fiduciary activities.............................................2944
  Financial institutions:
    Consumer information privacy.................4615, 4691, 4699, 4707
    DoD installations..........................................904, 905
    Payment service providers......................................2850
    Privacy........................................................2963
    Simplified capital framework...................................4597
  Financial services transactions survey.......................505, 509
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2854, 2855
  Foreign investments..............................................4682
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4810
  Government Securities Act amendments.............................2851
  Holding companies......4663, 4664, 4665, 4666, 4668, 4684, 4685, 4686
  International banks..............................................4682
  Interstate branches..............................................4603
  Lending limits...................................................2951
  Long-term issuer credit rating...................................2852
  Merchant banking.................................................2853
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2945
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2962
  Non-deposit investment products............................2959, 3286
  Predatory lending practices......................................3292
  Privacy of consumer financial information............2956, 4620, 4692
  Privacy of nonpublic personal information........................3297
  Proxy and information statements.................................4802
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4681
  Regulation DD....................................................4688
  Regulation U.....................................................4667
  Resolution Funding Corporation operations........................2856
  Retained interests...............................................4614
  Risk-based capital standards...................4042, 4610, 4680, 4681
  Savings association activities...................................4621
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Automated submission of trading data...........................4848
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4611
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................4606
  State bank activities............................................4621
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4662, 4663, 4664, 4665, 
                                                             4666, 4678
  Time accounts....................................................4688
  Truth in lending.................................................4687
  Types of offices.................................................3284
  Usury preemption.................................................3288
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels

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Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Brewery regulations...............................................106
  Exports..........................................................2925
  Imports..........................................................2888
  Labeling.........................................................2889
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2926
Bees:
  Importation.......................................................278
Bicycles:
  Traffic control manual revision..................................2548
  Use in Delaware Water Gap NRA....................................1813
Bioengineered foods:
  Premarket notice...................................................42
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting.......................................34
  Cellular therapy products........................................1200
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1196
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances...................................................1188
  General safety test exceptions...................................1200
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1164
  Interstate shipment..............................................1109
  Labeling.........................................................1129
  Medicare coverage................................................1383
  Part 600 regulations.............................................1115
  Postmarketing studies............................................1184
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing.......1170
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Birth control:
  See Family planning
Blind:
  See also Medicaid
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Aids to blind veterans.....................................3398, 3401
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices.........................38, 1139
  Errors and accidents reporting...................................1160
  Hepatitis C virus............................................38, 3319
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1303
  Labeling standards...............................................1139
  Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Program.........................1215
  Safety standards...........................................1160, 1172
Blueberries:
  Research, Promotion, and Information Order........................202
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Private activity.....................................3062, 3208, 3261
  Qualified zone academy...............................3124, 3149, 3169
  Secured by government obligations................................2884
  Surety bond requirements.........................................1871
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Boycotts:
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................563
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2536
  Drawbridge operation.............................................2405
  Railroad safety regulations......................................2768
  Worker safety standards..........................................2758
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Automated submission of trading data.............................4848
  Bonding requirement exemption....................................2182
  Civil penalties..................................................2582
  Fees.............................................................3173
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..............................4405, 4416, 4417
  Large trader records.............................................4860
  Net capital requirements...................................4844, 4854
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4821
  Proxy and information statements.................................4802
  Quotation requirements...........................................4856
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.......1973, 1977, 3449, 3453
  Asbestos.........................................................3750
  Indoor air quality...............................................2273
  Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1473
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Antilock brakes..................................................2681
  Brake systems....................................................2678
  School:
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2705
    Parking brake warning system...................................2687
  Testing guidelines...............................................2777
  Wheelchair restraints............................................2676
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..........2318, 2337
  Alcohol:
    Wine...........................................................2905
  Aluminum industry:
    Air pollution control..............................3582, 3671, 3683
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3536
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3622
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3623
  Cellulose manufacturing..........................................3503
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..............................3528, 3529, 3602
    Control of PMNs................................................3737
    Hazardous wastes listing.................................3794, 3805
    Manufacture........................135, 139, 3726, 3736, 3741, 3742
    Pollution standards............................................3747
    Polychlorinated biphenyls......................................3751
  Commercial diving operations.....................................2288
  Construction.....................................................2277
    Ergonomics programs............................................2285
  Dry cleaning.....................................................4706
    Air pollution control..........................................3533

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  Effluent guidelines...........125, 3826, 3828, 3858, 3860, 3875, 3877
  Entertainment industry...........................................3048
  EPA operating permits.......................................112, 3700
  Ethylene processing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3690
  Explosives........................................................107
  Fastener Quality Act..............................................572
  Financial services transactions survey............................509
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................457
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4701
  Friction products................................................3657
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based products.............35, 1132, 1198
  Housing..........................................................1486
  Industrial container and drum cleaning effluent guidelines.......3860
  Industrial technology partnerships................................886
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3828
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3534
  Leather tanning and finishing....................................3547
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3539
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3535, 3552
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air bags.......................................................2721
    Air pollution control....................................3501, 3543
    Emission standards.............................................3686
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2638
    Metric conversion..............................................2643
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3871
  North American Industry Classification System....................4350
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3776
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3558
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Discontinuation of lifesaving products.........................1132
    Manufacturing changes..........................................1178
    Radiopharmaceuticals.............................................37
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3553
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control...........................................113
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control....................................3586, 3659
  Printing/publishing........................................3571, 3684
  Pulp, paper and paperboard.......................................3634
    Effluent limitations...........................................3857
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3828
  Stock transfer rules.................................3162, 3232, 3235
  Tax credit for increasing research activities....................3119
  Tires:
    Manufacture..............................................3532, 3658
  Transportation equipment cleaning:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3875
  Vegetable oil production.........................................3626
  Woodworking:
    Machinery standards............................................2284


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................4464
  Cost of service..................................................4460
  Customer service standards.......................................4461
  Digital must carry...............................................4467
  EEO rules and policies...........................................4561
  Home wiring rights...............................................4462
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4468
  Pole attachments.................................................4466
  Rates............................................................4459
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3487
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1220
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.........................53, 2195
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Bulk liquid hazardous material...........................2396, 2415
    Numbering of undocumented barges.........................2366, 2411
    Vapor control systems..........................................2377
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................2386
  Carriage of bulk solid materials requiring special handling......2368
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2390
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................2402
    Foreign........................................................2363
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................2402
    Response plans...................................................94
    Towing vessel safety measures..................................2369
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits.............................3352, 3353, 3355, 3393
    Provisions for capital crimes..................................3394
Census data:
  Correction........................................................511
  Release authorizations............................................512
  Report of tabulations to states and localities....................518
  Special services and studies.................................510, 513
  Treasury Department disclosures..................................3239
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Bonus payments in medically underserved areas....................1004
  Claimcheck denials appeals process...............................1000
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program.....................1005
  Double coverage..............................................997, 998
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest program....................995
  Family Member Dental Plan.........................................999
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials........1001
  Nonavailability statement requirement for maternity care.........1007
  Payments for professional services in low-access locations.......1002
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................996
  Retiree Dental Program eligibility...............................1006
  Third party recoveries............................................998
  TRICARE..............................................1003, 1004, 1005
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Passengers stranded by...........................................2321
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3738
  Air pollution control.......................................135, 3602
  Arsenic in drinking water.........................................145
  Assessment information rule......................................3741
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3758
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1989
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3890
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program.................121
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3742

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  Helium conservation..............................................1914
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3724
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3737
  OSHA dermal testing..............................................3735
  Ozone depleting:
    Halons...................................................3592, 3691
    Methyl bromide...........................................3565, 3632
    Refrigerant recycling....................................3630, 3631
    Sales restrictions.............................................3557
    Substitutes....................................................3666
    Transshipment provision........................................3692
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3727
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3747, 3751
  Polymers and resins..............................................3627
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4434
  Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4766
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1993
  Right-to-Know initiative..........................................108
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3724
  Test rules...............................3723, 3733, 3743, 3749, 3752
  Toxic substances...............................3726, 3736, 3769, 3781
  Toxicity profiles................................................3722
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................3765, 3770
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3756
    Chemical expansion.............................................3759
    Coal.....................................................3755, 3772
    Lead......................................................146, 3771
    Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3772
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3761
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3760
  Use inventory rule................................................139
  Used in manufacture of controlled substances...............1982, 1987
  Waiver of advance notification requirment for imports............1984
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Forced or indentured.............................................3012
  Hazardous occupations..............................................75
  Schooling, health, and well-being..................................75
  Violation penalties..............................................2154
Child support:
  Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an SSI 
      eligible child...............................................4270
  Eligibility for Food Stamp Program..................................8
  Health care coverage.............................................2193
  Medicaid referrals...............................................1267
  National medical support notice..................................1398
  Non-performance TANF penalty.....................................1395
  Payments to Indian tribes........................................1389
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1394
  Safeguarding information.........................................1391
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
           Day care
  Child poverty rate:
    State determination methodology................................1400
  Children's Health Insurance Program....................54, 1371, 1382
  Indian child protection programs...........................1216, 1838
  Medical child support............................................1289
  Permanent incapacity for self-support............................3318
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2124
  Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1402
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products.....................................................1150
  SSA benefits...............................................4297, 4329
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    High performance bonus.....................................77, 1401
    Work requirements................................................77
  Title IV-D compliance............................................1397
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..............2901
  Permit requirements for roll-your-own tobacco....................2942
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2899
  Reimportation of products........................................2923
  Tax computation for cigarette papers.............................2942
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2900
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....2047
  Employment authorization.........................................2107
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................2085
Civil defense:
  See also Disaster assistance
  Military assistance to civil agencies.............................912
Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3455
  Data collection...................................................328
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................4672
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................360
  Nondiscrimination:
    Activities assisted by the NEA.....................4024, 4025, 4182
    Activities assisted by the NEH...............4025, 4029, 4030, 4182
    Age discrimination.......................................2231, 2322
    Defined contribution retirement plans..........................3101
    DOC programs....................................................501
    DOD programs....................................................896
    DOE programs...................................................1069
    DOI programs...................................................1521
    DOJ programs...................................................1975
    DOL programs...................................................2230
    DOT programs...................................................2319
    ED programs....................................................1012
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4456
    Federally assisted programs.....1069, 1978, 1979, 2231, 2236, 3458, 
                                                             4020, 4313
    FEMA programs..................................................3936
    GSA programs...................................................3945
    HHS activities.................................................1098
    HIPAA rules............................2181, 3034, 3097, 3098, 3099
    Housing........................................................1417
    HUD programs...................................................1404
    Individuals with disabilities..........1977, 3957, 4180, 4182, 4313
    NASA programs..................................................3988
    SBA programs...................................................4236
    TVA programs...................................................4340
    USAID activities...............................................3445
    USDA-conducted programs and activities..........................452
    VA activities..................................................3356
  Older individuals................................................1403
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........4182
  Persons with life-threatening illnesses..........................1206
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  Against the Patent and Trademark Office...........................862
  CNCS debt collection.............................................3459
  Collection by HUD................................................1407

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  Collection by NEA................................................4027
  Debt Collection Improvement Act..................................2874
  EEOC waiver of rights and claims..................................148
  False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................2129
  Federal claims collection standards........................2122, 2874
  Federal tort claims..............................................1970
  Filing claims against SSA........................................4323
  FMS payments...............................................2866, 2873
  Food Stamp Program................................................385
  Medical care benefits..............................................80
  Medicare suppliers...............................................1243
  Meritorious claims...............................................3990
  Public land rights-of-way........................................1524
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........2121
  Settling OPM claims..............................................4144
  Veterans.........................................................3406
    Attorney fees............................................3387, 3406
Classified information:
  Access......................................................900, 1063
  DOE policies.....................................................1064
  Government acquisitions..........................................4371
  NARA records declassification....................................4013
  Nuclear material.................................................1063
  OMB policies.....................................................4058
  Storage...........................................................901
  Uniform system for national security information.................1084
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1890
  Coal management..................................................1911
  Coalbed methane development......................................1930
  Combustion wastes generated by electric power producers...........124
  Combustion wastes generated by non-power producers and 
      minefilling..................................................3813
  Emission standards for coke ovens................................3638
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1911
  Temporary cessation of mining operations.........................1893
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................3755, 3772
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
      Underground mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Administrative appeals process....................................974
  Biological test methods for pollutants...........................3882
  Coastal Zone Management Act.......................................696
  Fees for appeals..................................................730
  Shore protection.................................................2388
  TVA shoreline management.........................................4339
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3910
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program......................................217, 1545
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................495
    Privately owned................................................2541
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......................................309
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................934
  DFARS modification................................................934
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................897
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................914
  DOT grants.................................................2341, 2353
  Grants administration............................520, 906, 1421, 3934
  Grants to Indian colleges........................................1847
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................303
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Bilateral transactions............................................167
  Clearing organizations............................................166
  Commodity pool operator:
    Exclusions.....................................................4410
    Reporting requirements.........................................4401
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Performance disclosures........................................4400
  Contingent EFP prohibition.......................................4414
  Denomination of customer funds...................................4398
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..............................4405, 4416, 4417
  Foreign futures and options contracts......................4403, 4415
  Grading and certification of livestock............................186
  Insider trading regulations......................................4411
  Intermediaries of commodity interest transactions.................165
  Location of depositories.........................................4398
  Market rule review.........................................4402, 4404
  Multilateral transaction execution facilities.....................164
  Principal, definition............................................4412
  Profile documents for commodity pools............................4418
  Qualified eligible participants and clients......................4413
  Segregated accounts..............................................4399
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4654
  Freight forwarders:
    Registration requirements......................................2574
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management....................................1942, 1948
  Interstate quarantine of persons.................................1110
  Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1270
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  Accounting and reporting requirements............................4504
  Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4555
  Auction authority................................................4589
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4502
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4556
  Cable landing licenses...........................................4550
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4524
  Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4578
  Commercial mobile radio services.................................4587
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................4579
    IVDS...........................................................4577
    Narrowband.....................................................4576
    Process........................................................4584
  Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.............4531
  Dedicated Short Range Communications.............................2534
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   4503
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4564
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4532
  DOD visual information documentation program......................992
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4509
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.........................4497

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  FERC regulations governing off-the-record communications.........4630
  Government transfer band.........................................4522
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4468
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................4594
  International common carriers....................................4542
  Internet telephony...............................................4508
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4591
  Low power FM Radio...............................................4562
  Mandatory reimbursement rules for relocation of Federal 
      spectrum......................................................857
  Maritime...................................................4571, 4593
  Mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...............4519
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4473
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4573
  Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4523
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4572
  Redesignation of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..............................4543
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4540
  Regulatory fees assessment and collection........................4570
  Relocation of base stations for 200 MHz licenses.................4595
  Revision of 47.2-48.2 GHz band rules.............................4585
  RF lighting devices..............................................4518
  Satellite:
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4471
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................4517
    Digital audio radio service....................................4539
    Direct broadcast service.......................................4546
    Earth stations.................................................4538
    Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4525
    Global mobile personal communications..........................4549
    Maritime mobile services.......................................4547
    MSS spectrum allocation............................4514, 4537, 4545
    Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of 
        the V-band.................................................4544
    Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band..............................4528
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and 
        separate international satellite systems...................4548
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4469, 4470
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4540
    Spacing and applications.......................................4535
    Tracking and data relay........................................3994
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4536
  SBC Communications, Inc. petition for biennial review............4507
  Spectrum aggregation limits......................................4590
  Spectrum allocation..............................................4517
  Spread spectrum systems..........................................4527
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................4592
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4551
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................4554
    Cable Act................................................4460, 4464
    Cable television rates.........................................4459
    Class A license................................................4563
    Closed captioning..............................................4526
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4465
    Digital television service...................4521, 4526, 4567, 4568
    Dual network rule..............................................4565
    EEO rules and policies.........................................4561
    Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule.........4566
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4553
    Medical care telemetry devices.................................4533
    Over-the-air reception devices.................................4472
    Predicting broadcast television field strength.................4530
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4469, 4470
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................4588
    Station ownership........................................4552, 4558
    Video programming accessibility................................4463
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................4511
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4505
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................4586
  Video teleconference technology...................................156
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4574
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4512
  Wireless Medical Telemetry Service...............................4529
  Wireless telecommunications carriers.............................4590
Communications common carriers:
  Toll free service access codes...................................4476
Community action programs:
  Community transition program.....................................1068
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities......................451
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
  Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and 
      Alaska Native Villages.......................................1497
  Environmental regulations.........................................311
  Fisheries.........................................................618
  Requirements of insured depository institutions..................4677
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................908
  Rural venture capital demonstration...............................463
  SBA:
    Local economic development.....................................4217
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
      Workers' compensation
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................427
  Air carriers.....................................................2346
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2710
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
    Amendments.....................................................2025
    Arbitrations...................................................3944
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................2024
  Cable television companies.......................................4462
  Communications Act...................................4576, 4577, 4579
  DFARS anticompetitive teaming.....................................932
  Manufacturing technology projects.................................951
  Telecommunications marketplace...................................4513
  Television marketplace.....................................4459, 4465
  Trade adjustment assistance................................2161, 2162
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems................1059
  Accessible electronic and information technology standards......3451, 
                                                                   4344
  Automated submission of trading data.............................4848
  Automated surety interface.......................................2994
  Buy America requirement waiver...................................2784
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............538, 555
  Digital equipment deregulation...................................4532
  EDGAR system modernization.......................................4804
  Electronic filing................................................2967
    Bonds, agreements, certificates, and cancellations.............2609
    DOT proceedings................................................2338
    FERC forms.....................................................4628
  Electronic periodic statement disclosures from credit unions.....4722
  Electronic records...................................2738, 3491, 4009
  Electronic requests for confidential treatment of export 
      manifest data................................................3008
  Electronic submission:
    Adverse drug reaction reports..................................1127
    Documents......................................................4754
    Fisheries reports...............................................763
    Labeling information...........................................1140

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    Standards for health plans.....................................1358
  Exports.......................................556, 558, 559, 567, 570
  Internet:
    Domain Name System..............................................856
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................560
    Telephony......................................................4508
  Software classification..........................................1193
  Stored-value cards...............................................4675
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  Customs regulations..............................................3008
  DOT regulations..................................................2631
  EPA regulations............................................3470, 3489
  SEC regulations..................................................4868
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................995
  EPA..............................................................3465
  Ethical conduct......................................4033, 4035, 4056
  Ethics programs..................................................4054
  Exemptions.......................................................4050
  FDIC.............................................................4601
  Financial disclosure.............................................4051
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................4047
  Physician referrals..............................................1272
  Post-government employment.......................................4055
  Salary supplementation...........................................4049
  Standards of conduct............................502, 4052, 4175, 4176
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Confined spaces for construction...........................1447, 2248
  Construction Industry Payment Protection Act.....................4385
  Davis-Bacon Act..................................................4362
  DFARS modification................................................954
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3856
  Ergonomics programs..............................................2285
  Hazardous energy control...................................1447, 2280
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................2245
  Material bulletins...............................................1434
  Noise abatement..................................................2561
  Safety and health programs.................................1447, 2279
  Safety standards.............................................88, 1447
  Sanitation standards for workers.................................2244
  SBA size standards...............................................4252
  Scaffold safety standards..................................1447, 2278
  Seismic safety requirements.......................................470
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Automatic residential garage door operators......................4428
  Baby bath seats..................................................4425
  Baby walkers.....................................................4419
  Backyard play sets standard......................................4431
  Buckles on child-restraint systems...............................4438
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................4462
  Candles and candle wicks containing lead.........................4422
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4432
  Crib safety standards............................................4433
  Disclosures................................................4702, 4704
  Dive sticks......................................................4427
  Financial information privacy........................4691, 4699, 4707
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles..............................................4420
    Mattresses.....................................................4424
    Upholstered furniture.....................................168, 4435
  Household goods transportation...................................2593
  Infant formula quality control...................................1190
  Lead-based paint............................................140, 3729
  Meat and poultry products.........................................404
  Natural rubber latex.............................................4423
  Non-wood baseball bats...........................................4436
  Notices to passengers............................................2327
  Over-the-counter drugs......................................169, 1158
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4434
  Portable bed rails...............................................4429
  Premerger notification...........................................4694
  RESPA amendments...........................................1464, 1465
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1866
  Leasing sulphur or oil and gas...................................1875
  Minerals prospecting.............................................1879
  Offshore transportation..........................................4636
  Oil and gas worker training......................................1885
Continuing education:
  See Adult education
Contracts:
  See Government contracts
Controlled substances:
  See Drug abuse
      Drug traffic control
Cooperative agreements:
  See Grant programs
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cost principles:
  DEAR amendments............................................1085, 1087
  Educational institutions.........................................4060
Cotton:
  Classification services......................................198, 205
  High Volume Instrument (HVI) classification.......................195
  Washed cotton exemption from cotton dust standard................2267
Cottonseed:
  Market assistance.................................................248
Countervailing duties:
  Sunset reviews....................................................522
Courts:
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1969
  Damage awards....................................................3026
  Executive clemency:
    Capital cases..................................................2132
    Victim notification............................................2133
  Immigration proceedings..........................................2001
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Credit unions
           Mortgages
           Banks, banking
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................4608
  Debt collection............................................3924, 4027
    Administrative offsets.......................1407, 2875, 2881, 3924
    Administrative offsets by EEOC.................................3924
    Administrative offsets by FDIC.................................4605
    Administrative offsets by the SBA........................3924, 4237
    Civil money penalties..........................................2958
    Corporate debt collection......................................4605
    Debt Collection Improvement Act..........................3924, 4011
    FEMA...........................................................3925
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset...2876, 3924
    Tax refund offsets.......................................1407, 3924
    Transfer of referral of delinquent nontax debts................3924
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2867
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4672

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  Farm Credit System charter termination...........................4446
  Partners and partnership...................................3116, 3153
  Patent and Trademark Office fee payment...........................879
  Truth in lending.................................................4687
Credit unions:
  Advance payments for non-commercial items........................4368
  Chartering.......................................................4714
  Corporate credit unions..........................................4708
  DoD installations.................................................905
  Electronic periodic statement disclosures........................4722
  Fair credit reporting......................................4711, 4716
  Field of membership..............................................4714
  Financial information privacy policy.............................4723
  Insurance and group purchasing activities........................4710
  Insurance requirements for branches outside the United States 
                                                                   4709
  Involuntary liquidation..........................................4720
  Leasing..........................................................4717
  Prompt corrective action.........................................4719
  Recordkeeping exemptions.........................................4715
  Records preservation program.....................................4713
  Regulatory flexibility and exemption program.....................4712
  Risk-based net worth requirement.................................4719
  Secondary capital rule...........................................4721
  Share insurance..................................................4718
  Truth in Savings Act.............................................4722
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Expedited removal from jails...................................2007
    In-transit passengers..........................................2012
  Arson reporting..................................................2894
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1969
  Denial of SSI benefits to felons and probation and parole 
      violators....................................................4332
  Domestic violence................................................2909
  Executive clemency:
    Capital cases..................................................2132
    Victim notification............................................2133
  FCSIC referral of criminal violations............................4457
  Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database Program..................2006
  Financial institution reporting requirements.....................2863
  Investigative authority of the Special Counsel...................4173
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................2004
  Prostitution.....................................................2015
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2124
  Seized property..................................................2126
  Sex offender registration programs...............................2005
  Sex offender release notification................................1960
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................2076
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................2128
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations.........................333, 336, 341, 342
  Application for...................................................323
  Blueberries.......................................................327
  Civil penalties...................................................326
  Florida fruit tree provisions.....................................345
  Grains.......................................................324, 335
  High risk land....................................................340
  Highly erodible land and wetlands............................343, 344
  Insurance by written agreement....................................334
  Millet............................................................338
  Movement or assumption of policies................................325
  Nonstandard classification system.................................336
  Nursery crops.....................................................329
  Premiums..........................................................337
  Revisions.........................................................339
  Wheat.............................................................335
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure........................................87, 2210
Cultural exchange programs:
  Annual reports...................................................2309
  Fees.............................................................2312
  Reinstatment of J-1 exchange visitors............................2303
  Summer work/travel...............................................2307
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Administrative rulings...........................................2968
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2990
  Aircraft manifests...............................................3002
  Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2980
  Check endorsement................................................3013
  Civil aircraft...................................................2986
  Civil asset forfeiture...........................................2989
  Counterfeited trademarks.........................................2976
  Country of origin marking......................2978, 2997, 3000, 3006
  Cultural property regulations....................................3007
  Delinquent payment...............................................2971
  Duty-free stores...........................................3005, 3014
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2999
  Electronic filing of entries of merchandise......................2967
  Export manifest data.............................................3008
  Fee and interest.................................................3007
    Payment methods................................................2979
  Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2995
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2973
  General order warehouses.........................................2984
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2992, 2993
  Illegal entry:
    Penalties......................................................3010
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2981
  In-transit mail shipment examination.............................2972
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2970
  Inventory accounts...............................................3033
  Liquidated damages...............................................2982
  Low-value duty-free merchandise..................................3004
  Merchandise definition...........................................3033
  Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused 
      merchandise drawback.........................................2988
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2974, 3003
  Overflight Program...............................................2973
  Ports of entry...................................................3001
  Products of forced or indentured child labor.....................3012
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2998
  Seizures, penalties and liquidated damages.......................3009
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2987
  Summary forfeiture of controlled substances......................3016
  Tariffs:
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2965
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2966
  User and navigation fees.........................................2969


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program...................................266
  Inspection and grading of dairy plants............................176
  Northeast Dairy Compact Commission................................252
  Recourse loans....................................................223
  Transportation and storage........................................395
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology

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Day care:
  VA facilities....................................................3417
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants......................................................2946
  EPA changes......................................................3467
  Social Security Administration...................................4304
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:
  Outpatient self-management training services.......................52
  Qualification of diabetic truck drivers..........................2601
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing proctice................................39
  Labeling for safety concerns associated with use during 
      pregnancy....................................................1152
Disabled:
  See Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
      Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Disaster assistance:
  See also Civil defense
           Emergency medical services
  Cerro Grande fire assistance.....................................3918
  Crop disaster assistance................................210, 243, 247
  Debris removal...................................................3935
  Eligible forage crops.............................................220
  Farmers......................................................334, 342
    Disaster set-aside program......................................240
  Fire suppression assistance......................................3937
  Floods...........................................................3919
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................973
    National Flood Insurance Program.......3917, 3930, 3931, 3939, 3942
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3921
  Hurricanes:
    Property acquisition and grants authority......................3933
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act........................................................3920
  Market loss assistance.......................................243, 247
  Military personnel support........................................988
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Inspections....................................................3938
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................3928
  Nondiscrimination................................................3936
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program..................225, 239
  Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program:
    Insurance requirements.........................................3927
  Tax relief.......................................................3127
  Unemployment assistance..........................................2168
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.....................................................1108
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1935
  Drug-free workplace..............................................4304
  Narcotic addict treatment........................................1163
  Transit operators................................................2776
  Treatment programs...............................................1935
    SAMHSA's accreditation based system for opiod treatment 
        program monitoring...........................................31
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................2128
Drug testing:
  Drug Testing Program.............................................1937
  Motor carrier post-accident tests................................2580
  Railroad employees...............................................2760
    Foreign-based crews............................................2747
  Skip lot testing.................................................1142
  Transportation personnel.............................2329, 2335, 2584
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances:
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1988
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use................................................1986
    Exemptions.....................................................1996
    Freight forwarding facilities..................................1991
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1983
    Red phosphorus, white phosphorus and hypophosphorous acid......1987
    Seizure and summary forfeiture.................................3016
    Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.......................1985
  Diversion control fee account....................................1990
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1989
  FAA regulations..................................................2493
  Hydrochloric gas thresholds......................................1995
  Iodine thresholds................................................1995
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Adverse drug experiences.........................................1207

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  Adverse drug reaction reports................................34, 1127
  Anabolic steroid products........................................1996
  Animal drug products used in food-producing animals..............1149
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements..................1162
  Biological products..............................................1115
  Bulk drug substances.............................................1177
  Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances...........1982
  Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act........................1992
  Conditions for marketing digoxin products for oral use...........1154
  Court decision definition........................................1189
  Current good manufacturing practice........................1165, 1194
  Debarment certification regulations..............................1204
  Drugs for life-threatening illnesses.............................1206
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances...................................................1188
  Fees.............................................................1141
  Generic drug exclusivity (180 day)...............................1189
  Habit-forming drugs..............................................1175
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1164
  Inhalation solution products.....................................1207
  Insulin-containing products......................................1128
  Investigational new drugs......................1118, 1126, 1205, 1206
  Labeling...................................................1112, 1165
  Life-saving products.............................................1132
  Manufacturing changes............................................1178
  Market withdrawal..........................................1151, 1187
  Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1266
  Medicare coverage................................................1383
  Narcotic addict treatment........................................1163
  New drug applications............................................1125
  Overwrap for inhalation products packaged in low density 
      polyethylene containers......................................1153
  Packaging requirements for over-the-counter oral prescription 
      drugs.........................................................169
  Pharmacy compounding...................................36, 1131, 1177
  Postmarketing studies for human drugs............................1184
  Production emission standards....................................3641
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1981
  Radiopharmaceuticals.........................................37, 1122
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1993
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing.......1170
  Registration of producers........................................1117
  Repackaging approval requirements................................1203
  Rubber-containing................................................1112
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations...............1150
  Stability testing................................................1137
  Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.........................1985


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......514, 515, 516, 517
Economics:
  See Economic statistics
      Price controls
Education:
  See also Adult education
           Colleges and universities
           Education of disadvantaged
           Educational facilities
           Educational research
           Elementary and secondary education
           Equal educational opportunity
           Indians-education
           Libraries
           School breakfast and lunch programs
           Schools
           Students
           Teachers
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Administrative regulations.......................................1010
  Direct grant programs............................................1010
  Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................498
  ED general administrative regulations............................1011
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization...........1013
  Eligibility of overseas military dependents..................893, 894
  Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
      Programs (GEAR UP)...........................................1022
  General Educational Degree.......................................1941
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1943
  Graduate medical education payment...............................1326
  Health education revisions.......................................1097
  Inmate occupational educational programs.........................1963
  National Security Education Program...............................898
  NIH scholarships.................................................1219
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1224
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs......503, 917, 1012, 
           1428, 1526, 1980, 2238, 2361, 2858, 3440, 3447, 3461, 3468, 
             3940, 3941, 3973, 3998, 4016, 4023, 4040, 4251, 4341, 4787
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1949
  Qualified state tuition programs.................................3260
  State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program.............24, 1026
  Student assistance programs........1015, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021
  Veterans:
    Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3369
    Educational Assistance test program............................3383
    Election of benefits...........................................3369
    Flight training................................................3372
    Montgomery G.I. Bill.........................3369, 3380, 3430, 3431
    Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria................3378, 3428
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty................................3384
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................3382
    Rate increase............................................3430, 3431
    Reservists.....................................................3422
    Survivors and dependents.................................3371, 3427
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3315
Education of disadvantaged:
  Formula grant allocations........................................1014
  Head Start program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1393
    Family care as an option.......................................1396
    Performance standards..........................................1390
    Regulations....................................................1399
    Safe transportation of children................................1392
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Children.........................................................1024
  Rehabilitation services....................................1026, 1027
Educational facilities:
  Authorization to enroll F-1 students.............................2099
  Cost principles for institutions.................................4060
  FmHA programs.....................................................212
  Grants administration............................................3443
  NASA offer for small self-contained payloads.....................3992
  Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute........................1860
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection..................................1009, 1227
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading fees......................................................207

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  Inspection regulations...................................13, 188, 424
  Inspection service fees...........................................414
  Refrigeration and labeling.......................................1173
  Refrigeration requirements for shell eggs.........................192
  Safe handling labeling statements................................1173
  Salmonella enteritidis.......................................41, 1173
  Transfer of shell egg requirements................................406
  Transportation and storage........................................395
  Voluntary shell-egg grading program..........................180, 191
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  Indian tribal governments..................................1825, 1826
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
  Geothermal resources used to generate electricity................1887
  Rural electrification...................................472, 484, 485
  Worker safety....................................................2252
Electric utilities:
  Additions and extensions..........................................481
  Designation of rate schedule sheets..............................4638
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1853
  Mergers and consolidations of borrowers...........................468
  National Forest System............................................429
  Private activity bond rules......................................3261
  Revision to assessment of annual charges.........................4627
  RUS approval of architectural plans and specifications for 
      buildings.....................................................473
  Small business size standards....................................4224
  Standards and specifications................................478, 2209
  Transmission rates...............................................1079
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Abandoned Mine Land fee payments.................................1897
  Electronic benefit transfer systems..........................378, 390
  Federal agency disbursements.....................................3484
  FRS Regulation E revision..................................4675, 4676
  GSAR regulation..................................................3969
Elementary and secondary education:
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization...........1013
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................2099
Emergency medical services:
  Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act........................1305
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Cafeteria plans................................3091, 3159, 3202, 3275
  Claims.............................................................80
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................2179
  Defined contribution plans.................................2200, 3101
  Electronic disclosure............................................2192
  Family and medical leave.........................................3202
  Plan documents.......................................2188, 2189, 2190
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2187, 2200, 2201
  Soft dollar interpretive bulletin................................2194
  Stock option programs............................................2148
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2196
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Government employees
           Equal employment opportunity
  Aliens.............72, 2011, 2074, 2075, 2096, 2100, 2101, 2104, 2153
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........2107
    Eligibility verification...........................2077, 2087, 2159
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............2023
    Refiling of applications.......................................2165
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
    Amendments.....................................................2025
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................2024
  Community transition program.....................................1068
  Definitions for salary basis.......................................73
  Domestic services................................................2156
  Employment authorization fee.....................................2075
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2139
  Lower income persons.............................................1486
  Verification of employment.................................2100, 2101
  Work provisions of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
      Reconciliation Act.............................................11
  Workforce investment systems...............................2172, 2232
Employment taxes:
  Unemployment repayment...........................................3187
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Alabama sturgeon...........................................1639, 1782
  Alameda whipshake................................................1788
  Aleutian Canada goose............................................1701
  Appalachian elktoe...............................................1650
  Arkansas River shiner......................................1729, 1780
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................972
  Arroyo toad......................................................1732
  Ash Meadows Amargusa pupfish removal.............................1664
  Ash Meadows sunray removal.......................................1664
  Asian bonytongue.................................................1756
  Atlantic salmon............................................1637, 1713
  Bay checkerspot butterfly..................................1562, 1676
  Beach mouse......................................................1638
  Big Cypress Fox squirrel.........................................1646
  Black-footed ferrets.......................................1669, 1795
  Blackburn sphinx moth............................................1618
  Blue shiner......................................................1641
  Boulder darter...................................................1659
  Bristle-thighed curlew...........................................1630
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1569
  Buena Vista Lake Shrew...........................................1724
  Bull trout.......................................................1547
  California red-legged frog.......................................1561
  Canadian lynx..............................................1541, 1634
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1703
  Carolina Heelsplitter............................................1648
  Chiricahua leopard frog..........................................1542
  Chum salmon......................................................1628
  CITES decisions......................................1684, 1739, 1758
  Coastal cutthroat trout....................................1614, 1704
  Coho salmon.......................................................753
  Columbia white-tailed deer.......................................1702
  Conservation activities.....................................756, 1705
  Conservation permits.............................................1707
  Controlled propagation of listed species.........................1794
  Cowhead Lake tui chub............................................1689
  Critical habitat....724, 757, 836, 847, 1533, 1548, 1553, 1559, 1560, 
           1561, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1591, 1593, 
           1594, 1595, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1600, 1602, 1606, 1607, 1608, 
           1609, 1610, 1611, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 
           1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1631, 1632, 1633, 
           1634, 1635, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1648, 1649, 
           1650, 1651, 1652, 1675, 1676, 1680, 1697, 1710, 1720, 1721, 
             1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1784, 1788
  Cutthroat trout.............................................847, 1614
  Designated ports for listed plants...............................1550
  Diamond Y springsnail............................................1653
  Dusky gopher frog................................................1718
  Duskytail darter.................................................1549
  Eagles...........................................................1694
  Evolutionarily Significant Units..................................840
  Fender's Blue butterfly..........................................1598
  Florida panther..................................................1681
  Foreign psittacine birds...................................1588, 1738

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  Freshwater mussels...............................................1691
  Freshwater snails................................................1691
  General permitting regulations...................................1571
  Gila chub........................................................1553
  Gila trout.......................................................1672
  Goldline darter..................................................1641
  Gonzalez springsnail.............................................1653
  Gray wolf..................................................1693, 1749
  Green iguana.....................................................1752
  Grizzly bears..............................................1685, 1754
  Guam broadbill removal...........................................1665
  Handbook for Habitat Conservation Planning and Incidental Take 
      Permitting Process...........................................1791
  Hawaiian damselflies.............................................1777
  Hawaiian pomace flies............................................1776
  Highlands Tiger beetle...........................................1642
  Hines emerald dragonfly..........................................1566
  Indiana bat......................................................1757
  Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1681
  Invertebrate species in Bexar County, Texas......................1698
  Johnson seagrass.............................................680, 836
  Kanab ambersnail.................................................1633
  Kauai cave amphipod..............................................1618
  Kauai cave wolf spider...........................................1618
  Koala............................................................1769
  Kootenai River White sturgeon....................................1623
  List, reclassify, or delist....................1680, 1740, 1745, 1766
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1538
  Loach minnow.....................................................1784
  Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1740
  Lost River suckers...............................................1533
  Mardon skipper...................................................1612
  Marianna fruit bat.........................................1670, 1688
  Marianna mallard removal.........................................1665
  Mexican bobcat...................................................1585
  Mexican spotted owl..............................................1736
  Mexican wolf.....................................................1660
  Miami Blue butterfly.............................................1647
  Missouri bladder-pod.............................................1674
  Morelet's crocodile..............................................1753
  Morro shoulderband snail.........................................1734
  Mountain Yellow-legged Frog......................................1714
  Mussels....................................................1640, 1747
  Newcomb's snail..................................................1618
  Nonessential experimental populations....1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1669
  Northern Idaho ground squirrel.............................1607, 1773
  Northern sea otter...............................................1629
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1744
  Oahu elepaio...............................................1616, 1770
  Ohlone tiger beetle..............................................1717
  Oregon spotted frog..............................................1604
  Page springsnail.................................................1656
  Peninsular bighorn sheep.........................................1733
  Permit exemptions.................................................758
  Permit suspension and revocation..................................759
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1558
  Piping plover..............................................1730, 1731
  Plants:
    Acuna cactus...................................................1654
    Agave eggersiana...............................................1645
    Ash Meadows gumplant removal...................................1664
    Baker's larkspur...............................................1613
    Coastal California plants......................................1606
    Colorado butterfly plant.................................1635, 1690
    Cook's lomatium................................................1715
    Cordia rupicola................................................1644
    Desert milk-vetch..............................................1631
    Desert Yellowhead..............................................1696
    Florida Semaphore cactus.......................................1643
    Gaviota tarplant...............................................1606
    Gentner's fritillary...........................................1597
    Golden Sedge...................................................1709
    Hall's Bullrush................................................1652
    Hawaiian Island plants.........................................1619
    Hirst's Panic grass............................................1636
    Hoover's Wooly-Star delisting..................................1570
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1668
    Kahoolawe Island plants........................................1565
    Kauai Island plants......................................1560, 1591
    Kincaid's lupine...............................................1600
    Kneeland Prairie Pennycress....................................1610
    LaGracosa thistle..............................................1606
    Lanai Island plants............................................1627
    Large-flowered wooly meadowfoam................................1715
    Lompac Yerba Santa.............................................1606
    Mariana Island plants..........................................1727
    Maui Island plants.............................................1565
    Maui/NUI Complex plants..................................1625, 1627
    Milk-vetch.....................................................1723
    Molokai Island plants..........................................1625
    Monterey spineflower...........................................1621
    Mountain plover..........................................1632, 1699
    Nesogenes rotensis.............................................1727
    Niihau Island plants.....................................1560, 1591
    Nipomo Mesa lupine.............................................1772
    Northern wormwood..............................................1601
    Northwest Islands of Hawaii....................................1626
    Osmoxylon mariannense..........................................1727
    Otay Tarplant..................................................1617
    Papery whitlow-wort removal....................................1666
    Pariette cactus................................................1775
    Purple amole...................................................1595
    Robin's cinquefoil.............................................1671
    Robust spineflower.............................................1568
    Rock gnome lichen..............................................1649
    San Diego ambrosia.......................................1602, 1716
    Santa Cruz tarplant............................................1593
    Scutellaria montana............................................1726
    Slickspot Peppergrass..........................................1564
    Solanium conocarpum............................................1645
    Spalding's catchfly............................................1712
    Spring Loving centuary removal.................................1664
    Tabernaemontana rotensis.......................................1727
    Tahoe yellowcress..............................................1596
    Territory of Guam plants.......................................1727
    Tropical ladyslipper orchids...................................1765
    Truckee barberry delisting.....................................1662
    Umbtanum Desert buckwheat......................................1605
    Wenatchee checkermallow........................................1622
    Williamete daisy...............................................1599
    Wireweed.......................................................1673
    Yellow larkspur................................................1613
    Zapata bladderpod..............................................1559
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse...............................1695, 1728
  Prudency determination...............................1648, 1649, 1650
  Quino Checkerspot butterfly......................................1620
  Red porgy.........................................................789
  Red wolf.........................................................1658
  Riparian brush rabbit............................................1608
  Riparian woodrat.................................................1609
  Riverside Fairy shrimp...........................................1563
  Sacramento Mountain Checkerspot butterfly........................1655
  Salmon.......................................................757, 840
  San Bernardino kangaroo rat......................................1624
  San Diego fairy shrimp...........................................1722
  San Marcos gambusia removal......................................1667
  Santa Ana suckers..........................................1548, 1779
  Scaleshelled mussel........................................1651, 1706
  Sea turtles..................................................750, 842
  Short-tailed albatross...........................................1774
  Shortnose suckers................................................1533
  Smoky madtom.....................................................1549
  Snake River chinook salmon........................................833
  Southern California steelhead.....................................687

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  Spectacled Eider.................................................1720
    Removal of the Arctic Russian population.......................1663
  Spikedace........................................................1784
  Spotfin chub...............................................1549, 1659
  Spruce-fir Moss spider...........................................1567
  Steelhead trout...................................................846
  Steller's eider..................................................1721
  Stephen's Kangaroo Rat...........................................1594
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1551
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1544
  Tidewater Goby.............................................1708, 1710
  Tiger Salamander.................................................1785
  Turtle species...................................................1758
  Vermilion darter.................................................1725
  Vicuna...........................................................1686
  Virgin River fishes..............................................1745
  Washington ground squirrel.......................................1603
  West Coast salmonids..............................................840
  White abalone.....................................................724
  Whooping cranes..................................................1661
  Yacare caiman....................................................1766
  Yellow-billed cuckoo.............................................1615
  Yellowfin madtom.................................................1549
  Zayante bandwinged grasshopper...................................1735
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Geothermal energy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Alternative fuels..............................1030, 1033, 1040, 3612
  Claims for damages against DOE employees.........................1095
  Conduct of DOE employees.........................................1094
  Contractor legal management requirements.........................1093
  DEAR amendments..................................................1090
    Cost principles................................................1085
    Mentor-Protege Program.........................................1092
    Part 970 rewrite...............................................1086
    Patent rights..................................................1089
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors.............1088
  DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................911
  Energy savings performance contracting...........................1058
  FERC reporting requirements................................4624, 4628
  Foreign atomic energy activities.................................1065
  Fuel excise taxes................................................3254
  Integrated resource planning.....................................1080
  Off-the-record communications....................................4630
  Open Access Same-time Information System:
    Standards of conduct.....................................4632, 4633
  Part 33 filing requirements......................................4625
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....1657
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................1067
  State energy program.............................................1057
  Transmission-related issues......................................1078
  Uranium mill sites...............................................1075
  Wastes from fossil fuel combustion...............................3815
  Weatherization Assistance Program................................1044
  Wholesale power rates............................................1078
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Appliance efficiency standards.....................26, 27, 1047, 1056
  Efficiency standards:
    Central air conditioners.........................................25
    Clothes dryers.................................................1050
    Clothes washers..................................................25
    Commercial air conditioning equipment..........................1045
    Commercial heating equipment...................................1045
    Direct heating equipment.......................................1051
    Dishwashers..............................................1043, 1050
    Electric motors, 200 hp........................................1052
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps.............................1053
    Fluorescent lamp ballasts........................................25
    Heat pumps.......................................................25
    High intensity discharge lamps.................................1048
    Pool heaters...................................................1051
    Refrigerators..................................................1042
    Water heaters..............................................25, 1045
  Electric motor vehicles..........................................1054
  Federal buildings..........................................1034, 1055
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1450
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..................1046
  Test procedures..................................................1029
    Commercial package boilers.....................................1041
  Testing requirements:
    Commercial air conditioning equipment..........................1039
    Commercial heating equipment...................................1038
    Commercial water heaters.......................................1037
    Electric motors, small.........................................1049
    Electronic distribution transformers...........................1036
    High intensity discharge lamps.................................1048
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................3048
Environmental impact statements:
  Antarctic impact assessment......................................3483
  DOT regulations............................................2408, 2541
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................2136
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...............................................3464
    Procurement of recycled products and environmentally 
        preferable services........................................4380
  Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act............4036, 4039
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3483
  Business ownership representation................................3485
  Chemicals.......................................139, 3723, 3724, 3749
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3479
  Coal combustion wastes generated by electric power producers......124
  Coal combustion wastes generated by non-power producers and 
      minefilling..................................................3813
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3910
  Compliance Assurance Monitoring..................................3645
  Confidential business information................................3470
  Contracting by negotiation.......................................3486
  Contractor diversity clause......................................3474
  Cooling water intake structures impact............................129
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3824
  Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3811
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule.....130, 3491
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3825
  Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster........3492
  Effluent limitation guidelines...........3857, 3858, 3859, 3860, 3877
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3467, 3474, 3494
  Federal Reference Method field study.............................3488
  Federal water resource development................................969
  Forest Service special uses program..........................435, 436
  Freedom of information...........................................3471
  Grant programs....................................................131

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  Grants administration............................................1077
  HUD..............................................................1408
  Locatable mineral mining...........................................69
  National Environmental Achievement Track Program..................109
  National Environmental Policy Act......................447, 975, 3469
  National Forest System............................................440
  National Science Foundation......................................4039
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3791
  Overburden definition......................................3762, 3773
  Pesticides.................................................3705, 3720
  Presidio Trust...................................................4194
  Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................3483
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3656
  Radon............................................................4764
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3788
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................915
  Rural economic development........................................311
  Suspension and debarment of contractors..........................3493
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3756
    Chemical expansion.............................................3759
    Coal.....................................................3755, 3772
    Lead......................................................146, 3771
    Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3772
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3761
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3760
  Transit projects............................................101, 2778
Equal access to justice:
  HHS..............................................................1111
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................897
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.............................................................3913
  Broadcast and cable television rules and policies................4561
  Complaint processing..............................................147
  Conforming treatment of administrative judge decisions...........3915
  Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3913
    Delegation of authority........................................3416
    Waiver of rights and claims.....................................148
  Disparate impact theory..........................................3914
  Government contractors.......................................74, 4618
  Government employees..............................................147
  HUD..............................................................1406
  Indians..........................................................1846
  Individuals with disabilities.....................................147
  Mitigating measures..............................................3916
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2144
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................2232
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Qualified family-owned business interests........................3036
  Valuation tables.................................................3269
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..........................................................2905
  Cigarette papers.................................................2942
  Deposits...................................................3047, 3258
  Diesel fuel................................................3077, 3254
  Excess benefits transactions.....................................3122
  Kerosene.........................................................3262
  Transportation of persons and property by air....................3035
  Wine.............................................................2931
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous substances
           Hazardous materials transportation
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................2894
  Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems..............528
  Fireworks.........................................................107
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................2390
  Military munitions.................................................23
Exports:
  Administration regulations....530, 531, 532, 534, 539, 540, 541, 553, 
                                                                    571
  Agricultural commodities.....................................425, 427
    Cargo preference regulations...................................2842
  Alligator skins..................................................1768
  Bobcats..........................................................1587
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................426
  Chemical and biological weapons control...........................569
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................527, 548
  Chemicals........................................................3743
  Clearance requirements............................................566
  Commerce Control List.........................544, 551, 553, 565, 568
  Communication intercepting devices................................551
  Computer technology................................553, 558, 559, 567
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1986
  Country group revisions...........................................557
  Crude oil.........................................................561
  Cuba..............................................................546
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............538, 555
  Defense equipment requirements...................................2310
  Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened 
                                                                   1550
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2925
  Encryption items..................................................545
  Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................564
  Entity list.......................................................542
  Ephedrine........................................................1984
  Eritrea...........................................................543
  Ethiopia..........................................................543
  Explosive detection systems.......................................528
  Exporter definition...............................................517
  Foreign boycott provisions........................................563
  Foreign Military Sales Program:
    Letter of offer and acceptance authorized defense services....2308, 
                                                                   2313
  Foreign policy controls...........................................543
  High-performance computers........................................556
  Humanitarian donations............................................552
  India.............................................................556
  Investigational new drugs........................................1118
  Iraq..............................................................532
  Libya........................................................546, 550
  License exceptions............................536, 537, 546, 552, 570
  Licensing....................................................526, 540
  Livestock.........................................................279
  Manifest data....................................................3008
  Marine mammal products...........................................1748
  Missile technology controls..................................539, 568
  National Forest System timber.....................................437
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................537
  North Korea.................................................535, 2354
  Nuclear equipment and materials........................525, 556, 4763
  Nuclear non-proliferation controls................................568
  OETCA regulations update..........................................523
  Offsets in military exports.......................................524
  Pakistan..........................................................556
  People's Republic of China........................................536
  Reexport of foreign registered aircraft to Serbia.................562
  Reexports...............................................528, 537, 550
  Replacement licenses..............................................540
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...............425, 530, 1169

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  River otters...............................................1586, 1778
  Serbia.......................................................534, 546
  Shipper's export declaration............................514, 515, 516
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................560
  Sudan.............................................................531
  Technology........................................................527
  Terrorist-supporting countries....................................557
  Timber from western states..................................549, 1915
  Tobacco..........................................................2937
  United Nations....................................................537
  Veterinary user fees.........................................280, 298
  Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items.................529, 571
  Wassenaar Arrangement review......................................565
  Wildlife.........................................................1543
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Civil penalties for violations...................................1415
  Compliance requirements......................................310, 456
    ANSI standards.................................................1485
  Enforcement agency certification and funding.....................1484
  Sexual harassment standards......................................1483
Family planning:
  Abortion-related services compliance standards...................1230
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...................1977, 3450
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3448
    Play areas.....................................................3454
  Energy performance standards...............................1034, 1055
  GSA regulations..................................................3970
  Inspection of persons and personal effects on NASA property......3997
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3579
  Military range assessment..........................................23
  Presidential library facilities..................................4007
  Property management..............................................3984
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................908
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Advances regulation amendment........................4642, 4646, 4648
  Boards of directors........................................4644, 4650
  Community Investment Cash Advance regulation.....................4640
  Corporate governance responsibilities............................4647
  Freedom of information...........................................4651
  Member Mortgage Assets...........................................4649
  Membership regulation............................................4646
  Minimum capital requirements......................................170
  Resolution Funding Corporation payments..........................4645
  Senior management................................................4644
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Affiliate funding................................................4690
  Consumer regulations review................................4673, 4683
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4675
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4672
  Margin regulations review........................................4667
  Public availability of information...............................4693
  Reserve requirements:
    Depository institutions........................................4674
  State banks........................4662, 4663, 4664, 4665, 4666, 4680
  Streamlining regulations.........................................4671
  Transaction between member bank and subsidiaries.................4689
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Scales and weighing...............................................353
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.....................................2511
    Crash-resistant fuel systems...................................2484
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................2483
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2492
    Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act......................450
  Electrical standards.............................................2286
  Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standard..............1463
  Requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and 
      long-term care facilities....................................1335
  Towing vessels...................................................2420
  Underground coal mines...........................................2217
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Payment regulations..............................................4120
  Retirement.......................................................4130
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Diseases.........................................................1764
  Endangered and threatened...687, 753, 759, 835, 846, 847, 1533, 1549, 
                                     1689, 1704, 1713, 1745, 1756, 1780
  Farm-raised fin fish..............................................295
  Federal Aid Improvement Act......................................1763
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1538
  Restoration programs.............................................1535
  Trip limits.......................................................604
Fisheries:
  Alaska..............................588, 603, 611, 621, 763, 764, 776
  Alaska groundfish............................................627, 800
  Aleutian Island Atka Mackerel.....................................703
  American Fisheries Act............................................655
  American Samoa....................................................666
  Atlantic bluefin tuna.............................................782
  Atlantic bluefish............................................613, 762
  Atlantic Coast:
    Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)..............................791, 828
  Atlantic herring.............................................697, 798
  Atlantic mackerel.......................................638, 736, 786
  Atlantic Ocean..........................................577, 676, 831
  Atlantic surf clams..........................................641, 787
  Atlantic tunas....................................................650
  Automated landings reporting system...............................808
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands........................589, 604, 634, 739
  Black sea bass...............................................705, 785
  Bluefin tuna......................................................808
  Bottomfish........................................................590
  Butterfish...................................................638, 786

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  Capacity reduction program........................................702
  Conservation efforts.........................................618, 756
  Corals and coral reefs............................................586
  Crab..............................................................603
  Crab community development quota reserves.........................738
  Critical habitat...................................686, 757, 829, 847
  Crustacean...................................................597, 608
  Cutthroat trout...................................................847
  Dolphin control dates.............................................791
  Dolphin-safe tuna labeling........................................843
  Eastern Pacific...................................................812
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................722
  Flounder..........................................................750
  Gillnet...........................................................728
  Gray whales.......................................................729
  Groundfish.....589, 590, 593, 595, 596, 598, 603, 611, 615, 621, 627, 
                            651, 708, 763, 764, 768, 774, 776, 800, 829
  Gulf of Alaska...............................................589, 739
  Gulf of Mexico...............................................754, 779
  Halibut............................................604, 615, 735, 788
  Handbook for Habitat Conservation Planning and Incidental Take 
      Permitting Process...........................................1791
  Hawaiian Islands........................................719, 781, 821
  Highly migratory species...........................650, 676, 808, 831
  Incidental take regulations..................................720, 832
  Incidental taking of seabirds.....................................716
  Kodiak Island.....................................................815
  License Limitation Program....................603, 611, 704, 818, 819
  Lobster.......................................672, 698, 728, 734, 781
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.......676, 677, 678, 685, 691, 692, 720, 
                                 722, 727, 728, 834, 837, 838, 849, 850
  Moratorium........................................................818
  North Atlantic swordfish..........................................709
  North Pacific.....................................................579
  Northeast fisheries regulations...................................671
  Northern California steelhead.....................................686
  Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.........................710
  Ocean quahogs................................................641, 787
  Pacific halibut..............................................651, 788
  Pacific salmon....................................................757
  Pelagics............................580, 642, 666, 719, 767, 779, 831
  Pollock.................................................634, 739, 772
  Puerto Rico.......................................................578
  Purse seine.............................................663, 717, 812
  Recordkeeping and reporting requirements................621, 656, 800
  Red porgy.........................................................789
  Red snapper.......................................................769
  Reef fish...............................................578, 769, 779
  Rockfish..........................................................614
  Sablefish.........................................................770
  Salmon.......................................................757, 835
  Scales performance criteria.......................................776
  Scientific research...............................................721
  Scup.........................................................705, 785
  Sea turtle conservation.......642, 684, 723, 726, 754, 831, 845, 851, 
                                                               852, 853
  Shark.............................................................676
  Shrimp..............................726, 754, 828, 842, 845, 852, 853
  Snow crab rebuilding..............................................659
  Spotter aircraft use.........................................633, 782
  Squid........................................................638, 786
  St. Matthew blue king crab rebuilding.............................660
  Stone crab........................................................698
  Summer flounder.........................................705, 723, 785
  Tilefish..........................................................577
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................578
  Wahoo control dates...............................................791
  Western Pacific region..................................597, 642, 719
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................722
Fishery management plans:
  Administrative:
    Bycatch reduction measures.................................765, 772
    Essential fish habitats.........................................699
    Fishery Management Councils................................581, 583
    Redefinition of terms...........................................699
    Regulation reformatting.........................................826
  Alaska...................................605, 610, 614, 630, 704, 725
  Amberjack.........................................................796
  American shad.....................................................749
  Atlantic..........................................................674
    Atlantic Coast...................................714, 734, 736, 820
    South Atlantic.....623, 657, 698, 736, 773, 778, 789, 796, 802, 803
  Atlantic billfish.................................................622
  Atlantic bluefish............................................637, 669
  Atlantic herring.............................................636, 743
  Atlantic mackeral.................................................669
  Atlantic sea scallop...............................652, 741, 799, 805
  Atlantic surf clam................................................669
  Beluga whales...........................................688, 839, 841
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands........................617, 629, 768, 801
  Black grouper................................................635, 792
  Black sea bass...........................626, 639, 640, 669, 670, 718
  Bluefin tuna.................................................633, 820
  Bottom fisheries..................................................620
  Butterfish...................................................644, 669
  C. bairdi stocks rebuilding.......................................783
  Calico scallop....................................................600
  Caribbean....................................................601, 674
  CDQ regulations amendment.........................................606
  Chinook salmon....................................................790
  Community Development Quotas............................706, 748, 809
  Coral reef ecosystem..............................................619
  Crab.........................................................606, 630
  Crustaceans.......................................................644
  Deep-sea red crab............................................746, 810
  Dolphin...........................................................674
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ).....................581, 637, 641, 714
  Full retention of demersal shelf rockfish.........................614
  Gag..........................................................635, 792
  Golden crab fishery...............................................657
  Groundfish......574, 610, 615, 617, 629, 630, 631, 661, 662, 713, 801
  Gulf of Alaska.....................................617, 629, 701, 768
  Gulf of Mexico......607, 623, 624, 625, 635, 645, 646, 647, 667, 673, 
                  674, 698, 769, 775, 778, 780, 792, 794, 817, 823, 830
  Halibut......................................................630, 740
  Hawaiian Islands...................................590, 608, 664, 711
  Highly migratory species......616, 622, 633, 635, 700, 709, 795, 820, 
                                                                    822
  Horseshoe crabs..............................................714, 715
  Humpback whales...................................................725
  Improved retention/improved utilization program...................610
  King crabs..............................................659, 660, 783
  King mackerel......................................647, 778, 794, 797
  Lobster...........................................................711
  Monkfish..........................................................654
  Northeast multispecies..............653, 742, 744, 771, 804, 805, 806
  Northeast skate...................................................747
  Ocean quahog......................................................669
  Pacific Coast.......................594, 631, 661, 662, 713, 814, 822
  Pacific cod.......................................................801
  Pacific halibut...................................................788
  Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreements...........................581
  Pacific mackerel..................................................813
  Pacific sardine...................................................712
  Pelagics...........................................644, 673, 675, 716
  Pollack......................................................706, 809
  Precious coral fisheries..........................................664
  Red crab.....................................................746, 810
  Red grouper.......................................................635
  Red snapper.............................................780, 816, 817
  Reef fish..........................................624, 673, 792, 823
  Rhode Island......................................................745

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  Salmon............................................................814
    Overfishing definition..........................................605
    Treaty Indian fisheries.........................................665
  Sargassum.........................................................649
  Scallops................................................630, 704, 805
  Scup.....................................626, 639, 640, 669, 670, 718
  Sea scallop.............................................741, 799, 805
  Sharks............................................................643
  Shrimp........................................607, 646, 648, 667, 830
  Snapper-grouper.........................................796, 802, 803
  South Atlantic......................600, 648, 649, 673, 794, 802, 803
  Spanish mackerel.............................................778, 797
  Special Management Zones (SMZs)...................................802
  Spiny dogfish......................................668, 669, 807, 811
  Spiny lobster.....................................................623
  Squid........................................................669, 706
  Stone crab........................................................625
  Summer flounder..........................626, 639, 640, 669, 670, 718
  Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments..............................644
  Tanner Crabs............................................659, 660, 783
  Tautog............................................................745
  Wahoo.............................................................674
  Western Pacific.....................580, 586, 618, 619, 620, 716, 767
  Whiting...........................................................824
  Yellowfin sole....................................................740
Fishing:
  Alaska............................................................609
  Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.....................727, 844
  Bycatch reduction measures.....609, 646, 648, 662, 663, 748, 765, 844
  Catch limits.................................................778, 785
  Coastal Zone Management Act..................................696, 730
  Compensatory fishing..............................................591
  Conservation programs.........................581, 590, 699, 701, 702
  Data collection program...........................................761
  Dealer and vessel reports.........................................793
  Distribution of fishing privileges limited by Northwest 
      Atlantic Fisheries Organization...............................710
  Gillnet...........................................................676
  Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan..........................690, 849
  Interim Observer Program..........................................658
  Management measures...............................................775
  North Pacific Loan Program........................................766
  Permit requirements and exemptions...........................581, 582
  Quotas:
    Alaska groundfish...............................................627
    Atlantic Bluefish...............................................613
    Bigeye tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocian...................717, 825
    Community Development Quota Program fees........................599
    Halibut....................................................588, 589
    North Atlantic swordfish........................................709
    Ocean quahogs...................................................787
    Purse seine fisheries...........................................717
    Sablefish..................................................588, 589
    Summer flounder.................................................827
    Surf clams......................................................787
    Yellowfin tuna..................................................717
  Recreational measures...................................639, 705, 779
  Recreational-for-hire.............................................673
  Reporting and recordkeeping..................................784, 793
  Set net gear prohibition..........................................708
  Snake River chinook salmon........................................833
  Sport fishing:
    Refuge-specific regulations..............................1582, 1789
    Regulations....................................................1781
    Sport Fish Restoration Program.................................1683
  Subsistence fishing on federal lands...........1581, 1719, 1783, 1790
  Trawl gear restrictions...........................................815
  Whaling provisions................................................729
  Wildlife refuge policies.........................................1557
Fishing vessels:
  American Samoa boundaries.........................................592
  Antarctic Marine Living Resources permit requirements.............632
  Charter boats.....................................................585
  Commercial fisheries documents for US-flag vessels.........2380, 2846
  Compensatory fishing..............................................591
  Foreign vessels...................................................581
  Inshore/offshore reallocation.....................................584
  Limited entry permits....................574, 581, 582, 593, 595, 596
  Navassa Island boundaries.........................................602
  North Pacific Observer Program....................................612
  Observer policy....................................579, 587, 631, 737
  Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan.....................755
  Register for Eastern Pacific Ocean................................663
  Standard definitions..............................................733
  Trawlers..........................................................774
  Vessel length overall.............................................628
  Vessel Monitoring System..........................................703
  Vessel name on licenses...........................................777
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards.....................................4420, 4424
  Upholstered furniture.......................................168, 4435
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................973
  Impoundment regulations..........................................2206
Flood insurance:
  Contracts........................................................3919
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Assistance to private sector program insurers..................3942
    Coverage and rates.......................................3930, 3931
    Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill requests..................3917
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................320
    Revisions to Standard Flood Insurance Policy...................3939
Flood plains:
  Administrative appeals process....................................974
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program...........................................1418
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................495
    Privately owned................................................2541
    Wetlands Reserve Program..................................217, 1418
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  ASTM standards...................................................1209
  Flavoring agents:
    Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2929
  In meat and poultry products......................................405
  Notification system..............................................1185
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1195
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care...........................................4, 387
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............359
    Strengthening program integrity.................................381
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................361
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................382
  Food delivery systems...............................................6
  Indian reservations...............................................377
  Older individuals................................................1403
  Warehousing and distribution system...............................376
  Women, infants, and children:
    Certification integrity.........................................375
    Farmers Market Nutrition Program................................358
    Food delivery systems...................................6, 354, 365
    Food package revisions............................................5
    Funding modifications...........................................380
    Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act.........................................................374
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food labeling:
  Fruit and vegetable juices.........................................43

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  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................401
  Meat and poultry...................................................14
  Medical foods....................................................1192
  Nutrient content claims...........................................421
  Review of regulations............................................1191
  Single-ingredient products.........................................14
  Trans fatty acids................................................1179
Food stamps:
  Balanced Budget Act provisions....................................392
  Civil rights data collections.....................................360
  Claims establishment and collection...............................385
  Computer matching.................................................355
  Disqualifiers and noncompliance penalties...........................8
  Electronic benefits transfer system................357, 378, 390, 391
  Eligibility provisions:
    Income standards..............................................9, 10
  Employment and training.......................................11, 392
  Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program........8
  Minimum and maximum allotments...........................10, 393, 394
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................366
  Noncitizen eligibility..............................................9
  Payment adjustments...............................................362
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                       8, 9, 10, 11, 77
  Program revisions and eliminations................................383
  Regulatory review.................................................388
  Reporting provisions..............................................366
  Retail food stores..................................................7
  Retailer application processing...................................386
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.....9, 357, 
                                                                    388
  State agencies reimbursement......................................384
  Wholesale food concerns.............................................7
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
  Bioengineered:
    Premarket notice.................................................42
  Fresh fruits and vegetables.......................................196
  Fruit and vegetable juices.........................................43
  HACCP programs.................................................15, 43
  Imported.........................................................1143
  Infant formula quality control...................................1190
  Marketing grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, and nuts..........346
  Modernization of standards........................................407
  Olive Oil Research, Promotion, and Information Order..............185
  Organic........................................................1, 182
  Pesticide residues...............................................3717
  Processed fruits and vegetables..............................175, 190
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals......................................................1155
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1195
  Sharing recall information with State and Government agencies 
                                                                    408
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2830
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
  Income taxation..................................................3115
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2872
Foreign exchange:
  See Foreign currencies
Foreign investments in U.S.:
  Income taxation..................................................3255
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...................1065
  Bilateral Air Safety Agreement...................................2512
  Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......504
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2999
  Fishery regulations...............................................581
  Foreign gifts utilization and disposal...........................3977
  International accounting standards...............................4863
  International wills registry.....................................2304
  Midway Islands code...............................................977
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3724
  USML revisions...................................................2297
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade agreements
           Customs duties and inspection
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2990
  Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2980
  Boycott provisions................................................563
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber..........................................2975, 2987
  Caribbean Basic Trade Initiative.................................4392
  Caribbean Basin countries.........................................964
  Earnings and profits.............................................3194
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2991
  Exemption of securities of the Republic of Portugal..............4849
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................889
  Filing of informational materials................................2123
  Financial services transactions survey.......................505, 509
  Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.......................3230
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......514, 515, 516, 517
  Futures and options contracts..............................4403, 4415
  Military sales..................................930, 2308, 2310, 2313
  Motor vehicles...................................................3555
  Multijurisdictional Disclosure System............................4796
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4656
  Reporting requirements............................................506
  Restrictions on acquisitions from Yugoslavia and Afghanistan.....4383
  Selected services transactions with unaffiliated foreign 
      persons.......................................................508
  Stock transfer rules.......................................3162, 3232
  Textile labeling.................................................4706
  Trade agreements thresholds.................................965, 4394
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Environmental analysis policy and procedure revisions.............447
  Forestry Incentive Program...................................494, 496
  Imported wood packing materials.....................................2
    Treatment requirements for material from China..................289
  Indian allotments.................................................438

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  Management planning................................................19
  Migrant and seasonal workers......................................500
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................430
  Protection of roadless areas.......................................21
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2975, 2987
  Special uses authorizations..................................435, 436
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................440
    Contracts.......................................................432
    Export controls...........................................549, 1915
    Guidance.......................................................3058
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................434
    Small business set-aside recomputation..........................449
    Surplus species.................................................431
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................290
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Civil remedies...................................................4609
  Debarment of health care providers...............................4095
  Microcap securities market.......................................4856
  Odometer fraud...................................................2707
  SSA provisions...................................................4336
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4698
  Title I property insurance.......................................1452
  Toll fraud.......................................................4496
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4735
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3758
  DOD................................................906, 967, 982, 986
  DOE..............................................................1066
  DOI..............................................................1518
  DOJ........................................................1938, 2022
  DOL........................................................2137, 2237
  Electronic communication.........................................2137
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act...1413, 2022, 3490, 3922, 4022, 
                                                       4037, 4044, 4219
  EPA........................................................3471, 3490
  FEMA.............................................................3922
  FHFB.............................................................4651
  FMCS.............................................................3943
  INS..............................................................2022
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution..................3986
  NARA.......................................................3999, 4008
  National Imagery and Mapping Agency...............................918
  Office of the Special Counsel....................................4172
  OFHEO............................................................4044
  OPM..............................................................4062
  Patents and trademarks............................................884
  Peace Corps......................................................4177
  Public information..........................................521, 4738
  RRB..............................................................4206
  SEC amendments...................................................4868
  Social Security Administration...................................4330
  Treasury Department..............................................2857
  Veterans Affairs.................................................3395
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................2331
  Freight forwarding industry..........................2574, 2582, 2610
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators..............................................2510
  Transportation by small businesses...............................4239
Frozen foods:
  Country of origin marking........................................2997
Fruits:
  Apple loan program................................................211
  Blueberry Research, Promotion, and Information Order.........193, 202
  Citrus canker.....................................................274
  Florida fruit tree crop insurance provisions......................345
  Import restrictions..........................................269, 299
  Inspection and certification.......................175, 190, 194, 196
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................285
  Marketing.........................................................346
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................277
  Plum pox compensation.............................................287
  Unshu oranges importation.........................................276
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel:
  Diesel fuel definition...........................................3077
  Ethanol and biodiesel grain program...............................245
Fuel additives:
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3580, 3894
  Oxygenated.......................................................3725
Fuel economy:
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2638
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles.............................3556
  Reporting requirements...........................................2668
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4697


                                   G

Gambling:
  NIGC definitions.................................................4730
  NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4724, 4728
  Tribal land acquisitions.........................................1837
Garage doors:
  Safety standards for automatic operators.........................4428
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......................................1930
  Valuation regulation for Indian leases...........................1882
Gasohol:
  Motor vehicle use................................................1030
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Geothermal energy:
  Geothermal resources used to generate electricity................1887
  Regulation simplification........................................1910
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments........273
  Interstate movement...............................................284
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    USAID..............................................3442, 3444, 3446
  Affirmative action...............................74, 2143, 2146, 4618
    Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era......2145
  Audits...........................................................2235
  Bundled contracts................................................4248
  Buy American Act.................................................1525
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................216
  Construction.............................................74, 76, 4362
  Contractors:
    Computer security..............................................1059
    Diversity clause...............................................3474
    DOD placement assistance program................................909
    DOE contract security personnel................................1060

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    DOE legal management requirements..............................1093
    DOE security requirements................................1061, 1064
    Government property management and disposition.................4356
    Local hiring and training......................................3478
    Performance evaluation.........................................3446
    Qualifications.................................................3435
    Suspension and debarment.......................................3493
    Use of employees of non-federal entities to provide services 
        to the Department of the Army...............................966
    Veterans employment report..........................928, 2292, 4361
    Waivers........................................................2158
    Work for others by DOE contractors.............................1082
  DEAR amendments..................................................1090
    Mentor-Protege Program.........................................1092
    Patent rights..................................................1089
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3467
  Defense contracts:
    Audits..........................................................957
    Balance of Payments Program.....................................939
    Caribbean Basin countries.......................................964
    Commercial construction.........................................929
    Construction....................................................955
    Cost accounting standards.......................................958
    DFARS modification.....919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 930, 931, 932, 933, 
           934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 
           952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 
                                                               964, 965
    Domestic source restriction.....................................921
    Enhancements to Congressional notifications....................2310
    Federal Prison Industries.......................................962
    Financial reporting requirements................................946
    Foreign military sales................................930, 933, 959
    Manufacturing technology program................................951
    Material Inspection and Receiving Report........................922
    North American Industry Classification System codes.............923
    Ocean transportation by U.S.-flag vessels.......................920
    Offset arrangements............................................2310
    Overseas use of the Purchase Card...............................919
    Profit policy...................................................938
    Reporting forms.................................................961
    Reporting of shipments.........................................2310
    Reporting requirements..........................................960
    Research and development category definitions...................963
    Technology production incentives................................936
    Trade agreement thresholds......................................965
    Transportation acquisition......................................947
    Uncompensated overtime..........................................956
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................925
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................897
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training...................1074
  EPA acquisition regulations..............3467, 3474, 3486, 3493, 3494
  Federal Acquisition Regulations:
    DEAR amendments..........................................1086, 1087
    Energy savings performance contracting.........................1058
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................2139
  Fixed price.......................................................924
  Highway engineering and design related services..................2547
  Indians....................................................1828, 1894
  Labor standards....................................................76
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................499
  Mentor-Protege Program......................................952, 3480
  National Park Service concession contracts.......................1820
  Nondiscrimination..........................74, 2143, 2145, 2146, 4024
  Nuclear safety management..........................................29
  Research and development.........................................1226
  Rights to inventions.........................................887, 888
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................981
  Site of work wages...............................................2142
  Subcontracting:
    Commercial items................................................940
  Subcontractors...................................................4357
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3923
  VAAR:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3350
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave.............................................4085, 4166
    Sick leave.....................................................4165
  Access to documents by former DOJ employees......................2127
  Administrative law judges........................................4096
  Appeals..........................................................4080
  Availability of official information.............................4062
  Career and career conditional employment....................153, 4066
  Career transition assistance.....................................4148
    Panama Canal Zone employees....................................4149
  Child care at VA facilities......................................3417
  Claims for damages against DOE employees.........................1095
  Classification appeals...........................................4077
  Compensatory time off............................................4112
  Computer security................................................1059
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................3456
    Noncompetitive appointments....................................4067
  Cost-of-living allowances:
    Nonforeign areas.............................4123, 4124, 4125, 4164
  Defense of tort suits............................................2118
  Defense personnel...........................................909, 4147
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................4128
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................4129
  Drug-free workplace..............................................3326
  Employment discrimination.........................................147
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................4106
  Ethical standards for attorneys..................................2125
  Evacuation payment for dependents................................4162
  Excepted service:
    Appointing authority for nontemporary part-time or 
        intermittent positions.....................................4063
    Career and career-conditional employment........................153
    Operational procedures.........................................4065
    Promotion and internal placement...............................4101
  Family and medical leave.........................................4166
  Federal Competitive Service appointments of volunteers...........4068
  Federal mail management..........................................3950
  Financial disclosure requirements................................4051
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................889
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................4046
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension...................................................3326
  Health and counseling program....................................4086
  Health benefits:
    Debarment of health care providers.............................4095
    Demonstration project....................................4169, 4171
    Effective dates................................................4135
    FEHBP changes...............152, 4094, 4098, 4099, 4100, 4134, 4170
    Pretax allotments..............................................4121
  Hiring authorities...............................................4070
  Holiday and premium pay..........................................4112
  Holiday designation for overseas employees.......................4161
  Human reliability program for DOE employees......................1062
  Individuals with disabilities....................................4145
    Accessible electronic and information technology standards.....3451
  Interagency placement program....................................4105
    Panama Canal Zone employees....................................4149
  Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility program.................4072
  Intermittent.....................................................4073
  Investigations...................................................4142
  Job grading reviews..............................................4080

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  Life insurance...................................................4093
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................4097
    Regulation revisions...........................................4133
  Locality pay areas...............................................4110
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................4137
  NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................4009
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......452
  Order of release from competitive level..........................4074
  OSC complaint and disclosure filings.............................4174
  Part-time........................................................4073
  Pay administration:
    Availability pay for criminal investigators....................4163
  Pay rates:
    Administration...........................................4082, 4161
    Appropriated fund wage areas.......................4115, 4155, 4156
    Back pay.......................................................4161
    Locality-based comparability payments..........................4111
    Nonappropriated fund wage areas.......4153, 4154, 4157, 4158, 4159, 
                                                                   4160
    Official duty station determinations...........................4078
    Overtime pay for travel........................................4161
    Pay retention..................................................4117
    Physicians' comparability allowance............................4161
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................4079
    Wage area changes..............................................4113
    Wage schedule for printing positions.....................4114, 4116
  Performance appraisal:
    Senior Executive Service.......................................4152
  Performance Management and Recognition System....................4139
  Personnel records................................................4064
  Placement assistance.......................................4108, 4150
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........4069
  Promotion and internal placement...........................4101, 4104
  Reasonable accomodation language for OPM vacancy announcements 
                                                                   4107
  Recruitment bonuses...............................................150
  Reduction in force...................................4108, 4109, 4151
  Reemployment.........................................4075, 4083, 4138
  Relocation costs......................................150, 4078, 4358
  Retention allowances..............................................150
  Retirement:
    Bar of benefits after conviction...............................4168
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................4090
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........4127
    Credit for military service....................................4087
    D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................4126
    Debt collection................................................4089
    FERS basic annuity.............................................4132
    FERS coverage elections........................................4092
    Nuclear materials couriers.....................................4167
    Record retention...............................................4091
    Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees 
                                                                   4122
    Service credit.................................................4088
    State income tax withholding...................................4131
  Salary offset..................................2876, 4000, 4259, 4262
  Salary supplementation...........................................4049
  Seasonal.........................................................4073
  Security standards...............................................4141
  Selective Service registration requirements......................4071
  Senior Executive Service:
    Employment requirements........................................4146
    Performance appraisal..........................................4152
  Settling OPM claims..............................................4144
  Severance pay....................................................4081
  Standards of conduct...502, 1094, 3991, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4052, 4053, 
                                           4054, 4175, 4176, 4218, 4308
  Student loan repayment............................................151
  Subpoenas........................................................4048
  Suitability standards............................................4140
  Surplus or displaced.......................................4106, 4148
  Temporary change of station......................................4078
  Testimony......................................1530, 4010, 4048, 4284
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................4103
  Training.........................................................4076
  Transportation management..................................3978, 3979
  Travel regulations.........................................3959, 3964
    Mandatory use of the travel charge card........................3981
    Maximum per diem allowances....................................3983
    Per diem rates in Minnesota....................................3982
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................4119
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Advance payments for non-commercial items......................4368
    Applied Research definition....................................4348
    Balance of Payments Program....................................4347
    Caribbean Basic Trade Initiative...............................4392
    Classified acquisitions........................................4371
    Commercial items...............................................4345
    Commercially available off-the-shelf items.....................4355
    Competition under multiple-award contracts.....................4382
    Construction Industry Payment Protection Act...................4385
    Contract action and contracting action definitions.............4369
    Contract bundling..............................................4384
    Contractor performance evaluation..............................3446
    Cost accounting standards administration.................4365, 4370
    Deferred research and development costs........................4386
    Department of State............................................2302
    Development definition.........................................4348
    DFARS modification.....919, 921, 922, 923, 936, 937, 938, 939, 941, 
        943, 944, 945, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965
    Discussion requirements........................................4364
    DOE................................................1083, 1091, 1093
    Drafting principles............................................4390
    Electronic and information technology accessibility............4344
    Energy-efficient office equipment, supplies, and services.....3972, 
                                                                   4366
    EPA conflict of interest.......................................3465
    Final contract voucher submission..............................4374
    Financing policies.............................................4349
    General records schedules......................................4393
    GSAR modification..................................3954, 3972, 3980
    Hazardous material safety data.................................4375
    Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises.....4381
    Labor-hours contracts..........................................4389
    Liquidated damages.............................................4387
    NASA...........................................................3995
    Negotiated procurements........................................4373
    North American Industry Classification System.............923, 4350
    Patent and Trademark Office.....................................861
    Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber..................................937
    Price reasonableness and commerciality.........................4391
    Procurement integrity rewrite..................................4363
    Products produced by forced or indentured child labor..........4343
    Prompt payment regulations.....................................4346
    Purchase card use..........................................919, 942
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors.............1088
    Quality of environmental data..................................3481
    Real property policies.........................................3960
    Recovery of overpayment........................................4346
    Recycled products and environmentally preferable services......4380
    Repeal of reporting requirements...............................4397
    Rescission of Office of Federal Procurement policy letters.....4395
    Restrictions on acquisitions from Yugoslavia and Afghanistan 
                                                                   4383
    Sealed bids....................................................4373

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    Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program...........4388
    Subcontract preference under service contracts.................4372
    Task order and delivery order contracts........................4367
    Technology production incentives................................936
    Time-and-materials contracts...................................4389
    Trade agreements thresholds....................................4394
    Truth in Negotiations Act threshold............................4396
    USAID....................................................3444, 3446
    USDA............................................................497
    Veterans Affairs...........3348, 3349, 3411, 3434, 3436, 3437, 3438
  Architect-engineer services......................................3975
  Buy American Act.................................................1525
  Commercial items acquisition................926, 927, 944, 4360, 4376
  Contractors:
    Contractor's Report of Sales and the Industrial Funding Fee 
        clauses....................................................3954
    Local hiring and training......................................3478
    Performance evaluation.........................................3446
    Responsibiities................................................4359
    Women- and minority-owned businesses...........................4618
  Contracts:
    Contract bundling..............................................4384
    Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3466
    Labor-hours contracts..........................................4389
    NFS contracts..............................................432, 440
    Notice to Proceed letter contracts.............................3473
    Time-and-materials contracts...................................4389
  Cost comparison guidance..........................................891
  Costs:
    Cost principles..........................................1085, 4386
    Travel.........................................................4354
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................925
  DOD prototype projects............................................907
  DOL..............................................................2233
  Electronic commerce..............................................4342
  EPA acquisition regulation:
    Informal clauses...............................................3464
  Executive agent..................................................4378
  Foreign currency use.............................................2872
  Fuel..............................................................911
  GSA regulations............................................3960, 3980
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3966
  Historic preference..............................................3965
  HUBZone program..................................................3951
  Labor relations costs............................................4359
  Legal costs......................................................4359
  Level of effort..................................................3463
  Lobbying restrictions............................................4352
  Nondiscrimination................................................3945
  Ocean transportation by U.S.-flag vessels........................4377
  Payments to GSA for supplies and services........................3956
  Pollution control.................................................935
  Recycled products....................................1081, 3782, 4380
  Small business subcontracting....................................4353
  Small businesses..................................................910
    Contract bundling..............................................4384
    Federal Supply Schedules Program...............................4379
    Indian Incentive Payment Program................................945
    Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program...........4388
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3462
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................4354
  Subcontracting.............................................4059, 4353
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3923
  Universal product numbers........................................3349
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3949
  Disposition of Department of the Navy property....................976
  Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................498
  Donation of surplus personal property............................3967
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE...........1073
  Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1444
  Inspection of persons and personal effects on NASA property......3997
  Release, dissemination, and sale of DOD visual information 
      materials.....................................................991
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................908
  Sale..............................................................903
  Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property.....3948, 3968
  Telephone systems................................................3947
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3952
Government property management:
  Contribution in aid of construction..............................3132
  Federal facilities in urban areas................................3984
  Personal property management.....................................3955
  Qualified lessee construction allowances for short-term leases 
                                                                   3131
  Real property....................................................3962
  Replacement of personal property pursuant to the exchange/sale 
      authority....................................................3953
  Reporting excess personal property...............................3974
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3970
Government publications:
  Department of the Navy records and documents......................986
  Plain language revisions.........................................4002
  Prohibitions against reproduction................................1099
  Release, dissemination, and sale of DOD materials.................991
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Crop insurance...............................................324, 335
  Divider tolerances................................................351
  Ethanol and biodiesel grain program...............................245
  Marketing.........................................................346
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................347
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations...........................................3457
  Block grants:
    Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment.......................1108
    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families....................77, 1401
  Community Food Project............................................305
  CRA Sunshine.....................................................4613
  DOI..............................................................1527
  Economic adjustment program:
    Revolving loan fund.............................................519
  Freedom of information...........................................2237
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision................3996
  Grantor definition...............................................3270
  Highway safety incentive grants..................................2685
  Learn & Serve regulations........................................3457
  Library services.................................................4021
  Motor vehicle safety incentive grants..........2682, 2683, 2684, 2726
  Multifamily housing:
    Rehabilitation program.........................................1457
  National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1700
  PRIME Act grants..................................................155
  Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program:
    Insurance requirements.........................................3927
  Research grants..................................................1226
  Rights to inventions.........................................887, 888
  Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1402
  Single Audit Act Amendments......................................1420
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions....................................................306
  State cemetery grants............................................3353
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program.....................................77
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administrative provisions and requirements..............305, 308, 453
  Allocation of funds...............................................459
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 
      administrative provisions.....................................307

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  Lobbying restrictions.............................................499
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program...........................458
  Rural economic development........................................460
  Technical assistance and training.......................212, 314, 480
  Water and waste disposal programs.................................486
  Water Programs....................................................466
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations..................................906, 1011
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................934
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................914
  Federal Pell Grant Program.................................1015, 1016
  FmHA programs.....................................................212
  Formula grant allocations........................................1014
  Freedom of Information............................................906
  Head Start program:
    Funding........................................................1393
    Performance standards..........................................1390
    Regulations....................................................1399
  Hispanic programs.................................................304
  Indian colleges..................................................1847
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................303
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................4021
  National Security Education Program...............................898
  Projects with industry...........................................1028
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3824
  Drinking Water State Revolving Fund..............................3907
  Environmental management program.................................1077
  EPA technical assistance grants..................................3821
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3919
  Performance Partnership Grants...............................131, 132
  Solid waste management grants.....................................479
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................2136
Grant programs-health:
  AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1366
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1403
  For people with disabilities.....................................1388
  Regulations......................................................1213
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants:
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1477
    For Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages...................1497
    Pre-award cost and new housing construction regulations........1478
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1474
  Consolidated Plan................................................1422
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities......................451
  Increasing operating cost percentage.............................1479
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1421
  Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1473
  State homes for veterans.........................................3303
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................2134
  Indian Housing Block Grant:
    Construction cost limits.......................................1508
    Funding application process....................................1497
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1905
  Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1760
  Marine mammal protection:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1746
  Railroad grants..................................................1931
  Wildlife Restoration Programs....................................1535
Grant programs-transportation:
  Buy American Act.................................................2639
  Clean fuels formula grant program................................2773
  Uniform administrative requirements........................2341, 2353
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements.........................................2235, 3929
  National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.............1545
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........308
  Nondiscrimination................................................3445
  Social Security Administration.................4303, 4304, 4305, 4306
  Uniform administrative requirements......520, 1421, 2353, 3443, 3934, 
                                                                   4305
Grazing lands:
  Classifications..................................................1904
  Conservation................................................491, 1918
  Loan deficiency payments..........................................250
  National Forest System............................................438
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2390
  Maintenance fees.................................................2992
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1403
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Administrator definition.........................................2827
  Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements..............2804
  Aircraft carriage................................................2789
  Barge requirements.........................................2377, 2415
  Cargo tank requirements........................2796, 2806, 2833, 2835
  Coast Guard regulations............................93, 94, 2396, 2419
  FAA material recognition training................................2439
  Hazard communication requirements................................2803
  Hazardous waste manifest rule.....................................122
  IM portable tank unloading.......................................2810
  Incident reporting...............................................2800
  Intergovernmental relations.................................105, 2808
  International standards..........................................2808
  Liquefied compressed gas.........................................2835
  Lithium batteries................................................2812
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3803
  Miscellaneous amendments.........................................2837
  Motor carriers.......................................2605, 2806, 2831
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2805
  Poisonous by inhalation materials................................2826
  Radioactive materials............................................2807
  Rail transport...................................................2831
  Registration and fee assessment program..........................2838
  Shipping papers retention........................................2794
  Tank cars........................................................2834
  Train responders.................................................2838
  Uranium ore......................................................2121
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous waste
           Poison prevention
           Radioactive materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
  Air pollutants.......113, 114, 115, 116, 119, 2249, 3503, 3504, 3525, 
           3526, 3527, 3528, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3534, 3535, 3536, 3537, 
           3539, 3541, 3542, 3543, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3549, 3552, 
           3553, 3554, 3558, 3574, 3603, 3620, 3621, 3622, 3623, 3625, 
           3626, 3627, 3640, 3641, 3657, 3658, 3659, 3663, 3676, 3683, 
                                                       3686, 3734, 4706
  Aluminum:
    Cylinder safety problems.......................................2791
    Spent potliners from primary reduction.........................3796
  Asbestos.............................................2229, 3740, 3750
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3487

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  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules................................3733, 3734, 3743
    Import of toxic chemicals....................2240, 3722, 3766, 3769
  Chromium...................................................2247, 3537
  Corrections and clarification....................................2840
  Crystalline silica...........................................87, 2210
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3825
  Drinking water regulations...........................3848, 3887, 3896
  Ethylene oxide.............................................2239, 3570
  Exemptions procedures revision and clarification.................2832
  Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................2249
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List........................3763, 3764
  Federally permitted releases.....................................3822
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................2250
  Glycol ethers....................................................3687
  Hazardous Substance Reportable Quantities table..................2839
  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2816
  Isocyanates................................................3609, 3764
  Lead.................................120, 140, 1431, 3729, 3745, 4422
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................4375
  Mercury analysis.................................................3867
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3803
  Metals...........................................................3746
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2276
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3500
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3580, 3894
  Microorganisms...................................................3754
  MSHA protection standards........................................2223
  Natural rubber latex.............................................4423
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2349
  Ozone depleting substances.................................3592, 3692
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3727
  Pesticides.....................................3710, 3716, 3719, 3753
    Active ingredient production...................................3597
    Emergency exemption regulations..........................3710, 3720
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations....................3482, 3710
    Field testing..................................................3710
    Produced by transgenic plants.................137, 3710, 3719, 3753
    Worker protection standards..............................3710, 3715
  Pipeline safety standards....2787, 2788, 2792, 2793, 2813, 2817, 2828
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3739
  Procedural and rulemaking changes................................2823
  Propane cylinders:
    Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2822
  Radon.............................................................143
  Registration and training program................................2811
  Regulation amendments............................................2829
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3788
  Releases on public land..........................................1916
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3744
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................2287
  Solid waste disposal.............................................3806
  Sulfur oxides.....................................................110
  Surface coatings.................................................3500
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3746
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3756
    Chemical expansion.............................................3759
    Chemicals..............................3765, 3766, 3767, 3768, 3770
    Coal.....................................................3755, 3772
    Lead......................................................146, 3771
    Otherwise use activity exemptions..............................3772
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3761
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3760
  Uranium..........................................................2121
  Water pollution control..............................3862, 3867, 3878
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3819
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3785
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3802
  Cleanups.........................................................3821
  Copper metallization process exemption...........................3799
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3808
    Low level mixed waste...........................................142
    Radioactive waste..............................................3703
  Effluent limitation guidelines.............................3826, 3842
  Groundwater contamination........................................3546
  Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators...................3689
  Identification and listing......................141, 3776, 3779, 3801
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................3800, 3809
    Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction................3796
  Lead.............................................................3732
  Lead-based paint debris..........................................3797
  Manifest regulations..............................................122
  Medical waste....................................................2799
  Mercury..........................................................3809
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3776
  Permit program....................................................123
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3793
  Radioactive waste................................................4765
    Dose methodology...............................................3519
    Site recommendation............................................1072
    Yucca Mountain, NV........................................134, 4758
  Recycled used oil..........................................3793, 3801
  Recycling..................................................3785, 3787
  Requirements revision............................................2814
  Solid waste......................................................3810
  Solvents...................................................3784, 3801
  Toxic waste site.................................................3722
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3804
  Training programs accreditation..................................2272
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3805
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3820
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Adult day health care for veterans...............................3359
  AIDS Healthcare Foundation START Program.........................1366
  Anti-kickback provisions.............................1096, 1100, 1102
  Cancer patients..................................................1220
  Health supply services:
    Small business size standards..................................4250
  Home health agencies.............................................1242
    Appeals process................................................1321
    Community Health Accreditation Program.........................1369
    Mandatory transmission of Outcome & Assessment Information 
        Set data...................................................1333
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1300
    Schedules of limitations on costs........................1368, 1384
    Surety bonds...................................................1314
  Human cellular and tissue-based products.................35, 44, 1198
  Longshore Act medical fee schedule...............................2147
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1212
  Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................2242
  Nondiscrimination................................................1098
  Paramedic intercept ambulance services...........................1377
  Privacy standards............................................30, 1228
  Risk-sharing arrangements........................................1100
  State self assessments for compliance............................1397
  Underserved areas................................................1210
  Veterans...................................................3348, 3399
    Medication prescribing authority...............................3403
    Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care..............3304
    Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act...............3432
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.........................53, 2195
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes

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  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).....................51, 1281, 1315
  End-stage renal disease..........................................1385
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)..................1096, 1286
  Fire safety requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, 
      hospitals, and long-term care facilities.....................1335
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.....1258, 1319
    Conditions of participation....................................1328
    Medicaid upper payment limit.....................................47
  Long-term care.............................................1258, 1339
  Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1441
  Physician referrals for health services......................57, 1272
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1317
  Skilled nursing facilities...........................1248, 1296, 1316
  State certification of mammography facilities....................1186
  Surety bond requirements.........................................1291
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Employees of firms with less than 51 employees.................1280
    Individual coverage after loss of group coverage...............1280
    Non-federal governmental plans exempt from HIPAA...............1320
    Pre-existing condition exclusions........................1280, 3167
    Special enrollment rules.......................................3167
  CHAMPUS:
    Bonus payments in medically underserved areas..................1004
    Claimcheck denials appeals process.............................1000
    Coverage of transplants.........................................994
    Dental benefits under retiree dental program...................1005
    Double coverage............................................997, 998
    Family Member Dental Plan.......................................999
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials......1001
    Nonavailability statement requirement for maternity care.......1007
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................993
    Payments for professional services in low-access locations.....1002
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................996
    Retiree Dental Program eligibility.............................1006
    Third party recoveries..........................................998
    TRICARE............................................1003, 1004, 1005
  Child health insurance.................................54, 1359, 1398
  COBRA continuation coverage................................1244, 3147
  Continuing coverage notice.......................................2180
  District of Columbia employees...................................4129
  Election changes.................................................3275
  Electronic signatures............................................1293
  Electronic transactions standards for health plans...............1358
  Employer based group health plans..........................1244, 2180
    Continuation coverage requirements.......................2180, 3147
  Employer identification number...................................1250
  Enforcement of legislative requirements..........................1367
  Exemption from State regulation..................................2179
  Government employees...152, 4094, 4098, 4099, 4100, 4121, 4134, 4135, 
                                                       4169, 4170, 4171
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.....78, 79, 1247, 
                                                             1283, 1355
    Bona fide wellness programs..............................1325, 3099
    Church plans...................................................3098
    Minimum requirements for group health plans......78, 79, 1287, 1355
    Nondiscrimination......................2181, 3034, 3097, 3098, 3099
    OIG penalties....................................78, 79, 1105, 1355
  Health plan identifiers..........................................1283
  Medicare supplemental insurance..................................1364
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................2187
  OIG revisions and technical corrections..........................1097
  Portability................................................1280, 3167
  Privacy standards..................................................30
  Provider identifiers.............................................1247
  Reduced social security benefit rate due to private coverage.....4271
  Security of individual health information........................1293
  State Children's Health Insurance Program............1356, 1371, 1382
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........382
  Summary plan description regulations...............................81
  Uninsured:
    Medicare premium...............................................1376
  Universal health care identifier.................................1362
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
  Medicaid requirements............................................1340
  Medicare contract eligibility....................................1357
  Third party liability............................................1275
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers........................................2058
  Audiologists.....................................................1278
  Clinical social workers..........................................1312
  Education:
    Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1241
  Exclusion from Social Security disability programs for fraud.....4324
  Grant regulations................................................1213
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1214, 3400
  NIH traineeships.................................................1222
  Nurses:
    Anesthetists...................................................1241
    Nonimmigrant aliens................................2035, 2108, 2166
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4703
  Pathologists.....................................................1278
  Physicians:
    Comparability allowance........................................4161
    Health services referrals..................................57, 1272
    Hearing evaluation performance...................................32
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................2088
    VA medical opinions rules......................................3414
  Professional shortage areas......................................1210
  Provider identifiers.............................................1247
Health records:
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1268
  OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................4064
  Prescription Release Rule........................................4703
  Privacy Act exempt record system.................................1106
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............4315
  Privacy standards..................................................30
  Universal health care identifier.................................1362
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart disease:
  Cardiac Pacemaker Registry.......................................1334
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................994
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1942
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients........................................38
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1303
  Military service connection......................................3319
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Diabetic interstate truck drivers................................2601
  Highway safety data improvements incentive grants................2685
  Highway-rail grade crossings.........................2543, 2553, 2591
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2615

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  Motor carrier regulations...2566, 2572, 2577, 2578, 2580, 2581, 2591, 
           2594, 2595, 2596, 2603, 2605, 2611, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2622, 
                                                                   2624
  Retroreflective sign materials...................................2554
  State programs...................................................2640
  Traffic control devices:
    Bicycle safety facilities......................................2548
    Manual revision..................2538, 2546, 2548, 2553, 2556, 2557
    Recreation and cultural interest signs.........................2548
    School areas...................................................2545
    Tourist oriented directional signs.............................2548
    Traffic signs..................................................2529
  Work zone safety.................................................2560
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Beautification costs.............................................2527
  Design-build contracting.........................................2539
  Emergency relief program disaster eligibility threshold..........2563
  Engineering and design related services contracts................2547
  Engineering services.............................................2535
  Environmental impact and related procedures.....101, 2541, 2632, 2778
  Federal aid projects...........................2537, 2540, 2558, 2559
  Federal Lands Highway Program:
    Forest highways program........................................2533
    Indian reservations road program...............................2531
    Park roads and parkways program................................2530
    Refuge roads program...........................................2532
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................3046
  Indian reservation road bridge program...........................2562
  Indian reservation roads program.................................1843
  Intelligent Transportation System..........................2552, 2559
  National Highway System..........................................2540
  Railroad highway projects........................................2542
  Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1811
  Statewide metropolitan planning...................................100
  Surface transportation projects:
    Credit assistance........................................2356, 2358
  Temporary matching fund waiver...................................2565
  Traffic noise abatement..........................................2561
  Traffic surveillance and control.................................2549
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................2046
  Utilities regulations............................................2555
Historic preservation:
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1816
  Navy permits for underwater archaeology on submerged cultural 
      resources.....................................................985
  Paleontological resources........................................1909
  Protection of historic properties................................3441
  Tribal lands.....................................................1804
  World Heritage Convention........................................1800
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1942
  Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Program.........................1215
Hogs:
  HACCP programs.....................................................15
  Imports from Europe...............................................291
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................296
  Small Hog Operation Payment Program...............................230
  Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................349
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control.......4663, 4664, 4665, 4666, 4668, 4684, 4686
  Exception to anti-tying restrictions.............................4685
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4817
  Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4818
  Notification of new activities...................................3289
Homeless:
  Food Stamp Program.................................................10
  Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1402
  Women, infants, and children......................................374
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1901
Honey:
  Research and Promotion Program....................................189
Horses:
  Horse Industry Organizations:
    Protection requirements.........................................292
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................286
Hospice care:
  Facsimile transmission of prescriptions..........................1994
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1277
  Medicare policies................................................1304
  Wage index.......................................................1323
Hospitals:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................993
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services....................1298, 1337
  Conditions of participation:
    Anesthesia services..............................................56
    Laboratory services............................................1303
  Diagnostic procedures............................................1245
  DOT grants.................................................2341, 2353
  Extended care services coinsurance amounts.................1332, 1375
  Graduate Medical Education Consortia.............................1379
  Grants administration......................520, 906, 1421, 3443, 3934
  Inpatient deductible for Medicare part A...................1332, 1375
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2186
  Medicaid.....................................................47, 1313
  Medicare...........................1249, 1271, 1308, 1326, 1330, 1387
  Outpatient services........................................1245, 1330
  Oversight of accreditation organizations.........................1336
  Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1441
  Psychiatric......................................................1342
  Uncompensated services...........................................1211
  Waivers for organ procurement service areas......................1372
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Amplifiers.......................................................4704
  Energy efficiency..................25, 26, 27, 1042, 1043, 1047, 1056
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3534
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Assistance applications..........................................1499
  Capital advance duration.........................................1460
  Civil Rights Restoration Act.....................................1404
  Claim reform.....................................................1456
  Debarment and suspension from HUD programs.......................1429
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1445
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act............................4044
  Emergency Initiative.............................................1469
  Employment opportunities.........................................1486
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............................1046
  Equal access to justice..........................................4043
  Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1444
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program:
    Homebuyer assets...............................................1411
    Streamlining...................................................1424
  Indians....................................................1480, 1509

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    Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1488
    Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes 
        and Alaska Native Villages.................................1497
    Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1508
  Lead-based paint...........................................1431, 3732
  Limited denial of participation in HUD programs..................1429
  Manufactured home definition.....................................1462
  Migrant farmworker projects..................................317, 322
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1450
  Multifamily:
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1459
    Excess rental charges..........................................1435
    Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform Act program violations....1416, 
                                                                   1430
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act.........1446, 1469
    Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1417
    Prohibited purchasers..........................................1414
    Rehabilitation grants..........................................1457
    Tenant participation...........................................1470
    Uniform physical condition standards and physical inspection 
        requirements...............................................1451
  Programs serving persons with disabilities.........................58
  Quality assurance review of independent public auditors..........1513
  Resident survey information privacy requirements.................1512
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information.........................................1446
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................313
    Loan policies...................................................319
    Loans and grants.................................311, 313, 318, 321
    Multiple-family housing.........................................313
    Rental housing..................................................313
  Sale of property...........................................1456, 3052
  Single-family:
    Officer Next Door Program......................................1471
  Streamlining regulations..........................................313
  Supportive Housing Program.......................................1476
  Tenant income verification.......................................1432
  Tenant participation in state-financed, HUD-assisted housing 
      developments.................................................1443
  Title I property insurance.......................................1452
  Veterans' therapeutic housing....................................3402
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
      Rent subsidies
Housing standards:
  Manufactured home construction and safety standards program.....1461, 
                                                                   1463
  Material bulletins.........................................1434, 1449
Human research subjects:
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1223
  Protection of human subjects.........................1009, 1227, 3396
  Student rights...................................................1008
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds................................1678, 1742, 1792, 1793
  Pig frogs........................................................1812
  Refuge-specific regulations..........................1556, 1582, 1789
  Regulations......................................................1781
  Subsistence hunting on federal lands.................1581, 1783, 1790
Hurricanes:
  Property acquisition and grants authority........................3933
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Asylum procedures................................................2016
    Authority to grant.............................................2031
    Establishing eligibility.......................................2041
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............2023
    Numerical limit on grants......................................2092
  Availability of material under Freedom of Information and 
      Privacy Acts.................................................2022
  Border crossing identification documents...................2021, 2071
  Cancellation of removal..........................................2000
  Check points within the U.S......................................2059
  Concurrent filing of Form I-140 and Form I-485...................2042
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................2027
  Deportation relief application...................................1999
  Discipline of attorneys in immigration proceedings...............2001
  Employer sanctions fines.........................................2069
  Employment eligibility verification..............................2077
  Examination fees schedule........................................2030
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1998
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............2084
  Fingerprinting certain applicants..........................2090, 2117
  Fingerprinting service fee.......................................2037
  Form duplication and electronic generation.......................2086
  Historical Records Services......................................2040
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................2072
  Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994 
      provisions...................................................2050
  In-transit passengers............................................2012
  Inadmissability....................................................71
  Inspection of stopover passengers................................2020
  Jurisdictional changes...........................................2113
  Local law enforcement officer enforcement........................2070
  Petitions filed after numerical cap is reached...................2114
  Petitions for employment based immigrants........................2045
  Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................2059
  Promises of benefits.............................................2053
  Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, 
      Germany, and Vietnam.........................................2010
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................2085
  Sponsor obligations and penalties................................2055
  Support processing fee...........................................2293
  Suspension of deportation..................................2000, 2039
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................2076
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................2034
  Waivers of fees..................................................2036
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
           Trade adjustment assistance
  Acetone, 2-butanone (MEK), and toluene...........................1984
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................288
  Archeological material from the Republic of El Salvador..........3017
  Beef from Brazil..................................................275
  Beer and wine....................................................2888
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............278
  Blood products...................................................1171
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1703
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3726, 3741, 3742
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3737
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1986
  Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened 
                                                                   1550
  Domestic tobacco products, cigarette papers and tubes............2923
  Duty-free entry..................................................3004
  Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2999
  Effect on the National Security...................................533
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act................................1171
  Firearms.........................................................2940

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  Fish..............................................................709
  Food products....................................................1143
  Forests and forest products.......................................297
  Fruits and vegetables...................................269, 285, 299
  Gypsy moth host material from Canada..............................301
  Hogs from Europe..................................................291
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2981
  Lamb meat subject to tariff-rate quota...........................2983
  Liquidated damages...............................................2982
  Livestock....................................................204, 419
  Marine mammal products............................................752
  Meat grading regulations for livestock............................178
  Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused 
      merchandise drawback.........................................2988
  Mexican poultry products..........................................300
  Motor vehicles.............................................2702, 3629
    Canadian.......................................................2649
    Importer fees..................................................2701
    Nonconforming..................................................2703
  Nuclear equipment and materials..................................4763
  Nursery stock.....................................................281
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............277
  Poultry products..................................................419
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2899
  Registration and product listing.................................1170
  Ruminants.........................................................271
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2975, 2987
  Sugar-containing products subject to tariff-rate quota......428, 3015
  Textiles.........................................................2996
  Tobacco products.................................................2924
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................290
  Unshu oranges.....................................................276
  Veterinary user fees.........................................280, 298
  Wild birds.......................................................1589
  Wildlife...................................................1543, 1786
  Wood packing materials..............................................2
    Treatment requirements for material from China..................289
  Yachts...........................................................2985
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................3196
  Accounting:
    Annual accounting period.......................................3226
    Partnerships...................................................3227
  Active conduct of an insurance company defined...................3242
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................3189
  Asset ownership..................................................3204
  Authorized placement agency......................................3089
  Automatic extension for Form 706.................................3078
  Basis regulations................................................3074
  Bonds:
    Private activity.........................................3062, 3208
    Qualified zone academy bonds...................................3169
  Branch remittances...............................................3107
  Branches:
    Hybrid transactions............................................3219
  Broker's fees....................................................3173
  Bureau of Census disclosures.....................................3239
  Cancellation of indebtedness.....................................3100
  Capitalization...................................................3253
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................3186
  Charitable contributions.........................................3191
  Check the box regulations........................................3088
  Circular No, 230 revision........................................3084
  Collections......................................................3026
    Installment agreements.............................3030, 3070, 3271
    Levied property................................................3031
    Liens..........................................................3118
  Compromises......................................................3145
  Conforming changes...............................................3103
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.......................................3136
    Losses and deductions....................................3264, 3265
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............3043
  Conversion to the Euro...........................................3216
  Corporate estimated taxes........................................3243
  Corporate income tax.............................................3189
  Corporations:
    Alternative agents.............................................3063
    Continuity of interest requirement.............................3125
    Disposition of stock of another corporation....................3267
    Disregarded entitites..........................................3137
    Entity classification rules..............................3066, 3276
    Gain on stock distributions....................................3104
    S corporations.....................................3027, 3065, 3249
    Solely-for-voting stock requirement............................3274
    Tax shelter registration.................................3214, 3279
  Damages under Section 7433.......................................3240
  Debt:
    Collateralized debt obligations................................3257
  Debt instruments...........................................3029, 3038
  Deductions from intangible property..............................3246
  Deemed paid taxes................................................3255
  Deferred compensation plans......................................3060
  Diesel fuel definition...........................................3077
  Disaster relief..................................................3127
  Disclosure of return information...........................3068, 3234
  Disqualified persons definition..................................3090
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........3102
  Earned income tax credit...................................3123, 3220
  Education credits................................................3139
  Electing small business trusts...................................3065
  Electronic payee statements......................................3080
  Electronic tip reporting.........................................3120
  Electronic transmissions...................................3083, 3209
  Electronically filed information returns.........................3271
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans..............................3091, 3159, 3202, 3275
    Funded welfare benefit plans...................................3177
    Loans treated as distributions.................................3250
    Trusts.........................................................3086
  Employee stock ownership plans...................................3065
  Equity options with flexible terms...............................3064
  Escrow funds.....................................................3199
  Farm income......................................................3128
  Federal tax deposit system.................................3087, 3170
  Foreign corporations.....................3020, 3106, 3185, 3190, 3255
    Earnings and profits.........................3020, 3185, 3194, 3255
    Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.....................3230
    Income rules...................................................3071
    Stock transfer rules.....................................3162, 3232
    Subpart F income...............................................3105
    Transfer of intangibles........................................3247
  Foreign eligible entities........................................3157
  Foreign governments..............................................3183
  Foreign grantor trusts...........................................3111
  Foreign insurance companies................................3019, 3021
  Foreign investment companies...............................3067, 3115
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................3182
  Foreign persons receiving U.S. source income...............3082, 3172
  Foreign tax credit.................3032, 3095, 3164, 3175, 3179, 3238
  Foreign taxpayers:
    Disallowance of deductions and credits for failure to file 
        timely return..............................................3092
    Taxpayer identification number requirement.....................3244
  Foreign trusts and estates:
    Recognition of gain on transfers...............................3174
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................3110
  Functional currency..............................................3185
  General utilities repeal.........................................3193
  Golden parachute payments........................................3178
  Grantor..............................................3134, 3204, 3270
  Group health plans, continuation coverage........................3147
  Highly compensated employee................................3114, 3231
  Hyperinflationary currency.......................................3233
  Income allocation................................................3246

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  Income averaging.................................................3128
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................3218
  Information disclosure...........................................3126
  Insurance companies..............................................3061
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................3198
  Interest.......................................3072, 3108, 3140, 3164
  Interest-free adjustments..................................3018, 3195
  International communications income..............................3218
  International organizations......................................3183
  Inventory accounting.............................................3041
  Investment type property.........................................3171
  Joint returns....................................................3042
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................3075
  Loans from qualified employer plans..............................3163
  Long-term contracts..............................................3113
  Losses:
    Disposition of personal property...............................3213
    Separate limitation............................................3184
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks...................3241
  Mid-contract change in taxpayer..................................3096
  Middleman payments...............................................3040
  Multiple party financing.........................................3117
  Mutual fund after-tax returns....................................4824
  Offset of refund payments..................................2877, 2880
  Offset programs............................................2875, 2881
  Output facilities................................................3168
  Partnerships:
    Amortization rules.............................................3165
    Assumption of liabilities......................................3073
    Capital gains..................................................3133
    Fair market value..............................................3227
    Foreign investments............................................3259
    Hybrid transactions............................................3219
    Mergers and divisions..........................................3158
    Section 1503(d) applications.............................3093, 3197
    Subpart F income...............................................3105
    Unified audit procedures.......................................3144
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................3094
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................3067
  Payments:
    Advance payments...............................................3272
    Corporate withholding taxes....................................2868
    Credit and debit cards.........................................3215
    Middleman payments.............................................3040
    Prepayments....................................................3217
    Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans............3053
    Source of payments.............................................3028
  Payments to attorneys......................................3057, 3142
  Personal property sales..........................................3251
  Practice of representatives before the IRS.......................3085
  Preferred stock..................................................3263
    Guidance project...............................................3156
  Preparer due diligence requirements..............................3220
  Principle contracts..............................................3056
  Procedure and administration.....................................3192
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................3069
  Qualified offers...........................................3044, 3148
  Qualified plans..................................................3256
    Cashout limits.................................................3268
    Protected benefits exceptions..................................3135
  Qualified transportation fringe benefits.........................3229
  Real Estate Investment Trusts....................................3146
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................3224, 3257
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................3205
  Regulated Investment Companies...................................3146
  Reimbursement allowance:
    Travel or transportation.......................................3964
  Relocation allowance payments for government employees...........4358
  Removal of temporary regulations.................................3121
  Repeal of proposed regulations...................................3280
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3022
  Research credit............................................3109, 3150
  Residence sale or exchange.......................................3052
  Resident status..................................................3181
  Retention of paid preparers' signatures..........................3266
  Retirement plans...........................................3203, 3211
  Rollover contributions...........................................3256
  S corporations...................................................3065
  Section 1221 (a)(7)..............................................3081
  Section 1441.....................................................3273
  Section 263A.....................................................3138
  Section 355(d)...................................................3141
  Section 355(e) Guidance..........................................3221
  Section 420 (c)(3)(E)............................................3248
  Section 446......................................................3081
  Section 6048 regulations.........................................3024
  Section 6112...............................................3236, 3277
  Section 6159.....................................................3030
  Section 6320.....................................................3223
  Section 6323.....................................................3118
  Section 6330.....................................................3222
  Section 6343.....................................................3031
  Section 882......................................................3116
  Section 884......................................................3116
  Section 894................................................3082, 3172
  Securities.................................................3023, 3200
  Statement filing...........................................3237, 3278
  Stock transfer regulations.......................................3235
  Straddles........................................................3049
    Carrying charges...............................................3072
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................3201
  Stripping transactions...........................................3117
  Swap transactions................................................3028
  Tax credits:
    FERC well category determinations..............................4629
    Puerto Rico....................................................3176
  Tax shelter rules................................................3281
  Tax treaties.....................................................3180
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................3245
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..............................3030, 3031, 3118
  Taxpayers:
    Address correction.............................................3059
    Last known address.............................................3154
  Timber sales.....................................................3058
  Timely mailing treated as timely filing/electronic postmark......3143
  Transfers of property to third parties on behalf of a spouse.....3079
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................3210
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts..............................3039, 3161
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......3207
    Foreign trusts.................................................3206
    GST issues.....................................................3152
    Income definition..............................................3076
    Lifetime charitable lead trusts................................3166
    Non-exempt employees...........................................3204
  Trusts and estates.............................3025, 3027, 3037, 3211
  Valuation tables.................................................3269
  Voice signatures.................................................3252
  Withholding certificates.........................................3209
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
           Indians-business and finance
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1842
  Appealing administrative actions of the Office of the Special 
      Trustee......................................................1531
  Ceremonial use of park resources.................................1802
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1859

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  Child protection programs........................................1838
  Child support enforcement........................................1389
  Cultural exchange of marine mammal products between Natives......1748
  Electric power utilities.........................................1853
  Fishing management...........................................665, 833
  Food assistance programs..........................................377
  Housing..........................................................1509
    Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1488
    Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes 
        and Alaska Native Villages.................................1497
    Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1508
  Indian affairs hearings and appeals........................1522, 1528
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1216
  Indian Judgement Funds...........................................1821
  National Indian Gaming Commission........171, 4727, 4731, 4732, 4733, 
                                                       4734, 4735, 4737
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1816
  Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act 
                                                                   1480
  Navajo generating station............................3601, 3633, 3695
  NIGC definitions.................................................4730
  Preference in employment.........................................1846
  Self-Determination Act...........................................1217
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4770
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1581, 
                                                                   1790
  Summary distribution.............................................1529
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Columbia River access sites....................................1857
  Welfare reform:
    Financial assistance and social services.......................1836
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................2170
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts...................1711
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................752
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1844
  Federal utilization of Indian organizations and Indian-owned 
      economic enterprises.........................................4381
  Gaming authorizations............................................4732
  Gaming operations....................................4727, 4736, 4737
    Debt collection.................................................172
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1855
  Indian Incentive Payment Program..................................945
  Indian monies and BIA special deposits...........................1532
  Loans, grants, and employment assistance.............1829, 1832, 1833
Indians-education:
  Academic and dormitory standards.................................1827
  Adult vocational training........................................1831
  Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1828
  Grants to colleges...............................................1847
  School construction contracts....................................1830
  School improvement program.......................................1822
  Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute........................1860
Indians-lands:
  Acquisitions...............................................1835, 1837
  Air pollution control implementation...........3664, 3672, 3673, 3674
  Alaska Native Veterans allotments................................1932
  Allotments.......................................................1922
  Debt settlement for tribal land acquisition loans.................224
  Encumbrance contract approval....................................1841
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3507
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2531
  Fishing sites on Columbia River..................................1858
  Gas valuation regulations........................................1882
  Grazing permits..................................................1845
  Historic preservation programs...................................1804
  Irrigation projects..............................................1852
  Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1851
  Mining leases........................................1823, 1850, 1883
  Mining regulations...............................................1894
  Mortgages and deeds of trust.....................................1834
  National Forest System lands......................................438
  Oil and gas leasing................................................67
  Road bridge program..............................................2562
  Roads program....................................................1843
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1824
  Trust management reform..........................................1840
  Water pollution control requirements.......................3881, 3902
  Water quality standards..........................................3831
Indians-law:
  Construction of jails............................................2134
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1856
  Hearings and appeals.................................1854, 4724, 4728
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1848
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4729
Indians-tribal government:
  Election procedures........................................1825, 1826
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1403
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1848
  Performance Partnership Grants....................................132
  Self-determination...............................................1828
  Self-governance program procedures...............................1849
  Tribal background investigations.................................4733
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Blind
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1977, 3449, 
                                                                   3450
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3448
    Play areas.....................................................3454
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1971
    Public rights-of-way...........................................3453
  Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and 
      customer premises equipment..................................4488
  Accessibility guidelines for transportation................2342, 2345
  Accessible electronic and information technology standards.......3451
  Appointment to positions.........................................4145
  Cardiovascular impairments........................................161
  Children:
    Disability determination.......................................4337
    Early intervention programs....................................1023
    Education of...................................................1024
  Clarification of age as a vocational factor......................4334
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................2143, 2144
  Determination of..................................................161
    For children...................................................4337
  Disability insurance program demonstration project.........4267, 4277
  Disability ratings:
    Burden of proof................................................4322
    Chronic........................................................3324
    Digestive system...............................................4272
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................4318
    Immune System..................................................4321
    Liver..........................................................3325
    Mental disorders...............................................3407
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................4320
    Neurological...................................................4275
    Respiratory system.............................................4338
    Skin...........................................................4273
    Special senses.................................................4274
    Spine..........................................................3314
  Employment discrimination complaints..............................147
  Evidence of permanent and total disability.......................3316
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............4268
  Health care and employment support grants........................1388

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  Housing......................................................58, 1417
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................4292
  Medicare premium.................................................1376
  Mentally retarded:
    Intermediate care facilities.............................1319, 1328
    Payment methods for care facilities............................1258
  Mitigating measures clarification................................3916
  Motor vehicle modifications..........................2665, 2671, 2709
  Nondiscrimination..............................2145, 3957, 4180, 4313
    Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1976
    Air travel...............................................2320, 2339
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.................4313, 4456
    Federally assisted programs....................................2236
    In programs or activities conducted by the OFHEO...............4041
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1971, 1976
    State and local government services..................70, 1973, 1976
  Passenger vessel access....................................2348, 3452
  Schedule for rating disabilities...........................3310, 3311
  SSA disability determination process..............................160
  SSA medical equivalence policy...................................4289
  State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program.................1026
  Subcontract preference under service contracts...................4372
  Telecommunications relay services..........................4494, 4495
  Transportation.............................................1822, 2330
  Video programming accessibility..................................4463
  Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain 
      naturalization applicants....................................2090
  Widow's benefits.................................................4293
  Work Incentives Improvement Act...................................157
Industrial safety:
  See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
  See Business and industry
Infants and children:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child welfare
           Youth
  Air bags.........................................................2721
  Aircraft child restraints..................................2435, 2715
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................4425
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................4419
  Backyard play sets standard......................................4431
  Bleachers and grandstands safety.................................4421
  Buckles on child-restraint systems...............................4438
  Child labor......................................................4343
  Child restraint anchors..........................................2694
  Crib safety standards............................................4433
  Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an SSI 
      eligible child...............................................4270
  Determining family relationships.................................4212
  Disability determination.........................................4337
  Dive sticks safety...............................................4427
  Food assistance programs...............................4, 6, 382, 387
  Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging...................4432
  Individuals with disabilities..............................1023, 1024
  Infant formula...................................................1190
  Lead poisoning..............................................140, 3729
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2186
  Medicaid program.................................................1264
  Motor vehicle restraint systems......................2654, 2733, 2734
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1212
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................354
  Packaging requirements for oral prescription drugs................169
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4434
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................4429
  School breakfast and lunch programs..........................368, 379
  Sulfate in drinking water........................................3900
  Supplemental food program:
    Certification integrity.........................................375
  VA pensions for veteran or surviving spouse......................3421
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
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
           Mortgage insurance
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............4709
    Share insurance................................................4718
  Disability insurance program demonstration project.........4267, 4277
  Election changes.................................................3275
  Equity index insurance products..................................4828
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4458
  Motor carriers as self-insurers..................................2592
  Motor vehicle reporting requirements.............................2731
  Passenger vessel operators.......................................4655
  Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program requirements............3927
Insurance companies:
  Active conduct defined...........................................3242
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4810
  Tax on companies other than life insurance companies.............3061
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements..............1010
  Air carrier regulation...........................................2346
  Air pollution control implementation........111, 112, 133, 3624, 3673
  Alternative fuels incentives program.............................1030
  BIA schools......................................................1827
  Child support non-performance TANF penalty.......................1395
  Education programs................................................304
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............2179
  Employer-based group health plans................................1244
  EPA.................................122, 3610, 3835, 3852, 3862, 3878
  Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2870
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................2160
  Federalism........................................................895
  Flood assistance program.........................................3919
  Food assistance programs...............................4, 6, 358, 387
    Sharing information with INS...............................358, 374
  Food stamps....................................................9, 385
  Hazardous materials transportation..........................105, 2808
  HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1276
  Highway management...............................................2527
  Highway projects...........................................2540, 2558
  Highway safety data improvements incentive grants................2685
  Highway safety programs..........................................2640
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2749
  Medicaid:
    Administrative costs...............................1252, 1360, 1361

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    Eligibility..................................1252, 1285, 1360, 1361
  Motor vehicle safety incentive grants..........2682, 2683, 2684, 2726
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3702
  Oil spill response...............................................2403
  Payments to State and local governments..........................1926
  Performance Partnership Grants...............................131, 132
  Railroad highway projects........................................2542
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1356, 1359
  State issued identification documents............................2675
  USDA:
    Entitlement programs............................................453
    State mediation programs........................................213
  Water supply.....................................................3902
Intermodal transportation:
  Charter services.................................................2779
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Automated Permit Port programs...................................2089
  Border crossing cards............................................2306
  Dedicated commuter lanes.............................2046, 2089, 2110
  Driver's license requirements....................................2089
  Ports of entry...................................................2110
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Acquisition regulations...........................................861
  Appeals...........................................................864
  Claims against the Patent and Trademark Office....................862
  Computer-implemented business method patent applications.....874, 883
  Correspondence addresses..........................................873
  Design patent claim language......................................881
  Fees..............................................................865
    Alternative fee structure.......................................863
    Payment by credit card..........................................879
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................889
  Freedom of information............................................884
  Inter partes reexamination........................................866
  Interlocutory rulings at final hearing in interference 
      procesessings.................................................876
  International civil and commercial cases..........................858
  Invention promoter complaints.....................................869
  Licensing government-owned inventions.............................890
  Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................872
  Mineral patent applications......................................1913
  Misplaced application and patent files............................871
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................888
  Patent applications...........................868, 877, 878, 880, 885
  Patent business goals.............................................875
  Patent interferences..............................................870
  Patent law treaty.................................................882
  Patent practitioners..............................................859
  Privacy...........................................................884
  Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development 
      Agreement.....................................................887
  Small businesses..................................................888
  Term adjustments..................................................878
  Utility examination guidelines....................................867
Investigations:
  Authority of the Special Counsel.................................4173
  Civil investigative demands......................................2129
  Government personnel.............................................4142
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising rules................................................4809
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4813
  Asset transfers..................................................3146
  Custody of assets outside the U.S................................4832
  Disclosure requirements..........................................4808
  Electronic signatures............................................4827
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4815
  Mergers of affiliated investment companies.......................4814
  Names............................................................4822
  Registration form................................................4815
  Repurchase agreements............................................4823
  Role of independent directors....................................4820
  Securities acquisition...........................................4812
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4811
  Small business investment companies:
    Cost of money..................................................4244
    Income computation.............................................4227
    Management-ownership diversity.................................4243
  Taxation.........................................................3115
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Foreign investments in U.S.
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Bonding requirement exemption for certain advisers...............2182
  Canadian.........................................................4831
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4816
  Equity investments...............................................2964
  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board:
    Allocation of fiduciary responsibility.........................2203
  Financial services transactions survey.......................505, 509
  Guaranteed investment contracts..................................3228
  Investment advisers..............................................4807
    Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4821
    Political contributions........................................4819
  Mutual fund after-tax returns....................................4824
  Mutual fund fee disclosure.......................................4826
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2959
  Non-mortgage investments by GSEs.................................1409
  Proxy and information statements.................................4802
  Registration forms...............................................4829
  U.S. direct investment abroad survey..............................507
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1852


                                   J

Job Training Partnership Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Juices:
  Food safety assessment programs....................................43
Juvenile delinquency:
  Family Unity Program.............................................2057


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................994
  Medicare eligibility...............................................45


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcohol beverages................................................2907
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2710
  Antibiotics resistance labeling..................................1202
  Beer.............................................................2889
  Blood and blood components.......................................1139
  Building materials...............................................1449
  Country of origin statements.....................................2938
  Dietary supplements for safety concerns associated with use 
      during pregnancy.............................................1152
  Distilled spirits..........................................2889, 2938
  Drugs..............................................................33
  Electronic submission of information.............................1140
  Hearing aids.......................................................32
  Home insulation..................................................4700
  Insulin-containing products......................................1128

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  Malt beverages...................................................2926
  Pesticides.......................................................3719
  Polyurethane foam in upholstered furniture.......................4435
  Pregnancy labeling category for prescription drugs...............1129
  Prescription drugs...............................................1175
  Rubber-containing drugs..........................................1112
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1182
  Textiles.........................................................4706
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2903
  Wine.............................................................2889
    Specialty products and flavored wines..........................2939
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.....................................76
  DOA authority to approve H-2A petitions for agricultural 
      laborers.....................................................2311
  DOL user fees....................................................2157
  Nondiscrimination................................................2230
  Service contract exemptions......................................2155
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................2141
  Trade adjustment assistance................................2161, 2162
Labor management relations:
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................2179
Laboratories:
  Accreditation.....................................................174
  Clinical laboratories regulation...............1274, 1306, 1329, 1337
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3482
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1303
  Science and Technology Laboratory Service.........................184
  Testing of mining equipment......................................2218
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions............1144
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.....................................2304
  Qualified offers...........................................3044, 3148
  Suits against Federal employees..................................2118
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................2135
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........2002, 4581
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1682
  Forest Service....................................................433
  Immigration......................................................2070
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4729
  Officer Next Door Program........................................1471
  Retirement.......................................................4130
  U.S. Marshals Service fees.......................................2130
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................2009
Lawyers:
  Debarment........................................................1204
  Disciplinary procedures..........................................2001
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4724
Lead:
  Toxics Release Inventory..........................................146
Lead poisoning:
  Paint......................................120, 140, 3729, 3732, 3745
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3748
Libraries:
  Presidential library facilities..................................4007
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................3196
  District of Columbia employees...................................4129
  Election changes.................................................3275
  Government employees.............................................4093
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................4097
    Regulation revisions...........................................4133
  Variable life insurance contracts................................4825
  Veterans...................................................3426, 3429
    Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option................3377
    Increased coverage opportunity.................................3433
    National Service Life Insurance................................3344
Liquors:
  Exports..........................................................2925
  Labeling.........................................................2889
  Standards of fill................................................2890
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2903
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Animal drug residue levels.......................................1113
  Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering 
      establishments................................................273
  Commodity futures contract deliveries.............................186
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds..........1134
  Equitable competition...............................................3
  Exportation.......................................................279
  Free choice medicated feed.......................................1199
  Imported.....................................................204, 419
  Liquid medicated feed............................................1199
  Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act.................................181
  Meat grading regulations for imports..............................178
  Price reporting...................................................348
  Sanitary standard for equipment used to slaughter, process, and 
      package.......................................................187
  Substances prohibited from use in feed...........................1114
  Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................349
Loan programs:
  CRA Sunshine.....................................................4613
  Economic adjustment program.......................................519
  Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers..................468
  Qualified employer plans.........................................3163
  Revision of RTB loan documents....................................471
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program.........469, 471, 489, 490
  Rural development.................................................315
  RUS current ratio requirement.....................................475
  RUS reduction in minimum TIER requirements........................488
  Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........470
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision.....................2868, 2878
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Account servicing.................................................215
  Apple producers...................................................211
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program......454, 455, 457, 461
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans.......................232
  Community programs...........................................312, 316
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................233
  Crop disaster assistance..........................................243
  Debt settlement...................................................219
  Disaster set-aside program........................................240
  Extensions of payments............................................467
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights................................................4439
    Electronic commerce............................................4444

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    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4445
    Mission-related investments....................................4440
    Participations and purchases...................................4441
    Policies and operations........................................4449
    Risk-weighting.................................................4442
    Stock issuance.................................................4447
  Farm Loan Program:
    Collection activities...........................................259
    Debt settlement.......................................261, 264, 265
    Low documentation loans.........................................231
    Regulatory streamlining.........................................208
    Small Hog Operation Payment Program.............................230
  Farm Service Agency:
    Cash flow margin requirements...................................244
    Payments to delinquent Farm Credit Program borrowers............251
  Farm Storage Facility Loan Program................................241
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4458
  Grazing loan deficiency payments..................................250
  Housing...........................................................456
  Loan changes......................................................318
  Loan Deficiency Payment Rates.....................................263
  Loans secured by real estate and property.........................227
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................499
  Market loss assistance.......................................243, 248
  Regulation streamlining...........................................208
  Rural economic development...................................311, 460
  Rural electrification...................................472, 484, 485
  Rural housing.....................................................319
  Rural telephone system............................................483
  Seed producers....................................................211
  Settlement of debt................................................476
  State mediation programs..........................................213
  Suspension of collection of recapture.............................234
  Water and waste disposal programs............................474, 486
  Water Programs....................................................466
Loan programs-business:
  Fishermen.........................................................766
  Rural areas.......................................................462
  SBA:
    Liquidation and sale of disaster loans.........................4256
    Microloan program........................................4246, 4255
    Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................4242
    Modifications to CDC operations................................4253
    Multi-lender securitizations...................................4225
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................4241
Loan programs-education:
  Cohort default rates.............................................1016
  Death and disability discharges..................................1017
  Federal Family Education Loan program..........1016, 1017, 1019, 1020
  Federal Perkins Loan Program...............................1017, 1018
  Guaranty agencies................................................1020
  Institutional eligibility........................................1015
  Interest.........................................................3212
  Medical research...........................................1221, 1225
  Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program 
                                                                   1021
  Teacher loan forgiveness programs................................1019
  William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program...1015, 1016, 1017, 1019, 
                                                                   1020
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1218
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Credit Watch program.......................................1436, 1453
  Government Sponsored Enterprises:
    High costs and predatory features................................59
  Rural areas.......................................................321
  Title I property insurance programs..............................1452
Loan programs-Indians:
  Direct loan program..............................................1829
  Housing loan guarantees..........................................1509
  Indian Lands Acquisition loans....................................224
  Mortgage loans...................................................1480
Loan programs-veterans:
  Acceptance of partial payments...................................3362
  Advertising and solicitation disclosure..........................3408
  Credit scoring...................................................3409
  Credit standards.................................................3410
  Property improvements definition.................................3365
  Title evidence requirements......................................3361
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................2123
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................2123
  Restrictions..........................................499, 1525, 4306
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................2294
  Medical fee schedule.............................................2147
  Safety and health regulations....................................2269
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
           Rent subsidies
  Government Sponsored Enterprises:
    Purchase goals...................................................60
  Section 8:
    Amendments.....................................................1516
    Fair market rents..............................................1427
    Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1505
    Lease termination..............................................1511
    Management assessment program..................................1496
    Payments programs..............................................1472
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1458
    Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal 
        activity...................................................1426
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................994
  Diesel particulate.................................................82


                                   M

Mammography:
  State certification of facilities................................1186
Manpower training programs:
  Nondiscrimination................................................2231
  Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2301
  Workforce investment systems.....................................2172
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety..............................1447, 1461, 1463
  Definition.......................................................1462
Maps:
  National Imagery and Mapping Agency:
    Freedom of information..........................................918
Marijuana:
  Industrial use...................................................1985
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Aboriginal subsistence whaling quota..............................729
  Animal welfare standards.....................................282, 283
  Beluga whales................................................688, 841
  Captive holding and transport.....................................677
  Captive Stellar sea lions.........................................692
  Exports of products for cultural exchange........................1748
  Incidental taking............................720, 751, 832, 837, 1743
    Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan...................727, 844
    Deployment of the U.S. Navy's low frequency active sonar...681, 848
    During shock testing by the U.S. Navy...........................683
    Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan........................690, 849
    Low frequency sound source operation............................689
  Level B harrassment..............................................1539

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  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................752
  Marine Mammal Protection Act................722, 841, 850, 1534, 1743
  Native cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts............1711
  North Atlantic whale protection...................................682
  North right whales................................................834
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1537
  Photography permits...............................................678
  Research authorization............................................721
  Serious injury definition.........................................679
  Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2416
  Steller sea lion conservation.....................................739
  Subsistence taking of Northern fur seals..........................691
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................575
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Antarctic Marine Living Resources vessel permit requirements......632
  Commercial submarine cables in National Marine Sanctuaries........576
  Criteria for water quality.......................................3880
  Endangered and threatened species......................680, 836, 1779
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.............................22
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................731
  Marine Mammal Protection Act:
    Rescission of administrative procedures........................1746
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................694
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................693
  Research program..................................................760
  Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.............................854
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................2397
  Blood alcohol concentration limit................................2375
  Casualty reporting...............................................2363
  Chemical testing.................................................2387
  Houseboats.......................................................2410
  Inland waterways...........................................1583, 2398
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2373
  Pilotage regulations.......................................2382, 2424
  Puget Sound-Area waters..........................................2414
  Recreational boaters.............................................1583
  Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2379
  Safety/security zone regulations...........................2383, 2399
  Salvage and firefighting equipment.................................95
  Towing vessels.............................................2369, 2391
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................2425
  Uninspected passenger vessels....................................2394
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Access charges to carrier automated tariffs and tariff systems 
                                                                   4657
  Audit appeals....................................................2843
  Cargo preference regulations:
    Agricultural exports...........................................2842
  Civil penalties..................................................4660
  Communications.............................................4571, 4593
  Great Lakes load line certificate................................2411
  Income source rules..............................................3225
  Japanese vessels.................................................4656
  Merchant mariners................................................2409
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4654
  Ocean common carriers............................................4658
  Ocean transportation intermediaries..............................4659
  Operating agreements.............................................4652
  Operating-differential subsidy programs..........................2844
  Seaway regulations...............................................2786
  Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2416
  Shipboard electrical cable standards.............................2381
  Terminal operators contracts.....................................4653
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................2422
  U.S.-flag vessel preference.................................920, 4377
Marketing quotas:
  Peanuts......................................................229, 258
  Tobacco...................226, 236, 237, 238, 249, 255, 256, 257, 260
Mass transportation:
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2777
  Major capital investment mass transportation projects............2781
  School bus operations............................................2783
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Gaseous fuels:
    Propane cylinders..............................................2822
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery............................18
  Beef imports from Brazil..........................................275
  Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........379
  Consumer protection...............................................404
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................417
  Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance Program..............461
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category..............................................3859
  Equitable competition...............................................3
  Export certificates for lamb meat subject to tariff-rate quota 
                                                                   2983
  Export sales reporting............................................425
  Grading and certification fees...............................206, 207
  Grading regulations for imported livestock........................178
  HACCP regulations for rendered products..........................1201
  Labeling......................................................14, 410
  Lamb meat adjustment assistance program...........................246
  Meat grading regulations for imported livestock...................204
  Meat recovery systems..............................................18
  Ruminant imports..................................................271
  Transportation and storage........................................395
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................416
  Color additives...................................................405
  Contaminated......................................................418
  Fees..............................................................414
  Food additives....................................................405
  HACCP programs................................................15, 396
  Labeling...........................................................17
  Partial quality control programs..................................423
  Performance standards:
    Bacon...........................................................399
    Processing procedures............................................17
    Ready-to-eat products............................................12
  Total quality control systems.....................................422
Medicaid:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
           Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).................................51
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1306
  Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc......................1369
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................382
  Disproportionate share hospital payments.........................1313
  Drug rebate program..............................................1266
  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 
      services.....................................................1264
  Eligibility:
    Medically needy................................................1285
    Non-U.S. citizens..............................................1361
  Employer-based group health plans................................1244
  Estate recoveries................................................1279
  Federal financial participation income limits..........50, 1327, 1360
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1286

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  Health care and employment support grants for people with 
      disabilities.................................................1388
  Health insuring organizations....................................1340
  Health maintenance organizations.................................1340
  Home and community-based services................................1251
  Hospice care...............................................1323, 1350
  Institutions for mental disease..................................1313
  Low-income pregnant women........................................1343
  Managed care...............................................1252, 1254
    Civil penalties................................................1104
  Medicaid Management Information System...........................1345
  Medical child support............................................1289
  Mentally retarded persons:
    Conditions of participation for intermediate care facilities 
                                                                   1328
    Payment methods for care facilities............................1258
  Nursing facilities:
    Substandard care...............................................1353
  Outstation intake locations......................................1343
  Penalties, sanctions, exclusions and overpayments................1105
  Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1310
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1342
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1317
  Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1267
  Skilled nursing facilities.................................1316, 1339
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1356, 1382
  Third party liability............................................1275
  Tuberculosis-related services....................................1270
  Upper payment limit................................................47
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships.................................................1219
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Computer software programs.......................................1193
  Establishment registration and listing requirements..............1145
  Gene therapy.......................................................40
  Hearing aids.......................................................32
  Intermittent positive pressure machine...........................1346
  Liability limitations............................................1349
  Medical care telemetry devices.............................4529, 4533
  Medicare coverage..........................................1347, 1383
  Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................2242
  Restricted devices promotion.....................................1196
  Standards........................................................1209
  Surety bond requirements.............................1235, 1291, 1294
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1182
  Xenotransplantation................................................40
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Classification of sheep as minor species.........................1208
  Contraception and infertility..............................1221, 1225
  Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1268
  National Research Service Awards.................................1224
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1224
  Peer review......................................................1226
  Radiopharmaceuticals.............................................1122
Medicare:
  See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs)
  Additional supplier standards....................................1243
  Advanced refunding of debt.......................................1295
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).....................51, 1281, 1315
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions.............................1101
  Appeals:
    Coverage.......................................................1288
  Audiologists.....................................................1278
  Bone mass measurements...........................................1297
  Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1263
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1298
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1306, 1329
  Clinical psychology training program payments......................48
  Clinical social worker services..................................1312
  Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc......................1369
  Competitive medical plans:
    Appeal protections.............................................1288
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1262
  Contract eligibility.............................................1357
  Contractors:
    Integrity Program..............................................1355
    Millennium compliance..........................................1301
  Cost reports.....................................................1348
  Criteria for making coverage decisions...........................1307
  Deductible amount for Medigap high deductible options............1386
  Demonstration project............................................4171
  Dialysis services..................................................45
  Disproportionate share adjustment................................1381
  Durable medical equipment:
    Fee schedules..................................................1351
    Payment limits.................................................1374
    Surety bonds...................................................1235
  End-stage renal disease:
    Bad debt payment...............................................1236
    Demonstration waivers..........................................1354
    Quality assurance and performance improvement data for 
        facilities.................................................1385
  Evaluation of intermediary and carrier performance.........1331, 1378
  Extended care services coinsurance amounts.................1332, 1375
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.........................................49, 1234
    Application of inherent reasonableness...........................55
    Durable medical equipment................................1351, 1374
    Payment limits...................................................55
    Physician payments.............................................1322
    Practice expense data collection...............................1324
  Graduate Medical Education Consortia.............................1379
  Graduate medical education payment...............................1326
  Health care prepayment plans:
    Appeal protections.............................................1288
  Health maintenance organizations:
    Appeal protections.............................................1288
  Home health agencies:
    Appeals process................................................1321
    Conditions of participation..............................1242, 1300
    Definition.....................................................1347
    Prospective Payment System.....................................1365
    Schedules of limitations on costs........................1368, 1384
    Survey and sanctions...........................................1338
  Hospice care.........................................1277, 1304, 1323
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1271
  Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.......1249, 1330, 1383
  Income protection for community spouse...........................1263
  Inpatient hospital deductible..............................1332, 1375
  Integrity Program................................................1355
  Loan repayments..................................................1295
  Medical equipment................................................1346
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties................................................1104
  Mentally ill or retarded persons.................................1284
  Monthly actuarial rates..........................................1373
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules........................46
  Outpatient self-management training services.......................52
  Ownership changes................................................1269
  Paramedic intercept ambulance services...........................1377
  Penalties, sanctions, exclusions and overpayments................1269
  Physician assistant training program payments......................48
  Physicians' referrals........................................57, 1272

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  Premium for the uninsured, aged, and certain disabled 
      individuals..................................................1376
  Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1310
  Prospective Payment System...........................1326, 1365, 1387
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1233
  Provider reimbursement disbursement and appeals..................1341
  Psychiatric hospital sanctions...................................1342
  Rehabilitation hospital services.................................1308
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage..........1299
  Rural health clinics.............................................1302
  Screening Pap smears.............................................1265
  Secondary payer..................................................1344
  Skilled nursing facilities.....................1273, 1284, 1339, 1347
    Cost limits..............................................1248, 1296
    Prospective Payment System.....................................1316
    Substandard care.........................................1284, 1353
  Speech-language pathologists.....................................1278
  State allotments for payments of Medicare Part B premiums........1370
  State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).................1311
  Supplementary Medical Insurance premium rates....................1373
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.........1318
  Surety bond requirements.............................1235, 1291, 1294
  Sustainable growth rate....................................1309, 1380
  User fees........................................................1290
Medigap:
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions.............................1101
  Deductible amount for high deductible options....................1386
Mental health programs:
  Group health plan benefit parity.................................2199
  Medicaid and Medicare sanctions for psychiatric hospitals........1342
  Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments................1313
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Use of restraint and seclusion.................................1317
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3862
  High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3800
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1851
Metric system:
  Conversion:
    Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2643
Migrant labor:
  Forestry service contracts........................................500
  Job service complaint system.....................................2167
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.................................................892
  Compensation for beneficiaries of the Vietnamese Commandos 
      Compensation Commission.......................................916
  Education eligibility of dependents in overseas areas........893, 894
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................913
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics...................1164
  Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................4242
  Reemployment.....................................................4083
  Retirement regulations...........................................4087
Mine safety and health:
  Accident investigation hearing procedures........................2214
  Air quality standards............................................2223
  Asbestos exposure limit..........................................2229
  Belt entry.......................................................2225
  Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................2152
  Confined-space hazards...........................................2224
  Crystalline silica...............................................2210
  Hazard communication.............................................2215
  Metal and nonmetal mines:
    Electrical standards...........................................2209
  Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................2206
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2208
  Rescue teams.....................................................2205
  Respirable coal dust.........................................85, 2204
  Surface coal mine dust control...................................2228
  Surface haulage equipment........................................2207
  Surge and storage piles..........................................2212
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................2218
  Training of miners...............................................2227
  Underground coal mines:
    Diesel particulate...............................................82
    Dust control plan verification...................................84
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................2219
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................2217
    Safety standard revisions......................................2226
  Underground mines:
    Diesel particulate...............................................83
    Escapeways and refuges.........................................2213
    Self-contained self-rescuer life approvals and training........2211
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Coal:
    Coal management................................................1911
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1912
  Fractions sale....................................................430
  Mineral patent applications......................................1913
  Mining leases on Indian lands..............................1823, 1883
  Overburden definition......................................3762, 3773
  Rights-of-way....................................................1917
  Solid mineral leases.......................................1889, 1933
  Sulphur leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf.............1875, 1876
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1824
Mineral royalties:
  Credit adjustments...............................................1883
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1850
  Interest and late payments.......................................1861
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1861, 1877
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
           Underground mining
  Abandoned..................................................1890, 1897
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1891
  Indian lands...............................................1823, 1850
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1851
  Locatable minerals.................................................69
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1928
  Temporary cessation of operations................................1893
  Water pollution control..........................................3855
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers............................2140, 2141
  Violation penalties..............................................2154
Minority businesses:
  Government contracting...........................................4618
  Participation in DOT programs..............................2343, 2359
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
      Minority businesses

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Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mohair:
  Market assistance.................................................248
Mortgage insurance:
  Mortgage Insurance Certificates..................................1448
  Premium reduction................................................1454
  Removal of Section 221(d)(2) regulations.........................1442
  Single-family....................................................1448
    Consultant roster procedures...................................1439
    Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigration activities 
                                                                   1412
    Direct endorsement and automated underwriting..................1468
    Nonprofit approval and removal procedures......................1438
    Predatory lending................................................61
    Roster removal procedures......................................1467
  Statements of policy.............................................1466
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Broker disclosure requirements...................................1464
  Credit Watch.....................................................1453
  GNMA.......................................................1480, 1481
  Government Sponsored Enterprises:
    High costs and predatory features................................59
    Purchase goals...................................................60
  Home mortgage disclosure.........................................4661
  Homebuyer downpayment sources....................................1455
  Indian lands.....................................................1834
  Model Energy Code update.........................................1450
  Predatory lending practices..................................59, 3292
  Real estate appraisals...........................................2961
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................3224
  RESPA amendments.................................................1464
    Payments for referrals.........................................1465
    Prohibition against kickbacks and unearned fees................1433
  Risk-based capital regulation....................................4042
  Single-family appraisal assessment...............................1437
  Terminating origination approval agreements......................1436
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems..............................................2579, 2678
  Civil penalty sanctions..........................................2582
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2681
    Definition...............................................2544, 2596
    Performance based brake testers................................2579
    Small passenger carrying.......................................2595
    Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico 
        border.....................................................2581
  Data display units...............................................2572
  Drivers:
    Commercial drivers' license standards..........................2586
    Diabetic.......................................................2601
    Disqualifications..............................................2590
    Entry-level....................................................2569
    Hours of service regulations.............................2608, 2611
    Instructor training............................................2568
    Lerner permits.................................................2604
    Licensing......................................................2602
    Medical examination form and procedures........................2589
    Noncommercial motor vehicle violations.........................2583
    Penalties......................................................2590
    Physical fitness...............................................2570
    Qualification requirements...............................2567, 2612
    Safety performance history.....................................2571
    Skill performance evaluation...................................2622
    Training.................................................2568, 2569
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2609
  English language requirement.....................................2612
  Federal safety regulations:
    Advanced technological recordkeeping systems...................2607
    Auditor certification..........................................2588
    CDL exemptions.................................................2611
    Commercial van operations transporting passengers across 
        U.S.-Mexico border.........................................2581
    Definition of commercial motor vehicle.........................2596
    Hours-of-service...............................................2611
    Interstate school buses........................................2566
    Motor vehicle marking..........................................2618
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2599
    Periodic registration requirements.............................2603
    Post-accident controlled substances and alcohol test results 
                                                                   2580
    Small passenger carrying commercial motor vehicles.............2595
    Technical amendment......................................2600, 2622
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2594
    Zero-base revision.............................................2578
  Freight forwarding industry..........................2574, 2582, 2610
  Hazardous materials transportation...................2597, 2605, 2831
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2624
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................3046
  Household goods transportation.............................2593, 2597
  Identification report............................................2598
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2970
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system.............................................2573
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2617
  Insurance:
    Self-insuring..................................................2592
  Intermodal cargo containers................................2526, 2617
  Investigative authority..........................................2590
  Marking of vehicles..............................................2618
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2615
    Commercial zones...............................................2613
    Financial responsibility.......................................2576
    NAFTA..........................................................2614
  Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program:
    Revisions......................................................2619
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2585
  Out-of-service criteria..........................................2616
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2591
  Registration requirements..................................2574, 2603
  Rules of practice..........................................2587, 2590
  Safety fitness procedures........................................2577
    Amendments.....................................................2621
    Unsatisfactory ratings.........................................2620
  Sleeper berth regulations........................................2606
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2796
  Television receivers.............................................2572
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2830
  Truck length and width...........................................2528
  Truck size and weight............................................2525
Motor vehicle pollution:
  After-market conversion entities certification...................3680
  Alternative fuels................................................1030
  Emissions control programs.......................................3637
  Emissions standards........................................3686, 3688
    Diesel engine fuel..............................................136
  Emissions testing................................................3555
  Gasoline:
    American Samoa antidumping exemption petition..................3520
    Reformulated...................................................3644
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3629
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3496, 3681
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3612
  Original equipment manufacturers certification...................3680
  Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program...........................3559
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices...................................................2672

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  Air bags.........................................................2700
  Bonfire test.....................................................2693
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes.....................................................2678
    Antilock brake system malfunction indicator lamp...............2727
    Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2716
    Brake hoses....................................................2627
    Linings........................................................2663
    Motorcycles....................................................2680
  Child restraint systems............2654, 2679, 2694, 2712, 2733, 2734
  Community transportation vehicles................................2642
    Compressed natural gas fuel container integrity................2729
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2704
  Defect reporting and notification................................2656
  Drunk driving prevention.............................2684, 2686, 2726
  Ejection mitigation using advanced glazing.......................2646
  Electric vehicles................................................2719
  Fire performance requirements....................................2634
  Frontal offset protection.........................................102
  Imported vehicles................................................2649
  Interior trunk release...........................................2691
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2645
    Daytime running lamps..........................................2673
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2666
    Headlamp glare.................................................2653
    Motorcycles..............................................2628, 2637
    Performance and test requirement modifications.................2674
    Signal lamps...................................................2636
  Mining industry..................................................2207
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2625
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2658
  Moving barrier tire specification................................2659
  NHTSA global technical regulations statement of policy...........2725
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags.........................2635, 2713, 2714, 2721, 2722, 2723
    Door retention.................................................2644
    Head/neck protection.....................................2630, 2641
    Safety incentive grants........................................2683
    Side impact protection.........................................2708
    Upper interior impact..........................................2688
  Offset deformable barrier........................................2735
  Passenger equipment..............................................2772
  Power-operated windows.....................................2667, 2670
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2633
  Rollover protection..............................................2718
  Roof crashworthiness.......................................2690, 2711
  Safety glazing...................................................2677
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2692
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2705
    Parking brake warning system...................................2687
    Safety standards...............................................2737
  Seat belts:
    Rear seats...............................................2623, 2672
    Safety incentive grants........................................2682
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2672
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2664
  Shifting and falling cargo.......................................2575
  Side impact protection...........................................2728
  Test dummies:
    Child size dummies...........................2695, 2697, 2722, 2723
    CRABI 12-month size............................................2723
    Female size test dummy.........................................2696
    Hybrid III.........................................2635, 2655, 2722
  Tires:
    Test procedures................................................2724
  Traffic control................................2545, 2548, 2556, 2557
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2698
    Rear impact guards.............................................2717
  Transporting Head Start participants.............................1392
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2665
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems......................................2650
  Alternatively fueled vehicles....................................3612
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2710
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test...................................................2657
  Cargo tank motor vehicles..................................2806, 2834
  Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2706
  Commercial:
    Cargo securement...............................................2575
    Dedicated Short Range Communications...........................2534
  Community transportation vehicles................................2642
  Controls and displays............................................2662
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2669
  Defects..........................................................2669
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................2710
  Electric.........................................................1054
  High-theft lines...........................................2699, 2732
  Importer fees....................................................2701
  Imports....................................................2702, 3629
  Inconsequential defects..........................................2647
  Insurance:
    Insurer's reporting requirements...............................2731
  Insurer reporting requirements...................................2661
  Light trucks.....................................................3506
    Fuel economy standards.........................................2736
    Head restraints................................................2630
  Location and monitoring systems..................................4586
  Low-speed vehicles.........................................2652, 2689
  Modifications for individuals with disabilities..................2671
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......2003
  Noncompliance exemption..........................................2647
  Nonconforming vehicles eligible for importation..................2703
  Odometer fraud...................................................2707
  Open alcohol containers..........................................2684
  Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2690
  Regulation compliance and enforcement............................2648
  Salvage regulations..............................................2120
  Snowmobiles................................................1807, 1811
  Special purpose vehicles.........................................2626
  State issued identification documents............................2675
  Theft data.................................................2660, 2730
  Vehicle Identification Numbers...................................2689
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2709
  Window glazing:
    Light transmission standards...................................2629
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Musculoskeletal disorders:
  Ergonomic protection standards...............................90, 4282
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2966
Mutual funds:
  Fee disclosure...................................................4826


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Activities and operations........................................2952
  Assessment of fees...............................................2953
  Capital regulations..............................................2945

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  Commercial mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2961
  Equity investments...............................................2964
  Fiduciary activities.............................................2944
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2854, 2855
  Long-term issuer credit rating...................................2852
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2962
  Safety and soundness standards...................................4612
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2960
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2946
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................902
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Employee appeals..................................................448
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2533
  Hydroelectric uses................................................429
  Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project..............445
  Small business land use...........................................442
  Special use authorizations........................................441
  Timber sales:
    Export and substitution restrictions............................437
  Transportation system..............................................20
  Visitor services..................................................443
National guard:
  See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.........................................97, 2509
  Appalachian National Scenic Trail................................1814
  Big Cypress National Preserve:
    Frogging.......................................................1812
  Ceremonial use of resources by American Indians..................1802
  Concession contracts.............................................1820
  Conservation.....................................................1806
  Delaware Water Gap NRA Bicycle Trail.............................1813
  Denali National Park.............................................1819
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2530
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Air tour operations............................................2518
    Airspace modifications.........................................2519
    Postponement of special flight rules...........................2479
  Grand Staircase-Excalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations..........................................1929
  Grand Teton National Park:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1811
  Historic preservation programs for tribal lands..................1804
  Information collection activities................................1817
  John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway:
    Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1811
  Leasing regulations..............................................1803
  National Capital Region Parks:
    Photo radar speed enforcement..................................1805
  Park police insignia.............................................1818
  Presidio:
    Environmental quality..........................................4194
    Management...............................................4193, 4195
  Release of information about resources...........................1801
  Resident zone communities........................................1808
  Resource protection........................................1796, 1797
  Rights-of-way....................................................1809
  Snowmobile use.......................................1807, 1811, 1814
  Solid waste sites................................................1799
  Vehicles and traffic safety......................................1798
  Visitor use......................................................1796
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Aircraft operations............................................1810
  Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.................................1808
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
           Pipelines
           Oil and gas reserves
  Collaborative procedures for energy facility applications........4631
  Liquefied natural gas:
    Safety standards...............................................2836
  Motor vehicle fuel...............................................1030
  Optional certificate and abandonment procedures..................4639
  Private activity bond rules......................................3261
  Production, transmission & storage regulations...................3698
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3698
  Transportation on Outer Continental Shelf........................4636
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
           Soil conservation
           Water resources
           Wildlife
           Recreation and recreation areas
  Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act..................4036
  Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1760
  Damage assessments..........................................695, 1517
  Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project..............445
  Wetlands.........................................................1418
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................495
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system.................................693, 2450, 2458, 2488
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2485
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2449
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2452
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2487
  Transponder requirement..........................................2500
Navigation (water):
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................2397
  Delaware Bay.....................................................2418
  Inland waterways.................................................2398
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2793
  Prince William Sound.............................................2402
  Puget Sound......................................................2402
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................2407
  Santa Barbara Channel............................................2422

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News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................4557
Noise control:
  Airports.........................................................2498
  Construction.....................................................2561
  Highway traffic..................................................2561
  Overflights of national parks................................97, 2509
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Cultural property regulations....................................3007
  DOT grants.................................................2341, 2353
  Grants administration......................520, 906, 1421, 3443, 3934
  Rights to inventions.........................................887, 888
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Civil Monetary Penalties adjustment..............................4792
  Energy compensation sources for well logging.....................4776
  Energy Reorganization Act........................................4789
  NRC document control and distribution............................4754
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes................1076
  Termination of agreement with State of Louisiana.................4774
Nuclear materials:
  DOE security activities..........................................1061
  Emergency response worker training...............................1074
  Export controls...................................525, 556, 568, 4763
  Import controls..................................................4763
  Industrial devices containing byproducts.........................4757
  Licensing........................................................4753
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4764
  Retirement benefits for couriers.................................4167
  Spent fuel...................1072, 4759, 4781, 4782, 4783, 4784, 4785
    Fuel Solutions cask system.....................................4773
    Holtec HI-STAR 100 Cask system.................................4791
    NAC-UMS cask...................................................4747
    Shipment information protection requirements...................4770
    VSC-24 Dry Spent Fuel Storage Cask.............................4790
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4750
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Codes and standards..............................................4748
  Decommissioning:
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4744
    Trust agreements...............................................4745
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4739
  Emergency core cooling system evaluations models.................4780
  Fire protection............................................4771, 4779
  Licensing........................................................4754
    Fee schedule revision..........................................4788
  NRC regulation amendments:
    Adjudicatory process changes...................................4772
    Antitrust review authority.....................................4786
    Clarifications and addition of flexibility.....................4777
    Inservice inspection and inservice testing update requirement
                                                                   4769
    Partial site releases..........................................4746
    Quality assurance program changes..............................4743
    Relocation of Public Document Room.............................4762
  Nuclear occurrence...............................................4751
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4749, 4752
    Human reliability program......................................1062
    Simulator use in operator licensing and conforming changes.....4761
  Physical protection regulations..................................4775
  Physical security requirements for exercising licensees' 
      capability to respond to simulated design basis threat.......4742
  Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4766
  Radiation safety:
    Discrete radioactive particles protection......................4740
    Personnel dosimeters...........................................4768
  Radiological sabotage............................................4775
  Reporting requirements...........................................4756
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4741
  Safety regulations.............................................28, 29
  Spent fuel storage:
    Fuel Solutions cask system.....................................4773
    Geological and seismological characteristics...................4767
    HOLTEC Cask..............................................4782, 4791
    NAC-UMS cask.............................................4747, 4759
    Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates cask system..................4785
    TN West Amendment 2 cask.......................................4783
    Transnuclear Cask..............................................4781
    Transtor-Storage cask..........................................4784
    VECTRA NUHOMS Cask.............................................4778
    VSC-24 Dry Spent Fuel Storage Cask.............................4790
  Three Mile Island................................................4751
  Waste disposal.............................................4760, 4765
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Medicaid upper payment limit.......................................47
  Medicare and Medicaid benefits...................................1273
  Mentally ill or retarded residents...............................1284
  Skilled nursing facility definition..............................1347
  Veterans.........................................................3303
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling................................................14, 1191
  Medical food labeling............................................1192


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Workers' compensation
  Air quality................................................2249, 2273
  Beryllium exposure...............................................2281
  Cargo handling...................................................2269
  Chemicals........................................................2240
    Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3735
  Child labor regulations............................................75
  Commercial diving operations.....................................2288
  Construction industry............................................2248
    Hearing loss prevention........................................2245
    Sanitation standards for workers...............................2244
    Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.........................2285
  Consultation agreements..........................................2264
  Cotton dust................................................2267, 2291
  Crystalline silica exposure........................................87
  Electric power...................................................2252
  Electrical standards.............................................2286
  Ergonomic standards................................................90
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2239
  Exit routes......................................................2266
  Fall protection........................................88, 2265, 2277
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................2250
  Glycol ethers....................................................2259
  Grain handling facilities........................................2241
  Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................2280
  Hazardous waste handling.........................................2272
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................2247
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2276
  Mine rescue teams................................................2205
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Program:
    Fees...........................................................2289
  Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................2242
  Oil and gas well drilling and servicing industry.................2283

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  Perchloroethylene exposure.......................................2243
  Personal protective equipment......................................92
  Plain language revision of existing standards..............2255, 2266
  Power tool standards.............................................2251
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...............89, 2282, 2290
  Respiration protection...........................................2268
  Safety and health management program...............................86
  Scaffolds........................................................2270
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................2287
  Shipyard standards.............................2270, 2271, 2274, 2275
  Spray applications...............................................2255
  Standards improvement............................................2254
  State plan changes...............................................2257
  Steel erection activities..........................................88
  Traffic control devices..........................................2256
  Tuberculosis exposure..............................................91
  Walking working surfaces.........................................2265
  Woodworking machinery............................................2284
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.............................3768
  Document update............................................1881, 1888
  Drilling operations..............................................1865
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................837
  Leasing....................................................1920, 1924
    Leasing and operations regulations.........................68, 1924
    Operations within national parks...............................1797
  OSHA standards...................................................2283
  Outer Continental Shelf..............................1885, 2367, 2383
    Affected states................................................1875
    Decommissioning activities.....................................1870
    Leasing-bidding systems..........................................65
    Safety measures................................................1876
    Surety bonds...................................................1871
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......1862, 1869, 1884, 3698
  Royalty relief.........................................66, 1864, 1868
  Royalty reporting standards..........................1863, 1864, 1880
  Safety zones.....................................................2383
  Small refiner administrative fees................................1873
  Well category determinations.....................................4629
  Worker training..................................................1885
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1924
  Export controls...................................................561
Oil pollution:
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2389
  Natural resource damage assessment................................695
  Oil spill response.........................93, 2401, 2403, 2419, 2819
  Prevention...........................................2370, 3817, 3818
  Tank vessels...............................................2402, 2423
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................4328
  Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings 
      test exempt amounts..........................................4307
  Disability determinations:
    Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................4334
    Evaluation of Down syndrome for adults.........................4335
    Residual functional capacity...................................4283
    Single decisionmaker...........................................4331
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................4257
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................4294
  Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal 
      cases........................................................4300
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............4294
  Mental disorders, evaluation criteria............................4326
  Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................4282
  Replacing social security number cards...........................4302
  Representative payee reforms.....................................4327
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........4285
  Speech and language impairments..................................4328
  Substantial gainful activity.....................................4325
  Video teleconference technology...................................156
Organization and functions:
  Advisory committees..............................................3961
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency..................................214
  Farm Credit Administration...........................4443, 4447, 4450
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3961
  Federal Housing Finance Board....................................4643
  FEMA.............................................................3932
  FSIS..............................................................420
  HUD..............................................................1406
  OFHEO............................................................4045
  OTS..............................................................3299
  Peace Corps......................................................4179
  RRB..............................................................4197
  USDA..............................................................415
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Adverse experience reporting.....................................1119
  Ephedrine drug products..........................................1992
  Safety......................................................169, 1158
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant.............................................169, 4432
  Country of origin marking..................................2997, 3006
  Drug repackaging approval requirements...........................1203
  Overwrap for inhalation products packaged in low density 
      polyethylene containers......................................1153
  Printing materials control guidelines............................3665
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4696
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...................2348, 3452
  Emergency response plans.........................................2412
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4655
  Inspection of alien crew members...........................2018, 2048
  Safety...........................................................2394
Passports and visas:
  Authority to issue...............................................2300
  B visas..........................................................2296
  DOA authority to approve H-2A petitions for agricultural 
      laborers.....................................................2311
  F-1 foreign students.............................................2099
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Alien witnesses and informants.................................2299
    Exemptions.....................................................2073
    Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................2119
  Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2301
  Transit without visa.............................................2295
  Visa waiver pilot program:
    Countries eligible.......................................2095, 2298
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents

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Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Aflatoxin.........................................................228
  Poundage quota and price support........................229, 235, 258
Peer Review Organizations (PROs):
  Beneficiary complaints...........................................1282
  Contracts........................................................1363
  Medicare regulations changes.........................1261, 1268, 1352
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Air pollution control............................................3662
  Civil..........................................2198, 2501, 2864, 3920
    ERISA....................................................2177, 2178
    Inflation adjustment...................1415, 2198, 2501, 3920, 4792
    Medicaid managed care organizations................1104, 2198, 2501
    Medicare and Medigap...........................................1101
    Medicare+Choice Organizations......................1104, 2198, 2501
    Nursing homes............................................2198, 2501
  Customs duties and inspection....................................3010
  FHA program violations...........................................1430
  Food Stamp Program..................................................8
  Immigration......................................................1997
  Inflation adjustment.............................................2154
  Labor Department...........................................2154, 2190
  Lead-based paint hazards.........................................1431
  Nuclear weapons contractors......................................1074
  OIG..............................................................1105
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Adequate consideration definition................................2197
  Audit requirements...............................................2202
  Cash balance plans with variable indices.........................4192
  Cash or deferred arrangements..............................3051, 3055
  Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................2198
  Employer liability...............................................4189
  ERISA:
    Bonding rules..................................................2175
    Cessation of operations........................................4191
    Civil penalties..........................................2177, 2178
    Enforcement of regulations.....................................2176
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..............79
  Filing and issuance rules........................................4184
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................3203
  Medication copayments............................................3301
  PBGC premium self-audit..........................................4183
  Penalties assessment and relief..................................4185
  Premium payments.................................................4188
  Reporting and notification requirements....................2201, 4190
  Single-employer plans:
    Premium payments...............................................4190
    Valuation.......................................................154
  SSA wage reports.................................................4276
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................4186
  Valuation of plan benefits........................................154
  Veterans.........................................................3424
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Active ingredient production.....................................3597
  Antimicrobial pesticides.............................3708, 3710, 3716
  Canceled or suspended......................................3713, 3718
  Data requirements................................................3705
  Disposal and storage guidelines......................3713, 3718, 3719
  Emergency exemption regulations..................................3720
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program.................121
  Forests and forest products.......................................297
  Granular fertilizer-pesticide combination products...............3709
  Groundwater protection............................................138
  Gypsy moth host material from Canada..............................301
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................267
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program.........................174
  Negotiated consent/procedural test rule..........................3753
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3717
  Registration review program......................................3707
  Residue in agricultural products:
    Emergency exemptions...........................................3710
  Scientific research..............................................3482
  Storage and disposal.................................3713, 3718, 3719
  Tolerance fees...................................................3711
  Transgenic plants.................................................137
  Worker protection standards......................................3715
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3533
  DOD contracting...................................................910
  Oil valuation......................................................67
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2819
  Refineries.......................................................3603
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3788
  Safety zones.....................................................2383
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3804
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2791
  Corrosion control................................................2801
  Emergency flow restricting devices...............................2788
  Enforcement procedures...........................................2824
  Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas.....2821, 
                                                                   2828
  Gas gathering lines........................................2790, 2792
  Hazardous liquids....................................2792, 2798, 2813
  Incident reporting...............................................1867
  Increased inspection requirements................................2787
  Inspection devices...............................................2818
  Integrity management in high consequence areas...................2828
  Internal corrosion...............................................2841
  Liquefied natural gas............................................2836
  Maps and records of location.....................................2817
  Modifications and repair.........................................1876
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2793
  Pressure testing.................................................2802
  Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................2809
  Regulatory review................................................2797
  Updates to safety requirements...................................2825
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Natural Gas Transportation System................................4635
  Oil pipelines..............................................4622, 4634
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2819
  Optional certificate and abandonment procedures for natural gas
                                                                   4639
  Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................1886
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2820
Plant diseases and pests:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................268
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened...1690, 1696, 1699, 1712, 1716, 1723, 1772, 
                                                                   1775
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1538
  Noxious weeds:
    Categories and priorities.......................................293
    Restrictions on interstate movement.............................294
  Plant Variety Protection..........................................197

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Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3527
Poison prevention:
  See also Lead poisoning
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4432
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................4053
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Population control:
  See Family planning
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........379
  Consumer protection...............................................404
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................417
  Grading fees......................................................207
  HACCP regulations for rendered products..........................1201
  Imported..........................................................419
  Mexican imports...................................................300
  Nutrition labeling.................................................14
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................413
  Sanitary standard for equipment used to slaughter, process, and 
      package.......................................................187
  Transportation and storage........................................395
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................416
  Color additives...................................................405
  Contaminated......................................................418
  Fees..............................................................414
  Food additives....................................................405
  HACCP programs................................................15, 396
  Ingesta on finished products.......................................16
  Labeling...........................................................17
  Partial quality control programs..................................423
  Performance standards:
    Processing procedures..................................17, 352, 397
    Ready-to-eat products............................................12
  Total quality control systems.....................................422
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................................................1125, 1174
    Resistance labeling............................................1202
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1196
  Facsimile transmission of prescriptions for patients enrolled 
      in hospice care..............................................1994
  Fixed-combination dosage form....................................1136
  Generic drug exclusivity for abbreviated new drug applications 
                                                                   1183
  Labeling...............................................33, 1129, 1175
  Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians...............3357, 3358
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................4459
Price support programs:
  Peanuts.................................................229, 235, 258
  Tobacco........................226, 236, 237, 238, 255, 256, 257, 260
Prisoners:
  Administrative remedy program..............................1939, 1955
  Aliens' release to immigration authorities.......................1965
  Classification and program review..........................1936, 1962
  Correspondence...................................................1964
  Drug abuse treatment.............................................1954
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1935
  Early release considerations.....................................1954
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1943
  Executive clemency in capital cases..............................2132
  Good conduct time................................................1953
  Intensive confinement center programs............................1954
  Legal activities.................................................1947
  Literacy program...........................................1941, 1950
  Military prisoners...............................................1959
  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1952
  OASDI benefits...................................................4300
  Occupational educational programs................................1963
  Over-the-counter medications.....................................1958
  Prohibited acts..................................................1968
  Psychiatric treatment and medication.............................1959
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1966
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1944
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1967
  Visitors...................................................1940, 1956
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1945
Prisons:
  Commissary account deposit procedures............................1961
  Commissary privileges............................................1951
  Denial of visiting...............................................1940
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................4106
  Federal Prison Industries.........................................962
  Incoming publications............................................1947
  Infectious disease management..............................1942, 1948
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1946
  Postsecondary education programs.................................1949
  Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1957
  Telephone privileges.............................................1951
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................2136
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Consumer financial information....2956, 4615, 4620, 4691, 4692, 4699, 
                                                       4707, 4723, 4833
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........2164
  Financial institutions...........................................2963
  Food Stamp Program................................................355
  Health information...........................................30, 1228
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution............3985, 3987
  Nonpublic personal information...................................3297
  Patents and trademarks............................................884
  Peer Review Organizations (PROs).................................1282
  Privacy Act:
    Corporation for National Service...............................3460
    Crop insurance..................................................323
    DOC amendments..................................................521
    DOE records....................................................1067
    DOJ implementation.......................................1938, 2022
    Exempt systems of records......................................2955
    GSA policy and procedures......................................3971
    Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank record system 
                                                                   1106
    HUD regulations................................................1487
    INS regulations................................................2022
    Inspector General investigative files..........................4032
    NARA procedures................................................4003
    NEA implementation.............................................4028
    NSF regulations................................................4038
    OGE procedures.................................................4047
    Peace Corps regulations........................................4178
    SEC amendments.................................................4868
  Resident survey information......................................1512
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................368
  Social security records and information..........................4315

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Procurement:
  See Government procurement
Property brokers:
  Registration requirements........................................2574
Prosthetic devices:
  See Medical devices
Public assistance programs:
  See also Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Aliens...........................................................2065
  Eligibility of immigrants........................................2055
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                           8, 9, 10, 77
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................2170
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3734
  Blood and blood products.........................................1160
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3487
  Grant regulations................................................1213
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3656
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2830
  Water contamination....................................121, 144, 3903
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
           Rent subsidies
  Capital Fund Program...............................................63
  Consolidated Plans:
    Treatment of troubled PHAs.....................................1423
  Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based assistance.....1503
  Conversion to vouchers...........................................1504
  Demolition and disposition...................................64, 1515
  Designated housing regulations...................................1492
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1459
  Excess rental charges............................................1435
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1427
  Homeownership programs...........................................1501
  HOPE VI Program..................................................1498
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Payment standards protection...................................1505
  Joint venture and corsortia formation............................1502
  Mixed-finance public housing development...........................62
  Operating Fund allocation formula................................1507
  Pet ownership....................................................1510
  Public Housing Agency Plan.......................................1500
  Purchasing preference for responsible firearms companies.........1494
  Resident management corporations.................................1514
  Resident Opportunities and Supportive Services...................1493
  Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal 
      activity.....................................................1426
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program:
    Lease-up indicator.............................................1506
  Total Development Cost...........................................1490
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           Homesteads
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-classification
           Public lands-grants
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Public lands-sales
           Public lands-withdrawal
           Reclamation
  Alaska...........................................................1761
  Color of title and omitted lands:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1908
  Desert land entries..............................................1900
  Hazardous substances compliance..................................1916
  Indian allotments................................................1922
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1815
  Leases...........................................................1898
  Payments to State and local governments..........................1926
  Permit and easements.............................................1898
  Policy and management......................................1898, 1899
  Recreational use permits.........................................1927
  Subsistence management...........................................1761
  Wilderness area management.......................................1919
Public lands-classification:
  Regulations removal and updating.................................1904
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1905
  Railroad grants..................................................1931
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1930
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1912
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1901
  Leasing..........................................................1883
  Mining operations..................................................69
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1920
    Performance standards............................................68
    Valuation of oil.................................................67
  User fees........................................................1903
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Administrative process and standards.............................1524
  Regulations removal..............................................1921
Public lands-sales:
  Segregation and opening of lands.................................1906
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Streamlining of operations.......................................1902
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Publications:
  See Government publications


                                   R

Rabbit:
  Grading fees......................................................207
Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors.....................................29
  Discrete radioactive particles protection........................4740
  Dose methodology.................................................3519
  Drinking water...................................................3702
  Medical byproduct use............................................4755
  Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program fees.........3926
  Personnel dosimeters.............................................4768
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........2121
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3656
  Yucca Mountain, NV..........................................134, 4758
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz........................4516
  Broadcast ownership..............................................4559
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4524
  Commercial mobile services.......................................4587
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4576
  Competitive bidding process................................4569, 4584
  Conducted emission limits........................................4531
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................4564
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4539

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  FM radio.........................................................4560
    Low power......................................................4562
  Government transfer band.........................................4522
  Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4575
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4591
  Maritime communications..........................................4593
  Maritime mobile services.........................................4547
  Millimeter wave technology.......................................4513
  Multiple access systems..........................................4583
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4557
  Public safety communications requirements........................4582
  Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4523
  Railroad standards and procedures.................................103
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4572
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4540
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2452
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4574
  Spread spectrum systems..........................................4527
  Station ownership................................................4552
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................4592
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................4511
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4520
  Wireless information networks....................................4515
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Medical use......................................................1122
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
           Railroad retirement
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2760
    Foreign-based train crews......................................2747
  English language proficiency.....................................2748
  Safety regulations...............................................2764
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Application for a divorced spouse benefit......................4201
    Deductions by reason of work...................................4202
    Spouse annuity application.....................................4198
  Creditability of pay.............................................4205
  Disability determination.............................4196, 4204, 4213
  Eligibility:
    Children and stepchildren......................................4212
    Evidence required..............................................4214
  Employee status..................................................4210
  Employer status..................................................4209
  Freedom of Information...........................................4206
  RRB general administration.......................................4197
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................4204
  Use of RRB seal..................................................4208
  Waiver of interest, penalties, and administrative costs in 
      collection of certain debts..................................4207
Railroad safety:
  Brakes...........................................................2756
  Bridge maintenance guidelines....................................2768
  Bridge worker safety standards...................................2758
  Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-up 
      operations...................................................2757
  Crane safety standards...........................................2766
  Enforcement procedures...........................................2745
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2744
  Fixed guideway systems...........................................2774
  Freight cars...............................................2750, 2756
  Grade crossing and signal systems....................2543, 2591, 2752
  High speed rail..................................................2769
  Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2738
  Locomotives:
    Cab working conditions.........................................2740
    Crashworthiness................................................2742
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents....................................................2759
  Pilot programs:
    One-person crews...............................................2765
  Radio communications and train control............................103
  Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2767
  Rules of practice................................................2746
  Safety integration plans.........................................2757
  Shared use of railroad system trackage.....................2771, 2785
  Signal systems.............................................2753, 2754
  Track maintenance................................................2743
  Track standards:
    Gage restraint measurement systems.............................2761
  Utility employee protection......................................2764
  Whistle bans at grade crossings...................................104
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Benefits amendments..............................................4211
  Employee status..................................................4210
  Employer status..................................................4209
  Finality of decisions............................................4199
  Repayment tax....................................................3187
  Sickness benefits................................................4200
  Voluntary quit...................................................4203
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Assistance to States.............................................2749
  BLM railroad grants..............................................1931
  Carload waybill sample...........................................4872
  Consolidation procedures..........................................173
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2831
  Locational requirement for dispatching U.S. operations...........2762
  Railroad highway projects........................................2542
  Rehabilitation and improvement financing.........................2770
  Small businesses or entities.....................................2755
  STB authority....................................................4871
  Tank cars........................................................2834
  Tourist and historic railroads:
    Regulatory review..............................................2739
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2830
  Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2763
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3966
  HUBZone program..................................................3951
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1891
  Indian lands.....................................................1824
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.........................1973
  Presidio:
    Environmental Quality..........................................4194

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    Management...............................................4193, 4195
  Reporting boat accidents.........................................2379
  Wildlife refuges.................................................1767
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3785
  DEAR amendment...................................................1081
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3782
  Refrigerant................................................3630, 3631
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.......................................2016, 2080
  Admissions based on resistance to coercive population control 
      measures.....................................................2092
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................2080
  Sponsorship agreement............................................2080
Relocation assistance:
  Cost ceiling.....................................................4358
  Relocation allowances............................................3963
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Rent subsidies:
  HOPWA Assistance options and technical changes...................1475
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Access to documents by former DOJ employees......................2127
  Adverse experience reporting.......................................34
  Air carriers.........................................2350, 2455, 2459
  Annual report for Federal contractors............................2292
  ARMIS reporting requirements...............................4498, 4504
  Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2668
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation................2859, 2860, 2863, 2865
  Blood and blood products.........................................1160
  Carbamates.......................................................3819
  Casinos..........................................................2861
  Chemical inventory reporting................................139, 3758
  Commodity pool operators.........................................4401
  CRA related agreements...........................................2957
  Credit unions..............................................4713, 4715
  DEA........................................................1988, 1989
  Defined contribution plans.......................................2200
  DFARS modification......................................950, 960, 961
  Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......504
  DOI............................................1862, 1864, 1869, 1884
  DOL..............................................................2140
  Drinking water contaminant occurrence............................3893
  Electronic records management....................................4015
    EDGAR..........................................................4804
    FERC.....................................................4626, 4628
  Electronic signatures............................................2438
  EPA..............................................................3479
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule...130, 3491
    Emissions reporting requirements...............................3611
  Exempt Privacy Act systems of records............................2955
  Export information................................................517
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act................................1171
  Exports.....................................................530, 1169
  FAA..............................................................2433
  FAR..............................................................4393
  FCC........................................................4504, 4553
  FDA..........................................................44, 1119
  FERC.................................................4623, 4624, 4626
  Financial services transactions survey............................505
  Fisheries................................621, 656, 763, 784, 793, 800
  Fishing...........................................................734
  Food Stamp Program...........................................366, 386
  Foreign investment................................................507
  Foreign trade.....................................................506
  GSA's role in records management.................................3946
  Hazardous materials..................................2800, 3744, 3822
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................4053
  Human cellular and tissue-based products.......................35, 44
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2981
  Infant formula testing...........................................1190
  Information collection requests..................................3780
  INS:
    Duplication and electronic generation of forms.................2086
    Material availability requirements.............................2022
  Investment advisers..............................................4805
  Investment companies.............................................4808
  Mortgage broker fees.............................................1464
  Motor carriers.............................................2580, 2607
  Motor vehicle insurers...........................................2731
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................2187
  NARA:
    Electronic records transfer options............................4006
    Freedom of information.........................................4008
    John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection rules.........4019
    Location of facilities and hours of use........................4018
    Plain language revisions.......................................4002
    Privacy Act....................................................4003
    Records disposition............................................4005
    Reproduction fees..............................................4014
    Storage standards..............................................4001
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1214, 3400
  NOAA..............................................................677
  NPDES permittee reporting........................................3884
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4756
  Occupational injuries and illnesses................................89
  Occupational safety and health...................................2282
  Oil and natural gas production...................................3698
  OSHA:
    Employer certifications........................................2290
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data................1300, 1333
  Paperwork reduction..............................................2913
  Peace Corps................................................4177, 4178
  Pension plans..............................................2201, 4190
  Personal property................................................3974
  Personnel records................................................4064
  Pesticides.................................................3482, 3718
  Privacy Act exempt record system from the Healthcare Integrity 
      and Protection Data Bank.....................................1106
  Rail equipment accidents/incidents...............................2759
  Railroad employees.........................................2738, 2754
  RCRA.............................................................3780
  Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................4009
  Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2379
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   4091
  Royalty management...............................................1880
  Securities:
    Broker-dealers...............................4606, 4821, 4837, 4846
    Large trader reporting system............................4793, 4860
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4825
    Related issuers and guarantors.................................4803
    Transfer agent services............................4847, 4858, 4861
  SSA:
    Production of records in legal proceedings.....................4284
  Sugar.............................................................221
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2900
  Telecommunications operations support systems....................4499
  Tobacco exports..................................................2937
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3743
  Toxics Release Inventory...........3765, 3767, 3768, 3770, 3771, 3772
  Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2820
  Uranium mill sites...............................................1075
  USDA..............................................................497
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions............1144
  VA.........................................................3372, 3422
  Vessel documentation.............................................2374

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  Vessel numbering system..........................................2366
  Wassenaar arrangement.............................................571
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
    Matching funds requirement......................................309
  Biotechnology....................................................3754
  Conformity assessment activities..................................573
  Credit for increasing research activities........................3119
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................914
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3482
  Incidental taking of marine mammals...............................832
  Marine mammals....................................................721
  Marine resources..................................................760
  Misconduct.................................................1147, 1229
  North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.............................579
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.................................4317
  Bonding rules under ERISA........................................2175
  Canadian.........................................................4831
  Defined contribution plans.......................................3101
  District of Columbia employees...................................4129
  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board:
    Allocation of fiduciary responsibility.........................2203
  FEHB coverage....................................................4094
  Firefighters.....................................................4130
  Government employees...........................4087, 4090, 4092, 4126
  Law enforcement officers.........................................4130
  Nuclear materials couriers.......................................4167
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............4091
  Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees......4122
  TRICARE retiree dental program...................................1005
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................913
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3453
  Regulation revision..............................................1809
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.....................217
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1934
  Tennessee River System...........................................4339
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........................460, 462
  Community development:
    Rural venture capital demonstration.............................463
  Economic development loans and grants.............................311
  Electric borrowers......................................481, 484, 485
  Electric loans....................................................472
  Empowerment zones.................................................451
  Enterprise communities............................................451
  Housing:
    Loans, grants, and programs...........................313, 319, 321
  Paramedic intercept ambulance services...........................1377
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2792
  Regulation streamlining...........................................313
  Rural development loan payment and collection.....................315
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Approval of architectural plans and specifications for 
        buildings...................................................473
    Buy American requirement...................................477, 482
    Mergers and consolidations of borrowers.........................468
    Reduction in minimum TIER requirements..........................488
    Settlement of debt authority....................................476
    Telecommunications program.......................469, 471, 489, 490
  Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........470
  Small farmer outreach training....................................212
  Special equipment contract........................................487
  Subsistence hunting and fishing..................................1790
  Technical assistance grants and programs.....................212, 314
  Telecommunications system construction policies..............464, 465
  Water and waste disposal loans and grants.........................486


                                   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..............................2430
  Automatic residential garage door operators......................4428
  Baby bath seats..................................................4425
  Bleachers and grandstands........................................4421
  Escalator safety standard........................................4437
  Market withdrawal of drugs.......................................1151
  Non-wood baseball bats...........................................4436
  Outer continental shelf platforms................................2367
  Over-the-counter drugs...........................................1158
  Portable bed rails...............................................4429
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz......................4516
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4471
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................4517
    Digital audio radio service....................................4539
    Direct broadcast service.......................................4546
    Earth stations.................................................4538
    Fixed satellite service in the Ka-band.........................4543
    Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4525
    Global mobile personal communications..........................4549
    Maritime mobile services.......................................4547
    MSS spectrum allocation............................4514, 4537, 4545
    Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of 
        the V-band.................................................4544
    Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band..............................4528
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and 
        separate international satellite systems...................4548
    Sharing of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..................................4543
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4540

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    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4536
  Licensing.........................................................855
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................4469, 4470, 4471
Savings associations:
  Application processing...........................................3283
  Capital standards................................................3282
  Safety and soundness standards...................................4612
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  National Institutes of Health....................................1219
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Eligibility.......................................................369
  Menu planning.....................................................389
  Release of eligibility information................................368
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos.........................................................3740
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3750
  Indian School Equalization Program...............................1822
Science and technology:
  Conformity assessment activities..................................573
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................555
  Deemed export rule................................................554
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................897
  Laboratory service fees...........................................184
  Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................886
  Rights to inventions..............................................888
  Technology exports................................................527
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........379
  Transportation and storage........................................395
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2409
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4813
  Auditor independence.............................................4867
  Blank check companies............................................4798
  Broker-dealers.......................................4835, 4838, 4846
    Automated submission of trading data...........................4848
    Foreign........................................................4838
    Quotation requirements.........................................4856
  Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4857
  Company registration and regulation of capital formation...4799, 4800
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................4806
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................4836
  Depositories.....................................................4811
  Direct participation program interests...........................4839
  Disclosure requirements........................4793, 4795, 4808, 4865
  EDGAR system modernization.......................................4804
  Electronic payment on Ginnie Mae guaranteed securities...........1481
  Electronic signatures......................................4827, 4834
  Elimination of physical certificates from GNMA...................1482
  Employee stock plans.............................................4795
  Employer-provided stock option programs..........................2148
  Equity securities................................................4840
  Exemptions for the Republic of Portugal..........................4849
  Financial reporting........................................4798, 4864
  Firm quotes......................................................4852
  Form S-8.........................................................4800
  Government Securities Act amendments.............................2851
  Haircuts on......................................................4845
  Holding companies....................................3289, 4817, 4818
  Income taxation..................................................3200
  Initial public offerings.........................................4862
  Insider trading..................................................4869
  Insurance products...............................................4825
  Integrated financial transactions................................3023
  International transactions.......................................4841
  Investment advisers..................................4805, 4807, 4830
  Investment companies.................................4808, 4811, 4822
    Mergers of affiliated companies................................4814
    Role of independent directors..................................4820
  Large trader reporting system....................................4860
  Management reports on internal controls..........................4864
  Margin regulations review........................................4667
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................3129, 3241
  Mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2961
  Multijurisidictional Disclosure System...........................4796
  National bank subsidiary activities..............................4612
  Net capital requirements.............................4842, 4844, 4854
  Options disclosure document................................4801, 4855
  Options reporting................................................4850
  Order routing and execution practices............................4851
  Penny stocks.....................................................4834
  Preferred stock..................................................3263
    Guidance project...............................................3156
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4833
  Registration.....................................................4825
  Regulation A offering circular...................................4797
  Regulation T.....................................................4836
  Related issuers and guarantors...................................4803
  Reopenings.......................................................3160
  Reorganization events............................................4853
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............4837, 4846, 4847
    Annual reports and prospectuses..........................4837, 4846
  Rule 11Ac1-1.....................................................4859
  Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4836
  Rule 17a-3 and 17a-4.............................................4846
  Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4836
  Rule amendments..................................................4868
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................3130
  Section 8........................................................4836
  Selective disclosure.............................................4869
  Short sales......................................................4843
  Solely-for-voting stock requirement..............................3274
  Stock association bylaws.........................................3293
  Streamlining.....................................................4794
  Supplemental financial information...............................4866
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4853
  Trade-through disclosure rules...................................4852
  Transfer agent services..............................4847, 4858, 4861
  Transfer and repurchase..........................................3298
  Two-sided quotations.............................................4859
  Unlisted trading privileges......................................4862
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Classified acquisitions..........................................4371
  Classified national security information.........................1084
  DOE contractors............................................1060, 1064
  DOE nuclear security activities..................................1061
  Effect of imported articles.......................................533
  Federal mail.....................................................3950
  Human reliability program for DOE employees......................1062

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  Private Remote Sensing Space Systems..............................855
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................902
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................2453
    Airports.......................................................2454
  Wassenaar Arrangement review.................................565, 571
Seeds:
  Loan program......................................................211
  Testing and certification.........................................203
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations........................................2966, 3009
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................4071
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Incinerator emissions standards..................................3676
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3836
  Sludge use and disposal....................................3873, 3874
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs...503, 917, 1428, 1526, 1980, 2238, 2361, 
           2858, 3440, 3447, 3461, 3468, 3940, 3941, 3958, 3973, 3998, 
                         4016, 4023, 4026, 4031, 4040, 4251, 4341, 4787
Sexual harassment:
  Fair Housing regulations.........................................1483
Sheep:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments........273
  Interstate movement...............................................284
  Medical research classifications.................................1208
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..............................2274, 2275
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.....................................4237
  Administrative wage garnishment..................................4245
  Bundled contracts................................................4248
  Business Development Program:
    Benchmarking principles........................................4229
    Rules of procedure.............................................4247
    Technical amendments...........................................4230
  DEAR amendments:
    Mentor-Protege Program.........................................1092
  DOD contracting...................................................910
  Government procurement:
    Contract bundling..............................................4384
    Federal Supply Schedules Program...............................4379
    Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program...........4388
  Government subcontracting........................................4353
  Guaranteed loans servicing.......................................4222
  HUBZone program..................................................4226
  Lending company expansion and oversight..........................4223
  Liquidation plans................................................4221
  Loans:
    Business loan program..........................................4253
    Liquidation and sale of disaster loans.........................4256
    Microloan program........................................4246, 4255
    Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................4242
    Multi-lender securitizations...................................4225
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................4241
  Local economic development.......................................4217
  National forest land use..........................................442
  New Markets Venture Capital program..............................4231
  Nondiscrimination................................................4236
  Penalties........................................................2755
  PRIME Act grants..................................................155
  Privacy regulations..............................................4219
  Record disclosure................................................4219
  Rights to inventions.........................................887, 888
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................4218
  SDB Program................................................4232, 4254
  Size standards:
    Building contractors...........................................4252
    Compliance with programs of other agencies.....................4240
    Construction...................................................4252
    Electric services..............................................4224
    Health care industries.........................................4238
    Health supply services.........................................4250
    Income computation.............................................4227
    Inflation adjustment...........................................4234
    Mapping Services...............................................4228
    North American Industry Classification System..................4249
    Subcontractors.................................................4235
    Transportation of freight and cargo............................4239
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............4220
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions....................................................306
  Small business investment companies:
    Cost of money..................................................4244
    Income computation.............................................4227
    Management-ownership diversity.................................4243
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Participation in DOT programs............................2317, 2318
    Rules of procedure.............................................4247
  Timber sales:
    Set-aside recomputation.........................................449
  Trusts...........................................................3027
Smoke alarms:
  Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standards.............1463
Smoking:
  Air carrier prohibition..............................2352, 2357, 2523
  Workplace air quality............................................2273
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review............................................4288
  Alien applicants.................................................2013
  Anti-fraud provisions............................................4336
  Assignment of numbers............................................4316
  Contributions for support........................................4329
  Cost-of-living increases.........................................4287
  Coverage:
    Employees of State and local governments.......................4312
    Employment coverage for residents of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, American Samoa, and Guam..........................4269
  Cross-program overpayment recovery................................158
  Debarment and suspension.........................................4304
  Debt collection......................................4259, 4260, 4262
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof................................................4322
    Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................4334
    Digestive system...............................................4272
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................4318
    Immune System..................................................4321
    Medical equivalence policy.....................................4289
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................4320

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    Neurological...................................................4275
    Redesigned process..............................................160
    Respiratory system.............................................4338
    Skin...........................................................4273
    Special senses.................................................4274
  Disability insurance program demonstration project.........4267, 4277
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................4324
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................4304
  Dually entitled beneficiaries....................................4333
  Earnings records determinations..................................4297
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................4268
  Facility of payment provision....................................4298
  Filing claims against SSA........................................4323
  Freedom of information regulations...............................4330
  Grants administration..........................4303, 4304, 4305, 4306
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..........4303, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4311
  Interest and penalties on debts..................................4261
  Maximum family benefit...........................................4298
  Medical equipment liability......................................1349
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................4292
  Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................4258
  Penalties for false or misleading statements.....................4290
  Publications:
    Prohibitions against reproduction..............................1099
  Reduced benefits due to private insurance coverage...............4271
  Replacing social security number cards...........................4302
  Representative payment procedures.................................162
  Retirement age...................................................4317
  Review process...................................................4299
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........4285
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................4263
  SSA employees:
    Ethical conduct................................................4308
    Testimony......................................................4284
  Student-earned-income exclusion...................................163
  Video teleconference technology...................................156
  Wage reports.....................................................4276
  Widow's benefits.................................................4293
  Work Incentives Improvement Act...................................157
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................233
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.................................493
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew..............149
  Commercial launch activities:
    DOT licenses.............................................2434, 2461
    Reusable launch vehicles.......................................2469
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3989
  Financial responsibility requirements for licensed reentry 
      activities...................................................2471
  Income source rules..............................................3225
  Non-U.S. licensed space stations.................................4541
  Nondiscrimination................................................3988
  Pricing structure to educational institutions for small self-
      contained payloads...........................................3992
  Reentry licensing regulations....................................2469
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3994
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Sterilization:
  See Family planning
Stocks:
  See Securities
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Students:
  Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
      Programs (GEAR UP)...........................................1022
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                   1008
  Student-earned-income exclusion...................................163
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
      Rent subsidies
Sugar:
  Export certificates for sugar-containing products subject to 
      tariff-rate quota............................................3015
  Licensing of products under tariff-rate quota.....................428
  Payment-In-Kind Program...........................................254
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................221
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1944
Superfund:
  Claims application streamlining..................................3823
  Cooperative agreements and state contracts.......................3824
  Grants for technical assistance..................................3821
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3819
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Acceptable medical sources.......................................4328
  Access to information held by fiiancial institutions..............159
  Computation of benefits..........................................4296
  Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an 
      eligible child...............................................4270
  Denial of benefits...............................................4332
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof................................................4322
    Cardiovascular impairments......................................161
    Clarification of age as a vocational factor....................4334
    Digestive system...............................................4272
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................4295
    For children...................................................4337
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................4318
    Immune System..................................................4321
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................4320
    Neurological...................................................4275
    Respiratory system.............................................4338
    Skin...........................................................4273
    Special senses.................................................4274
  Eligibility:
    Non-U.S. citizens..............................................1361
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................4257
  Income:
    Children of Vietnam veterans...................................4314
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................4309
  Overpayment recovery.............................................4319
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................4310
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................4301
  Representative payee reforms.....................................4327
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........4285
  Speech and language impairments..................................4328
  Substantial gainful activity.....................................4325
  Transfers of resources...........................................4291
  Trusts...........................................................4291
  Video teleconference technology...................................156
Surety bonds:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2994
  Health facilities..........................................1291, 1314
  Medical device suppliers.............................1235, 1291, 1294
  SBA policy and procedure modifications...........................4216
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1890
    Backfilling and grading........................................1891
    Dam safety rules...............................................1892

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    Temporary cessation of operations..............................1893
  Electronic forms filing..........................................1896
  Indian lands...............................................1824, 1894
  Limitation of awards to permit applicants........................1523
  Ownership and control............................................1895
Swine:
  See Hogs
Synthetics:
  See Plastics materials and synthetics
Syrup:
  See Sugar


                                   T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Employment taxes
           Estate taxes
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Annual accounting period.........................................3226
  Breweries.........................................................106
  Collateral eligibility and valuation.............................2883
  Computation on large cigars......................................2900
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes...................1076
  Escrow funds.....................................................3199
  Excise...........................................................3047
  Foreign trade....................................................3112
  Passive activity losses and credits..............................3188
  Real estate taxes................................................3966
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program..............................2868, 2878
  Valuation tables.................................................3269
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................909
Technical assistance:
  Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3821
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4501
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4498
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................4492
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4477
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm.................4481
  Carrier identification codes.....................................4490
  Communication intercepting devices................................551
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................4581
  Complaint procedures.............................................4510
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4493
  Equipment manufacture............................................4477
  Internet telephony...............................................4508
  North American Numbering Plan....................................4490
  Out-of-region interstate, interexchange services:
    Tariff filing requirements.....................................4482
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4499
  Pole attachments.................................................4466
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2124
  Relay services.............................................4494, 4495
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program.........469, 471, 489, 490
  Rural areas..................................................464, 465
  Special equipment contract........................................487
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................4486
    Access charge return...........................................4500
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4480
    Individuals with disabilities..................................4488
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4479
    LEC provision of interexchange services........................4485
    Local competition provisions...................................4487
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................4478
    Review of policies and rules...................................4482
    Streamlining requirements......................................4484
    Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm monitoring......4481
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4483
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4520
  Wireless carriers:
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4590
  Wireless information networks....................................4515
Telemarketing:
  Sales rule.......................................................4698
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................4702
  911 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4474
  Advertising......................................................4702
  Caller ID standards..............................................4506
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4475
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4489, 4580
  Inside wiring....................................................4491
  Rural Telephone Bank..............................................483
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4698
  Toll free service access codes...................................4476
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4505
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4520
  Universal Service Fund...........................................4475
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................4554
  Broadcast ownership..............................................4559
  Class A license..................................................4563
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4465
  Digital television service.......................................4521
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......4567
    Closed captioning..............................................4526
    Review of conversion process...................................4568
  Dual network rule................................................4565
  EEO rules and policies...........................................4561
  Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule...........4566
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4553
  Medical care telemetry devices.............................4529, 4533
  Over-the-air reception devices...................................4472
  Predicting broadcast television field strength...................4530
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................4469, 4470
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................4588
  Station ownership..........................................4552, 4558
  Video programming:
    Accessibility..................................................4463
Textiles:
  Customs regulations........................................2996, 3000
  Flammability standards...........................................4420
  Labeling.........................................................4706
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Exports..........................................................2937
  Imported tobacco products........................................2924
  Inspection..............................................177, 183, 199
  Market assistance.................................................248

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  Marketing quotas..........226, 236, 237, 238, 249, 255, 256, 257, 260
  Non-auction designation...........................................242
  Price support programs.........226, 236, 237, 238, 255, 256, 257, 260
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico................................2901
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2899
  Reimportation of products........................................2923
  Smokeless tobacco:
    Health warnings................................................4696
  Veterans' claims based on effect of tobacco products.............3376
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
      Poison prevention
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade adjustment assistance:
  TAA program amendments...........................................2161
  Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................2162
Trade agreements:
  FAR thresholds...................................................4394
  North American Free Trade Agreement............2038, 2162, 2974, 3003
  Textile trade agreements.........................................2996
Trade practices:
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4701
  Telephone service................................................4702
Trademarks:
  Claims against the Patent and Trademark Office....................862
  Correspondence addresses..........................................873
  Fees..............................................................865
    Payment by credit card..........................................879
  Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................872
  Registration to practice before the PTO in patent cases...........860
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
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2345
  Air pollution control conformity............................118, 3685
  Alternative dispute resolution...................................2344
  Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Standards..........2342
  Buy America requirements.........................................2780
  Cost accumulation centers........................................2564
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems.......................................4517
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation......2317, 2318, 2337
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2332
  Drug and alcohol testing program.................................2584
  Drug testing of transportation personnel.............2329, 2335, 2584
  Environmental review.......................................2778, 3505
  Freight and cargo by small businesses............................4239
  General administration and overhead..............................2564
  Hazard communication requirements................................2803
  Head Start participants..........................................1392
  Individuals with disabilities..............................2330, 3452
  INS carrier contracts............................................2027
  Interstate movement of equines to slaughter.......................286
  Interstate movement of noxious weeds..............................294
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................3669
  Interstate shipment of biological materials......................1109
  Minority business enterprise participation.................2343, 2359
  Nondiscrimination................................................2319
  OSHA standards for traffic control devices.......................2256
  Planning.........................................................2782
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2336
  Prevention of alcohol misuse and drug use........................2776
  Public employee payroll..........................................2564
  Statewide metropolitan planning...................................100
  Surface transportation projects:
    Credit assistance........................................2356, 2358
  Third-party contracting..........................................2775
  Time zone boundaries.......................................2340, 2355
  Transshipment of ozone depleting substances......................3692
  Water pollution control..........................................3818
  Wildlife.........................................................1543
Travel:
  See also Passports and visas
           Travel and transportation expenses
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2430
  Time zone boundaries.......................................2340, 2355
  Use of government passenger carriers between residence and 
      place of employment..........................................3976
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................3210
  FTR amendment....................................................3964
  Government employees.................................3978, 3979, 4354
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3483
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................548
  Compacts of Free Association.....................................2109
  Montreal Protocol..........................................3565, 3632
  World Heritage Convention........................................1800
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  Charitable remainder trusts......................................3161
  GST issues.......................................................3152
  Leasing Indian lands.............................................1840
  Lifetime charitable lead trusts..................................3166
Tuberculosis:
  Correctional management..............................1270, 1942, 1948
  Occupational exposure..............................................91
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Ventilation........................................................84
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation
      Manpower training programs
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................2164
  Disaster unemployment assistance.................................2168
  Payments during leave following birth or adoption of a child.....2173
  Performance system...............................................2160
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities..........................................4817, 4818
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites.................................................1075, 4764

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  Mill workers and ore transporters................................2121
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  DOD utility service contracts.....................................949
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4817
  Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4818
  Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4624
  Patent application compliance.....................................867
  Regulation proposals.............................................2555
  Revision of annual charges assessed to public utilities..........4627
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Buy American requirement...................................477, 482
    Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers................468
    Settlement of debt authority....................................476


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vaccines:
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.....................1212
Vegetables:
  Inspection and certification.......................175, 190, 194, 196
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................285
  Marketing.........................................................346
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................277
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1948
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Anchorage area regulations.................................2395, 2400
  Automatic Identification System..................................2376
  Ballast water exchange guidelines................................2392
  Blood alcohol concentration limit for operators..................2375
  Certificates of origin...........................................2417
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2406
  Commercial diving operations.....................................2413
  Controlled substances............................................1981
  Deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale...............2985
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3869
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2389
  Documentation....................................................2374
  Emissions standards for new marine engines.......................3564
  Foreign repairs to American vessels..............................2977
  Government contracting...........................................2139
  Mandatory reporting systems in whale areas.......................2416
  National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1700
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2373
  Outer continental shelf..........................................2367
  Passenger vessels:
    Hull examination alternatives..................................2385
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4656
  Regattas and marine parades................................2404, 2408
  Safety/security zone regulations.................................2399
  Salvage and firefighting equipment.................................95
  Ship financing guarantees........................................2845
  Single hull tank vessels.........................................2423
  Temporarily landed for repair....................................3011
  Towing vessel operators..........................................2391
  Vessel identification system...............................2362, 2417
  Vessel length overall.............................................628
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................2376
Veterans:
  Acceptable evidence:
    Birth..........................................................3342
    Child's relationship...........................................3345
    Death..........................................................3346
    Dependents and age.............................................3336
    Divorce........................................................3340
    From foreign countries.........................................3343
    Marriage.......................................................3338
    Termination of marital relationship or conduct.................3341
    Unexplained absence for seven years............................3347
    Void and annulled marriages....................................3337
  Acquisition regulations:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3350
    Purchase cards and electronic data interchange....3348, 3434, 3436, 
                                                             3437, 3438
    Small business owners..........................................4351
  Active service performance.......................................3330
  Adult day health care in state homes.............................3359
  Advanced health care planning....................................3399
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors.........................2144, 2145
  Allotments for Alaska Natives....................................1932
  Allowance for children with spina bifida.........................3373
  Appeals regulations..................................3387, 3412, 3413
    Delegations of authority.......................................3389
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions...........................3391, 3392
    Simultaneously contested claims................................3390
    Supplemental Statement of the Case.............................3415
    Title for members of the Board of Veterans' Affairs............3439
  Benefit changes based on oral or written information.............3335
  Benefit claims decisions...................................3329, 3379
  Benefit of the doubt.............................................3317
  Blind......................................................3398, 3401
  Burial benefits..........................3352, 3353, 3354, 3355, 3393
    Provisions for capital crimes..................................3394
  Change of law impact on benefits.................................3332
  Child care centers...............................................3417
  Children's benefits........................................3425, 4314
    Permanent incapacity for self-support..........................3318
  Claim completion time limits and extension.......................3327
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   3368
  Claims based on effect of tobacco products.......................3376
  Clothing allowance...............................................3397
  Compensation for beneficiaries of the Vietnamese Commandos 
      Compensation Commission.......................................916
  Custody of school age or adult disabled children.................3421
  Debt collection..................................................3300
  Disability rating:
    Chronic........................................................3324
    Digestive system...............................................3311
    Evidence of permanent and total disability.....................3316
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................3366
    Individual unemployability.....................................3312
    Liver..........................................................3325
    Mental disorders...............................................3407
    Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............3310
    Orthopedic system..............................................3309
    Skin conditions................................................3363
    The spine......................................................3314
    Total disability...............................................3364
  Education:
    Course approval requirements...................................3369
    Credit standards...............................................3410
    Educational Assistance test program............................3383
    Flight training................................................3372
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...............................3380, 3430, 3431
    Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria................3378, 3428
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty................................3384
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................3382
    Rate increase............................................3430, 3431
    Reservists.....................................................3422

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    Survivors and dependents.................................3371, 3427
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3315
  Eligibility Verification Report:
    Signature by mark..............................................3381
  Employment placement assistance..................................4150
  Equal employment opportunity discrimination complaints:
    Delegation of authority........................................3416
  Evidence requirements............................................3405
  Finality of decisions............................................3328
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................3395
  Group life insurance.......................................3377, 3433
  Hepatitis C infection............................................3319
  Income exclusions................................................3374
  Insurance........................................................3426
  Loan guaranty:
    Acceptance of partial payments.................................3362
    Advertising and solicitation disclosure........................3408
    Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3361
    Credit scoring.................................................3409
    Property improvements definition...............................3365
  Medical benefits:
    Adjunct conditions definition..................................3302
    Drugs and medicines......................................3357, 3358
    Extended care services copayments..............................3306
    Hospital care copayments.......................................3308
    Medication prescribing authority...............................3403
    Outpatient care and services copayments........................3420
    Reasonable charges for care or services........................3360
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis......................................................3313
    Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................3367
    Limitation in hand movement....................................3313
  Medical opinions rules.....................................3339, 3414
  Medication copayments......................................3301, 3305
  Minimum active duty requirement..................................3321
  National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................3400
  National Service Life Insurance............................3344, 3429
  Nondiscrimination................................................3356
  Pensions...................................................3421, 3424
  Period of payment................................................3323
  Post-traumatic stress disorder claims:
    Resulting from personal assault................................3320
  Proof of service.................................................3375
  Prosthetic services..............................................3398
  Psychosis definition.............................................3331
  Purple Heart priority category...................................3307
  Recognition of organizations and accreditation of 
      representatives for claimants................................3418
  Rehabilitation programs..........................................3364
  Renouncement of benefits.........................................3333
  Rules of Practice:
    Clear and unmistakable error...................................3392
    Jurisdiction...................................................3351
    Subpoenas......................................................3388
  Service connection and chronic disability........................3324
  Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Program.....3385
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2144
  State Department as agent........................................3322
  State homes......................................................3303
  Testimony in support of benefit claims...........................3334
  Therapeutic housing..............................................3402
  Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care................3304
  Veterans employment report..................................928, 4361
  Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.................3432
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service:
    Annual report for Federal contractors..........................2292
  Vocational training programs.........................3370, 3386, 3423
  Waiver process for copayments....................................3404
  Well grounded claims/duty to assist..............................3406
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................4263
  State programs...................................................1027
  State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program.............24, 1026
  Veterans...................................................3370, 3386
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................2139
  Peace Corps....................................4068, 4176, 4181, 4182
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1945
  Vista............................................................4068


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Appropriated fund wage areas.........................4115, 4155, 4156
  Back pay.........................................................4161
  Domestic services................................................2156
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2139
  Federal construction contracts.....................................76
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................2141
  Locality-based comparability payments............................4111
  Nonappropriated fund wage areas....4153, 4154, 4157, 4158, 4159, 4160
  Overtime.........................................................2140
  Overtime pay for travel..........................................4161
  Pay administration...............................................4161
  Pay retention....................................................4117
  Physicians' comparability allowance..............................4161
  Salary basis.......................................................73
  SBA administrative wage garnishment..............................4245
  Severance pay....................................................4081
  Site of work.....................................................2142
  SSA reports......................................................4276
  Tipped employees.................................................2141
  Wage area changes................................................4113
  Wage schedule for printing positions.......................4114, 4116
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................216
  Cotton............................................................218
  Food distribution program.........................................376
  General order merchandise........................................2984
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Clean Water Act recognition awards...............................3837
  Coal combustion waste.......................................124, 3813
  Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3811
  Effluent guidelines............................3826, 3842, 3853, 3857
  Financial test criteria..........................................3807
  Fossil fuel combustion wastes....................................3815
  Guaranteed Loan Program...........................................474
  Hazardous waste management.....................2814, 3789, 3799, 3806
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3828
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.................................3786, 3796, 3798, 3800
  Lead-based paint debris..........................................3797
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater..........................125
  Municipal waste combustion units.................................3635
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4765
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3791
  Overburden definition............................................3773
  Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2763
  Permit applications..............................................3871
  Pretreatment programs............................................3841
  Project XL...........................................3791, 3814, 3841
  Radioactive waste.................................................134
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3879
  Recycling of hazardous waste in fertilizers......................3787
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3788

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  Rural loans and grants............................................486
  Sewer grouting...................................................3738
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3910
  Solid waste disposal:
    Grant programs..................................................479
    Guideline revisions............................................3810
    Hazardous waste................................................3806
    Landfill criteria..................................3651, 3810, 3816
    Landfills and incinerators.........................3593, 3663, 3689
    Municipal landfills............................................3504
    Off-site operations............................................3600
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3777
  Streamlining regulations.........................................3883
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3766
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3804
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................2388
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant compliance criteria..................3704
  Wastewater treatment units.......................................3812
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Biological test methods..........................................3882
  Clean Water Act..........................3839, 3850, 3862, 3879, 3882
    Cooling water intake structures.................................129
    Discharge of dredged material..................................3851
    Fill material definition.......................................3872
    Mercury analysis...............................................3867
    Recognition awards.............................................3837
    Test procedures.....3833, 3839, 3847, 3848, 3862, 3863, 3864, 3866, 
                                                                   3882
  Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes 
                                                                   3868
  DFARS modification................................................935
  Effluent guidelines:
    Animal feeding operations.................................126, 3876
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3858
    Coal mining....................................................3855
    Construction and development industry..........................3856
    Industrial containers and drum cleaning........................3860
    Industrial wastewater...........................................125
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3828
    Meat Products Point Source Category............................3859
    Oil and gas extraction.........................................3843
    Pulp, paper and paperboard...................3634, 3840, 3853, 3854
    Regulations reformatting.................................3852, 3877
    Transportation equipment cleaning..............................3875
  Great Lakes..........................................3845, 3846, 3880
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2389
    Emergency control measures for tank barges.....................2419
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................93
    Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils.................2421
    Facility response plans for vegetable oils and animal fats.....3818
    Oil or hazardous substances..............................2401, 2403
    Tank vessels.....................................................94
  Microbiological test methods.....................................3833
  NPDES permits........................................3835, 3836, 3884
  Ocean discharge criteria.........................................3838
  Permit applications..............................................3871
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3849
  Radon.............................................................143
  Recoverable metals criteria......................................3879
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3836
  Sludge management programs.................................3794, 3873
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.............3832, 3865
  Total maximum daily loads..................................3885, 3886
  Trace metals criteria............................................3862
  Vapor control systems............................................2377
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3869
  Water quality standards..................3830, 3847, 3863, 3864, 3878
    Alabama..................................................3844, 3861
    Criteria for acute aquatic life........3830, 3847, 3863, 3864, 3880
    Indian country waters..........................................3831
    Mixing zone elimination and phase-out provision................3845
    Revisions......................................................3886
    State and tribal standards.....................................3881
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........969
  Best technology available for cooling water intake structures 
                                                                   3870
  Colorado River Basin..............................................217
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................233
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact..............129
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1815
  National Invasive Species Act....................................2392
  Water Bank Program................................................217
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3487
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3890
    Arsenic.........................................................145
    Chloroform levels..............................................3908
    Contaminant level goals (MCLGs)................................3902
    Contaminant occurrence reporting...............................3893
    Contaminants......................143, 3702, 3833, 3887, 3888, 3903
    Disinfectants........................................128, 144, 3904
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program...............121
    Filter backwash recycling rule.................................3905
    Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..................3904
    Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule...............127
    Methods update.................................................3848
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3580, 3894
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3725
    Public notification requirements...............................3909
    Radionuclides..................................................3902
    Regulations reformatting.......................................3901
    Six-year review of regulations.................................3889
    State revolving fund...........................................3907
    State Underground Injection Control Programs...................3906
    Sulfate........................................................3900
    Underground Injection Control Class V wells....................3895
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3896
  Groundwater protection............................................138
  Guaranteed Loan Program...........................................474
  Servicing loans and grants........................................466
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
      Waterways
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................492
Waterways:
  See also Bridges
           Harbors
           Rivers
  Facility response plans for hazardous substances...................93
  Facility response plans for non-petroleum oils...................2421
  Facility response plans for vegetable oils and animal fats.......3818
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions

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Weather:
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4512
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....................................................335
  Diseases..........................................................268
Whistleblowing:
  DOE contract costs...............................................1091
  Research misconduct..............................................1229
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Albatross........................................................1774
  Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2460, 2507
  Bobcat exports...................................................1587
  Brush-tailed possum..............................................1687
  Changes in the list of species in Appendices to CITES............1739
  Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1760
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................233
  Eagles.....................................................1536, 1694
  Endangered and threatened...1541, 1544, 1695, 1701, 1702, 1744, 1745, 
                                                                   1766
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1703
  Exportation......................................................1543
  Falcons and falconry.................................1536, 1552, 1759
  Federal Aid Improvement Act......................................1763
  Importation................................................1543, 1786
  Injurious............................................1546, 1687, 1786
    Black carp.....................................................1590
  Management and protection..................................1534, 1743
  Marine sanctuary program..........................................854
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..........................1678, 1742, 1792, 1793
    List revision..................................................1679
    Permits..........................1737, 1750, 1751, 1755, 1762, 1787
    Take by Federal agencies.......................................1737
  Permit procedures..........................................1592, 1741
  Restoration programs.............................................1535
  River otter exports........................................1586, 1778
  Seabirds..........................................................609
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on federal lands....1581, 1719, 1783, 
                                                                   1790
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1540
  Transportation...................................................1543
  Wild Bird Conservation Act.................................1584, 1589
Wildlife refuges:
  Alaska.....................................................1572, 1771
  Appropriate uses...........................................1554, 1677
  Ecological integrity policy......................................1574
  Federal Lands definition.........................................1572
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2532
  Habitat management planning......................................1575
  Hunting and fishing regulations................1556, 1582, 1781, 1789
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1573
  National Wildlife Refuge System...1573, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 
                                                       1579, 1580, 1692
  Public entry and use.................................1767, 1771, 1919
  Wilderness management............................................1555
  Wildlife-dependent recreation:
    Environmental education........................................1580
    General guidance...............................................1576
    Interpretation.................................................1577
    Photography....................................................1579
    Wildlife observation...........................................1578
Wine:
  Ameliorating materials...........................................2906
  Authorized processes.............................................2892
  Dornfelder grape variety added...................................2908
  Exports..........................................................2925
  Imports..........................................................2888
  Labeling...................................................2889, 2939
  Sherry...........................................................2891
  Standards of fill................................................2890
  Tax refund.......................................................2931
  Viticultural areas...............................................2902
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  In vitro fertilization...........................................1223
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2186
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................354
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.........................53, 2195
  Women-owned businesses:
    Government contracting.........................................4618
    Government subcontracting......................................4353
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Administrative requirement changes..............................374
    Certification integrity.........................................375
    Food delivery systems.............................................6
    Food package revisions............................................5
    Funding modifications...........................................380
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Market assistance.................................................248
Workers' compensation:
  Coal miners......................................................2152


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................359
  Runaway and Homeless Youth Program...............................1402