[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions] [Subject Index to the Unified Agenda] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA [[Page 26717]] A Accidents: See Safety Accountants: Debarment and suspension...................................2669, 4268 Accounting: Annual accounting period.........................................2940 Auditor independence.............................................4519 Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit institutions...............................1135, 1146, 1941, 3110 Change in method definition......................................2777 Cost accounting standards............................3799, 4003, 4031 DEA..............................................................1684 Delay rental payments............................................2877 DFARS modification................................................684 Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments.............4517 DOI cost recovery..........................................1606, 1607 Dollar-value LIFO method.........................................2879 FCC cost allocation and accounting rules...................4135, 4142 FMS claims.................................................2592, 2597 Foreign exchange operations......................................2602 Funds transfers to State governments.............................2595 International accounting standards...............................4515 Local exchange carrier requirements........................4147, 4148 Maritime mobile radio services...................................4195 Mark-to-market.............................................2856, 2927 OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and earnings test exempt amounts.................................3971 Partnership debt.................................................2983 PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................3867 PBGC premium self-audit..........................................3870 Post-retirement benefit plan costs...............................3764 Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................3761 SEC financial statements.........................................4516 Third-party contacts.............................................2875 Unified Partnership Audit Procedures.............................2869 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..............................................3675 ATF: Delegations of authority........2624, 2625, 2647, 2648, 2649, 2663, 2664, 2665, 2667, 2668 Technical amendments...........................................2666 Attorney's fees..................................................2783 Aviation economic proceedings rules of practice..................2073 BATF procedures..................................................2655 Complaint and disclosure filings.................................3853 Customs Regulations..............................................2697 DOC...............................................................581 DOD...............................................................712 DOE: Economic development transfers of real property.................789 DOI........................................................1238, 1534 DOT..................................................2055, 2059, 2266 EEOC.............................................................3631 EPA..................................................3224, 3447, 3450 Equal Access to Justice Act.......................................830 FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................4180 FDA................................................841, 893, 905, 912 Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3675 FTC..............................................................4344 FWS..............................................................1312 Hazardous materials........................................2533, 2557 Hearing and appeal procedures: Aviation economic proceedings..................................2051 BIA......................................................1235, 1543 BLM............................................................1601 CNCS...........................................................3196 Coast Guard....................................................2126 DOL............................................................1864 Medicaid State Plan amendments.................................1058 Medicare claims appeal.........................................1067 Medicare enrollment.............................................975 NIGC.....................................................4377, 4383 Office of the Special Trustee..................................1240 Office of Trust Funds Management...............................1240 OGE............................................................3751 OHA............................................................1234 OPM............................................................3782 Peace Corps....................................................3860 Public lands cases.............................................1233 RRB............................................................3875 SBA............................................................3920 SSA......................................................3953, 3965 Treasury Department............................................2669 VA......3103, 3104, 3105, 3150, 3151, 3152, 3154, 3156, 3157, 3167, 3182 HUD........................................................1136, 1172 INS..............................................................1759 IRS..............................................................2761 NRC..............................................................4407 OCC..............................................................2691 OPM..............................................................3792 OSC..............................................................3853 OTS........................................................3015, 3025 Peace Corps................................................3858, 3861 Registration of drug producers....................................836 RSPA.............................................................2551 Rulemaking: DOT............................................................2049 FAA............................................................2243 FCC..........................................4111, 4141, 4223, 4240 FDIC...........................................................4254 FMC............................................................4307 GSA......................................................3668, 3669 IRS................................................2779, 2978, 2979 NRC..........................................4396, 4417, 4418, 4425 OTS............................................................3018 SSA............................................................3980 USDA.......................................................112, 216 Social Security Administration: Testimony of employees and production of records in legal proceedings................................................3987 Treasury Department: Plain language revision........................................2656 USDA................................144, 145, 152, 153, 184, 193, 309 VA...................................................3056, 3110, 3153 Adoption and foster care: Alien siblings...................................................1741 Assistance coverage..............................................2989 Intercountry adoption......................................1737, 2025 [[Page 26718]] Adult education: Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1813 Advertising: Air carriers, prices.............................................2046 Alcohol beverages................................................2640 Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................904 Home insulation..................................................4350 Investment companies.............................................4459 Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4345 Television.......................................................4205 Unfair or deceptive practices..............................4352, 4354 Affirmative action plans: See Equal employment opportunity Aged: See also Medicaid Medicare Public assistance programs Supplemental Security Income (SSI) AOA rules revisions..............................................1119 Food assistance programs..........................................198 Foster Grandparent Program.......................................3203 Nondiscrimination: Air travel.....................................................2040 Department of State programs...................................2011 DOL programs...................................................1938 Employment...............................................3630, 3632 NEA............................................................3729 NEH............................................................3737 NRC............................................................4420 NSF programs...................................................3739 USAID..........................................................3188 Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1120 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1081 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................3204 Senior Community Service Employment program......................1882 Senior Companion Program.........................................3202 Agricultural commodities: See also Commodity futures Crop insurance Fruits Grains Marketing quotas Price support programs Vegetables Cargo preference regulations.....................................2570 CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................241 Crop disaster assistance...............................46, 47, 74, 84 Ethanol and biodiesel grain program................................73 Exports......................................................242, 353 Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................71 Hedging..........................................................4052 Honey Research and Promotion Program................................7 Inspection service fees......................................156, 159 Mark-to-market accounting........................................2856 Market loss assistance programs................................82, 83 Marketing assistance loan provisions...........................46, 75 National Commodity Processing Program.............................188 Noninsured crop disaster assistance program....................63, 70 Nursery crops.....................................................143 Nursery stock importation..........................................95 Peanut Program.................................................42, 53 Tobacco........................................................52, 69 Burley...................................................51, 68, 76 Flue-cured...................................................43, 50 Inspection.....................................................3, 8 Loss assistance program..........................................55 Marketing quotas.................................................55 Non-auction designation..........................................45 Trade options....................................................4060 U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000.........................................25 Warehouses for CCC storage contracts...............................31 Agricultural research: Animal embryos and semen..........................................106 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program.............122 Donation of excess research equipment.............................309 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......................................304, 308 Administrative regulations..............................144, 145, 153 Allocation of funds...............................................274 American Indian Livestock Feed Program.............................81 Beef imports from Brazil..........................................116 Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............92 CFSA state and county committees...................................30 Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................40 Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................85 Dairy Price Support Program........................................81 Disclosure of return information to USDA.........................2885 Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3582 Emergency Conservation Program.................................41, 49 Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................300 Farm reconstitution regulations....................................34 Farm Service Agency: Appraisal fees for farm loan programs............................56 Cash flow margin requirements for guaranteed loans...............72 Disaster set-aside program.......................................44 Guaranteed loss payments.........................................29 Low documentation loans..........................................39 Payments to delinquent Farm Credit Program borrowers.............79 Production Flexibility Contracts.................................66 Reduction of amortized shared appreciation recapture interest rate.........................................................28 Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............22 Shared Appreciation Agreements...................................67 Small Hog Operation Payment Program..............................38 Hog imports from Europe...........................................101 Horse protection requirements.....................................111 Livestock Assistance Program.......................................81 Livestock Indemnity Programs.......................................23 Nondiscrimination in USDA programs and activities.................265 Nonimmigrant alien workers.......................................1874 Nonprocurement regulations........................................264 Organic certifying agencies........................................12 Pasture Recovery Program...........................................81 Pseudorabies in swine.............................................115 Science and Technology Laboratory Service..........................21 State mediation programs...........................................26 Technical assistance and training............................127, 295 Unshu oranges importation..........................................90 USDA lobbying restrictions........................................307 Worker protection standards......................................3444 AIDS: NIH AIDS Research Loan Program....................................938 Air carriers: See also Air rates and fares Charter flights Airport certification............................................2202 Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2247 Aviation data requirements.......................................2036 Aviation exemption procedures....................................2043 Baggage liability..........................................2044, 2070 Cargo limit......................................................2546 Competitiveness............................................2035, 2063 [[Page 26719]] Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system..............2190 Computer reservations system...............................2035, 2062 Direct flight, definition........................................2041 Discrimination complaints........................................1991 Fees charged by airports.........................................2192 Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2042 Hazardous materials transportation: Emergency telephone number requirements........................2532 Income source rules..............................................2772 Interstate authority.............................................2063 Landing gear shock absorption test requirements..................2194 Noise certification standards..............................2204, 2205 Non-age discrimination...........................................2040 Overbooking of flights...........................................2050 Passengers: Airline counter notices........................................2045 Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................1755 Ground travel expense when diverted............................2042 Manifest information.....................................1710, 2067 Oxygen use.....................................................2066 Passenger Origin-Destination Survey............................2573 Unruly.........................................................2247 Price advertising................................................2046 Repair station requirements................................2176, 2235 Safety and security-related information..........................2189 Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2144 Security measures................................................2226 Traffic Reporting System.........................................2574 Universal child seats............................................2454 Air fares: See Air rates and fares Air pollution control: See also Motor vehicle pollution Aerospace industry...............................................3422 Air quality modeling.............................................3340 Air quality resources: Class I area designations......................................3388 Air quality standards................................3339, 3391, 3395 Aluminum industry..........................................3302, 3361 Ambient air quality monitoring...................................3310 Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3265 Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3342 Best available retrofit technology...............................3314 Boat manufacturing industry......................................3343 Boilers..........................................................3267 Carbon monoxide..................................................3391 Chemicals............................................3261, 3262, 3399 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)........................................874 Chromium emissions.........................................3266, 3274 Clean Air Act....3285, 3290, 3295, 3327, 3351, 3352, 3380, 3411, 3418 Clean fuels formula grant program................................2504 Compliance certification requirements............................3425 Consumer products................................................3389 Copper smelters..................................................3341 Delisting hazardous pollutants...................................3295 DFARS modification................................................686 Dioxin emission measurement......................................3397 Dry cleaners.....................................................3404 Electrical insulating varnishes..................................3359 Emergency episode requirements...................................3381 Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3241 Emission standards: Cellulose production...........................................3328 Coke ovens.........................................3245, 3378, 3420 Definition of major source.....................................3372 Diesel engine fuel.............................................3421 Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3378 Municipal landfills............................................3329 Navajo generating station................................3321, 3355 New marine engines.......................................3378, 3416 Non-road spark-ignition engines................................3287 Permit requirements............................................3378 Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3423 Polyurethane foam production...................................3408 Potential to emit..............................................3384 Radionuclides..................................................3358 Semiconductor facilities.................................3269, 3378 VOC standards............................................3291, 3375 Emissions control programs.................................3419, 3431 Emissions monitoring program......3244, 3282, 3313, 3316, 3330, 3348, 3398 Emissions reporting..............................................3331 Emissions trades.................................................3243 Essential uses....................................................874 Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3271 Filterable fine particulate matter...............................3298 Fuels and fuel additives.........................................3360 Fugitive emissions...............................................3246 Gas turbines.....................................................3257 Gasoline anti-dumping program....................................3371 General provisions amendments....................................3263 Granular fertilizer-pesticide combination products...............3451 Halons...........................................................3363 Hazardous air pollutants....3242, 3256, 3257, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3262, 3264, 3265, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3275, 3276, 3277, 3278, 3279, 3295, 3309, 3328, 3329, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3347, 3348, 3349, 3354, 3383, 3404, 3407, 3408, 3422, 3427, 3460 Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3502 HCFC allowance distribution system...............................3247 Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3284 Inspection/maintenance programs............................3238, 3299 Interim approval requirements....................................3368 Internal combustion engines......................................3256 Iron and steel industry....................................3258, 3259 Large appliance coating industry.................................3345 Lime manufacturing industry......................................3268 MACT standards...............3269, 3275, 3277, 3328, 3329, 3407, 3408 Measurement regulation...........................................3397 Metal parts and products coating industry......3264, 3270, 3278, 3346 Methyl bromide.............................................3288, 3412 Municipal landfills..............................................3329 Municipal waste combustion units.....................3318, 3369, 3417 National Air Toxics Program......................................3430 NESHAP: Aerospace industry.............................................3422 Alumina processing.............................................3414 Aluminum production......................................3302, 3361 Amino/phenolic resins....................................3317, 3410 Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3250 Brick manufacturing............................................3293 Carbon black.............................................3356, 3407 Cellulose production...........................................3328 Ceramics.......................................................3294 Chemical recovery combustion sources...........................3415 Chromium electroplating........................................3286 Chromium emissions.............................................3274 Clay products manufacturing..............................3251, 3293 Delegations' provisions........................................3311 Elastomers.....................................................3349 Engine Test Facilities.........................................3296 Ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation operations.................................................3357 Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3271 Ferroalloy production..........................................3373 Friction products manufacturing industry.......................3306 Fumed silica production........................................3248 Gasoline distribution facilities...............................3366 Hazardous waste combustors.....................................3510 Hydrochloric acid production...................................3249 Leather tanning................................................3347 [[Page 26720]] Lightweight aggregate..........................................3297 Metal parts and products coating industry................3270, 3346 Metal pipes....................................................3250 Natural gas production.........................................3385 Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3273 Off-site waste and recovery operations...................3402, 3432 Oil production.................................................3385 Organic liquids................................................3277 Pesticide Active Ingredient Production.........................3315 Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3362 Phosphate fertilizer production................................3364 Phosphoric acid manufacturing..................................3364 Polyurethane foam production.............................3307, 3408 Polyvinyl chloride production..................................3334 Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry.........................3370 Predictive emission monitoring.................................3253 Printing and publishing industry...............................3292 Process heaters................................................3409 Pulp and paper production....................3333, 3374, 3396, 3415 Site remediation...............................................3275 Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry..............3400 Taconite iron ore processing...................................3301 Thermoplastics.................................................3349 Uranium hexafluoride production................................3252 Vegetable oil production.......................................3348 Wet-formed fiberglass mat production...........................3336 New source performance standards.................................3387 New source review..........................................3303, 3322 New stationary sources...........................................3378 Nitrogen oxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired steam generating units.............................................3426 Nitrogen oxides............................................3316, 3367 Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3273 Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3325, 3330 Operating permits: Indian reservations......................................3239, 3377 Ozone......3264, 3278, 3279, 3283, 3345, 3351, 3352, 3353, 3354, 3376 1-hour standard................................................3392 Emission budgets...............................................3393 Protection of stratospheric ozone......3304, 3320, 3363, 3428, 3433 Ozone and ozone precursors: National ambient air quality standards...................3379, 3424 Transport........................3255, 3305, 3308, 3335, 3394, 3429 Paint stripper users.............................................3383 Paper, film and foil coating industry............................3354 Particulate matter.........................................3289, 3376 PCB manufacturing................................................3466 Penalties for violations.........................................3386 Petroleum refineries.............................................3324 Phosphate fertilizer production..................................3403 Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3260 Plastic parts industry...........................................3279 Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................3242 Process heaters............................................3267, 3409 Project XL......3217, 3374, 3375, 3396, 3431, 3515, 3525, 3526, 3541, 3542 Risk management plans: Third party audits.............................................3285 Solid waste incinerators...................................3312, 3387 Source category list.......................................3309, 3427 State implementation plans...........................3322, 3376, 3405 Stratospheric ozone protection.....3247, 3288, 3304, 3337, 3363, 3412 Sulfur oxides........................................3316, 3339, 3390 Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3323 Tire manufacturing...............................................3344 Transportation conformity........................................3290 Vapor control systems............................................2085 Volatile organic compounds........3264, 3272, 3278, 3279, 3280, 3291, 3323, 3338, 3345, 3354, 3359, 3422 Waste incinerators performance standards.........................3411 Wood furniture industry..........................................3280 Air rates and fares: Aviation data requirements.......................................2036 Rebating international fares.....................................2064 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...............................................2051 Certification of screening companies.............................2197 Excise taxes.....................................................2765 Hazardous substances.............................................2518 Inspection of stopover passengers................................1720 Nondiscrimination..........................................2038, 2054 Revenue and nonrevenue passengers................................2575 Unfair exclusionary conduct......................................2072 Aircraft: Aircraft parts...................................................2149 Life-limited...................................................2206 Record system..................................................2061 Airworthiness directives and standards........2160, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2224 Bird ingestion standards.........................................2236 Bird strike requirements.........................................2225 Cargo airplanes: Traffic alert and collision avoidance systems..................2153 Certification procedures for products and parts..................2201 Child restraint systems..........................................2150 Corrosion control program........................................2145 Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2220 Duty-free entry of civil aircraft................................2715 Emergency exits..................................................2183 Emergency locator transmitters...................................2248 Emergency medical equipment......................................2199 FAA registration fees............................................2232 Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.............2230 Flight data recorder improvements..........................2198, 2246 Float plane take-off and landing.................................2118 Fractional ownership.............................................2156 General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2702 Hazardous material recognition training..........................2152 Hazardous material transportation................................2534 Helicopters......................................................2205 Improved seats retrofit..........................................2144 Intermix exclusion deletion......................................2163 Light sport aircraft: Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................2161 Maintenance: Aging aircraft...........................................2180, 2235 Manifests public disclosure......................................2734 Noise requirements...............................................2163 Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................701 Overflight Program...............................................2702 Parachutes.......................................................2191 Powered-lift.....................................................2162 Reexport of foreign registered aircraft to Serbia.................377 Registration...............................................2165, 2231 Rocket engines...................................................3276 Snowplanes.......................................................1514 Surplus military.................................................2219 Temporary flight restrictions....................................2208 Titles and security documents....................................2231 [[Page 26721]] Transponders.....................................................2181 Transport category: Airspeed indicating system.....................................2166 Airworthiness directives and standards......2167, 2168, 2169, 2186, 2196 Electrical equipment...............................2167, 2168, 2169 Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2223 Engine cowling retention devices...............................2217 FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................2154 Fire protection standards for powerplant installations.........2244 Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation materials..................................................2200 Fuel tank ignition source review...............................2193 Low speed stall................................................2218 Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage................2167 Turbine-powered and turboprop: Bird ingestion standards.......................................2236 Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1506 Water landing survival equipment.................................2143 Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act........................657 Aircraft pilots: See Airmen Airlines: See Air carriers Airmen: Bilateral Air Safety Agreement...................................2241 Civil penalties............................................2209, 2221 Controlled rest on the flight deck...............................2234 Deicing and anti-icing procedures................................2222 Drug abuse.......................................................2216 Drug test refusal................................................2164 FAA certification fees...........................................2232 Flight attendants: English language proficiency...................................2182 Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2184 Rest and duty requirements.......................................2148 Training and certification.................................2151, 2222 Airplanes: See Aircraft Airports: Concessions: Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..........2053, 2058 Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2050 Fees charged to air carriers.....................................2192 High density rule................................................2242 Land use compatibility planning..................................2233 Landing systems..................................................2187 Security.........................................................2179 Airspace: Air traffic services and aeronautical studies: Fees...........................................................2188 Grand Canyon National Park: National Park Service overflights..............................2227 Postponement of special flight rules...........................2203 Landing systems..................................................2187 Los Angeles, CA..................................................2185 NOAA overflight regulation........................................485 Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2170 Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum in the West Atlantic route system.......................................................2207 Regulations, routine issue of....................................2175 Security control.................................................2210 Temporary flight restrictions....................................2208 Airways: See Airspace Airworthiness directives and standards: See Aircraft Alaska Natives: See Indians Alcohol abuse: Aviation personnel.........................................2158, 2159 Block grants......................................................824 Motor carrier post-accident test results.........................2336 Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2362 Pipeline facility employee testing...............................2543 Railroad employee testing........................................2492 Foreign-based crews............................................2478 Testing following marine incident................................2094 Transportation industry........................2052, 2071, 2311, 2506 Alcohol and alcoholic beverages: See also Beer Gasohol Liquors Wine Denatured alcohol and rum: Distribution and use...........................................2658 Formulas and technical amendments..............................2659 Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2635 Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum........2722 Flavored malt beverages..........................................2653 Health claims in labeling and advertising........................2640 Health warning statement.........................................2608 Prohibition of containers........................................2612 Saccharin disclosure.............................................2654 Sake regulations.................................................2652 Stills regulation recodification.................................2641 Tax-free alcohol.................................................2634 Aliens: See also Citizenship and naturalization Immigration Refugees Migrant labor Adjustment of status........1744, 1748, 1761, 1791, 1793, 1799, 1800, 1804, 1805, 1820, 1829 Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1741 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1666, 1725 Arriving aliens definition.......................................1760 Asylum...........................................................1823 Authority to grant.............................................1826 Establishing eligibility.......................................1792 Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1723 Numerical limit on grants......................................1788 Battered and abused spouses and children...................1716, 1751 Bonding pilot program............................................1816 Border crossing cards............................................2007 Border crossing identification documents...................1721, 1768 Classification of................................................2019 Concurrent filing of Form I-140 and Form I-485...................1829 Conditional residents: Battered and abused............................................1779 Criminal convictions.......................................1759, 1812 Cubans...........................................................1728 Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1774 Deportation proceedings: Entrepreneurs............................................1753, 1759 Power of Attorney General......................................1790 Relief application.............................................1697 Suspension...............................................1694, 1765 Detention of aliens ordered removed..............................1828 Diversity immigrants.............................................2017 Employment.....................................1709, 1746, 1771, 1810 Authorization fee..............................................1825 Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1818 Eligibility verification.................................1773, 1782 Filing for authorization while resident status is pending......1796 International broadcasters...............................1797, 2013 Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1798 Refiling of applications.......................................1880 [[Page 26722]] Use on government contract projects............................1771 Expedited exclusion procedures...................................1812 Expedited removal of jailed criminals............................1704 Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1780 F-1 foreign students.............................................1813 Family Unity Program.......................................1742, 1756 Fingerprinting.................................1735, 1763, 1782, 1786 Fingerprints from juvenile delinquents...........................1742 H-1B petition fees...............................................1802 Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act.........................1799 Health care workers..............................................1715 Immigrant investors..............................................1712 Inadmissability................................1706, 1733, 2022, 2023 INTELSAT employees...............................................2021 Juvenile criminal records........................................1742 Juveniles..................................................1718, 1764 Labor certification process..........................1871, 1874, 1884 Land border ports-of-entry fees............................1729, 1745 Lawful permanent resident status.................................1800 Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1799, 1800, 1803 Mail order brides................................................1716 Manifest requirements............................................1730 National interest waivers for physicians.........................1783 NATO civilian employees..........................................1726 Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act............1799 Nonimmigrant classes: Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1738 Actuaries......................................................1789 Admission into the U.S...................................1770, 1822 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.........1724 Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................1732 Classification of..............................................2019 Construction work by B visitors................................1705 Corporate reorganizations......................................1703 Disclosure of information......................................1752 Extending period of duration...................................1778 Fee receipts for student and exchange visitors.................2020 Fee schedule for students and exchange visitors................1817 Firearm prohibitions...........................................2623 Ineligibility..................................................2018 Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program..............1776 K classification...............................................1803 Law enforcement initiatives....................................1708 Nurses...................................................1784, 1881 Plant pathologists.............................................1789 Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents......1801, 2015, 2016 Temporary workers........................................1857, 1874 V classification...............................................1801 Victims of trafficking or criminal activity....................2014 Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1832 Parole authority.................................................1777 Part-time study for F-1 commuter students in contiguous territories..................................................1743 Permanent resident status..................................1761, 1796 Powers of duties of service officers.............................1793 Prostitution.....................................................1713 Public assistance programs: Food Stamp Program........................................198, 1762 Medicaid.......................................................1762 Sponsor reimbursement....................................1754, 1762 Refusals of individual visas.....................................2018 Registration of..................................................1782 Relative petitions...............................................1793 Release to immigration authorities...............................1658 Religious workers................................................1719 Removal of Burma from Guam Visa Waiver Program...................1794 Removal orders.............................................1758, 1828 Reporting requirements for interest on deposits..................2910 SSA regulations..................................................1711 Student employment...............................................1766 Syrian nationals.................................................1804 Temporary protected status.................................1811, 1825 Trafficking victims............................1807, 1808, 1809, 2014 Transit without visa.......................................1806, 2002 Victims of crime...........................................1807, 2014 Visa petition..............................................1796, 1829 Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1802 Visa Waiver Program..............................................2012 Waiver of fees.............................................1740, 1787 Withholding of removal...........................................1823 Amateur radio service: See Radio American Indians: See Indians Ammunition: See Arms and munitions Animal biologics: Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................904 Animal diseases: Pseudorabies in swine.............................................115 Scrapie............................................................98 Animal drugs: See also Animal biologics Animal Drug Availability Act......................................905 Antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.....................861 Approval process..................................................869 Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................904 Feed directives...................................................925 Import tolerance levels...........................................832 Investigational use...............................................905 Presubmission conferences for applicants..........................886 Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........876 Supplemental manufacturing changes................................881 Animal welfare: Environment enhancement for nonhuman primates.....................105 Horse protection requirements.....................................111 Inspection, licensing, and procurement.............................99 Interstate movement to slaughter..................................102 Marine mammals................................................96, 117 Animals: See also Animal diseases Animal drugs Animal welfare Livestock Wildlife Exports: Alligators, live...............................................1304 Imports...........................................................106 Hogs from Europe................................................101 Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.............867 Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing animals.......................................................864 Substances prohibited from use in feed............................913 Annuities: See Pensions Antidumping: American Samoa exemption petition................................3401 Baseline date cut-off limit modification.........................3371 Sunset reviews....................................................329 Antiquities: See Historic preservation Appeal procedures: See Administrative practice and procedure Apples: Assistance program.........................................78, 83, 84 Appliances: See Household appliances Apprenticeship programs: See Manpower training programs Archaeology: See Historic preservation [[Page 26723]] Architectural barriers: See Individuals with disabilities Archives and records: See also Classified information Freedom of information Health records Privacy Reporting and recordkeeping requirements Historical Records Services......................................1736 NARA: Debarment and suspension rule..................................3714 Drug-free workplace requirements...............................3714 Electronic records transfer options............................3713 Electronic text documents......................................3708 Freedom of information.........................................3717 Plain language revisions.......................................3709 Privacy Act....................................................3710 Records disposition............................................3712 Research room procedures.......................................3711 Storage standards..............................................3722 Armed forces: See also Armed forces reserves Federal buildings and facilities Military personnel Selective Service System Air Force: Academy nominations and appointments............................714 Delivery of personnel to civilian authorities for trial.........716 Installation entry policy.......................................713 Personal financial responsibility...............................719 Visual information documentation program........................718 Wake Island Code................................................715 Army: Environmental actions...........................................693 Use of employees of non-federal entities to provide services 694 Army Corps of Engineers: Environmental quality requirements..............................695 ESA scope of analysis...........................................698 Permit regulations..............................................696 Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................697 CHAMPUS....720, 721, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732 Civil disturbance intervention....................................713 Coast Guard: Auxiliary regulations..........................................2087 Cargo securing.................................................2088 Carriage of hazardous materials in bulk........................2124 Commercial diving operations...................................2134 Conforming definitions to statutory changes and Presidential Proclamations..............................................2098 Deep water ports...............................................2083 Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2077 Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2109 Mandatory ship reporting systems in whale areas................2119 Marine Safety and Environmental Protection...2080, 2081, 2113, 2114 Marine shipboard electrical cable standards....................2086 Merchant mariners........................................2081, 2112 Mineral Management Service inspections on fixed facilities.....2099 Natural resources protection...................................2092 Navigation Safety Regulations..................................2125 Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2078 Personnel training and qualifications..........................2120 Propeller injury prevention....................................2130 Regatta and parade permits.....................................2137 Regulated navigation areas.....................................2108 Right to appeal................................................2126 Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances............2110 Towing vessel operators........................................2111 Disaster assistance...............................................713 Discharge standards for vessels..................................3592 Navy: Admiralty Claims................................................711 Assistance to and support of dependents.........................709 Disposition of property.........................................703 Garnishment of pay for collection of child support and alimony.....................................................710 Incidental taking during deployment of low frequency active sonar.......................................................478 Incidental taking of marine mammals........................531, 535 International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea......708 Mileage allowances on rewards for the return of absentees.......712 National Environmental Policy Act...............................700 Naval Discharge Review Board....................................707 Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................701 Paternity complaints............................................709 Payment of rewards for absentee/deserter personnel..............705 Public access limitations.......................................706 Redelegation of authority to grant permission to use Marine Corps emblem, name, or initials.............................712 Reemployment.....................................................3786 Selective service regulation.....................................3888 Surplus aircraft.................................................2219 Armed forces reserves: Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................3907 Arms and munitions: Antique firearms.................................................2623 Brady Bill regulations.....................................2622, 2642 Canadian export exemption........................................2034 Curio and relic..................................................2642 Dual-use items....................................................358 Explosives safety.................................................653 Export controls...................................................334 Handguns.........................................................2642 Identification markings....................................2618, 2644 Inventory requirements...........................................2645 Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.................2623, 2642 Public housing purchasing preference for responsible companies 1228 Reporting of exported shipments..................................2030 Residency requirements for purchasers............................2643 Waiver for firearm prohibition on nonimmigrant visa holders......1832 Asbestos: Exposure limit...................................................1934 Model accreditation plan.........................................3479 Asylum: See Immigration Atomic energy: See Nuclear energy Attorneys: See Lawyers Auditing: See Accounting Authority delegations: ATF........2624, 2625, 2647, 2648, 2649, 2663, 2664, 2665, 2667, 2668 Banks............................................................2589 Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1543 Civil penalty issuance.....................................1125, 1693 DOD..........................................................691, 712 DOJ..............................................................1839 DOL..............................................................1865 EPA revisions....................................................3405 FCC..............................................................4243 FEMA.............................................................3646 HUD..............................................................1157 Immigration judges...............................................1693 INS........................................................1695, 2006 Personnel and general claims settlement...........................646 Surface Transportation Board.....................................4522 [[Page 26724]] VA.........................................................3116, 3145 Automatic data processing: See Computer technology Automobiles: See Motor vehicles Aviation safety: Advanced qualification program...................................2245 Aging aircraft...................................................2180 Air tour and sightseeing operations........................2155, 2238 Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2144 Airplane operator security.......................................2178 Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2171 Airworthiness directives and standards.........2160, 2173, 2186, 2224 Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs............2158, 2159 Bird ingestion standards.........................................2236 Bird strike requirements.........................................2225 Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2221 Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2067 Corrosion control program........................................2145 Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2212 Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2215 Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2220 Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2223 Emergency locator transmitters...................................2248 Engine fuel and induction systems................................2214 Fire protection requirements on transport airplanes..............2244 Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2184 Flight rules...............................................2172, 2174 Flight simulation device qualification...........................2157 Foreign air carriers: Security programs..............................................2226 Freight: Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................2228 Fuel tank ignition source review.................................2193 Fuel tank vent protection........................................2211 Hazards to air navigation........................................2170 Information and records disclosed by industry....................2189 Light sport aircraft.............................................2161 Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2213 Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2066 Parachute operations.............................................2191 Pilot rest and duty requirements...........................2148, 2234 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2189, 2235 Transponder requirement..........................................2181 Water landing survival equipment.................................2143 B Baggage: See Freight Balloons: See Aircraft Bank deposit insurance: Advertisement of membership......................................4269 Appeals process for claims.......................................4259 Assessments......................................................4251 Civil monetary penalties.........................................4275 Credit unions: Requirements for branches outside the United States............4358 Customer protections.................................2688, 3027, 4337 Deposit brokers..................................................4276 Nonmember banks..................................................4355 Notice of insured status.........................................4252 Program fraud civil remedies.....................................4270 Receivership rules...............................................4253 Retail sales of insurance products.........................4273, 4337 Risk-based capital standards...............................4261, 4264 Transactions between insured depository institutions and their affiliates...................................................4313 Bankruptcy: RCRA financial responsibility....................................3521 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........................................3942 Activities and operations............................2673, 2679, 2692 Anti-money laundering programs...................................2591 Assessment of fees.........................................2680, 2687 Automated Clearinghouse Method.............................2601, 2607 Bank Secrecy Act.........................2585, 2586, 2588, 2589, 2590 Capital..........................................................4267 Casino reporting.................................................2587 Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2596 Community development............................................3030 Community reinvestment.....................................3026, 4336 Consumer regulations review......................................4315 Conversions......................................................3022 CRA Sunshine.....................................................4272 Credit card banks................................................2677 Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2586 Debt cancellation contracts......................................2670 Deposit accounts.................................................4335 Disclosure and reporting of CRA related agreements...............2690 Disqualified persons definition..................................2900 DoD installations.................................................659 Due on sale......................................................3017 Electronic banking...............................................2671 Electronic funds transfer..................................3685, 4319 Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........2672, 3019, 4255, 4328 Farm credit: Borrower rights................................................4088 Charters.......................................................4093 Disclosure to shareholders...............................4097, 4099 Electronic commerce............................................4091 FCA rulemaking.................................................4094 Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital regulation.................................................4092 General provisions for associations............................4099 Loan participations and purchases..............................4096 Loan policies and operations...................................4090 Mission-related investments....................................4101 Organization of associations...................................4099 Risk-weighting.................................................4089 Stock issuance.................................................4095 Federal: Operating subsidiaries.........................................2681 Fiduciary activities.............................................2673 Financial institutions: Consumer information privacy.......................4274, 4342, 4348 DoD installations..........................................658, 659 Payment service providers......................................2581 Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens.........................................2910 Simplified capital framework...................................4260 Financial services transactions survey............................315 Financial subsidiaries.....................................2578, 2579 Foreign investments..............................................4326 Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4476 Government Securities Act amendments.............................2580 Holding companies.....4309, 4310, 4312, 4323, 4324, 4325, 4329, 4330, 4331, 4332, 4333, 4338, 4439, 4468 Holidays.........................................................2682 International banks..............................................4326 Interstate branches........................................2676, 4256 Lending limits...................................................2679 Long-term issuer credit rating...................................2583 Market risk measure..............................................4266 Merchant banking.................................................2584 Minimum capital ratios...........................................2678 [[Page 26725]] Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2686 Non-deposit investment products............................2683, 3016 Nonfinancial equity investments..................................4267 NSF fees.........................................................2682 OTS capital regulations..........................................3021 Predatory lending practices......................................3020 Privacy of consumer financial information........................2689 Privacy of nonpublic personal information........................3028 Proxy and information statements.................................4452 Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4321 Regulation DD....................................................4335 Regulation U.....................................................4311 Resolution Funding Corporation operations........................2577 Retained interests...............................................4265 Risk-based capital standards.......3744, 4262, 4266, 4267, 4321, 4322 Savings association activities...................................3023 Securities borrowing transactions................................4266 Securities brokers and dealers: Automated submission of trading data...........................4501 Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4263 Recordkeeping requirements...............................2675, 4258 State bank activities: Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4308, 4309, 4310, 4320, 4323, 4324, 4325 Thrift institutions..............................................4457 Time accounts....................................................4335 Truth in lending...........................................4334, 4339 Types of offices.................................................3014 Usury preemption.................................................3017 Barges: See Cargo vessels Barrels: See Packaging and containers Beef: See Livestock Meat and meat products Beer: Brewery regulations..............................................2611 Exports..........................................................2609 Imports..........................................................2660 Labeling.........................................................2661 Malt beverage labeling...........................................2610 Bees: Importation........................................................92 Bicycles: Handlebar performance standard...................................4077 Traffic control manual revision..................................2287 Use in Delaware Water Gap NRA....................................1516 Bioengineered foods: Premarket notice..................................................917 Biologics: See also Animal biologics Blood Adverse experience reporting......................................839 Cellular therapy products.........................................882 Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................904 Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic substances....................................................894 Elimination of NDC coding standards..............................1042 General safety test exceptions....................................882 Informed consent regulations......................................903 Interstate shipment...............................................828 Labeling..........................................................847 Part 600 regulations..............................................833 Postmarketing studies.............................................927 Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........876 Birds: See Wildlife Blind: See also Medicaid Public assistance programs Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Aids to blind veterans.....................................3172, 3173 Blood: Current good manufacturing practices.........................888, 928 Errors and accidents reporting....................................921 Hepatitis C virus...........................................888, 3058 Hospital conditions of participation..............................985 Labeling standards................................................928 Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Program..........................934 Safety standards.............................................878, 921 Boats and boating safety: See Marine safety Navigation (water) Bonding: See Surety bonds Bonds: Municipal........................................................2682 Private activity...........................................2933, 2943 Qualified zone academy...............................2853, 2939, 2999 Surety bond requirements.........................................1576 Borders: See International boundaries Bridges: Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2251 Drawbridge operation.............................................2107 National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2252 Worker safety standards..........................................2489 Broadcasting: See Radio Television Brokers: Automated submission of trading data.............................4501 Bonding requirement exemption....................................1891 Civil penalties..................................................2346 Deposit brokers..................................................4276 Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries......4043 Exemption from Commodity Exchange Act............................4053 Fees.............................................................2897 Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers....................................4037, 4063 Large trader records.............................................4508 Net capital requirements...................................4497, 4504 Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4470 Proxy and information statements.................................4452 Quotation requirements...........................................4505 Buildings: See also Federal buildings and facilities Access for individuals with disabilities.......1665, 1671, 3190, 3193 Asbestos.........................................................3479 Indoor air quality...............................................1975 Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1192 Buses: See also Motor carriers Motor vehicles Antilock brakes..................................................2426 Brake systems....................................................2423 School: Body joint strength............................................2432 Flammability of interior materials.............................2448 Operations.....................................................2510 Parking brake warning system...................................2463 Testing guidelines...............................................2507 Wheelchair restraints............................................2420 [[Page 26726]] 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..........2053, 2058 Alcohol: Wine...........................................................2637 Aluminum industry: Air pollution control....................................3302, 3361 Asphalt roofing and processing industry: Air pollution control..........................................3265 Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions.......2822, 2826, 3009 Baker's yeast manufacturing: Air pollution control..........................................3342 Boat manufacturing industry: Air pollution control..........................................3343 Cellulose manufacturing..........................................3328 Cement manufacturing industry....................................3370 Chemicals: Air pollution control..............................3261, 3262, 3323 Control of PMNs................................................3464 Hazardous wastes listing.................................3500, 3539 Manufacture......................3399, 3455, 3458, 3463, 3469, 3470 Pollution standards............................................3466 Polychlorinated biphenyls......................................3480 Commercial diving operations.....................................1990 Construction.....................................................1979 Aliens working during stay.....................................1705 Ergonomics programs............................................1987 Dry cleaning: Air pollution control..........................................3404 Effluent guidelines......................3577, 3578, 3582, 3583, 3600 Entertainment industry...........................................2775 EPA operating permits............................................3239 Explosives.......................................................2620 Ferroalloy production............................................3373 Financing cooperative stock.......................................271 Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4351 Friction products................................................3406 Health products: Human cellular and tissue-based products..............842, 883, 906 Housing..........................................................1202 Industrial container and drum cleaning effluent guidelines.......3583 Industrial technology partnerships................................644 Iron manufacturing: Effluent guidelines............................................3578 Large appliance coating industry: Air pollution control..........................................3345 Leather tanning and finishing....................................3347 Lime manufacturing industry: Air pollution control..........................................3268 Metal parts and products coating industry: Air pollution control....................................3264, 3278 Motor vehicle manufacturing: Air pollution control....................................3241, 3272 Fuel economy credits...........................................2419 Metric conversion..............................................2371 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3594 North American Industry Classification System....................4005 Paint manufacturing: Hazardous waste management.....................................3516 Paper, film and foil coating industry: Air pollution control..........................................3354 Partnerships with foreign partners...............................2825 Pharmaceuticals: Discontinuation of lifesaving products..........................883 Manufacturing changes...........................................884 Radiopharmaceuticals............................................848 Plastic parts industry: Air pollution control..........................................3279 Plywood and particle board manufacturing: Air pollution control..........................................3242 Polyurethane foam production: Air pollution control....................................3307, 3408 Printing/publishing..............................................3292 Pulp, paper and paperboard.......................................3415 Effluent limitations...........................................3581 Emissions reduction............................................3396 NESHAP revisions...............................................3374 Steel manufacturing: Effluent guidelines............................................3578 Stock transfer rules...........................2788, 2883, 2992, 3006 Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2961 Tires: Manufacture..............................................3344, 3407 Vegetable oil production.........................................3348 Woodworking: Machinery standards............................................1986 C Cable television: Cable Act reform.................................................4107 Cost of service..................................................4103 Customer service standards.......................................4104 Digital must carry...............................................4110 EEO rules and policies...........................................4223 Home wiring rights...............................................4105 Horizontal ownership limits......................................4111 Pole attachments.................................................4109 Rates............................................................4102 Cancer: Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3227 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........827 NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program.............................940 Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act........................988, 1900 Cargo: See Freight Cargo vessels: See also Maritime carriers Barges: Bulk liquid hazardous material...........................2124, 2136 Numbering of undocumented barges.........................2078, 2131 Vapor control systems..........................................2085 Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................2088 Carriage of bulk solid materials requiring special handling......2079 Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2076 Tank vessels: Escorts........................................................2105 Foreign........................................................2104 Oil pollution prevention.......................................2105 Response plans...........................................2092, 2110 Tank level or pressure monitoring devices......................2096 Towing vessel safety measures..................................2080 Cemeteries: VA burial benefits.............................3106, 3107, 3109, 3183 Provisions for capital crimes..................................3158 Census data: Correction........................................................319 [[Page 26727]] Disclosure of information..................................2907, 3005 Release authorizations............................................320 Special services and studies.................................318, 321 Treasury Department disclosures..................................3000 Cereals (commodity): See Grains CHAMPUS: Bonus payments in medically underserved areas.....................730 Claimcheck denials appeals process................................726 Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................731 Double coverage..............................................724, 725 Dual compensation/conflict of interest program....................722 Family Member Dental Plan.........................................732 Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........727 Payments for professional services in low-access locations........728 Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................723 Third party recoveries............................................725 TRICARE.................................................729, 730, 731 Charter buses: See Buses Motor carriers Motor vehicles Charter flights: Passengers stranded by...........................................2039 Checks: See Banks, banking Chemicals: See also Drugs Hazardous substances Pesticides and pests Acrylamide.......................................................3467 Air pollution control......................................3323, 3399 Arsenic in drinking water........................................3618 Assessment information rule......................................3469 Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3490 Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1683 Drinking water regulations.......................................3608 Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3448 Flame retardant substances.......................................3456 Health and safety reporting rule.................................3470 Helium acquisition...............................................4023 Helium conservation..............................................1604 High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3461 New use rules for PMNs...........................................3464 OSHA dermal testing..............................................3462 Ozone depleting: Halons.........................................................3363 Methyl bromide.....................................3288, 3320, 3412 Refrigerant recycling....................................3351, 3352 Sales restrictions.............................................3283 Substitutes..............................................3353, 3433 Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3465 Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3466, 3480, 3487 Polymers and resins..............................................3349 Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4069 Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4425 Registration and reregistration fees.............................1688 Right-to-Know initiative.........................................3483 Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3461 Test rules.....................................3459, 3468, 3471, 3476 Toxic substances.....................................3455, 3463, 3530 Toxicity profiles................................................3452 Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3454 Toxics Release Inventory: Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3492 Chemical expansion.............................................3493 Coal...........................................................3488 Lead...........................................................3497 Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3495 Review of chemicals on original list...........................3494 Use inventory rule...............................................3458 Used in manufacture of controlled substances...............1675, 1690 Waiver of advance notification requirment for imports............1689 Child abuse: See Child welfare Child care: See Day care Child labor: Hazardous occupations............................................1856 Schooling, health, and well-being................................1856 Violation penalties..............................................1858 Child support: Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an SSI eligible child...............................................3983 Eligibility for Food Stamp Program................................197 Health care coverage.............................................1910 Medicaid referrals...............................................1050 National medical support notice..................................1118 Navy regulations.............................................709, 710 Non-performance TANF penalty.....................................1116 Payments to Indian tribes........................................1109 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 1110 Safeguarding information.........................................1106 Child welfare: See also Adoption and foster care Child labor Child support Day care Children's Health Insurance Program..............................1084 Indian child protection programs............................936, 1533 Medical child support.............................................973 NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................945 NIH training grants...............................................946 Permanent incapacity for self-support............................3057 Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act: Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1831 Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug products......................................................895 SSA benefits.....................................................3963 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: High performance bonus...................................1113, 1877 Work requirements..............................................1877 Title IV-D compliance............................................1117 Children: See Infants and children Cigars and cigarettes: See also Smoking Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..............2628 Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2630 Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2626 Reimportation of products........................................2650 Tax computation on large cigars..................................2627 Citizens band radio service: See Radio Citizenship and naturalization: See also Aliens Immigration Adjustment of status and removal of eligibility restrictions.....1820 Child Citizenship Act............................................1795 Employment authorization.........................................1818 Revoking grants of naturalization................................1781 Civil defense: See also Disaster assistance Military assistance to civil agencies.............................666 Civil rights: See also Equal educational opportunity Equal employment opportunity Fair housing Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3195 Data collection...................................................142 [[Page 26728]] Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................4314 Food Stamp Program data collections...............................166 Nondiscrimination: Age discrimination.......................................1938, 2040 Air carriers...................................................1991 Defined contribution retirement plans..........................2902 Department of State programs...................................2011 DOC programs....................................................311 DOD programs....................................................650 DOE programs....................................................790 DOI programs...................................................1239 DOJ programs.......................................1669, 1670, 1844 DOL programs...................................................1945 DOT programs...................................................2069 ED programs.....................................................738 Federally assisted programs......790, 1672, 1673, 1938, 1943, 3200, 3723, 3977 FEMA programs..................................................3651 GSA programs...................................................3673 HHS activities..................................................819 HIPAA rules............................1890, 2950, 2951, 2952, 2969 Housing........................................................1122 HUD programs...................................................1129 Individuals with disabilities..........1671, 3665, 3859, 3861, 3977 NASA programs..................................................3706 NEA activities.....................................3727, 3729, 3861 NEH activities...............................3727, 3732, 3737, 3861 NRC programs...................................................4420 NSF programs...................................................3739 SBA programs...................................................3911 TVA programs...................................................3990 USAID activities...............................................3188 USDA programs and activities....................................265 VA activities..................................................3160 Older individuals................................................1119 Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3861 Civil service system: See Government employees Claims: Against the Patent and Trademark Office...........................618 CNCS debt collection.............................................3199 Collection by HUD................................................1141 Debt Collection Improvement Act..................................2604 EEOC waiver of rights and claims.................................3633 False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................1839 Federal claims collection standards........................1840, 2604 Filing claims against SSA........................................3985 FMS payments...............................................2592, 2597 Medical care benefits............................................1908 Medicare suppliers...............................................1057 Meritorious claims...............................................3700 Public land rights-of-way........................................1237 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1834 Veterans.........................................................3178 Attorney fees............................................3148, 3178 Classified information: Access.......................................................654, 782 DOE policies......................................................783 Government acquisitions..........................................4007 Nuclear material..................................................782 OMB policies.....................................................3767 Research involving human subjects.................................954 Storage...........................................................655 Uniform system for national security information..................801 Clean Air Act: See Air pollution control Clean Water Act: See Water pollution control Coal: Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1587 Coal management..................................................1618 Noncompetitive leases..........................................1614 Provisions and limitations.....................................1614 Coalbed methane development......................................1615 Combustion wastes..........................................3511, 3538 Continuous respirable dust monitors..............................1935 Emission standards for coke ovens................................3420 Regulation streamlining..........................................1618 Temporary cessation of mining operations.........................1593 Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3488 Coal mines: See Mine safety and health Mines Surface mining Underground mining Coastal zone: See also Continental shelf Flood plains Coastal Zone Management Act.......................................488 Fees for appeals..................................................612 Shore protection.................................................2127 TVA shoreline management.........................................3989 Waste deposit prevention.........................................3628 Wetlands: Conservation program.......................................32, 1252 Minimal effects exemptions......................................302 Privately owned................................................2281 Collective bargaining: See Labor management relations Colleges and universities: See also Medical and dental schools Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1738 Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................676 DFARS modification................................................676 DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and institutions..................................................651 DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................668 DOT grants.......................................................2055 Grants administration............................326, 660, 1136, 3648 Grants to Indian colleges........................................1520 Multicultural Scholars Program....................................118 Part-time study for F-1 commuter students in contiguous territories..................................................1743 Transfer of excess federal property...............................306 Commercial fisheries: See Fisheries Commodities: See Agricultural commodities Commodity futures: Agricultural commodities: Hedging........................................................4052 Trade options..................................................4060 Bilateral transactions...........................................4067 Broker-dealers: Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 4043 Exemption from Commodity Exchange Act..........................4053 Clearing organizations.....................................4039, 4066 Commodity pool operator: Exclusions.....................................................4398 Reporting requirements.........................................4059 Commodity trading advisors and pool operators: Performance disclosures........................................4056 Denomination of customer funds...................................4035 Depository institutions..........................................4043 Derivatives transaction execution facilities...............4040, 4043 Exempting boards of trade and designated contract markets from the Commodity Exchange Act...................................4054 Farm credit system institutions..................................4043 Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers....................................4037, 4063 Foreign futures and options contracts............................4057 Foreign stock index contracts....................................4051 Grading and certification of livestock.............................11 [[Page 26729]] Hybrid instrument regulation.....................................4042 Intermediaries of commodity interest transactions..........4038, 4065 Location of depositories.........................................4035 Market rule review.........................................4061, 4062 Multilateral transaction execution facilities....................4064 Opting out of segregation........................................4040 Privacy provisions...............................................4041 Security futures: Authority to modify product listing standards..................4046 Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency...............4047 Dollar value of average daily trading volume.............4050, 4492 Dual registrants...............................................4049 Dual trading...................................................4055 Exemption from compliance with listing standards...............4045 Margin requirements............................................4044 Market capitalization....................................4050, 4492 Narrow based security indexes..................................4492 Offer and sell of products traded on foreign boards............4048 Segregated accounts..............................................4058 Trading facilities...............................................4036 Common carriers: See also Air carriers Communications common carriers Maritime carriers Motor carriers Railroads Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4303 Freight forwarders: Registration requirements......................................2341 Communicable diseases: Correctional management....................................1634, 1639 Interstate quarantine of persons..................................829 Medicaid coverage of tuberculosis-related services...............1053 Communications: See also Communications common carriers News media Telecommunications Accounting and reporting requirements............................4142 Attribution of broadcast interests...............................4220 Auction authority................................................4243 Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................4140 Broadcast station construction permits...........................4206 Cable landing licenses...........................................4198 Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4169 Channelization of 37.0-38.6 GHz band.............................4233 Commercial mobile radio services.................................4241 Competitive bidding: Broadband PCS..................................................4234 IVDS...........................................................4232 Narrowband.....................................................4231 Process........................................................4239 Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.............4176 Dedicated Short Range Communications.............................2277 Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers 4141 Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4210 DOD visual information documentation program......................718 Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4154 FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.........................4135 FERC regulations governing off-the-record communications.........4285 Government transfer band.........................................4167 Horizontal ownership limits......................................4111 Installment payments for Personal Communications Services licensees....................................................4248 International common carriers....................................4190 International interexchange services.............................4200 Internet telephony...............................................4153 Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4245 Low power FM Radio...............................................4224 Mandatory reimbursement rules for relocation of Federal spectrum......................................................613 Maritime...................................................4226, 4247 Mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...............4164 North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4115 Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4228 Radio market definitions.........................................4217 Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4168 Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................4179 Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4227 Redesignation of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..............................4191 Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4188 Regulatory fees..................................................4225 Revision of 47.2-48.2 GHz band rules.............................4250 RF lighting devices..............................................4163 Satellite: Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4114 Dedicated short range communications of intelligent transportation systems.....................................4162 Digital audio radio service....................................4187 Direct broadcast service.......................................4194 Earth stations.....................................4182, 4186, 4202 Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4170 Fixed-satellite services.......................................4202 Global mobile personal communications..........................4197 Maritime mobile services.......................................4195 MSS spectrum allocation............................4159, 4185, 4193 Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of the V-band.................................................4192 Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band..............................4173 Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and separate international satellite systems...................4196 Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4112, 4113 Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4188 Spacing and applications.......................................4183 Tracking and data relay........................................3704 Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4184 Securities Act reform............................................4448 Software defined radios..........................................4156 Spectrum aggregation limits......................................4244 Spectrum allocation..............................................4162 Spread spectrum systems..........................................4172 Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................4246 Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4249 Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4249 Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4203 TV: Advertising practices..........................................4205 Broadcast ownership............................................4222 Cable Act................................................4103, 4107 Cable television rates.........................................4102 Children's programming...................................4215, 4216 Class A license................................................4209 Closed captioning..............................................4171 Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4108 Digital television service.............4166, 4171, 4213, 4214, 4215 Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................4199 Dual network rule..............................................4211 EEO rules and policies.........................................4223 Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule.........4212 Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4204 Predicting broadcast television field strength.................4175 Public interest information....................................4218 Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4112, 4113 Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................4242 Station ownership........................................4219, 4221 Video programming accessibility................................4106 Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................4177 Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4143 Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................4240 Video teleconference technology..................................3948 Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4229 [[Page 26730]] Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4157 Wireless systems: Advanced services..............................................4178 Medical Telemetry Service......................................4174 Telecommunications carriers....................................4244 Communications common carriers: Toll free service access codes...................................4118 Community action programs: Community transition program......................................786 Empowerment zones and enterprise communities................266, 1188 Renewal communities..............................................1188 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........................1194 Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages.......................................1230 Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions 4370 Environmental regulations.........................................132 Fisheries.........................................................422 Requirements of insured depository institutions..................4336 Revitalizing base closure communities.............................662 SBA: Local economic development.....................................3890 Compensation: See Unemployment compensation Wages Workers' compensation Competitiveness: Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................242 Air carriers.....................................................2063 American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2351 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act: Amendments.....................................................1725 Arbitrations...................................................3664 Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1724 American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1802 Cable television companies.......................................4105 Communications Act...................................4231, 4232, 4234 DFARS anticompetitive teaming.....................................675 Telecommunications marketplace...................................4158 Television marketplace.....................................4102, 4108 Trade adjustment assistance................................1875, 1876 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act: See Manpower training programs Computer technology: Access to information on government-owned systems.................777 Accessible electronic and information technology standards......3194, 4028 Automated submission of trading data.............................4501 Automated surety interface.......................................2729 Buy America requirement waiver...................................2513 De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............344, 365 Electronic filing................................................2696 Bonds, agreements, certificates, and cancellations.............2331 DOT proceedings................................................2068 FERC forms.....................................................4281 Investment advisers................................4463, 4471, 4480 Electronic records.............................2499, 3718, 4468, 4475 Electronic submission: Adverse drug reaction reports...................................845 Documents......................................................4407 Income tax filing..............................................2823 Labeling information............................................854 Payee statements...............................................2820 Trademark documents.............................................629 Exports..................................355, 366, 368, 369, 381, 382 Internet: Domain Name System..............................................614 Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................370 Telephony......................................................4153 Software classification...........................................901 Stored-value cards...............................................4318 Conduct standards: See Conflict of interests Confidential business information: DOT regulations..................................................2388 EPA regulations..................................................3213 Conflict of interests: See also Political activities (Government employees) CHAMPUS requirements..............................................722 EPA..............................................................3208 Ethical conduct............................................3735, 3759 Ethics programs..................................................3755 Exemptions.......................................................3756 FDIC.............................................................4254 Financial disclosure.............................................3758 NCUA.............................................................4365 OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3751 Physician referrals..............................................1054 Post-government employment.......................................3757 Salary supplementation...........................................3753 Standards of conduct............................310, 3754, 3854, 3855 Congressional elections: See Elections Conservation: See Energy conservation Natural resources Construction industry: Confined spaces for construction.................................1954 Davis-Bacon Act..................................................4000 Effluent guidelines..............................................3551 Ergonomics programs..............................................1987 Hazardous energy control.........................................1982 Hearing loss prevention..........................................1952 Material bulletins...............................................1171 Noise abatement............................................2279, 2288 Safety and health programs.................................1182, 1981 Safety standards...........................................1182, 1992 Sanitation standards for workers.................................1951 Scaffold safety standards........................................1980 Seismic safety requirements.......................................296 Consumer protection: See also Labeling Trade practices Automatic residential garage door operators......................4087 Baby bath seats..................................................4076 Baby walkers.....................................................4068 Backyard play sets standard......................................4083 Bicycle handlebars...............................................4077 Cable home wiring rights.........................................4105 Candles and candle wicks containing lead.........................4071 Child-resistant packaging........................................4082 Crib safety standards............................................4080 Disclosures................................................4352, 4354 Dive sticks......................................................4085 Financial information privacy..............................4342, 4348 Flammability standards: Clothing textiles..............................................4084 Mattresses.....................................................4073 Upholstered furniture....................................4070, 4079 Household goods transportation...................................2334 Infant formula quality control....................................898 Lead-based paint...........................................3472, 3486 Meat and poultry products.........................................213 Model rocket propellant devices..................................4078 Natural rubber latex.............................................4072 Non-wood baseball bats...........................................4074 Notices to passengers............................................2045 Over-the-counter drugs......................................834, 4081 Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4069 [[Page 26731]] Portable bed rails...............................................4075 Premerger notification...........................................4349 RESPA amendments...........................................1183, 1184 Contagious diseases: See Communicable diseases Containers: See Packaging and containers Continental shelf: Exploration or development and production plans..................1566 Leasing sulphur or oil and gas...................................1579 Minerals prospecting.............................................1573 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 Cosmetics: Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................920 Cost principles: DEAR amendments..............................................803, 808 Cotton: User fees for crop cotton classification services...................5 Washed cotton exemption from cotton dust standard................1997 Cottonseed: Market assistance..................................................75 Countervailing duties: Sunset reviews....................................................329 Courts: Damage awards....................................................2757 Crafts: See Indians-arts and crafts Credit: See also Credit unions Mortgages Banks, banking Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..................................................4261 Debt collection..................................................3640 Administrative offsets.......................1141, 2598, 2603, 3640 Administrative offsets by EEOC.................................3640 Administrative offsets by FDIC.................................4257 Administrative offsets by the SBA........................3640, 3903 Civil money penalties..........................................2691 Corporate debt collection......................................4257 Debt Collection Improvement Act..........................3640, 3715 FEMA...........................................................3641 Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset...2599, 3640 Tax refund offsets.......................................1141, 3640 Transfer of referral of delinquent nontax debts................3640 Delinquent debtors: Public dissemination of identity...............................2593 Equal credit opportunity.........................................4314 Farm Credit System charter termination...........................4093 Partners and partnerships..................................2847, 2983 Truth in lending.................................................4339 Unsecured credit limits..........................................4295 Credit unions: Advance payments for non-commercial items........................4030 Central Liquidity Facility advance policy........................4371 Chartering.......................................................4374 Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions 4370 Corporate credit unions..........................................4357 Credit Union Service Organizations...............................4362 Definitions......................................................4366 DoD installations.................................................659 Eligible obligations.............................................4365 Fair credit reporting......................................4356, 4359 Field of membership..............................................4374 Indemnification of officials and employees.......................4367 Insurance and group purchasing activities........................4368 Insurance requirements...............................4363, 4367, 4373 Insurance requirements for branches outside the United States 4358 Investment and deposit activities................................4364 OMB control numbers..............................................4372 Prepayment fees to Federal Home Loan Bank........................4369 Quarterly call reports...........................................4363 Recordkeeping exemptions.........................................4375 Records preservation program.....................................4361 Regulatory flexibility and exemption program.....................4360 Reimbursements...................................................4367 Safeguarding member information..................................4376 Technical amendments.............................................4366 Crime: See also Drug abuse Fraud Juvenile delinquency Aliens: Expedited removal from jails...................................1704 In-transit passengers..........................................1710 Trafficking victims..........................1807, 1808, 1809, 2014 Victims of crime.........................................1807, 2014 Arson reporting..................................................2621 Domestic violence................................................2642 Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database Program..................1700 Financial institution reporting requirements.....................2591 Investigative authority of the Special Counsel...................3852 National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1702 Prostitution.....................................................1713 Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act: Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1831 Safe harbor provision............................................2443 Seized property..................................................1837 Sex offender registration programs...............................1701 Sex offender release notification................................1651 United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1772 Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1838 Critical habitat: See Endangered and threatened species Crop insurance: Administrative regulations...................................148, 152 Application for...................................................137 Blueberries.......................................................141 Civil penalties...................................................140 Grains.......................................................138, 147 Insurance by written agreement....................................146 Millet............................................................150 Movement or assumption of policies................................139 Nonstandard classification system.................................148 Nursery crops.....................................................143 Premiums..........................................................149 Revisions.........................................................151 Wheat.............................................................147 Crops: See Agricultural commodities Crude oil: See Petroleum Crystalline silica: Occupational exposure......................................1918, 1961 Cultural exchange programs: Annual reports...................................................2027 Reinstatment of J-1 exchange visitors............................2010 Summer work/travel...............................................2026 Customs duties and inspection: See also Antidumping Countervailing duties Imports [[Page 26732]] Administrative rulings...........................................2697 African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2720 Aircraft manifests...............................................2734 Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2741 Charge for reimbursable Customs inspectional services............2704 Civil aircraft...................................................2715 Civil asset forfeiture...........................................2719 Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000.................2706 Counterfeited trademarks.........................................2709 Country of origin marking............................2710, 2731, 2732 Delinquent payment...............................................2700 Duty-free stores.................................................2736 Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum........2722 Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2738 Electronic filing of entries of merchandise......................2696 Fee and interest: Payment methods................................................2711 Fees assessed for defaulted payments.............................2737 General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2702 General order warehouses.........................................2713 Harbor maintenance fees........................2717, 2724, 2727, 2728 Importation and entry bond conditions............................2712 In-transit mail shipment examination.............................2701 In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2699 Inventory accounts...............................................2968 Liquidated damages...............................................2742 Low-value duty-free merchandise..................................2740 Merchandise definition...........................................2968 Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused merchandise drawback.........................................2718 North American Free Trade Agreement........................2707, 2735 Overflight Program...............................................2702 Ports of entry...................................................2733 Reconciliation regulation........................................2695 Refund of duties paid on select wool products..............2726, 2746 Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2716 Tariffs: Liquidation of entries.........................................2693 Textile and apparel products: Rules of origin................................................2723 Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2694 User and navigation fees.........................................2698 User fees........................................................2705 Watches and jewelry...............................................331 D Dairy products: Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................85 Dairy Market Loss Assistance Program...............................82 Inspection and grading of dairy plants..............................2 Inspection and grading service for manufactured or processed products.......................................................16 Northeast Dairy Compact Commission.................................48 Price support......................................................81 Recourse loans.....................................................35 Transportation and storage........................................226 Dangerous cargo: See Hazardous materials transportation Data processing: See Computer technology Day care: VA facilities....................................................3170 Deaf: See Individuals with disabilities Debarment and suspension: Accountants......................................................2669 CNCS changes.....................................................3201 Department of State changes......................................2000 DOC changes.......................................................328 DOE changes.......................................................800 DOJ changes......................................................1843 DOL changes......................................................1946 ED changes........................................................735 EPA changes......................................................3210 FEMA changes.....................................................3652 HHS changes.......................................................813 NARA changes.....................................................3714 NASA changes.....................................................3697 NEA changes......................................................3730 Social Security Administration...................................3968 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: Development of Type 2 diabetes by veterans following exposure to herbicides................................................3143 Outpatient self-management training services.....................1076 Qualification of diabetic truck drivers..........................2337 Dietary supplements: Current good manufacturing practice...............................853 Labeling for safety concerns associated with use during pregnancy.....................................................862 Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................920 Disability benefits: Compensation for veteran's loss of breast........................3090 Disabled: See Disability benefits 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.....................................3662 Community Disaster Loan Program..................................3657 Crop disaster assistance...............................46, 47, 74, 84 Debarment and suspension.........................................3652 Debris removal...................................................3649 Drug-free workplace requirement..................................3652 Eligible forage crops..............................................60 Farmers...........................................................146 American Indian Livestock Feed Program...........................81 Dairy Indemnity Payment Program..................................85 Dairy Price Support Program......................................81 Disaster set-aside program.......................................44 Livestock Assistance Program.....................................81 Pasture Recovery Program.........................................81 Floods...........................................................3635 Ability to pay provisions.......................................699 Assistance to private sector property insurers.................3659 [[Page 26733]] National Flood Insurance Program......3645, 3650, 3653, 3654, 3655, 3656, 3661 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3637 Hazard mitigation planning.......................................3658 Hurricanes: Property acquisition and grants authority......................3647 Individual assistance programs: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act........................................................3636 Livestock Indemnity Programs.......................................23 Market loss assistance.................................46, 74, 82, 83 Military personnel support........................................713 National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................3643 Nondiscrimination................................................3651 Noninsured crop disaster assistance program....................63, 70 Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program: Insurance requirements.........................................3660 Public Assistance Program........................................3657 Tax relief.......................................................2967 Unemployment assistance..........................................1872 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 Aviation personnel.........................................2158, 2159 Block grants......................................................824 Disincentives for inmates........................................1653 Drug-free workplace......735, 800, 813, 1946, 2000, 3201, 3652, 3697, 3714, 3731, 3968 Narcotic addict treatment.........................................923 Transit operators................................................2506 Treatment programs...............................................1653 Bureau of Prisons..............................................1635 SAMHSA's accreditation based system for opiod treatment program monitoring..........................................825 Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1838 Drug testing: Airmen...........................................................2164 Drug Testing Program.............................................1656 Following marine incidents.......................................2094 Motor carrier post-accident tests................................2336 Pipeline facility employees......................................2543 Railroad employees...............................................2492 Foreign-based crews............................................2478 Skip lot testing..................................................856 Transportation personnel.............................2047, 2071, 2311 Drug traffic control: Air traffic security control.....................................2210 Controlled substances: Dichloralphenazone.............................................1691 Disposer definition and registration...........................1682 Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1680 Electronic prescriptions.......................................1681 Exemption from import/export requirements for personal medical use................................................1678 Freight forwarding facilities..................................1685 Gamma butyrolactone............................................1676 Red phosphorus, white phosphorus and hypophosphorous acid......1690 Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.......................1677 Diversion control fee account....................................1684 Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1683 FAA regulations..................................................2216 Hydrochloric gas thresholds......................................1686 Iodine thresholds................................................1686 Drugs: See also Animal drugs Biologics Over-the-counter drugs Prescription drugs Adverse drug reaction reports................................839, 845 Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk packages 866 Animal drug products used in food-producing animals...............861 Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................871 Biological products...............................................833 Bulk drug substances.........................................868, 908 Central fill pharmacies..........................................1679 Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances...........1675 Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act........................1687 Conditions for marketing digoxin products for oral use............897 Court decision definition.........................................896 Current good manufacturing practice..........................870, 873 Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic substances....................................................894 Electronic transactions: Elimination of NDC coding standards............................1042 Exports...........................................................353 Fees..............................................................855 Generic drug exclusivity (180 day)................................896 Habit-forming drugs...............................................880 Informed consent regulations......................................903 Institutional review boards.......................................919 Insulin-containing products.......................................846 Investigational new drugs....................................837, 844 Labeling.....................................................831, 873 Life-saving products..............................................883 Manufacturing changes.............................................884 Market withdrawal............................................915, 916 Medicaid drug rebate program......................................960 Narcotic addict treatment.........................................923 New drug applications.............................................843 Overwrap for inhalation products packaged in low density polyethylene containers.......................................863 Packaging requirements for over-the-counter oral prescription drugs........................................................4081 Pharmacy compounding....................................908, 909, 910 Postmarketing studies for human drugs.............................927 Production emission standards....................................3423 Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1674 Radiopharmaceuticals.........................................840, 848 Registration and reregistration fees.............................1688 Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........876 Registration of producers.........................................836 [[Page 26734]] Repackaging approval requirements.................................851 Rubber-containing.................................................831 Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................895 Stability testing.................................................852 Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.........................1677 E Earthquakes: See Disaster assistance Ecology: See Environmental protection Economic statistics: Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes...........322, 323, 324 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 Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1738 Administrative regulations........................................736 Debarment and suspension regulation...............................735 Direct grant programs.............................................736 Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................309 Drug-free workplace requirement...................................735 ED general administrative regulations.............................737 Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization............739 Eligibility of overseas military dependents..................647, 648 General Educational Degree.......................................1633 Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1660 Graduate medical education payment................................999 Health education revisions........................................818 Inmate occupational educational programs.........................1655 National Security Education Program...............................652 NIH scholarships..................................................939 NIH service payback obligation....................................947 Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs......738, 797, 3226, 3233, 3724, 4436 Part-time study for F-1 commuter students in contiguous territories..................................................1743 Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1640 State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program.............750, 751 Student assistance programs..............741, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747 Performance standards for retention of electronic records.......740 Student loans....................................................3812 Veterans: Advanced and lump sum payments.................................3176 Educational Assistance test program............................3139 Election of benefits...........................................3176 Flight training................................................3128 Licensing and certification....................................3097 Montgomery G.I. Bill.....................................3135, 3176 Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria......................3181 Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty....................3096, 3098, 3140 Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................3098, 3138 Survivors and dependents.......................................3052 Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3054 Education of disadvantaged: Head Start program: Facilities construction and renovation.........................1108 Family care as an option.......................................1111 Performance standards..........................................1105 Regulations....................................................1112 Safe transportation of children................................1115 Education of individuals with disabilities: Children..........................................................749 Rehabilitation services...........................................751 Educational facilities: Authorization to enroll F-1 students.............................1813 FmHA programs......................................................57 Grants administration............................................3186 NASA offer for small self-contained payloads.....................3702 Transfer of excess federal property...............................306 Educational research: Human subjects protection....................................734, 952 Eggs and egg products: Inspection regulations...................................13, 209, 235 Inspection service fees...........................................239 Refrigeration and labeling........................................926 Safe handling labeling statements.................................926 Salmonella enteritidis.......................................865, 926 Transfer of shell egg requirements................................238 Transportation and storage........................................226 Voluntary shell-egg grading program.............................6, 14 Elderly: See Aged Elections: See also Political activities (Government employees) Voting rights Indian tribal governments..................................1525, 1526 Electric power: See also Electric utilities Rural electrification.............................................297 Worker safety....................................................1960 Electric utilities: Additions and extensions..........................................291 Indian electric power utilities..................................1542 Mergers and consolidations of borrowers...........................280 National Forest System............................................243 Revision to assessment of annual charges.........................4280 RUS approval of architectural plans and specifications for buildings.....................................................298 Small business size standards....................................3897 Standards and specifications................................290, 1911 Electronic data processing: See Computer technology Electronic funds transfers: Electronic benefit transfer systems...............................180 Federal agency disbursements.....................................3222 FRS Regulation E revision..................................4318, 4319 GSAR regulation..................................................3685 Elementary and secondary education: Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization............739 Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1813 Emergency medical services: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.........................987 Emergency mobilization: See Civil defense Employee benefit plans: See also Pensions Cafeteria plans................................2846, 2912, 2989, 3002 Claims...........................................................1908 Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1892 Defined contribution plans.................................1905, 2902 Electronic disclosure............................................1899 Family and medical leave.........................................2846 Plan documents.......................................1896, 1897, 1898 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1895, 1905 Soft dollar interpretive bulletin................................1906 Stock option programs............................................1855 Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................1901 [[Page 26735]] Employee management relations: See Labor management relations Employee Retirement Income Security Act: See Pensions Employment: See also Government employees Equal employment opportunity Aliens...........1709, 1746, 1766, 1771, 1810, 1814, 1815, 1825, 1857 Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1818 Eligibility verification...........................1773, 1782, 1871 Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1723 Refiling of applications.......................................1880 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act: Amendments.....................................................1725 Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1724 Community transition program......................................786 Definitions for salary basis.....................................1849 Domestic services................................................1850 Employment authorization fee.....................................1825 Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1851 Lower income persons.............................................1202 Senior Community Service Employment program......................1882 Verification of employment.................................1814, 1815 Work provisions of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act............................................176 Workforce investment systems.....................................1939 Employment taxes: Unemployment repayment...........................................2920 Endangered and threatened species: See also Marine mammals Alabama sturgeon.................................................1426 Aleutian Canada goose............................................1455 Appalachian elktoe...............................................1351 Arkansas River shiner............................................1463 Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................698 Arroyo toad......................................................1464 Ash Meadows Amargusa pupfish removal.............................1293 Ash Meadows sunray removal.......................................1293 Asian bonytongue.................................................1380 Atlantic salmon............................................1424, 1457 Basking shark....................................................1356 Bay checkerspot butterfly..................................1354, 1476 Beach mouse......................................................1425 Big Cypress Fox squirrel.........................................1284 Black-footed ferrets.............................................1298 Blackburn sphinx moth............................................1280 Blue shiner......................................................1428 Boulder darter...................................................1289 Bristle-thighed curlew...........................................1489 Brown pelican delisting..........................................1259 Buena Vista Lake Shrew...........................................1386 Bull trout.......................................................1254 California red-legged frog.......................................1475 Canadian lynx..............................................1249, 1421 Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1324 Carolina Heelsplitter............................................1286 Chiricahua leopard frog..........................................1322 Chum salmon......................................................1488 CITES decisions................................1308, 1313, 1330, 1355 Coastal cutthroat trout....................................1379, 1416 Coho salmon.......................................................563 Columbia white-tailed deer.......................................1323 Conservation activities.....................................527, 1325 Conservation permits.............................................1327 Cowhead Lake tui chub............................................1316 Critical habitat........529, 566, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1286, 1287, 1303, 1338, 1339, 1341, 1342, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1348, 1349, 1350, 1351, 1354, 1365, 1385, 1388, 1389, 1390, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1406, 1408, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1416, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1433, 1442, 1452, 1456, 1459, 1460, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1490 Cutthroat trout..................................................1416 Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1307 Designated ports for listed plants...............................1256 Diamond Y springsnail............................................1434 Dolly Varden.....................................................1357 Dusky gopher frog................................................1334 Duskytail darter.................................................1255 Eagles...........................................................1318 Incidental taking..............................................1306 Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1512 Evolutionarily Significant Units..................................536 Fender's Blue butterfly..........................................1404 Florida panther..................................................1444 Foreign psittacine birds...................................1268, 1399 Freshwater mussels...............................................1317 Freshwater snails................................................1317 General permitting regulations...................................1479 Gila chub........................................................1388 Gila trout.......................................................1300 Goldline darter..................................................1428 Gonzalez springsnail.............................................1434 Gray wolf..................................................1244, 1247 Green iguana.....................................................1375 Grizzly bears..............................................1448, 1451 Guam broadbill removal...........................................1294 Highlands Tiger beetle...........................................1429 Hines emerald dragonfly..........................................1390 Indiana bat......................................................1381 Intercross progeny policy and definitions........................1444 Invertebrate species in Bexar County, Texas......................1453 Johnson seagrass..................................................477 Kanab ambersnail.................................................1420 Kauai cave amphipod..............................................1280 Kauai cave wolf spider...........................................1280 Kootenai River White sturgeon....................................1348 List, reclassify, or delist..........................1368, 1442, 1443 Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1246 Loch Lomond coyote thistle.......................................1443 Lost River suckers...............................................1365 Mardon skipper...................................................1415 Marianna fruit bat.........................................1374, 1438 Marianna mallard removal.........................................1294 Mexican bobcat...................................................1266 Mexican spotted owl..............................................1473 Mexican wolf.....................................................1290 Miami Blue butterfly.............................................1285 Missouri bladder-pod.............................................1302 Morelet's crocodile..............................................1376 Morro shoulderband snail.........................................1471 Mountain Yellow-legged Frog......................................1382 Mussels....................................................1369, 1427 Newcomb's snail..................................................1280 Nonessential experimental populations....1288, 1289, 1290, 1298, 1353 Northern Idaho ground squirrel...................................1412 Northern sea otter...............................................1417 Northern spotted owl.............................................1445 Oahu elepaio.....................................................1278 Ohlone tiger beetle..............................................1333 Oregon spotted frog..............................................1410 Page springsnail.................................................1437 Peninsular bighorn sheep.........................................1465 Permit exemptions.................................................567 Permit suspension and revocation..................................568 Picture-wing flies...............................................1340 Piping plover..............................................1338, 1339 Plants: Acuna cactus...................................................1435 Agave eggersiana...............................................1432 Ash Meadows gumplant removal...................................1293 Baker's larkspur...............................................1276 Chorizanthe robusta var. hartwegii.............................1362 Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta...............................1363 [[Page 26736]] Coastal California plants......................................1273 Colorado butterfly plant.................................1422, 1449 Cook's lomatium................................................1383 Cordia rupicola................................................1431 Critical habitat...................................1358, 1362, 1363 Desert milk-vetch..............................................1418 Desert Yellowhead..............................................1320 Florida Semaphore cactus.......................................1430 Gaviota tarplant...............................................1273 Gentner's fritillary...........................................1403 Golden Sedge...................................................1329 Hall's Bullrush................................................1490 Hawaiian Island plants.........................................1281 Hirst's Panic grass............................................1423 Hoover's Wooly-Star delisting..................................1260 Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1297 Kahoolawe Island plants..................................1358, 1477 Kauai Island plants......................................1344, 1474 Kincaid's lupine...............................................1406 Kneeland Prairie Pennycress....................................1274 LaGracosa thistle..............................................1273 Lanai Island plants............................................1283 Large-flowered wooly meadowfoam................................1383 Lompac Yerba Santa.............................................1273 Mariana Island plants..........................................1387 Maui Island plants.......................................1358, 1477 Maui/NUI Complex plants..................................1283, 1350 Milk-vetch.....................................................1335 Molokai Island plants..........................................1350 Monterey spineflower...........................................1346 Mountain plover....................................1311, 1321, 1419 Nesogenes rotensis.............................................1387 Niihau Island plants.....................................1344, 1474 Northern wormwood..............................................1407 Northwest Islands of Hawaii....................................1282 Osmoxylon mariannense..........................................1387 Otay Tarplant..................................................1279 Papery whitlow-wort removal....................................1295 Polygonum hickmanii......................................1362, 1440 Purple amole...................................................1272 Robin's cinquefoil.............................................1299 Robust spineflower.............................................1478 Rock gnome lichen..............................................1287 San Diego ambrosia.......................................1384, 1408 Santa Cruz tarplant............................................1271 Scutellaria montana............................................1337 Slickspot Peppergrass..........................................1389 Solanium conocarpum............................................1432 Spalding's catchfly............................................1332 Spring Loving centuary removal.................................1293 Tabernaemontana rotensis.......................................1387 Tahoe yellowcress..............................................1402 Territory of Guam plants.......................................1387 Tropical ladyslipper orchids...................................1398 Truckee barberry delisting.....................................1291 Umbtanum Desert buckwheat......................................1411 Wenatchee checkermallow........................................1347 Williamete daisy...............................................1405 Wireweed.......................................................1301 Yellow larkspur................................................1276 Zapata bladderpod..............................................1470 Prebles Meadow jumping mouse...............................1319, 1462 Prudency determination...............................1286, 1287, 1351 Quino Checkerspot butterfly......................................1345 Red wolf.........................................................1288 Riparian brush rabbit............................................1413 Riparian woodrat.................................................1414 Riverside Fairy shrimp...........................................1341 Sacramento Mountain Checkerspot butterfly........................1436 Sacramento splittail.............................................1360 Salmon............................................................566 San Bernardino kangaroo rat......................................1349 San Diego fairy shrimp...........................................1461 San Marcos gambusia removal......................................1296 Santa Ana suckers................................................1385 Scaleshelled mussel........................................1326, 1433 Sea turtles.......................................................473 Shortnose suckers................................................1365 Smoky madtom.....................................................1255 Southern California steelhead.....................................607 Spectacled Eider.................................................1459 Removal of the Arctic Russian population.......................1292 Spotfin chub...............................................1255, 1289 Spruce-fir Moss spider...........................................1342 Stag beetle......................................................1356 Steelhead.........................................................536 Steller's eider..................................................1460 Stephen's Kangaroo Rat...........................................1401 Straight-horned markhor..........................................1257 Tibetan antelope.................................................1251 Tidewater Goby.............................................1328, 1456 Turtle species...................................................1330 Vermilion darter.................................................1336 Vicuna...........................................................1314 Virgin River fishes..............................................1368 Washington ground squirrel.......................................1409 West Indian manatee..............................................1310 White abalone.....................................................529 Whooping cranes..................................................1353 Yellow-billed cuckoo.............................................1277 Yellowfin madtom.................................................1255 Zayante bandwinged grasshopper...................................1472 Energy: See also Coal Electric power Energy conservation Fuel economy Geothermal energy Natural gas Nuclear energy Petroleum Pipelines Alternative fuels.................................753, 754, 763, 3332 Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................811 Conduct of DOE employees..........................................810 Contractor legal management requirements..........................812 DEAR amendments: Cost principles.................................................808 Part 970 rewrite................................................809 Patent rights...................................................806 Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............804 Debarment and suspension..........................................800 Demand side management............................................282 DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................665 Drug-free workplace requirements..................................800 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......827, 1859 FERC reporting requirements................................4277, 4281 Financial assistance: For-profit organizations........................................798 Noncompetitive awards...........................................807 Off-the-record communications....................................4285 Open Access Same-time Information System: Standards of conduct.....................................4287, 4288 Part 33 filing requirements......................................4278 Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................781 Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....560, 1352 Privacy Act regulations...........................................785 Reimbursement for remedial action at active uranium and thorium processing sites..............................................791 Renewable energy systems..........................................282 Research misconduct...............................................787 Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............523 [[Page 26737]] Uranium mill sites................................................794 Weatherization Assistance Program.................................767 Energy conservation: See also Fuel economy Efficiency standards: Appliances.................................................752, 776 Central air conditioners........................................757 Clothes dryers..................................................772 Clothes washers.................................................757 Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................768 Commercial heating equipment....................................768 Direct heating equipment........................................773 Dishwashers................................................766, 772 Electric motors, 200 hp.........................................774 Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................775 Fluorescent lamp ballasts.......................................757 Heat pumps......................................................757 High intensity discharge lamps..................................770 Pool heaters....................................................773 Refrigerators...................................................765 Water heaters..............................................757, 768 Federal buildings.................................................756 Model Energy Code update.........................................1170 Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................769 Test procedures...................................................755 Commercial package boilers......................................764 Testing requirements: Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................762 Commercial heating equipment....................................761 Commercial water heaters........................................760 Electric motors, small..........................................771 Electronic distribution transformers............................759 High intensity discharge lamps..................................770 Entertainment industry: Cost recovery....................................................2775 Environmental impact statements: Antarctic impact assessment......................................3211 DOT regulations............................................2137, 2281 Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants Program...............................................1847 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...............................................3219 Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act..................3738 Antarctic Treaty.................................................3211 Army environmental actions........................................693 Business ownership representation................................3234 Chemicals......................................3458, 3461, 3468, 3476 Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3220 Coal combustion wastes.....................................3511, 3538 Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3628 Compliance Assurance Monitoring..................................3425 Confidential business information................................3213 Contracting by negotiation.......................................3224 Contractor diversity clause......................................3235 Cooling water intake structures impact.....................3557, 3593 Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3546 Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3523 Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule..........3214 Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3549 Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3454 Effluent limitation guidelines.................3552, 3581, 3582, 3583 EPA acquisition regulations................................3210, 3235 Federal Reference Method field study.............................3236 Federal water resource development................................695 Forest Service special uses program..........................250, 251 Freedom of information...........................................3221 Grant programs...................................................3229 HUD..............................................................1142 Locatable mineral mining.........................................1626 National Environmental Achievement Track Program.................3216 National Environmental Policy Act.....................700, 3212, 4391 National Forest System............................................257 New Jersey Gold Track program....................................3205 Nondiscrimination................................................3233 On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3514 Overburden definition............................................3489 Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................3215 Pesticides...........................................3438, 3441, 3446 Presidio Trust...................................................3874 Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................3211 Public Involvement Policy........................................3228 Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3382 Radon............................................................4413 Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3509 Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................669 Rural economic development........................................132 Significant new use rules: Flame retardant chemical substances............................3456 Toxics Release Inventory: Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3492 Chemical expansion.............................................3493 Coal...........................................................3488 Lead...........................................................3497 Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3495 Review of chemicals on original list...........................3494 Transit projects...........................................2278, 2511 Equal access to justice: HHS...............................................................830 Equal credit opportunity: See Credit Equal educational opportunity: DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and institutions..................................................651 Equal employment opportunity: Aged.............................................................3630 Broadcast and cable television rules and policies................4223 Complaint processing.............................................3629 Conforming treatment of administrative judge decisions...........3631 Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3630 Delegation of authority........................................3159 Waiver of rights and claims....................................3633 Disparate impact theory..........................................3632 Government contractors...........................................1862 Government employees.............................................3629 HUD..............................................................1139 Indians..........................................................1538 Individuals with disabilities....................................3629 Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1854 Workforce Investment Act.........................................1939 Eskimos: See Indians Estate taxes: Qualified family-owned business interests........................2766 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..........................................................2637 [[Page 26738]] Deposits.........................................................2774 Diesel fuel......................................................2796 Excess benefit transactions..........................2911, 2964, 3010 Transportation of persons and property by air....................2765 Wine.............................................................2638 Explosives: See also Hazardous substances Hazardous materials transportation Criminal misuse reporting........................................2621 Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems..............336 Fireworks........................................................2620 Handling at waterfront facilities................................2076 Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........2618 Military munitions................................................653 Sport rocket motors..............................................2619 Exports: Administration regulations....338, 339, 340, 345, 346, 347, 353, 354, 363, 376 Agricultural commodities.....................................240, 242 Cargo preference regulations...................................2570 Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act...............353 Alligators, live.................................................1304 Australia Group Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Control Regime...............................356 Bobcats..........................................................1400 Caviar...........................................................1308 CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................241 Chemical Weapons Convention.............................334, 352, 374 Chemicals........................................................3471 Commerce Control List...............349, 356, 357, 361, 363, 380, 381 Communication intercepting devices................................361 Computer technology...........................355, 363, 368, 369, 382 Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1678 Country group revisions...........................................367 Crude oil.........................................................371 Cuba..............................................................350 De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............344, 365 Defense equipment requirements.............................2028, 2029 Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1307 Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened 1256 Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2609 Encryption items..................................................372 Entity list..................................................348, 354 Ephedrine........................................................1689 Eritrea...........................................................378 Ethiopia..........................................................378 Explosive detection systems.......................................336 Foreign Military Sales Program: Letter of offer and acceptance authorized defense services.....2033 Foreign policy controls...........................................378 Harbor maintenance fees..........................................2724 High-performance computers........................................366 Humanitarian donations............................................362 India.............................................................366 International Traffic in Arms: Amendments.....................................................2029 Canadian exemptions............................................2034 Reporting of shipments.........................................2030 Investigational new drugs.........................................837 Iraq..............................................................340 Libya........................................................350, 360 License exceptions..................342, 343, 350, 355, 362, 380, 382 Licensing....................................................335, 346 Livestock..........................................................93 Marine mammal products...........................................1370 Medical devices...................................................353 Medicines.........................................................353 Microprocessors...................................................381 Missile technology controls.......................................345 National Forest System timber.....................................252 North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................343 North Korea.......................................................341 Nuclear equipment and materials........................366, 373, 4430 OETCA regulations update..........................................330 Offsets in military exports.......................................333 Pakistan..........................................................366 People's Republic of China........................................342 Reexport of foreign registered aircraft to Serbia.................377 Reexports...............................................336, 343, 360 Replacement licenses..............................................346 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........240, 338, 357, 875 River otters.....................................................1267 Russian entities..................................................354 Serbia..................................................350, 376, 379 Shipper's export declaration............................322, 323, 324 Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................370 Special Comprehensive License program.............................351 Sudan.............................................................339 Technology........................................................374 Terrorist-supporting countries....................................367 Timber from western states..................................359, 1621 Tobacco..........................................................2657 United Nations....................................................343 Veterinary user fees...............................................94 Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items.......337, 355, 357, 381 Wildlife.........................................................1250 Extension and continuing education: See Adult education F Fabrics: See Textiles Fair housing: Civil penalties for violations...................................1131 Compliance requirements......................................124, 270 ANSI standards.................................................1200 Enforcement agency certification and funding.....................1203 Sexual harassment standards......................................1201 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...................1671, 3191 Outdoor developed areas........................................3189 Energy performance standards......................................756 GSA regulations..................................................3686 Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3299 Military range assessment.........................................653 Presidential library facilities..................................3716 Revitalizing base closure communities.............................662 Federal employees: See Government employees Federal home loan banks: Affordable Housing Program.......................................4293 Capital requirements.......................................4290, 4301 Community Investment Cash Advance regulation.....................4292 Leverage limit...................................................4299 Multiple bank memberships........................................4291 Number of annual board of directors meetings required............4297 Prepayment fees..................................................4369 Privacy Act regulation...........................................4298 Regulatory reorganization........................................4300 [[Page 26739]] Rules of practice and procedures.................................4296 Securities offerings.............................................4294 Unsecured credit limits..........................................4295 Federal property management regulations: See Government property management Federal Reserve System: Affiliate funding................................................4341 Consumer regulations review................................4315, 4327 Electronic funds transfers.......................................4318 Equal credit opportunity.........................................4314 Margin regulations review........................................4311 Reserve requirements: Depository institutions........................................4317 State banks..................4308, 4309, 4310, 4322, 4323, 4324, 4325 Streamlining regulations.........................................4343 Transaction between member bank and subsidiaries.................4340 Federal-State relations: See Intergovernmental relations 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.....................................2230 Crash-resistant fuel systems...................................2212 Fuel tank vent protection......................................2211 Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2215 Electrical standards.............................................1988 Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standard..............1168 Requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and long-term care facilities....................................1003 Underground coal mines...........................................1924 Firearms: See Arms and munitions Firefighters: Grant program....................................................3634 Payment regulations..............................................3813 Retirement.......................................................3824 Fish: See also Fisheries Seafood Diseases.........................................................1397 Endangered and threatened......563, 568, 607, 1255, 1316, 1365, 1368, 1379, 1380, 1457 Farm-raised fin fish..............................................114 Federal Aid Improvement Act......................................1396 Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1246 Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......560 Restoration programs.............................................1243 Trip limits.......................................................409 Fisheries: Alaska.............................................408, 417, 493, 544 Alaska groundfish............................................548, 557 Aleutian Island Atka Mackerel.....................................576 American Fisheries Act.......................................553, 603 American Samoa....................................................600 Atka mackerel.....................................................458 Atlantic bluefish.................................................579 Atlantic herring..................................................571 Atlantic mackerel.......................................470, 502, 573 Atlantic Ocean.......385, 386, 454, 456, 457, 462, 463, 464, 521, 605 Atlantic surf clams..........................................471, 585 Atlantic tunas...............................................455, 504 Audit resolution policy..........................................1305 Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..............396, 409, 415, 458, 551, 556 Black sea bass..........................................468, 516, 578 Blue sharks.......................................................605 Bluefin tuna......................................................455 Bottomfish........................................................397 Butterfish...................................................470, 502 Capacity reduction program........................................542 Conservation efforts.........................................422, 527 Corals and coral reefs............................................491 Crab..............................................................408 Crab community development quota reserves.........................407 Critical habitat.............................................482, 566 Crustacean...................................................403, 413 Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................526 Flounder..........................................................473 Gillnet...........................................................609 Gray whales..................................................610, 611 Groundfish.....396, 397, 400, 401, 402, 404, 408, 417, 459, 497, 544, 548, 580, 590 Gulf of Alaska.....................................396, 415, 458, 556 Gulf of Mexico....................................................606 Halibut.................................................409, 541, 580 Hawaiian Islands..................................................602 Highly migratory species......385, 454, 455, 456, 457, 462, 463, 464, 504, 515, 605 Incidental take regulations..................................455, 524 Incidental taking of seabirds.....................................507 License Limitation Program..............................408, 417, 577 Lobster............................................489, 512, 540, 609 Marine Mammal Protection Act.......454, 474, 475, 483, 484, 524, 526, 533, 565, 609 North Atlantic swordfish..........................................584 North Pacific.....................................................388 Northeast fisheries regulations...................................450 Northern California steelhead.....................................482 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.........................500 Ocean quahogs................................................471, 585 Pacific Coast.....................................................459 Pacific cod..................................................458, 556 Pacific halibut..............................................590, 604 Pacific salmon....................................................566 Pelagics......................................385, 389, 436, 600, 602 Pollock.................................................415, 458, 551 Puerto Rico.......................................................387 Purse seine..................................................445, 509 Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.....................443, 544 Red crab..........................................................521 Reef fish.........................................................387 Rockfish..........................................................419 Sablefish.........................................................384 Salmon............................................................566 Scallop...........................................................555 Scientific research..........................................457, 525 Scup....................................................468, 516, 578 Sea turtle conservation.......................436, 481, 528, 532, 606 Shark........................................................454, 515 Shrimp.......................................................532, 606 Snow crab rebuilding..............................................594 Spotter aircraft use..............................................499 Squid........................................................470, 502 St. Matthew blue king crab rebuilding.............................595 Steller sea lion conservation.....................................557 Stone crab........................................................489 Summer flounder....................................468, 516, 528, 578 Tilefish..........................................................386 U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................387 Western Pacific region..................................403, 436, 602 Yellowfin tuna....................................................526 Fishery management plans: Administrative: Essential fish habitats.........................................490 [[Page 26740]] Fishery Management Councils................................390, 392 Redefinition of terms...........................................490 Alaska...................................410, 416, 419, 530, 550, 577 American Lobster..................................................460 American shad.....................................................598 Atlantic..........................................................452 Atlantic Coast........................................505, 540, 573 South Atlantic...................................426, 444, 489, 573 Atlantic billfish.................................................425 Atlantic bluefish............................................501, 511 Atlantic herring.............................................433, 546 Atlantic mackeral............................................472, 511 Atlantic sea scallop.........................................430, 506 Atlantic surf clam................................................511 Beluga whales.....................................................534 Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.............................421, 549, 559 Black grouper.....................................................432 Black sea bass......................429, 435, 449, 503, 511, 517, 601 Bluefin tuna......................................................499 Bottom fisheries..................................................424 Butterfish..............................................438, 472, 511 Calico scallop....................................................405 Caribbean....................................................406, 452 CDQ regulations amendment.........................................411 Cod...............................................................520 Community Development Quotas.................................496, 554 Coral reef ecosystem..............................................423 Crab.........................................................411, 550 Crustaceans.......................................................438 Deep-sea red crab.................................................434 Dolphin......................................................452, 514 Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)................390, 501, 505, 514, 585 Full retention of demersal shelf rockfish.........................419 Gag...............................................................432 Golden crab fishery...............................................444 Golden tilefish...................................................466 Groundfish.....416, 421, 498, 508, 513, 549, 550, 559, 580, 588, 596, 599 Gulf of Alaska.....................................421, 549, 559, 572 Gulf of Maine.....................................................520 Gulf of Mexico......412, 426, 427, 428, 432, 439, 440, 447, 451, 452, 465, 489, 589 Halibut......................................................543, 550 Hawaiian Islands...................................397, 413, 446, 586 Highly migratory species.................420, 425, 432, 492, 499, 584 Horseshoe crabs..............................................505, 597 Humpback whales...................................................530 Improved retention/improved utilization program...................416 King crabs..............................................559, 594, 595 King mackerel.....................................................589 Lobster......................................................460, 586 Monkfish.....................................................522, 592 Northeast multispecies.............................520, 545, 547, 591 Northeast skate...................................................552 Ocean quahog......................................................511 Pacific Coast............................494, 498, 508, 513, 588, 596 Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreements...........................390 Pacific mackerel..................................................519 Pacific sardine..............................................518, 587 Pelagics...........................................438, 451, 453, 507 Pollock...........................................................496 Powerhead restriction.............................................467 Precious coral fisheries..........................................446 Red crab..........................................................434 Red grouper.......................................................432 Red snapper.......................................................465 Reef fish...............................................427, 451, 465 Rhode Island.................................................460, 583 Salmon: Overfishing definition..........................................410 Treaty Indian fisheries.........................................510 Sargassum.........................................................442 Scallops................................................550, 559, 577 Scup................................429, 435, 449, 503, 511, 517, 601 Sea scallop.......................................................430 Sharks............................................................437 Shrimp.............................................412, 440, 441, 447 Snapper grouper..............................................466, 467 Snowy grouper.....................................................466 South Atlantic...........................405, 441, 442, 451, 466, 467 Spiny dogfish...........................................448, 469, 511 Spiny lobster.....................................................426 Squid...................................................472, 496, 511 Stone crab........................................................428 Summer flounder.....................429, 435, 449, 503, 511, 517, 601 Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments..............................438 Tanner crabs............................................559, 594, 595 Tautog............................................................583 Wahoo........................................................452, 514 Western Pacific..........................389, 422, 423, 424, 491, 507 Yellowfin sole....................................................543 Fishing: Alaska............................................................414 Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan..........................565 Bycatch reduction measures...............414, 440, 441, 445, 508, 554 Closure of mid-Atlantic areas to scallop fishing..................555 Coastal Zone Management Act..................................488, 612 Compensatory fishing..............................................398 Conservation programs.........................390, 397, 490, 542, 572 Distribution of fishing privileges limited by Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization...............................500 Exempted fishing permits..........................................457 Foreign fishing regulations.......................................461 Gear requirements.................................................456 Gillnet...........................................................454 Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan...............................608 Interim Observer Program..........................................593 Longline..........................................................385 Magnuson-Stevens Act..............................................461 Permit requirements and exemptions...........................390, 391 Permit transfers..................................................459 Powerhead restriction.............................................467 Quotas: Aboriginal subsistence whaling..................................611 Alaska groundfish...............................................548 Atlantic Bluefish...............................................579 Bigeye tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean........................509 Bluefin tuna....................................................464 Community Development Quota Program fees........................575 Halibut....................................................396, 493 Large and small coastal sharks..................................515 North Atlantic swordfish........................................584 Purse seine fisheries...........................................509 Sablefish..................................................396, 493 Swordfish.......................................................462 Yellowfin tuna..................................................509 Recreational measures...................................435, 516, 578 Recreational-for-hire.............................................451 Set net gear prohibition..........................................497 Sport fishing: Catch sharing plan..............................................604 Refuge-specific regulations....................................1263 Sport Fish Restoration Program.................................1446 Subsistence fishing on Federal lands.................1343, 1361, 1458 Trade measures and monitoring.....................................463 Whaling provisions...........................................610, 611 Wildlife refuge policies.........................................1469 Fishing vessels: American Samoa boundaries.........................................399 Antarctic Marine Living Resources permit requirements.............582 Charter boats.....................................................394 Commercial fisheries documents for US-flag vessels...............2139 Compensatory fishing..............................................398 Control date for permit ownership.................................384 [[Page 26741]] Foreign vessels...................................................390 Inshore/offshore reallocation.....................................393 Limited entry permits....................390, 391, 400, 401, 402, 599 Navassa Island boundaries.........................................495 North Pacific Observer Program....................................418 Observer policy....................................388, 395, 498, 574 Observer program electronic reporting requirements................558 Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan.....................564 Pelagic longline..................................................456 Register for Eastern Pacific Ocean................................445 Standard definitions..............................................539 Vessel length overall.............................................431 Vessel Monitoring System.....................................458, 576 Flammable materials: Flammability standards.....................................4073, 4084 Upholstered furniture......................................4070, 4079 Flood control: Ability to pay provisions.........................................699 Impoundment regulations..........................................1914 Flood insurance: Assistance to private sector property insurers...................3659 Contracts........................................................3635 National Flood Insurance Program: Coverage and rates.......................................3645, 3661 Flood Insurance Rate Maps......................................3655 Future conditions information..................................3655 Inspection of insured structures by communities................3653 Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill requests..................3650 Letters of Map Amendment.......................................3656 National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................133 Public entity insurers.........................................3654 Flood plains: Wetlands: Conservation program...........................................1133 Minimal effects exemptions......................................302 Privately owned................................................2281 Wetlands Reserve Program...................................32, 1133 Floods: See Disaster assistance Follow Through Program: See Education of disadvantaged Food additives: Flavoring agents: Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2636 In meat and poultry products......................................221 Notification system...............................................891 Regulatory reinvention............................................902 Food assistance programs: See also Food stamps School breakfast and lunch programs Child and adult care..............................................174 Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............178 Strengthening program integrity.................................182 Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................167 Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................183 Food delivery systems.............................................195 Indian reservations.....................................189, 190, 203 Older individuals................................................1119 Plain language rewrite....184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193 Special Milk Program for Children.................................185 Warehousing and distribution system...............................179 Women, infants, and children: Certification integrity.........................................202 Farmers Market Nutrition Program................................177 Food delivery systems.................................163, 171, 195 Food package revisions..........................................169 Funding modifications...........................................204 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.........................................................201 Food ingredients: See Food additives Food labeling: Expressed nutrient content claims.................................225 Fruit and vegetable juices........................................922 Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................210 Meat and poultry..................................................211 Medical foods.....................................................900 Nutrient content claims...........................................232 Review of regulations.............................................899 Sausage casings, natural or regenerated collagen..................224 Single-ingredient products........................................211 Standardized terms................................................225 Trans fatty acids.................................................885 Food stamps: Access for persons with limited English proficiency...............170 Civil rights data collections.....................................166 Computer matching.................................................164 Disqualifiers and noncompliance penalties.........................197 Electronic benefits transfer system..........................165, 180 Eligibility provisions: Income standards...........................................198, 199 Employment and training...........................................176 Failure to comply with Federal, State, or local work program......197 Improving applicant and recipient information.....................205 Minimum and maximum allotments....................................199 Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................172 Noncitizen eligibility............................................198 Payment adjustments...............................................168 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 176, 197, 198, 199, 1877 Program revisions and eliminations................................200 Reporting provisions..............................................172 Retail food stores................................................196 State agencies administrative and management requirements....165, 198 Wholesale food concerns...........................................196 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................................................917 Food safety rulemaking............................................216 Fruit and vegetable juices........................................922 HACCP programs...............................................212, 922 Imported..........................................................914 Infant formula quality control....................................898 Inspection regulations............................................235 Institutional review boards.......................................919 Marketing grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, and nuts..........162 Modernization of standards........................................214 Olive Oil Research, Promotion, and Information Order...............10 Organic........................................................12, 17 Pesticide residues...............................................3475 Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................920 Processed fruits and vegetables.................................1, 20 Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing animals.......................................................864 Regulatory reinvention............................................902 Sharing recall information with State and Government agencies 222 Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2561 Foreign air carriers: See Air carriers [[Page 26742]] Foreign banking: Income taxation..................................................2845 Foreign currencies: Acquisition regulations..........................................2602 Foreign exchange: See Foreign currencies Foreign persons: See Aliens Foreign relations: See also Citizenship and naturalization Cultural exchange programs Foreign trade Immigration International boundaries Passports and visas Treaties Bilateral Air Safety Agreement...................................2241 Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......314 Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2738 Fishery regulations...............................................390 Import restrictions: Archaeological material from prehispanic cultures of the Republic of Nicaragua......................................2745 Archaeological material originating in Italy...................2744 International accounting standards...............................4515 International wills registry.....................................2024 Midway Islands code...............................................704 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3461 USML revisions...................................................2031 Foreign trade: See also Competitiveness Exports Imports Maritime carriers Trade adjustment assistance Trade agreements Customs duties and inspection African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2720 Bond procedures for articles subject to exclusion orders.........2741 Canada: Softwood lumber..........................................2708, 2716 Caribbean Basin Initiative program...............................2721 Earnings and profits.............................................2924 Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2703 Exemption of securities of the Republic of Portugal..............4502 Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................642 Filing of informational materials................................1835 Financial services transactions survey............................315 Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.......................2780 Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes...........322, 323, 324 Futures and options contracts....................................4057 Military sales........................................683, 2028, 2033 Motor vehicles...................................................3281 Multijurisdictional Disclosure System............................4443 Port restrictions: Japanese vessels...............................................4305 Reporting requirements............................................316 Selected services transactions with unaffiliated foreign persons.......................................................313 Stock index contracts............................................4051 Stock transfer rules.......................................2883, 2992 Textile and apparel products.....................................2723 United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2721 Watches and jewelry...............................................331 Forests and forest products: See also National forests Botanical products................................................254 Forestry Incentive Program........................................301 Imported wood packing materials....................................88 Treatment requirements for material from China..................109 Indian allotments.................................................256 Management planning...............................................260 Migrant and seasonal workers......................................308 Mineral fractions, sale...........................................244 Protection of roadless areas......................................263 Softwood lumber from Canada................................2708, 2716 Special products..................................................254 Special uses authorizations..................................250, 251 Timber sales: Cancellation....................................................257 Contracts.......................................................247 Export controls...........................................359, 1621 Guidance.......................................................2988 Noncompetitive sale.............................................249 Surplus species.................................................245 Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................110 Forfeitures: See Seizures and forfeitures Foster care: See Adoption and foster care Fraud: Civil remedies...................................................4270 Debarment of health care providers...............................3795 Microcap securities market.......................................4505 Odometer fraud...................................................2350 Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4347 Title I property insurance.......................................1160 Toll fraud.......................................................4152 Freedom of information: See also Confidential business information Amendments.......................................................4389 Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3490 DOD...............................................................660 DOE...............................................................784 DOI..............................................................1232 DOJ........................................................1630, 1722 DOL........................................................1848, 1944 Electronic communication.........................................1848 Electronic Freedom of Information Act....1140, 1722, 3638, 3726, 3892 EPA..............................................................3221 FEMA.............................................................3638 FMCS.............................................................3663 INS..............................................................1722 Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution..................3695 NARA.......................................................3717, 3720 Office of the Special Counsel....................................3851 OPM..............................................................3768 Peace Corps......................................................3856 Public information..........................................327, 4414 RRB..............................................................3880 Veterans Affairs.................................................3161 Freight: See also Hazardous materials transportation Air carrier baggage liability limit..............................2070 Freight forwarding industry..........................2332, 2341, 2346 Passenger aircraft cargo: Oxygen generators..............................................2228 Transportation by small businesses...............................3914 Frozen foods: Country of origin marking........................................2731 Fruits: Apple loan program.................................................78 Apple market loss assistance program...........................83, 84 Citrus canker.....................................................103 Cranberry market loss assistance...................................82 Hass avocados.......................................................4 Import restrictions...............................................107 Inspection and certification....................................1, 20 Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................100 Limited California Cooperative Insolvency Payment Program..........86 Marketing.........................................................162 [[Page 26743]] Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................91 Plum pox compensation.............................................104 Unshu oranges importation..........................................90 Fuel: See Energy Fuel: Diesel fuel definition...........................................2796 Ethanol and biodiesel grain program................................73 Fuel additives: Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3300, 3614 Oxygenated.......................................................3453 Fuel economy: Fuel economy credits.......................................2401, 2419 Light trucks and light duty vehicles.......................2471, 3282 Reporting requirements...........................................2411 Funeral industry: Practices rule...................................................4346 G Gambling: NIGC definitions.................................................4385 NIGC hearings and appeals..................................4377, 4383 Tribal land acquisitions.........................................1548 Garage doors: Safety standards for automatic operators.........................4087 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......................................1615 Valuation regulation for Indian leases...........................1586 Gasohol: Motor vehicle use.................................................754 Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients: See Food additives Geothermal energy: Regulation simplification........................................1603 Gifts to Government: See Government property Goats: Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........89 Interstate movement................................................98 Government buildings: See Federal buildings and facilities Government contracts: See also Government procurement Acquisition regulations: USAID....................................................3185, 3187 Affirmative action...................................1861, 1862, 1867 Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era......1869 Audits...........................................................1942 Buy American Act.................................................1238 Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................31 Construction.........................................1862, 1863, 4000 Contractors: Bonuses to sign and retain high-technology workers.............4020 Computer security...............................................777 Diversity clause...............................................3235 DOD placement assistance program................................663 DOE contract security personnel.................................778 DOE legal management requirements...............................812 DOE security requirements..................................779, 783 Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1860 Government property management and disposition.................3992 Local hiring and training......................................3218 Use of employees of non-federal entities to provide services to the Department of the Army...............................694 Veterans employment report..........................674, 1999, 3999 Work for others by DOE contractors..............................799 DEAR amendments: Patent rights...................................................806 Debarment and suspension....................................328, 3210 Defense contracts: Authority to indemnify against unusually hazardous or nuclear risks.......................................................691 Balance of Payments Program.....................................680 Commercial construction.........................................682 DFARS modification.....675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692 Domestic source restriction.....................................681 Enhancements to Congressional notifications..............2028, 2029 Foreign military sales.....................................683, 685 Material Inspection and Receiving Report........................687 North American Industry Classification System codes.............688 Ocean transportation by U.S.-flag vessels.......................678 Offset arrangements......................................2028, 2029 Overseas use of the Purchase Card...............................677 Profit policy...................................................679 Reporting of shipments.........................................2028 Small business specialist functions.............................692 Technology production incentives................................689 Demilitarization requirements.....................................671 DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and institutions..................................................651 DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................793 EPA acquisition regulations..........................3210, 3224, 3235 Federal Acquisition Regulations: Assignment of claims...........................................4033 Contract types for commercial items............................4022 DEAR amendments............................................803, 809 Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1851 Fixed price.......................................................670 Highway engineering and design related services..................2271 Indians....................................................1528, 1590 Labor standards..................................................1863 Lobbying restrictions.............................................307 Mentor-Protege Program...........................................3231 Nondiscrimination........................1861, 1862, 1867, 1869, 3729 Nuclear safety management.........................................792 Research and development..........................................949 Rights to inventions.........................................640, 641 Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................702 Site of work wages...............................................1866 Subcontractors...................................................4025 Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1860 Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3639 VAAR: Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3101 Government employees: See also Conflict of interests Military personnel Political activities (Government employees) Absence and leave: Annual leave...................................................3788 Access to documents by former DOJ employees......................1841 Administrative law judges........................................3850 Appeals..........................................................3784 Availability of official information.............................3768 Bonuses to sign and retain high-technology workers...............4020 Career and career conditional employment...................3771, 3801 Child care at VA facilities......................................3170 Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................811 Classification appeals...........................................3782 [[Page 26744]] Compensatory time off............................................3810 Computer security.................................................777 Corporation for National and Community Service: Discrimination complaint procedures............................3196 Noncompetitive appointments....................................3772 Cost-of-living allowances: Nonforeign areas...................................3787, 3818, 3819 Defense of tort suits............................................1830 Defense personnel.................................................663 District of Columbia employees: Benefits.......................................................3822 Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3823 Drug-free workplace.....735, 800, 1843, 2000, 3063, 3201, 3652, 3697, 3731 Employment discrimination........................................3629 Employment priority for displaced employees......................3834 Ethical conduct for Department of the Treasury employees.........3031 Ethical standards for attorneys..................................1836 Excepted service: Appointing authority for nontemporary part-time or intermittent positions.....................................3769 Career and career-conditional employment.......................3801 Operational procedures.........................................3770 Promotion and internal placement...............................3800 Federal Competitive Service appointments of volunteers...........3773 Federal mail management..........................................3670 Financial disclosure requirements................................3758 Foreign rights in inventions......................................642 Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3750 Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and suspension....800, 813, 1843, 2000, 3063, 3201, 3652, 3697, 3714, 3730 Health and counseling program....................................3849 Health benefits: Debarment of health care providers.............................3795 Effective dates................................................3832 FEHBP changes....................3794, 3797, 3798, 3799, 3831, 3833 Pretax allotments..............................................3814 Hiring authorities...............................................3776 Holiday and premium pay..........................................3810 Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................780 Individuals with disabilities: Accessible electronic and information technology standards.....3194 Interagency placement program....................................3804 Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility program.................3840 Intermittent.....................................................3778 Investigations...................................................3838 Job grading reviews..............................................3784 Life insurance...................................................3829 Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3796 Regulation revisions...........................................3830 Locality pay areas...............................................3841 Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3775 Mileage reimbursement............................................3693 NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................3718 Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......265 Order of release from competitive level..........................3779 OSC complaint and disclosure filings.............................3853 Part-time........................................................3778 Pay rates: Administration.................................................3785 Appropriated fund wage areas...................................3844 Locality-based comparability payments..........................3809 Official duty station determinations...........................3808 Pay retention..................................................3811 Superior qualifications appointments...........................3783 Wage area changes..............................................3842 Wage schedule for printing positions.....................3843, 3845 Performance Management and Recognition System....................3836 Personnel records................................................3839 Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................781 Placement assistance.............................................3806 Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3774 Promotion and internal placement...........................3800, 3803 Public safety officers...........................................1842 Reasonable accomodation language for OPM vacancy announcements 3805 Recruitment bonuses..............................................3816 Reduction in force.........................................3806, 3807 Reemployment.........................................3780, 3786, 3835 Relocation costs.....................................3808, 3816, 3997 Retention allowances.............................................3816 Retirement: Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3792 Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3821 Credit for military service....................................3789 D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................3820 Debt collection................................................3791 Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3826 FERS basic annuity.............................................3828 FERS coverage elections........................................3793 Record retention...............................................3827 Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees 3815 Service credit.................................................3790 State income tax withholding...................................3825 Salary offset..................................2599, 3721, 3925, 3928 Salary supplementation...........................................3753 Seasonal.........................................................3778 Security standards...............................................3837 Selective Service registration requirements......................3777 Severance pay....................................................3847 Standards of conduct....310, 810, 3701, 3735, 3736, 3754, 3755, 3760, 3854, 3855, 3891, 3972 Student loan repayment.....................................3812, 3846 Subpoenas........................................................3752 Suitability standards............................................3848 Surplus or displaced.............................................3834 Temporary change of station......................................3808 Testimony............................................3719, 3752, 3987 Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3802 Training.........................................................3781 Travel regulations.........................................3666, 3678 Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3817 Government procurement: See also Government contracts Acquisition regulations: Advance payments for non-commercial items......................4030 Application of labor clauses...................................4018 Applied Research definition....................................4014 Balance of Payments Program....................................4013 Classified acquisitions........................................4007 Commercial items...................................4011, 4022, 4033 Commercially available off-the-shelf items.....................4024 Contract action and contracting action definitions.............4006 Cost accounting standards administration.................4003, 4031 Definitions....................................................4034 Department of State............................................2009 Development definition.........................................4014 DFARS modification...........677, 679, 680, 681, 687, 688, 689, 690 Discussion requirements........................................4002 DOE........................................................805, 812 Electronic and information technology accessibility............4028 Electronic signatures..........................................4017 Energy-efficient office equipment, supplies, and services.....3684, 4004 EPA......................................................3208, 3219 Federal Supply Schedule contracts..............................4021 Final contract voucher submission..............................4010 [[Page 26745]] Financing policies.............................................4015 GSA................................................3684, 3690, 3691 Hazardous material safety data.................................4032 Helium.........................................................4023 Incidental items...............................................4021 NASA...........................................................3705 Negotiated procurements........................................4009 North American Industry Classification System........305, 688, 4005 Order disputes.................................................4021 Patent and Trademark Office.....................................617 Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber..................................690 Procurement integrity rewrite..................................4001 Products produced by forced or indentured child labor..........4027 Prompt payment regulations.....................................4012 Purchase card use...............................................677 Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............804 Quality of environmental data..................................3232 Real property policies.........................................3690 Recovery of overpayment........................................4012 Sealed bids....................................................4009 Subcontract preference under service contracts.................4008 Task order and delivery order contracts........................4029 Technology production incentives................................689 U.S.-flag vessel preference....................................4019 USAID..........................................................3187 USDA.......................................................304, 305 Veterans Affairs.......................3099, 3100, 3102, 3146, 3147 Buy American Act.................................................1238 Commercial items acquisition...........................672, 673, 4026 Contractors: Contractor's Report of Sales and the Industrial Funding Fee clauses....................................................3691 Local hiring and training......................................3218 Responsibiities..........................................3991, 3993 Contracts: Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3209 NFS contracts..............................................247, 257 Notice to Proceed letter contracts.............................3223 Cost comparison guidance..........................................645 Costs: Cost principles.................................................808 Travel.........................................................3996 Demilitarization requirements.....................................671 DOD prototype projects............................................661 DOL..............................................................1940 Electronic commerce..............................................3998 EPA acquisition regulation: Informal clauses...............................................3219 Foreign currency use.............................................2602 Fuel..............................................................665 Government-unique standards......................................3763 Historic preference..............................................3679 HUBZone program..................................................3681 Labor relations costs......................................3991, 3993 Legal costs................................................3991, 3993 Level of effort..................................................3207 Lobbying restrictions............................................3994 Nondiscrimination................................................3673 Payments to GSA for supplies and services........................3688 Pollution control.................................................686 Recycled products...........................................802, 3501 Small businesses............................................664, 3995 Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3206 Streamlining legislation implementation..........................3996 Subcontracting.............................................3766, 3995 Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3639 Universal product numbers........................................3100 Voluntary consensus standards....................................3763 Government property: See also Federal buildings and facilities Government property management Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3669 Disposition of Department of the Navy property....................703 Donation of excess USDA research equipment........................309 Donation of surplus personal property............................3682 Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............789 Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1180 Release, dissemination, and sale of DOD visual information materials.....................................................717 Revitalizing base closure communities.............................662 Sale..............................................................657 Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property.....3668, 3692 Telephone systems................................................3667 Transfer of excess property to institutions.......................306 Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3671 Government property management: Contribution in aid of construction..............................2971 Personal property management.....................................3672 Qualified lessee construction allowances for short-term leases 2970 Real property....................................................3676 Replacement of personal property pursuant to the exchange/sale authority....................................................3683 Space and related services: Rents and leases...............................................3686 Government publications: OMB data quality guidance........................................3762 Plain language revisions.........................................3709 Prohibitions against reproduction.................................814 Release, dissemination, and sale of DOD materials.................717 Grains: See also Feed grains Crop insurance...............................................138, 147 Divider tolerances................................................157 Ethanol and biodiesel grain program................................73 Inspection and weighing services fees.............................156 Marketing.........................................................162 Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................154 Grant programs: AmeriCorps regulations...........................................3197 Block grants: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment........................824 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families........................1877 Community Food Project............................................120 CRA Sunshine.....................................................4272 Economic adjustment program: Revolving loan fund.............................................325 Firefighters assistance..........................................3634 Freedom of information...........................................1944 Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision..........3698, 3707 Highway safety incentive grants..................................2461 Improving access to Food Stamp Program............................205 Learn & Serve regulations........................................3197 Library services.................................................3725 Motor vehicle safety incentive grants................2427, 2428, 2460 Multifamily housing: Rehabilitation program.........................................1154 NASA cooperative agreements with commercial firms................3698 National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1454 PRIME Act grants.................................................3910 Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program: Insurance requirements.........................................3660 Research grants...................................................949 Rights to inventions.........................................640, 641 Single Audit Act Amendments......................................1135 Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative provisions....................................................121 State cemetery grants............................................3107 Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1877 [[Page 26746]] Grant programs-agriculture: Administrative provisions and requirements...................120, 123 Allocation of funds...............................................274 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program administrative provisions.....................................122 Lobbying restrictions.............................................307 Nonprocurement regulations........................................264 Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................272, 275 Rural economic development........................................273 Technical assistance and training........................57, 127, 295 Television Demonstration Grants...................................275 Water Programs....................................................279 Grant programs-education: Administrative regulations...................................660, 737 Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................676 DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................668 Federal Pell Grant Program...................................741, 742 FmHA programs......................................................57 Freedom of Information............................................660 Head Start program: Funding........................................................1108 Performance standards..........................................1105 Regulations....................................................1112 Hispanic programs.................................................119 Indian colleges..................................................1520 Multicultural Scholars Program....................................118 National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3725 National Security Education Program...............................652 Grant programs-environmental protection: Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3563 Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3546 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund..............................3627 EPA technical assistance grants..................................3550 Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3635 Performance Partnership Grants.............................3229, 3230 Solid waste management grants.....................................294 Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants Program review........................................1847 Grant programs-health: AOA rules revisions..............................................1119 Individual development accounts..................................1114 NIH center grants.................................................942 NIH training grants...............................................946 Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1120 Regulations.......................................................933 Grant programs-housing and community development: Community development block grants: Community revitalization strategy..............................1189 For Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages...................1230 Metropolitan city definition...................................1194 Pre-award cost and new housing construction regulations........1193 Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1190 Consolidated Plan................................................1145 Empowerment zones and enterprise communities................266, 1188 Increasing operating cost percentage.............................1187 OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1136 Renewal communities..............................................1188 Slum/blight prevention and elimination...........................1192 State homes for veterans.........................................3037 Grant programs-Indians: Beaches program..................................................3575 Construction of jails............................................1845 Indian Housing Block Grant: Construction cost limits.......................................1221 Funding application process....................................1230 Grant programs-natural resources: Carey Act grants.................................................1600 Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1392 Marine mammal protection: Rescission of administrative procedures........................1447 Wildlife Restoration Programs....................................1243 Grant programs-transportation: Buy American Act.................................................2368 Clean fuels formula grant program................................2504 Uniform administrative requirements..............................2055 Grants administration: Audit requirements.........................................1942, 3644 Audit resolution policy..........................................1305 Debarment and suspension...................................1946, 2000 Drug-free workplace requirements...813, 1843, 1946, 2000, 3697, 3714, 3731 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.............1252 National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........123 Nondiscrimination..................1669, 1844, 2011, 3188, 3739, 4420 Social Security Administration.................3967, 3968, 3969, 3970 Uniform administrative requirements.......326, 1136, 3186, 3648, 3969 Grazing lands: Classifications..................................................1599 Conservation................................................299, 1605 Loan deficiency payments...........................................77 National Forest System............................................256 Pasture Recovery Program...........................................81 Guaranteed loans: See Loan programs Guns: See Arms and munitions H Handicapped: See Individuals with disabilities Harbors: Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2076 Maintenance fees.....................................2717, 2724, 2727 Hatch Act: See Political activities (Government employees) Hawaiian Natives: Grants for services provided to older individuals................1119 NAHASDA housing assistance.......................................1222 Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1120 Hazardous materials transportation: See also Pipeline safety Administrator definition.........................................2557 Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements..............2532 Aircraft carriage................................................2518 Barge requirements.........................................2085, 2136 Cargo tank requirements..............................2524, 2535, 2562 Coast Guard regulations..............................2109, 2110, 2124 DOT specification cylinders......................................2560 FAA material recognition training................................2152 Hazard communication requirements................................2531 Hazardous waste manifest rule....................................3503 IM portable tank unloading.......................................2538 Incident reporting...............................................2529 Intergovernmental relations................................2523, 2556 International standards..........................................2556 Lithium batteries................................................2539 Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3529 Motor carriers.......................................2328, 2528, 2535 Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2534 Poisonous by inhalation materials................................2555 Radioactive materials......................................2536, 4404 Rail transport.............................................2528, 2545 Registration fee reduction.......................................2559 Shipping papers retention........................................2522 Uranium ore......................................................1834 Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3512 Hazardous substances: See also Explosives Flammable materials Hazardous waste Poison prevention Radioactive materials Hazardous materials transportation [[Page 26747]] Air pollutants........1956, 3242, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3264, 3265, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 3277, 3278, 3279, 3280, 3295, 3308, 3316, 3324, 3328, 3329, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3347, 3348, 3349, 3354, 3373, 3383, 3387, 3403, 3404, 3406, 3407, 3408, 3422, 3423, 3460 Aluminum: Cylinder safety problems.......................................2520 Labeling for small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk packages....................................................866 Spent potliners from primary reduction.........................3534 Asbestos.............................................1934, 3479, 3485 Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3227 Chemicals: Chemical test rules................................3459, 3460, 3471 Import of toxic chemicals................................1948, 3452 Chromium...................................................1953, 3266 Crystalline silica.........................................1918, 1961 Designation under CERCLA.........................................3549 Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3454 DFARS modification................................................691 Drinking water regulations.....................3570, 3596, 3607, 3623 Ethylene oxide.............................................1947, 3357 Exemptions procedures revision and clarification.................2533 Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................1956 Extremely Hazardous Substances List........................3491, 3496 Federally permitted releases.....................................3547 Flammable and combustible liquids................................1958 High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2547 Isocyanates................................................3327, 3491 Lead.....................................3457, 3472, 3481, 3486, 4071 Lead-based paint.................................................1125 Material Safety Data Sheets......................................4032 Mercury analysis...........................................3564, 3590 Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3529 Metals...........................................................3477 Metalworking fluids..............................................1957 Method 24 amendment..............................................3240 Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3300, 3614 MSHA protection standards........................................1926 Natural rubber latex.............................................4072 Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2066 Ozone depleting substances...........................3320, 3363, 3433 Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3465 Pesticides...........................................3442, 3445, 3449 Active ingredient production...................................3315 Emergency exemption regulations..........................3446, 3449 EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations....................3225, 3449 Field testing..................................................3449 Produced by transgenic plants......................3437, 3442, 3449 Worker protection standards..............................3444, 3449 Pipeline safety standards...2517, 2521, 2540, 2542, 2544, 2565, 2566, 2567, 2568 Pollution contingency plan.......................................3566 Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3484 Procedural and rulemaking changes................................2551 Propane cylinders: Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2550 Radon............................................................3616 Registration and training program................................2569 Regulation amendments............................................2558 Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3509 Releases on public land..........................................1622 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3473 Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................1989 Solid waste disposal.............................................3532 Sulfur oxides........................................3316, 3339, 3390 Surface coatings.................................................3240 Toxicological profiles: Metals.........................................................3477 Toxics Release Inventory: Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3492 Chemical expansion.............................................3493 Coal...........................................................3488 Lead...........................................................3497 Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3495 Review of chemicals on original list...........................3494 Uranium..........................................................1834 Water pollution control........................3565, 3585, 3590, 3596 Hazardous waste: Carbamates.......................................................3544 Cathode ray tubes................................................3506 Cement kiln dust.................................................3517 Cleanups.........................................................3550 Copper metallization process exemption...........................3541 Disposal facilities: Combustion facilities..........................................3502 Low level mixed waste..........................................3518 Radioactive waste..............................................3435 Effluent limitation guidelines.............................3597, 3600 Groundwater contamination........................................3275 Identification and listing.....................3516, 3520, 3522, 3528 Land disposal: Restrictions.............................................3527, 3533 Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction................3534 Lead.............................................................3482 Lead-based paint debris....................................3513, 3535 Manifest regulations.............................................3503 Medical waste....................................................2527 Mercury..........................................................3533 Paint manufacturing..............................................3516 Permit program...................................................3499 Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3487, 3519 Radioactive waste................................................4415 Dose methodology...............................................3254 Site recommendation.............................................788 Yucca Mountain, NV.......................................3326, 4409 Recycled used oil..........................................3519, 3528 Recycling..................................................3506, 3536 Requirements revision............................................2541 Solid waste......................................................3508 Solvents...................................................3505, 3528 Toxic waste site.................................................3452 Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3531 Training programs accreditation..................................1974 Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3500 Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3545 Head Start Program: See Education of disadvantaged Health care: See also Emergency medical services Medicaid Medicare Adult day health care for veterans...............................3114 Anti-kickback provisions................................815, 817, 821 Benefits Improvement and Protection Act: Coding and payment for new laboratory tests and durable medical equipment..........................................1038 Inpatient hospital payment.....................................1033 Managed care rules modifications...............................1031 Cancer patients...................................................940 Debarment and suspension..........................................813 Electronic transactions..........................................1035 Home health agencies..............................................962 Appeals process................................................1091 Mandatory transmission of Outcome & Assessment Information Set data...................................................1100 Medicare conditions of participation............................983 Prospective payment system.....................................1014 Surety bonds....................................................992 Human cellular and tissue-based products................842, 906, 924 Longshore Act medical fee schedule...............................1870 National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program......................930 Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................1996 [[Page 26748]] Nondiscrimination.................................................819 Post-retirement benefit plan costs...............................3764 Privacy standards.................................................823 Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................815 State self assessments for compliance............................1117 Underserved areas.................................................929 Veterans...................................................3099, 3112 Adult day health care..........................................3118 Geriatric evaluation...........................................3118 Medication prescribing authority...............................3033 Reasonable charges for care or services........................3119 Respite care...................................................3118 Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care..............3040 Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act........................988, 1900 Health facilities: See also Hospitals Nursing homes Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).....................969, 970, 1085 American Osteopathic Association recognition...................1015 Drug-free workplace requirements..................................813 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)...................821, 1065 Fire safety requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and long-term care facilities.....................1003 Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.....1088, 1089 Conditions of participation....................................1000 Medicaid upper payment limit...................................1093 Long-term care...................................................1089 Prospective Payment System.....................................1030 Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1178 Physician referrals for health services..............1028, 1054, 1102 Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1087 Resident's rights................................................1041 Skilled nursing facilities......................958, 1068, 1075, 1086 State certification of mammography facilities.....................892 Surety bond requirements..........................................974 Health insurance: See also Medicare Access: Employees of firms with less than 51 employees.................1061 Individual coverage after loss of group coverage...............1061 Non-federal governmental plans exempt from HIPAA................995 Pre-existing condition exclusions........................1061, 2890 Special enrollment rules.......................................2890 CHAMPUS: Bonus payments in medically underserved areas...................730 Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................726 Coverage of transplants.........................................721 Dental benefits under retiree dental program....................731 Double coverage............................................724, 725 Family Member Dental Plan.......................................732 Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......727 Payment for ambulatory care.....................................720 Payments for professional services in low-access locations......728 Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................723 Third party recoveries..........................................725 TRICARE...............................................729, 730, 731 Child health insurance.....................................1084, 1118 Claims attachment standard.......................................1024 COBRA continuation coverage.................................966, 2980 Continuing coverage notice.......................................1889 Definition of terms...............................................822 District of Columbia employees...................................3823 Electronic signatures.......................................976, 1025 Employer based group health plans...........................966, 1889 Continuation coverage requirements.......................1889, 2980 Employer identification number....................................977 Exemption from State regulation..................................1892 Government employees...3794, 3797, 3798, 3799, 3814, 3831, 3832, 3833 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...971, 972, 1893, 1907 Bona fide wellness programs..............................1095, 2952 Church plans...................................................2951 Minimum requirements for group health plans........1066, 1893, 1907 Nondiscrimination......................1890, 2950, 2951, 2952, 2969 OIG penalties............................................1893, 1907 Health plan identifiers...........................................971 Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1895 OIG revisions and technical corrections...........................818 Portability..........................................1044, 1061, 2890 Privacy standards.................................................823 Provider identifiers..............................................972 Reduced social security benefit rate due to private coverage.....3932 Reform: Electronic retail pharmacy transactions........................1026 Security of individual health information.........................976 State Children's Health Insurance Program: Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........183 Summary plan description regulations.............................1909 Health insurance for aged: See Medicare Health maintenance organizations (HMOs): Third party liability.............................................963 Health professions: Alien health care workers........................................1715 Audiologists.....................................................1059 Clinical social workers..........................................1082 Education: Nursing and allied health science programs.....................1048 Exclusion from Social Security disability programs for fraud.....3986 Grant regulations.................................................933 National Practitioner Data Bank.............................931, 3038 NIH traineeships..................................................950 Nurses: Anesthetists...................................................1048 Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1784, 1881 Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4353 Pathologists.....................................................1059 Physicians: Fee schedule.............................................1018, 1019 Health services referrals..........................1028, 1054, 1102 Hearing evaluation performance..................................835 National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1783 VA medical opinions rules................................3155, 3169 Work relative value units review...............................1018 Professional shortage areas.......................................929 Provider identifiers..............................................972 Health records: Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1051 OPM recordkeeping requirements...................................3839 Photocopy expenses...............................................1029 Prescription Release Rule........................................4353 Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3979 Privacy standards.................................................823 Hearing and appeal procedures: See Administrative practice and procedure Heart disease: Cardiac Pacemaker Registry.......................................1101 CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................721 Helicopters: See Aircraft Heliports: See Airports Hepatitis B virus: Correctional management..........................................1634 Hepatitis C virus: Blood donors and recipients.......................................888 [[Page 26749]] Hospital conditions of participation..............................985 Military service connection......................................3058 Herbicides: See Pesticides and pests Higher education: See Colleges and universities Highway safety: Data improvements incentive grants...............................2461 Diabetic interstate truck drivers................................2337 Highway-rail grade crossings...................2263, 2282, 2291, 2317 Mexican motor carriers...........................................2306 Motor carrier regulations...2295, 2302, 2308, 2309, 2317, 2320, 2322, 2328, 2336, 2338, 2343, 2344, 2345, 2352 National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2252 Retroreflective sign materials...................................2273 State programs...................................................2369 Traffic control devices: Accessible pedestrian signals..................................2265 Bicycle safety facilities......................................2287 Manual revision..................2261, 2286, 2287, 2291, 2293, 2294 Recreation and cultural interest signs.........................2287 School areas...................................................2285 Tourist oriented directional signs.............................2287 Traffic signs..................................................2256 Work zone safety.................................................2255 Highways and roads: See also Bridges Highway safety Motor carriers Motor vehicle safety Motor vehicles Beautification costs.............................................2250 Design-build contracting.........................................2262 Engineering and design related services contracts................2271 Engineering services.............................................2274 Environmental impact and related procedures....2278, 2281, 2363, 2511 Federal aid projects...........................2254, 2269, 2275, 2283 Federal Lands Highway Program: Forest highways program........................................2260 Indian reservations road program...............................2258 Park roads and parkways program................................2257 Refuge roads program...........................................2259 Highway vehicle definition.......................................2773 Indian reservation road bridge program...........................2272 Indian Reservation Road Funds distribution.................1559, 1561 Indian reservation roads program.................................1535 Intelligent Transportation System..........................2283, 2290 Landscape development............................................2267 National Highway System..........................................2269 Planning and research program administration.....................2266 Railroad highway projects........................................2270 Right-of-way regulations.........................................2264 Snowmobile and snowplane routes..................................1514 Statewide metropolitan planning..................................2276 Traffic noise abatement....................................2279, 2288 Traffic surveillance and control.................................2289 Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1707 Utilities regulations............................................2292 Historic preservation: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1511 Paleontological resources........................................1617 Protection of historic properties................................3184 Tribal lands.....................................................1500 World Heritage Convention........................................1498 Historical records: See Archives and records HIV: Correctional management..........................................1634 Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Program..........................934 Hogs: HACCP programs....................................................212 Imports from Europe...............................................101 Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................115 Small Hog Operation Payment Program................................38 Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................158 Holding companies: Change in bank control......4309, 4310, 4312, 4323, 4324, 4325, 4330, 4331, 4332, 4333, 4338 Electronic recordkeeping requirements............................4468 Exception to anti-tying restrictions.............................4329 Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4467 Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4484 Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4439 Notification of new activities...................................3018 Homeless: Food Stamp Program................................................199 Multifamily transitional housing for veterans..............3045, 3116 Women, infants, and children......................................201 Homesteads: Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1597 Honey: Marketing assistance loans.........................................82 Research and Promotion Program......................................7 Horses: Horse Industry Organizations: Protection requirements.........................................111 Interstate movement to slaughter..................................102 Hospice care: Facsimile transmission of prescriptions..........................1692 Medicare conditions of participation..............................965 Medicare policies.................................................986 Wage index.......................................................1094 Hospitals: See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs) Care to veterans.................................................3117 CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................720 Clinical diagnostic laboratory services...........................980 Conditions of participation: Anesthesia services............................................1090 Laboratory services.............................................985 Quality assessment and performance improvement program.........1005 Critical access hospitals: American Osteopathic Association authority......................957 Diagnostic procedures.............................................967 DOT grants.......................................................2055 Extended care services coinsurance amounts.......................1099 Grants administration......................326, 660, 1136, 3186, 3648 Inpatient BIPA changes...........................................1033 Inpatient deductible for Medicare part A.........................1099 Inpatient prospective payment system.............................1032 Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1894 Medicaid...................................................1083, 1093 Medicare....................................961, 989, 999, 1070, 1097 Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation........1036 Mortgage insurance for refinancing existing debt.................1163 Outpatient services.............................967, 1016, 1021, 1097 Care to veterans...............................................3117 Oversight of accreditation organizations.........................1104 Payments of claims on insured mortgages..........................1178 Reference laboratories: Medicare secondary payer.......................................1043 Uncompensated services............................................932 VA payment for non-VA hospital care..............................3175 Hours of work: See Wages Household appliances: Amplifiers.......................................................4354 Energy efficiency........................752, 757, 758, 765, 766, 776 Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3345 [[Page 26750]] Housing: See also Fair housing Homeless Housing standards Low and moderate income housing Manufactured homes Mortgage insurance Mortgages Public housing Relocation assistance Assistance applications..........................................1209 Capital advance duration.........................................1155 Civil Rights Restoration Act.....................................1129 Claim reform.....................................................1177 Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1152 Employment opportunities.........................................1202 Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................769 Federal surplus property used for self-help housing..............1180 Hawaiian Natives: NAHASDA assistance.............................................1222 HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Homebuyer assets...............................................1123 Streamlining...................................................1126 Indians....................................................1199, 1223 Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1204 Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages.................................1230 Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1221 Resident Opportunities and Supportive Services Program.........1208 Lead-based paint.................................................3482 Civil money penalties for failure to disclose..................1125 Migrant farmworker projects..................................128, 134 Model Energy Code update.........................................1170 Multifamily: Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 1167 Excess rental charges..........................................1158 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform Act program violations.....1132 Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act...............1165 Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1122 Prohibited purchasers..........................................1130 Rehabilitation grants..........................................1154 Transitional housing for homeless veterans...............3045, 3116 Uniform physical condition standards and physical inspection requirements...............................................1172 Programs serving persons with disabilities.......................1138 Restructuring Plan: Release of information.........................................1165 Rural: Farm labor housing..............................................126 Loan policies...................................................129 Loans and grants.................................126, 130, 131, 132 Multiple-family housing.........................................126 Rental housing..................................................126 Sale of property...........................................1177, 2880 Unoccupied or substandard housing to local governments and community development organizations........................1147 Streamlining regulations..........................................126 Supportive Housing Program.......................................1191 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families...........................1121 Tenant participation in state-financed, HUD-assisted housing developments.................................................1164 Title I property insurance.......................................1160 Veterans' therapeutic housing....................................3039 Housing assistance payments: See Housing Rent subsidies Housing standards: Manufactured home construction and safety standards program.....1156, 1168, 1182 Material bulletins.........................................1169, 1171 Human research subjects: In vitro fertilization.......................................951, 955 Protection of human subjects......................734, 952, 954, 3163 Protections for pregnant women and human fetuses..................955 Student rights....................................................733 Humane treatment of animals: See Animal welfare Hunting: Migratory birds......................................1242, 1309, 1492 Pig frogs........................................................1515 Refuge-specific regulations................................1263, 1468 Subsistence hunting on Federal lands.............................1343 Temporary approval of tin shot...................................1493 Hurricanes: Property acquisition and grants authority........................3647 Hydroelectric power: See Electric power Hydropower: Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................560 Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................523 I Immigration: See also Aliens Citizenship and naturalization Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1741 Appeal from denial of relative visa petition.....................1739 Asylum procedures................................................1714 Authority to grant.............................................1826 Establishing eligibility.......................................1792 Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1723 Numerical limit on grants......................................1788 Availability of material under Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts.................................................1722 Border crossing identification documents...................1721, 1768 Cancellation of removal....................................1694, 1696 Check points within the U.S......................................1757 Child Citizenship Act............................................1795 Classification of immigrants and nonimmigrants...................2019 Concurrent filing of Form I-140 and Form I-485...................1829 Contracts with transportation lines..............................1727 Debarment and suspension.........................................2000 Deportation relief application...................................1697 Diversity immigrants.............................................2017 Drug-free workplace requirements.................................2000 Employer sanctions fines.........................................1824 Employment eligibility verification..............................1773 Examination fees schedule........................................1731 Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1695 Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1780 Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1786 Fingerprinting service fee.......................................1735 Form duplication and electronic generation.......................1827 Historical Records Services......................................1736 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1769 Immigration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act of 1994 provisions...................................................1821 In-transit passengers............................................1710 Inadmissability......................................1706, 2022, 2023 Inspection of stopover passengers................................1720 Intercountry adoptions...........................................1737 International broadcasters.......................................2013 Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1696, 1799, 1800 Local law enforcement officer enforcement........................1767 Petitions for employment based immigrants........................1819 Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................1757 Promises of benefits.............................................1753 Regulation changes regarding Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Vietnam.........................................1750 Revoking grants of naturalization................................1781 Sponsor obligations and penalties................................1754 Support processing fee...........................................2032 [[Page 26751]] Suspension of deportation............................1694, 1696, 1790 United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1772 Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1734 Waivers of fees..................................................1787 Imports: See also Antidumping Countervailing duties Customs duties and inspection Trade adjustment assistance Acetone, 2-butanone (MEK), and toluene...........................1689 Animal embryos and semen..........................................106 Archaeological material from prehispanic cultures of the Republic of Nicaragua........................................2745 Archaeological material originating in Italy.....................2744 Beef from Brazil..................................................116 Beer and wine....................................................2660 Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............92 Bigeye tuna.......................................................463 Blood products....................................................877 Bulk drug ingredients.............................................868 Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1324 Chemicals: Blanket certifications.............................3455, 3469, 3470 Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000.................2706 Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3464 Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1678 Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1307 Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened 1256 Domestic tobacco products, cigarette papers and tubes............2650 Duty-free entry.............................................331, 2740 Duty-free treatment for imports from foreign governments.........2738 Effect on the National Security...................................375 Explosive materials: Identification markings........................................2618 Sport rocket motors............................................2619 Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................877 Fish..............................................................584 Food products.....................................................914 Fruits and vegetables........................................100, 107 Hass avocados.......................................................4 Hogs from Europe..................................................101 Importation and entry bond conditions............................2712 Lamb meat subject to tariff-rate quota...........................2743 Liquidated damages...............................................2742 Livestock.........................................................231 Marine mammal products............................................562 Meat grading regulations for livestock.............................15 Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused merchandise drawback.........................................2718 Motor vehicles.............................................2468, 3350 Canadian.......................................................2455 Civil penalties for safety-related defects.....................2470 Importer fees..................................................2467 Nonconforming..................................................2469 Nuclear equipment and materials..................................4430 Nursery stock......................................................95 Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables...............91 Polar bear trophies from Canada..................................1359 Poultry products..................................................231 Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2626 Registration and product listing..................................876 Ruminant animal materials in countries where bovine spongiform encephalopathy exists.........................................867 Ruminants.........................................................108 Softwood lumber from Canada................................2708, 2716 Textiles.........................................................2730 Tobacco products...........................................2631, 2651 Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................110 Unshu oranges......................................................90 Veterinary user fees...............................................94 Wild birds.......................................................1269 Wildlife.........................................................1250 Wood packing materials.............................................88 Treatment requirements for material from China..................109 Wool: Refund of duties paid on select products.................2726, 2746 Worsted wool fabrics......................................332, 2725 Yachts...........................................................2714 Income taxes: Accelerated death benefits.......................................2926 Accounting: Annual accounting period.......................................2940 Partnerships...................................................2878 Active conduct of an insurance company defined...................2804 Alternative minimum tax..........................................2921 Asset ownership..................................................2930 Authorized placement agency......................................2899 Automatic extension for Form 706.................................2946 Basis regulations................................................2794 Bonds: Private activity.........................................2933, 2943 Qualified zone academy bonds...................................2999 Branch remittances...............................................2834 Branches: Hybrid transactions............................................2865 Broker's fees....................................................2897 Bureau of Census disclosures.........................2907, 3000, 3005 Cancellation of indebtedness.....................................2812 Caribbean Basin countries........................................2919 Charitable contributions.........................................2841 Check the box regulations........................................2898 Circular No, 230 revision........................................2800 Collections......................................................2757 Installment agreements...................................2761, 2791 Levied property................................................2762 Liens..........................................................2850 Compromises......................................................2870 Conforming changes...............................................2815 Consolidated groups: Applications for tentative carryback adjustment..........2908, 3007 Consolidated returns: Intercompany obligations.......................................2860 Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2771 Conversion to the Euro...........................................2936 Corporate estimated taxes........................................2805 Corporate income tax.............................................2921 Corporations: Alternative agents.............................................2882 Assumption of liabilities..........................2822, 2826, 3009 Continuity of interest requirement.............................2965 Disregarded entitites..........................................2861 Entity classification rules....................................2887 Gain on stock distributions....................................2817 S corporations.....................................2849, 2904, 2994 Tax shelter registration.......................................2859 Damages under Section 7433.......................................2801 De minimis threshold.......................................2906, 3004 Debt instruments...........................................2760, 2767 Deductions from intangible property..............................2813 Deferred compensation plans......................................2786 Diesel fuel definition...........................................2796 Disaster relief..................................................2967 Disclosure of return information.........2829, 2885, 2891, 2913, 3008 Disqualified persons definition..................................2900 Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2814 Earned income tax credit...................................2852, 2977 Education credits................................................2867 Electing small business trusts...................................2994 Electronic payee statements................................2820, 2998 Electronic tip reporting.........................................2962 Electronic transmissions.............................2799, 2823, 2851 [[Page 26752]] Employee benefits: Cafeteria plans..............................2846, 2912, 2989, 3002 Funded welfare benefit plans...................................2958 Trusts.........................................................2895 Employee stock ownership plans...................................2994 Equity options with flexible terms...............................2944 Escrow funds.....................................................2844 Farm income......................................................2855 Federal tax deposit system.................................2896, 3001 Foreign corporations...........................2749, 2832, 2835, 2922 Earnings and profits...............................2749, 2835, 2924 Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.....................2780 Income rules...................................................2792 Stock transfer rules.....................................2883, 2992 Subpart F income...............................................2905 Transfer of intangibles........................................2816 Foreign eligible entities........................................2881 Foreign governments..............................................2918 Foreign grantor trusts...........................................2839 Foreign insurance companies................................2747, 2750 Foreign investment companies...............................2789, 2845 Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2833 Foreign persons receiving U.S. source income...............2798, 2802 Foreign tax credit.................2764, 2830, 2886, 2892, 2916, 3003 Foreign taxpayers: Disallowance of deductions and credits for failure to file timely return..............................................2807 Taxpayer identification number requirement.....................2806 Foreign trusts and estates: Recognition of gain on transfers...............................2901 Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2838 Functional currency..............................................2835 General utilities repeal.........................................2923 Golden parachute payments........................................2915 Grantor....................................................2930, 2973 Group health plans, continuation coverage........................2980 Highly compensated employee................................2784, 2843 Hyperinflationary currency.......................................2993 Income allocation................................................2813 Income averaging.................................................2855 Income from ocean and space activities...........................2937 Information disclosure...........................................2966 Insurance companies..................................2787, 2819, 2909 Intercompany transfer pricing....................................2755 Interest.......................................2837, 2868, 2886, 2945 Interest-free adjustments..................................2925, 2949 International communications income..............................2937 International organizations......................................2918 Inventory accounting.............................................2769 Investment type property.........................................2948 Joint returns....................................................2866 Like-kind exchanges..............................................2795 Loans from qualified employer plans..............................2884 Long-term contracts..............................................2960 Losses: Disposition of personal property...............................2935 Separate limitation............................................2748 Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks...................2803 Mid-contract change in taxpayer..................................2811 Middleman payments...............................................2863 Modified guaranteed contracts....................................2818 Multiple party financing.........................................2848 Mutual fund after-tax returns....................................4483 Normalization requirements.......................................2827 Obligation of state and local governments........................2956 Offset of refund payments..................................2600, 2605 Offset programs............................................2598, 2603 Output facilities................................................2997 Partnerships: Amortization rules.............................................2995 Assumption of liabilities......................................2793 Capital gains..................................................2972 Fair market value..............................................2878 Foreign partners and Section 706...............................2825 Hybrid transactions............................................2865 Mergers and divisions..........................................2987 Section 1503(d) applications.............................2754, 2808 Subpart F income...............................................2905 Unified audit procedures.......................................2869 Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income...........................................2809 Passive foreign investment companies.............................2789 Payments: Corporate withholding taxes....................................2606 Credit and debit cards.........................................2862 Middleman payments.............................................2863 Prepayments....................................................2975 Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans............2942 Source of payments.............................................2758 Payments to attorneys......................................2770, 2783 Penalty withdrawal...............................................2957 Practice of representatives before the IRS.......................2894 Preferred stock: Guidance project...............................................2986 Preparer due diligence requirements..............................2977 Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2821 Principle contracts..............................................2782 Procedure and administration.....................................2842 Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2790 Purchase price allocations in asset acquisitions.................3012 Qualified offers...........................................2874, 2981 Qualified plans: Protected benefits exceptions..................................2974 Qualified transportation fringe benefits.........................2985 Real Estate Investment Trusts....................................2873 Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2938 Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2931 Regulated Investment Companies...................................2873 Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation.............3678 Relocation allowance payments for government employees...........3997 Removal of temporary regulations.................................2963 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2751 Required distributions from retirement plans...............2954, 2955 Research credit............................................2876, 2959 Residence sale or exchange.......................................2880 Resident status..................................................2917 Retirement plans.....................................2929, 2934, 2953 S corporations...................................................2994 Section 1221 (a)(7)..............................................2947 Section 263A.....................................................2864 Section 355(d)...................................................2976 Section 355(e) Guidance..........................................2978 Section 420 (c)(3)(E)............................................2903 Section 446......................................................2947 Section 6048 regulations.........................................2753 Section 6112.....................................................2888 Section 6159.....................................................2761 Section 6320.....................................................2872 Section 6323.....................................................2850 Section 6330.....................................................2871 Section 6343.....................................................2762 Section 882......................................................2847 Section 884......................................................2847 Section 894................................................2798, 2802 Securities.................................................2752, 2927 Statement filing.................................................2889 Stock transfer regulations.................................2788, 3006 Straddles........................................................2776 Carrying charges...............................................2945 Miscellaneous issues...........................................2928 Stripping transactions...........................................2848 Swap transactions................................................2758 Tax credits: FERC well category determinations..............................4284 [[Page 26753]] Puerto Rico....................................................2914 Tax treaties.....................................................2831 Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2810 Taxpayer Bill of Rights........................2761, 2762, 2850, 3008 Taxpayers: Address correction.............................................2785 Last known address.............................................2984 Testamentary trusts: Qualified S election...........................................2828 Timber sales.....................................................2988 Timely mailing treated as timely filing/electronic postmark......2979 Transfers of property to third parties on behalf of a spouse.....2797 Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2763 Trusts: Charitable remainder trusts..............................2768, 2991 Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2932 Foreign trusts.................................................2759 GST issues.....................................................2982 Income definition..............................................2893 Lifetime charitable lead trusts................................2996 Non-exempt employees...........................................2930 Trusts and estates.............................2756, 2849, 2858, 2934 Withdrawal of obsolete proposed regulations......................3011 Withholding certificates.........................................2851 Indians: See also Indians-arts and crafts Indians-education Indians-lands Indians-law Indians-tribal government Indians-business and finance Alaska resupply operation........................................1551 American Indian Livestock Feed Program.............................81 Appealing administrative actions of the Office of the Special Trustee......................................................1240 Ceremonial use of park resources.................................1518 Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1549 Child protection programs........................................1533 Child support enforcement........................................1109 Cultural exchange of marine mammal products between Natives......1370 Database containing official insignia of federally recognized tribes........................................................628 Electric power utilities.........................................1542 Fishing management................................................510 Food assistance programs................................189, 190, 203 Housing..........................................................1223 Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1204 Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages.................................1230 Dwelling Construction and Equipment Costs......................1221 Public housing relocation requirements.........................1206 Resident Opportunities and Supportive Services Program.........1208 Indian affairs hearings and appeals..............................1235 Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act........936 Indian Judgement Funds...........................................1519 National Environmental Policy Act................................4391 National Indian Gaming Commission.......4378, 4379, 4381, 4382, 4386, 4387, 4388, 4389, 4391 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1511 Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act 1199 Navajo generating station..................................3321, 3355 NIGC definitions.................................................4385 Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1120 Preference in employment.........................................1538 Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki National Monument............................................1512 Self-Determination Act............................................937 Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4417 Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1343, 1361 Treaty fishing rights: Columbia River access sites....................................1546 Welfare reform: Financial assistance and social services.................1557, 1560 Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1878 Indians-arts and crafts: Cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts...................1331 Importation of marine mammal products.............................562 Indians-business and finance: Buy Indian Act...................................................1536 Gaming authorizations............................................4387 Gaming operations....................................4379, 4381, 4390 Debt collection................................................4380 Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1544 Loans, grants, and employment assistance.............1529, 1532, 1554 Indians-education: Academic and dormitory standards.................................1527 Adult vocational training........................................1531 Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1528 Grants to colleges...............................................1520 School construction contracts....................................1530 School improvement program.......................................1521 Indians-lands: Acquisitions...............................................1548, 1556 Air pollution control implementation.......................3284, 3388 Allotments.......................................................1608 Beaches program funding..........................................3575 Debt settlement for tribal land acquisition loans..................62 Encumbrance contract approval....................................1550 EPA new source reviews...........................................3378 Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2258 Fishing sites on Columbia River..................................1547 Gas valuation regulations........................................1586 Grazing permits..................................................1537 Historic preservation programs...................................1500 Indian Reservation Road Funds distribution.................1559, 1561 Irrigation projects..............................................1541 Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1523 Mining leases........................................1522, 1540, 1581 Mining regulations...............................................1590 Mortgages and deeds of trust.....................................1555 National Forest System lands......................................256 Oil and gas leasing..............................................1571 Road bridge program..............................................2272 Roads program....................................................1535 San Carlos Apache Tribe trust fund and lease fund................1552 Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1524 Trust management reform..........................................1558 Water pollution control requirements.............................3625 Water quality standards..........................................3554 Indians-law: Construction of jails............................................1845 Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1545 Hearings and appeals.................................1543, 4377, 4383 Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1539 NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4384 Indians-tribal government: Election procedures........................................1525, 1526 Grants for services provided to older individuals................1119 Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1539 Performance Partnership Grants...................................3230 Self-determination...............................................1528 Self-governance amendments........................................935 Self-governance program procedures...............................1553 Tribal background investigations.................................4378 [[Page 26754]] Individuals with disabilities: See also Blind Disability benefits Medicaid Medicare Public assistance programs Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Vocational rehabilitation Education of individuals with disabilities Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1671, 3190, 3191 Outdoor developed areas........................................3189 Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1663 Public rights-of-way...........................................3193 Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment..................................4128 Accessibility guidelines for transportation................2056, 2060 Accessible electronic and information technology standards.......3194 Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3943 Children: Early intervention programs.....................................748 Education of....................................................749 Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1854, 1867 Determination of.................................................3943 Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1107 Disability insurance program demonstration project.........3941, 3982 Disability ratings: Burden of proof................................................3939 Chronic........................................................3062 Digestive system...............................................3933 Genito-urinary tract...........................................3984 Immune System..................................................3936 Liver..........................................................3137 Mental disorders...............................................3164 Multiple Body Systems..........................................3935 Neurological...................................................3938 Skin...........................................................3934 Special senses.................................................3937 Spine..........................................................3053 Employment discrimination complaints.............................3629 Evidence of permanent and total disability.......................3055 Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3930 Housing....................................................1122, 1138 Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3959 Mentally retarded: Intermediate care facilities.............................1000, 1088 Payment methods for care facilities............................1089 Motor vehicle modifications..........................2407, 2451, 2459 Nondiscrimination..............................1869, 3665, 3859, 3977 Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1667 Air travel...............................................2038, 2054 Department of State programs...................................2011 Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3977 Federally assisted programs..............................1943, 4420 In programs or activities conducted by the OFHEO...............3740 NSF programs...................................................3739 Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1663, 1667 State and local government services................1664, 1665, 1667 Passenger vessel access....................................2065, 3192 Schedule for rating disabilities...........................3047, 3048 SSA disability determination process.............................3958 SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3954 State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program..................751 Subcontract preference under service contracts...................4008 Telecommunications relay services..........................4133, 4134 Transportation.............................................1521, 2048 Video programming accessibility..................................4106 Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain naturalization applicants....................................1786 Widow's benefits.................................................3960 Work Incentives Improvement Act..................................3950 Industrial safety: See Occupational safety and health Industry: See Business and industry Infants and children: See also Adoption and foster care Child welfare Youth Aircraft child restraints..................................2150, 2454 Baby bath seat ban...............................................4076 Baby walker safety requirements..................................4068 Backyard play sets standard......................................4083 Birth defects: Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam veterans......3091 Bleachers and grandstands safety.................................4086 Child Citizenship Act............................................1795 Child labor......................................................4027 Child restraint anchors..........................................2436 Crib safety standards............................................4080 Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an SSI eligible child...............................................3983 Dive sticks safety...............................................4085 Food assistance programs...........................174, 183, 185, 195 Household chemicals, child-resistant packaging...................4082 Individuals with disabilities................................748, 749 Infant formula....................................................898 Lead poisoning.............................................3472, 3486 Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1894 Medicaid program.................................................1047 Motor vehicle restraint systems............................2398, 2433 National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program......................930 Nutrition education participant contacts..........................163 Packaging requirements for oral prescription drugs...............4081 Personal flotation device requirements...........................2091 Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4069 Portable bed rail safety.........................................4075 School breakfast and lunch programs..........................173, 181 Sulfate in drinking water........................................3619 Supplemental food program: Certification integrity.........................................202 Television programming.....................................4215, 4216 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 Institutional review boards: Registration requirements.........................................919 Insurance: See also Bank deposit insurance Crop insurance Flood insurance Health insurance Insurance companies Life insurance Surety bonds Unemployment compensation Mortgage insurance Credit unions: Prompt corrective action.......................................4373 Quarterly call reports.........................................4363 Regulation revisions...........................................4367 Requirements for branches outside the United States............4358 Disability insurance program demonstration project.........3941, 3982 Equity index insurance products..................................4478 Motor carriers as self-insurers..................................2342 Passenger vessel operators.......................................4304 [[Page 26755]] Public Assistance Disaster Grant Program requirements............3660 Insurance companies: Active conduct defined...........................................2804 Asset acquisitions...............................................2819 Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4476 Income tax guidance..............................................2909 Tax on companies other than life insurance companies.............2787 Insured loans: See Loan programs Intellectual property: Audiovisual performances..........................................626 Intelligence: See Classified information Intergovernmental relations: See also Grant programs Administration of grants and cooperative agreements...............736 Air carrier regulation...........................................2063 Air pollution control implementation...........3239, 3322, 3376, 3405 Alternative fuels incentives program..............................754 BIA schools......................................................1527 Child support non-performance TANF penalty.......................1116 Education programs................................................119 Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............1892 Employer-based group health plans.................................966 EPA......................................3330, 3503, 3558, 3585, 3598 Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2595 Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................1873 Federalism........................................................649 Flood assistance program.........................................3635 Food assistance programs................................174, 177, 195 Sharing information with INS...............................177, 201 Food stamps.......................................................198 Hazardous materials transportation.........................2523, 2556 HCFA State Plan Amendment reconsideration process................1058 Highway management...............................................2250 Highway projects...........................................2254, 2269 Highway safety data improvements incentive grants................2461 Highway safety programs..........................................2369 Local rail freight assistance....................................2481 Medicaid: Administrative costs...........................................1073 Eligibility..............................................1064, 1073 Motor vehicle safety incentive grants................2427, 2428, 2460 Nuclear accident protection......................................3434 Oil spill response...............................................2129 Payments to State and local governments..........................1627 Performance Partnership Grants.............................3229, 3230 Railroad highway projects........................................2270 State issued identification documents............................2418 USDA: State mediation programs.........................................26 Water supply.....................................................3625 Intermodal transportation: Cargo containers.................................................2349 Charter services.................................................2508 International agreements: See Treaties International boundaries: Automated Permit Port programs...................................1785 Border crossing cards............................................2007 Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1707, 1745, 1785 Driver's license requirements....................................1785 Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection program......................................................1745 International trade: See Foreign trade Inventions and patents: Acquisition regulations...........................................617 Appeals...........................................................619 Audiovisual performances..........................................626 Biological material deposits......................................631 Claims against the Patent and Trademark Office....................618 Computer-implemented business method patent applications..........625 Correspondence addresses..........................................622 Database containing official insignia of Native American tribes 628 Declaring interferences...........................................627 Electronic transmission of trademark documents....................629 Fees..............................................................620 Alternative fee structure.......................................623 Foreign rights in inventions......................................642 Inter partes reexamination........................................634 International civil and commercial cases..........................624 Invention promoter complaints.....................................621 Licensing government-owned inventions.............................643 Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................638 Mineral patent applications......................................1620 Misplaced application and patent files............................639 Nonprofit organizations...........................................641 Patent applications...............................................636 Patent Cooperative Treaty: Application procedure...........................................633 Patent interferences.........................................630, 637 Patent practitioners..............................................615 Removal of classified paper files from public search facilities 632 Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.....................................................640 Small businesses..................................................641 Utility examination guidelines....................................635 Investigations: Authority of the Special Counsel.................................3852 Civil investigative demands......................................1839 Government personnel.............................................3838 Investment advisers: See Securities Investment companies: Advertising rules................................................4459 Affiliate transactions...........................................4461 Asset transfers..................................................2873 Civil monetary penalties.........................................4520 Disclosure requirements..........................................4458 EDGAR system requirements........................................4466 Electronic recordkeeping.........................................4463 Electronic signatures............................................4477 Form N-SAR.......................................................4464 Mergers of affiliated investment companies.......................4462 Names............................................................4481 Registration form................................................4464 Repurchase agreements............................................4472 Role of independent directors....................................4479 Securities acquisition...........................................4473 Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4460 Self-regulatory organizations....................................4491 Small business investment companies: Cost of money..................................................3919 Income computation.............................................3904 Management-ownership diversity.................................3918 Taxation.........................................................2845 Investments: See also Brokers Commodity futures Investment companies Securities United States investments abroad Bonding requirement exemption for certain advisers...............1891 Cash solicitation rule...........................................4465 Financial services transactions survey............................315 Guaranteed investment contracts..................................2941 Investment advisers..............................................4455 Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4470 [[Page 26756]] Civil monetary penalties.......................................4520 Electronic filing........................................4471, 4480 Electronic recordkeeping.......................................4463 Operating through the internet.................................4456 Political contributions........................................4469 Thrift institutions............................................4457 Mutual fund after-tax returns....................................4483 Mutual fund fee disclosure.......................................4482 Non-deposit investment products..................................2683 Non-mortgage investments by GSEs.................................1143 Proxy and information statements.................................4452 U.S. direct investment abroad survey..............................317 Irrigation: Project operation and maintenance................................1541 J Jewelry: Duty-free shipments...............................................331 Job Training Partnership Act: See Manpower training programs Juices: Food safety assessment programs...................................922 Juvenile delinquency: Family Unity Program.......................................1742, 1756 K Kidney diseases: CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................721 Medicare eligibility..............................................956 L Labeling: See also Food labeling Packaging and containers Alcohol beverages................................................2640 Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk packaging.....................................................866 American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2351 Antibiotics resistance labeling...................................889 Beer.............................................................2661 Blood and blood components........................................928 Building materials...............................................1169 Caviar intended for international trade..........................1308 Commodity chicken.................................................194 Dietary supplements for safety concerns associated with use during pregnancy..............................................862 Distilled spirits................................................2661 Drugs.............................................................872 Electronic submission of information..............................854 Hearing aids......................................................835 Home insulation..................................................4350 Insulin-containing products.......................................846 Malt beverages...................................................2610 Pesticides.......................................................3442 Polyurethane foam in upholstered furniture.......................4070 Pregnancy labeling category for prescription drugs................847 Prescription drugs................................................880 Rubber-containing drugs...........................................831 Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................887 Unaged grape brandy..............................................2633 Wine.............................................................2661 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...................................1863 Debarment and suspension.........................................1946 DOL user fees....................................................1865 Drug Free Workplace requirements.................................1946 Nondiscrimination................................................1945 Service contract exemptions......................................1868 Small Business Job Protection Act................................1853 Trade adjustment assistance................................1875, 1876 Labor management relations: Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1892 Laboratories: Accreditation.......................................................9 Clinical laboratories regulation...............1001, 1038, 1056, 1078 Directors: Qualification requirements for laboratories performing high complexity testing.........................................1040 EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3225 Hospital conditions of participation..............................985 Hospital reference laboratories: Medicare secondary payer.......................................1043 National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program...............383 Science and Technology Laboratory Service..........................21 Testing of mining equipment......................................1915 Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............857 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.....................................2024 Qualified offers...........................................2874, 2981 Suits against Federal employees..................................1830 Law enforcement: See also Drug traffic control Armor vest purchase..............................................1846 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1698, 4236 Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1312 Forest Service....................................................248 Immigration......................................................1767 National Indian Gaming Commission................................4384 Retirement.......................................................3824 Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1708 Lawyers: Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4377 Lead: Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3497 Lead poisoning: Paint....................................3457, 3472, 3481, 3482, 3486 Disclosure requirements........................................1125 Reducing lead consumption and use................................3478 Libraries: Presidential library facilities..................................3716 Life insurance: Accelerated death benefits.......................................2926 District of Columbia employees...................................3823 Government employees.............................................3829 Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3796 Regulation revisions...........................................3830 Variable life insurance contracts................................4474 Veterans: Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option................3131 National Service Life Insurance................................3081 Liquors: Exports..........................................................2609 Labeling.........................................................2661 Standards of fill................................................2612 Unaged grape brandy..............................................2633 [[Page 26757]] Livestock: See also Grazing lands Meat and meat products Meat inspection Poultry and poultry products American Indian Livestock Feed Program.............................81 Animal drug residue levels........................................832 Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering establishments.................................................89 Commodity futures contract deliveries..............................11 Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds...........849 Equitable competition.............................................161 Exportation........................................................93 Free choice medicated feed........................................907 Imported..........................................................231 Indemnity programs.................................................23 Liquid medicated feed.............................................907 Livestock Assistance Program.......................................81 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act..................................18 Meat grading regulations for imports...............................15 Price reporting...................................................155 Sanitary standard for equipment used to slaughter, process, and package........................................................19 Substances prohibited from use in feed............................913 Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................158 Loan programs: Community Disaster Loan Program..................................3657 CRA Sunshine.....................................................4272 Economic adjustment program.......................................325 Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers..................280 Qualified employer plans.........................................2884 Revision of RTB loan documents....................................283 Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program...................281, 283 Rural development.................................................135 RUS current ratio requirement.....................................285 Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........296 Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision.....................2594, 2606 Loan programs-agriculture: Account servicing..................................................58 Apple producers....................................................78 Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program......268, 269, 271, 277 Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................40 Community programs...........................................125, 136 Conservation Reserve Program...............................24, 41, 54 Crop disaster assistance...........................................46 Debt settlement....................................................33 Disaster set-aside program.........................................44 Extensions of payments............................................286 Farm Credit Administration: Borrower rights................................................4088 Electronic commerce............................................4091 Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital regulation.................................................4092 Mission-related investments....................................4101 Participations and purchases...................................4096 Policies and operations........................................4090 Procedures for associations requesting national charters.......4099 Risk-weighting.................................................4089 Stock issuance.................................................4095 Farm Loan Program: Collection of appraisal fees.....................................56 Guaranteed loss payments.........................................29 Low documentation loans..........................................39 Reduction of amortized shared appreciation recapture interest rate.........................................................28 Regulatory streamlining..........................................22 Small Hog Operation Payment Program..............................38 Farm Service Agency: Cash flow margin requirements....................................72 Payments to delinquent Farm Credit Program borrowers.............79 Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................71 Grazing loan deficiency payments...................................77 Housing...........................................................270 Intermediary Relending Program....................................267 Loan changes......................................................131 Loans secured by real estate and property..........................37 Lobbying restrictions.............................................307 Market loss assistance.....................................46, 75, 82 Regulation streamlining............................................22 Rural economic development...................................132, 273 Rural electrification.............................................297 Rural housing.....................................................129 Seed producers.....................................................78 Settlement of debt................................................287 State mediation programs...........................................26 Suspension of collection of recapture..............................67 Water and waste disposal programs.................................284 Water Programs....................................................279 Loan programs-business: Rural areas.......................................................276 SBA: Microloan program..............................................3909 Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................3907 Multi-lender securitizations...................................3913 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................3906 Loan programs-education: Cohort default rates..............................................742 Death and disability discharges...................................743 Federal Family Education Loan program..............742, 743, 745, 746 Federal Perkins Loan Program.................................743, 744 Guaranty agencies.................................................746 Institutional eligibility.........................................741 Interest.........................................................2854 Medical research.............................................941, 948 Performance standards for retention of electronic records.........740 Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program 747 Student loan repayment...........................................3812 Teacher loan forgiveness programs.................................745 William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program...741, 742, 743, 745, 746 Loan programs-health: NIH AIDS Research Loan Program....................................938 NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds................................943 NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparties Research......................................................944 NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................945 Loan programs-housing and community development: Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions 4370 Credit Watch program.......................................1161, 1173 Government Sponsored Enterprises: Assessments....................................................3747 Civil money penalties..........................................3749 Classification of..............................................3741 Corporate governance...........................................3743 Executive compensation.........................................3745 High costs and predatory features..............................1134 Minimum capital................................................3742 Reorganization of OFHEO regulations............................3746 Rules of practice and procedure..........................3748, 3749 Rural areas.......................................................130 Title I property insurance programs..............................1160 Loan programs-Indians: Direct loan program..............................................1529 Housing loan guarantees..........................................1223 Indian Lands Acquisition loans.....................................62 Mortgage loans...................................................1199 Loan programs-veterans: Acceptance of partial payments...................................3121 Advertising and solicitation disclosure..........................3132 [[Page 26758]] Credit scoring...................................................3165 Credit standards.................................................3166 Delegation of authority..........................................3145 Multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans...........3116 Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................3094 Property improvements definition.................................3124 Title evidence requirements......................................3120 Lobbying: Filing of informational materials................................1835 Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1835 Restrictions..........................................307, 1238, 3970 Longshore and harbor workers: Foreign prohibitions.............................................2001 Medical fee schedule.............................................1870 Safety and health regulations....................................1971 Low and moderate income housing: See also Public housing Rent subsidies Government Sponsored Enterprises: Purchase goals.................................................1144 Section 8: Disabled families assistance...................................1213 Fair market rents..............................................1128 Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1219 Management assessment program..................................1229 Project-based voucher program..................................1214 Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1166 Resident Opportunities and Supportive Services Program.........1208 Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal activity...................................................1127 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.........................1121 Lumber: See Forests and forest products Lung diseases: See also Tuberculosis CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................721 Diesel particulate...............................................1936 M Mammography: State certification of facilities.................................892 Manpower training programs: Nondiscrimination................................................1938 Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2008 Manufactured homes: Construction and safety..............................1156, 1168, 1182 Definition.......................................................1181 Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000.....................1153 Tire loading.....................................................2348 Marijuana: Industrial use...................................................1677 Marine engineering: See Vessels Marine mammals: See also Endangered and threatened species Aboriginal subsistence whaling quota.........................610, 611 Animal welfare standards......................................96, 117 Beluga whales.....................................................534 Captive holding and transport.....................................474 Captive Stellar sea lions.........................................484 Exports of products for cultural exchange........................1370 Imports: Polar bear trophies from Canada................................1359 Incidental taking......................................524, 561, 1366 Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan........................565 Deployment of the U.S. Navy's low frequency active sonar........478 During shock testing by the U.S. Navy...........................531 Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan.............................608 Low frequency sound source operation............................535 Level B harrassment..............................................1377 Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................562 Marine Mammal Protection Act..........................526, 1366, 1367 Native cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts............1331 North Atlantic whale protection...................................479 Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1373 Photography permits...............................................475 Research authorization............................................525 Serious injury definition.........................................476 Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2119 Steller sea lion conservation...........................415, 556, 557 Subsistence taking of Northern fur seals..........................483 Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................480 Marine pollution: See Water pollution control Marine resources: See also Fisheries Antarctic Marine Living Resources vessel permit requirements......582 Commercial submarine cables in National Marine Sanctuaries........569 Endangered and threatened species.................................477 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................538 Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................537 Marine Mammal Protection Act: Rescission of administrative procedures........................1447 National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................486 NOAA overflight regulation........................................485 Research program..................................................570 Marine safety: See also Vessels Alternative source to incandescent light.........................2089 Blood alcohol concentration limit................................2138 Casualty reporting...............................................2104 Chemical testing.................................................2090 Drug and alcohol testing following casualties....................2094 Electronic charting and navigation system for public vessels.....2125 Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............2075 Houseboats.......................................................2130 Inland waterways...........................................1264, 2141 Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2116 Personal flotation device requirements for children..............2091 Pilotage regulations.............................................2122 Puget Sound-Area waters..........................................2135 Recreational boaters.............................................1264 Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2121 Safety/security zone regulations...........................2100, 2140 Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2082 Shipping safety fairways and anchorage areas.....................2142 Towing vessels.............................................2080, 2111 Uninspected passenger vessels....................................2115 Maritime carriers: See also Cargo vessels Passenger vessels Seamen Vessels Access charges to carrier automated tariffs and tariff systems 4306 Audit appeals....................................................2571 Cargo preference regulations: Agricultural exports...........................................2570 Communications.............................................4226, 4247 Great Lakes load line certificate................................2131 Income source rules..............................................2772 Japanese vessels.................................................4305 Merchant mariners................................................2112 Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4303 Operating agreements.............................................4302 Operating-differential subsidy programs..........................2572 Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2119 Shipboard electrical cable standards.............................2086 St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls..............................2516 [[Page 26759]] Terminal operators contracts.....................................4307 U.S.-flag vessel preference.................................678, 4019 Marketing quotas: Peanuts........................................................53, 65 Tobacco............................36, 43, 50, 51, 52, 55, 68, 69, 76 Mass transportation: Bus testing guidelines...........................................2507 Major capital investment mass transportation projects............2515 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Service......................2503 School bus operations............................................2510 Measurement standards: See also Metric system Gaseous fuels: Propane cylinders..............................................2550 Meat and meat products: See also Meat inspection Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................220 Beef imports from Brazil..........................................116 Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........181 Consumer protection...............................................213 Disposition and disposal requirements.............................229 Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance Program..............277 Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point Source Category..............................................3552 Equitable competition.............................................161 Export certificates for lamb meat subject to tariff-rate quota 2743 Export sales reporting............................................240 Expressed nutrient content claims.................................225 Grading regulations for imported livestock.........................15 HACCP regulations for rendered products...........................911 Labeling................................................211, 219, 224 Lamb meat adjustment assistance program............................27 Meat recovery systems.............................................220 Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.............867 Ruminant imports..................................................108 Transportation and storage........................................226 Meat inspection: Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................228 Color additives...................................................221 Contaminated......................................................230 Fees..............................................................239 Food additives....................................................221 HACCP programs...............................................206, 212 Labeling..........................................................236 Performance standards: Bacon...........................................................208 Processing procedures...........................................236 Ready-to-eat products...........................................207 Regulation terminology............................................235 Total quality control systems.....................................233 Medicaid: See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs) Public assistance programs Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)................................969 American Osteopathic Association recognition...................1015 Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1078 Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance programs......................................................183 Disproportionate share hospital payments.........................1083 Drug rebate program...............................................960 Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment services.....................................................1047 Eligibility: Medically needy................................................1064 Employer-based group health plans.................................966 Estate recoveries................................................1060 Federal financial participation income limits..............1096, 1103 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)........................1065 Home and community-based services................................1072 Hospice care.....................................................1094 Institutions for mental disease..................................1083 Managed care................................................982, 1073 Civil penalties.................................................820 Mechanized claims processing and information retrieval system 1009 Medical child support.............................................973 Mentally retarded persons: Conditions of participation for intermediate care facilities 1000 Payment methods for care facilities............................1089 Organ procurement organizations..................................1039 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1081 Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1087 Referral to child support enforcement agencies...................1050 Skilled nursing facilities.......................................1086 Third party liability.............................................963 Tuberculosis-related services....................................1053 Upper payment limit..............................................1093 Medical and dental schools: NIH scholarships..................................................939 Medical assistance program: See Medicaid Medical care: See Health care Medical devices: Computer software programs........................................901 Establishment registration and listing requirements...............858 Exports...........................................................353 FDA rescission....................................................918 Gene therapy......................................................859 Hearing aids......................................................835 Medical care telemetry devices...................................4174 Medicare coverage................................................1008 Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................1996 Respiratory protective devices: Quality assurance and administrative provision..................826 Restricted devices promotion......................................904 Surety bond requirements...............................974, 990, 1071 Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................887 Xenotransplantation...............................................859 Medical facilities: See Health facilities Medical personnel: See Health professions Medical records: See Health records Medical research: Contraception and infertility................................941, 948 Disclosure of confidential PRO information for research..........1051 National Research Service Awards..................................947 NIH service payback obligation....................................947 Peer review.......................................................949 Protections for pregnant women and human fetuses..................955 Radiopharmaceuticals..............................................840 Medicare: See also Peer Review Organizations (PROs) Additional supplier standards....................................1057 Advanced refunding of debt........................................978 Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).....................969, 970, 1085 American Osteopathic Association recognition...................1015 Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................816 Appeals: Coverage.......................................................1067 Audiologists.....................................................1059 Bone mass measurements............................................979 Catastrophic Coverage Act........................................1046 Civil money penalties............................................1012 Clinical diagnostic laboratory services...........................980 Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1001, 1078 Clinical psychology training program payments.....................998 [[Page 26760]] Clinical social worker services..................................1082 Clinical trials coverage.........................................1008 Competitive medical plans: Appeal protections.............................................1067 Computer errors, recovery of overpayments.........................959 Contractors: Millennium compliance..........................................1077 Coverage decision process........................................1023 Coverage policy challenges.................................1020, 1022 Criteria for making coverage decisions...........................1079 Devices and related services.....................................1008 Dialysis services.................................................956 Durable medical equipment: Payment for upgraded features..................................1013 Surety bonds....................................................990 End-stage renal disease: Bad debt payment................................................996 Evaluation of intermediary and carrier performance...............1098 Extended care services coinsurance amounts.......................1099 Fee schedules: Ambulance services.......................................1002, 1074 Application of inherent reasonableness..........................993 Payment limits..................................................993 Physician payments.................................1018, 1019, 1092 Practice expense data collection................................997 Reasonable charge methodology..................................1027 Graduate medical education payment................................999 Health care prepayment plans: Appeal protections.............................................1067 Health maintenance organizations: Appeal protections.............................................1067 Home health agencies: Appeals process................................................1091 Conditions of participation................................962, 983 Prospective payment system.....................................1014 Hospice care...........................................965, 986, 1094 Hospitals: American Osteopathic Association authority to survey critical access hospitals............................................957 Conditions of participation.....................................961 Inpatient deductible...........................................1099 Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation........1036 Inpatient prospective payment system...........................1032 Outpatient Prospective Payment System........1016, 1021, 1070, 1097 Secondary payer to hospital reference laboratories.............1043 Income protection for community spouse...........................1046 Loan repayments...................................................978 Long term care prospective payment system........................1030 Medicare+Choice plans: Appeals and grievance procedures...............................1011 Civil penalties.................................................820 End-stage renal disease rates..................................1034 Recredentialing providers......................................1006 Mentally ill or retarded persons.................................1063 Organ procurement and transplantation rules.......................964 Organ procurement organizations..................................1039 Outpatient self-management training services.....................1076 Overpayment reporting and repayment..............................1010 Ownership changes................................................1052 Penalties, sanctions, exclusions and overpayments................1052 Photocopy expense reimbursement..................................1029 Physician assistant training program payments.....................998 Physicians' referrals......................................1054, 1102 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)............1081 Prospective Payment System.....958, 999, 1014, 1016, 1021, 1029, 1030 Provider agreement and supplier participation: Billing numbers.................................................968 Provider and supplier hearing procedures.........................1004 Recovery of conditional payments.................................1017 Rehabilitation hospital services..................................989 Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage...........981 Rural health clinics..............................................984 Screening Pap smears.............................................1049 Skilled nursing facilities.................................1055, 1063 Consolidated billing............................................958 Cost limits..............................................1068, 1075 Prospective Payment System................................958, 1086 Substandard care...............................................1063 Speech-language pathologists.....................................1059 State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)..................991 Statement of intent..............................................1037 Supplementary Medical Insurance: Premium surcharge agreements...................................1007 Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics..........994 Surety bond requirements...............................974, 990, 1071 Sustainable growth rate..........................................1080 User fees........................................................1069 Medigap: Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................816 Mental health programs: Group health plan benefit parity.................................1904 Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments................1083 Psychiatric residential treatment facilities: Use of restraint and seclusion.................................1087 Merchant marine: See Maritime carriers Seamen Metals: EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3585 High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3527 Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1523 Metric system: Conversion: Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2371 Migrant labor: Forestry service contracts........................................308 Job service complaint system.....................................1883 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.................................................646 Education eligibility of dependents in overseas areas........647, 648 Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................667 Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................903 Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................3907 Reemployment.....................................................3786 Retirement regulations...........................................3789 Selected Reserve: Burial flags...................................................3085 Milk: Special Milk Program for Children.................................185 Mine safety and health: Accident investigation hearing procedures........................1922 Air quality standards............................................1926 Asbestos exposure limit..........................................1934 Belt entry.......................................................1913 Coal Mine Workers' Compensation regulations......................1864 Confined-space hazards...........................................1927 Crystalline silica...............................................1918 Hazard communication.............................................1923 Metal and nonmetal mines: Electrical standards...........................................1911 Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................1914 Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1917 [[Page 26761]] Rescue teams.....................................................1920 Respirable coal dust.......................................1930, 1932 Surface coal mine dust control...................................1933 Surface haulage equipment........................................1916 Surge and storage piles..........................................1921 Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................1915 Training of miners...............................................1929 Underground coal mines: Continuous respirable dust monitors............................1935 Diesel particulate.............................................1936 Dust control plan verification.................................1931 Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................1925 High-voltage longwall equipment................................1924 Safety standard revisions......................................1928 Underground mines: Diesel particulate.............................................1937 Escapeways and refuges.........................................1912 Self-contained self-rescuer life approvals and training........1919 Mineral resources: See also Coal Metals Oil and gas reserves Public lands-mineral resources Allowance provision amendments...................................1570 Disposal of mineral materials....................................1612 Fractions sale....................................................244 Mineral Management Service inspections on fixed facilities.......2099 Mineral patent applications......................................1620 Mining leases on Indian lands..............................1522, 1581 Overburden definition............................................3489 Privately owned mineral rights within the National Wildlife Refuge System................................................1441 Rights-of-way....................................................1623 Sulphur leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf.............1579, 1583 Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1524 Mineral royalties: Credit adjustments...............................................1581 Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1540 Interest and late payments.......................................1562 Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1562, 1580 Miners: See Mine safety and health Mines: See also Mine safety and health Reclamation Surface mining Underground mining Abandoned........................................................1587 Backfilling and grading..........................................1588 Indian lands...............................................1522, 1540 Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1523 Locatable minerals...............................................1626 Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1619 Temporary cessation of operations................................1593 Water pollution control..........................................3568 Minimum wages: Records to be kept by employers............................1852, 1853 Violation penalties..............................................1858 Minority businesses: Participation in DOT programs....................................2057 Minority groups: See Civil rights Minority businesses Mobile homes: See Manufactured homes Mobile offshore drilling units: See Vessels Mohair: Market assistance..............................................75, 83 Mortgage insurance: Mortgage Insurance Certificates..................................1157 Premium reduction................................................1174 Refinancing debt of existing hospitals...........................1163 Refinancing Home Equity Conversion Mortgages.....................1151 Removal of Section 221(d)(2) regulations.........................1179 Single-family....................................................1157 Consultant roster procedures...................................1149 Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigration activities 1124 Nonprofit approval and removal procedures......................1148 Predatory lending..............................................1150 Statements of policy.............................................1185 Mortgages: See also Mortgage insurance Appraiser Watch system...........................................1159 Broker disclosure requirements...................................1183 Classification of Enterprises....................................3741 Credit Watch...............................................1161, 1162 Executive compensation...........................................3745 Federal home loan banks: Affordable Housing Program.....................................4293 Rules of practice and procedures...............................4296 Ginnie Mae Modified Pass-Through Securities......................1196 GNMA.......................................................1198, 1199 Government Sponsored Enterprises...........................3741, 3745 Assessments....................................................3747 Civil money penalties..........................................3749 Corporate governance...........................................3743 High costs and predatory features..............................1134 Minimum capital................................................3742 Purchase goals.................................................1144 Reorganization of OFHEO regulations............................3746 Rules of practice and procedure..........................3748, 3749 Home mortgage disclosure.........................................4316 Homebuyer downpayment sources....................................1176 Indian lands.....................................................1555 Model Energy Code update.........................................1170 OTS capital regulations..........................................3021 Predatory lending practices..........................1134, 1159, 3020 Real estate appraisals...........................................2685 Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2938 RESPA amendments.................................................1183 Payments for referrals.........................................1184 Prohibition against kickbacks and unearned fees................1186 Risk-based capital regulation....................................3744 Single-family appraisal assessment...............................1175 Terminating origination approval agreements................1162, 1173 Truth in lending.................................................4334 Motor carriers: See also Buses Brake systems........................................2321, 2405, 2423 Civil penalty sanctions..........................................2346 Commercial vehicles: Antilock brake systems.........................................2426 Definition...............................................2284, 2345 Employee protections information...............................2296 Maintenance of and access to records...........................2061 Performance based brake testers................................2321 Small passenger carrying.......................................2344 Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico border.....................................................2322 Data display units...............................................2302 Drivers: Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2445 Commercial drivers' license standards..........................2313 Diabetic.......................................................2337 Disqualifications..............................................2316 Entry-level....................................................2299 Hours of service regulations.............................2330, 2343 Instructor training............................................2298 Lerner permits.................................................2327 Licensing......................................................2326 Medical examination form and procedures........................2339 Noncommercial motor vehicle violations.........................2310 [[Page 26762]] Penalties......................................................2316 Physical fitness...............................................2300 Qualification requirements...............................2297, 2333 Safety performance history.....................................2301 Training.................................................2298, 2299 Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and cancellations................................................2331 English language requirement.....................................2333 Federal safety regulations: Advanced technological recordkeeping systems...................2340 Auditor certification..........................................2315 CDL exemptions.................................................2343 Commercial van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico border.........................................2322 Definition of commercial motor vehicle.........................2345 Hours-of-service...............................................2343 Interstate school buses........................................2295 Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2324 Periodic registration requirements.............................2338 Post-accident controlled substances and alcohol test results 2336 Small passenger carrying commercial motor vehicles.............2344 Technical amendment............................................2325 Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2320 Zero-base revision.............................................2309 Freight forwarding industry..........................2332, 2341, 2346 Hazardous materials transportation...................2328, 2347, 2528 Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2352 Highway vehicle definition.......................................2773 Household goods transportation.............................2334, 2347 Identification report............................................2323 In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2699 Information, licensing and registration systems: Replacement system.............................................2303 Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2335 Insurance: Self-insuring..................................................2342 Intermodal cargo containers..........................2280, 2335, 2349 Investigative authority..........................................2316 Manufactured home tires..........................................2348 Mexican: Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance initiative.................................................2306 Commercial zones...............................................2304 Financial responsibility.......................................2319 NAFTA..........................................................2305 New entrant safety assurance process.............................2312 Out-of-service criteria..........................................2307 Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2317 Registration requirements..................................2338, 2341 Rules of practice..........................................2314, 2316 Safety fitness procedures........................................2308 Sleeper berth regulations........................................2329 Tank cars: Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2524 Television receivers.............................................2302 Trailer test rig.................................................2446 Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2561 Truck length and width...........................................2268 Truck size and weight............................................2253 Motor vehicle pollution: Alternative fuels.................................................754 Emissions control programs.......................................3419 Emissions standards: Diesel engine fuel.............................................3421 Emissions testing................................................3281 Gasoline: American Samoa antidumping exemption petition..................3401 Anti-dumping program...........................................3371 Petition to relax Reid vapor pressure standard.................3319 Reformulated...................................................3360 Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3350 Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3237 Low emission vehicles program....................................3332 Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program...........................3413 Motor vehicle safety: See also Highway safety Add-on devices...................................................2414 Air bags.........................................................2441 Bonfire test.....................................................2466 Brake systems: Air brakes.....................................................2423 Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2456 Brake hoses....................................................2379 Hydraulic parking brake........................................2405 Linings........................................................2406 Motorcycles....................................................2425 Child restraint systems..................2354, 2398, 2424, 2433, 2436 Civil penalties..................................................2402 Community transportation vehicles................................2370 Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2447 Defect reporting and notification........2381, 2389, 2390, 2391, 2392 Drunk driving prevention...................................2460, 2462 Ejection mitigation using advanced glazing.......................2429 Fire performance requirements....................................2408 Frontal offset protection........................................2377 Imported vehicles................................................2455 Interior trunk release...........................................2465 Lamps and reflective devices: Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2373 Daytime running lamps..........................................2415 Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2409 Headlamp glare.................................................2356 Motorcycles..............................................2353, 2357 Performance and test requirement modifications.................2416 Signal lamps...................................................2417 Mining industry..................................................1916 Mirrors: Convex cross view mirrors......................................2366 Motorcycle helmets...............................................2382 Moving barrier tire specification................................2384 Occupant crash protection: Air bags...........................................2355, 2367, 2453 Door retention.................................................2372 Head/neck protection.....................................2359, 2422 Safety incentive grants........................................2428 Side impact protection.........................................2450 Upper interior impact..........................................2430 Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2362 Power-operated windows.....................................2410, 2413 Prohibition of sale or lease of equipment with safety-related defect.......................................................2394 Radiator safety cap..............................................2365 Recalls: Accelerated....................................................2391 In foreign countries...........................................2390 Reimbursement prior to.........................................2392 Recordkeeping requirements.......................................2395 Roof crashworthiness.......................................2431, 2452 Safe harbor provision............................................2443 Safety glazing...................................................2421 School buses: Body joint strength............................................2432 Flammability of interior materials.............................2448 Parking brake warning system...................................2463 Seat belts: Anchorages for voluntarily installed shoulder belts............2400 Emergency locking retractor....................................2399 Length options.................................................2360 Rear seats...............................................2414, 2458 Safety incentive grants........................................2427 Seat adjustment position.......................................2414 Seating systems: Performance....................................................2364 Shifting and falling cargo.......................................2318 [[Page 26763]] Test dummies: Adult size dummies.............................................2361 Child size dummies.................................2437, 2439, 2444 Female size test dummy.........................................2438 Hybrid III...................................2361, 2367, 2434, 2444 Tires: Defective or noncompliant......................................2442 Disposition of replaced tires..................................2393 Pressure monitoring system.....................................2397 Safety information.............................................2396 Traffic control................................2285, 2287, 2293, 2294 Trailers: Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2383 Rear impact guards.............................................2457 Transporting Head Start participants.............................1115 Wheelchair lifts.................................................2407 Motor vehicles: See also Buses Fuel economy Motor carriers Motor vehicle safety Accelerator control systems......................................2376 Alternatively fueled vehicles..............................2401, 3332 American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2351 Brake fluids: Clarity test...................................................2435 Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2535 Certification requirements of multistage vehicles................2449 Commercial: Cargo securement...............................................2318 Dedicated Short Range Communications...........................2277 Community transportation vehicles................................2370 Controls and displays............................................2387 Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2412 Defects..........................................................2412 Domestic origin of parts.........................................2351 Fuel economy credits.............................................2401 High-theft lines.................................................2440 Hybrid electric vehicles: Idle stop technology...........................................2403 Importer fees....................................................2467 Imports....................................................2468, 3350 Civil penalties for safety-related defects.....................2470 Inconsequential defects..........................................2374 Insurer reporting requirements...................................2386 Light trucks.....................................................3244 Fuel economy standards.........................................2471 Head restraints................................................2359 Location and monitoring systems..................................4240 Low-speed vehicles.........................................2380, 2464 Mileage reimbursement rate for official travel...................3693 Modifications for individuals with disabilities..................2459 National Driver Register.........................................2445 National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1699 Noncompliance exemption..........................................2374 Nonconforming vehicles eligible for importation..................2469 Odometer fraud...................................................2350 Open alcohol containers..........................................2460 Parts marking requirement........................................2404 Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2431 Regulation compliance and enforcement............................2375 Salvage regulations..............................................1833 Snowmobiles................................................1513, 1514 Special purpose vehicles.........................................2378 State issued identification documents............................2418 Theft data.......................................................2385 Vehicle Identification Numbers...................................2464 Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2451 Window glazing: Light transmission standards...................................2358 Motorcycles: See Motor vehicles Munitions: See Arms and munitions Musculoskeletal disorders: Ergonomic protection standards.............................1994, 3945 Music: Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2694 Mutual funds: Fee disclosure...................................................4482 N Narcotics: See Drug traffic control National banks: Activities and operations........................................2692 Assessment of fees...............................................2680 Capital regulations..............................................2678 Commercial mortgage-backed securities: Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2685 Credit card banks................................................2677 Determining nature of financial activities.......................2582 Fiduciary activities.............................................2673 Financial subsidiaries.....................................2578, 2579 Long-term issuer credit rating...................................2583 Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2686 Non-interest charges and fees....................................2682 Personal property leasing........................................2682 Real estate brokerage determination..............................2576 Safety and soundness standards...................................4271 School financial literacy programs...............................2682 Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2684 Underwriting municipal bonds.....................................2682 Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2669 National cemeteries: See Cemeteries National defense: See also Armed forces Arms and munitions Civil defense Classified information Technical surveillance countermeasures............................656 National defense contracts: See Government contracts Government procurement National forests: Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 255 Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2260 Hydroelectric uses................................................243 Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project..............262 Small business land use...........................................246 Special use authorizations........................................258 Timber sales: Export and substitution restrictions............................252 Transportation system.............................................261 Use of fixed anchors in wilderness areas..........................253 Visitor services..................................................259 National guard: See Armed forces reserves National parks: Aircraft overflights.......................................2147, 2227 Appalachian National Scenic Trail................................1507 Big Cypress National Preserve: Frogging.......................................................1515 Canyonlands National Park: Road closure...................................................1504 Ceremonial use of resources by American Indians..................1518 Commercial use permits...........................................1503 Conservation.....................................................1501 Delaware Water Gap NRA Bicycle Trail.............................1516 Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2257 Grand Canyon National Park: Postponement of special flight rules...........................2203 Grand Staircase-Excalante National Monument: Public demonstrations..........................................1613 [[Page 26764]] Grand Teton National Park: Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1514 Historic preservation programs for tribal lands..................1500 Information collection activities................................1517 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway: Snowmobiles and snowplanes.....................................1514 Leasing regulations..............................................1509 National Capital Region Parks: Photo radar speed enforcement..................................1510 Presidio: Environmental quality..........................................3874 Management...............................................3872, 3873 Release of information about resources...........................1499 Resident zone communities........................................1502 Resource protection........................................1494, 1495 Rights-of-way....................................................1505 Snowmobile use.......................................1507, 1513, 1514 Solid waste sites................................................1497 Vehicles and traffic safety......................................1496 Visitor use......................................................1494 Voyageurs National Park: Aircraft operations............................................1506 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.................................1502 Wupatki National Monument: Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1512 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........4286 Motor vehicle fuel................................................754 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..................3738 Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1392 Damage assessments..........................................487, 1231 Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project..............262 Wetlands.........................................................1133 Conservation programs............................................54 Minimal effects exemptions......................................302 Naturalization: See Citizenship and naturalization Naval stores: See Forests and forest products Navigable waters: See Waterways Navigation (air): Airspace system.................................485, 2171, 2175, 2185 Instrument flight rules..........................................2172 Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2170 Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2177 Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2174 Transponder requirement..........................................2181 Navigation (water): Alternative source to incandescent light.........................2089 Electronic charting and navigation system for public vessels.....2125 Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............2075 Inland waterways.................................................2141 Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2521 Prince William Sound.............................................2105 Puget Sound......................................................2105 Regulated navigation areas.......................................2108 St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls..............................2516 News media: See also Radio Television Newspapers: Radio cross-ownership..........................................4207 Noise control: Airports.........................................................2233 Construction...............................................2279, 2288 Highway traffic............................................2279, 2288 Overflights of national parks..............................2147, 2227 Nondiscrimination: See Civil rights Nonprofit organizations: DOT grants.......................................................2055 Grants administration......................326, 660, 1136, 3186, 3648 Rights to inventions.........................................640, 641 Nuclear energy: See also Nuclear materials Nuclear power plants and reactors NRC document control and distribution............................4407 Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................795 Termination of agreement with State of Louisiana.................4433 Nuclear materials: Control and accounting requirements..............................4403 DFARS modification................................................691 DOE security activities...........................................779 Emergency response worker training................................793 Export controls........................................366, 373, 4430 Fee schedules....................................................4405 Import controls..................................................4430 Industrial devices containing byproducts.........................4424 Licensing........................................................4422 Nuclear fuel.....................................................4413 Packaging and transportation safety standards....................4404 Spent fuel..................................................788, 4427 Fuel Solutions cask system...............................4431, 4438 HI-STAR 100 cask system........................................4435 NAC-UMS cask...................................................4432 Shipment information protection requirements...................4417 TN-32 cask system..............................................4434 VSC-24 cask system.............................................4437 Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific licensees....................................................4402 Nuclear power plants and reactors: Codes and standards..............................................4399 Decommissioning: Integrated rulemaking..........................................4419 Trust agreements...............................................4397 Design certification: Changes to licensing procedures................................4392 Fire protection..................................................4395 Licensing........................................................4407 NRC regulation amendments: Adjudicatory process changes...................................4396 Inservice inspection and inservice testing update requirement 4410 [[Page 26765]] Partial site releases..........................................4398 Quality assurance program changes..............................4428 Relocation of Public Document Room.............................4429 Nuclear occurrence...............................................4421 Personnel: Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4400, 4406 Human reliability program.......................................780 Nondiscrimination........................................4420, 4436 Simulator use in operator licensing and conforming changes.....4411 Physical protection regulations..................................4401 Physical security requirements for exercising licensees' capability to respond to simulated design basis threat.......4412 Potassium iodide use after a nuclear accident....................4425 Radiation safety: Discrete radioactive particles protection......................4393 Personnel dosimeters...........................................4426 Radiological sabotage............................................4401 Reporting requirements...........................................4423 Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4418 Safety regulations...........................................792, 796 Spent fuel storage: Fuel Solutions cask system...............................4431, 4438 Geological and seismological characteristics...................4416 HI-STAR 100 cask system........................................4435 NAC-UMS cask.............................................4427, 4432 TN-32 cask system..............................................4434 VSC-24 cask system.............................................4437 Three Mile Island................................................4421 Waste disposal.............................................4394, 4415 Nuclear safety: See Radiation protection Nursing homes: See also Health facilities Medicaid upper payment limit.....................................1093 Medicare and Medicaid benefits...................................1055 Mentally ill or retarded residents...............................1063 Veterans.........................................................3037 Nursing schools: See Medical and dental schools Nutrition: See also Food assistance programs Foods Education and training program: Plain language rewrite..........................................191 Food labeling................................................211, 899 Medical food labeling.............................................900 O Occupational safety and health: See also Mine safety and health Workers' compensation Air quality................................................1956, 1975 Beryllium exposure...............................................1962 Cargo handling...................................................1971 Chemicals........................................................1948 Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3462 Child labor regulations..........................................1856 Commercial diving operations.....................................1990 Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................2296 Construction industry............................................1954 Hearing loss prevention........................................1952 Sanitation standards for workers...............................1951 Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.........................1987 Consultation agreements..........................................1995 Cotton dust......................................................1997 Crystalline silica exposure......................................1961 Electric power...................................................1960 Electrical standards.............................................1988 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......1859 Ergonomic standards..............................................1994 Ethylene oxide...................................................1947 Exit routes......................................................1969 Fall protection......................................1968, 1979, 1992 Flammable and combustible liquids................................1958 Glycol ethers....................................................1967 Grain handling facilities........................................1949 Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................1982 Hazardous waste handling.........................................1974 Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1953 Metalworking fluids..............................................1957 Mine rescue teams................................................1920 Needlestick and sharps injuries..................................1996 New Jersey Public Employee Only State plan.......................1998 Oil and gas well drilling and servicing industry.................1985 Perchloroethylene exposure.......................................1950 Personal protective equipment....................................1983 Plain language revision of existing standards..............1964, 1969 Power tool standards.............................................1959 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1984, 1993 Respiration protection...........................................1966 Safety and health management program.............................1976 Scaffolds........................................................1972 Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................1989 Shipyard standards.............................1955, 1972, 1973, 1978 Spray applications...............................................1964 Standards improvement............................................1963 State plan changes...............................................1965 Steel erection activities........................................1992 Traffic control devices..........................................1970 Tuberculosis exposure............................................1977 Walking working surfaces.........................................1968 Woodworking machinery............................................1986 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: Document update..................................................1584 Drilling operations..............................................1572 Leasing....................................................1610, 1625 Leasing and operations regulations.......................1609, 1610 Operations within national parks...............................1495 OSHA standards...................................................1985 Outer Continental Shelf....................................2132, 2140 Affected states................................................1579 Decommissioning activities.....................................1575 Leasing-bidding systems........................................1585 Safety measures................................................1583 Surety bonds...................................................1576 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............1563, 1569, 1582 Royalty relief.......................................1565, 1568, 1578 Royalty reporting standards..........................1564, 1565, 1574 Safety zones.....................................................2140 Small refiner administrative fees................................1577 Well category determinations.....................................4284 Oil and gas reserves: Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1610 Export controls...................................................371 Oil pollution: Discharge-removal equipment......................................2103 National Contingency Plan........................................3566 Natural resource damage assessment................................487 Oil spill response.......................2092, 2109, 2128, 2129, 2549 Prevention.................................................2114, 3543 Tank vessels...............................................2096, 2105 Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance: Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings test exempt amounts..........................................3971 [[Page 26766]] Disability determinations: Residual functional capacity...................................3947 Fees for representation of claimants.............................3921 Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3922 Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal cases........................................................3966 Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3922 Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................3945 Replacing social security number cards...........................3946 Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3949 Video teleconference technology..................................3948 Organization and functions: Advisory committees..............................................3675 Consolidated Farm Service Agency...................................30 Farm Credit Administration...........................4095, 4098, 4100 Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3675 FEMA.............................................................3646 FSIS..............................................................237 HUD..............................................................1139 Peace Corps......................................................3858 RRB..............................................................3876 USDA..............................................................223 Outer continental shelf: See Continental shelf Over-the-counter drugs: Adverse experience reporting......................................838 Ephedrine drug products..........................................1687 Safety......................................................834, 4081 Overseas private investment: See United States investments abroad Overtime pay: See Wages P Packaging and containers: See also Labeling Child-resistant............................................4081, 4082 Country of origin marking........................................2731 Drug repackaging approval requirements............................851 Overwrap for inhalation products packaged in low density polyethylene containers.......................................863 Printing materials control guidelines............................3389 Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4345 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...................2065, 3192 Discharge of effluents in Alaskan waters.........................2097 Emergency response plans.........................................2133 Financial responsibility requirements............................4304 Inspection of alien crew members...........................1717, 1749 Safety...........................................................2115 Passports and visas: Authority to issue...............................................2006 B visas....................................................1705, 2003 Diversity visas..................................................2017 F-1 foreign students.......................................1743, 1813 Nonimmigrant visas: Alien witnesses and informants.................................2005 Exemptions.....................................................1770 K classification...............................................1803 V classification...............................................1801 Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1832 Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2008 Refusals of individual visas.....................................2018 Removal of Burma from Guam Visa Waiver Program...................1794 Transit without visa.......................................1806, 2002 Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1802 Visa waiver pilot program: Countries eligible.......................................1747, 2004 Visa Waiver Program..............................................2012 Patents: See Inventions and patents Pay: See Wages Peanuts: Aflatoxin..........................................................64 Poundage quota and price support...........................42, 53, 65 Peer Review Organizations (PROs): Beneficiary complaints...........................................1062 Medicare regulations changes...............................1045, 1051 Penalties: See also Seizures and forfeitures Air pollution control............................................3386 Civil..........................................1903, 2221, 2589, 3636 Commercial space transportation................................2249 DOC.............................................................312 ERISA....................................................1887, 1888 FAA............................................................2209 FDIC...........................................................4275 Imported cars with safety-related defects......................2470 Inflation adjustment..............312, 1131, 1903, 2221, 3032, 3636 Lead-based paint disclosure....................................1125 Medicaid managed care organizations.................820, 1903, 2221 Medicare.......................................................1012 Medicare and Medigap............................................816 Medicare+Choice Organizations.......................820, 1903, 2221 NHTSA..........................................................2402 Nursing homes............................................1903, 2221 OFHEO..........................................................3749 SEC............................................................4520 Criminal.........................................................2443 Food Stamp Program................................................197 Immigration......................................................1693 Inflation adjustment.............................................1858 Labor Department...........................................1858, 1898 Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................793 Pensions: See also Railroad retirement Social security Adequate consideration definition................................1902 Cash balance plans with variable indices.........................3871 Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2778, 2781 Civil penalties for breach of fiduciary duties...................1903 Employer liability...............................................3867 ERISA: Bonding rules..................................................1885 Cessation of operations........................................3869 Civil penalties..........................................1887, 1888 Enforcement of regulations.....................................1886 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act............1907 Filing and issuance rules........................................3862 GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2929 Medication copayments............................................3171 Normal retirement age............................................2824 PBGC premium self-audit..........................................3870 Penalties assessment and relief..................................3864 Premium payments.................................................3866 Reporting and notification requirements..........................3868 Required distributions from plans..........................2954, 2955 Single-employer plans: Premium payments...............................................3868 Valuation......................................................3863 SSA wage reports.................................................3940 Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................3865 Valuation of plan benefits.......................................3863 Pesticides and pests: See also Plant diseases and pests [[Page 26767]] Active ingredient production.....................................3315 Antimicrobial pesticides.............................3440, 3445, 3449 Canceled or suspended......................................3447, 3450 Data requirements..........................................3438, 3441 Disposal and storage guidelines......................3442, 3447, 3450 Emergency exemption regulations..................................3446 Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3448 Environmental fate and ecological effects........................3441 Granular fertilizer-pesticide combination products...............3451 Groundwater protection...........................................3443 Importation of non-indigenous organisms............................87 National Laboratory Accreditation Program...........................9 Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3475 Registration review program......................................3439 Residue in agricultural products: Emergency exemptions...........................................3449 Scientific research..............................................3225 Storage and disposal.................................3442, 3447, 3450 Tolerance fees...................................................3474 Transgenic plants................................................3437 Worker protection standards......................................3444 Petroleum: See also Fuel additives Oil and gas exploration Oil and gas reserves Oil pollution Pipelines Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners................3404 DOD contracting...................................................664 Oil valuation....................................................1571 Onshore oil pipelines............................................2549 Refineries.......................................................3324 Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3509 Safety zones.....................................................2140 Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3531 Physically handicapped: See Individuals with disabilities Physicians: See Health professions Pilots: See Airmen Pipeline safety: Aluminum cylinders...............................................2520 Corrosion control................................................2553 Drug and alcohol testing for facility employees..................2543 Emergency flow restricting devices...............................2566 Enforcement procedures...........................................2552 Environmentally-sensitive and high-density population areas.....2564, 2568 Gas gathering lines........................................2519, 2567 Hazardous liquids..............................2526, 2540, 2544, 2567 Incident reporting...............................................1567 Increased inspection requirements................................2565 Inspection devices...............................................2548 Integrity management in high consequence areas.............2542, 2568 Maps and records of location.....................................2517 Modifications and repair.........................................1583 Permanent underwater inspections.................................2521 Pressure testing.................................................2530 Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................2537 Regulatory review................................................2525 Updates to safety requirements...................................2554 Pipelines: See also Natural gas Pipeline safety Oil pipelines..............................................4282, 4289 Onshore oil pipelines............................................2549 Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2563 Plant diseases and pests: Accreditation of private seed laboratories.........................97 Plants: See also Plant diseases and pests Seeds Endangered and threatened..........1320, 1321, 1332, 1335, 1384, 1449 Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1246 Noxious weeds: Categories and priorities.......................................112 Restrictions on interstate movement.............................113 Plastics materials and synthetics: Air pollution control regulations................................3260 Poison prevention: See also Lead poisoning Child-resistant packaging........................................4082 Political activities (Government employees): Honoraria donated to charities...................................3760 Pollution: See Environmental protection Population census: See Census data Ports: See Harbors Poultry and poultry products: Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........181 Classes of........................................................217 Commodity recordkeeping requirements..............................194 Consumer protection...............................................213 Disposition and disposal requirements.............................229 Expressed nutrient content claims.................................225 HACCP regulations for rendered products...........................911 Imported..........................................................231 Labeling of natural or regenerated collagen sausage casings.......224 Nutrition labeling................................................211 On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................234 Sanitary standard for equipment used to slaughter, process, and package........................................................19 Substitution of commercial poultry for commodity chicken..........194 Transportation and storage........................................226 Poultry inspection: Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................228 Color additives...................................................221 Contaminated......................................................230 Fees..............................................................239 Food additives....................................................221 HACCP programs...............................................206, 212 Ingesta on finished products......................................215 Labeling..........................................................236 Performance standards: Processing procedures.................................160, 227, 236 Ready-to-eat products...........................................207 Ratites...........................................................218 Regulation terminology............................................235 Squabs............................................................218 Total quality control systems.....................................233 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..................................................843, 879 Resistance labeling.............................................889 Central fill pharmacies..........................................1679 Direct-to-consumer promotion......................................904 Electronic transactions: Elimination of NDC coding standards............................1042 Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1680 Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1681 Retail pharmacies..............................................1026 Facsimile transmission of prescriptions for patients enrolled in hospice care..............................................1692 [[Page 26768]] Fixed-combination dosage form.....................................850 Generic drug exclusivity for abbreviated new drug applications 890 Labeling................................................847, 872, 880 Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians...............3111, 3113 Presidential elections: See Elections Presidential records: See Archives and records Price controls: FCC..............................................................4102 Price support programs: Dairy products.....................................................81 Peanuts....................................................42, 53, 65 Tobacco....................................36, 43, 50, 51, 52, 68, 69 Prisoners: Administrative remedy program..............................1631, 1646 Aliens' release to immigration authorities.......................1658 Classification and program review..........................1629, 1654 Correspondence...................................................1657 Drug abuse treatment.............................................1662 Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1653 Early release considerations.....................................1662 Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1660 Good conduct time................................................1645 Intensive confinement center programs............................1662 Legal activities.................................................1638 Literacy program...........................................1633, 1641 Military prisoners...............................................1650 Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1644 OASDI benefits...................................................3966 Occupational educational programs................................1655 Over-the-counter medications.....................................1649 Psychiatric treatment and medication.............................1650 Religious beliefs and practices..................................1659 Suicide prevention program.......................................1661 Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1642 Visitors...................................................1632, 1647 Volunteer community service projects.............................1636 Prisons: Commissary account deposit procedures............................1652 Commissary privileges............................................1643 Denial of visiting...............................................1632 Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1635 Employment priority for displaced employees......................3834 Incoming publications............................................1638 Infectious disease management..............................1634, 1639 Intensive confinement centers....................................1637 Postsecondary education programs.................................1640 Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1648 Telephone privileges.............................................1643 Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants Program environmental impact review...................1847 Privacy: See also Confidential business information Commodity Futures Trading Commission.............................4041 Consumer financial information.................2689, 4274, 4342, 4348 Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........1879 Food Stamp Program................................................164 Health information................................................823 Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution............3694, 3696 Nonpublic personal information...................................3028 Peer Review Organizations (PROs).................................1062 Privacy Act: Aviation parts.................................................2061 Commercial motor carriers......................................2061 Corporation for National Service...............................3198 Crop insurance..................................................137 DOC amendments..................................................327 DOE records.....................................................785 DOJ implementation.......................................1630, 1722 Exempt systems of records......................................2674 FHFB regulation................................................4298 GSA policy and procedures......................................3687 INS regulations................................................1722 Inspector General investigative files..........................3734 NARA procedures................................................3710 OGE procedures.................................................3751 Peace Corps regulations........................................3857 School breakfast and lunch programs...............................173 Social security records and information..........................3979 Procurement: See Government procurement Property brokers: Registration requirements........................................2341 Prosthetic devices: See Medical devices Public assistance programs: See also Child welfare Food assistance programs Medicaid Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Aliens...........................................................1762 Disaster assistance..............................................3657 Eligibility of immigrants........................................1754 Financial Assistance and Social Services program.................1560 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 197, 198, 199, 1877 Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1878 Public buildings: See Federal buildings and facilities Public health: See also Meat inspection Waste treatment and disposal Air pollution effects............................................3460 Blood and blood products..........................................921 Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3227 Grant regulations.................................................933 NIH center grants.................................................942 NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds................................943 NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparties Research......................................................944 NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................945 NIH training grants...............................................946 Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3382 Safeguarding food during transport...............................2561 Water contamination..................................3448, 3617, 3620 Public housing: See also Low and moderate income housing Rent subsidies Capital Fund Program.............................................1205 Consolidated Plans: Treatment of troubled PHAs.....................................1137 Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based assistance.....1211 Conversion to vouchers...........................................1212 Demolition and disposition.......................................1218 Designated housing regulations...................................1226 Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1167 Excess rental charges............................................1158 Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1128 Homeownership programs...........................................1210 HOPE VI Program..................................................1216 Housing Choice Voucher program: Payment standards protection...................................1219 Joint venture and consortia formation............................1225 Mixed-finance public housing development.........................1207 Operating Fund allocation formula................................1215 Public Housing Agency Plan.......................................1224 Purchasing preference for responsible firearms companies.........1228 [[Page 26769]] Relocation requirements..........................................1206 Resident Opportunities and Supportive Services.............1208, 1227 Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal activity.....................................................1127 Section 8 homeownership program: Disabled families assistance...................................1213 Section 8 Management Assessment Program: Lease-up indicator.............................................1220 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families...........................1121 Total Development Cost...........................................1217 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...........................................................1486 Color of title and omitted lands: Regulatory simplification......................................1602 Desert land entries..............................................1596 Hazardous substances compliance..................................1622 Indian allotments................................................1608 Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1508 Leases...........................................................1594 Payments to State and local governments..........................1627 Permit and easements.............................................1594 Policy and management......................................1594, 1595 Recreational use permits.........................................1611 Subsistence management.....................................1361, 1486 Wilderness area management.......................................1624 Public lands-classification: Regulations removal and updating.................................1599 Public lands-grants: Carey Act grants.................................................1600 Public lands-mineral resources: Coalbed methane development......................................1615 Disposal of mineral materials....................................1612 Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1597 Leasing..........................................................1581 Mining operations................................................1626 Oil and gas leasing..............................................1625 Performance standards..........................................1609 Valuation of oil...............................................1571 User fees........................................................1606 Public lands-rights-of-way: Administrative process and standards.............................1237 Regulations removal..............................................1607 Public lands-sales: Segregation and opening of lands.................................1616 Public lands-withdrawal: Streamlining of operations.......................................1598 Public utilities: See Electric utilities Natural gas Utilities Water supply Publications: See Government publications R Radiation protection: See also Radioactive materials Contractors and subcontractors....................................792 Discrete radioactive particles protection........................4393 Dose methodology.................................................3254 Drinking water...................................................3434 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........827 Medical byproduct use............................................4408 Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program fees.........3642 Personnel dosimeters.............................................4426 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1834 Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3382 Yucca Mountain, NV.........................................3326, 4409 Radio: See also Communications Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz........................4161 Broadcast ownership..............................................4222 Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4169 Commercial mobile services.......................................4241 Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4231 Competitive bidding process......................................4239 Conducted emission limits........................................4176 Digital audio broadcasting system................................4210 Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4187 FM radio.........................................................4208 Low power......................................................4224 Government transfer band.........................................4167 Interconnection obligations of CMRS..............................4230 Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4245 Maritime communications..........................................4247 Maritime mobile services.........................................4195 Market definitions...............................................4217 Millimeter wave technology.......................................4158 Multiple access systems..........................................4238 Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4207 Public safety communications requirements........................4237 Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4168 Railroad standards and procedures................................2473 Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................4179 Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4227 Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4188 Software defined radios..........................................4156 Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2177 Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4229 Spread spectrum systems..........................................4172 Station ownership................................................4219 Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................4246 Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4249 Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4249 Ultra-wideband transmission......................................4177 Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4165 Wireless information networks....................................4160 Radioactive materials: See also Nuclear materials Radiation protection Diseases specific to exposed veterans............................3088 Medical use.......................................................840 Packaging and transportation.....................................4404 Radioactive waste: See Hazardous waste Railroad employees: See also Railroad unemployment insurance Railroad retirement Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2492 Foreign-based train crews......................................2478 English language proficiency.....................................2479 Safety regulations...............................................2495 Railroad retirement: Annuity: Application for a divorced spouse benefit......................3879 Deductions by reason of work...................................3882 Spouse annuity application.....................................3877 Creditability of pay.............................................3885 Disability determination...................................3875, 3884 Freedom of Information...........................................3880 [[Page 26770]] RRB general administration.......................................3876 Trial work period, redefined.....................................3884 Use of RRB seal..................................................3881 Waiver of interest, penalties, and administrative costs in collection of certain debts..................................3878 Railroad safety: Brakes...........................................................2501 Bridge worker safety standards...................................2489 Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-up operations...................................................2488 Crane safety standards...........................................2497 Enforcement procedures...........................................2476 Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2475 Fixed guideway systems...........................................2505 Freight cars...............................................2494, 2501 Grade crossing and signal systems..............2263, 2282, 2317, 2484 Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2499 Locomotives: Cab temperature requirements...................................2480 Cab working conditions.........................................2483 Crashworthiness................................................2474 Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/ incidents....................................................2491 Pilot programs: One-person crews...............................................2496 Radio communications and train control...........................2473 Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2472 Rules of practice................................................2477 Safety integration plans.........................................2488 Signal systems.............................................2485, 2486 Track maintenance................................................2490 Track standards: Gage restraint measurement systems.............................2502 Utility employee protection......................................2495 Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2482 Railroad unemployment insurance: Finality of decisions............................................3886 Repayment tax....................................................2920 Sickness benefits................................................3887 Voluntary quit...................................................3883 Railroads: See also Railroad employees Railroad retirement Railroad safety Railroad unemployment insurance Assistance to States.............................................2481 Consolidated reporting...........................................4524 Consolidation procedures.........................................4521 Hazardous materials transportation.........................2528, 2545 Locational requirement for dispatching U.S. operations...........2493 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Service: Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System........................2503 Railroad highway projects..................................2263, 2270 Small businesses or entities.....................................2487 STB authority....................................................4522 Tourist and historic railroads: Regulatory review..............................................2500 Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2561 Waste disposal on AMTRAK.........................................2498 Waybill Sample reporting requirements............................4523 Rates and fares: See Air rates and fares Communications common carriers Maritime carriers Motor carriers Natural gas Railroads Real property acquisition: FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................2264 GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3680 HUBZone program..................................................3681 Reclamation: See also Mines Surface mining Backfilling and grading..........................................1588 Indian lands.....................................................1524 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.........................1665 Presidio: Environmental Quality..........................................3874 Management...............................................3872, 3873 Reporting boat accidents.........................................2121 Recreational fishing: See Fishing Recycling: Cathode ray tubes................................................3506 DEAR amendment....................................................802 Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3501 Refrigerant................................................3351, 3352 Refugees: See also Aliens Admission procedures.......................................1714, 1775 Admissions based on resistance to coercive population control measures.....................................................1788 Guaranty of transportation.......................................1775 Sponsorship agreement............................................1775 Relocation assistance: Allowances.......................................................3677 Cost ceiling.....................................................3997 FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................2264 Renal diseases: See Kidney diseases Rent subsidies: HOPWA Assistance options and technical changes...................1195 Repatriation: See Citizenship and naturalization Reporting and recordkeeping requirements: Access to documents by former DOJ employees......................1841 Adverse experience reporting......................................839 Air carriers.........................................2067, 2180, 2235 Annual report for Federal contractors............................1999 ARMIS reporting requirements...................4136, 4142, 4147, 4148 Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2411 Aviation parts...................................................2061 Bank Secrecy Act implementation................2585, 2586, 2590, 2591 Blood and blood products..........................................921 Carbamates.......................................................3544 Casinos..........................................................2587 Chemical inventory reporting...............................3458, 3490 Commercial motor carriers........................................2061 Commodity pool operators.........................................4059 Commodity poultry labels..........................................194 Consolidated railroad reporting..................................4524 CRA related agreements...........................................2690 Credit unions..............................................4361, 4375 DEA........................................................1682, 1683 Defined contribution plans.......................................1905 Deposit brokers..................................................4276 Direct transactions of U.S. reporter with foreign affiliate.......314 DOI............................................1563, 1565, 1569, 1582 DOL..............................................................1852 [[Page 26771]] Drinking water contaminant occurrence............................3613 Electronic records management: FERC.....................................................4279, 4281 Investment companies and advisers..............................4463 Electronic signatures............................................2239 EPA..............................................................3220 Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule........3214 Electronic reporting...........................................3217 Emissions reporting requirements...............................3331 Exempt Privacy Act systems of records............................2674 Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................877 Exports.................................................338, 357, 875 FAA..............................................................2149 FCC........................................................4142, 4204 FDA..........................................................838, 924 FERC.................................................4277, 4279, 4283 Financial services transactions survey............................315 Fisheries....................................................443, 544 Fishing...........................................................540 Food Stamp Program................................................172 Foreign investment................................................317 Foreign trade.....................................................316 GSA's role in records management.................................3674 Hazardous materials..................................2529, 3473, 3547 Honoraria donated to charities...................................3760 Human cellular and tissue-based products.....................842, 924 Importation and entry bond conditions............................2712 Infant formula testing............................................898 Information collection requests..................................3504 INS: Duplication and electronic generation of forms.................1827 Material availability requirements.............................1722 Investment advisers........................................4453, 4471 Investment companies.............................................4458 Mortgage broker fees.............................................1183 Motor carriers.............................................2336, 2340 Motor vehicle safety.............................................2395 Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1895 NARA: Electronic records transfer options............................3713 Electronic text documents......................................3708 Freedom of information.........................................3717 Plain language revisions.......................................3709 Privacy Act....................................................3710 Records disposition............................................3712 Storage standards..............................................3722 National Practitioner Data Bank.............................931, 3038 NOAA..............................................................474 Nuclear material.................................................4403 Nuclear power plants.............................................4423 Occupational injuries and illnesses..............................1993 Occupational safety and health...................................1984 Outcome and Assessment Information Set data.................983, 1100 Paperwork reduction........................................2646, 3762 Peace Corps................................................3856, 3857 Pension plans....................................................3868 Personnel records................................................3839 Pesticides.................................................3225, 3450 Pipeline accidents...............................................2544 Rail equipment accidents/incidents...............................2491 Railroad employees.........................................2486, 2499 RCRA.............................................................3504 Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................3718 Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2121 Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 3827 Royalty management...............................................1574 Securities: Broker-dealers.........................2675, 4258, 4470, 4488, 4499 EDGAR system.............................................4444, 4466 Electronic recordkeeping.......................................4475 Foreign issuers................................................4444 Large trader reporting system............................4440, 4508 Life insurance contracts.......................................4474 Public Utility Holding Companies...............................4468 Transfer agent services..................................4500, 4507 SSA: Production of records in legal proceedings.....................3987 Sugar..............................................................61 Tax determination on large cigars................................2627 Telecommunications operations support systems....................4137 Tobacco exports..................................................2657 Toxic chemical test rules........................................3471 Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities.........................2563 Uranium mill sites................................................794 USDA..............................................................304 Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............857 VA...............................................................3128 Vessel documentation.............................................2084 Vessel numbering system..........................................2078 Voluntary consensus standards....................................3763 Waybill Sample...................................................4523 Research: See also Agricultural research Educational research Human research subjects Medical research Credit for increasing research activities........................2961 DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................668 EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3225 Marine mammals....................................................525 Marine resources..................................................570 Misconduct..............................................787, 860, 953 NIH center grants.................................................942 NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds................................943 NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparties Research......................................................944 NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................945 North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.............................388 Reserve forces: See Armed forces reserves Respiratory and pulmonary diseases: See Lung diseases Retirement: See also Pensions Railroad retirement Social security Age for pension plans............................................2824 Age for Social Security benefits.................................3981 Bonding rules under ERISA........................................1885 Defined contribution plans.......................................2902 District of Columbia employees...................................3823 FEHB coverage....................................................3794 Firefighters.....................................................3824 Government employees...........................3789, 3792, 3793, 3820 Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3826 Law enforcement officers.........................................3824 Notice to interested parties.....................................2953 Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3827 Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees......3815 Required distributions from plans..........................2954, 2955 TRICARE retiree dental program....................................731 Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................667 Rights-of-way: See also Public lands-rights-of-way Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3193 Regulation revision..............................................1505 Rivers: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program......................32 National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1628 [[Page 26772]] Tennessee River System...........................................3989 Roads: See Highways and roads Rockets: See Aircraft Rodenticides: See Pesticides and pests Rotorcraft: See Aircraft Royalties: See Mineral royalties Rubber and rubber products: See Tires Rural areas: Business and industrial loan programs........................273, 276 Business enterprise grants........................................275 Economic development loans and grants.............................132 Electric borrowers................................................291 Electric loans....................................................297 Empowerment zones.................................................266 Enterprise communities............................................266 Housing: Loans, grants, and programs...........................126, 129, 130 Pipeline safety standards........................................2567 Regulation streamlining...........................................126 Rural development loan payment and collection.....................135 Rural Utilities Service: Approval of architectural plans and specifications for buildings...................................................298 Audits of borrowers.............................................289 Buy American requirement...................................288, 293 Demand side management..........................................282 Mergers and consolidations of borrowers.........................280 Settlement of debt authority....................................287 Telecommunications program.................................281, 283 Seismic safety requirements for new building construction.........296 Small farmer outreach training.....................................57 Technical assistance grants and programs......................57, 127 Telecommunications system construction policies..............278, 292 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..............................2146 Automatic residential garage door operators......................4087 Baby bath seats..................................................4076 Bicycle handlebar performance standard...........................4077 Bleachers and grandstands........................................4086 Market withdrawal of drugs........................................916 Model rocket propellant devices..................................4078 Non-wood baseball bats...........................................4074 Outer continental shelf platforms................................2132 Over-the-counter drugs............................................834 Portable bed rails...............................................4075 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......................4161 Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4114 Dedicated short range communications of intelligent transportation systems.....................................4162 Digital audio radio service....................................4187 Direct broadcast service.......................................4194 Earth stations.....................................4182, 4186, 4202 Fixed satellite service in the Ka-band.........................4191 Fixed satellite service in the ku-band.........................4170 Fixed-satellite services.......................................4202 Global mobile personal communications..........................4197 Maritime mobile services.......................................4195 MSS spectrum allocation............................4159, 4185, 4193 Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of the V-band.................................................4192 Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band..............................4173 Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and separate international satellite systems...................4196 Sharing of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..................................4191 Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4188 Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4184 Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................4112, 4113, 4114 Savings associations: Application processing...........................................3024 Capital standards................................................3013 Removal of liquidity requirement.................................3023 Safety and soundness standards...................................4271 Savings bonds: See Bonds Scholarships and fellowships: National Institutes of Health.....................................939 School breakfast and lunch programs: Commodity poultry recordkeeping...................................194 Eligibility.......................................................175 Release of eligibility information................................173 School integration: See Equal educational opportunity Schools: See also Colleges and universities Educational facilities Asbestos.........................................................3485 Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3479 Financial literacy programs......................................2682 Indian School Equalization Program...............................1521 Science and technology: De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................365 Deemed export rule................................................364 DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and institutions..................................................651 Laboratory service fees............................................21 Nondiscrimination................................................3739 Private sector industrial technology partnerships.................644 Rights to inventions..............................................641 Technology exports................................................374 Seafood: See also Fish Fisheries Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........181 Transportation and storage........................................226 Seals: See Marine mammals Seamen: Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2112 Seaplanes: See Aircraft Secondary education: See Elementary and secondary education Securities: See also Bonds Affiliate transactions...........................................4461 [[Page 26773]] Auditor independence.............................................4519 Blank check companies............................................4446 Borrowing transactions...........................................4266 Broker-dealers.......................................4486, 4489, 4499 Automated submission of trading data...........................4501 Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 4043 Exemption from Commodity Exchange Act..........................4053 Foreign........................................................4489 Quotation requirements.........................................4505 Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2675 Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4506 Civil monetary penalties.........................................4520 Communications reform............................................4448 Company registration and regulation of capital formation...4449, 4451 Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................4454 Customer Protection Rule.........................................4487 Definition of terms..............................................4509 Depositories.....................................................4460 Direct participation program interests...........................4490 Disclosure requirements........................4440, 4442, 4458, 4517 EDGAR system...............................................4444, 4466 Electronic payment on Ginnie Mae guaranteed securities...........1198 Electronic recordkeeping.........................................4475 Electronic signatures......................................4477, 4485 Elimination of physical certificates from GNMA...................1197 Employee stock plans.............................................4442 Employer-provided stock option programs..........................1855 Equity securities................................................4493 Exempting boards of trade and designated contract markets from the Commodity Exchange Act...................................4054 Exemptions for the Republic of Portugal..........................4502 Federal home loan bank offerings.................................4294 Financial reporting........................................4446, 4516 Firm quotes......................................................4513 Foreign issuers..................................................4444 Foreign stock index contracts....................................4051 Form S-8.........................................................4449 Futures products: Authority to modify product listing standards..................4046 Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency...............4047 Dollar value of average daily trading volume...................4050 Dual registrants...............................................4049 Dual trading...................................................4055 Exemption from compliance with listing standards...............4045 Margin requirements............................................4044 Market capitalization..........................................4050 Offer and sell of products traded on foreign boards............4048 Ginnie Mae Modified Pass-Through Securities......................1196 Government Securities Act amendments.............................2580 Haircuts on......................................................4498 Holding companies........................3018, 4439, 4467, 4468, 4484 Income taxation..................................................2927 Insurance products...............................................4474 Integrated financial transactions................................2752 International transactions.......................................4494 Investment advisers........................................4453, 4455 Investment companies.................................4458, 4460, 4481 Mergers of affiliated companies................................4462 Role of independent directors..................................4479 Large trader reporting system....................................4508 Lock-up agreements...............................................4447 Management reports on internal controls..........................4516 Margin regulations review........................................4311 Mark-to-market accounting..................................2803, 2856 Mortgage-backed securities: Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2685 Multijurisidictional Disclosure System...........................4443 National bank subsidiary activities..............................4271 Net capital requirements.............................4495, 4497, 4504 Options disclosure document................................4450, 4514 Options reporting................................................4511 Order routing and execution practices............................4512 Penny stocks.....................................................4485 Preferred stock: Guidance project...............................................2986 Registration.....................................................4474 Regulation A offering circular...................................4445 Regulation T.....................................................4487 Reopenings.......................................................2990 Reorganization events............................................4503 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............4488, 4499, 4500 Annual reports and prospectuses..........................4488, 4499 Rule 11Ac1-1.....................................................4510 Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4487 Rule 17a-3 and 17a-4.............................................4499 Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4487 Safe harbor: Exceptions.....................................................2857 Section 8........................................................4487 Self-regulatory organizations....................................4491 Short sales......................................................4496 Stock association bylaws.........................................3029 Stock transfer rules.............................................3006 Streamlining.....................................................4441 Supplemental financial information...............................4518 Tender and reorganization agents.................................4503 Trade-through disclosure rules...................................4513 Transfer agent services....................................4500, 4507 Two-sided quotations.............................................4510 Security information: See Classified information Security measures: See also Classified information Classified acquisitions..........................................4007 Classified national security information..........................801 DOE contractors..............................................778, 783 DOE nuclear security activities...................................779 Effect of imported articles.......................................375 Federal mail.....................................................3670 Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................780 Technical surveillance countermeasures............................656 Terrorist activity: Airplanes......................................................2178 Airports.......................................................2179 Seeds: Loan program.......................................................78 Segregation in education: See Equal educational opportunity Seizures and forfeitures: Customs regulations..............................................2694 Selective Service System: Registration requirements........................................3777 Senior citizens: See Aged Serums: See Biologics Sewage disposal: Sewer collection systems.........................................3559 Sludge use and disposal....................................3574, 3605 Sex discrimination: Federally assisted programs........797, 3226, 3233, 3689, 3724, 3728, 3733, 4436 Sexual harassment: Fair Housing regulations.........................................1201 Sheep: Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........89 Interstate movement................................................98 Shipbuilding industry: Safety and health regulations..............................1955, 1978 [[Page 26774]] 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.....................................3903 Administrative wage garnishment..................................3908 Business Development Program: Benchmarking principles........................................3917 Rules of procedure.............................................3920 Technical amendments...........................................3898 DOD contracting..............................................664, 692 Government subcontracting........................................3995 Guaranteed loans servicing.......................................3895 HUBZone program..................................................3915 Lending company expansion and oversight..........................3896 Liquidation plans................................................3894 Loans: Microloan program..............................................3909 Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................3907 Multi-lender securitizations...................................3913 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................3906 Local economic development.......................................3890 National forest land use..........................................246 New Markets Venture Capital program..............................3899 Nondiscrimination................................................3911 Penalties........................................................2487 PRIME Act grants.................................................3910 Privacy regulations..............................................3892 Record disclosure................................................3892 Rights to inventions.........................................640, 641 Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program...........................275 SBA standards of conduct.........................................3891 SDB Program......................................................3900 Size standards: Compliance with programs of other agencies.....................3905 Electric services..............................................3897 Health care industries.........................................3912 Income computation.............................................3904 Inflation adjustment...........................................3901 Mapping Services...............................................3916 Subcontractors.................................................3902 Transportation of freight and cargo............................3914 Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3893 Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative provisions....................................................121 Small business investment companies: Cost of money..................................................3919 Income computation.............................................3904 Management-ownership diversity.................................3918 Small Disadvantaged Businesses: Participation in DOT programs............................2037, 2058 Rules of procedure.............................................3920 Trusts...........................................................2849 Smoke alarms: Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standards.............1168 Smoking: Workplace air quality............................................1975 Social security: See also Child welfare Medicaid Medicare Public assistance programs Unemployment compensation Administrative review............................................3953 Alien applicants.................................................1711 Assignment of numbers............................................3980 Cost-of-living increases.........................................3952 Coverage: Employees of State and local governments.......................3976 Employment coverage for residents of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam..........................3931 Cross-program overpayment recovery...............................3951 Debarment and suspension.........................................3968 Debt collection......................................3925, 3926, 3928 Disability determinations: Burden of proof................................................3939 Digestive system...............................................3933 Genito-urinary tract...........................................3984 Immune System..................................................3936 Medical equivalence policy.....................................3954 Multiple Body Systems..........................................3935 Neurological...................................................3938 Redesigned process.............................................3958 Skin...........................................................3934 Special senses.................................................3937 Disability insurance program demonstration project.........3941, 3982 Disability programs: Exclusion of representative and health care providers convicted of violations....................................3986 Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3968 Earnings records determinations..................................3963 Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3930 Facility of payment provision....................................3964 Filing claims against SSA........................................3985 Grants administration..........................3967, 3968, 3969, 3970 HHS regulation migration to SSA..........3967, 3968, 3969, 3970, 3975 Interest and penalties on debts..................................3927 Maximum family benefit...........................................3964 Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3959 Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................3923 Penalties for false or misleading statements.....................3955 Publications: Prohibitions against reproduction...............................814 Reduced benefits due to private insurance coverage...............3932 Replacing social security number cards...........................3946 Representative payment procedures................................3944 Retirement age...................................................3981 Review process...................................................3965 Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3949 Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3929 SSA employees: Ethical conduct................................................3972 Testimony......................................................3987 Student-earned-income exclusion..................................3988 Video teleconference technology..................................3948 Wage reports.....................................................3940 Widow's benefits.................................................3960 Work Incentives Improvement Act..................................3950 Soil conservation: Conservation Reserve Program...............................24, 41, 54 Farmable wetlands..................................................54 Highly erodible land and wetlands.................................303 Solid waste disposal: See Waste treatment and disposal Space transportation and exploration: Civil penalties..................................................2249 Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3703 Commercial launch activities: DOT licenses.............................................2229, 2237 Reusable launch vehicles.......................................2240 Cross-waiver of liability........................................3699 Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3697 Financial responsibility requirements for licensed reentry activities...................................................2195 Income source rules..............................................2772 Non-U.S. licensed space stations.................................4189 Nondiscrimination................................................3706 Pricing structure to educational institutions for small self- contained payloads...........................................3702 [[Page 26775]] Reentry licensing regulations....................................2240 Tracking and data relay satellite system: Non-government users...........................................3704 Sport fishing: See Fishing Stamp taxes: See Excise taxes State-Federal relations: See Intergovernmental relations Stocks: See Securities Strip mining: See Surface mining Students: Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 733 Student-earned-income exclusion..................................3988 Subsidies: See Grant programs Rent subsidies Sugar: Non-recourse loan program..........................................82 Payment-In-Kind Program............................................80 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........................61 Suicide: Prevention program...............................................1661 Superfund: Claims application streamlining..................................3548 Cooperative agreements and state contracts.......................3546 Grants for technical assistance..................................3550 Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3544 Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Access to information held by fiiancial institutions.............3942 Computation of benefits..........................................3962 Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an eligible child...............................................3983 Disability determinations: Burden of proof................................................3939 Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3943 Digestive system...............................................3933 Endocrine system and obesity...................................3961 Genito-urinary tract...........................................3984 Immune System..................................................3936 Multiple Body Systems..........................................3935 Neurological...................................................3938 Skin...........................................................3934 Special senses.................................................3937 Fees for representation of claimants.............................3921 Income: Children of Vietnam veterans...................................3978 Deeming from ineligible parents................................3973 Overpayment recovery.............................................3957 Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3974 Plans to achieve self-support....................................3924 Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3949 Transfers of resources...........................................3956 Trusts...........................................................3956 Video teleconference technology..................................3948 Surety bonds: Automated surety interface.......................................2729 Health facilities............................................974, 992 Medical device suppliers...............................974, 990, 1071 SBA policy and procedure modifications...........................3889 Surface mining: See also Coal Mine safety and health Coal: Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1587 Backfilling and grading........................................1588 Dam safety rules...............................................1589 Temporary cessation of operations..............................1593 Electronic forms filing..........................................1591 Indian lands...............................................1524, 1590 Limitation of awards to permit applicants........................1236 Ownership and control............................................1592 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.........................................2940 Breweries........................................................2611 Computation on large cigars......................................2627 DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................795 Escrow funds.....................................................2844 Excise...............................................2774, 2911, 3010 Foreign trade....................................................2840 Passive activity losses and credits..............................2836 Real estate taxes................................................3680 Treasury Tax and Loan Program..............................2594, 2606 Teachers: DOD placement assistance program..................................663 Technical assistance: Environmental Protection Agency grants...........................3550 Technology: See Science and technology Telecommunications: See also Radio Satellites Telephone Television Access charge reform.............................................4146 Accounting requirements....................................4147, 4148 Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4139 Advanced wireless services.......................................4178 ARMIS reporting requirements.........................4136, 4147, 4148 Bell Operating Companies and affiliates: Enhanced services..............................................4131 Equipment manufacture..........................................4119 Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm.................4149 Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4145 Carrier identification codes.....................................4130 Communication intercepting devices................................361 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................4236 Competition matters..............................................4181 Complaint procedures.............................................4155 Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4132 Equipment manufacture............................................4119 Ex parte rules...................................................4181 International interexchange services.............................4200 Internet telephony...............................................4153 North American Numbering Plan....................................4130 Out-of-region interstate, interexchange services: Tariff filing requirements.....................................4123 Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4137 Pole attachments.................................................4109 Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act: Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1831 Relay services.............................................4133, 4134 Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program...................281, 283 [[Page 26776]] Rural areas..................................................278, 292 Service quality reporting........................................4144 Streamlining international services..............................4201 Telecommunications Act: Access charge reform...........................................4126 Access charge return...........................................4138 Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4122 Individuals with disabilities..................................4128 Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4121 LEC provision of interexchange services........................4150 Local competition provisions...................................4127 Non-accounting safeguards......................................4120 Review of policies and rules...................................4123 Streamlining requirements......................................4125 Telemessaging, electronic publishing and alarm monitoring......4149 Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4124 Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4165 Universal service reform.........................................4146 Wireless carriers: Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4244 Wireless information networks....................................4160 Telemarketing: Sales rule.......................................................4347 Telephone: 900-number service...............................................4352 911 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4116 Advertising......................................................4352 Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4117 Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4129, 4235 Inside wiring....................................................4151 Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4347 Toll free service access codes...................................4118 Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4143 Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4165 Universal Service Fund...........................................4117 Television: See also Cable television Advertising......................................................4205 Broadcast ownership..............................................4222 Children's programming.....................................4215, 4216 Class A license..................................................4209 Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4108 Digital television service.......................................4166 Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......4213 Children's programming.........................................4215 Closed captioning..............................................4171 Review of conversion process...................................4214 Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................4199 Dual network rule................................................4211 EEO rules and policies...........................................4223 Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule...........4212 Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4204 Medical care telemetry devices...................................4174 Predicting broadcast television field strength...................4175 Public interest information......................................4218 Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................4112, 4113 Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................4242 Station ownership..........................................4219, 4221 Video programming accessibility..................................4106 Textiles: Customs regulations........................................2730, 2732 Flammability standards...........................................4084 Rules of origin..................................................2723 Trade agreements.................................................2721 Timber: See Forests and forest products Tires: Defective or noncompliant........................................2442 Disposition of replaced tires....................................2393 Manufactured home tire loading...................................2348 Pressure monitoring system.......................................2397 Safety information...............................................2396 Tobacco: See also Cigars and cigarettes Exports..........................................................2657 Forfeited products...............................................2631 Imported tobacco products..................................2631, 2651 Inspection.......................................................3, 8 Loss assistance program............................................55 Market assistance..................................................75 Marketing quotas...................36, 43, 50, 51, 52, 55, 68, 69, 76 Non-auction designation............................................45 Price support programs.....................36, 43, 50, 51, 52, 68, 69 Products shipped from Puerto Rico................................2628 Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2626 Reimportation of products........................................2650 Removal of products from manufacturer's premises for experimental purposes........................................2629 Repackaging......................................................2631 Smokeless tobacco: Health warnings................................................4345 Veterans' claims based on effect of tobacco products.............3180 Toiletries: See Cosmetics Tort claims: See Claims Tourist trade: See Travel Toxic substances: See Hazardous substances Poison prevention Toxins: See Biologics Trade adjustment assistance: TAA program amendments...........................................1875 Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................1876 Trade agreements: Caribbean Basin Initiative program...............................2721 North American Free Trade Agreement............1789, 1876, 2707, 2735 Textile trade agreements...................................2721, 2730 United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2721 Trade practices: Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4351 Telephone service................................................4352 Trademarks: Claims against the Patent and Trademark Office....................618 Correspondence addresses..........................................622 Electronic transmission of documents..............................629 Fees..............................................................620 Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................638 Registration to practice before the PTO in patent cases...........616 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...............2060 Air pollution control conformity.................................3290 Alternative dispute resolution...................................2059 Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Standards..........2056 [[Page 26777]] Buy America requirements.........................................2509 Confidential business information................................2388 Dedicated short range communications of intelligent transportation systems.......................................4162 Disadvantaged business enterprise participation......2037, 2053, 2058 DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2049 Drug and alcohol testing program.................................2311 Drug testing of transportation personnel.............2047, 2071, 2311 Environmental review.......................................2511, 3243 FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................2264 Freight and cargo by small businesses............................3914 Hazard communication requirements................................2531 Hazardous materials........................................2559, 2560 Head Start participants..........................................1115 Individuals with disabilities..............................2048, 3192 INS carrier contracts............................................1727 Interstate movement of equines to slaughter.......................102 Interstate movement of noxious weeds..............................113 Interstate ozone transport.......................................3394 Interstate shipment of biological materials.......................828 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Service......................2503 Minority business enterprise participation.......................2057 Nondiscrimination................................................2069 OSHA standards for traffic control devices.......................1970 Planning.........................................................2512 Planning and research program administration.....................2266 Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2052 Prevention of alcohol misuse and drug use........................2506 Radioactive materials............................................4404 Statewide metropolitan planning..................................2276 Third-party contracting..........................................2514 Time zone boundaries.............................................2074 Wildlife.........................................................1250 Travel: See also Passports and visas Travel and transportation expenses Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2146 Time zone boundaries.............................................2074 Travel and transportation expenses: Deductions for members of Congress...............................2763 FTR amendment....................................................3678 Government employees.............................................3996 Treaties: See also Trade agreements Antarctic Treaty.................................................3211 Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................334 Montreal Protocol..........................................3288, 3412 World Heritage Convention........................................1498 Trucks: See Motor carriers Motor vehicles Trusts and trustees: Charitable remainder trusts......................................2991 GST issues.......................................................2982 Leasing Indian lands.............................................1558 Lifetime charitable lead trusts..................................2996 San Carlos Apache Tribe trust fund and lease fund................1552 Testamentary trusts..............................................2828 Tuberculosis: Correctional management..............................1053, 1634, 1639 Occupational exposure............................................1977 Turpentine: See Forests and forest products U Underground mining: See also Mine safety and health Ventilation......................................................1931 Unemployment: See Community development Unemployment compensation Manpower training programs Unemployment compensation: See also Railroad unemployment insurance Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1879 Disaster unemployment assistance.................................1872 Performance system...............................................1873 United States investments abroad: Foreign utilities..........................................4467, 4484 Universities: See Colleges and universities Upward Bound Program: See Education of disadvantaged Uranium: Mill sites..................................................794, 4413 Mill workers and ore transporters................................1834 Reimbursement for remedial action at active processing sites......791 Utilities: See also Electric utilities Natural gas Water supply Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4467 Exemption for subsidiary companies...............................4484 Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4277 Patent application compliance.....................................635 Public Utility Holding Companies.................................4468 Regulation proposals.............................................2292 Revision of annual charges assessed to public utilities..........4280 Rural Utilities Service: Buy American requirement...................................288, 293 Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers................280 Settlement of debt authority....................................287 V Vaccines: See Biologics Vaccines: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program......................930 Vegetables: Inspection and certification....................................1, 20 Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................100 Limited California Cooperative Insolvency Payment Program..........86 Market loss assistance program.....................................84 Marketing.........................................................162 Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................91 Venereal diseases: Correctional management..........................................1639 Vessels: See also Cargo vessels Fishing vessels Marine safety Maritime carriers Navigation (water) Passenger vessels Anchorage area regulations.................................2101, 2118 Automatic Identification System..................................2117 Ballast water exchange guidelines................................2113 Blood alcohol concentration limit for operators..................2138 Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2077 Commercial diving operations.....................................2134 Controlled substances............................................1674 Deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale...............2714 Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3592 Discharge-removal equipment......................................2103 Documentation..............................................2084, 2095 Electronic charting and navigation system for public vessels.....2125 Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............2075 Emissions standards for new marine engines.......................3416 Foreign repairs to American vessels..............................2739 Government contracting...........................................1851 Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade...........2095 [[Page 26778]] Mandatory reporting systems in whale areas.......................2119 National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program....................1454 Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2116 Notification of arrival..........................................2093 Outer continental shelf..........................................2132 Passenger vessels: Hull examination alternatives..................................2123 Personal flotation device requirements for children aboard recreational vessels.........................................2091 Port restrictions and fees: Japanese vessels...............................................4305 Regattas and marine parades................................2106, 2137 Safety/security zone regulations.................................2100 Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................2082 Shipping safety fairways and anchorage areas.....................2142 Towing vessel operators..........................................2111 Vessel identification system.....................................2102 Vessel length overall.............................................431 Vessel Traffic Service...........................................2117 Veterans: Acceptable evidence: Age............................................................3073 Birth..........................................................3079 Change in status...............................................3093 Child's relationship...........................................3082 Death..........................................................3083 Dependents...............................................3073, 3093 Divorce........................................................3077 From foreign countries.........................................3080 Marriage.......................................................3075 Termination of marital relationship or conduct.................3078 Unexplained absence for seven years............................3084 Void and annulled marriages....................................3074 Acquisition regulations: Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3101 Plain language revisions.......................................3102 Purchase cards and electronic data interchange.................3099 Revisions......................................................3147 Small business owners..........................................4016 Active service performance.......................................3067 Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 3095 Adult day health care in state homes.............................3114 Advanced health care planning....................................3112 Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of contractors and subcontractors.........................1854, 1869 Appeals regulations..................................3148, 3167, 3168 Appeal withdrawal..............................................3105 Delegations of authority.......................................3150 Notification of representatives in connection with clear and unmistakable error motions...........................3152, 3153 Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error......................................................3157 Simultaneously contested claims................................3151 Supplemental Statement of the Case.............................3154 Time for filing................................................3156 Title for members of the Board of Veterans Appeals.......3104, 3182 Benefit changes based on oral or written information.............3072 Benefit claims decisions...................................3066, 3133 Benefit of the doubt.............................................3056 Birth defects: Allowance for children with spina bifida.......................3179 Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam veterans......3091 Blind......................................................3172, 3173 Burial benefits..........................3106, 3107, 3108, 3109, 3183 Provisions for capital crimes..................................3158 Burial flags for Selected Reserve................................3085 Change of law impact on benefits.................................3069 Child care centers...............................................3170 Children's benefits..............................................3978 Permanent incapacity for self-support..........................3057 Claim completion time limits and extension.......................3064 Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 3127 Claims based on effect of tobacco products.......................3180 Clothing allowance...............................................3036 Computation of service...........................................3087 Debt collection..................................................3034 Development of Type 2 diabetes following exposure to herbicides 3143 Disability rating: Chronic........................................................3062 Digestive system...............................................3048 Evidence of permanent and total disability.....................3055 Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................3125 Individual unemployability.....................................3049 Liver..........................................................3137 Mental disorders...............................................3164 Neurological conditions and convulsive disorders...............3047 Orthopedic system..............................................3046 Skin conditions................................................3122 The spine......................................................3053 Total disability...............................................3123 Diseases specific to radiation exposure..........................3088 Duty to assist...................................................3092 Education: Course approval requirements...................................3176 Credit standards...............................................3166 Educational Assistance test program............................3139 Flight training................................................3128 Licensing and certification....................................3097 Montgomery G.I. Bill...........................................3135 Montgomery G.I. Bill eligibility criteria......................3181 Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty....................3096, 3098, 3140 Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................3098, 3138 Survivors and dependents.......................................3052 Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3054 Eligibility Verification Report: Signature by mark..............................................3136 Equal employment opportunity discrimination complaints: Delegation of authority........................................3159 Evidence requirements............................................3050 Filipino veterans benefit improvements...........................3089 Finality of decisions............................................3065 Freedom of Information Act.......................................3161 Group life insurance.............................................3131 Hepatitis C infection............................................3058 Income exclusions................................................3129 Loan guaranty: Acceptance of partial payments.................................3121 Advertising and solicitation disclosure........................3132 Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3120 Credit scoring.................................................3165 Multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans...3045, 3116 Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................3094 Property improvements definition...............................3124 Loans: Portfolio servicing contractor authority.......................3145 Medical benefits: Adjunct conditions definition..................................3035 Adult day health care..........................................3118 Drugs and medicines......................................3111, 3113 Extended care services copayments..............................3042 Geriatric evaluation...........................................3118 Hospital and outpatient care...................................3117 Hospital care copayments.......................................3044 Medication prescribing authority...............................3033 Payment for non-VA hospital care...............................3175 Reasonable charges for care or services..................3115, 3119 Respite care...................................................3118 Medical evaluations: Ankylosis......................................................3051 Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................3126 [[Page 26779]] Limitation in hand movement....................................3051 Medical opinions rules...............................3076, 3155, 3169 Medication copayments......................................3171, 3174 Minimum active duty requirement..................................3059 National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................3038 National Service Life Insurance..................................3081 Nondiscrimination................................................3160 Period of payment................................................3061 Post-traumatic stress disorder claims: Resulting from personal assault................................3134 Proof of service.................................................3130 Prosthetic services..............................................3172 Psychosis definition.............................................3068 Purple Heart priority category...................................3043 Recognition of organizations and accreditation of representatives for claimants................................3162 Rehabilitation programs..........................................3123 Renouncement of benefits.........................................3070 Rules of Practice: Clear and unmistakable error...................................3153 Jurisdiction...................................................3103 Subpoenas......................................................3149 Service connection and chronic disability........................3062 Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Program.....3141 Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1854 State Department as agent........................................3060 State homes......................................................3037 Testimony in support of benefit claims...........................3071 Therapeutic housing..............................................3039 Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care................3040 Validity of enlistments..........................................3086 Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000........3144 Veterans employment report..................................674, 3999 Veterans' Employment and Training Service: Annual report for Federal contractors..........................1999 Vocational training programs...............................3142, 3177 Waiver process for copayments....................................3041 Well grounded claims/duty to assist..............................3178 Women: Compensation for loss of a breast as a result of a service- connected disability.......................................3090 Viruses: See Biologics Visas: See Passports and visas Vocational rehabilitation: Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3929 State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program.............750, 751 Veterans...................................................3142, 3177 Volunteers: DOL regulation...................................................1851 Foster Grandparent Program.......................................3203 Peace Corps....................................3773, 3855, 3860, 3861 Prison inmate community service projects.........................1636 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................3204 Senior Companion Program.........................................3202 Vista............................................................3773 Voting rights: Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1668 W Wages: See also Employee benefit plans Minimum wages Appropriated fund wage areas.....................................3844 Domestic services................................................1850 Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1851 Federal construction contracts...................................1863 Hourly compensation: Computer-related occupations...................................1853 Locality-based comparability payments............................3809 Overtime.........................................................1852 Pay retention....................................................3811 Salary basis.....................................................1849 SBA administrative wage garnishment..............................3908 Severance pay....................................................3847 Site of work.....................................................1866 SSA reports......................................................3940 Tipped employees.................................................1853 Wage area changes................................................3842 Wage schedule for printing positions.......................3843, 3845 Warehouses: Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................31 Cotton.............................................................59 Food distribution program.........................................179 General order merchandise........................................2713 U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000.........................................25 Waste treatment and disposal: See also Hazardous waste Recycling Sewage disposal Clean Water Act recognition awards...............................3560 Coal combustion waste......................................3511, 3538 Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3523 Effluent guidelines............................3579, 3581, 3597, 3600 Financial test criteria..........................................3521 Guaranteed Loan Program...........................................284 Hazardous waste management.....................2541, 3510, 3532, 3541 Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3578 Land disposal: Restrictions.................................3507, 3527, 3534, 3540 Lead-based paint debris..........................................3535 Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3577 Municipal waste combustion units.....................3318, 3369, 3417 Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4415 On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3514 Passenger vehicle waste discharge................................2498 Permit applications..............................................3594 Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3487 Pretreatment programs............................................3576 Project XL......3217, 3374, 3375, 3396, 3514, 3515, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3542, 3576 Radioactive waste................................................3326 Recycling of hazardous waste in fertilizers......................3536 Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3509 Sewer grouting...................................................3467 Shore Protection Act.............................................3628 Solid waste disposal: Bioreactor landfills...........................................3515 Grant programs..................................................294 Guideline revisions............................................3508 Hazardous waste................................................3532 Landfill criteria........................................3365, 3508 Landfills and incinerators...............................3312, 3387 Lead-based paint waste.........................................3513 Municipal landfills..........................3329, 3513, 3525, 3542 Off-site operations............................................3432 Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3498 Underground storage tanks: Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3531 Vessels transporting waste.......................................2127 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant compliance criteria..................3436 Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3512 Wastewater treatment units.......................................3537 Watches: Duty-free shipments...............................................331 Water carriers: See Maritime carriers Water pollution control: See also Oil pollution Waste treatment and disposal [[Page 26780]] Beaches program funding for Indian tribes........................3575 Clean Water Act......................................3562, 3573, 3585 Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3563 Cooling water intake structures..........................3557, 3593 Discharge of dredged material..................................3604 Fill material definition.......................................3595 Mercury analysis.........................................3564, 3590 Product schedule listing requirements..........................3566 Recognition awards.............................................3560 Test procedures.....3556, 3562, 3569, 3570, 3585, 3586, 3587, 3589, 3596 Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes 3591 DFARS modification................................................686 Effluent guidelines: Animal feeding operations......................................3580 Aquaculture industry...........................................3582 Coal mining....................................................3568 Construction and development industry..........................3551 Cruise vessels.................................................2097 Industrial containers and drum cleaning........................3583 Industrial wastewater..........................................3577 Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3578 Meat Products Point Source Category............................3552 Oil and gas extraction.........................................3599 Pulp, paper and paperboard...................3415, 3567, 3579, 3606 Regulations reformatting.......................................3598 Whole effluent toxicity text methods...........................3565 Great Lakes................................................3602, 3603 Marine pollution: Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2103 Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............2109 Oil or hazardous substances..............................2128, 2129 Response plans for oil.........................................2092 Tank vessels...................................................2110 Microbiological test methods.....................................3556 NPDES permits..............................................3558, 3559 Ocean discharge criteria.........................................3561 Permit applications..............................................3594 Pretreatment regulations.........................................3572 Radon............................................................3616 Sewer collection systems.........................................3559 Sludge management programs.................................3539, 3574 Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.............3555, 3588 Trace metals criteria............................................3585 Vapor control systems............................................2085 Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3592 Water quality standards........................3569, 3584, 3586, 3587 Alabama..................................................3553, 3601 Criteria for acute aquatic life..............3569, 3584, 3586, 3587 Indian country waters..........................................3554 Mixing zone elimination and phase-out provision................3602 Water resources: See also Water supply Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........695 Best technology available for cooling water intake structures 3571 Colorado River Basin...............................................32 Conservation Reserve Program.......................................41 Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3557 Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1508 National Invasive Species Act....................................2113 San Carlos Apache Tribe trust fund and lease fund................1552 Water Bank Program.................................................32 Water supply: See also Irrigation Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3227 Drinking water: Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3608 Arsenic........................................................3618 Contaminant level goals (MCLGs)................................3625 Contaminant occurrence reporting...............................3613 Contaminants.....................3434, 3556, 3607, 3609, 3616, 3620 Disinfectants......................................3612, 3617, 3626 Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program..............3448 Filter backwash recycling rule.................................3621 Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..................3626 Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..............3611 Methods update.................................................3570 Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3300, 3614 Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3453 Radionuclides..................................................3625 Regulations reformatting.......................................3624 Six-year review of regulations.................................3610 State revolving fund...........................................3627 State Underground Injection Control Programs...................3622 Sulfate........................................................3619 Test procedures for pollutants.................................3596 Underground Injection Control Class V wells....................3615 Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3623 Groundwater protection...........................................3443 Guaranteed Loan Program...........................................284 Servicing loans and grants........................................279 Water transportation: See Harbors Marine safety Maritime carriers Navigation (water) Vessels Waterways Waterfowl: See Wildlife Waterfront facilities: See Harbors Watershed: Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................300 Waterways: See also Bridges Harbors Rivers Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................2109 Weapons: See Arms and munitions Weather: Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4157 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....................................................147 Diseases...........................................................97 Whistleblowing: Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2296 Research misconduct...............................................953 Wildlife: See also Marine mammals Wildlife refuges Audit resolution policy..........................................1305 Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2225, 2236 Bobcat exports...................................................1400 Brush-tailed possum..............................................1315 Changes in the list of species in Appendices to CITES............1355 Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1392 Conservation Reserve Program.......................................41 Eagles.....................................................1245, 1318 [[Page 26781]] Incidental taking..............................................1306 Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1512 Endangered and threatened....1249, 1251, 1319, 1323, 1368, 1445, 1455 Exotic birds: Importation....................................................1324 Exportation......................................................1250 Falcons and falconry...........................1245, 1258, 1391, 1439 Federal Aid Improvement Act......................................1396 Importation......................................................1250 Injurious..................................................1253, 1315 Black carp.....................................................1270 Management and protection..................................1366, 1367 Migratory birds: Falconry education permits.....................................1439 Hunting regulations................................1242, 1309, 1492 List revision..................................................1241 Permits................................1262, 1371, 1372, 1378, 1395 Take by Federal agencies.......................................1262 Permit procedures..........................................1364, 1487 Restoration programs.............................................1243 River otter exports..............................................1267 Seabirds..........................................................414 Subsistence hunting and fishing on federal lands...........1343, 1458 Temporary approval of tin shot for hunting waterfowl and coots 1493 Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1248 Transportation...................................................1250 Wild Bird Conservation Act.................................1265, 1269 Wildlife refuges: Alaska...........................................................1393 Appropriate uses...........................................1466, 1491 Ecological integrity policy......................................1480 Federal Lands definition.........................................1393 Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2259 Habitat management planning......................................1394 Hunting and fishing regulations............................1263, 1468 Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1261 National Wildlife Refuge System...1261, 1394, 1450, 1480, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485 Privately owned mineral rights.................................1441 Public entry and use.............................................1624 Wilderness management............................................1467 Wildlife-dependent recreation: Environmental education........................................1485 General guidance...............................................1481 Interpretation.................................................1482 Photography....................................................1484 Wildlife observation...........................................1483 Wine: Ameliorating materials...........................................2639 Authorized processes.............................................2614 Dornfelder grape variety added...................................2662 Exports..........................................................2609 Imports..........................................................2660 Labeling.........................................................2661 New grape variety names petitioned.........................2615, 2617 Recodification of Part 251.......................................2616 Sherry...........................................................2613 Standards of fill................................................2612 Taxes......................................................2637, 2638 Viticultural areas...............................................2632 Women: See also Minority businesses Sex discrimination In vitro fertilization.......................................951, 955 Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1894 Nutrition education participant contacts..........................163 Protections for pregnant women involved in research...............955 Veterans.........................................................3090 Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act........................988, 1900 Women-owned businesses: Government subcontracting......................................3995 Women, infants, and children: Supplemental food program: Administrative requirement changes..............................201 Certification integrity.........................................202 Food delivery systems...........................................195 Food package revisions..........................................169 Funding modifications...........................................204 Wood: See Forests and forest products Wool: Import of certain worsted wool fabrics......................332, 2725 Market assistance..............................................75, 83 Refund of duties paid on select products...................2726, 2746 Workers' compensation: Coal miners......................................................1864 Y Youth: See also Infants and children Juvenile delinquency Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................178