[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda]
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              F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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                                   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

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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

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  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

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    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

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  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

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    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

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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

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  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

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  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

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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    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

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  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

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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

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    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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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    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

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  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

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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

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  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

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  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

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    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

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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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

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  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

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  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

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    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

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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

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  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

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    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

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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    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

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  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

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  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

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    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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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    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

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  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

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    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
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