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[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda]
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Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 232 / Monday, December 3, 2001 / 
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              G. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA


                                   A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2798, 4437
Accounting:
  Annual accounting period.........................................2884
  Audit requirements for grants and contracts......................2087
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions.....................................1280, 2086, 3212
  Bookkeeping services provided by SEC auditors in emergencies.....4672
  Change in method definition......................................2886
  Cost accounting standards..................................3938, 4175
  DEA..............................................................1828
  Delay rental payments............................................2972
  Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial 
      instruments and derivative commodity instruments.............4669
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1746, 1747
  Dollar-value LIFO method.........................................2974
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules...................4305, 4312
  FMS claims.................................................2701, 2709
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2708
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2706
  International accounting standards...............................4671
  Local exchange carrier requirements........................4316, 4317
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................4366
  Mark-to-market.............................................2953, 3031
  OASDI calculations of the contribution and benefit base and 
      earnings test exempt amounts.................................4124
  PBGC calculation and payment of benefits.........................4013
  PBGC premium self-audit..........................................4016
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs...............................3903
  Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................3901
  SEC financial statements.........................................4668
  Third-party contacts.............................................2970
  Unified Partnership Audit Procedures.............................2963
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..............................................3815
  ATF:
    Delegations of authority........2739, 2752, 2757, 2762, 2768, 2769, 
                                     2771, 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2790
    Rules of practice in permit proceedings........................2787
  Attorney's fees..................................................2890
  BATF procedures..................................................2781
  Customs Regulations..............................................2823
  DOI........................................................1358, 1654
  DOT..................................................2195, 2200, 2403
  EEOC.............................................................3752
  EPA........................................................3354, 3571
  Equal Access to Justice Act......................................1006
  FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................4352
  FDA............................................1017, 1071, 1081, 1090
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3815
  FMC..............................................................4468
  FTC..............................................................4501
  FWS..............................................................1366
  Hazardous materials........................................2658, 2671
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................2192
    BIA................................................1356, 1646, 1660
    BLM............................................................1761
    CNCS...........................................................3320
    Coast Guard....................................................2283
    Medicare enrollment............................................1177
    NIGC.....................................................4542, 4543
    Office of the Special Trustee..................................1360
    OGE............................................................3891
    OHA............................................................1352
    OPM............................................................3918
    Peace Corps....................................................4004
    Public lands cases.............................................1351
    RRB............................................................4019
    SBA............................................................4049
    SSA................................................4097, 4108, 4118
    Treasury Department............................................2798
    VA......3206, 3207, 3254, 3255, 3257, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3275, 3276, 
                                                 3277, 3305, 3306, 3307
  HUD..............................................................1276
  INS..............................................................1915
  IRS..............................................................3040
  OPM..............................................................3929
  OTS..............................................................3128
  Peace Corps................................................4001, 4005
  Registration of drug producers...................................1012
  Research and Special Programs Administration.....................2653
  Rulemaking:
    DOT............................................................2190
    FCC................................................4284, 4311, 4405
    FDIC.....................................................4423, 4429
    GSA......................................................3791, 3792
    IRS............................................................2888
    NRC............................................................4580
    OTS............................................................3139
    SSA............................................................4135
    USDA.......................................................285, 380
  Treasury Department:
    Plain language revision........................................2727
    Technical amendments to regulations............................2786
  USDA..........................................311, 312, 318, 363, 366
  VA...................................................3166, 3212, 3256
Adoption and foster care:
  Alien siblings...................................................1885
  Intercountry adoption......................................1881, 2148
Adult education:
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1973
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................2187
  Alcohol beverages................................................2735
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1080
  Home insulation..................................................4507
  Investment companies.............................................4615
  Nondiscrimination in real estate-related lending by credit 
      unions.......................................................4535
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4502
  Television.......................................................4377
  Unfair or deceptive practices..............................4509, 4510
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity

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Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1259
  Foster Grandparent Program.......................................3328
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................2181
    Department of State programs...................................2153
    DOD programs....................................................826
    DOL programs...................................................2084
    Employment.....................................................3751
    GSA............................................................3787
    NEA............................................................3865
    NEH............................................................3870
    NRC............................................................4571
    NSF programs...................................................3879
    SSA............................................................4128
    USAID..........................................................3312
  Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1260
  Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................3322
  Senior Community Service Employment program........................86
  Senior Companion Program.........................................3327
  Supportive Housing Programs................................1294, 1295
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton.........................243
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2678
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................410
  Cotton futures....................................................168
  Cotton non-recourse loan and loan deficiency payment programs 
                                                                    201
  Crop cotton classification services..........................173, 196
  Crop disaster assistance.....................................229, 230
  Emerging markets program..........................................407
  Exports.................................................407, 411, 525
  Grains:
    Disguising quality..............................................325
    Geographic areas for inspection services........................324
    Laboratory accreditation program................................326
  Hedging..........................................................4216
  Honey Research and Promotion Program..............................194
  Inspection service fees.................................332, 333, 384
  Loan deficiency payment regulations...............................204
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2953
  Marketing assistance loan provisions.........................204, 229
  National Commodity Processing Program.............................358
  National Organic Program:
    Aquatic animals.................................................190
    Production and handling standards...............................189
  Nursery crops.....................................................310
  Nursery stock importation.........................................256
  Ocean freight claims..............................................202
  Peanut Program..........................................206, 225, 235
  Sugar payment-in-kind diversion program...........................247
  Tobacco...........................................................234
    Burley.....................................................214, 233
    Flue-cured............................................215, 226, 232
    Grower designation program......................................242
    Inspection.................................................178, 179
    Loss assistance program.........................................239
    Marketing quotas.......................207, 213, 214, 215, 239, 242
    Non-auction designation.........................................228
    Price support program.................................207, 214, 215
  Trade options....................................................4224
  U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000........................................199
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts..............................216
  Wheat gluten and wheat starch products............................408
Agricultural research:
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................273
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program.............292
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......................................477, 478
  Administrative regulations...................................311, 318
  Allocation of funds...............................................443
  Beef imports from Brazil..........................................278
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............254
  CFSA state and county committees..................................244
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans.......................223
  Disclosure of return information to USDA.........................3109
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3683
  Emergency Conservation Program...............................224, 231
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................471
  Farm Loan Program.................................................241
  Farm reconstitution regulations...................................219
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................203
    Appraisal fees for farm loan programs...........................240
    Disaster set-aside program.................................205, 227
    Guaranteed loss payments........................................212
    Interest assistance program.....................................200
    Low documentation loans.........................................222
    Primary loan servicing..........................................205
    Reduction of amortized shared appreciation recapture interest 
        rate........................................................211
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs............198
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............203
    Small Hog Operation Payment Program.............................245
    Subordination requirements......................................203
  Foreign Agricultural Service:
    Freedom of Information Act......................................409
  Hog imports from Europe...........................................274
  Horse protection requirements.....................................275
  Livestock Indemnity Programs......................................236
  Nondiscrimination in USDA programs and activities.................438
  Nonimmigrant alien workers.................................2020, 2022
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................436
  Organic certifying agencies.......................................185
  Prime farmlands..................................................1730
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................277
  Seed testing and certification services...........................170
  Small business size standards....................................4063
  State mediation programs..........................................208
  Technical assistance and training.................................297
  Unshu oranges importation.........................................266
  USDA lobbying restrictions........................................476
  Worker protection standards......................................3574
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program..............1312
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1114
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Airport certification.............................................104
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2176
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................2184

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  Baggage liability................................................2185
  Cargo limit......................................................2647
  Competitiveness............................................2175, 2204
  Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system..............2331
  Computer reservations system...............................2175, 2212
  Delays and cancellations.........................................2684
  Direct flight, definition........................................2182
  Disability related complaints....................................2179
  Discrimination complaints........................................2109
  Fees charged by airports.........................................2332
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................2183
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency telephone number requirements........................2636
  Income source rules..............................................3051
  Interstate authority.............................................2204
  Landing gear shock absorption test requirements..................2382
  Noise certification standards..............................2341, 2342
  Overbooking of flights...........................................2191
  Passenger facility charge rule...................................2315
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................2186
    Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................1911
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................2183
    Manifest information.....................................1857, 2208
    Nondiscrimination..................................2177, 2181, 2194
    Oxygen use.....................................................2207
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey............................2682
  Price advertising................................................2187
  Repair station requirements......................................2375
  Safety and security-related information..........................2379
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2287
  Security measures................................................2370
  Traffic Reporting System.........................................2683
  Universal child seats............................................2565
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention..............................3525, 3526
  Air quality modeling.............................................3475
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3523
  Air quality standards.................................118, 3528, 3531
  Alternative method approvals...............................3453, 3510
  Aluminum industry..........................................3544, 3545
  Ambient air quality monitoring...................................3431
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3388
  Baker's yeast manufacturing industry.............................3537
  Best available retrofit technology...............................3498
  Boat manufacturing industry......................................3538
  Boilers...........................................................124
  Carbon monoxide..................................................3528
  Chemicals..................................................3385, 3386
  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).......................................1051
  Chromium emissions.........................................3389, 3397
  Clean Air Act...........127, 3412, 3445, 3464, 3486, 3487, 3492, 3517
  Clean fuels formula grant program.................................108
  Consumer products................................................3540
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................3454
  Copper smelters..................................................3476
  Delisting hazardous pollutants...................................3492
  Electric arc furnace.............................................3444
  Electric utility steam generating unit MACT regulation............129
  Electrical insulating varnishes..................................3494
  Emergency episode requirements...................................3518
  Emission control diagnostic systems........................3449, 3463
  Emission standards:
    Cellulose production...........................................3465
    Coke ovens...............................................3468, 3515
    Compliance certification requirements..........................3511
    Definition of major source.....................................3506
    Highway motorcycles............................................3457
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3515
    Municipal landfills............................................3368
    Navajo generating station................................3458, 3489
    New marine engines.............................................3515
    Non-road spark-ignition engines................................3414
    Permit requirements............................................3515
    Potential to emit..............................................3402
    Radionuclides..................................................3493
    Semiconductor facilities.................................3392, 3515
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................3457
    VOC standards............................................3417, 3512
  Emissions monitoring program......3370, 3380, 3408, 3434, 3454, 3456, 
                                                       3500, 3514, 3539
  Emissions reporting..............................................3466
  Emissions trades.................................................3369
  Essential uses.............................................1051, 3452
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3394
  Filterable fine particulate matter...............................3422
  Fuels and fuel additives....3441, 3446, 3447, 3450, 3451, 3508, 3543, 
                                                       3550, 3554, 3555
  Fugitive emissions...............................................3371
  Gas turbines......................................................123
  Gasoline anti-dumping program..............................3505, 3509
  General provisions amendments....................................3479
  Halons...........................................................3496
  Hazardous air pollutants........121, 122, 123, 124, 3368, 3385, 3386, 
           3386, 3387, 3388, 3389, 3391, 3398, 3399, 3400, 3401, 3404, 
           3405, 3430, 3465, 3478, 3480, 3481, 3482, 3484, 3488, 3492, 
                                                       3538, 3539, 3590
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3628
  HCFC allowance distribution system...............................3469
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3411
  Indoor Air Toxics Strategy.......................................3438
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3363, 3423
  Interim approval requirements....................................3548
  Internal combustion engines.......................................122
  Iron and steel industry....................................3384, 3477
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3391
  MACT standards......................129, 3368, 3392, 3398, 3400, 3465
  Metal parts and products coating industry..................3393, 3483
  Methyl bromide...................................................3527
  Mobile sources...................................................3507
  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program..................3442
  Municipal landfills..............................................3368
  Municipal waste combustion units.....................3501, 3503, 3549
  NESHAP:
    Aluminum production......................................3544, 3545
    Amino/phenolic resins..........................................3437
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3374
    Benzene waste operations.......................................3455
    Brick manufacturing............................................3419
    Carbon black...................................................3490
    Cellulose production...........................................3465
    Ceramics.......................................................3420
    Chromium electroplating........................................3413
    Chromium emissions.............................................3397
    Clay products manufacturing..............................3375, 3419
    Delegations' provisions........................................3432
    Elastomers.....................................................3401
    Engine Test Facilities.........................................3421
    Ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation 
        operations.................................................3491
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3394
    Ferroalloy production....................................3552, 3553
    Friction products manufacturing industry.......................3428
    Fumed silica production........................................3372
    Gasoline distribution facilities...............................3436
    Hazardous waste combustors.........................3645, 3646, 3670
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3373
    Large appliance surface coating................................3482

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    Leather tanning................................................3484
    Lightweight aggregate..........................................3542
    Metal furniture surface coating................................3404
    Metal parts and products coating industry..........3387, 3393, 3483
    Metal pipes....................................................3374
    Natural gas production.........................................3520
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3396
    Oil production.................................................3520
    Organic liquids................................................3400
    Paper and other web coating....................................3488
    Pesticide Active Ingredient Production.........................3435
    Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3547
    Phosphate fertilizer production................................3497
    Phosphoric acid manufacturing..................................3497
    Plastic parts and products.....................................3405
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3495
    Polyvinyl chloride production..................................3470
    Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry...................3440, 3533
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3377
    Printing and publishing industry...............................3418
    Publicly owned treatment works.................................3403
    Pulp and paper production..........................3534, 3536, 3556
    Site remediation...............................................3398
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................3425
    Thermoplastics.................................................3401
    Uranium hexafluoride production................................3376
    Vegetable oil production.......................................3539
    Wet-formed fiberglass mat production...........................3472
  New source performance standards...........................3444, 3522
  New source review...........................................139, 3426
  New stationary sources...........................................3515
  Nitrogen oxides............................................3500, 3502
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3396
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3462, 3514
  Operating permits...........................................120, 3513
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    1-hour standard................................................3541
    Emission budgets...............................................3529
    National ambient air quality standards....................119, 3516
    Protection of stratospheric ozone.....3409, 3448, 3452, 3469, 3473, 
                   3486, 3487, 3496, 3496, 3524, 3527, 3532, 3546, 3546
    Transport...............................128, 3379, 3427, 3471, 3530
  Paint stripper users.............................................3480
  Particulate matter.....................................119, 126, 3456
  PCB manufacturing................................................3596
  Penalties for violations.........................................3521
  Petroleum refineries.............................................3461
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3478
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing..........................121
  Process heaters...................................................124
  Project XL.............3346, 3512, 3534, 3556, 3639, 3640, 3672, 3673
  Regional haze rule...............................................3439
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances.............................................3526
    Public access to information...................................3525
    Third party audits.............................................3412
  Solid waste incinerators...................................3433, 3522
  Source category list.............................................3430
  State implementation plans...................................119, 139
  Sulfur oxides...................................118, 3410, 3439, 3500
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3460
  Tire manufacturing...............................................3481
  Transportation conformity...................................127, 3445
  Vapor control systems............................................2219
  Volatile organic compounds....125, 3406, 3417, 3460, 3474, 3494, 3504
  Wood furniture industry..........................................3406
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2176
  Rebating international fares.....................................2205
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...............................................2192
  Certification of screening companies.............................2334
  Excise taxes.....................................................2876
  Hazardous substances.............................................2628
  Inspection of stopover passengers................................1979
  Nondiscrimination....................................2177, 2181, 2194
  Revenue and nonrevenue passengers................................2685
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts...................................................2291
    Life-limited...................................................2343
    Record system..................................................2211
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2301, 2318, 2353, 2354, 
                               2355, 2356, 2357, 2359, 2360, 2368, 2374
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2369
  Cargo airplane traffic alert and collision systems...............2296
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2338
  Child restraint systems..........................................2293
  Corrosion control program........................................2288
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2365
  Duty-free entry of civil aircraft................................2845
  Emergency exits..................................................2325
  Emergency medical equipment......................................2384
  Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.............2373
  Flight data recorder improvements................................2335
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................2250
  Fractional ownership.............................................2298
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2827
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2295
  Hazardous material transportation................................2637
  Helicopters......................................................2342
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2287
  Intermix exclusion deletion......................................2386
  Light sport aircraft:
    Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................2302
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft.................................................2322
  Manifests public disclosure......................................2864
  Noise requirements.............................2316, 2352, 2353, 2386
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................895
  Overflight Program...............................................2827
  Parachutes.......................................................2380
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes.......2309
  Powered-lift.....................................................2303
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2316, 2353
  Registration.....................................................2387
  Rocket engines...................................................3399
  Surplus military.................................................2364
  Temporary flight restrictions....................................2385
  Transponders.....................................................2323
  Transport category:
    Airspeed indicating system.....................................2348
    Airworthiness directives and standards......2305, 2307, 2311, 2312, 
                         2313, 2314, 2333, 2349, 2350, 2351, 2377, 2388
    Electrical equipment...............................2349, 2350, 2351
    Emergency announcements on public address systems..............2305
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2328
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................2363
    FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................2337
    Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation 
        materials...................................................103

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    Flight manual content..........................................2388
    Flight requirements............................................2313
    Fuel tank ignition source review...............................2381
    Fuselage door design standards.................................2308
    Low speed stall................................................2319
    Lower deck service compartment voice communication.............2312
    Material strength properties and design values.................2310
    Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage................2349
    Operating limitations..........................................2388
    Powerplant installation requirements...........................2311
    Pressurization and pneumatic systems...........................2307
    Protective breathing equipment.................................2314
    Trim systems...................................................2314
  Voyageurs National Park operations...............................1631
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2286
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act........................836
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Civil penalties............................................2346, 2366
  Deicing and anti-icing procedures................................2367
  Drug abuse.......................................................2362
  Drug test refusal................................................2304
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................2324
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......2326
  Rest and duty requirements........................................102
  Training and certification.................................2294, 2367
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..........2199, 2210
  Delays and cancellations.........................................2684
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2191
  Fees charged to air carriers.....................................2332
  Landing systems..................................................2330
  Municipal solid waste landfill location restrictions.............3636
  Security.........................................................2321
  Transit without visa.............................................1967
Airspace:
  Air traffic services and aeronautical studies:
    Fees...........................................................2378
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    National Park Service overflights..............................2371
    Postponement of special flight rules...........................2340
  Landing systems..................................................2330
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................2327
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................647
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2317
  Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum in the West Atlantic route 
      system.......................................................2344
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2358
  Security control.................................................2347
  Temporary flight restrictions....................................2385
  Use and preservation of..........................................2306
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Aviation personnel.........................................2300, 2345
  Block grants.....................................................1000
  Motor carrier post-accident test results.........................2462
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2510
  Pipeline facility employee testing...............................2677
  Railroad employee testing........................................2598
    Foreign-based crews............................................2589
  Testing following marine incident................................2223
  Transportation industry..............................2193, 2464, 2625
    Workplace testing..............................................2213
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Denatured alcohol and rum:
    Distribution and use...........................................2746
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2747
  Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum........2852
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2750
  Health claims in labeling and advertising........................2735
  Health warning statement.........................................2719
  Prohibition of containers........................................2748
  Saccharin disclosure.............................................2751
  Sake regulations.................................................2749
  Stills regulation recodification.................................2778
  Tax-free alcohol.................................................2773
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
           Migrant labor
  Adjustment of status........1886, 1889, 1898, 1904, 1917, 1950, 1952, 
                                                       1957, 1960, 1961
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1885
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1809, 1871
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1916
  Asylum:
    Establishing eligibility.......................................1951
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1869
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1946
  Battered and abused spouses and children.............1838, 1863, 1907
  Bonding pilot program............................................1976
  Border crossing card fee.........................................2150
  Border crossing identification documents...................1867, 1924
  Civil surgeon program............................................1900
  Classification of................................................2170
  Conditional residents:
    Battered and abused............................................1936
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1896
  Criminal convictions.................................1837, 1915, 1972
  Cubans...........................................................1874
  Custody procedures...............................................1968
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1930
  Deportation proceedings:
    Entrepreneurs............................................1909, 1915
    Power of Attorney General......................................1948
    Suspension.........................................1838, 1839, 1921
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1966
  Diversity immigrants.............................................2159
  Employment.....................................1856, 1903, 1927, 1970
    Authorization documents........................................1898
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1949
    Eligibility verification.................................1929, 1940
    F-1 students...................................................1922
    Filing for authorization while resident status is pending......1954
    International broadcasters...............................1955, 2155
    Labor condition applications...................................2021
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1956
    Refiling of applications.......................................2032
    Use on government contract projects............................1927
  Exchange visitors:
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1897

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  Expedited exclusion procedures...................................1972
  Expedited removal of jailed criminals............................1977
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1937
  F-1 foreign students.............................................1973
  Family Unity Program.......................................1887, 1912
  Fingerprinting.................................1919, 1940, 1944, 1980
  Fingerprints from juvenile delinquents...........................1887
  Guam Visa Waiver Program.........................................1894
  H-1B petition fees.................................................79
  Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act.........................1957
  Health care workers..............................................1862
  Illegal entry....................................................1899
  Immigrant investors..............................................1859
  Inadmissability................................1853, 1878, 2163, 2173
  INTELSAT employees...............................................2162
  International to International Program...........................1852
  Juvenile criminal records........................................1887
  Juveniles..................................................1865, 1920
  Labor certification process......................85, 2020, 2022, 2030
  Land border ports-of-entry fees............................1875, 1891
  Lawful permanent resident status...........................1837, 1886
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1886, 1957, 1959
  Mail order brides................................................1863
  Manifest requirements............................................1876
  Medical examination requirements.................................1900
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1901
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1941
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1872
  Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act............1957
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1882
    Actuaries......................................................1947
    Admission into the U.S.........................................1926
    American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.........1870
    Automatic voiding..............................................1899
    Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................1939
    Classification of..............................................2170
    Construction work by B visitors................................1851
    Corporate reorganizations......................................1850
    Disclosure of information......................................1908
    Extending period of duration...................................1934
    Fee receipts for student and exchange visitors.................2161
    Fee schedule for students and exchange visitors................1935
    Firearm prohibitions...........................................2726
    Ineligibility..................................................2160
    Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program..............1932
    K classification...............................................1959
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1855
    Nurses...................................................1942, 2025
    Plant pathologists.............................................1947
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents......1958, 2157, 
                                                                   2158
    Temporary workers..........................................84, 2020
    U classification...............................................1902
    V classification...............................................1958
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity....................2156
    Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1993
  Parole authority.................................................1933
  Part-time study for F-1 commuter students in contiguous 
      territories..................................................1888
  Permanent resident status..................................1917, 1954
  Powers of duties of service officers.............................1952
  Prostitution.....................................................1860
  Public assistance programs:
    Food Stamp Program.............................................1918
    Medicaid.......................................................1918
    Sponsor reimbursement....................................1910, 1918
  Refusals of individual visas.....................................2160
  Registration of..................................................1940
  Relative petitions...............................................1952
  Release to immigration authorities...............................1799
  Religious workers................................................1866
  Removal of Burma from Guam Visa Waiver Program...................1981
  Removal orders...................................................1914
  Reporting requirements for interest on deposits..................3080
  SSA regulations............................................1858, 4145
  Student employment...............................................1922
  Syrian nationals.................................................1960
  Temporary protected status.......................................1971
  Trafficking victims..............................80, 1892, 1964, 2156
  Transit without visa.....................1906, 1962, 1965, 1967, 2146
  Unlawful presence................................................1899
  Victims of crime.......................................80, 1902, 2156
  Visa petition....................................................1954
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act..................................79
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1894, 2154
  Waiver of fees.............................................1884, 1945
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal biologics:
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1080
Animal diseases:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................271
  Chronic wasting disease in elk......................................4
  Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................3
  Interstate movement of swine requirements.........................270
  Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy...14, 269, 1040
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................277
  Scrapie...........................................................282
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Animal Drug Availability Act.....................................1081
  Antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals....................1035
  Approval process.................................................1045
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1080
  Import tolerance levels..........................................1088
  Investigational use..............................................1081
  Presubmission conferences for applicants.........................1062
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing.........34
  Supplemental manufacturing changes...............................1057
Animal welfare:
  Environment enhancement for nonhuman primates.....................268
  Horse protection requirements.....................................275
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement............................263
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................265
  Marine mammals....................................................248
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1124
  Quarantine facilities.............................................259
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Exports:
    Alligators, live...............................................1413
  Imports...........................................................273
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2830
    Hogs from Europe................................................274
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals......................................................1037
  Substances prohibited from use in feed...........................1092
  Transgenic.......................................................3581
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Baseline date cut-off limit modification.........................3505

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  Sunset reviews....................................................501
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Apprenticeship programs:
  See Manpower training programs
Archaeology:
  See Historic preservation
Architectural barriers:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  Historical Records Services......................................1880
  NARA:
    Debarment and suspension rule..................................3845
    Debt collection................................................3853
    Drug-free workplace requirements...............................3845
    Electronic records transfer options............................3844
    Electronic text documents......................................3841
    Employee testimony.............................................3858
    Facilities addresses and hours.................................3848
    Freedom of information.........................................3855
    Micrographic records management................................3846
    Nixon Presidential materials reproduction......................3847
    Nondiscrimination..............................................3849
    Official seals.................................................3852
    Plain language revisions.......................................3842
    Presidential library facilities................................3854
    Privacy Act....................................................3856
    Records disposition............................................3857
    Records use restrictions.......................................3851
    Removal of Federal records.....................................3859
    Research room procedures.................................3843, 3850
Armed forces:
  See also Armed forces reserves
           Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Academy nominations and appointments............................897
    Installation entry policy.......................................898
    Wake Island Code................................................899
  Army:
    Environmental actions...........................................885
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................893
    Use of employees of non-Federal entities to provide services 
                                                                    886
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Clean Water Act regulations.....................................889
    Environmental quality requirements..............................887
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................892
    Natural disaster procedures.....................................888
    Permit regulations..............................................890
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................891
  CHAMPUS.....17, 18, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 
                                                          910, 911, 914
  Civil disturbance intervention...............................843, 898
  Coast Guard:
    Alternate compliance program...................................2261
    Auxiliary regulations..........................................2220
    Ballast water discharge standards..............................2214
    Cargo securing.................................................2256
    Carriage of hazardous materials in bulk........................2255
    Commercial diving operations...................................2275
    Conforming definitions to statutory changes and Presidential 
        proclamations..............................................2226
    Deep water ports...............................................2217
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................2270
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances................100
    Hazardous liquid cargoes on board vessels......................2230
    Mandatory ship reporting systems in whale areas................2251
    Marine safety and environmental protection...2243, 2244, 2245, 2246
    Marine shipboard electrical cable standards....................2279
    Merchant mariners........................................2240, 2246
    Mineral Management Service inspections on fixed facilities.....2260
    Natural resources protection...................................2222
    Navigation Safety Regulations..................................2282
    Notice of arrival in U.S. ports requirements...................2285
    Notice of violation options....................................2227
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................2238
    Personnel training and qualifications..........................2252
    Propeller injury prevention..............................2229, 2241
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................2271
    Right to appeal................................................2283
    Safety/security zone regulations.........................2232, 2263
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances.............101
    Towing vessel operators........................................2239
    Traffic separation schemes.....................................2231
  Disaster assistance...............................................898
  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3722
  Navy:
    Incidental taking during deployment of low frequency active 
        sonar.......................................................686
    Incidental taking of marine mammals........................776, 778
    National Environmental Policy Act...............................894
    Naval Vessel Protection Zones..................................2262
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................895
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................896
  Reemployment.....................................................3923
  Selective service regulation.....................................4032
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2364
Armed forces reserves:
  Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................4065
Arms and munitions:
  Acquisition plans.................................................882
  Antique firearms.................................................2726
  Brady Bill regulations.....................................2725, 2740
  Curio and relic..................................................2740
  Dual-use items....................................................535
  Explosives safety.................................................847
  Export controls...............................493, 504, 507, 530, 531
  Handguns.........................................................2740
  Identification markings....................................2721, 2780
  Inventory requirements...........................................2742
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.................2726, 2740
  Reporting of exported shipments..................................2169
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................2741
  Waiver for firearm prohibition on nonimmigrant visa holders......1993
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit.....................................................90
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3608
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  ATF.......2739, 2752, 2757, 2762, 2768, 2769, 2771, 2782, 2783, 2784, 
                                                             2785, 2790
  Banks............................................................2699
  Bureau of Indian Affairs.........................................1646

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  Civil penalty issuance.....................................1279, 1836
  DOJ..............................................................1992
  EPA..............................................................3357
  FCC..............................................................4407
  FDIC.............................................................4429
  FEMA.............................................................3765
  HUD..............................................................1297
  Immigration judges...............................................1836
  INS........................................................1840, 2171
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................823
  VA...................................................3263, 3279, 3302
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2322
  Air tour and sightseeing operations........................2289, 2297
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2287
  Airplane operator security.......................................2320
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2318
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2301, 2307, 2308, 2311, 
                               2312, 2313, 2314, 2356, 2368, 2377, 2388
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs............2300, 2345
  Bird strike requirements.........................................2369
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2366
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2208
  Corrosion control program........................................2288
  Crash-resistant fuel systems.....................................2374
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................2361
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................2365
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2328
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................2360
  Flight operational quality assurance program information.........2326
  Flight rules...............................................2355, 2357
  Flight simulation device qualification...........................2299
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs..............................................2370
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................2372
  Fuel tank ignition source review.................................2381
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................2354
  Hazards to air navigation........................................2317
  Information and records disclosed by industry....................2379
  Light sport aircraft.............................................2302
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................2359
  Material strength properties and design values...................2310
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2207
  Parachute operations.............................................2380
  Pilot rest and duty requirements..................................102
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes.......2309
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2379
  Transponder requirement..........................................2323
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2286


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Advertisement of membership......................................4440
  Appeals process for claims.......................................4427
  Assessments......................................................4420
  Capital rules....................................................4433
  Collection of corporate debt.....................................4425
  Contractor conflict of interests.................................4423
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............4516
  Depository institutions engaged in the business of receiving 
      deposits.....................................................4441
  Nonmember banks..................................................4513
  Notice of insured status.........................................4439
  Receivership rules...............................................4422
  Risk-based capital standards.........................4430, 4432, 4433
  Transactions between insured depository institutions and their 
      affiliates.............................................4491, 4497
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3653
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.........................................157
  Activities and operations..................................2812, 2814
  Alternative mortgage lending.....................................3136
  Assessment of fees...................................2803, 2815, 3142
  Automated Clearinghouse Method...................................2713
  Bank Secrecy Act...................2694, 2695, 2697, 2698, 2699, 2700
  Capital....................................................4433, 4436
  Casino reporting.................................................2696
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2707
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations.........2797, 3126, 4421, 4474
  Consumer regulations review......................................4477
  Conversion from stock form depository institution to Federal 
      stock savings association....................................3141
  Conversions......................................................3134
  Credit card banks................................................2818
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2695
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2686
  Debt cancellation contracts......................................2805
  Delivery of checks outside the U.S...............................2714
  Deposit accounts.................................................4496
  Disqualified persons definition..................................2988
  Due on sale......................................................3129
  Electronic banking...............................................2806
  Electronic funds transfer............................2705, 3805, 4499
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........2799, 3130, 4424, 4490
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights................................................4257
    Charters.......................................................4258
    Disclosure to shareholders...............................4271, 4273
    Electronic commerce............................................4261
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4268
    Financing regulations..........................................4269
    General provisions for associations............................4273
    Loan policies and operations...........4259, 4260, 4262, 4263, 4267
    Loan purchases and sales.......................................4264
    Mission-related investments....................................4266
    Organization of associations...................................4273
    Stock issuance.................................................4270
    Stockholder vote on like-lending authority.....................4272
  Federal:
    Operating subsidiaries.........................................2816
  Fiduciary activities.............................................2812
  Financial institutions:
    Consumer information privacy...................................4511
    DoD installations..........................................848, 849
    Payment service providers......................................2688
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................3080
    Simplified capital framework...................................4428
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2687, 2689
  Foreign investments..............................................4488
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4633
  Government Securities Act amendments.............................2693
  Holding companies.....3133, 4470, 4471, 4473, 4484, 4485, 4486, 4487, 
                                     4492, 4493, 4494, 4500, 4593, 4636

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  Holidays.........................................................2817
  International banks..............................................4488
  Interstate branches........................................2807, 4434
  Intraday extensions of credit to affiliates......................4497
  Lending limits...................................................2814
  Market risk measure..............................................4435
  Merger applications..............................................4429
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2796
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2811
  Non-deposit investment products............................2808, 3138
  Nonfinancial equity investments..................................4436
  NSF fees.........................................................2817
  Online delivery of financial services............................3143
  OTS capital regulations..........................................3135
  Predatory lending practices......................................3131
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............4482
  Regulation DD....................................................4496
  Regulation U.....................................................4472
  Resolution Funding Corporation operations........................2692
  Retained interests...............................................4433
  Risk-based capital standards......3887, 4433, 4435, 4436, 4438, 4482, 
                                                                   4483
  Savings association activities...................................3140
  Securities borrowing transactions................................4435
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Automated submission of trading data...........................4659
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4431
    Recordkeeping requirements...............................2813, 4426
  State bank activities:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4469, 4470, 4471, 4480, 
                                     4481, 4482, 4484, 4485, 4486, 4487
  Suspension, removal, or debarment of independent public 
      accountants..................................................4437
  Thrift institutions........................................3142, 4611
  Time accounts....................................................4496
  Transactions between banks and their affiliates............4491, 4497
  Transactions of affiliate with foreign parent.....................483
  Truth in lending...........................................4477, 4495
  Truth in savings...........................................4475, 4496
  Types of offices.................................................3137
  Usury preemption.................................................3129
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Brewery regulations...............................................110
  Exports..........................................................2744
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2745
Bees:
  Importation.......................................................254
Bicycles:
  Handlebar performance standard...................................4241
Bioengineered foods:
  Premarket notice.................................................1096
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting.......................................28
  Bar code label requirements........................................32
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act...........................26
  Cellular therapy products........................................1058
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1080
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances.....................................................38
  Elimination of NDC coding standards..............................1243
  General safety test exceptions...................................1058
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1048
  Interstate shipment..............................................1005
  Labeling.........................................................1023
  Part 600 regulations.............................................1103
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing.........34
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices...............................36
  Hepatitis C virus............................................36, 3168
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1183
  Safety standards.................................................1018
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Municipal........................................................2817
  Private activity...........................................3041, 3054
  Qualified zone academy.....................................3103, 3105
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................4033, 4054, 4069
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2704
  Surety bond requirements.........................................1712
  Tax-exempt bonds issued by state and local governments...........2921
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor...............2391, 2405
  Drawbridge operation.............................................2269
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2392
  Worker safety standards..........................................2595
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Automated submission of trading data.............................4659
  Bonding requirement exemption....................................2038
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries......4209
  Exemption from Commodity Exchange Act............................4233
  Exemption from National Securities Association membership........4667
  Fees.............................................................3114
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................4207
  Large trader records.............................................4664
  Net capital requirements...................................4650, 4656
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4626
  Notice registration for commodity futures contracts..............4235
  Quotation requirements...........................................4651
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................4426
  Registration to trade security futures products..................4658
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities......1265, 1808, 1815, 3315, 
                                                                   3318
  Asbestos.........................................................3608
  Indoor air quality.........................................2115, 3438
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2202
  Antilock brakes..................................................2540
  Brake systems....................................................2538
  School:
    Body joint strength............................................2545
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2560
    Operations.....................................................2618
  Testing guidelines...............................................2615
  Wheelchair restraints............................................2535

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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..........2199, 2210
  Alcohol:
    Wine...........................................................2733
  Aluminum industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3544, 3545
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3388
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions........2913, 2995
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3537
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3538
  Cellulose manufacturing..........................................3465
  Cement manufacturing industry..............................3440, 3533
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..............................3385, 3386, 3460
    Control of PMNs................................................3594
    Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3652
    Manufacture.............................141, 3585, 3593, 3598, 3599
    Pollution standards............................................3596
    Polychlorinated biphenyls......................................3609
  Commercial diving operations.....................................2123
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay.....................................1851
  Effluent guidelines......................3683, 3694, 3696, 3710, 3714
  Entertainment industry...........................................2883
  EPA operating permits.............................................120
  Explosives........................................................111
  Ferroalloy production......................................3552, 3553
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................440
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4508
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based products...........1059, 1082, 1083
  Industrial container and drum cleaning effluent guidelines.......3714
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3696
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3482
  Leather tanning and finishing....................................3484
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3391
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3387, 3404
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control.....................................125, 3463
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2534
    Metric conversion..............................................2481
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits..........3728
  North American Industry Classification System....................4177
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3641
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3488
  Partnerships with foreign partners...............................2997
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Discontinuation of lifesaving products.........................1059
    Manufacturing changes..........................................1060
    Radiopharmaceuticals...........................................1024
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3405
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control...........................................121
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3495
  Printing/publishing..............................................3418
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3713
    Emissions reduction............................................3534
    NESHAP revisions...............................................3556
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3696
  Stock transfer rules.......................................2895, 3055
  Tires:
    Manufacture....................................................3481
  Vegetable oil production.........................................3539
  Woodworking:
    Machinery standards............................................2137


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................4280
  Cost of service..................................................4276
  Customer service standards.......................................4277
  Digital must carry requirements..................................4283
  Home wiring rights...............................................4278
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4284
  Pole attachments.................................................4282
  Rates............................................................4275
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3358
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......1004
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program............................1116
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1186, 2047
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Bulk liquid hazardous material...........................2255, 2277
    Numbering of undocumented barges.........................2238, 2272
    Vapor control systems..........................................2219
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................2256
  Carriage of bulk solid materials requiring special handling......2273
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2235
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................2266
    Foreign........................................................2234
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................2266
    Response plans............................................101, 2222
    Tank level or pressure monitoring devices........................99
    Towing vessel safety measures..................................2243
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits...................................3208, 3209, 3211
    Provisions for capital crimes..................................3262
Census data:
  Correction........................................................494
  Disclosure of information........................................2994
  Release authorizations............................................495
  Special services and studies.................................489, 496
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Beneficiaries age 65 and over......................................18
  Bonus payments in medically underserved areas.....................910

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  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................907
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................911
  Double coverage..............................................905, 906
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................903
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................901
  Individual Case Management Program................................900
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........908
  Payments for professional services in low-access locations........914
  Pharmacy Benefits Program..........................................17
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................904
  Third-party recoveries............................................906
  Transplants coverage..............................................902
  TRICARE.........................................17, 18, 909, 910, 911
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Passengers stranded by...........................................2180
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3597
  Air pollution control............................................3460
  Arsenic in drinking water.........................................147
  Assessment information rule......................................3598
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3619
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1827
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3741
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program.................131
  Flame retardant substances.......................................3586
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3599
  Helium acquisition...............................................4193
  Helium conservation..............................................1739
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3591
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3594
  OSHA dermal testing..............................................3592
  Ozone depleting:
    Halons.........................................................3496
    Methyl bromide...........................................3527, 3532
    Refrigerant recycling....................................3486, 3487
    Sales restrictions.............................................3409
    Substitutes....................................................3524
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3595
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3596, 3609, 3612
  Polymers and resins..............................................3401
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4251
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1830
  Right-to-Know initiative..........................................142
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3591
  Test rules.....................................3589, 3604, 3607, 3610
  Toxic substances.....................................3585, 3593, 3663
  Toxic Substances Control Act...............................3581, 3613
  Toxicity profiles................................................3582
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3584
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3621
    Chemical expansion.............................................3622
    Coal...........................................................3615
    Metal mining...................................................3618
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3623
    Reporting requirements...................................3617, 3618
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3614
  Use inventory rule................................................141
  Used in manufacture of controlled substances...............1818, 1831
  Waiver of advance notification requirement for imports...........1834
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations..............................................83
  Schooling, health, and well-being..................................83
  Violation penalties..............................................2011
Child support:
  Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an SSI 
      eligible child...............................................4141
  Payments to Indian tribes........................................1253
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1254
  Safeguarding information.........................................1250
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
           Day care
  Aliens:
    Battered children..............................................1838
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................342
  Children's Online Privacy Act....................................4512
  Indian child protection programs...........................1113, 1652
  Medical child support............................................1175
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program....................1121
  NIH training grants..............................................1122
  Permanent incapacity for self-support............................3167
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1983
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products.....................................................1073
  SSA benefits.....................................................4116
  SSI student earned income exclusion..............................4114
  State Children's Health Insurance Program........................1212
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    High performance bonus...................................1257, 2031
    Work requirements..............................................2031
  Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
      facilities....................................................999
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Bond extension filing requirements...............................2770
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico........2767, 2770
  Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2729
  Exportation of products, papers and tubes........................2794
  Importation of products, papers and tubes........................2743
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2765
  Recodification of regulations........................2791, 2792, 2793
  Regulation revisions.............................................2795
  Reimportation of products........................................2763
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2766
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1953
  Employment authorization.........................................1949
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1938
Civil defense:
  See also Disaster assistance
  Military assistance to civil agencies.............................843
Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3319
  Data collection...................................................321
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................4476
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................336
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.................................2084, 2181, 3787

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    Air carriers...................................................2109
    Defined contribution retirement plans..........................3117
    Department of State programs...................................2153
    DOC programs....................................................480
    DOD programs....................................................826
    DOE programs....................................................962
    DOI programs...................................................1355
    DOJ programs.......................................1812, 1814, 2001
    DOL programs...................................................2089
    DOT programs...................................................2201
    Federally assisted programs.......962, 2083, 2084, 3324, 3862, 4129
    FEMA programs..................................................3754
    GSA programs.......................................3788, 3797, 3810
    HHS activities..................................................991
    HIPAA rules..................................2049, 2990, 2991, 2992
    HUD programs...................................................1268
    Individuals with disabilities..........1815, 3786, 4003, 4005, 4129
    NARA programs..................................................3849
    NASA programs..................................................3837
    NCUA programs..................................................4526
    NEA activities.....................................3865, 3866, 4005
    NEH activities...............................3866, 3870, 3871, 4005
    NRC programs...................................................4571
    NSF programs...................................................3879
    OFHEO programs.................................................3888
    Real estate-related lending by credit unions...................4535
    SBA programs...................................................4058
    SSA programs.............................................4128, 4129
    TVA programs...................................................4155
    USAID activities...............................................3312
    USDA programs and activities....................................438
    VA activities..................................................3264
  Older individuals................................................1259
  Peace Corps volunteer discrimination complaint procedure.........4005
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  Against the Patent and Trademark Office...........................815
  CNCS debt collection.............................................3325
  False Claims Amendments Act of 1986..............................1992
  Federal Tort Claims Act procedures...............................3330
  Filing claims against SSA........................................4085
  FMS payments...............................................2701, 2709
  HHS administrative wage garnishment..............................1007
  Meritorious claims...............................................3828
  NRC debt collection..............................................4561
  Public land rights-of-way........................................1357
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1985
  SBA debt collection..............................................4057
  Seized property..................................................1989
  SSA debt collection.............................156, 4131, 4132, 4133
  SSI overpayments...........................................4110, 4113
  Veterans:
    Attorney fees..................................................3253
    Debt collection................................................3146
Classified information:
  Access.......................................................833, 954
  DOE policies......................................................955
  Government acquisitions..........................................4179
  Nuclear material..................................................954
  OMB policies.....................................................3904
  Research involving human subjects...........................919, 1130
  Storage...........................................................834
  Uniform system for national security information..................974
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1727
  Coal management..................................................1763
    Noncompetitive leases..........................................1755
    Provisions and limitations.....................................1755
  Coalbed methane development......................................1757
  Combustion wastes..........................................3656, 3657
  Regulation streamlining..........................................1763
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3615
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Coastal Zone Management Act.......................................786
  Shore protection.................................................2265
  TVA shoreline management.........................................4157
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3749
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program......................................217, 1452
    Corps of Engineers program......................................891
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................470
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1882
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................879
  DFARS modification................................................879
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................831
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................845
  DOT grants.......................................................2195
  Grants administration............................497, 837, 1276, 3766
  Grants to Indian colleges........................................1666
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................288
  Part-time study for F-1 commuter students in contiguous 
      territories..................................................1888
  Transfer of excess federal property...............................475
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Agricultural commodities:
    Hedging........................................................4216
    Trade options..................................................4224
  Broker-dealers:
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 
                                                                   4209
    Exemption from Commodity Exchange Act..........................4233
    Notice registration............................................4235
  Clearing organizations...........................................4229
  Commodity pool operator:
    Registration exemption.........................................4613
    Reporting requirements.........................................4223
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Performance disclosures........................................4219
  Conduct of CFTC members and employees............................4217
  Denomination of customer funds...................................4206
  Depository institutions..........................................4209
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities...............4209, 4230
  Exempting boards of trade and designated contract markets from 
      the Commodity Exchange Act...................................4234
  Farm credit system institutions..................................4209
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................4207
  Foreign futures and options contracts............................4220
  Foreign stock index contracts....................................4215
  Grading and certification of livestock............................184
  Hybrid instrument regulation.....................................4208
  Intermediaries of commodity interest transactions................4228
  Location of depositories.........................................4206

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  Opting out of segregation........................................4230
  Privacy provisions...............................................4231
  Security futures:
    Authority to modify product listing standards..................4211
    Cash settlement of contracts...................................4218
    Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency...............4212
    Dollar value of average daily trading volume.............4232, 4662
    Dual registrants...............................................4214
    Dual trading...................................................4221
    Exemption from compliance with listing standards...............4225
    Listing standards and conditions...............................4222
    Margin requirements............................................4210
    Market capitalization....................................4232, 4662
    Narrow based security indexes..................................4662
    Notice registration for commission merchant or introducing 
        broker.....................................................4235
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............4213
    Regulatory amendments..........................................4643
    Regulatory trading halts.......................................4218
  Segregated accounts..............................................4226
  Trading facilities...............................................4227
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4464
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management....................................1775, 1780
  Interstate quarantine of persons...................................27
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  Accounting and reporting requirements............................4312
  Auction authority................................................4407
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4310
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4378
  Cable landing licenses...........................................4369
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4338
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................4398
  Commercial mobile radio services.........4395, 4399, 4414, 4416, 4419
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................4399
    Narrowband.....................................................4396
    Process........................................................4404
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................4397
  Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.............4343
  Dedicated Short Range Communications.............................2419
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   4311
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4381
  Emergency Alert System...........................................4325
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................4325
  Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule...........4383
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.........................4305
  FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................4352
  FM radio.........................................................4380
  Government transfer band.........................................4337
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4284
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................4412
  International common carriers....................................4361
  International interexchange services.............................4374
  Internet telephony...............................................4324
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4409
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................4417
  Mandatory reimbursement rules for relocation of Federal 
      spectrum......................................................788
  Maritime...................................................4392, 4411
  Millimeter wave spectrum allocation..............................4328
  Multiple address systems.........................................4403
  Mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...............4334
  North American Numbering Plan administration...............4288, 4321
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................4393
  Public safety communications requirements........................4402
  Radio market definitions.........................................4388
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................4415
  Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4349
  Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band................................4351
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................4347
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4418
  Redesignation of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..............................4362
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4359
  Regulatory fees..................................................4391
  RF lighting devices..............................................4333
  Satellite:
    Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz......................4331
    Application and licensing requirements.........................4354
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4287
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................4332
    Digital audio radio service....................................4358
    Direct broadcast service.......................................4365
    Earth stations.....................................4357, 4371, 4373
    Fixed-satellite services...........................4339, 4362, 4373
    Global mobile personal communications..........................4368
    Maritime mobile services.......................................4366
    MSS spectrum allocation............................4329, 4356, 4364
    Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of 
        the V-band.................................................4363
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations...............................4360
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and 
        separate international satellite systems...................4367
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4285, 4286
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4359
    Tracking and data relay........................................3835
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4355
  Securities Act reform............................................4602
  Software defined radios..........................................4345
  Spectrum aggregation limits......................................4408
  Spectrum allocation..............................................4332
  Spread spectrum systems..........................................4340
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................4410
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4413
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4413
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4375
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................4377
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................4348
    Cable Act................................................4276, 4280
    Cable television rates.........................................4275
    Children's programming...................................4386, 4387
    Class A license................................................4390
    Closed captioning..............................................4350
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4281
    Digital must carry requirements................................4283
    Digital television service.............4336, 4350, 4384, 4385, 4386
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................4370
    Dual network rule..............................................4382
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4376
    Predicting broadcast television field strength.................4342
    Public interest information....................................4389
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4285, 4286
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................4406
    Video programming accessibility..........................4279, 4281
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................4344
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4313
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........4330

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  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................4405
  Video teleconference technology...................................159
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................4394
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4327
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................4346
    Medical Telemetry Service......................................4341
    Telecommunications carriers....................................4408
Communications common carriers:
  International....................................................4361
  Streamlining procedures for transfers of control.................4318
  Toll free service access codes...................................4291
Community action programs:
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............997
  Community transition program......................................957
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities................437, 1315
  Renewal communities..............................................1315
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 grants:
    Brownfields activities...........................................66
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing units....................................1310
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1316
    Revitalization strategy........................................1313
    Slum and blight prevention.......................................66
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions 
                                                                   4532
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1323
  Environmental regulations.........................................303
  Fisheries.........................................................733
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................839
  SBA:
    HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program.........................154
    Local economic development.....................................4034
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................411
  Air carriers.....................................................2204
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2466
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
    Amendments.....................................................1871
    Arbitrations...................................................3785
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1870
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act...................79
  Cable television companies.......................................4278
  Communications Act...................................4396, 4397, 4399
  DFARS anticompetitive teaming.....................................861
  Television marketplace.....................................4275, 4281
  Trade adjustment assistance................................2028, 2029
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems.................949
  Airline computer reservations system.............................2212
  Automated submission of trading data.............................4659
  Automated surety interface.......................................2858
  Buy America requirement waiver...................................2621
  Contractor personnel in the procurement of information 
      technology services..........................................4195
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............516, 547
  Electronic filing................................................2822
    Bonds, agreements, certificates, and cancellations.............2457
    DOT proceedings................................................2209
    FERC forms...............................................4444, 4448
    Investment advisers......................................4627, 4635
  Electronic records.............................3841, 3844, 4632, 4636
  Electronic submission:
    Adverse drug reaction reports..................................1021
    Documents................................................4463, 4567
    Income tax filing..............................................2911
    Labeling information...........................................1029
    Payee statements...............................................3077
    Trademark documents.............................................805
  Exports............................................527, 540, 541, 542
  Internet:
    Children's Online Privacy Act..................................4512
    Domain Name System..............................................787
    GOV domain.....................................................3813
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................505
    Telephony......................................................4324
  Online delivery of financial services............................3143
  Small businesses:
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers...................4053
  Software classification..........................................1101
  Stored-value cards...............................................4479
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  DOT regulations..................................................2497
  EPA regulations..................................................3343
  NRC regulations..................................................4551
  USDA regulations..................................................197
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................903
  DOE...............................................................977
  EPA..............................................................3336
  Ethical conduct............................................3874, 3900
  Ethics programs..................................................3897
  Exemptions.......................................................3898
  FDIC.............................................................4423
  Financial disclosure.............................................3894
  NCUA.............................................................4519
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3891
  Post-government employment.......................................3899
  Salary supplementation...........................................3893
  Standards of conduct............................482, 3895, 3997, 3998
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2092
  Davis-Bacon Act..................................................4202
  Effluent guidelines...............................................137
  Electric power line worker safety................................2094
  Ergonomics programs..............................................2138
  Fall protection..................................................2118
  Hazardous energy control.........................................2131
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................2097
  Hoisting equipment safety........................................2098
  Noise abatement..................................................2421
  Safety and health programs.......................................2130
  Sanitation standards for workers.................................2136
  Scaffold safety standards........................................2129
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Baby bath seats..................................................4240
  Baby walkers.....................................................4246
  Backyard play sets standard......................................4236
  Bicycle handlebars...............................................4241
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................4278
  Candles and candle wicks containing lead...................4243, 4254

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  Child-resistant packaging..................................4253, 4256
  Crib safety standards............................................4249
  Disclosures................................................4509, 4510
  Financial information privacy....................................4511
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles..............................................4250
    Mattresses.....................................................4247
    Upholstered furniture.....................................163, 4237
  Household goods transportation...................................2460
  Infant formula quality control...................................1077
  Lead-based paint.................................................3600
  Meat and poultry products.........................................403
  Model rocket propellant devices..................................4242
  Natural rubber latex.............................................4238
  Non-wood baseball bats...........................................4239
  Notices to passengers............................................2186
  Over-the-counter drugs.....................................1011, 4255
  Playground equipment made from chromated-copper-arsenate 
      treated wood.................................................4252
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4251
  Portable bed rails...............................................4248
  Premerger notification...........................................4506
  Product registration cards for products intended for children 
                                                                   4244
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1692
  Leasing sulphur or oil and gas...........1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1725
  Minerals prospecting.............................................1709
  Safety zones around petroleum and gas production facilities......2232
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...................1099
Cotton:
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton.........................243
  Futures contracts.................................................168
  Non-recourse loan and loan deficiency payment programs............201
  User fees for crop cotton classification services............173, 196
Countervailing duties:
  Sunset reviews....................................................501
Courts:
  Courts of Indian Offenses..................................1685, 1687
  Damage awards....................................................3100
  Disclosure of records............................................3329
  FBI criminal justice information systems.........................1847
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule..............................3331
    DNA collection and use...................................1990, 3333
    Sex offender registration in the District of Columbia..........3332
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Credit unions
           Mortgages
           Banks, banking
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................4430
  Debt collection:
    Corporate debt collection......................................4425
    Debt Collection Improvement Act................................3853
    FDIC...........................................................4425
    FEMA.....................................................3760, 3761
    HHS............................................................1007
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2711
    NRC............................................................4561
    SBA......................................................4057, 4060
    SSA............................................................4131
    Treasury...........................................2710, 2715, 2716
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2702
  Equal credit opportunity...................................4476, 4477
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations......................4424, 4490
  Farm Credit System rule adjusting civil money penalties for 
      inflation....................................................4274
  Partners and partnerships........................................3034
  Unsecured credit limits..........................................4456
Credit unions:
  Central Liquidity Facility advance policy........................4533
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions 
                                                                   4532
  Conflicts of interests...........................................4519
  Corporate credit unions..........................................4515
  Credit Union Service Organizations...............................4531
  Definitions......................................................4524
  DoD installations.................................................849
  Eligible obligations.............................................4519
  Fair credit reporting......................................4517, 4529
  Indemnification of officials and employees.......................4520
  Insurance and group purchasing activities........................4527
  Insurance requirements...............................4518, 4520, 4534
  Insurance requirements for branches outside the United States 
                                                                   4516
  Investment and deposit activities................................4514
  Nondeposit investment sales......................................4521
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4526
  Nondiscrimination in real estate-related lending.................4535
  OMB control numbers..............................................4523
  Prepayment fees to Federal Home Loan Bank........................4530
  Quarterly call reports...........................................4518
  Records preservation program.....................................4528
  Regulatory flexibility and exemption program.....................4522
  Reimbursements...................................................4520
  Technical amendments.............................................4524
  Truth in Savings rule............................................4525
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.......................1838
    Criminal convictions...........................................1837
    Custody procedures.............................................1968
    Expedited removal from jails...................................1977
    In-transit passengers..........................................1857
    Trafficking victims............................80, 1892, 1964, 2156
    Victims of crime.....................................80, 1902, 2156
  Arson reporting..................................................2724
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................2000
  DNA collection and use.....................................1990, 3333
  Domestic violence................................................2740
  FBI criminal justice information systems.........................1847
  Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database Program..................1849
  Federal Tort Claims Act procedures...............................3330
  Housing program eviction.........................................1281
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1845
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule..............................3331
  Prostitution.....................................................1860

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  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1983
  Safe harbor provision............................................2581
  Seized property..................................................1989
  Sex offender registration programs.........................1848, 3332
  Sex offender release notification................................1792
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1928
  Victims of Crime Act.............................................3233
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1991
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations...................................312, 314
  Application for...................................................306
  Blueberries.......................................................309
  Civil penalties...................................................308
  Cotton............................................................243
  Grains.......................................................313, 320
  Insurance by written agreement....................................319
  Millet............................................................316
  Movement or assumption of policies................................307
  Nonstandard classification system.................................314
  Nursery crops.....................................................310
  Premiums..........................................................315
  Revisions.........................................................317
  Wheat.............................................................313
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure......................................2076, 2119
Cultural exchange programs:
  Annual reports...................................................2143
  Reinstatment of J-1 exchange visitors............................2152
  Summer work/travel...............................................2151
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Administrative rulings...........................................2823
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2849
  Aircraft manifests...............................................2864
  Bona fide gifts..................................................2870
  Charge for reimbursable Customs inspectional services............2851
  Civil aircraft...................................................2845
  Civil asset forfeiture...........................................2848
  Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000.................2869
  Counterfeited trademarks.........................................2839
  Country of origin marking............................2840, 2860, 2862
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2730
  Delinquent payment...............................................2825
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2830
  Duty-free stores.................................................2866
  Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum........2852
  Electronic filing of entries of merchandise......................2822
  Fee and interest:
    Payment methods................................................2841
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2827
  General order warehouses.........................................2843
  Harbor maintenance fees........................2836, 2837, 2854, 2868
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2842
  In-transit mail shipment examination.............................2826
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2824
  Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused 
      merchandise drawback.........................................2847
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2838, 2865
  Overflight Program...............................................2827
  Personal or household articles...................................2870
  Ports of entry...................................................2863
  Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2831
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2821
  Refund of duties paid on select wool products....................2856
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2867
  Tariffs:
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2819
  Textile and apparel products:
    Rules of origin................................................2853
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2820
  User and navigation fees.........................................2846
  User fees........................................................2829
  Watches and jewelry...............................................503


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Inspection and grading of dairy plants............................169
  Inspection and grading service for manufactured or processed 
      products......................................................188
  Northeast Dairy Compact Commission................................246
  Recourse loans....................................................209
  Transportation and storage........................................394
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Day care:
  VA facilities....................................................3278
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants................................................2798, 4437
  AID..............................................................3309
  CNCS.............................................................3326
  Department of State..............................................2144
  DOC...............................................................499
  DOD...............................................................829
  DOE...............................................................970
  DOI..............................................................1353
  DOJ..............................................................1995
  DOL..............................................................2090
  DOT..............................................................2178
  ED................................................................917
  EPA..............................................................3339
  FEMA.............................................................3767
  FMCS.............................................................3783
  GSA..............................................................3796
  HHS...............................................................984
  HUD..............................................................1263
  IMLS.............................................................3860
  NARA.............................................................3845
  NASA.............................................................3824
  NEA..............................................................3868
  NEH..............................................................3876
  OPM..............................................................3935
  Peace Corps......................................................4002
  SBA..............................................................4044
  Social Security Administration...................................4103
  Treasury.........................................................2686
  VA...............................................................3273
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

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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................................................3300
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice................................29
  Labeling for safety concerns associated with use during 
      pregnancy....................................................1036
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease...................1099
Disability benefits:
  Compensation for veteran's loss of breast........................3239
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act...........................1210
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
  Community Disaster Loan Program..................................3771
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................888
  Crop disaster assistance.....................................229, 230
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3767
  Debris removal...................................................3778
  Definition of terms..............................................3774
  Drug-free workplace requirement..................................3767
  Farmers...........................................................319
    Acreage determination for skip-row cotton.......................243
    Disaster set-aside program.................................205, 227
    Primary loan servicing..........................................205
  Fire management assistance program...............................3782
  Floods...........................................................3755
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................893
    Assistance to private sector property insurers.................3781
    National Flood Insurance Program......3764, 3768, 3769, 3770, 3775, 
                                                             3779, 3780
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3757
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................3773
  Hurricanes:
    Property acquisition and grants authority......................3777
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act............................................3753, 3756, 3774
  Livestock Indemnity Programs......................................236
  Market loss assistance............................................229
  Military personnel support........................................898
  Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program.........4065
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................3762
  Nondiscrimination................................................3754
  Public Assistance Program........................................3771
  SBA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program.........................4056
  Unemployment assistance....................................2023, 2027
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.........................................2300, 2345
  Block grants.....................................................1000
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1794
  Drug-free workplace requirements......829, 917, 970, 984, 1353, 2090, 
           2144, 2178, 3273, 3309, 3326, 3767, 3783, 3796, 3824, 3845, 
                                           3869, 3877, 4002, 4044, 4103
  Housing program eviction.........................................1281
  Substance abuse emergency response criteria.......................998
  Transit operators................................................2625
  Treatment programs...............................................1794
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1776
  Violent crime and drug emergency areas...........................1991
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................2304
  Drug Testing Program.............................................1797
  Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs..........................1001
  Following marine incidents.......................................2223
  Motor carrier post-accident tests................................2462
  Pipeline facility employees......................................2677
  Railroad employees...............................................2598
    Foreign-based crews............................................2589
  Skip lot testing.................................................1031
  Transportation personnel.............................2188, 2213, 2464
Drug traffic control:
  Air traffic security control.....................................2347
  Controlled substances:
    Dichloralphenazone.............................................1835
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1826
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1823
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1824
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use................................................1821
    Freight forwarding facilities..................................1832
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1819
    Red phosphorus, white phosphorus and hypophosphorous acid......1831
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1816
    Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.......................1820
  Diversion control fee account....................................1828
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1827
  FAA regulations..................................................2362
  Hydrochloric gas thresholds......................................1833
  Iodine thresholds................................................1833
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1825
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications................................1009
  Adverse drug reaction reports................................28, 1021

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  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk packages
                                                                   1039
  Animal drug products used in food-producing animals..............1035
  Bar code label requirements........................................32
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements............1009, 1047
  Biological products..............................................1103
  Bulk drug substances.......................................1041, 1085
  Central fill pharmacies..........................................1822
  Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances...........1818
  Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act........................1829
  Conditions for marketing digoxin products for oral use...........1075
  Court decision definition........................................1074
  Current good manufacturing practice........................1046, 1050
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances.....................................................38
  Electronic transactions:
    Elimination of NDC coding standards............................1243
  Exports...........................................................525
  Fees.............................................................1030
  Generic drug exclusivity (180 day)...............................1074
  Habit-forming drugs..............................................1056
  Informed consent regulations.................................31, 1048
  Institutional review boards......................................1098
  Insulin-containing products......................................1022
  Investigational new drugs............................1013, 1020, 1044
  Labeling...............................................32, 1008, 1050
  Life-saving products.............................................1059
  Manufacturing changes............................................1060
  Market withdrawal..........................................1093, 1094
  Medicaid drug rebate program.....................................1218
  New drug applications............................................1019
  Overwrap for inhalation products packaged in low density 
      polyethylene containers......................................1095
  Packaging requirements for over-the-counter oral prescription 
      drugs........................................................4255
  Pharmacy compounding.................................1085, 1086, 1087
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1817
  Radiopharmaceuticals.......................................1016, 1024
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1830
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing.........34
  Registration of producers........................................1012
  Repackaging approval requirements................................1027
  Rubber-containing................................................1008
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations...............1073
  Stability testing................................................1091
  Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.........................1820


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......490, 491, 492, 493
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
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1882
  Administrative regulations........................................918
  Debarment and suspension regulation...............................917
  Direct grant programs.............................................918
  Drug-free workplace requirement...................................917
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization.............19
  Eligibility of overseas military dependents..................824, 825
  General Educational Degree.......................................1774
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1801
  Graduate medical education payment...............................1225
  Health education revisions........................................990
  Inmate occupational educational programs.........................1796
  National Security Education Program...............................832
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers..............1123
  NIH scholarships.................................................1115
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1127
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.....2174, 3349, 3861
  Part-time study for F-1 commuter students in contiguous 
      territories..................................................1888
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1781
  Student assistance programs:
    Performance standards for retention of electronic records.......921
  Student loans....................................................3989
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3811
  Veterans:
    Course approval streamlining...................................3202
    Educational Assistance test program......................3249, 3294
    Flight training................................................3232
    Licensing and certification....................................3195
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty........3196, 3248, 3286, 3295, 3303
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...............3196, 3246, 3293
    Survivors and dependents.................................3161, 3247
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3163
Education of disadvantaged:
  Head Start program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1252
    Family care as an option.......................................1255
    Performance standards..........................................1249
    Regulations....................................................1256
Educational facilities:
  Authorization to enroll F-1 students.............................1973
  Grants administration............................................3310
  NASA offer for small self-contained payloads.....................3839
  Transfer of excess federal property...............................475
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection....................................916, 919
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading fees......................................................181
  Import restrictions...............................................258
  Inspection regulations..............................11, 186, 384, 404
  Salmonella enteritidis........................................30, 258
  Transportation and storage........................................394
  Voluntary shell-egg grading program.....................177, 191, 195
Elderly:
  See Aged

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Elections:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
           Voting rights
  Indian tribal governments..................................1644, 1645
Electric power:
  See also Electric power plants
           Electric utilities
  Bonneville Power Administration:
    New large single load policy....................................965
  Worker safety....................................................2094
Electric power plants:
  Electronic filing of FERC forms............................4444, 4446
Electric utilities:
  Additions and extensions..........................................460
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1672
  Mergers and consolidations of borrowers...........................452
  National Forest System............................................413
  Revision to assessment of annual charges.........................4449
  RUS standard contract forms.......................................453
  Small business size standards....................................4039
  Standards and specifications......................................462
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4442
  Steam generating unit MACT regulation.............................129
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic benefit transfer systems...............................352
  Federal agency disbursements...............................2705, 3352
  FRS Regulation E revision..................................4479, 4499
  GSAR regulation..................................................3805
Elementary and secondary education:
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization.............19
  Ineligibility of F-1 foreign students............................1973
Emergency medical services:
  Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act........................1185
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Cafeteria plans............................................2948, 2998
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................2039
  Defined contribution plans.................................2054, 3117
  Electronic disclosure............................................2046
  Family and medical leave.........................................2948
  Plan documents.......................................2043, 2044, 2045
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2042, 2054
  Soft dollar interpretive bulletin................................2055
  Stock option programs............................................2007
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program.............................88
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Government employees
           Equal employment opportunity
  Aliens...................84, 1856, 1903, 1922, 1927, 1970, 1974, 1975
    Authorization documents........................................1898
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1949
    Eligibility verification.............................85, 1929, 1940
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1869
    Labor certification process..............................2022, 2030
    Labor condition applications...................................2021
    Refiling of applications.......................................2032
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act:
    Amendments.....................................................1871
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1870
  Community transition program......................................957
  Definitions for salary basis.......................................81
  Domestic services................................................2013
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2004
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1323
  Senior Community Service Employment program........................86
  Verification of employment.................................1974, 1975
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program.............................2019, 2031
  Work provisions of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
      Reconciliation Act..............................................8
  Workforce investment systems.....................................2085
Employment taxes:
  Unemployment repayment...........................................3013
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Alabama sturgeon.................................................1583
  Appalachian elktoe...............................................1475
  Argali sheep.....................................................1508
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................892
  Ash Meadows Amargusa pupfish removal.............................1404
  Ash Meadows sunray removal.......................................1404
  Asian bonytongue.................................................1525
  Atlantic salmon..................................................1581
  Australian parakeets.............................................1428
  Basking shark....................................................1479
  Bay checkerspot butterfly........................................1598
  Beach mouse......................................................1582
  Beluga sturgeon..................................................1431
  Big Cypress Fox squirrel.........................................1401
  Black-footed ferrets.............................................1409
  Blackburn sphinx moth......................................1396, 1424
  Blue shiner......................................................1585
  Boulder darter...................................................1402
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1383
  Buena Vista Lake Shrew...........................................1462
  Bull trout.......................................................1378
  Canadian lynx..............................................1372, 1578
  Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances................1423
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1451
  Carolina Heelsplitter............................................1473
  Carson's wandering skipper.......................................1436
  Chiricahua leopard frog..........................................1450
  CITES decisions................................1417, 1445, 1457, 1599
  Coastal cutthroat trout....................................1374, 1570
  Coho salmon.......................................................715
  Columbia white-tailed deer.......................................1373
  Conservation activities.....................................685, 1453
  Conservation permits.............................................1454
  Cowhead Lake tui chub............................................1519
  Critical habitat........716, 774, 1382, 1389, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 
           1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1433, 1439, 1441, 
           1443, 1468, 1469, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1489, 
           1502, 1511, 1531, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1555, 
           1556, 1557, 1558, 1560, 1562, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1570, 1572, 
           1573, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 
                                                 1585, 1586, 1597, 1598
  Cutthroat trout..................................................1570
  Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1482
  Designated ports for listed plants...............................1532
  Diamond Y springsnail............................................1590
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1480
  Dusky gopher frog................................................1460
  Duskytail darter.................................................1461
  Eagles...........................................................1448
    Incidental taking..............................................1416
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1629
  Evolutionarily Significant Units..................................780
  Fairy shrimp.....................................................1442
  Fender's Blue butterfly..........................................1558
  Foreign psittacine birds...................................1387, 1550
  Freshwater mussels...............................................1520
  Freshwater snails................................................1520
  Gila chub........................................................1382
  Gila trout.......................................................1410
  Goldline darter..................................................1585
  Gonzalez springsnail.............................................1590
  Gray wolf..................................................1370, 1516
  Green iguana.....................................................1499

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  Grizzly bears....................................................1491
  Guam Bridled white-eye...........................................1441
  Guam broadbill...................................................1441
  Guam broadbill removal...........................................1405
  Guam Micronesian kingfisher......................................1441
  Gulf sturgeon....................................................1439
  Harbor porpoise removal...........................................668
  Highlands Tiger beetle...........................................1586
  Hines emerald dragonfly..........................................1538
  Indiana bat......................................................1526
  Island fox.......................................................1444
  Johnson seagrass..................................................638
  Kanab ambersnail.................................................1577
  Kauai cave amphipod..............................................1396
  Kauai cave wolf spider...........................................1396
  Kootenai River White sturgeon....................................1573
  Koster's tyronia.................................................1433
  List, reclassify, or delist......................................1515
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1369
  Little Marianna fruit bat........................................1441
  Lost River suckers...............................................1511
  Mardon skipper...................................................1569
  Mariana crow.....................................................1441
  Marianna fruit bat...................................1441, 1503, 1518
  Marianna mallard removal.........................................1405
  Mexican bobcat...................................................1551
  Mexican wolf.....................................................1594
  Miami Blue butterfly.............................................1361
  Missouri bladder-pod.............................................1412
  Morelet's crocodile..............................................1521
  Mountain Yellow-legged Frog......................................1458
  Mussels....................................................1367, 1584
  Newcomb's snail............................................1396, 1425
  Noel's amphipod..................................................1433
  Nonessential experimental populations...1402, 1409, 1491, 1593, 1594, 
                                                                   1595
  Northern Idaho ground squirrel...................................1566
  Northern sea otter...............................................1574
  Oahu elepaio.....................................................1468
  Ohlone tiger beetle..............................................1530
  Oregon spotted frog..............................................1564
  Page springsnail.................................................1592
  Pecos assiminea..................................................1433
  Permit exemptions.................................................717
  Permit suspension and revocation..................................718
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1466
  Piping plover........................................1489, 1534, 1535
  Plants:
    Acuna cactus...................................................1591
    Agave eggersiana...............................................1589
    Ash Meadows gumplant removal...................................1404
    Baker's larkspur...............................................1395
    Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1490
    Californian plants.............................................1442
    Carbonate plants in California.................................1443
    Chorizanthe robusta var. hartwegii.............................1486
    Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta...............................1487
    CITES listings...........................................1490, 1493
    Coastal California plants......................................1392
    Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1579
    Cook's lomatium................................................1529
    Cordia rupicola................................................1588
    Critical habitat.......................1415, 1440, 1486, 1487, 1510
    Desert milk-vetch..............................................1575
    Desert Yellowhead..............................................1523
    Florida Semaphore cactus.......................................1587
    Gaviota tarplant...............................................1392
    Gentner's fritillary...........................................1557
    Golden Sedge...................................................1456
    Hawaiian Island plants.........................................1397
    Hirst's Panic grass............................................1580
    Hoover's Wooly-Star delisting..................................1467
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1408
    Kahoolawe Island plants........................................1415
    Kauai Island plants............................................1389
    Kincaid's lupine...............................................1560
    Kneeland Prairie Pennycress....................................1393
    LaGracosa thistle..............................................1392
    Lanai Island plants............................................1400
    Large-flowered wooly meadowfoam................................1529
    Lompac Yerba Santa.............................................1392
    Mariana Island plants..........................................1465
    Maui Island plants.............................................1415
    Maui/NUI Complex plants..................................1398, 1400
    Milk-vetch.....................................................1533
    Molokai Island plants..........................................1398
    Monterey spineflower...........................................1471
    Mountain plover....................................1524, 1576, 1601
    Nesogenes rotensis.............................................1465
    Niihau Island plants...........................................1389
    Northern wormwood..............................................1561
    Northwest Islands of Hawaii....................................1399
    Oahu, Hawaii plants............................................1440
    Osmoxylon mariannense..........................................1465
    Otay Tarplant..................................................1469
    Papery whitlow-wort removal....................................1406
    Polygonum hickmanii......................................1483, 1486
    Purple amole...................................................1391
    Ramin..........................................................1493
    Robin's cinquefoil.............................................1478
    Rock gnome lichen..............................................1474
    San Diego ambrosia.......................................1459, 1562
    Santa Cruz tarplant............................................1390
    Scutellaria montana............................................1464
    Slickspot Peppergrass..........................................1537
    Solanium conocarpum............................................1589
    Spalding's catchfly............................................1528
    Spanish cedar..................................................1490
    Spring Loving centuary removal.................................1404
    Tabernaemontana rotensis.......................................1465
    Tahoe yellowcress..............................................1556
    Territory of Guam plants.......................................1465
    Tropical ladyslipper orchids...................................1549
    Truckee barberry delisting.....................................1403
    Umbtanum Desert buckwheat......................................1565
    Ventura Marsh milkvetch........................................1510
    Wenatchee checkermallow........................................1572
    Williamete daisy...............................................1559
    Wireweed.......................................................1411
    Yellow larkspur................................................1395
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse.....................................1449
  Prudency determination...............................1473, 1474, 1475
  Pygmy rabbit.....................................................1435
  Quino Checkerspot butterfly......................................1470
  Red wolf.........................................................1593
  Rio Grande silvery minnow........................................1422
  Riparian brush rabbit............................................1567
  Riparian woodrat.................................................1568
  Riverside Fairy shrimp...........................................1536
  Roswell springsnail..............................................1433
  Rota bridled white-eye...........................................1434
  Sacramento Mountain Checkerspot butterfly........................1476
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1481
  Safe harbor agreements...........................................1423
  Salmon.......................................................645, 716
  San Bernardino kangaroo rat......................................1472
  San Marcos gambusia removal......................................1407
  Santa Ana suckers................................................1531
  Scaleshelled mussel........................................1502, 1527
  Sea turtles.......................................................635
  Shortnose suckers................................................1511
  Smoky madtom.....................................................1461
  Spectacled Eider:
    Removal of the Arctic Russian population.......................1596
  Spotfin chub...............................................1402, 1461

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  Spruce-fir Moss spider...........................................1539
  Stag beetle......................................................1479
  Steelhead.........................................................780
  Stephen's Kangaroo Rat...........................................1555
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1380
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1376
  Tidewater Goby...................................................1455
  Tinian monarch flycatcher........................................1494
  Topeka shiner....................................................1438
  Tumbling Creek cavesnail.........................................1437
  Turtle species...................................................1457
  Vermilion darter.................................................1463
  Vicuna...........................................................1446
  Virgin River fishes..............................................1515
  Washington ground squirrel.......................................1563
  West Indian manatee..............................................1485
  White abalone.....................................................774
  Whooping cranes..................................................1595
  Yellow-billed cuckoo.............................................1571
  Yellowfin madtom.................................................1461
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Geothermal energy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition regulations...........................................978
  Alternative fuels.................................924, 927, 946, 3467
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................983
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................982
  DEAR amendments:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................976
    Patent rights...................................................979
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............977
    Recycled products...............................................975
    Rewrite continuation............................................973
    Work for others by DOE contractors..............................980
  Debarment and suspension..........................................970
  Demand side management............................................457
  DOD fuel allocation procedures....................................842
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................970
  Electronic service of FERC documents.......................4445, 4446
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......964, 
                                                             1004, 2014
  FERC reporting requirements..........................4443, 4444, 4448
  Financial assistance:
    For-profit organizations........................................971
    Noncompetitive awards...........................................981
  Freedom of Information Act........................................956
  Nondiscrimination.................................................962
  Part 33 filing requirements......................................4447
  Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................953
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....678, 
                                                                   1477
  Privacy Act regulations...........................................960
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active uranium and thorium 
      processing sites..............................................963
  Renewable energy systems..........................................457
  Research misconduct...............................................958
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............679
  Uranium mill sites................................................967
  Weatherization Assistance Program.................................936
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Efficiency standards:
    Appliances.......................................................20
    Central air conditioners.........................................23
    Clothes dryers..................................................941
    Clothes washers.................................................945
    Commercial air conditioning equipment.......................22, 948
    Commercial heating equipment....................................948
    Direct heating equipment........................................942
    Dishwashers.....................................................941
    Electric distribution transformers...............................21
    Electric motors, 200 hp.........................................943
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................944
    Furnaces and boilers.............................................20
    Heat pumps...................................................22, 23
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................939
    Pool heaters....................................................942
    Refrigerators...................................................947
    Water heaters...................................................948
  Federal buildings.................................................937
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................938
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners........................................928
    Commercial package boilers......................................934
    Dishwashers.....................................................935
    Heat pumps......................................................928
  Testing requirements:
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................933
    Commercial heating equipment....................................932
    Commercial water heaters........................................931
    Electric motors, small..........................................940
    Electronic distribution transformers............................930
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................939
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2883
Environmental impact statements:
  Antarctic impact assessment......................................3340
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................1999
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...............................................3360
    Recovered materials standards...................................872
  Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act..................3880
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3340
  Army environmental actions........................................885
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3678
  Chemicals.......................................141, 3591, 3604, 3607
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3337
  Coal combustion wastes.....................................3656, 3657
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3749
  Confidential business information................................3343
  Consumer confidence report rule..................................3738
  Contracting by negotiation.......................................3354
  Cooling water intake structures impact......................138, 3723
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3677
  Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3633
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule...........148
  Delegations of authority.........................................3357
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3681
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3584
  Effluent guidelines......................3683, 3684, 3694, 3713, 3714
  EPA acquisition regulations......................................3339
  Federal water resource development................................887
  Fellowship grant regulation......................................3356
  Forest Service special uses program..........................419, 433
  Freedom of information...........................................3350

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  HUD responsibilities.............................................1266
  Indian gaming facilities..........................................165
  National Environmental Achievement Track Program..................117
  National Environmental Policy Act...............894, 3341, 3838, 4550
  National Forest System.......................................426, 430
  New Jersey Gold Track program..............................3347, 3361
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3648
  Overburden definition............................................3616
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................3344
  Pesticides..........................132, 3342, 3566, 3567, 3568, 3580
  Plant incorporated protectants..........................133, 143, 144
  Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................3340
  Public Involvement Policy........................................3359
  Public notification rule.........................................3738
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3519
  Radon............................................................4573
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3634
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................846
  Rural economic development........................................303
  Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan........................2228
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3586
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program Regulations.....................3704
  Toxic Substances Control Act...............................3581, 3613
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3621
    Chemical expansion.............................................3622
    Coal...........................................................3615
    Metal mining...................................................3618
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3623
    Reporting requirements...................................3617, 3618
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3614
  Transit projects...........................................2420, 2619
Equal access to justice:
  HHS..............................................................1006
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal educational opportunity:
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................831
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.............................................................3751
  Complaint processing..............................................149
  Conforming treatment of administrative judge decisions...........3752
  Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3751
    Delegation of authority........................................3263
  Government employees..............................................149
  Indians..........................................................1665
  Individuals with disabilities.....................................149
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2006
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................2085
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Charitable deductions............................................3085
  Qualified family-owned business interests........................2877
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..........................................................2733
  Deposits.........................................................3106
  Diesel fuel......................................................2899
  Excess benefit transactions......................................2996
  Foreign insurers or reinsurers...................................3088
  Tobacco products manufactured in Canada..........................2772
  Transportation of persons and property by air....................2876
  Wine.............................................................2734
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous substances
           Hazardous materials transportation
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................2724
  Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems..............510
  Fireworks.........................................................111
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................2235
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........2721
  Military munitions................................................847
  Sport rocket motors..............................................2722
Exports:
  Administration regulations....511, 512, 513, 517, 518, 519, 525, 526, 
                                                     530, 531, 532, 546
  Afghanistan.......................................................530
  Agricultural commodities.....................................411, 412
    Cargo preference regulations...................................2678
    Emerging markets program........................................407
    Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act...............525
  Alligators, live.................................................1413
  Arms-related items................................................530
  Australia Group Chemical and Biological Weapons 
      Nonproliferation Control Regime...............................528
  Automated export system...........................................493
  Bobcats..........................................................1553
  Caviar...........................................................1417
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................410
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................507, 524
  Chemicals........................................................3610
  Cigarette papers and tubes.......................................2794
  Commerce Control List...............493, 521, 528, 529, 533, 537, 546
  Communication intercepting devices................................537
  Computer technology................................527, 541, 542, 546
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1821
  Country group revisions...........................................509
  Crude oil.........................................................543
  Cuba..............................................................522
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software.............516, 547
  Defense equipment requirements.............................2167, 2168
  Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1482
  Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened 
                                                                   1532
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2744
  Encryption items..................................................544
  Entity list.............................................520, 526, 534
  Ephedrine........................................................1834
  Explosive detection systems.......................................510
  Harbor maintenance fees..........................................2854
  High-performance computers........................................540
  Humanitarian donations............................................538
  India........................................................534, 540
  International Traffic in Arms:
    Amendments.....................................................2168
    Reporting of shipments.........................................2169
  Investigational new drugs........................................1013
  Iraq..............................................................513
  Liberia...........................................................530
  Libya........................................................522, 545
  License exceptions............................515, 522, 527, 538, 549
  Licensing................................504, 508, 518, 532, 533, 534
  Livestock.........................................................279
  Marine mammal products...........................................1495
  Medical devices...................................................525
  Medicines.........................................................525
  Missile technology controls.............................504, 517, 531
  National Forest System timber.....................................420
  No license required provisions....................................532
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................515
  North Korea.......................................................514

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  Nuclear equipment and materials...................................540
  OETCA regulations update..........................................502
  Offsets in military exports.......................................506
  Pakistan.....................................................534, 540
  People's Republic of China........................................549
  Reexports..........................................504, 510, 515, 545
  Replacement licenses..............................................518
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........412, 511, 529, 1052
  River otters.....................................................1552
  Russian entities..................................................526
  Serbia............................................................522
  Shipper's export declaration............................490, 491, 492
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................505
  Space qualified items.............................................533
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................523
  Sudan.............................................................512
  Terrorist-supporting countries....................................509
  Timber from western states..................................536, 1768
  Tobacco....................................................2788, 2794
  United Nations....................................................515
  United States munitions list......................................493
  Veterinary user fees..............................................255
  Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items............527, 529, 548
  Wildlife.........................................................1375
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Civil penalties for violations...................................1273
  Compliance requirements......................................294, 447
    ANSI standards.................................................1321
  Sexual harassment standards......................................1322
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
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities.............1265, 1815, 3316
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3314
  Classified information storage....................................834
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................846
  Energy performance standards......................................937
  Financial institutions on DOD installations..................848, 849
  GSA regulations..................................................3808
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3423
  Military range assessment.........................................847
  NARA facilities addresses and hours..............................3848
  Presidential library facilities..................................3854
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................839
  Telecommunications management....................................3789
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4459
  Capital requirements.............................................4461
  Community Investment Cash Advance regulation.....................4458
  Leverage limit...................................................4455
  Multiple bank memberships........................................4450
  Native American housing associate regulation.....................4452
  Number of annual board of directors meetings required............4460
  Prepayment fees..................................................4530
  Privacy Act regulation...........................................4454
  Regulatory reorganization........................................4457
  Rules of practice and procedures.................................4453
  Securities offerings.............................................4451
  Unsecured credit limits..........................................4456
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Consumer leasing.................................................4489
  Consumer regulations review................................4477, 4489
  Electronic funds transfers.................................4479, 4499
  Equal credit opportunity...................................4476, 4477
  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.....................................4478
  Margin regulations review........................................4472
  Reserve requirements:
    Depository institutions........................................4498
  State banks.....4469, 4470, 4471, 4480, 4481, 4482, 4483, 4484, 4485, 
                                                             4486, 4487
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.....................................2373
    Crash-resistant fuel systems...................................2374
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................2354
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................2361
  Electrical standards.............................................2122
  Fire management assistance program...............................3782
  Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standard..............1304
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4579
  Requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and 
      long-term care facilities....................................1135
  Shipyard standards.................................................94
  Underground coal mines.....................................2064, 2069
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Grant program....................................................3772
  Payment regulations..............................................3954
  Retirement.................................................3966, 3994
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Diseases.........................................................1548
  Endangered and threatened......645, 715, 718, 1374, 1461, 1511, 1515, 
                                                             1519, 1525
  Farm-raised fin fish..............................................276
  Federal Aid Improvement Act......................................1547
  Imports of illegally harvested toothfish..........................773
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1369
  National Organic Program..........................................190
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1427
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......678
  Restoration programs.............................................1368
  Trip limits.......................................................570
Fisheries:
  Alaska.............................................576, 725, 730, 734
  Alaska groundfish............................................662, 696
  American Fisheries Act............................................702
  Atka mackerel.....................................................606
  Atlantic mackerel............................................613, 741

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  Atlantic Ocean......552, 605, 608, 627, 706, 709, 754, 760, 761, 765, 
                                                               768, 772
  Atlantic surf clams...............................................614
  Atlantic tunas..........................................604, 711, 744
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1414
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..............561, 570, 606, 655, 699, 705
  Black sea bass...............................................607, 611
  Bluefin tuna......................................................604
  Bottomfish........................................................562
  Butterfish...................................................613, 741
  Capacity reduction program........................................692
  Conservation efforts.........................................685, 733
  Corals and coral reefs............................................652
  Crab..............................................................730
  Crab community development quota reserves.........................569
  Critical habitat.............................................643, 716
  Crustacean...................................................565, 731
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................683
  Flounder..........................................................635
  Groundfish.....561, 562, 564, 566, 576, 656, 696, 726, 728, 730, 734, 
                                                                    756
  Gulf of Alaska.....................................561, 606, 655, 705
  Halibut......................................................570, 691
  Hawaiian Islands..................................................667
  Highly migratory species......604, 605, 608, 627, 706, 711, 744, 754, 
                                           755, 760, 761, 765, 768, 772
  Incidental take regulations.........551, 604, 626, 646, 680, 769, 782
  Incidental taking of seabirds.....................................659
  License Limitation Program...................................576, 730
  Lobster............................................617, 723, 724, 752
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.......636, 642, 644, 680, 682, 683, 754, 
                                                               777, 779
  Monkfish..........................................................781
  North Pacific.....................................................554
  Northeast fisheries regulations...................................601
  Northern California steelhead.....................................643
  Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.........................700
  Ocean quahogs.....................................................614
  Pacific Coast.....................................................756
  Pacific cod..................................................606, 705
  Pacific salmon....................................................716
  Pelagics......................................555, 591, 667, 765, 772
  Pollock.................................................606, 655, 699
  Puerto Rico..................................................553, 629
  Purse seine..................................................660, 748
  Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.....................658, 734
  Red crab.....................................................709, 771
  Reef fish.........................................................553
  Rockfish..........................................................578
  Sablefish..........................................621, 622, 762, 769
  Salmon............................................................716
  Scallop...........................................................704
  Scientific research..........................................605, 681
  Scup.........................................................607, 611
  Sea bird conservation.............................................667
  Sea turtle conservation.......591, 627, 641, 667, 687, 688, 710, 766, 
                                                     772, 781, 783, 784
  Shark...................................................666, 754, 755
  Shrimp............................................................641
  Spotter aircraft use..............................................737
  Squid........................................................613, 741
  Steller sea lion conservation.....................................662
  Stone crab........................................................723
  Summer flounder.........................................607, 611, 687
  Tilefish..........................................................552
  Toothfish.........................................................773
  U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................553, 629
  Western Pacific region..................................565, 591, 667
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................683
Fishery management plans:
  Administrative:
    Essential fish habitats.........................................650
    Fishery Management Councils................................556, 651
    Redefinition of terms...........................................650
  Alaska........................................571, 575, 578, 698, 775
  American Lobster........................................617, 618, 757
  Atlantic..........................................................603
    Atlantic Coast.............................................724, 745
    South Atlantic........................................584, 597, 723
  Atlantic billfish.................................................583
  Atlantic bluefish.......................................632, 740, 751
  Atlantic herring...................................625, 670, 694, 739
  Atlantic mackeral.......................................616, 633, 751
  Atlantic sea scallop.........................................588, 746
  Atlantic surf clam...........................................631, 751
  Beluga whales.....................................................689
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands........................580, 619, 697, 708
  Black grouper.....................................................738
  Black sea bass.................587, 600, 677, 742, 743, 751, 759, 770
  Bluefin tuna......................................................737
  Bottomfish fisheries...............................582, 630, 675, 676
  Butterfish.........................................616, 633, 657, 751
  Calico scallop....................................................567
  Capacity reduction program........................................619
  Caribbean....................................................568, 603
  CDQ regulations amendment.........................................572
  Coastal migratory pelagics........................................628
  Cod...............................................................665
  Community Development Quotas.................................703, 732
  Coral reef ecosystem..............................................581
  Crab....................................................572, 619, 698
  Crustaceans.............................................657, 675, 676
  Deep-sea red crab.................................................590
  Dolphin......................................................603, 663
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)...........556, 617, 618, 663, 740, 745
  Full retention of demersal shelf rockfish.........................578
  Gag...............................................................738
  Golden crab fishery...............................................597
  Golden tilefish...................................................610
  Groundfish.....................575, 580, 661, 697, 698, 708, 736, 747
  Gulf of Alaska..........................................580, 697, 708
  Gulf of Maine.....................................................665
  Gulf of Mexico......573, 584, 585, 586, 593, 594, 599, 602, 603, 609, 
                                                               723, 738
  Halibut.................................................693, 698, 769
  Hawaiian Islands..............................562, 598, 676, 731, 767
  Highly migratory species.................579, 583, 624, 653, 737, 738
  Horseshoe crabs...................................................745
  Humpback whales...................................................775
  Improved retention/improved utilization program...................575
  King crabs...................................................619, 708
  Lobster...........................................................757
  Monkfish..........................................................615
  Northeast multispecies........................589, 665, 672, 673, 695
  Northeast skate...................................................701
  Ocean quahog.................................................631, 751
  Offshore hake.....................................................620
  Pacific Coast............................624, 661, 674, 727, 736, 747
  Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreements...........................556
  Pacific mackerel.............................................671, 763
  Pacific sardine...................................................664
  Pelagics.......................602, 628, 657, 659, 675, 676, 753, 767
  Pollock...........................................................732
  Powerhead restriction.............................................764
  Precious coral fisheries..........................................598
  Queen conch.......................................................629
  Red crab..........................................................590
  Red grouper.......................................................738
  Red hake..........................................................620
  Red snapper.......................................................609
  Reef fish...............................................585, 602, 609
  Rhode Island......................................................757
  Salmon............................................................674
    Overfishing definition..........................................571
    Treaty Indian fisheries.........................................749

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  Sargassum.........................................................596
  Scallops.....................................................698, 708
  Scup................................587, 600, 677, 742, 743, 751, 759
  Sea scallop.......................................................588
  Sharks............................................................592
  Shrimp........................................573, 594, 595, 599, 623
  Small-mesh multispecies...........................................620
  Snapper grouper..............................................610, 764
  Snowy grouper.....................................................610
  South Atlantic......................567, 595, 596, 602, 610, 623, 764
  Spiny dogfish......................................612, 712, 750, 751
  Spiny lobster.....................................................584
  Squid..............................................616, 633, 732, 751
  Stone crab........................................................586
  Summer flounder.....................587, 600, 677, 742, 743, 751, 759
  Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments....................657, 675, 676
  Tanner crabs.................................................619, 708
  Wahoo........................................................603, 663
  Western Pacific................555, 581, 582, 630, 652, 659, 669, 733
  Whiting......................................................620, 673
  Yellowfin sole....................................................693
Fishing:
  Alaska............................................................574
  Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan................642, 646, 782
  Bycatch reduction measures...............574, 594, 595, 703, 747, 748
  Closure of mid-Atlantic areas to scallop fishing..................704
  Coastal Zone Management Act.......................................786
  Compensatory fishing..............................................563
  Conservation programs..............................556, 562, 650, 692
  Distribution of fishing privileges limited by Northwest 
      Atlantic Fisheries Organization...............................700
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................605
  Fixed gear........................................................621
  Foreign fishing regulations.......................................758
  Gear requirements.................................................706
  Gillnet......................................................754, 784
  Longline...........................................627, 667, 765, 772
  Magnuson-Stevens Act..............................................758
  Offshore handline.................................................767
  Permit requirements and exemptions...........................556, 557
  Permit transfers..................................................756
  Powerhead restriction.............................................764
  Quotas:
    Alaska groundfish...............................................696
    Bigeye tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean........................660
    Bluefin tuna....................................................761
    Halibut....................................................561, 725
    Large and small coastal sharks..................................755
    Purse seine fisheries...........................................660
    Sablefish..................................................561, 725
    Swordfish.......................................................608
    Yellowfin tuna..................................................660
  Recreational measures........................................607, 742
  Recreational-for-hire.............................................602
  Set net gear prohibition..........................................656
  Setnet landings...................................................622
  Shark Finning Prohibition Act.....................................666
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................634
  Sport fishing:
    Refuge-specific regulations....................................1546
  Subsistence fishing on Federal lands.................1430, 1484, 1544
  Trade measures and monitoring.....................................760
Fishing vessels:
  American Samoa boundaries.........................................654
  Charter boats.....................................................559
  Collection of information requirement.............................768
  Compensatory fishing..............................................563
  Control date for permit ownership.................................762
  Fishery endorsements for U.S.-flag vessels.......................2679
  Foreign registry denial..........................................2681
  Foreign vessels...................................................556
  Inshore/offshore reallocation.....................................558
  Limited entry permits.........................556, 557, 564, 726, 728
  Navassa Island boundaries.........................................729
  North Pacific Observer Program....................................577
  Observer policy.........................................554, 560, 736
  Observer program electronic reporting requirements................707
  Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan.....................684
  Pelagic longline..................................................706
  Register for Eastern Pacific Ocean................................748
  Revocation of fishery endorsement................................2681
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................634
  Standard definitions..............................................690
  Vessel length overall.............................................735
  Vessel Monitoring System.....................................606, 634
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards.....................................4247, 4250
  Upholstered furniture.......................................163, 4237
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................893
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................888
Flood insurance:
  Assistance to private sector property insurers...................3781
  Contracts........................................................3755
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Coverage and rates.......................................3764, 3775
    Flood Insurance Rate Maps......................................3770
    Future conditions information..................................3770
    Inspection of insured structures by communities................3768
    Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill requests..................3779
    Letters of Map Amendment.......................................3780
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................304
    Public entity insurers.........................................3769
  OFHEO requirements...............................................3883
Flood plains:
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program...........................................1274
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................470
    Wetlands Reserve Program..................................217, 1274
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  Flavoring agents:
    Volatile fruit flavored concentrates...........................2774
  Meat and poultry products.........................................387
  Notification system..............................................1067
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1102
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care................................................7
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................342
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............350
    Strengthening program integrity.................................353
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................337
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................354
  Indian reservations.....................................359, 360, 369
  Older individuals................................................1259
  Plain language rewrite....355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 363, 365, 366
  Special Milk Program for Children.................................355
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................362
  Warehousing and distribution system...............................351
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers Market Nutrition Program...........................349, 368
    Food delivery systems......................................334, 343
    Food package revisions............................................5
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food labeling:
  Beef or pork with barbeque sauce..................................385
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................392

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  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................377
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products.......................399
  Medical foods....................................................1079
  Nutrient content claims...........................................400
  Review of regulations............................................1078
  Sausage casings, natural or regenerated collagen..................391
  Single-ingredient products........................................399
  Standardized terms................................................392
  Trans fatty acids..................................................35
  U.S. cattle and fesh beef products................................405
Food stamps:
  Access for persons with limited English proficiency...............340
  Civil rights data collections.....................................336
  Computer matching.................................................335
  Electronic benefits transfer system..........................347, 352
  Employment and training.............................................8
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................344
  Payment adjustments...............................................338
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                8, 2031
  Reporting provisions..............................................344
  Resource eligibility standards......................................6
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........347
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...............................................1096
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act...........................26
  Food safety rulemaking............................................380
  HACCP programs.....................................................12
  Imported...........................................................37
  Infant formula quality control...................................1077
  Inspection regulations.......................................384, 404
  Institutional review boards......................................1098
  Marketing grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, and nuts..........331
  Modernization of standards........................................401
  Olive Oil Research, Promotion, and Information Order..............193
  Organic...........................................................185
  Pesticide residues...............................................3578
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease...................1099
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals......................................................1037
  Regulatory reinvention...........................................1102
  Sharing recall information with State and Government agencies 
                                                                    389
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2666
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign banking:
  Income taxation..................................................3099
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2708
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
  Agricultural service..............................................409
  Countries eligible for USAID financing...........................3313
  Fishery regulations...............................................556
  International accounting standards...............................4671
  International wills registry.....................................2165
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)....3591, 
                                                                   3638
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade adjustment assistance
           Trade agreements
           Customs duties and inspection
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2849
  Banking affiliate transactions with foreign parent................483
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber..........................................2861, 2867
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program...............................2850
  DOC employee responsibilities and conduct.........................481
  Earnings and profits.............................................3024
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2828
  Exemption of securities of the Republic of Portugal..............4660
  FCC mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...........4334
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................819
  Filing of informational materials................................1987
  Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.......................3107
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......490, 491, 492, 493
  Futures and options contracts....................................4220
  Insurance transactions............................................485
  Investment in the U.S........................................487, 488
  Military sales...................................................2167
  Motor vehicles...................................................3407
  Multijurisdictional Disclosure System............................4597
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4466
  Selected services transactions with unaffiliated foreign 
      persons..................................................484, 486
  Stock index contracts............................................4215
  Stock transfer rules.............................................3055
  Textile and apparel products.....................................2853
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.........870, 2850
  Watches and jewelry...............................................503
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................422
  Forestry Incentive Program........................................472
  Imported wood packing materials...................................251
    Treatment requirements for material from China..................284
  Indian allotments.................................................429
  Migrant and seasonal workers......................................477
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................414
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2861, 2867
  Special products..................................................422
  Special uses authorizations..................................419, 433
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................430
    Contracts.......................................................416
    Export controls...........................................536, 1768
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................418
    Surplus species.................................................415
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................264
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures

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Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Debarment of health care providers...............................3933
  Microcap securities market.......................................4651
  Odometer fraud...................................................2561
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4505
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4548
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3619
  CSOSA............................................................3329
  DOD...............................................................837
  DOE...............................................................956
  DOI..............................................................1354
  DOJ........................................................1773, 1868
  DOL........................................................2002, 2088
  Electronic communication.........................................2002
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act................1868, 3758, 3864
  EPA..............................................................3350
  FEMA.............................................................3758
  FMCS.............................................................3784
  Foreign Agricultural Service......................................409
  INS..............................................................1868
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution..................3823
  NARA.............................................................3855
  OPM..............................................................3906
  Peace Corps......................................................3999
  Public information..........................................498, 4551
  RRB..............................................................4023
  Veterans Affairs.................................................3265
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims............................................202
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2458
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators..............................................2372
Frozen foods:
  Country of origin marking........................................2860
Fruits:
  California Prune/Plum (Tree Removal) Diversion Program............172
  Citrus canker.....................................................287
  Dried fruit wines................................................2753
  Hass avocados..................................................2, 280
  Import restrictions...............................................262
  Inspection and certification......................................192
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................250
  Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order..................174
  Marketing.........................................................331
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................253
  Plum pox compensation.............................................267
  Unshu oranges importation.........................................266
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel:
  Date for receipt of summer grade reformulated gasoline at 
      terminals....................................................3450
  Diesel fuel definition...........................................2899
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3446
  Summer gasoline volatility standard..............................3451
  Tier 2/gasoline sulfur regulations.........................3508, 3550
Fuel additives:
  Air pollution control......................................3543, 3554
  Gasoline containing lead or lead additives.......................3555
  Gasoline deposit control additives...............................3441
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3424, 3733
  Oxygenated.......................................................3583
Fuel economy:
  Fuel economy credits.......................................2508, 2534
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles.............................3408
  Reporting requirements...........................................2571
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4504


                                   G

Gambling:
  Classification....................................................167
  NIGC definitions..................................................164
  Tribal land acquisitions.........................................1681
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......................................1757
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Geothermal energy:
  Regulation simplification........................................1738
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments........252
  Interstate movement...............................................282
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Cost-reimbursement contracts for services......................4169
    Financing payments.............................................4199
    Nondisplacement of qualified workers...........................4197
    USAID....................................................3308, 3311
  Affirmative action...............................................2012
  Audits...........................................................2087
  Buy American Act.................................................1358
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................216
  Construction.....................................................4202
  Contractors:
    Architect-engineer qualifications..............................4161
    Bonuses to sign and retain high-technology workers.............4204
    Computer security...............................................949
    DOD placement assistance program................................840
    DOE contract security personnel.................................950
    DOE security requirements..................................951, 955
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.........82
    Government property management and disposition.................4166
    Hazardous material safety data.................................4200
    Local hiring and training......................................3348
    Open competition and government neutrality towards labor 
        relations..................................................4198
    Overpayment notification.......................................4199
    Veterans employment report....................878, 2141, 2142, 4201
    Work for others by DOE contractors..............................980
  DEAR amendments:
    Patent rights...................................................979
  Debarment and suspension....................................499, 3339
  Defense contracts:
    Balance of Payments Program.....................................853
    Configuration management........................................868
    Contingent fees for foreign military sales......................858
    DFARS modification.....852, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 861, 862, 863, 
             864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 875, 876, 878, 879, 880, 883
    Domestic source restriction.....................................864
    Enhancements to Congressional notifications..............2167, 2168
    Fixed price.....................................................876
    Local contractor preference.....................................859
    Memorandum of understanding extension...........................875
    Multiyear contracts........................................865, 867

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    Ocean transportation by U.S.-flag vessels.......................852
    Offset arrangements......................................2167, 2168
    Overseas use of the Purchase Card...............................862
    Performance-based service contracts.............................866
    Profit policy...................................................863
    Qualification requirements for contracting officers.............880
    Reporting of shipments.........................................2167
    Reporting requirements..........................................883
    Research and development........................................856
    Subcontract commerciality determinations........................854
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................831
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................966
  EPA acquisition regulations................................3339, 3354
  Federal Acquisition Regulations:
    Contract types for commercial items............................4192
    DEAR amendments.................................................976
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................2004
  Highway engineering and design related services..................2411
  Indians....................................................1648, 1732
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................476
  Nondiscrimination..........................................2012, 3865
  Nuclear safety management..........................................24
  Research and development.........................................1126
  Rights to inventions.........................................818, 820
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................896
  Subcontracting...................................................4159
  Subcontractors:
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.........82
    SBA size standards.............................................4043
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3759
  VAAR:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3204
  Women-owned small businesses......................................153
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave.............................................3925, 3961
  Appeals..........................................................3921
  Availability of official information.............................3906
  Bonuses to sign and retain high-technology workers...............4204
  Career and career conditional employment...................3940, 3985
  Career transition programs.......................................3946
  Child care at VA facilities......................................3278
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................983
  Classification appeals...........................................3918
  Compensatory time off............................................3949
  Computer security.................................................949
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................3320
    Noncompetitive appointments....................................3986
  Cost-of-living allowances:
    Nonforeign areas.............................3924, 3959, 3960, 3993
  Criminal investigators...........................................3955
  Defense of tort suits............................................1982
  Defense personnel.................................................840
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3964
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3965
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....829, 917, 970, 1353, 1995, 2144, 
           2178, 3273, 3309, 3326, 3767, 3783, 3796, 3824, 3869, 3877, 
                                                             4002, 4044
  Employment discrimination.........................................149
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................3943
  Ethical standards for attorneys..................................1988
  Excepted service:
    Appointing authority for nontemporary part-time or 
        intermittent positions.....................................3908
    Career and career-conditional employment.......................3940
    Operational procedures.........................................3910
    Promotion and internal placement...............................3939
    Revocation of Schedule A authority.............................3909
  Federal Competitive Service appointments of volunteers...........3987
  Federal mail management..........................................3793
  Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs..........................1001
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3894
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................819
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3890
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension.....829, 970, 984, 1263, 1353, 1995, 2144, 2178, 2686, 
           3273, 3309, 3326, 3767, 3783, 3796, 3824, 3845, 3860, 3868, 
                                                 3876, 3935, 4002, 4044
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3932
    Children's equity..............................................3974
    Debarment of health care providers.............................3933
    Effective dates................................................3984
    Extension of Tricare coverage..................................3975
    FEHBP changes....................3931, 3937, 3938, 3973, 3983, 3996
    Financial sanctions of health care providers...................3934
    Pretax allotments..............................................3990
  Hiring authorities...............................................3911
  Holiday and premium pay..........................................3949
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................952
  Interagency placement program....................................3988
  Intermittent.....................................................3914
  Investigations...................................................3982
  Job grading reviews..............................................3921
  Leave regulations................................................3951
  Life insurance...................................................3971
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3936
    Premiums.......................................................3972
    Regulation revisions...........................................3995
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3972
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3977
  NARA recordkeeping requirements..................................3859
  Nondiscrimination in USDA-conducted programs and activities.......438
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3915
  Part-time........................................................3914
  Pay rates:
    Administration...........................................3955, 3991
    Administrative appeals judges..................................3922
    Locality-based comparability payments..........................3948
    Official duty station determinations...........................3919
    Pay retention..................................................3953
    Prevailing rate systems..................................3920, 3950
    Regulation amendments..........................................3951
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3980
    Temporary organizations........................................3952
  Performance Management and Recognition System....................3979
  Personal financial interests.....................................3898
  Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................953
  Placement assistance.............................................3945
  Post-employment conflict of interests............................3899
  Privacy procedures for personnel records.........................3907
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3976
  Promotion and internal placement...........................3939, 3942
  Public safety officers...........................................1994
  Purchases of property sold by GSA................................3812
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3944
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3913
  Recruitment bonuses..............................................3992
  Reduction in force.........................................3945, 3947
  Reemployment.........................................3916, 3923, 3978
  Relocation costs...............................3816, 3919, 3992, 4167
  Relocation income tax allowance..................................3818

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  Responsibilities and conduct:
    DOC.............................................................481
  Retention allowances........................................150, 3992
  Retirement:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3929
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3963
    Credit for military service....................................3926
    D.C. Financial Control Board employees.........................3962
    Debt collection................................................3928
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3968
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3970
    FERS coverage elections........................................3930
    Record retention...............................................3969
    Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees 
                                                                   3956
    Service credit.................................................3927
    State income tax withholding...................................3967
  Salary offset.........................................156, 2711, 4131
  Salary supplementation...........................................3893
  Seasonal.........................................................3914
  Security standards...............................................3981
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3912
  Social Security coverage.........................................4151
  Standards of conduct....482, 982, 3829, 3830, 3831, 3874, 3875, 3895, 
                         3896, 3897, 3900, 3997, 3998, 4035, 4125, 4217
  Student loan repayment...........................................3989
  Subpoenas........................................................3892
  Surplus or displaced.............................................3943
  Temporary change of station......................................3919
  Testimony..................................................3858, 3892
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3941
  Training.........................................................3917
  Travel regulations.............................3798, 3800, 3807, 3820
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3958
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Application of labor clauses...................................4188
    Applied Research definition....................................4185
    Balance of Payments Program....................................4184
    Caribbean Basin country end products............................870
    Classified acquisitions........................................4179
    Commercial items...................................4162, 4192, 4203
    Commercially available software.................................855
    Contract action and contracting action definitions.............4178
    Conventional ammunition.........................................882
    Cost accounting standards administration.......................4175
    Cost or pricing data threshold..................................871
    Department of State............................................2166
    Development definition.........................................4185
    DFARS modification.....853, 855, 857, 859, 860, 862, 863, 864, 869, 
                            870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 877, 881, 882, 884
    Discussion requirements........................................4174
    DOE.............................................................978
    Electronic signatures..........................................4187
    Energy-efficient office equipment, supplies, and services.....3804, 
                                                                   4176
    EPA......................................................3336, 3360
    Federal Supply Schedule contracts..............................4191
    Final contract voucher submission..............................4182
    Financing policies.............................................4186
    Geographic use of the term 'United States'.....................4190
    GSA............................................................3804
    Helium.........................................................4193
    HUD............................................................1324
    Incidental items...............................................4191
    Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises......869
    Information technology services................................4195
    Local contractor preference.....................................859
    NASA...........................................................3836
    Negotiated procurements........................................4181
    North American Industry Classification System.............479, 4177
    Order disputes.................................................4191
    Patent and Trademark Office................................791, 813
    Performance-based contracting..................................4196
    Pilot Mentor-Protege Program....................................874
    Procurement integrity rewrite..................................4173
    Progress payment rate for large businesses......................873
    Prompt payment regulations.....................................4183
    Purchase card use...............................................862
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............977
    Recovered materials standards...................................872
    Recovery of overpayment........................................4183
    Sealed bids..............................................4162, 4181
    Simplified acquisitions........................................4162
    Subcontract preference under service contracts.................4180
    Subcontracts...................................................4159
    Task order and delivery order contracts........................4158
    Tax exemptions..................................................857
    Termination related terms......................................4163
    Trade agreements...........................................870, 884
    Trademarks for government products.............................4160
    U.S.-flag vessel preference....................................4189
    USAID..........................................................3311
    USDA.......................................................478, 479
    Very Small Business Pilot Program..............................4205
    Veteran-owned small business development.......................4168
    Veterans Affairs.......................3203, 3205, 3250, 3251, 3252
  Buy American Act.................................................1358
  Commercial items acquisition.................................860, 881
  Contractors:
    Army regulations................................................886
    Local hiring and training......................................3348
    Responsibiities..........................................4172, 4194
  Contracts:
    Incrementally funding fixed price contracts....................3338
    NFS contracts..............................................416, 430
    Notice to Proceed letter contracts.............................3353
  Cost comparison guidance..........................................822
  Costs:
    Travel.........................................................4165
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................877
  DOD prototype projects............................................838
  DOL..............................................................2091
  Electronic commerce..............................................4171
  EPA acquisition regulation:
    Informal clauses...............................................3360
  Foreign currency use.............................................2708
  Fuel..............................................................842
  Government-unique standards......................................3902
  Historic preference..............................................3790
  HUBZone program..................................................3802
  Labor relations costs......................................4172, 4194
  Legal costs................................................4172, 4194
  Level of effort..................................................3335
  Lobbying restrictions............................................4164
  Nondiscrimination................................................3797
  Recycled products...........................................975, 3643
  Small businesses............................................841, 4170
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3334
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................4165
  Subcontracting...................................................4170
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3759
  Universal product numbers........................................3203
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3902
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3792
  Donation of surplus personal property............................3803
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............961

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  Purchase by GSA employees........................................3812
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................839
  Sale..............................................................836
  Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property...........3791
  Transfer of excess property to institutions.......................475
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3794
Government property management:
  Federal Advisory Committee management............................3815
  Nondiscrimination................................................3810
  Personal property management...............................3795, 3819
  Real property..............................................3799, 3806
  Replacement of personal property pursuant to the exchange/sale 
      authority....................................................3817
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3808
  Telecommunications management....................................3789
Government publications:
  DOD publications..................................................828
  OMB data quality guidance........................................3905
  Plain language revisions.........................................3842
  Prohibitions against reproduction.................................994
  Stars and Stripes newspaper.......................................827
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Crop insurance...............................................313, 320
  Disguising quality................................................325
  Divider tolerances................................................327
  Geographic areas for inspection services..........................324
  Inspection and weighing services fees.............................333
  Laboratory accreditation program..................................326
  Marketing.........................................................331
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................322
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations...........................................3321
  Block grants:
    Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment.......................1000
    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families........................2031
  Community Food Project............................................290
  Countries eligible for USAID financing...........................3313
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........459
  DOD grant and agreement regulations...............................830
  Firefighters assistance..........................................3772
  Freedom of information...........................................2088
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision................3825
  Learn & Serve regulations........................................3321
  Library services.................................................3863
  LITC eligibility.................................................2937
  Motor vehicle safety incentive grants......................2574, 2575
  Multifamily housing:
    Rehabilitation program.........................................1300
  NASA cooperative agreements with commercial firms................3825
  PRIME Act grants.................................................4067
  Research grants..................................................1126
  Rights to inventions.........................................818, 820
  Single Audit Act Amendments......................................1280
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions....................................................291
  State cemetery grants............................................3209
  Technology Investment Agreements..................................830
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................2031
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administrative provisions and requirements...................290, 293
  Allocation of funds...............................................443
  Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 
      administrative provisions.....................................292
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................476
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................436
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................441, 445
  Rural economic development........................................442
  Technical assistance and training.................................297
  Television Demonstration Grants...................................445
  Water Programs....................................................451
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations........................................837
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................879
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................845
  Freedom of Information............................................837
  Head Start program:
    Funding........................................................1252
    Performance standards..........................................1249
    Regulations....................................................1256
  Hispanic programs.................................................289
  Indian colleges..................................................1666
  Multicultural Scholars Program....................................288
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3863
  National Security Education Program...............................832
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3691
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3677
  EPA Fellowship Rule..............................................3356
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3755
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................1999
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1259
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............997
  Individual development accounts..................................1258
  NIH center grants................................................1118
  NIH training grants..............................................1122
  Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1260
  Regulations......................................................1111
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities...........................................66
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1313
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing..........................................1310
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1316
    Slum and blight prevention.......................................66
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities................437, 1315
  Increasing operating cost percentage.............................1314
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1276
  Renewal communities..............................................1315
  State homes for veterans.........................................3216
Grant programs-Indians:
  Beaches program..................................................3708
  Construction of jails............................................1997
  Indian Housing Block Grant:
    Allocation formula.............................................1346
    Construction cost limits.......................................1349
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1760
  Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1541
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1363
  Sport Fish Restoration Program...................................1509
  Western Pacific Demonstration Projects Grants Program.............669
  Wildlife Restoration Programs..............................1368, 1509
Grant programs-transportation:
  Buy American Act.................................................2478
  Clean fuels formula grant program.................................108
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................2195
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements.........................................2087, 3763
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1414
  Debarment and suspension...................................2090, 2144
  Drug-free workplace requirements....829, 984, 1995, 2090, 2144, 2178, 
                               3796, 3824, 3845, 3869, 3877, 4002, 4044
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook....................3840
  National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.............1452

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  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........293
  Nondiscrimination..................1812, 2001, 2153, 3312, 3879, 4571
  Social Security Administration.................4103, 4121, 4122, 4123
  Uniform administrative requirements......497, 1276, 3212, 3310, 3766, 
                                                                   4122
Grazing lands:
  Classifications..................................................1759
  Conservation................................................473, 1741
  National Forest System............................................429
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................2235
  Maintenance fees.....................................2836, 2854, 2868
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1259
  NAHASDA housing assistance.......................................1345
  Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1260
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Administrator definition.........................................2658
  Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements..............2636
  Aircraft carriage................................................2628
  Barge requirements.........................................2219, 2277
  Cargo tank requirements..............................2632, 2638, 2672
  Coast Guard regulations................................100, 101, 2255
  DOT specification cylinders......................................2662
  FAA material recognition training................................2295
  Hazard communication requirements................................2635
  Hazardous waste manifest rule....................................3654
  IM portable tank unloading.......................................2641
  Incident reporting...............................................2668
  Intergovernmental relations.................................109, 2657
  International standards..........................................2657
  Liquid cargoes on board vessels..................................2230
  Lithium batteries................................................2642
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3660
  Motor carriers.......................................2455, 2638, 2675
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2637
  Poisonous by inhalation materials................................2656
  Radioactive materials......................................2639, 4559
  Rail transport.............................................2645, 2675
  Registration fee reduction.......................................2660
  Shipping papers retention........................................2630
  Uranium ore......................................................1985
  Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3635
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous waste
           Poison prevention
           Radioactive materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
  Air pollutants........121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 2124, 3368, 3384, 
           3385, 3387, 3388, 3389, 3391, 3393, 3394, 3396, 3397, 3398, 
           3400, 3401, 3404, 3405, 3406, 3461, 3465, 3476, 3477, 3478, 
           3480, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3488, 3492, 3500, 3522, 3537, 
                                           3538, 3539, 3552, 3553, 3590
  Aluminum:
    Cylinder safety problems.......................................2649
    Labeling for small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
        packages...................................................1039
    Spent potliners from primary reduction.........................3655
  Asbestos.....................................................90, 3608
  Beryllium........................................................2096
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3358
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3678
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules................................3589, 3590, 3610
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3582
    Process safety management......................................2127
  Chromium...................................................2117, 3389
  Consumer confidence report rule..................................3738
  Crystalline silica.........................................2076, 2119
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3681
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3584
  Drinking water regulations.....................3692, 3702, 3739, 3748
  Ethylene oxide.............................................2093, 3491
  Exemptions procedures revision and clarification.................2671
  Exposure limits for air contaminants.............................2124
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List........................3620, 3624
  Federally permitted releases.....................................3679
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................2126
  Glycol ethers....................................................2113
  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2648
  Isocyanates................................................3464, 3620
  Lead................................130, 3555, 3600, 3611, 4243, 4254
  Lead-based paint.................................................1279
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................4200
  Mercury analysis.....................................3686, 3693, 3729
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries....................3660
  Metals...........................................................3605
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2125
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3366
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3424, 3733
  MSHA protection standards........................................2068
  Natural rubber latex.............................................4238
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2207
  Ozone depleting substances.................................3496, 3532
  Perchloroethylene................................................2135
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3595
  Pesticides.................................................3572, 3575
    Active ingredient production...................................3435
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................3567
    Emergency exemption regulations.................................132
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations..........................3355
    Produced by transgenic plants............................3572, 3579
    Rules of practice..............................................3342
    Worker protection standards....................................3574
  Pipeline safety standards...2627, 2644, 2646, 2659, 2661, 2664, 2667, 
                                                                   2674
  Pollution contingency plan.......................................3695
  Procedural and rulemaking changes................................2653
  Propane cylinders:
    Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2651
  Public notification rule.........................................3738
  Radon.............................................................146
  Regulation amendments......................................2663, 2676
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3634
  Releases on public land..........................................1740
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3602
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly....................2139, 3649
  Solid waste disposal.............................................3664
  Sulfur oxides...................................118, 3410, 3439, 3500
  Surface coatings.................................................3366
  Thorium...........................................................963
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3605
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3621
    Chemical expansion.............................................3622
    Coal...........................................................3615
    Metal mining...................................................3618
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3623
    Reporting requirements...................................3617, 3618

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    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3614
  Uranium.....................................................963, 1985
  Water pollution control............3686, 3692, 3704, 3709, 3717, 3729
Hazardous waste:
  Benzene..........................................................3455
  Carbamates.......................................................3675
  Cathode ray tubes.................................................135
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3650
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3628
    Low level mixed waste..........................................3661
    Radioactive waste..............................................3558
  Groundwater contamination........................................3398
  Hazardous waste combustors.................................3646, 3670
  Identification and listing.....................3641, 3642, 3659, 3665
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................3625, 3658
    Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction................3655
  Lead.............................................................3601
  Lead-based paint debris....................................3667, 3669
  Manifest regulations.............................................3654
  Medical waste....................................................2652
  Mercury..........................................................3625
  Mineral processing secondary materials...........................3647
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3641
  Permit program...................................................3627
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3612, 3662
  Radioactive waste................................................4574
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................4553
    Dose methodology...............................................3378
    Licensing proceedings for the receipt of high-level waste at 
        a geologic repository......................................4586
    List of approved spent fuel storage casks...4560, 4588, 4589, 4591, 
                                                                   4592
    Site recommendation.............................................969
    Storage of greater than Class C waste..........................4583
    Yucca Mountain, NV.......................................3535, 4569
  Recycled used oil..........................................3659, 3662
  Recycling....................................................135, 145
  Requirements revision............................................2643
  Solid waste................................................3632, 3647
  Solvents...................................................3630, 3659
  Toxic waste site.................................................3582
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3651
  Training programs accreditation..................................2114
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3638
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3652
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3676
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Adult day health care for veterans...............................3217
  Anti-kickback provisions................................987, 989, 993
  Benefits Improvement and Protection Act:
    Coding and payment for new laboratory tests and durable 
        medical equipment..........................................1240
    Inpatient hospital payment.....................................1238
    Managed care rules modifications...........................45, 1166
  Cancer patients..................................................1116
  Debarment and suspension..........................................984
  Electronic transactions............................................46
  Financial sanctions of providers.................................3934
  Home health agencies.............................................1169
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1182
    Prospective payment system.............................48, 51, 1230
    Surety bonds...................................................1188
  Human cellular and tissue-based products...................1082, 1083
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program...............1106, 1108
  Nondiscrimination.................................................991
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs...............................3903
  Privacy standards.............................................25, 995
  Ricky Ray Hemophilia regulations.................................1109
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................987
  Underserved areas................................................1105
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program....................................................3194
    Adult day health care..........................................3281
    Advanced health care planning..................................3214
    Care and treatment for which VA will not seek reimbursement 
                                                                   3147
    Copayments for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical 
        care.......................................................3222
    Enrollment system..............................................3152
    Extended care services copayments..............................3149
    Extension of eligibility.......................................3225
    Geriatric evaluation...........................................3281
    Medication prescribing authority...............................3144
    Non-VA service and care........................................3153
    Physical examinations through age 17...........................3225
    Reasonable charges for care or services......3154, 3221, 3223, 3226
    Respite care...................................................3281
    Simplied acquisition procedures................................3250
    Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care...............113
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1186, 2047
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).........................1174, 1221
    American Osteopathic Association recognition...................1199
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................984
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC).........................993
  Fire safety requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, 
      hospitals, and long-term care facilities.....................1135
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded:
    Conditions of participation....................................1194
    Medicaid upper payment limit transition period.................1244
  Long-term care:
    Paid feeding assistants..........................................52
    Prospective Payment System.......................................44
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1203
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1189
  Resident's rights................................................1242
  Skilled nursing facilities...................................54, 1228
  State certification of mammography facilities....................1069
  Surety bond requirements.........................................1176
  Use of restraint and seclusion...................................1216
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Non-federal governmental plans exempt from HIPAA...............1192
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2981
    Special enrollment rules.......................................2981
  CHAMPUS:
    Beneficiaries age 65 and over....................................18
    Bonus payments in medically underserved areas...................910
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................907
    Coverage of transplants.........................................902
    Dental benefits under retiree dental program....................911
    Double coverage............................................905, 906
    Dual compensation/conflict on interest provision................903
    Individual Case Management Program..............................900
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......908
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................901
    Payments for professional services in low-access locations......914

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    Pharmacy Benefits Program........................................17
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................904
    Third-party recoveries..........................................906
    TRICARE.......................................17, 18, 909, 910, 911
  Claims attachment standard.........................................42
  COBRA continuation coverage......................................1220
  Continuing coverage notice.........................................87
  Definition of terms...............................................996
  Delay of applicability date for claims under ERISA...............2056
  District of Columbia employees...................................3965
  Electronic signatures........................................60, 1202
  Employer based group health plans............................87, 1220
  Employer identification number.....................................61
  Exemption from State regulation..................................2039
  Extension of Tricare coverage....................................3975
  Government employees...3931, 3937, 3938, 3973, 3983, 3984, 3990, 3996
    Children's equity..............................................3974
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act............41, 59
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3932
    Bona fide wellness programs....................................2992
    Church plans...................................................2991
    Health care access, portability and renewability...............2040
    Nondiscrimination............................2049, 2990, 2991, 2992
  Health plan identifiers............................................41
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................2042
  OIG revisions and technical corrections...........................990
  Portability................................................1208, 2981
  Privacy standards.................................................995
  Provider identifiers...............................................59
  Reduced social security benefit rate due to private coverage.....4076
  Reform:
    Electronic retail pharmacy transactions..........................43
  Security of individual health information..........................60
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........354
    Modifications..................................................1212
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs):
  Third party liability............................................1219
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1862, 1900
  Exclusion from Social Security disability programs for fraud.....4144
  Grant regulations................................................1111
  National Practitioner Data Bank......................1104, 1107, 3218
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers..............1123
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1942, 2025
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4503
  Physicians:
    Fee schedule.........................................55, 1233, 1234
    Health services referrals......................................1203
    Hearing evaluation performance.................................1100
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1941
    VA medical opinions rules................................3258, 3277
    Work relative value units review...............................1233
  Professional shortage areas......................................1105
  Provider identifiers...............................................59
Health records:
  Photocopy expenses...............................................1204
  Prescription Release Rule........................................4503
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information.............155
  Privacy standards.................................................995
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart disease:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................902
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1775
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients........................................36
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1183
  Military service connection......................................3168
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings...............................2402, 2439
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2444
  Motor carrier regulations...2424, 2431, 2433, 2434, 2439, 2446, 2448, 
                                                       2455, 2462, 2467
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2392
  Retroreflective sign materials...................................2412
  State programs...................................................2479
  Traffic control devices:
    Accessible pedestrian signals..................................2415
    Manual revision..........................................2400, 2423
    Traffic signs..................................................2395
  Work zone safety.................................................2390
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Beautification costs.............................................2389
  Debt financing...................................................2408
  Design standards.................................................2406
  Design-build contracting.........................................2401
  Engineering and design related services contracts................2411
  Engineering services.............................................2413
  Environmental impact and related procedures..........2420, 2472, 2619
  Federal aid projects.................................2394, 2416, 2422
  Federal Lands Highway Program:
    Forest highways program........................................2399
    Indian reservations road program...............................2397
    Park roads and parkways program................................2396
    Refuge roads program...........................................2398
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2882
  Indian reservation road bridge program...........................2417
  Indian reservation roads program.....................1655, 1658, 1684
  Landscape development............................................2404
  National Forest System road management policy.....................428
  National Highway System..........................................2416
  Planning and research program administration.....................2403
  Railroad highway projects........................................2410
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................2414
  Statewide metropolitan planning..................................2418
  Traffic noise abatement..........................................2421
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1854
Historic preservation:
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1623, 1626
  Paleontological resources........................................1767
  Tribal lands.....................................................1606
  World Heritage Convention........................................1605
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1775
  Ricky Ray Hemophilia regulations.................................1109
Hogs:
  HACCP programs.....................................................12
  Imports from Europe...............................................274
  Interstate movement requirements..................................270
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................277

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  Small Hog Operation Payment Program...............................245
  Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................328
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control......4470, 4471, 4473, 4484, 4485, 4486, 4487, 
                                                       4492, 4493, 4494
  Electronic recordkeeping requirements............................4636
  Exception to anti-tying restrictions.............................4500
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4623
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4593
  Nongrandfathered savings and loan holding companies..............3133
  Notification of new activities...................................3139
Homeless:
  Multifamily transitional housing for veterans..............3269, 3279
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1737
Honey:
  Honey wines......................................................2753
  National Organic Program standards................................189
  Research and Promotion Program....................................194
Horses:
  Horse Industry Organizations:
    Protection requirements.........................................275
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................265
  Quarantine facilities.............................................259
Hospice care:
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1172
  Medicare policies................................................1184
Hospitals:
  Care to veterans.................................................3280
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................901
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1160
  Conditions of participation:
    Anesthesia services............................................1245
    Laboratory services............................................1183
    Quality assessment and performance improvement program.........1163
  Copayments for veterans..........................................3222
  Critical access hospitals:
    American Osteopathic Association authority.....................1241
  Diagnostic procedures............................................1132
  DOT grants.......................................................2195
  Grants administration......................497, 837, 1276, 3310, 3766
  Inpatient BIPA changes...........................................1238
  Inpatient prospective payment system.........................57, 1237
  Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system................56
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2041
  Medicaid:
    Upper payment limit........................................50, 1244
  Medicare.............................................1168, 1222, 1225
    Acute care inpatient prospective payment system................1248
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation........1205
    Outpatient prospective payment system............................53
  Mortgage insurance for refinancing existing debt.................1305
  Outpatient services..................................1132, 1165, 1231
    Care to veterans...............................................3280
  Reference laboratories:
    Medicare secondary payer.......................................1207
  Uncompensated services...........................................1110
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Amplifiers.......................................................4510
  Energy efficiency...............................20, 23, 941, 945, 947
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............3482
  Test procedures..............................................928, 935
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Accelerated Claim Disposition Demonstration program..............1282
  Assistance applications..........................................1348
  Capital advance duration.........................................1294
  Civil penalties for violations...................................1273
  Civil Rights Restoration Act.....................................1268
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities...........................................66
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing..........................................1310
    Slum and blight prevention.......................................66
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................1263
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1293
  Electronic document retention....................................1261
  Electronic submission of financial information to HUD............1262
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................938
  Environmental responsibilities...................................1266
  Hawaiian Natives:
    NAHASDA assistance.............................................1345
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program:
    Homebuyer assets...............................................1267
    Streamlining...................................................1271
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program..............1312
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1324
  Indians..........................................................1347
    Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1333
    Block grant allocation formula.................................1346
    Construction cost limits.......................................1349
    Housing associate status.......................................4452
  Lead-based paint.................................................3601
    Civil money penalties for failure to disclose..................1279
  Migrant farmworker projects..................................300, 301
  Multifamily:
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1302
    Excess rental charges..........................................1307
    Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform Act program violations.....1270
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act...............1306
    Prohibited purchasers..........................................1278
    Rehabilitation grants..........................................1300
    Transitional housing for homeless veterans...............3269, 3279
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information.........................................1306
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................296
    Loan policies...................................................298
    Loans and grants.................................296, 299, 303, 305
    Multiple-family housing.........................................296
    Rental housing.............................................296, 302
  Sale of property.................................................2975
    Unoccupied or substandard housing to local governments and 
        community development organizations........................1283
  Streamlining regulations..........................................296
  Supportive Housing Program...........................1295, 1314, 1317
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families...........................1269
  Tenant participation in state-financed, HUD-assisted housing 
      developments.................................................1292
  Title I property insurance.......................................1308
  Uniform Financial Reporting Standards............................1262
  Veterans' therapeutic housing....................................3219

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Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured home construction and safety standards program.....1303, 
                                                                   1304
Human research subjects:
  Protection of.........................115, 916, 919, 1130, 1131, 3267
  Student rights....................................................915
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds..........................1418, 1420, 1429, 1512, 1602
  Refuge-specific regulations......................................1546
  Subsistence hunting on Federal lands.............................1544
Hurricanes:
  Property acquisition and grants authority........................3777
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................678
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................679


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1885
  Appeal from denial of relative visa petition.....................1883
  Arrest warrant definition........................................1893
  Asylum procedures................................................1861
    Establishing eligibility.......................................1951
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1869
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1946
  Availability of material under Freedom of Information and 
      Privacy Acts.................................................1868
  Board of Appeals.................................................1842
  Border crossing identification documents...................1867, 1924
  Cancellation of removal....................................1839, 1841
  Check points within the U.S......................................1913
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1953
  Classification of immigrants and nonimmigrants...................2170
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1896
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................1873
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2144
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1966
  Diversity immigrants.............................................2159
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................2144
  Employment eligibility verification..............................1929
  Examination fees schedule........................................1877
  Exchange visitors:
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1897
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1840
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1937
  Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1944
  Fingerprinting service fee.......................................1980
  Historical Records Services......................................1880
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1895
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1925
  In-transit passengers............................................1857
  Inadmissability......................................1853, 2163, 2173
  Inspection of stopover passengers................................1979
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................1881
  International broadcasters.......................................2155
  International to International Program...........................1852
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1841, 1886, 1957
  Local law enforcement officer authority..........................1923
  Notice to appear definition......................................1893
  Officers authorized to issue notices to appear and arrest 
      warrants for violations......................................1978
  Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................1913
  Promises of benefits.............................................1909
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1938
  Sponsor obligations and penalties................................1910
  Suspension of deportation............................1839, 1841, 1948
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1928
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1879
  Waivers of fees..................................................1945
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
           Trade adjustment assistance
  Acetone, 2-butanone (MEK), and toluene...........................1834
  Animal embryos and semen..........................................273
  Beef from Brazil..................................................278
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............254
  Bigeye tuna.......................................................760
  Blood products...................................................1054
  Bona fide gifts..................................................2870
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........2833
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................269
  Bulk drug ingredients............................................1041
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1451
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3585, 3598, 3599
  Cigarette papers and tubes.......................................2743
  Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000.................2869
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3594
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1821
  Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1482
  Designated ports for plants listed as endangered or threatened 
                                                                   1532
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2830
  Domestic tobacco products, cigarette papers and tubes............2763
  Duty-free entry...................................................503
  Eggs..............................................................258
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings........................................2721
    Sport rocket motors............................................2722
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act................................1054
  Food products......................................................37
  Fruits and vegetables........................................250, 262
  Hass avocados..................................................2, 280
  Hogs from Europe..................................................274
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2842
  Livestock.........................................................375
  Marine mammal products............................................714
  Meat grading regulations for livestock............................187
  Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused 
      merchandise drawback.........................................2847
  Motor vehicles...................................................3485
    Canadian.......................................................2543
  Nursery stock.....................................................256
  Parrots..........................................................1421
  Personal or household articles...................................2870
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............253
  Polar bear trophies from Canada..................................1600
  Poultry products..................................................375
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2765
  Registration and product listing...................................34
  Ruminant animal materials in countries where bovine spongiform 
      encephalopathy exists........................................1040
  Ruminants.........................................................283
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2835
  Single entry for split shipments.................................2832
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2861, 2867
  Textiles.........................................................2859
  Tobacco products...............................2743, 2764, 2772, 2789
  Toothfish.........................................................773
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2857
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................264
  Unshu oranges.....................................................266
  Veterinary user fees..............................................255

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  Wild birds.................................................1421, 1554
  Wildlife.........................................................1375
  Wood packing materials............................................251
    Treatment requirements for material from China..................284
  Wool:
    Refund of duties paid on select products.......................2856
    Worsted wool fabrics......................................500, 2855
  Yachts...........................................................2844
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................3026
  Accounting:
    Annual accounting period.......................................2884
    Partnerships...................................................2973
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2932
  Active conduct of an insurance company defined...................3068
  Agents definition................................................3089
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................3014
  Apportioning interest expense....................................3091
  Asset ownership..................................................3035
  Authorized placement agency......................................2987
  Automatic extension for Form 706.................................3110
  Basis regulations................................................2983
  Bonds:
    Private activity.........................................3041, 3054
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by state and local governments.........2921
  Branch remittances...............................................3009
  Branches:
    Hybrid transactions............................................3050
  Broker's fees....................................................3114
  Bureau of Census disclosures.....................................2994
  Cancellation of indebtedness.....................................2906
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................3011
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over......2939, 2940
  Charitable contributions.........................................3021
  Charitable unitrust interest.....................................3085
  Check the box regulations........................................2986
  Circular No. 230 revision........................................2985
  Collection at source to statutory stock options..................2942
  Collections......................................................3100
    Installment agreements...................................2896, 3040
    Levied property................................................2874
    Liens..........................................................3101
  Community income.................................................2918
  Compromises......................................................2964
  Conforming changes...............................................2908
  Consolidated groups:
    Applications for tentative carryback adjustment................3120
    Continuation of................................................2936
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2933, 2956
    Intercompany transaction rules.................................2928
    Investment adjustments involving preferred stock...............3092
    Regulation amendments..........................................2931
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2881
  Conversion to the Euro...........................................3048
  Corporate estimated taxes........................................2904
  Corporate income tax.............................................3014
  Corporations:
    Active trade or business requirement...........................2938
    Alternative agents.............................................2977
    Assumption of liabilities................................2913, 2995
    Disregarded entitites..........................................2957
    Entity classification rules....................................3058
    Financial instruments based on the value of stock..............2934
    Gain on stock distributions..............................2993, 3124
    S corporations...........................................2950, 3075
    Tax shelter registration.......................................2955
    Tax shelter rules..............................................3125
    Termination of QSub election...................................3090
  Damages under Section 7433.......................................2902
  De minimis threshold.............................................3119
  Debt instruments...........................................2873, 3047
  Deductions from intangible property..............................3073
  Deferred compensation plans......................................2893
  Diesel fuel definition...........................................2899
  Disclosure of return information.........2916, 2922, 2982, 3084, 3109
  Disqualified persons definition..................................2988
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2907
  Earned income tax credit.........................................3102
  Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001........2930
  Education credits................................................2961
  Electronic payee statements......................................3077
  Electronic transmissions.............................2901, 2911, 3042
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans..........................................2948, 2998
    Trusts.........................................................3112
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2935
  Entertainment expense deductions.................................2927
  Equity options with flexible terms...............................3056
  Escrow funds.....................................................2947
  Excise tax on foreign insurers or reinsurers.....................3088
  Farm income......................................................2952
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2942
  Federal tax deposit system.......................................3113
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act.....................................2942
  Foreign corporations.................................3005, 3012, 3015
    Earnings and profits.....................................3010, 3024
    Foreign Sales Corporation transfer pricing.....................3107
    Income rules...................................................3062
    Stock transfer rules...........................................3055
    Subpart F income...............................................3076
    Transfer of intangibles........................................3074
  Foreign eligible entities........................................3053
  Foreign governments..............................................3007
  Foreign grantor trusts...........................................3098
  Foreign insurance companies................................3006, 3017
  Foreign investment companies...............................3059, 3099
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2944
  Foreign persons receiving U.S. source income...............3065, 3067
  Foreign tax credit.......................2943, 3002, 3044, 3057, 3061
  Foreign taxpayers:
    Disallowance of deductions and credits for failure to file 
        timely return..............................................3069
    Taxpayer identification number requirement.....................2905
  Foreign trusts and estates:
    Recognition of gain on transfers...............................3116
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................3018
  Functional currency..............................................3010
  Gasoline tax claims..............................................2871
  General utilities repeal.........................................3023
  Gift tax for net gift............................................3086
  Golden parachute payments........................................3001
  Grantor..........................................................3035
  Highly compensated employee................................2891, 2946
  Income allocation................................................3073
  Income averaging.................................................2952
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................3049
  Insurance companies..................................2894, 2910, 3079
  Intangible assets creation costs.................................2926
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................3030
  Interest.......................................2962, 3016, 3057, 3063
  Interest-free adjustments..................................3025, 3115
  International communications income..............................3049
  International organizations......................................3007
  Inventory accounting.............................................2879
  Investment type property.........................................3066
  Joint returns....................................................2960
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................2898
  LITC grant eligibility...........................................2937
  Loans from qualified employer plans..............................2978
  Losses:
    Disposition of personal property...............................3045

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    Separate limitation............................................3008
  Low-income taxpayer clinics......................................2919
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks...................2903
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2929
  Mid-contract change in taxpayer..................................2989
  Middleman payments...............................................2959
  Modified guaranteed contracts....................................2909
  Multiple party financing.........................................2949
  New market tax credit............................................2920
  Normalization requirements.......................................2914
  Number of notices received by payer..............................3094
  Obligation of state and local governments........................3083
  Offset of refund payments........................................2712
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2897
    Fair market value..............................................2973
    Foreign partners and Section 706...............................2997
    Hybrid transactions............................................3050
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2923
    Section 1503(d) applications.............................3029, 3070
    Subpart F income...............................................3076
    Unified audit procedures.......................................2963
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................3071
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................3059
  Payments:
    Credit and debit cards.........................................2958
    Middleman payments.............................................2959
    Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans............2976
    Source of payments.............................................3037
  Payments to attorneys......................................2880, 2890
  Penalty withdrawal...............................................3121
  Practice of representatives before the IRS.......................3111
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................3078
  Principal contracts..............................................3108
  Principal residence seizure......................................3096
  Procedure and administration.....................................3022
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting......................3060, 3093
  Qualified offers.................................................2969
  Real Estate Investment Trusts..............................2967, 3095
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2968
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................3036
  Regulated Investment Companies.............................2967, 3095
  Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation.............3800
  Relocation allowance payments for government employees.....3818, 4167
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3020
  Required distributions from retirement plans...............3081, 3082
  Research credit............................................2917, 2971
  Residence sale or exchange.......................................2975
  Resident status..................................................3004
  Retirement plans.....................................2999, 3033, 3043
  Section 1221 (a)(7)..............................................3064
  Section 263A.....................................................3104
  Section 420 (c)(3)(E)............................................3118
  Section 446......................................................3064
  Section 6048.....................................................3028
  Section 6112.....................................................2979
  Section 6159.....................................................3040
  Section 6320.....................................................2966
  Section 6323.....................................................3101
  Section 6330.....................................................2965
  Section 6343.....................................................2874
  Section 882......................................................3034
  Section 884......................................................3034
  Section 894................................................3065, 3067
  Securities.................................................3027, 3031
  Statement filing.................................................2980
  Stock aggregation rules..........................................3122
  Stock transfer regulations.......................................2895
  Straddles........................................................2885
    Carrying charges...............................................3063
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................3032
  Stripping transactions...........................................2949
  Swap transactions................................................3037
  Tax credits:
    Puerto Rico....................................................3000
  Tax shelter penalties............................................2924
  Tax treaties.....................................................3003
  Taxable fuel measurement.........................................3123
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................3072
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..............................2874, 3040, 3101
  Taxpayers:
    Address correction.............................................2892
  Taxpayers and their QBLIS........................................3097
  Testamentary trusts:
    Qualified S election...........................................2915
  Tort type rights test............................................2925
  Transfers of property to third parties on behalf of a spouse.....2900
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2875
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2878
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......3039
    Foreign trusts.................................................3038
    Income definition..............................................2984
    Non-exempt employees...........................................3035
  Trusts and estates.............................2872, 2950, 2954, 3043
  Unit livestock pricing method....................................2941
  Withholding certificates.........................................3042
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................3087
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
           Indians-business and finance
  Administrative appeals...........................................1660
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1677
  Appealing administrative actions of the Office of the Special 
      Trustee......................................................1360
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1653
  Child protection programs........................................1652
  Child support enforcement........................................1253
  Cultural exchange of marine mammal products between Natives......1495
  Database containing official insignia of federally recognized 
      tribes........................................................804
  Electric power utilities.........................................1672
  Fishing management................................................749
  Food assistance programs................................359, 360, 369
  Housing..........................................................1347
    Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1333
    Block grant allocation formula.................................1346
    Construction cost limits.......................................1349
    Housing associate status.......................................4452
    Public housing relocation requirements.........................1328
  Indian affairs hearings and appeals..............................1356
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1113
  Indian Judgment Funds............................................1641
  National Environmental Policy Act................................4550
  National Indian Gaming Commission....165, 166, 167, 4537, 4545, 4546, 
                                                       4547, 4548, 4550
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1623, 1626
  Navajo generating station..................................3458, 3489
  NIGC definitions..................................................164
  Older Americans Act reauthorization..............................1260
  Preference in employment.........................................1665
  Probate of estates...............................................1679

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  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument............................................1629
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4553
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1484, 
                                                                   1544
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Columbia River access sites....................................1675
    Salmon..........................................................674
  Trust management reform....................................1659, 1661
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................2019
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts...................1379
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................714
  Protection of products...........................................1678
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1656
  Gaming operations:
    Debt collection................................................4540
    Facility licensing standards...................................4549
    Game classification.............................................167
    Internal control standards......................................166
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1663
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program...........................154
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1673
  Loans, grants, and employment assistance...................1649, 1651
  Management contracts.............................................4545
  Net gaming revenue...............................................4546
Indians-education:
  Academic and dormitory standards.................................1647
  Adult vocational training........................................1680
  Contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act.........................1648
  Grants to colleges...............................................1666
  Provisions for exceptional children..............................1657
  School construction contracts....................................1650
  School improvement program.......................................1642
Indians-lands:
  Acquisitions.....................................................1681
  Air pollution control implementation.......................3411, 3523
  Allotments.................................................1748, 1771
  Beaches program funding..........................................3708
  Encumbrance contract approval....................................1682
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3515
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2397
  Fishing sites on Columbia River..................................1676
  Grazing permits..................................................1664
  Historic preservation programs...................................1606
  Irrigation projects..............................................1671
  Lead and zinc mining operations, Oklahoma........................1669
  Leases and permits...............................................1662
  Mining leases........................................1643, 1668, 1722
  Mining regulations...............................................1732
  National Forest System lands......................................429
  Oil and gas leasing................................................74
  Road bridge program..............................................2417
  Roads program........................................1655, 1658, 1684
  San Carlos Apache Tribe trust fund and lease fund................1683
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of lands............1670
  Water quality standards..........................................3716
Indians-law:
  Attorney contacts with tribes....................................1686
  Construction of jails............................................1997
  Courts of Indian Offenses............................1674, 1685, 1687
  Hearings and appeals.................................1646, 4542, 4543
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1667
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4544
Indians-tribal government:
  Election procedures........................................1644, 1645
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1259
  Indian Tribal Justice Act........................................1667
  Self-determination...............................................1648
  Self-governance amendments.........................................40
  Tribal background investigations.................................4537
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Disability benefits
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
  Accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.....1265, 1815, 
                                                             3315, 3316
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3314
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..................77
    Public rights-of-way...........................................3318
  Accessibility guidelines for telecommunications equipment and 
      customer premises equipment..................................4323
  Accessibility guidelines for transportation................2196, 2202
  Air carrier complaints...........................................2179
  Cardiovascular impairments.......................................4088
  Children:
    Early intervention programs.....................................922
    SSI student earned income exclusion............................4114
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................2006
  Determination of.................................................4088
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1251
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............4143
  Disability ratings:
    Burden of proof................................................4084
    Chronic........................................................3172
    Convulsive disorders...........................................3156
    Digestive system.........................................3157, 4077
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................4093
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................4079
    Growth impairment........................................4100, 4153
    Immune System..................................................4081
    Individual unemployability.....................................3158
    Liver..........................................................3288
    Mental disorders.........................................3165, 4101
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................4080
    Neurological.............................................3156, 4083
    Respiratory disorders..........................................4094
    Skin conditions..........................................3227, 4078
    Special senses.................................................4082
    Spine..........................................................3162
    Vision.........................................................3229
  Employment discrimination complaints..............................149
  Evidence of permanent and total disability.......................3164
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............4138
  Homeownership assistance.........................................1339
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................4087
  Mentally retarded:
    Intermediate care facilities.............................1194, 1244
  Motor vehicle modifications................................2522, 2563
  Nondiscrimination....................................3786, 4003, 4129
    Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1810
    Air travel...............................................2177, 2194
    Department of State programs...................................2153
    DOD programs....................................................826
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................4129
    Federally assisted programs........................2083, 2089, 4571
    In programs or activities conducted by the OFHEO...............3888
    NSF programs...................................................3879
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities............77, 1810
    State and local government services..................78, 1808, 1810
  Passenger vessel access....................................2206, 3317
  SSA disability determination process........................162, 4146
  SSA medical equivalence policy...................................4137
  Subcontract preference under service contracts...................4180
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1294
  Telecommunications relay services..........................4303, 4304
  Transportation.............................................1642, 2189
  Video programming accessibility..................................4279
  Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain 
      naturalization applicants....................................1944
  Widow's benefits.................................................4149

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  Work Incentives Improvement Act.................160, 1210, 4134, 4147
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..................................2293, 2565
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................4240
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................4246
  Backyard play sets standard......................................4236
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans.............3151
    Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam veterans......3191
    Vocational training for children of women Vietnam veterans.....3198
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1953
  Child restraint anchors..........................................2548
  Child-resistant packaging:
    Household chemicals............................................4253
    Prescription drugs.............................................4256
  Crib safety standards............................................4249
  Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an SSI 
      eligible child...............................................4141
  Food assistance programs.............................7, 354, 355, 368
  Growth impairment determinations.................................4153
  Individuals with disabilities.....................................922
  Infant formula...................................................1077
  Lead poisoning...................................................3600
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2041
  Motor vehicle restraint systems......................2504, 2518, 2546
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program...............1106, 1108
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................334
  Packaging requirements for oral prescription drugs...............4255
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................2257
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................4251
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................4248
  Product registration cards for products intended for children 
                                                                   4244
  School breakfast and lunch programs.....................367, 370, 371
  State Children's Health Insurance Program........................1212
  Sulfate in drinking water........................................3746
  Television programming.....................................4386, 4387
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........................................1098
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.......................................4534
    Quarterly call reports.........................................4518
    Regulation revisions...........................................4520
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............4516
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............4143
  Equity index insurance products..................................4631
  Passenger vessel operators.......................................4465
Insurance companies:
  Active conduct defined...........................................3068
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2910
  Foreign subsidiary exemptions....................................4633
  Income tax guidance..............................................3079
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2704
  Tax on companies other than life insurance companies.............2894
  Transactions with foreign persons.................................485
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intellectual property:
  Audiovisual performances..........................................802
  NASA.............................................................3834
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements...............918
  Air carrier regulation...........................................2204
  Air pollution control implementation....................119, 120, 139
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................927
  BIA schools......................................................1647
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3830
  Education programs................................................289
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............2039
  Employer-based group health plans................................1220
  EPA............................................3514, 3654, 3717, 3725
  Federal Assistance Funds transfers to State governments..........2706
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................2017
  Federalism........................................................850
  Flood assistance program.........................................3755
  Food assistance programs.......................................7, 349
    Sharing information with INS....................................349
  Hazardous materials transportation..........................109, 2657
  Highway management...............................................2389
  Highway projects...........................................2394, 2416
  Highway safety programs..........................................2479
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2590
  Motor vehicle safety incentive grants......................2574, 2575
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3557
  Oil spill response...............................................2267
  Railroad highway projects........................................2410
  State issued identification documents............................2572
  USDA:
    State mediation programs........................................208
Intermodal transportation:
  Charter services.................................................2624
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Automated Permit Port programs...................................1943
  Border crossing cards............................................2150
  Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1854, 1891, 1943
  Driver's license requirements....................................1943
  Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection 
      program......................................................1891
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Appeals...........................................................793
  Audiovisual performances..........................................802
  Biological material deposits......................................807

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  Claims against the Patent and Trademark Office....................815
  Computer-implemented business method patent applications..........801
  Continued prosecution application practice as to utility and 
      plant applications............................................796
  Copies of U.S. patent documents...................................794
  Correspondence addresses..........................................799
  Database containing official insignia of Native American tribes
                                                                    804
  Declaring interferences...........................................803
  DOE regulations...................................................979
  Eighteen-month publication of patent applications.................795
  Electronic products available from the USPTO......................817
  Electronic transmission of trademark documents....................805
  Fees..............................................................814
    Alternative fee structure.......................................800
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................819
  International civil and commercial cases..........................792
  International effort to harmonize substantive requirements of 
      patent laws...................................................816
  Invention promoter complaints.....................................798
  Licensing government-owned inventions.............................821
  Mineral patent applications......................................1764
  NASA awards................................................3833, 3834
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................818
  Patent and Trademark Office acquisition regulations..........791, 813
  Patent Cooperative Treaty:
    Application procedure...........................................809
    Prior-filed applications........................................795
    Time limit for national stage commencement......................811
  Patent interferences..............................................806
  Patent practitioners..............................................789
  Patent surveys...................................................2834
  Removal of classified paper files from public search facilities
                                                                    808
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................810
  Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development 
      Agreement.....................................................820
  Small businesses..................................................818
Investigations:
  Civil investigative demands......................................1992
  Government personnel.............................................3982
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1845
  Privacy Act exemptions for FBI records...........................1846
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising rules................................................4615
  Advisor transaction rule.........................................4612
  Affiliate transactions.....................................4612, 4618
  Asset transfers..................................................2967
  Bookkeeping services provided by auditors........................4672
  Disclosure requirements..........................................4614
  EDGAR system requirements..................................4596, 4622
  Electronic recordkeeping.........................................4635
  Electronic signatures............................................4630
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4620
  Independent transmission companies...............................4624
  Mergers of affiliated investment companies.......................4619
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4616
  Registration form................................................4620
  Repurchase agreements............................................4634
  Securities acquisition...........................................4628
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4617
  Self-regulatory organizations....................................4661
  Small business investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........4047
    Income computation.............................................4063
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................4052
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................4048
  Taxation.........................................................3099
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Bonding requirement exemption for certain advisers...............2038
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4621
  Foreign direct investment in the U.S.........................487, 488
  Guaranteed investment contracts..................................3052
  Investment advisers..............................................4609
    Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4626
    Commodity pool operators.......................................4613
    Electronic filing..............................................4627
    Electronic recordkeeping.......................................4635
    Operating through the internet.................................4610
    Political contributions........................................4625
    Thrift institutions............................................4611
  NCUA rules.................................................4514, 4521
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2808
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1671


                                   J

Jewelry:
  Duty-free shipments...............................................503
Job Training Partnership Act:
  See Manpower training programs
Juvenile delinquency:
  Family Unity Program.......................................1887, 1912


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................902
  Medicare eligibility.............................................1170


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcohol beverages................................................2735
  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
      packaging....................................................1039
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2466
  Antibiotics resistance labeling..................................1065
  Caviar intended for international trade..........................1417
  Commodity chicken.................................................361
  Dietary supplements for safety concerns associated with use 
      during pregnancy.............................................1036
  Drugs..........................................................32, 33
  Electronic submission of information.............................1029
  Hearing aids.....................................................1100
  Home insulation..................................................4507
  Insulin-containing products......................................1022
  Malt beverages...................................................2745
  Pesticides.......................................................3572
  Polyurethane foam in upholstered furniture.......................4237
  Pregnancy labeling category for prescription drugs...............1023
  Prescription drugs...............................................1056
  Rubber-containing drugs..........................................1008
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1063
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2732
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
  Acquisition regulations..............................2091, 4159, 4188

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  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions.................................................2086
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2090
  Drug Free Workplace requirements.................................2090
  Freedom of Information Act.................................2002, 2088
  Nondiscrimination....................................2083, 2084, 2089
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................2005
  Trade adjustment assistance................................2028, 2029
Labor management relations:
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................2039
  Costs............................................................4194
  Open competition and government neutrality.......................4198
Laboratories:
  Accreditation.....................................................183
    Grain quality testing...........................................326
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1195, 1240
  Directors:
    Qualification requirements for laboratories performing high 
        complexity testing.........................................1144
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3355
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1183
  Hospital reference laboratories:
    Medicare secondary payer.......................................1207
  National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program...............550
  Small business testing laboratories..............................4051
  Testing of mining equipment......................................2060
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions............1032
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.....................................2165
  Military testamentary instrument execution........................851
  Qualified offers.................................................2969
  Suits against Federal employees..................................1982
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................1998
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1843, 4401
  Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program.............1996
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1366
  Forest Service....................................................417
  Immigration......................................................1923
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4544
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1813
  Retirement.................................................3966, 3994
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1855
Lawyers:
  Contacts with Indian tribes......................................1686
  Ethical standards................................................1988
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............4542
Lead poisoning:
  Paint...........................................130, 3600, 3601, 3611
    Disclosure requirements........................................1279
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3606
Libraries:
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................3860
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3864
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3863
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3862
  Presidential library facilities..................................3854
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3861
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................3026
  District of Columbia employees...................................3965
  Government employees.............................................3971
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3936
    Premiums.......................................................3972
    Regulation revisions...........................................3995
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3972
  Variable life insurance contracts................................4629
  Veterans:
    Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option................3234
    National Service Life Insurance..........................3186, 3274
Liquors:
  Dealers..........................................................2738
  Exports..........................................................2744
  From Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands..........................2779
  Record and report requirements for plant proprietors.............2755
  Standards of fill................................................2748
  Standards of identity for whisky and brandy......................2754
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2732
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Animal drug residue levels.......................................1088
  Aquatic animals...................................................190
  Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering 
      establishments................................................252
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk...............................4
  Commodity futures contract deliveries.............................184
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds..........1025
  Equitable competition.............................................323
  Exportation.......................................................279
  Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................3
  Free choice medicated feed.......................................1084
  Imported..........................................................375
  Indemnity programs................................................236
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program...................1
  Liquid medicated feed............................................1084
  Mandatory reporting program:
    Confidentiality guideline.......................................197
    Lamb amendment..................................................171
  Meat grading regulations for imports..............................187
  Price reporting...................................................330
  Substances prohibited from use in feed...........................1092
  Swine Packer Marketing Contracts..................................328
  Unit pricing method..............................................2941
Loan programs:
  Community Disaster Loan Program..................................3771
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........459
  Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers..................452
  Qualified employer plans.........................................2978
  Revision of RTB loan documents....................................464
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program...................464, 468
  RUS current ratio requirement.....................................466
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision...........................2703
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program......440, 444, 446, 448
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans.......................223
  Community programs................................................295
  Conservation Reserve Program............................224, 237, 238
  Cotton non-recourse loan and loan deficiency payment programs 
                                                                    201
  Crop disaster assistance..........................................229
  Debt settlement...................................................218
  Disaster set-aside program...................................205, 227
  Extensions of payments............................................455
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights................................................4257
    Electronic commerce............................................4261
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation risk-based capital 
        regulation.................................................4268

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    Financing regulations..........................................4269
    Mission-related investments....................................4266
    Policies and operations................4259, 4260, 4262, 4263, 4267
    Procedures for associations requesting national charters.......4273
    Purchases and sales............................................4264
    Stock issuance.................................................4270
  Farm Loan Program:
    Collection of appraisal fees....................................240
    Guaranteed loss payments........................................212
    Low documentation loans.........................................222
    Past-due period.................................................241
    Reduction of amortized shared appreciation recapture interest 
        rate........................................................211
    Regulatory streamlining.........................................198
    Small Hog Operation Payment Program.............................245
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................203
    Interest assistance program.....................................200
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............203
    Subordination requirements......................................203
  Housing...........................................................447
  Intermediary Relending Program....................................439
  Loan changes......................................................305
  Loan deficiency payment regulations...............................204
  Loans secured by real estate and property.........................221
  Lobbying restrictions.............................................476
  Market loss assistance............................................229
  Marketing assistance loan provisions..............................204
  Primary loan servicing............................................205
  Regulation streamlining...........................................198
  Rural economic development...................................303, 442
  Rural housing.....................................................298
  Settlement of debt................................................456
  State mediation programs..........................................208
  Water and waste disposal programs.................................465
  Water Programs....................................................451
Loan programs-business:
  Rural areas.......................................................449
  SBA:
    Certified Development Company program....................4034, 4059
    Guaranteed loans servicing.....................................4062
    Microloan program........................................4066, 4068
    Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................4065
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................4056
    Small Business Lending Companies................................152
Loan programs-education:
  Interest.........................................................2951
  Medical research...........................................1117, 1125
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers..............1123
  Performance standards for retention of electronic records.........921
  Student loan repayment...........................................3989
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program...................................1114
  NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 
      from Disadvantaged Backgrounds...............................1119
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers..............1123
  NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparities 
      Research.....................................................1120
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program....................1121
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions 
                                                                   4532
  Credit Watch program.............................................1309
  Financial information system standards...........................3884
  Government Sponsored Enterprises:
    Classification of..............................................3886
    Corporate governance...........................................3882
    Executive compensation.........................................3889
    Flood insurance requirements...................................3883
    High costs and predatory features..............................1275
    Minimum capital................................................3881
  Rural areas..................................................299, 302
  Safety and soundness requirements................................3884
  Supportive Housing for the Elderly...............................1295
  Title I property insurance programs..............................1308
Loan programs-Indians:
  Direct loan program..............................................1649
  Housing loan guarantees..........................................1347
Loan programs-veterans:
  Acceptance of partial payments...................................3283
  Advertising and solicitation disclosure..........................3235
  Credit scoring...................................................3271
  Credit standards.................................................3272
  Delegation of authority..........................................3302
  Multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans.....3269, 3279
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................3193
  Property improvements definition.................................3228
  Title evidence requirements......................................3282
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................1987
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1987
  Restrictions....................................476, 1358, 4123, 4156
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................2145
  Safety and health regulations....................................2110
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Section 8:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1339
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1302
    Downpayment assistance grant.....................................73
    Fair market rents..............................................1272
    Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1338
    Project-based voucher program....................................68
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1301
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............69
    Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal 
        activity...................................................1281
    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.........................1269
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................902


                                   M

Mammography:
  State certification of facilities................................1069
Manpower training programs:
  Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2172
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety....................................1303, 1304
  Loan insurance program...........................................1308
  Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000.....................1296
Marijuana:
  Industrial use...................................................1820
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards..........................................248
  Beluga whales.....................................................689
  Captive holding and transport.....................................682
  Exports of products for cultural exchange........................1495
  Harbor porpoise population review.................................668
  Imports:
    Polar bear trophies from Canada................................1600

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  Incidental taking......................................680, 713, 1513
    Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan..............642, 646, 782
    Beaufort Sea Polar Bear and Walrus.............................1507
    Deployment of the U.S. Navy's low frequency active sonar........686
    During rocket launch operations............................551, 626
    During shock testing by the U.S. Navy...........................776
    Low frequency sound source operation............................778
    Manatees.......................................................1506
  Level B harrassment..............................................1500
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................714
  Marine Mammal Protection Act..........................683, 1513, 1514
  Native cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts............1379
  North Atlantic whale protection...................................639
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1498
  Photography permits...............................................636
  Research authorization............................................681
  Serious injury definition.........................................637
  Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2251
  Steller sea lions..................................644, 655, 662, 705
  Subsistence taking of Northern fur seals..........................779
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................640
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Anchoring prohibitions in Flower Garden Banks National Marine 
      Sanctuary.....................................................721
  Commercial submarine cables in National Marine Sanctuaries........720
  Endangered and threatened species.................................638
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................719
  Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy........................................668
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................785
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................648
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................647
  Research program..................................................722
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Alternate compliance program.....................................2261
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................2221
  Casualty reporting...............................................2234
  Chemical testing.................................................2281
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties....................2223
  Electronic charting and navigation system for public vessels.....2282
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............2224
  Hazardous liquid cargoes on board vessels........................2230
  Houseboats.................................................2229, 2241
  Inland waterways.................................................1385
  Naval Vessel Protection Zones....................................2262
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2248
  Personal flotation device requirements for children..............2257
  Pilotage regulations.............................................2280
  Propeller injury prevention......................................2229
  Puget Sound-Area waters..........................................2276
  Recreational boaters.............................................1385
  Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2253
  Safety/security zone regulations...........................2232, 2263
  Salvage and firefighting equipment.................................98
  Towing vessels.............................................2239, 2243
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................2231
  Uninspected passenger vessels....................................2247
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Access charges to carrier automated tariffs and tariff systems 
                                                                   4467
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities.......202
  Alternative dispute resolution...................................4468
  Audit appeals....................................................2680
  Cargo preference regulations:
    Agricultural exports...........................................2678
  Communications.............................................4392, 4411
  Electronic transmissions and document submission.................4463
  Great Lakes load line certificate................................2272
  Income source rules..............................................3051
  Japanese vessels.................................................4466
  Merchant mariners................................................2240
  Mobile radio services............................................4366
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4464
  Notice of violation options......................................2227
  Operating agreements.............................................4462
  Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................2251
  Shipboard electrical cable standards.............................2279
  St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls..............................2626
  U.S.-flag vessel preference.................................852, 4189
Marketing quotas:
  Peanuts......................................................206, 235
  Tobacco.........207, 213, 214, 215, 220, 226, 232, 233, 234, 239, 242
Mass transportation:
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2202
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2615
  School bus operations............................................2618
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Gaseous fuels:
    Propane cylinders..............................................2651
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery............................15
  Beef imports from Brazil..........................................278
  Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........371
  Consumer protection...............................................403
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................396
  Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance Program..............444
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category..............................................3684
  Equitable competition.............................................323
  Export sales reporting............................................412
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................392
  Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................3
  Grading regulations for imported livestock........................187
  HACCP programs..........................................12, 373, 1089
  Labeling...........................................385, 391, 399, 405
  Lamb meat adjustment assistance program...........................210
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program...................1
  Lamb reporting regulations........................................171
  Meat recovery systems..............................................15
  Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy...14, 269, 1040
  Quality Systems Certification Program.............................176
  Ruminant imports..................................................283
  Transportation and storage........................................394
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................395
  Certification of scales...........................................406
  Color additives...................................................387
  Contaminated......................................................398
  Emergency regulations..............................................14
  Food additives....................................................387
  HACCP programs....................................................373
  Partial quality control programs..................................406
  Performance standards:
    Bacon............................................................10
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................397
  Regulation terminology............................................404
  Service fees.................................................181, 384
  Total quality control systems.....................................379
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs

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  Agency name change...............................................1247
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...............................1174
    American Osteopathic Association recognition...................1199
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................354
  Drug rebate program..............................................1218
  Employer-based group health plans................................1220
  Extended eligibility.............................................1209
  Hospitals:
    Conditions of participation....................................1245
    Upper payment limit........................................50, 1244
  Managed care.....................................................1181
    Civil penalties.................................................992
    Regulation revisions.............................................49
  Mechanized claims processing and information retrieval system 
                                                                   1227
  Medical child support............................................1175
  Mentally retarded persons:
    Conditions of participation for intermediate care facilities 
                                                                   1194
    Upper payment limit transition period for nursing and 
        intermediate care facilities...............................1244
  Organ procurement organizations....................................47
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.....................1189
  Spousal impoverishment provisions................................1213
  Third party liability............................................1219
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.........1216
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships.................................................1115
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................904
  Computer software programs.......................................1101
  Establishment registration and listing requirements..............1033
  Exports...........................................................525
  FDA rescission...................................................1097
  Gene therapy.....................................................1070
  Hearing aids.....................................................1100
  Informed consent regulations.......................................31
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4341
  Medical gas containers and closure systems.......................1010
  Medicare coverage................................................1136
  Respiratory assist devices.......................................1217
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision.................1003
  Restricted devices promotion.....................................1080
  Surety bond requirements...................................1176, 1187
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1063
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3568
  Xenotransplantation..............................................1070
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility..............................1117, 1125
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1124
  National Research Service Awards.................................1127
  NIH service payback obligation...................................1127
  Peer review......................................................1126
  Radiopharmaceuticals.............................................1016
Medicare:
  Advanced refunding of debt.......................................1178
  Agency name change...............................................1247
  Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).........................1174, 1221
    American Osteopathic Association recognition...................1199
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................988
  Bone mass measurements...........................................1179
  Civil money penalties............................................1229
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services..........................1160
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1195
  Clinical psychology training program payments....................1193
  Clinical trials coverage.........................................1136
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments........................1167
  Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity.....1210
  Coverage decision process........................................1201
  Coverage policy challenges.................................1200, 1235
  Devices and related services.....................................1136
  Dialysis services................................................1170
  Durable medical equipment:
    Payment for upgraded features..................................1164
    Surety bonds...................................................1187
  End-stage renal disease:
    Bad debt payment...............................................1134
    Emergency approval of facilities...............................1246
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services...............................................62
    Application of inherent reasonableness.........................1190
    Payment limits.................................................1190
    Physician payments...................................55, 1233, 1234
    Practice expense data collection...............................1224
    Reasonable charge methodology..................................1236
  Graduate medical education payment...............................1225
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation..............................1169, 1182
    Prospective payment system.............................48, 51, 1230
  Hospice care...............................................1172, 1184
  Hospitals:
    Acute care inpatient prospective payment system................1248
    American Osteopathic Association authority to survey critical 
        access hospitals...........................................1241
    Conditions of participation..............................1168, 1245
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation........1205
    Inpatient prospective payment system.......................57, 1237
    Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system..............56
    Outpatient Prospective Payment System................53, 1165, 1231
    Secondary payer to hospital reference laboratories.............1207
  Late enrollment penalty..........................................1211
  Loan repayments..................................................1178
  Long term care prospective payment system..........................44
  Managed care payment provisions..................................1166
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Appeals and grievance procedures...............................1198
    Civil penalties.................................................992
    End-stage renal disease rates..................................1239
    Recredentialing providers......................................1226
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules......................1171
  Organ procurement organizations....................................47
  Overpayments and underpayments:
    Interest assessment............................................1215
    Reporting and repayment........................................1137
  Photocopy expense reimbursement..................................1204
  Physician assistant training program payments....................1193
  Prescription drug discount program endorsement.....................58
  Prospective Payment System.....44, 1165, 1204, 1225, 1228, 1230, 1231
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1173
  Provider and supplier hearing procedures.........................1196
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Allowable costs................................................1214
  Recovery of conditional payments.................................1232
  Rehabilitation hospital services.................................1222
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage..........1180
  Rural health clinics.............................................1161

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  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing........54, 1228
  State allotments for payment of Part B premiums..................1145
  State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).................1223
  Statement of intent..............................................1206
  Supplementary Medical Insurance:
    Premium surcharge agreements...................................1197
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.........1191
  Surety bond requirements...................................1176, 1187
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.........1216
Medigap:
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................988
Mental health programs:
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............997
  Emergency response criteria.......................................998
  Group health plan benefit parity.................................2053
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Use of restraint and seclusion.................................1189
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3717
  High temperature metal recovery residues.........................3658
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1669
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3618
Metric system:
  Conversion:
    Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2481
Migrant labor:
  Forestry service contracts........................................477
  Job service complaint system.....................................2026
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.................................................823
  Education eligibility of dependents in overseas areas........824, 825
  Filing claims against SSA........................................4085
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................844
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics...................1048
  Legal assistance matters..........................................851
  Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program....................4065
  Reemployment.....................................................3923
  Retirement regulations...........................................3926
  Security policies for granting access to classified information
                                                                    833
  Selected Reserve:
    Burial flags...................................................3299
  Stars and Stripes newspaper operations............................827
Milk:
  Special Milk Program for Children.................................355
Mine safety and health:
  Accident investigation hearing procedures........................2081
  Air quality standards............................................2068
  Asbestos exposure limit............................................90
  Belt entry.......................................................2059
  Confined-space hazards...........................................2070
  Crystalline silica...............................................2076
  Hazard communication.............................................2063
  Metal and nonmetal mines:
    Diesel particulate exposure....................................2067
    Electrical standards...........................................2074
  Metal/nonmetal impoundments......................................2071
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2061
  Rescue teams.....................................................2062
  Respirable coal dust.........................................92, 2057
  Surface coal mine dust control...................................2078
  Surface haulage equipment........................................2072
  Surge and storage piles..........................................2079
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................2060
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3618
  Training of miners...............................................2075
  Underground coal mines:
    Continuous respirable dust monitors............................2082
    Dust control plan verification...................................91
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................2069
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................2064
    Safety standard revisions......................................2073
  Underground mines:
    Escapeways and refuges.........................................2080
    Self-contained self-rescuer life approvals and training........2077
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Allowance provision amendments...................................1726
  Data disclosure..................................................1698
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1752
  Fractions sale....................................................414
  Hearings and investigations......................................1720
  Mineral Management Service inspections on fixed facilities.......2260
  Mineral patent applications......................................1764
  Mining leases on Indian lands..............................1643, 1722
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Offshore cranes................................................1699
    Pipeline rights-of-way...................................1432, 1703
    Production safety training.....................................1696
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1703
    Well control...................................................1696
  Overburden definition............................................3616
  Privately owned mineral rights within the National Wildlife 
      Refuge System................................................1505
  Proprietary terms................................................1698
  Revenue collection regulations...................................1715
  Rights-of-way....................................................1769
  Service order appeals............................................1697
  Solid minerals reporting requirements............................1714
  Sulphur leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf.......1695, 1696, 1725
  Surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of Indian lands.....1670
  Valuation regulations......................................1716, 1717
Mineral royalties:
  Credit adjustments...............................................1722
  Indian lands, Osage Reservation..................................1668
  Interest and late payments.......................................1688
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1688, 1721
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned..................................................1727, 1731
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1728
  Civil penalties..................................................1734
  Indian lands...............................................1643, 1668
  Lead and zinc mining, Oklahoma...................................1669
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1753
  Surface management.........................................1734, 1770
  Water pollution control..........................................3698
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers............................2005, 2015

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  Violation penalties..............................................2011
Minority businesses:
  Participation in DOT programs....................................2198
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
      Minority businesses
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Mortgage Insurance Certificates..................................1297
  Premium remittance period........................................1289
  Premiums in multifamily housing programs.........................1299
  Refinancing debt of existing hospitals...........................1305
  Refinancing Home Equity Conversion Mortgages.....................1298
  Single-family....................................................1297
    Consultant roster procedures...................................1287
    Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities 
                                                                   1264
    Nonprofit approval and removal procedures......................1284
    Predatory lending............................................63, 65
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Accelerated Claim Disposition Demonstration program..............1282
  Alternative mortgage lending.....................................3136
  Appraiser Watch system.............................................64
  Classification of Enterprises....................................3886
  Credit Watch...............................................1286, 1309
  Executive compensation...........................................3889
  Federal home loan banks:
    Affordable Housing Program.....................................4459
    Rules of practice and procedures...............................4453
  Ginnie Mae Modified Pass-Through Securities......................1320
  GNMA:
    Electronic payment on guaranteed securities....................1319
    Elimination of physical certificate for issued securities......1318
  Government Sponsored Enterprises...........................3886, 3889
    Corporate governance...........................................3882
    Financial information system standards.........................3884
    Flood insurance requirements...................................3883
    High costs and predatory features..............................1275
    Minimum capital................................................3881
    Safety and soundness requirements..............................3884
  Home mortgage disclosure.........................................4478
  Nondiscrimination................................................3888
  OTS capital regulations..........................................3135
  Predatory lending practices............................64, 1275, 3131
  Real estate appraisals...........................................2810
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2968
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................3885, 3887
  Terminating origination approval agreements......................1286
  Truth in lending.................................................4495
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems........................................2447, 2513, 2538
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2540
    Employee protections information...............................2425
    Maintenance of and access to records...........................2211
    Performance-based brake testers................................2447
    Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico 
        border.....................................................2448
  Data display units...............................................2431
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2511
    Commercial drivers' license standards..........................2451
    Disqualifications..............................................2438
    Entry-level....................................................2428
    Hours of service regulations....................................105
    Instructor training............................................2427
    Learner permits................................................2454
    Licensing......................................................2453
    Noncommercial motor vehicle violations.........................2449
    Penalties......................................................2438
    Physical fitness...............................................2429
    Qualification requirements...............................2426, 2459
    Safety performance history.....................................2430
    Training.................................................2427, 2428
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................2457
  English language requirement.....................................2459
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................2437
    Commercial van operations transporting passengers across 
        U.S.-Mexico border.........................................2448
    Interstate school buses........................................2424
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2452
    Post-accident controlled substances and alcohol test results 
                                                                   2462
    Technical amendment............................................2465
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2446
    Zero-base revision.............................................2434
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2458
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................2455, 2675
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................2467
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2882
  Household goods transportation...................................2460
  Identification report............................................2450
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2824
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system.............................................2432
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2461
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2461
  Investigative authority..........................................2438
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2444
    Commercial zones...............................................2442
    Financial responsibility.......................................2463
    NAFTA..........................................................2443
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2435
  Out-of-service criteria..........................................2445
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2439
  Rules of practice..........................................2436, 2438
  Safety fitness procedures........................................2433
  Sleeper berth regulations........................................2456
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2632
  Television receivers.............................................2431
  Trailer test rig.................................................2556
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2666
  Truck length and width.....................................2407, 2409
  Truck size and weight............................................2393
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels.......................................924, 927, 946
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3449
  Emission standards for highway motorcycles.......................3457
  Emissions testing................................................3407
  Fuel inlet restrictor exclusion for motorcycles..................3555
  Gasoline:
    Additives................................................3441, 3554
    Anti-dumping program.....................................3505, 3509
    Date for receipt of summer grade reformulated gasoline at 
        terminals..................................................3450
    Lead or lead additives prohibition.............................3555
    Petition to relax Reid vapor pressure standard.................3551
    Reformulated...................................................3543
    Summer gasoline volatility standard............................3451
    Tier 2/gasoline sulfur regulations.......................3508, 3550
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3485
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3362
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3467
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3446

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  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program..................3442
  Non-conformance penalties for heavy-duty diesel engines and 
      vehicles.....................................................3447
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices...................................................2529
  Air bags.........................................................2552
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes.....................................................2538
    Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2568
    Brake hoses....................................................2489
    Hydraulic parking brake........................................2513
    Linings........................................................2521
    Motorcycles....................................................2573
  Child restraint systems............2468, 2504, 2518, 2539, 2546, 2548
  Civil penalties..................................................2570
  Community transportation vehicles................................2480
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2559
  Defect reporting and notification........2498, 2499, 2500, 2553, 2566
  Ejection mitigation using advanced glazing.......................2541
  Electric vehicles................................................2558
  Fire performance requirements....................................2524
  Frontal offset protection.........................................106
  Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2519
  Imported vehicles................................................2543
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2483
    Daytime running lamps..........................................2530
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2525
    Headlamp glare.................................................2491
    Motorcycles..............................................2492, 2533
    Performance and test requirement modifications.................2531
    Signal lamps...................................................2532
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2475
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2515
    Passenger-side systems.........................................2516
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2493
  Moving barrier tire specification................................2495
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags...........................................2469, 2477, 2564
    Door retention.................................................2482
    Head/neck protection.....................................2470, 2537
    Safety incentive grants..................................2574, 2575
    Side impact protection.........................................2562
    Upper interior impact..........................................2542
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2510
  Power-operated windows.....................................2526, 2528
  Prohibition of sale or lease of equipment with safety-related 
      defect.......................................................2554
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2523
  Recalls:
    Accelerated....................................................2553
    In foreign countries...........................................2499
    Reimbursement prior to.........................................2500
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................2502
  Roof crashworthiness.......................................2476, 2544
  Safe harbor provision............................................2581
  Safety glazing...................................................2536
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2545
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2560
  Seat belts:
    Anchorages for voluntarily installed shoulder belts............2507
    Emergency locking retractor....................................2506
    Length options.................................................2505
    Rear seats.....................................................2529
    Safety incentive grants........................................2574
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2529
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2473
  Shifting and falling cargo.......................................2441
  Test dummies:
    Adult size.....................................................2471
    Child size...................................2520, 2549, 2551, 2582
    Female size....................................................2550
    Hybrid III.............................2471, 2477, 2520, 2576, 2582
  Tires:
    Defective or noncompliant......................................2580
    Disposition of replaced tires..................................2501
    Pressure monitoring system.....................................2555
    Safety information.......................................2503, 2517
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2494
    Rear impact guards.............................................2569
  Trunk releases, interior.........................................2583
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2522
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems......................................2486
  Adaptive equipment for veterans..................................3244
  Alternatively fueled vehicles..............................2508, 3467
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................2466
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test...................................................2547
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2638
  Commercial:
    Cargo securement...............................................2441
    Dedicated Short Range Communications...........................2419
  Community transportation vehicles................................2480
  Controls and displays............................................2496
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2527
  Defects..........................................................2527
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................2466
  Fleet fuel efficiency.............................................972
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2508
  High-theft lines.................................................2579
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology...........................................2509
    Safety standards...............................................2558
  Imports..........................................................3485
  Inconsequential defects..........................................2484
  Insurer reporting requirements...................................2578
  Light trucks.....................................................3370
    Head restraints................................................2470
  Location and monitoring systems..................................4405
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2490
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements.....................................2474
    Compliance for manufacturers and alterers......................2557
  National Driver Register.........................................2511
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1844
  Noncompliance exemption..........................................2484
  Odometer fraud...................................................2561
  Parts marking requirement........................................2512
  Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2544
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2514
    Width requirements.............................................2407
  Regulation compliance and enforcement............................2485
  Salvage regulations..............................................1984
  Snowmobiles......................................................1628
  Special purpose vehicles.........................................2488
  State issued identification documents............................2572
  Theft data.......................................................2577
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2563
  Window glazing:
    Light transmission standards...................................2567
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions

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Musculoskeletal disorders:
  Medical criteria.................................................4148
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2820


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Assessment of fees.........................................2803, 2815
  Capital regulations..............................................2796
  Commercial mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2810
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...............2801
  Credit card banks................................................2818
  Determining nature of financial activities.......................2691
  Fiduciary activities.............................................2812
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2687, 2689
  Maintenance of records...........................................2802
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2811
  Non-interest charges and fees....................................2817
  Payday lending...................................................2804
  Personal property leasing........................................2817
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2690
  School financial literacy programs...............................2817
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2809
  Underwriting municipal bonds.....................................2817
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2798
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................835
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Appeal regulations................................................427
  Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 
                                                                    423
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2399
  Hydroelectric uses................................................413
  Inventoried Roadless Areas........................................424
  Land and resource management planning rule...................425, 434
  Road management policy............................................428
  Small business land use...........................................435
  Special use authorizations........................................431
  Timber sales:
    Export and substitution restrictions............................420
    National Environmental Policy Act documentation.................426
  Use of fixed anchors in wilderness areas..........................421
  Visitor services..................................................432
National guard:
  See Armed forces reserves
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.......................................2329, 2371
  Appalachian National Scenic Trail................................1634
  Canyonlands National Park:
    Road closure...................................................1608
  Commercial use permits...........................................1607
  Concession contracts.............................................1640
  Conservation.....................................................1639
  Dry Tortugas National Park.......................................1622
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2396
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management.................................................1603
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Postponement of special flight rules...........................2340
  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations..........................................1754
  Historic preservation programs for tribal lands..................1606
  Leasing regulations..............................................1624
  National Capital Region Parks:
    Photo radar speed enforcement..................................1638
  Personal watercraft use.....1609, 1610, 1611, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1615, 
                                     1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621
  Presidio:
    Management...............................................4017, 4018
  Release of information about resources...........................1637
  Resident zone communities........................................1625
  Resource protection........................................1632, 1633
  Rights-of-way....................................................1630
  Snowmobile use.............................................1628, 1634
  Solid waste sites................................................1636
  Vehicles and traffic safety......................................1604
  Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument......................1627
  Visitor use......................................................1632
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Aircraft operations............................................1631
  Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.................................1625
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1629
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
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4442
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..................3880
  Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1541
  Damage assessments..........................................649, 1350
  Wetlands.........................................................1274
    Conservation programs.....................................238, 1363
    Corps of Engineers program......................................891
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................470
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system.................................647, 2318, 2327, 2358
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2355
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................2317
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2376
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2357
  Transponder requirement..........................................2323

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  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2306
Navigation (water):
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................2221
  Electronic charting and navigation system for public vessels.....2282
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............2224
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2667
  Prince William Sound.............................................2266
  Puget Sound......................................................2266
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................2271
  St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls..............................2626
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................4379
Noise control:
  Construction.....................................................2421
  Highway traffic..................................................2421
  Overflights of national parks..............................2329, 2371
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits.....................................................2086, 3212
  DOT grants.......................................................2195
  Grants administration......................497, 837, 1276, 3310, 3766
  Rights to inventions.........................................818, 820
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Availability of official records.................................4551
  Electronic document submission...................................4567
  NRC debt collection procedures...................................4561
  NRC organization change and function transfer....................4572
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................968
  Records reproduction charge......................................4590
Nuclear materials:
  Access to classified matters......................................954
  Availability of official records.................................4551
  Computer security.................................................949
  Control and accounting requirements..............................4581
  DOE security activities...........................................951
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................961
  Electronic document submission...................................4567
  Emergency response worker training................................966
  Export controls...................................................540
  Fee schedules....................................................4587
  Financial assurance regulations for licenses.....................4564
  Human reliability program.........................................952
  Medical byproduct use............................................4568
  NRC debt collection procedures...................................4561
  NRC organization change and function transfer....................4572
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4573
  Packaging and transportation safety standards....................4559
  Records reproduction charge......................................4590
  Spent fuel........................................................969
    List of approved storage casks.........4560, 4588, 4589, 4591, 4592
    Shipment information protection requirements...................4553
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4558
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Availability of official records.................................4551
  Codes and standards..............................................4555
  Combustible gas control system...................................4582
  Decommissioning:
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4578
    Trust agreements...............................................4570
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4552
  Electronic document submission...................................4567
  Fee schedules....................................................4587
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......4563
  Fire protection..................................................4579
  Incorporation by reference of ASME, BPV, and OM code cases.......4565
  NRC regulation amendments:
    Adjudicatory process changes...................................4580
    Inservice inspection and inservice testing update requirement
                                                                   4584
    Partial site releases..........................................4554
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4556, 4566
    Nondiscrimination..............................................4571
    Simulator use in operator licensing and conforming changes.....4585
  Physical protection regulations..................................4557
  Radiation safety:
    Discrete radioactive particles protection......................4576
  Radiological sabotage............................................4557
  Records reproduction charge......................................4590
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4577
  Safety regulations.................................................24
  Spent fuel storage:
    Geological and seismological characteristics...................4575
    List of approved storage casks.....................4560, 4588, 4589
  Waste disposal.......................................4574, 4583, 4586
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Veterans.........................................................3216
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Education and training program:
    Plain language rewrite..........................................364
  Food labeling...............................................399, 1078
  Medical food labeling............................................1079
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................362


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Air quality................................................2115, 2124
  Beryllium exposure...............................................2096
  Cargo handling...................................................2110
  Chemicals........................................................2127
    Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3592
  Child labor regulations............................................83
  Commercial diving operations.....................................2123
  Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................2425
  Construction industry............................................2092
    Hearing loss prevention........................................2097
    Hoisting equipment safety......................................2098
    Safety and health programs.....................................2130
    Sanitation standards for workers...............................2136
    Scaffolds......................................................2129
    Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.........................2138
  Crystalline silica exposure......................................2119
  Electric power...................................................2094
  Electrical standards.............................................2122
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......964, 
                                                                   2014
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2093
  Excavations......................................................2099
  Exit routes........................................................96
  Fall protection............................................2118, 2121
  Flammable and combustible liquids................................2126
  Glycol ethers....................................................2113
  Grain handling facilities........................................2095
  Hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)........................2131
  Hazardous waste handling.........................................2114
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................2117

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  Injury and illness recording and reporting requirements..........2140
  Mechanical power-transmission apparatus..........................2128
  Metalworking fluids..............................................2125
  Mine rescue teams................................................2062
  Oil and gas well drilling and servicing industry.................2133
  Perchloroethylene exposure.......................................2135
  Personal protective equipment....................................2120
  Plain language revision of existing standards......................96
  Presence sensing device initiation of mechanical power presses 
                                                                   2100
  Railroad accident/incident reporting.............................2607
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2132
  Respiration protection.............................................93
  Safety and health management program.............................2116
  Scaffolds........................................................2111
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................2139
  Shipyard standards...............................94, 2103, 2111, 2112
  Spray applications...............................................2134
  Standards improvement..............................................95
  State plan changes...............................................2106
  Traffic control devices............................................97
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................2102
  Walking working surfaces.........................................2121
  Woodworking machinery............................................2137
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:
  Drilling operations..............................................1708
  Hearings and investigations......................................1720
  Leasing..........................................................1750
    Leasing and operations regulations.........................76, 1750
    Operations within national parks...............................1633
  Offshore floating production facilities..........................1701
  Onshore operations...............................................1744
  OSHA standards...................................................2133
  Outer Continental Shelf..........................................2242
    Affected states................................................1725
    Decommissioning activities.....................................1711
    Document updates...................................1702, 1706, 1718
    Offshore cranes................................................1699
    Pipeline rights-of-way...................................1432, 1703
    Production safety training.....................................1696
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1703
    Royalty suspension volume......................................1705
    Safety measures..........................................1695, 2232
    Surety bonds...................................................1712
    Suspension of operations under salt sheets.....................1704
    Well control...................................................1696
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............1689, 1694, 1723
  Royalty relief.........................................75, 1691, 1719
  Royalty reporting standards..........................1690, 1691, 1710
  Service order appeals............................................1697
  Small refiner administrative fees................................1724
  Sustained casing pressure........................................1700
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1750
  Export controls...................................................543
Oil pollution:
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2233
  National Contingency Plan........................................3695
  Natural resource damage assessment................................649
  Oil spill response........................100, 2215, 2222, 2267, 2650
  Prevention.................................................2245, 3674
  Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan........................2228
  Tank vessels.................................................99, 2266
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Calculation of the contribution and benefit base and earnings 
      test exempt amounts..........................................4124
  De novo review of appeal.........................................4097
  Disability determinations:
    Residual functional capacity...................................4150
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................4070
  Growth impairment listings.......................................4153
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................4071
  Incarcerated individuals and individuals confined in criminal 
      cases........................................................4119
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............4071
  Musculoskeletal system, disability criteria......................4148
  Replacing social security number cards...........................4102
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........4105
  Video teleconference technology...................................159
Organization and functions:
  Advisory committees..............................................3815
  Consolidated Farm Service Agency..................................244
  Farm Credit Administration.....................4258, 4265, 4270, 4272
  Federal Advisory Committee Act...................................3815
  FEMA.............................................................3765
  NASA.............................................................3832
  NRC..............................................................4572
  OGE..............................................................3890
  Peace Corps......................................................4001
  RRB..............................................................4020
  USDA..............................................................390
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Adverse experience reporting.....................................1014
  Ephedrine drug products..........................................1829
  Generally recognized as safe and effective and not misbranded 
                                                                     39
  Safety.....................................................1011, 4255
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1825
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant............................................4253, 4255
  Country of origin marking........................................2860
  Drug repackaging approval requirements...........................1027
  Overwrap for inhalation products packaged in low density 
      polyethylene containers......................................1095
  Printing materials control guidelines............................3540
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4502
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...................2206, 3317
  Discharge of effluents in Alaskan waters.........................2284
  Emergency response plans.........................................2274
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4465
  Inspection of alien crew members...........................1864, 1905
  Safety...........................................................2247
Passports and visas:
  Authority to issue...............................................2171
  B visas....................................................1851, 2164
  Diversity visas..................................................2159

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  F-1 foreign students.......................................1888, 1973
  Guam Visa Waiver Program.........................................1894
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1901
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Alien witnesses and informants.................................2149
    Automatic voiding..............................................1899
    Exemptions.....................................................1926
    K classification...............................................1959
    U classification...............................................1902
    V classification...............................................1958
    Waiver for firearm prohibition.................................1993
  Q2 visas for Irish nationals in work/training program............2172
  Refusals of individual visas.....................................2160
  Removal of Burma from Guam Visa Waiver Program...................1981
  Transit without visa.....................1906, 1962, 1965, 1967, 2146
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act..................................79
  Visa waiver pilot program:
    Countries eligible.......................................1969, 2147
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1894, 2154
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Poundage quota and price support........................206, 225, 235
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Air pollution control............................................3521
  Civil................................................2366, 2699, 3756
    DOI............................................................1734
    ERISA..............................................2035, 2036, 2052
    FAA............................................................2346
    FCSIC..........................................................4274
    HUD............................................................1270
    Inflation adjustment...................1273, 2366, 3756, 4156, 4274
    Lead-based paint disclosure....................................1279
    Medicaid managed care organizations.......................992, 2366
    Medicare.......................................................1229
    Medicare and Medigap............................................988
    Medicare+Choice Organizations.............................992, 2366
    NHTSA..........................................................2570
    Nursing homes..................................................2366
    TVA............................................................4156
  Criminal.........................................................2581
  Immigration......................................................1836
  Inflation adjustment.............................................2011
  Labor Department...........................................2011, 2045
  Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................966
  PBGC assessment and relief.......................................4009
  Tax shelters.....................................................2924
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Administrative review process....................................4007
  Cash balance plans with variable indices.........................4011
  Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2887, 2889
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over......2939, 2940
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2935
  Employer liability...............................................4013
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................2051
    Bonding requirement exemption for certain broker-dealers and 
        investment advisers........................................2038
    Bonding rules..................................................2033
    Cessation of operations........................................4015
    Civil penalties....................................2035, 2036, 2052
    Continuation of health care coverage.............................87
    Defined contribution plans.....................................2054
    Delay of applicability date for claims.........................2056
    Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program....................89
    Electronic disclosure of employee benefit plan information.....2046
    Enforcement of regulations.....................................2034
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......2040, 2049
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2041
    Mental health benefits parity..................................2053
    Multiple employer welfare arrangements.........................2042
    Plan documents.....................................2043, 2044, 2045
    Reporting requirements.........................................2054
    Statutory amendments...........................................4014
    Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................88
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2047
  Filing rules.....................................................4006
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................3033
  Normal retirement age............................................2912
  Penalties assessment and relief..................................4009
  Premium payments.................................................4012
  Premium self-audit...............................................4016
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2932
  Required distributions from plans..........................3081, 3082
  Single-employer plans:
    Valuation.......................................................151
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................4010
  Valuation of plan benefits........................................151
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Active ingredient production.....................................3435
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3564, 3575
  Biochemical or microbial products................................3567
  Canceled or suspended............................................3571
  Data requirements....................................3566, 3567, 3580
  Disposal and storage guidelines............................3571, 3572
  Emergency exemption regulations...................................132
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program.................131
  Environmental fate and ecological effects........................3566
  Groundwater protection............................................140
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................249
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3568
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program.........................183
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3578
  Plant incorporated protectants..........................133, 143, 144
  Protection of human research subjects.............................115
  Registration review program......................................3563
  Rules of practice................................................3342
  Scientific research..............................................3355
  Storage and disposal.......................................3571, 3572
  Tolerance fees...................................................3577
  Transgenic plants................................................3579
  Worker protection standards......................................3574
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  DOD contracting...................................................841
  Oil valuation......................................................74
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2650
  Refineries.......................................................3461
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3634
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3651
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2649
  Corrosion control..........................................2654, 2674
  Drug and alcohol testing for facility employees..................2677

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  Enforcement procedures...........................................2669
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2629
  Hazardous liquids..............................2634, 2646, 2659, 2661
  Incident reporting...............................................1693
  Inspection devices...............................................2665
  Integrity management in high consequence areas.......2644, 2664, 2673
  Maps and records of location.....................................2627
  Modifications and repair.........................................1695
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2667
  Pressure testing.................................................2670
  Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................2640
  Regulatory review................................................2633
  Updates to safety requirements...................................2655
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2650
  Rights-of-way..............................................1432, 1703
Plant diseases and pests:
  Accreditation of private seed laboratories........................281
  Black stem rust-resistant varieties...............................272
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened................1459, 1523, 1524, 1528, 1533
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1369
  National Organic Program standards................................189
  Noxious weeds:
    Categories and priorities.......................................285
    Regulations.....................................................257
    Restrictions on interstate movement.............................286
  Plant incorporated protectants..........................133, 143, 144
  Seed testing and certification services...........................170
  Transgenic.......................................................3581
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3478
Poison prevention:
  See also Lead poisoning
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4253
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3896
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........371
  Chilling time and temperature requirements.........................13
  Classes of........................................................381
  Commodity recordkeeping requirements..............................361
  Consumer protection...............................................403
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................396
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................392
  HACCP regulations for rendered products..........................1089
  Imported..........................................................375
  Labeling of natural or regenerated collagen sausage casings.......391
  Nutrition labeling................................................399
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses........................16
  Substitution of commercial poultry for commodity chicken..........361
  Transportation and storage........................................394
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................395
  Certification of scales...........................................406
  Color additives...................................................387
  Contaminated......................................................398
  Food additives....................................................387
  HACCP programs................................................12, 373
  Ingesta on finished products........................................9
  Partial quality control programs..................................406
  Performance standards:
    Processing procedures......................................329, 402
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................397
  Ratites...........................................................393
  Regulation terminology............................................404
  Service fees.................................................181, 384
  Squabs............................................................393
  Total quality control systems.....................................379
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................................................1019, 1055
    Resistance labeling............................................1065
  Central fill pharmacies..........................................1822
  CHAMPUS Pharmacy Benefits Program..................................17
  Child-resistant packaging........................................4256
  Copayments for veterans...........................................114
  Direct-to-consumer promotion.....................................1080
  Electronic transactions:
    Elimination of NDC coding standards............................1243
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1823
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1824
    Retail pharmacies................................................43
  Fixed-combination dosage form....................................1026
  Generic drug exclusivity for abbreviated new drug applications 
                                                                   1066
  Labeling...............................................33, 1023, 1056
  Medicare endorsement for discount programs.........................58
  Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians...............3213, 3215
  VA prescribing authority.........................................3144
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................4275
Price support programs:
  Peanuts......................................................225, 235
  Tobacco........................207, 214, 215, 220, 226, 232, 233, 234
Prisoners:
  Administrative remedy program..............................1787, 1804
  Aliens' release to immigration authorities.......................1799
  Classification and program review..........................1795, 1803
  Correspondence...................................................1798
  DNA collection and use.....................................1990, 3333
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1794
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1801
  Good conduct time................................................1786
  Legal activities.................................................1779
  Literacy program...........................................1774, 1782
  Military prisoners...............................................1791
  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1785
  OASDI benefits...................................................4119
  Occupational educational programs................................1796
  Over-the-counter medications.....................................1790
  Psychiatric treatment and medication.............................1791
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1800
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1802
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1783
  Transport of violent prisoners...................................1986
  Visitors...................................................1788, 1805
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1777
Prisons:
  Commissary account deposit procedures............................1793

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  Commissary privileges............................................1784
  Denial of visiting...............................................1805
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1776
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................3943
  Incoming publications............................................1779
  Infectious disease management..............................1775, 1780
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1778
  Postsecondary education programs.................................1781
  Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1789
  Telephone privileges.............................................1784
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................1999
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Children's Online Privacy Act....................................4512
  Commodity Futures Trading Commission.............................4231
  Consumer financial information...................................4511
  Disclosure of court records......................................3329
  Federal information resources....................................3904
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........2024
  Food Stamp Program................................................335
  Health information............................................25, 995
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution............3821, 3822
  Privacy Act:
    Aviation parts.................................................2211
    Commercial motor carriers......................................2211
    Corporation for National Service...............................3323
    Crop insurance..................................................306
    DOC amendments..................................................498
    DOE records.....................................................960
    DOJ implementation.......................................1773, 1868
    Exempt systems of records......................................2800
    Exemption of FBI records.......................................1846
    FHFB regulation................................................4454
    GSA policy and procedures......................................3809
    INS regulations................................................1868
    NARA procedures................................................3856
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3873
    OGE procedures.................................................3891
    Peace Corps regulations........................................4000
    Personnel records..............................................3907
    SBA records....................................................4036
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................370
  Social security records and information...........................155
Procurement:
  See Government procurement
Prosthetic devices:
  See Medical devices
Public assistance programs:
  See also Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Aliens...........................................................1918
  Disaster assistance..............................................3771
  Eligibility of immigrants........................................1910
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   2031
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................2019
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3590
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3358
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............997
  Grant regulations................................................1111
  Indian gaming facilities..........................................165
  NIH center grants................................................1118
  NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 
      from Disadvantaged Backgrounds...............................1119
  NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparities 
      Research.....................................................1120
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program....................1121
  NIH training grants..............................................1122
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2041
    Mental health and substance abuse emergency response criteria
                                                                    998
    Mental health benefits parity..................................2053
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................999
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2047
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3519
  Research misconduct..............................................1128
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2666
  Water contamination...................................131, 3736, 3740
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Allocation of funds..............................................1348
  Assessment system..................................................70
  Assistance applications..........................................1348
  Capital Fund Program...............................................67
  Consolidated Plans:
    Treatment of troubled PHAs.....................................1277
  Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based assistance.....1336
  Demolition and disposition.......................................1331
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1302
  Established income range.........................................1326
  Excess rental charges......................................1291, 1307
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1272
  Homeownership programs.............................................72
  HOPE VI Program..................................................1343
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Exception payment standard to offset increase in utility 
        costs......................................................1341
    Payment standards protection...................................1338
  Mixed-finance program............................................1329
  Operating Fund allocation formula..................................71
  Relocation requirements..........................................1328
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program................69
  Screening and eviction for drug abuse and other criminal 
      activity.....................................................1281
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1339
    Downpayment initiative...........................................73
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program:
    Lease-up indicator.............................................1342
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families...........................1269
  Total Development Cost...........................................1344
  Voluntary conversion to tenant-based assistance..................1337
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
  Abandoned mine land reclamation..................................1731
  Color of title and omitted lands:
    Regulatory simplification......................................1762
  Desert land entries..............................................1736
  Disclaimers of interest..........................................1745
  Dog field trials.................................................1509
  Financial guarantees procedures..................................1765

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  Hazardous substances compliance..................................1740
  Indian allotments..........................................1748, 1771
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1635
  Leases...........................................................1756
  Permit and easements.............................................1756
  Policy and management......................................1735, 1756
  Prime farmlands..................................................1730
  Recreational use permits...................................1742, 1751
  Subsistence management.........................1430, 1484, 1488, 1492
  Surface management of unpatented mining claims...................1770
  Wilderness management............................................1743
Public lands-classification:
  Regulations removal and updating.................................1759
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1760
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1757
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1752
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1737
  Leasing..........................................................1722
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Performance standards............................................76
    Valuation of oil.................................................74
  User fees........................................................1746
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Administrative process and standards.............................1357
  Regulations removal..............................................1747
Public lands-sales:
  Segregation and opening of lands.................................1766
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Streamlining of operations.......................................1758
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Publications:
  See Government publications


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors.....................................24
  Discrete radioactive particles protection........................4576
  Dose methodology.................................................3378
  Drinking water...................................................3557
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......1004
  Medical byproduct material use...................................4568
  Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program fees.........3776
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1985
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................3519
  Yucca Mountain, NV.........................................3535, 4569
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz........................4331
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........4338
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................4398
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................4416
    Calling party pays service.....................................4419
    Resale of services.............................................4395
    Roaming obligations............................................4395
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4414
    Spectrum cap...................................................4399
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4396
  Competitive bidding process................................4397, 4404
  Conducted emission limits........................................4343
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................4381
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MH band.............4358
  Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule...........4383
  FM radio.........................................................4380
  Government transfer band.........................................4337
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4409
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............4417
  Maritime communications..........................................4411
  Maritime mobile services.........................................4366
  Market definitions...............................................4388
  Millimeter wave spectrum allocation..............................4328
  Multiple access systems..........................................4403
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4379
  Public safety communications requirements........................4402
  Radionavigation service at 31.8 - 32.2 GHz.......................4349
  Railroad standards and procedures.................................107
  Realignment of the 50-71 GHz band................................4351
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................4347
  Reallocation of 28 GHz band......................................4418
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4359
  Software defined radios..........................................4345
  Sole Means Radio Navigation System...............................2376
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................4394
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................4415
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................4410
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4413
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4413
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................4344
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4335
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........4330
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Diseases specific to exposed veterans.......................112, 3242
  Exposed individual notification requirement......................4562
  Medical use......................................................1016
  Packaging and transportation.....................................4559
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
           Railroad retirement
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2598
    Foreign-based train crews......................................2589
  English language proficiency.....................................2612
  Safety regulations...............................................2602
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Deductions by reason of work...................................4025
    Divorced spouse benefit application............................4030
    Spouse annuity application.....................................4021
  Creditability of pay.............................................4028
  Disability determination.......................4019, 4024, 4027, 4029
  Freedom of Information...........................................4023
  RRB general administration.......................................4020
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................4027
  Use of RRB seal..................................................4031
  Waiver of interest, penalties, and administrative costs in 
      collection of certain debts..................................4022
Railroad safety:
  Accident/incident reporting..........................2597, 2606, 2607
  Advanced civil speed enforcement system..........................2613
  Automatic train control..........................................2613
  Bridge worker safety standards...................................2595
  Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-up 
      operations...................................................2594
  Crane safety standards...........................................2603
  Enforcement procedures...........................................2587
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2586
  Fixed guideway systems...........................................2622

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  Freight cars.....................................................2601
  Grade crossing and signal systems....................2402, 2439, 2608
  Locomotives:
    Cab temperature requirements...................................2605
    Cab working conditions.........................................2592
    Crashworthiness................................................2585
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents....................................................2597
  Passenger equipment safety standards.............................2600
  Pilot programs:
    One-person crews...............................................2611
  Power brake regulations:
    Freight power brakes...........................................2614
  Radio communications and train control............................107
  Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2604
  Rules of practice................................................2588
  Safety integration plans...................................2594, 4673
  Signal systems.............................................2609, 2610
  Track maintenance................................................2596
  Utility employee protection......................................2602
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2591
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Repayment tax....................................................3013
  Voluntary quit...................................................4026
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Assistance to States.............................................2590
  Consolidated reporting...........................................4675
  Consolidation procedures.........................................4676
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................2645, 2675
  Locational requirement for dispatching U.S. operations...........2599
  Railroad highway projects..................................2402, 2410
  Small businesses or entities.....................................2593
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2666
  Waybill Sample reporting requirements............................4674
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  Annual inventory.................................................3799
  FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................2414
  Foreign person's acquisition......................................488
  GSA policy update................................................3806
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3801
  Historic preference..............................................3790
  HUBZone program..................................................3802
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1728
  Indian lands.....................................................1670
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.........................1808
  Presidio:
    Management...............................................4017, 4018
  Reporting boat accidents.........................................2253
  Use permits for public lands.....................................1742
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes.................................................135
  DEAR amendment....................................................975
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3643
  Refrigerant................................................3486, 3487
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.......................................1861, 1931
  Admissions based on resistance to coercive population control 
      measures.....................................................1946
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1931
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1931
Relocation assistance:
  Allowances.................................................3816, 3818
  Cost ceiling.....................................................4167
  FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................2414
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Adverse experience reporting.......................................28
  Air carriers.........................................2179, 2208, 2322
  Annual report for Federal contractors......................2141, 2142
  ARMIS reporting requirements...................4306, 4312, 4316, 4317
  Automotive fuel economy reports..................................2571
  Aviation parts...................................................2211
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation................2694, 2695, 2698, 2700
  Carbamates.......................................................3675
  Casinos..........................................................2696
  Chemical inventory reporting................................141, 3619
  Commercial motor carriers........................................2211
  Commodity pool operators.........................................4223
  Commodity poultry labels..........................................361
  Consolidated railroad reporting..................................4675
  Credit unions....................................................4528
  DEA........................................................1826, 1827
  Defense contracts.................................................883
  Defined contribution plans.......................................2054
  Distilled spirits plants.........................................2755
  DOI............................................1689, 1691, 1694, 1723
  DOL..............................................................2015
  Drinking water contaminant occurrence......................3744, 3748
  Electronic records management:
    DOL............................................................2046
    FERC...............................................4444, 4446, 4448
    FMC............................................................4463
    Investment companies and advisers..............................4635
    NRC............................................................4567
  EPA..............................................................3337
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule.........148
    Electronic reporting...........................................3346
    Emissions reporting requirements...............................3466
  Exempt Privacy Act systems of records............................2800
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act................................1054
  Exports................................................511, 529, 1052
  FAA..............................................................2291
  FCC........................................................4312, 4376
  FDA..............................................................1014
  FERC.......................................................4443, 4448
  Fisheries....................................................658, 734
  Fishing...........................................................724
  Food Stamp Program................................................344
  GSA:
    Records, standard and optional forms, and interagency reports 
        management.................................................3814

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  Hazardous materials..................................2668, 3602, 3679
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3896
  Human cellular and tissue-based products.........................1083
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2842
  Infant formula testing...........................................1077
  Information collection requests...................................134
  INS:
    Material availability requirements.............................1868
  Investment advisers........................................4607, 4627
  Investment companies.............................................4614
  Livestock mandatory reporting program........................171, 197
  Motor carriers...................................................2462
  Motor vehicle safety.............................................2502
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................2042
  Multiyear defense contracts.......................................867
  NARA:
    Electronic records transfer options............................3844
    Electronic text documents......................................3841
    Freedom of information.........................................3855
    Micrographic records management................................3846
    Plain language revisions...........................3842, 3850, 3851
    Privacy Act....................................................3856
    Records disposition............................................3857
  National banks...................................................2802
  National Practitioner Data Bank......................1104, 1107, 3218
  NOAA..............................................................682
  Nuclear material.................................................4581
  Occupational safety and health.............................2132, 2140
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1182
  Paperwork reduction........................................2761, 3905
  Peace Corps................................................3999, 4000
  Pesticides.......................................................3355
  Pipeline accidents...............................................2661
  Rail equipment accidents/incidents.........................2597, 2607
  Railroad employees...............................................2610
  RCRA..............................................................134
  Records, nonrecord materials, and personal papers................3859
  Reporting recreational boat accidents............................2253
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3969
  Royalty management...............................................1710
  Savings associations.............................................3132
  Securities:
    Broker-dealers.........................2813, 4426, 4626, 4639, 4657
    EDGAR system.......................................4596, 4598, 4622
    Electronic recordkeeping.......................................4632
    Foreign issuers................................................4598
    Large trader reporting system............................4594, 4664
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4629
    Public Utility Holding Companies...............................4636
    Transfer agent services..................................4648, 4666
  Security futures products........................................4643
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2766
  Telecommunications operations support systems....................4307
  Tobacco exports..................................................2788
  Tobacco market reporting system...................................213
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3610
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................3617, 3618
  Train accidents..................................................2606
  Uranium mill sites................................................967
  USDA..............................................................478
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions............1032
  VA...............................................................3232
  Vessel documentation.............................................2218
  Vessel numbering system..........................................2238
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3902
  Waybill Sample...................................................4674
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  DOD University Research Initiative Support Program................845
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations............................3355
  Marine mammals....................................................681
  Marine resources..................................................722
  Misconduct..........................958, 1034, 1128, 1129, 3826, 3878
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1124
  NIH center grants................................................1118
  NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 
      from Disadvantaged Backgrounds...............................1119
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers..............1123
  NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparities 
      Research.....................................................1120
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program....................1121
  North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.............................554
  Protection of human subjects................................115, 1131
  Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2917
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............................................2912
  Bonding rules under ERISA........................................2033
  Defined contribution plans.......................................3117
  District of Columbia employees...................................3965
  FEHB coverage....................................................3931
  Firefighters...............................................3966, 3994
  Government employees...........................3926, 3929, 3930, 3962
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3968
  Law enforcement officers...................................3966, 3994
  Notice to interested parties.....................................2999
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3969
  Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees......3956
  Required distributions from plans..........................3081, 3082
  TRICARE retiree dental program....................................911
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................844
Rice:
  Inspection service fees...........................................332
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3318
  Regulation revision..............................................1630
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.....................217
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1772
  Tennessee River System...........................................4157
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........................442, 449
  Business enterprise grants........................................445
  Economic development loans and grants.............................303
  Electric borrowers................................................460
  Empowerment zones.................................................437
  Enterprise communities............................................437
  Housing:
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.........................302

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    Loans, grants, and programs...........................296, 298, 299
  Regulation streamlining...........................................296
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Audits of borrowers.............................................469
    Buy American requirement...................................461, 467
    Demand side management..........................................457
    Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.......459
    Electric program standard contract forms........................453
    Mergers and consolidations of borrowers.........................452
    Operational control exemptions..................................454
    Settlement of debt authority....................................456
    Telecommunications program............................458, 464, 468
  Technical assistance grants and programs..........................297
  Telecommunications system construction policies..............450, 463


                                   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
  Indian gaming facilities..........................................165
  Market withdrawal of drugs.......................................1094
  Outer continental shelf platforms................................2242
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......................4331
    Application and licensing requirements.........................4354
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4287
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................4332
    Digital audio radio service....................................4358
    Direct broadcast service.......................................4365
    Earth stations.....................................4357, 4371, 4373
    Fixed-satellite services...........................4339, 4362, 4373
    Global mobile personal communications..........................4368
    Maritime mobile services.......................................4366
    MSS spectrum allocation............................4329, 4356, 4364
    Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of 
        the V-band.................................................4363
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations...............................4360
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and 
        separate international satellite systems...................4367
    Sharing of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..................................4362
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4359
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................4355
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................4285, 4286, 4287
  Tracking and data relay..........................................3835
Savings associations:
  Capital standards................................................3127
  Conversion from stock form depository institution to Federal 
      stock association............................................3141
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................3132
  Removal of liquidity requirement.................................3140
  Securities transactions..........................................3132
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  EPA..............................................................3356
  National Institutes of Health....................................1115
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Commodity poultry recordkeeping...................................361
  Eligibility.......................................................346
  Plain language revisions..........................................367
  Release of eligibility information................................370
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................362
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3608
  Financial literacy programs......................................2817
  Indian School Equalization Program.........................1642, 1657
Science and technology:
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................547
  Deemed export rule................................................539
  DOD grant and agreement regulations...............................830
  DOD support of historically black colleges, universities, and 
      institutions..................................................831
  Nondiscrimination................................................3879
  Research misconduct........................................3826, 3878
  Rights to inventions..............................................818
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Blended products in school breakfast and lunch programs...........371
  Transportation and storage........................................394
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........2240
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Advisor transaction rule.........................................4612
  Affiliate transactions.....................................4612, 4618
  Aggregate stock ownership rules..................................3122
  Blank check companies............................................4600
  Bookkeeping services provided by auditors........................4672
  Borrowing transactions...........................................4435
  Broker-dealers.......................................4640, 4657, 4667
    Automated submission of trading data...........................4659
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 
                                                                   4209
    Exemption from Commodity Exchange Act..........................4233
    Foreign........................................................4640
    Notice registration for commodity futures contracts............4235
    Quotation requirements.........................................4651
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2813
    Registration of................................................4658
  Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4652
  Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options 
                                                                   2942
  Communications reform............................................4602
  Company registration and regulation of capital formation.........4605
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................4608
  Customer margin rules............................................4644
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................4638
  Decimal trading in sub-pennies...................................4653
  Definition of terms..............................................4655
  Depositories.....................................................4617
  Direct participation program interests...........................4641
  Disclosure requirements........................4594, 4604, 4614, 4669
  EDGAR system.........................................4596, 4598, 4622

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  Electronic payment on GNMA guaranteed securities.................1319
  Electronic recordkeeping.........................................4632
  Electronic signatures......................................4630, 4637
  Elimination of physical certificates from GNMA...................1318
  Employee stock plans.............................................4604
  Employer-provided stock option programs..........................2007
  Equity securities................................................4645
  Exempting boards of trade and designated contract markets from 
      the Commodity Exchange Act...................................4234
  Exemptions for the Republic of Portugal..........................4660
  Federal home loan bank offerings.................................4451
  Financial reporting........................................4600, 4668
  Foreign issuers..................................................4598
  Foreign stock index contracts....................................4215
  Form S-8.........................................................4605
  Futures products:
    Authority to modify product listing standards..................4211
    Cash settlement of contracts.............................4218, 4642
    Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency...............4212
    Dollar value of average daily trading volume...................4232
    Dual registrants...............................................4214
    Dual trading...................................................4221
    Exemption from compliance with listing standards...............4225
    Listing standards and conditions...............................4222
    Margin requirements............................................4210
    Market capitalization..........................................4232
    Notice registration for commission merchant or introducing 
        broker.....................................................4235
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............4213
    Regulatory amendments..........................................4643
    Regulatory trading halts.................................4218, 4642
  Gain on stock distributions......................................3124
  Ginnie Mae Modified Pass-Through Securities......................1320
  Government Securities Act amendments.............................2693
  Haircuts on......................................................4647
  Holding companies..............................3139, 4593, 4623, 4636
  Income taxation..................................................3031
  Independent transmission companies...............................4624
  Insurance products...............................................4629
  Integrated financial transactions................................3027
  International transactions.......................................4654
  Investment advisers........................................4607, 4609
  Investment companies.......................................4614, 4617
    Mergers of affiliated companies................................4619
  Large trader reporting system....................................4664
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4601
  Management reports on internal controls..........................4668
  Margin regulations review........................................4472
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2903, 2953
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4616
  Mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2810
  Multijurisidictional Disclosure System...........................4597
  National securities association rules change.....................4663
  National securities exchange registration........................4663
  Net capital requirements.............................4650, 4656, 4665
  Options disclosure document......................................4606
  Penny stocks.....................................................4637
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4603
  Registration.....................................................4629
  Regulation A offering circular...................................4599
  Regulation T.....................................................4638
  Reorganization events............................................4649
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............4639, 4648, 4657
    Annual reports and prospectuses..........................4639, 4657
  Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4638
  Rule 17a-3 and 17a-4.............................................4657
  Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4638
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................3046
  Savings association transactions.................................3132
  Section 8........................................................4638
  Self-regulatory organizations....................................4661
  Short sales......................................................4646
  Streamlining.....................................................4595
  Supplemental financial information...............................4670
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4649
  Transfer agent services....................................4648, 4666
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act...........................26
  DOE contractors..............................................950, 955
  DOE nuclear security activities...................................951
  Federal mail.....................................................3793
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................952
  Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................953
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1825
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................835
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................2320
    Airports.......................................................2321
Seeds:
  Testing and certification services................................170
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations..............................................2820
  Principal residence seizure......................................3096
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................3912
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems..........................................136
  Sludge use and disposal..........................................3707
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs..............2174, 3349, 3861, 3867, 3872
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3810
Sexual harassment:
  Fair Housing regulations.........................................1322
Sheep:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments........252
  Interstate movement...............................................282
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program...................1
  Lamb reporting regulations........................................171
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations................................94, 2103
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.....................................4060
  Administrative wage garnishment..................................4057
  Business Development Program:
    Technical amendments...........................................4040
  Certified Development Company Programs:
    Income computation.............................................4063
    Local economic development.....................................4034
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................4059
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................4044

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  DOD contracting...................................................841
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................4044
  Government subcontracting........................................4170
  Guaranteed loans servicing.......................................4062
  Hearings and appeals procedures..................................4049
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program...........................154
  Investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........4047
    Income computation.............................................4063
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................4052
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................4048
  Lending company expansion and oversight...........................152
  Liquidation plans................................................4061
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..........................4059
    Microloan program........................................4066, 4068
    Military Reserve Economic Injury Loan Program..................4065
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................4056
  Local economic development.......................................4034
  National forest land use..........................................435
  New Markets Venture Capital program..............................4064
  Nondiscrimination................................................4058
  Penalties........................................................2593
  PRIME Act grants.................................................4067
  Privacy regulations..............................................4036
  Record disclosure................................................4036
  Rights to inventions.........................................818, 820
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program...........................445
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................4035
  SDB Program......................................................4041
  Size standards:
    Agriculture industries.........................................4063
    Compliance with programs of other agencies.....................4055
    Electric services..............................................4039
    Income computation.............................................4063
    Inflation adjustment...........................................4042
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers...................4053
    Small Business Innovation Research program.....................4050
    Subcontractors.................................................4043
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................4054
    Testing laboratories...........................................4051
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............4037
  Small Business Innovation Research Program administrative 
      provisions..............................................291, 4050
  Small business investment companies:
    Income computation.............................................4063
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Participation in DOT programs............................2197, 2199
  Surety bond guarantee................................4033, 4054, 4069
  Trusts...........................................................2950
  Very Small Business Program......................................4205
  Veteran-owned....................................................4168
  Women-owned.......................................................153
Smoke alarms:
  Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standards.............1304
Smoking:
  Workplace air quality............................................2115
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review............................................4108
  Alien applicants.................................................1858
  Annual earnings test.............................................4096
  Assignment of numbers............................................4135
  Cost-of-living increases.........................................4107
  Coverage:
    Employees of State and local governments.......................4151
    Employment coverage for residents of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, American Samoa, and Guam..........................4140
  Cross-program overpayment recovery...............................4152
  Debarment and suspension.........................................4103
  Debt collection.......................................156, 4131, 4132
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof................................................4084
    Digestive system...............................................4077
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................4093
    Evaluation process.............................................4146
    Extension of expiration dates..................................4154
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................4079
    Immune System..................................................4081
    Medical equivalence policy.....................................4137
    Mental disorders...............................................4101
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................4080
    Neurological...................................................4083
    Redesigned process..............................................162
    Respiratory disorders..........................................4094
    Skin disorders.................................................4078
    Special senses.................................................4082
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............4143
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................4144
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................4103
  Earnings records determinations..................................4116
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................4138
  Facility of payment provision....................................4117
  Filing applications and forms....................................4112
  Filing claims against SSA........................................4085
  Grants administration..........................4103, 4121, 4122, 4123
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..........4103, 4121, 4122, 4123, 4128
  Interest and penalties on debts..................................4133
  Maximum family benefit...........................................4117
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................4087
  Misuse of symbols, emblems, or names.............................4073
  Non-payment to illegal aliens....................................4145
  Organizations serving as representative payee.....................158
  Penalties for false or misleading statements......................161
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information.................155
  Publications:
    Prohibitions against reproduction...............................994
  Reduced benefits due to private insurance coverage...............4076
  Replacing social security number cards...........................4102
  Representative payment procedures................................4089
  Retirement age...................................................4136
  Review process...................................................4118
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........4105
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................4134
  SSA employees:
    Ethical conduct................................................4125
  Veterans' benefits...............................................4095
  Video teleconference technology...................................159
  Wage reports.....................................................4142
  Widow's benefits.................................................4149
  Work experience as a vocational factor...........................4098
  Work Incentives Improvement Act.............................160, 4147
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program............................224, 237, 238
  Farmable wetlands.................................................238
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.................................474
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3836
  Awards for inventions and contributions..........................3833
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3830
  Commercial launch activities:
    DOT licenses...................................................2292
  Cooperative agreements with commercial firms.....................3825
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3827
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3824
  Financial responsibility requirements for licensed reentry 
      activities...................................................2383

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  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations...............................................551, 626
  Income source rules..............................................3051
  Meritorious claims...............................................3828
  NASA boards and committees.......................................3832
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook....................3840
  National Environmental Policy Act................................3838
  Nondiscrimination................................................3837
  Patents and intellectual property rights...................3833, 3834
  Pricing structure to educational institutions for small self-
      contained payloads...........................................3839
  Research misconduct..............................................3826
  Standards of conduct.......................................3829, 3831
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3835
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 
                                                                    915
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Payment-in-kind diversion program.................................247
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1802
Superfund:
  Claims application streamlining..................................3680
  Cooperative agreements and state contracts.......................3677
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3675
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Access to information held by financial institutions..............157
  Computation of benefits..........................................4115
  Cross-program overpayment recovery...............................4152
  De novo review of appeal.........................................4097
  Deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an 
      eligible child...............................................4141
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof................................................4084
    Cardiovascular impairments.....................................4088
    Digestive system...............................................4077
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................4072
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................4079
    Growth impairment........................................4100, 4153
    Hemic and lymphatic system.....................................4071
    Immune System..................................................4081
    Malignant neoplastic diseases..................................4071
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................4080
    Musculoskeletal disorders......................................4148
    Neurological...................................................4083
    Skin disorders.................................................4078
    Special senses.................................................4082
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................4138
  Fees for representation of claimants.............................4070
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................4126
    Exclusions...............................................4090, 4130
  Overpayment recovery.......................................4110, 4113
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................4127
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................4120
  Resource exclusions........................................4091, 4092
  Review process...................................................4118
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........4105
  Student earned income exclusion..................................4114
  Transfers of resources...........................................4139
  Trusts...........................................................4139
  Video teleconference technology...................................159
Surety bonds:
  Automated surety interface.......................................2858
  Health facilities..........................................1176, 1188
  Issuance by insurance companies..................................2704
  Medical device suppliers...................................1176, 1187
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................4033, 4054, 4069
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1727
    Backfilling and grading........................................1728
    Dam safety rules...............................................1729
  Electronic forms filing..........................................1733
  Indian lands...............................................1670, 1732
  Limitation of awards to permit applicants........................1359
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.........................................2884
  Breweries.........................................................110
  Computation on large cigars......................................2766
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................968
  Escrow funds.....................................................2947
  Excise...............................................2772, 2996, 3106
  Foreign trade....................................................3019
  Passive activity losses and credits..............................2945
  Real estate taxes................................................3801
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program....................................2703
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................840
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.......................................4308, 4315
  Accounting requirements..............................4312, 4316, 4317
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4309
  Advanced wireless services.......................................4346
  ARMIS reporting requirements...................4306, 4312, 4316, 4317
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4310
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................4301
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4292
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................4293
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4322
  Cable landing licenses...........................................4369
  Carrier identification codes.....................................4321
  Communication intercepting devices................................537
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................4401

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  Competition matters..............................................4353
  Complaint procedures.............................................4326
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   4311
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4302
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........459
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4300, 4400
  Ex parte rules...................................................4353
  GSA management policy............................................3789
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................4412
  International interexchange services.............................4374
  Internet telephony...............................................4324
  Interstate, interexchange services:
    Tariff filing requirements.....................................4320
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4289
  North American Numbering Plan..............................4288, 4321
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................4319
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4307
  Pole attachments.................................................4282
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1983
  Regulatory fees..................................................4391
  Relay services.............................................4303, 4304
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program..............458, 464, 468
  Rural areas..................................................450, 463
  Service quality reporting........................................4314
  Spread spectrum devices..........................................4340
  Streamlining international services..............................4372
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform.....................................4298, 4308
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4295
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4292
    Individuals with disabilities..................................4323
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4294
    Local competition provisions...................................4299
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................4293
    Review of policies and rules...................................4320
    Tariff streamlining provisions.................................4297
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................4296
    Universal service..............................................4290
  Toll-free service access codes...................................4291
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4335
  Universal service reform.........................................4315
  Wireless carriers:
    Calling party pays service.....................................4419
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4408
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................4509
  Access charge reform.................................4298, 4308, 4315
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................4323
  Accounting requirements..............................4312, 4316, 4317
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4309
  Advertising......................................................4509
  ARMIS reporting requirements...................4306, 4312, 4316, 4317
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4310
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4322
  Complaint procedures.............................................4326
  Cost allocation and accounting rules.............................4305
  Customer proprietary network information.........................4295
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   4311
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4302
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4290
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4300, 4400
  Enhanced services................................................4301
  Equipment manufacture............................................4292
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........4294
  Interstate, interexchange services...............................4320
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......4299
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4289
  Non-accounting safeguards........................................4293
  North American Numbering Plan..............................4288, 4321
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4307
  Relay services.............................................4303, 4304
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4505
  Toll free service access codes...................................4291
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4296
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4313
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........4335
  Universal Service..........................................4290, 4315
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................4377
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules...............................4348
  Children's programming.....................................4386, 4387
  Class A license..................................................4390
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4281
  Digital television service.......................................4336
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......4384
    Children's programming.........................................4386
    Closed captioning..............................................4350
    Review of conversion process...................................4385
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................4370
  Dual network rule................................................4382
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4376
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4341
  Predicting broadcast television field strength...................4342
  Public interest information......................................4389
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................4285, 4286
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................4406
  Video programming accessibility............................4279, 4281
Textiles:
  Customs regulations........................................2859, 2862
  Flammability standards...........................................4250
  Rules of origin..................................................2853
  Trade agreements.................................................2850
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Defective or noncompliant........................................2580
  Disposition of replaced tires....................................2501
  Pressure monitoring system.......................................2555
  Safety information...............................................2503
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Bond extension filing requirements...............................2770
  Excise taxes on products manufactured in Canada..................2772
  Exports....................................................2788, 2794
  Forfeited products...............................................2789
  Grower designation program........................................242
  Imported tobacco products............................2743, 2764, 2789
  Inspection...................................................178, 179
  Loss assistance program...........................................239
  Marketing quotas....207, 213, 214, 215, 220, 226, 232, 233, 234, 239, 
                                                                    242
  Non-auction designation...........................................228
  Price support programs.........207, 214, 215, 220, 226, 232, 233, 234
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico..........................2767, 2770
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2765
  Recodification of regulations........................2791, 2792, 2793
  Reimportation of products........................................2763
  Removal of products from manufacturer's premises for 
      experimental purposes........................................2728

[[Page 62900]]

  Repackaging......................................................2789
  Smokeless tobacco:
    Health warnings................................................4502
Toiletries:
  See Cosmetics
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
      Poison prevention
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade adjustment assistance:
  TAA program amendments...........................................2028
  Workers transitional adjustment assistance.......................2029
Trade agreements:
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program...............................2850
  North American Free Trade Agreement............1947, 2029, 2838, 2865
  Tariff Suspension and Trade Act............................2835, 2870
  Textile trade agreements...................................2850, 2859
  Trade Agreements Act..............................................884
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act...870, 2850, 2857
Trade practices:
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4508
  Funeral industry.................................................4504
  Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................4507
  Ophthalmic Practice Rules........................................4503
  Power output claims for amplifiers utilized in home 
      entertainment products.......................................4510
  Premerger notification rules and report form.....................4506
  Regulatory review................................................4501
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4505
  Telephone service................................................4509
Trademarks:
  Claims against the Patent and Trademark Office....................815
  Classification changes............................................797
  Correspondence addresses..........................................799
  Electronic products available from the USPTO......................817
  Electronic transmission of documents..............................805
  Fees..............................................................814
  Government products..............................................4160
  Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................812
  Patent and Trademark Office acquisition regulation...........791, 813
  Registration to practice before the PTO in patent cases...........790
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................810
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...............2202
  Air pollution control conformity............................127, 3445
  Alternative dispute resolution...................................2200
  Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Standards..........2196
  Buy America requirements.........................................2617
  Confidential business information................................2497
  Debarment and suspension regulations.............................2178
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems.......................................4332
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation......2197, 2199, 2210
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2190
  Drug and alcohol testing program...........................2213, 2464
  Drug testing of transportation personnel...................2188, 2464
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................2178
  Environmental review.......................................2619, 3369
  FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................2414
  Hazard communication requirements................................2635
  Hazardous materials..................................2660, 2662, 2663
  Individuals with disabilities..............................2189, 3317
  INS carrier contracts............................................1873
  Interstate movement of equines to slaughter.......................265
  Interstate movement of noxious weeds..............................286
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................3530
  Interstate shipment of biological materials......................1005
  Minority business enterprise participation.......................2198
  Nondiscrimination................................................2201
  OSHA standards for traffic control devices.........................97
  Planning.........................................................2620
  Planning and research program administration.....................2403
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................2193
  Prevention of alcohol misuse and drug use........................2625
  Radioactive materials............................................4559
  Standard time zone boundary......................................2203
  Statewide metropolitan planning..................................2418
  Third-party contracting..........................................2623
  Violent criminals................................................1986
  Wildlife.........................................................1375
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2875
  FTR amendment..............................................3800, 3816
  Government employees...........................3807, 3819, 3820, 4165
  Payment from a non-Federal source................................3798
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................3340
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................507
  Montreal Protocol..........................................3448, 3527
  World Heritage Convention........................................1605
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  San Carlos Apache Tribe trust fund and lease fund................1683
  Testamentary trusts..............................................2915
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................271
  Correctional management....................................1775, 1780
  Occupational exposure............................................2102
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation
      Manpower training programs
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................2024
  Disaster unemployment assistance...........................2023, 2027
  Performance system...............................................2017
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities................................................4623
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................967, 4573
  Mill workers and ore transporters................................1985
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active processing sites......963

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Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Electronic filing of documents.............................4446, 4448
  Electronic service of FERC documents.............................4445
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4623
  Filing of responses to FERC Form No. 580 interrogatories.........4443
  Part 33 filing requirements......................................4447
  Patent applications...............................................796
  Public Utility Holding Companies.................................4636
  Revision of annual charges assessed to public utilities..........4449
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Buy American requirement...................................461, 467
    Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.......459
    Electric program standard contract forms........................453
    Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers................452
    Operational control exemptions..................................454
    Settlement of debt authority....................................456
    Telecommunications program......................................458
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4442


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vaccines:
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program...............1106, 1108
Vegetables:
  Fresh Russet Potato Diversion Program.............................182
  Inspection and certification......................................192
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment...............................250
  Marketing.........................................................331
  National Organic Program standards................................189
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................253
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1780
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Alternate compliance program.....................................2261
  Anchorage area regulations............................721, 2250, 2264
  Automatic Identification System..................................2249
  Ballast water exchange guidelines..........................2214, 2244
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................2270
  Commercial diving operations.....................................2275
  Controlled substances............................................1817
  Deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale...............2844
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3722
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................2233
  Documentation..............................................2218, 2259
  Electronic charting and navigation system for public vessels.....2282
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............2224
  Emission standards for spark ignition marine vessels.............3457
  Fishery endorsements:
    Revocation.....................................................2681
    U.S.-flag vessels..............................................2679
  Foreign registry denial..........................................2681
  Hazardous liquid cargoes.........................................2230
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade...........2259
  Mandatory reporting systems in whale areas.......................2251
  Naval Vessel Protection Zones....................................2262
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................2248
  Notice of violation options......................................2227
  Notification of arrival....................................2258, 2285
  Outer continental shelf..........................................2242
  Passenger vessels:
    Hull examination alternatives..................................2254
  Personal flotation device requirements for children aboard 
      recreational vessels.........................................2257
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4466
  Regattas and marine parades......................................2268
  Safety/security zone regulations...........................2232, 2263
  Salvage and firefighting equipment.................................98
  Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan........................2228
  Towing vessel operators..........................................2239
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................2231
  Vessel identification system.....................................2278
  Vessel length overall.............................................735
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................2249
Veterans:
  Acceptable evidence:
    Age............................................................3181
    Birth..........................................................3292
    Change in status...............................................3192
    Character of discharge.........................................3201
    Child's relationship...........................................3297
    Death..........................................................3298
    Dependents...............................................3181, 3192
    Divorce........................................................3291
    From foreign countries.........................................3185
    Marriage.......................................................3290
    Proof of service...............................................3201
    Termination of marital relationship or conduct.................3184
    Unexplained absence for seven years............................3187
    Void and annulled marriages....................................3182
  Acquisition regulations:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................3204
    Plain language revisions.......................................3205
    Revisions......................................................3252
    Simplied procedures............................................3250
    Small business owners..........................................4168
  Active service performance.......................................3176
  Adaptive equipment for automobiles...............................3244
  Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 
                                                                   3194
  Adult day health care in state homes.............................3217
  Advanced health care planning....................................3214
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors...............................2006
  Allotments for Alaska Natives....................................1771
  Appeals regulations..................................3253, 3275, 3276
    Appeal withdrawal..............................................3206
    De novo review time limit......................................3200
    Delegations of authority.......................................3254
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions...........................3256, 3305
    Obtaining evidence and curing procedural defects without 
        remanding..................................................3261
    Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable 
        error......................................................3260
    Simultaneously contested claims................................3255
    Speeding appellate review for aging veterans...................3207
    Supplemental Statement of the Case.............................3257
    Time for filing................................................3307
    Title for members of the Board of Veterans Appeals.............3259
  Benefit changes based on oral or written information.............3289
  Benefit claims decisions...................................3175, 3285
  Benefit of the doubt.............................................3166
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans.............3151
    Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam veterans......3191
    Vocational training for children of women Vietnam veterans.....3198
  Burial benefits................................3208, 3209, 3210, 3211

[[Page 62902]]

    Provisions for capital crimes..................................3262
  Burial flags for Selected Reserve................................3299
  Change of law impact on benefits.................................3178
  Child care centers...............................................3278
  Children's benefits:
    Health care for women Vietnam veterans' children with birth 
        defects....................................................3151
    Permanent incapacity for self-support..........................3167
  Claim completion time limits and extension.......................3173
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   3231
  Clothing allowance...............................................3148
  Computation of service...........................................3189
  Conditional discharge............................................3199
  Death pension....................................................3241
  Debt collection..................................................3146
  Development of Type 2 diabetes following exposure to herbicides
                                                                   3300
  Disability rating:
    Chronic........................................................3172
    Convulsive disorders...........................................3156
    Digestive system...............................................3157
    Evidence of permanent and total disability.....................3164
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................3229
    Individual unemployability.....................................3158
    Liver..........................................................3288
    Mental disorders...............................................3165
    Neurological conditions........................................3156
    Orthopedic system..............................................3155
    Skin conditions................................................3227
    Spine..........................................................3162
    Total disability...............................................3270
  Diseases specific to radiation exposure.....................112, 3242
  Duty to assist...................................................3240
  Education:
    Course approval streamlining...................................3202
    Credit standards...............................................3272
    Educational Assistance test program......................3249, 3294
    Flight training................................................3232
    Licensing and certification....................................3195
    Montgomery G.I. Bill...........................................3286
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..............3196, 3248, 3295, 3303
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...............3196, 3246, 3293
    Survivors and dependents.................................3161, 3247
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3163
  Eligibility Verification Report:
    Signature by mark..............................................3287
  Employment report requirement for contractors...............878, 4201
  Equal employment opportunity discrimination complaints:
    Delegation of authority........................................3263
  Evidence requirements............................................3159
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements...........................3238
  Finality of decisions............................................3174
  Former prisoners of war:
    Presumption of service connection for cirrhosis of the liver 
                                                                   3197
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................3265
  Group life insurance.............................................3234
  Hepatitis C infection............................................3168
  Human research subject protection................................3267
  Income exclusions..........................................3233, 3241
  Loan guaranty:
    Acceptance of partial payments.................................3283
    Advertising and solicitation disclosure........................3235
    Conveyance of property to the VA...............................3282
    Credit scoring.................................................3271
    Multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans...3269, 3279
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................3193
    Property improvements definition...............................3228
  Loans:
    Portfolio servicing contractor authority.......................3302
  Mandatory disclosure of social security numbers..................3145
  Medical benefits:
    Adult day health care..........................................3281
    Care and treatment for which VA will not seek reimbursement 
                                                                   3147
    Copayments for medications......................................114
    Drugs and medicines......................................3213, 3215
    Enrollment system..............................................3152
    Extended care services copayments..............................3149
    Extension of eligibility.......................................3225
    Extension of undiagnosed illnesses presumptive period for 
        Gulf War Veterans..........................................3245
    Geriatric evaluation...........................................3281
    Hospital and outpatient care...................................3280
    Hospital care copayments.......................................3222
    Medication prescribing authority...............................3144
    Non-VA service and care........................................3153
    Physical examinations through age 17...........................3225
    Reasonable charges for care or services......3154, 3221, 3223, 3226
    Respite care...................................................3281
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis......................................................3160
    Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................3230
    Limitation in hand movement....................................3160
  Medical opinions rules...............................3183, 3258, 3277
  Minimum active duty requirement..................................3169
  National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................3218
  National Service Life Insurance............................3186, 3274
  Nondiscrimination................................................3264
  Period of payment................................................3171
  Post-traumatic stress disorder claims:
    Resulting from personal assault................................3236
  Proof of service.................................................3284
  Psychosis definition.............................................3177
  Purple Heart priority category...................................3150
  Recognition of organizations and accreditation of 
      representatives for claimants................................3266
  Recoupment of nondisability severance pay for service-connected 
      disability compensation......................................3243
  Rehabilitation programs..........................................3270
  Renouncement of benefits.........................................3179
  Rules of Practice:
    Clear and unmistakable error...................................3256
    Jurisdiction...................................................3306
    Subpoenas......................................................3304
  Service connection and chronic disability........................3172
  Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Program.....3296
  Social security benefits.........................................4095
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2006
  State Department as agent........................................3170
  State homes......................................................3216
  Testimony in support of benefit claims...........................3180
  Therapeutic housing..............................................3219
  Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care.................113
  Validity of enlistments..........................................3188
  Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000........3301
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service:
    Annual report for Federal contractors....................2141, 2142
  Vocational training programs.....................................3237
  Waiver process for copayments....................................3268
  Women:
    Compensation for loss of a breast as a result of a service-
        connected disability.......................................3239
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................4134
  Veterans.........................................................3237

[[Page 62903]]

  Women Vietnam veterans' children with birth defects..............3198
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................2004
  Foster Grandparent Program.......................................3328
  Peace Corps....................................3987, 3998, 4004, 4005
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1777
  Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................3322
  Senior Companion Program.........................................3327
  Vista............................................................3987
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1811


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    HHS............................................................1007
    SBA............................................................4057
    Treasury.......................................................2716
  Domestic services................................................2013
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2004
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................2005
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3948
  Overtime.........................................................2015
  Pay retention....................................................3953
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3920, 3950
  Salary basis.......................................................81
  SSA reports......................................................4142
  Tipped employees.................................................2005
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................216
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2730
  Food distribution program.........................................351
  General order merchandise........................................2843
  U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000........................................199
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Clean Water Act recognition awards...............................3689
  Coal combustion waste......................................3656, 3657
  Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3633
  Effluent guidelines..................................3694, 3711, 3713
  Financial test criteria..........................................3653
  Guaranteed Loan Program...........................................465
  Hazardous waste management...............2643, 3645, 3646, 3664, 3670
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3696
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.................................3647, 3655, 3658, 3666
  Lead-based paint debris..........................................3667
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3710
  Municipal waste combustion units.....................3501, 3503, 3549
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4574
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3648
  Permit applications..............................................3728
  Pretreatment programs............................................3730
  Project XL......3346, 3512, 3534, 3556, 3639, 3640, 3648, 3649, 3671, 
                                                       3672, 3673, 3730
  Radioactive waste................................................3535
  Recycling of hazardous waste in fertilizers.......................145
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3634
  Sewer grouting...................................................3597
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3749
  Solid waste disposal:
    Bioreactor landfills.....................................3639, 3640
    Guideline revisions............................................3632
    Hazardous waste................................................3664
    Landfill criteria........................................3499, 3632
    Landfill location restrictions.................................3636
    Landfills and incinerators...............................3433, 3522
    Lead-based paint waste.........................................3669
    Municipal landfills................................3368, 3669, 3672
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3626
    Research, development, and demonstration permits...............3637
    Solid waste definition.........................................3647
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3651
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................2265
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant compliance criteria............3559, 3560
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3635
  Wastewater treatment sludges.....................................3649
  Wastewater treatment units.......................................3668
Watches:
  Duty-free shipments...............................................503
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Beaches program funding for Indian tribes........................3708
  Clean Water Act......................................3705, 3717, 3726
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3691
    Cooling water intake structures...........................138, 3723
    Discharge of fill material definition...........................889
    Fill material definition..................................889, 3706
    Mercury analysis...................................3686, 3693, 3729
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3695
    Recognition awards.............................................3689
    Test procedures.....3692, 3699, 3701, 3702, 3717, 3718, 3719, 3726, 
                                                                   3727
  Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes 
                                                                   3721
  Effluent guidelines:
    Animal feeding operations......................................3712
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3683
    Coal mining....................................................3698
    Construction and development industry...........................137
    Cruise vessels.................................................2284
    Industrial containers and drum cleaning........................3714
    Industrial wastewater..........................................3710
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3696
    Meat Products Point Source Category............................3684
    Pulp, paper and paperboard...............................3697, 3711
    Regulatory plans...............................................3694
    Whole effluent toxicity text methods...........................3709
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............2233
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances................100
    Oil or hazardous substances..............................2215, 2267
    Response plans for oil.........................................2222
    Tank vessels....................................................101
  Microbiological test methods.....................................3727
  NPDES permits...............................................136, 3725
  Ocean discharge criteria.........................................3690
  Permit applications..............................................3728
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3724
  Radon.............................................................146
  Sewer collection systems..........................................136
  Sludge management programs.......................................3707
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.............3700, 3720
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program Regulations.....................3704
  Trace metals criteria............................................3717
  Vapor control systems............................................2219
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3722
  Water quality standards........................3699, 3715, 3718, 3719
    Alabama........................................................3685
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..............3699, 3715, 3718, 3719
    Indian country waters..........................................3716
Water resources:
  See also Water supply

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  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........887
  Ballast water discharge standards................................2214
  Best technology available for cooling water intake structures 
                                                                   3703
  Colorado River Basin..............................................217
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................224
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact..............138
  Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................1635
  National Invasive Species Act....................................2244
  San Carlos Apache Tribe trust fund and lease fund................1683
  Water Bank Program................................................217
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3358
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3741
    Arsenic.........................................................147
    Contaminant occurrence reporting.........................3744, 3748
    Contaminants......................146, 3557, 3727, 3731, 3736, 3739
    Disinfectants............................................3740, 3743
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program...............131
    Filter backwash recycling rule.................................3747
    Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..............3742
    Methods update.................................................3702
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3424, 3733
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3583
    Six-year review of regulations..................................116
    State Underground Injection Control Programs...................3745
    Sulfate........................................................3746
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3692
    Underground Injection Control Class V wells....................3737
  Groundwater protection............................................140
  Guaranteed Loan Program...........................................465
  Servicing loans and grants........................................451
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
      Waterways
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................471
Waterways:
  See also Bridges
           Harbors
           Rivers
  Facility response plans for hazardous substances..................100
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Weather:
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................4327
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....................................................313
  Diseases..........................................................281
  Market development for value-added wheat gluten and wheat 
      starch products...............................................408
Whistleblowing:
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2425
  DOE procedures....................................................955
  Research misconduct..............................................1129
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1414
  Aviation bird encounter regulations..............................2369
  Bobcat exports...................................................1553
  Brush-tailed possum..............................................1447
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1362
  Changes in the list of species in Appendices to CITES............1599
  Conservation and Reinvestment Act................................1541
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................224
  Eagles.....................................................1448, 1517
    Incidental taking..............................................1416
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1629
  Endangered and threatened................1372, 1373, 1376, 1449, 1515
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1451
  Exportation......................................................1375
  Falcons and falconry...........................1381, 1504, 1517, 1540
  Federal Aid Improvement Act......................................1547
  Importation......................................................1375
  Injurious..................................................1377, 1447
    Black carp.....................................................1388
  Investigative seizures...........................................1426
  Management and protection..................................1513, 1514
  Migratory birds:
    Falconry education permits.....................................1504
    Hunting regulations..........................1418, 1429, 1512, 1602
    List revision..................................................1364
    Permits..........................1384, 1419, 1496, 1497, 1522, 1545
    Rehabilitation activities......................................1419
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1420
    Take by Federal agencies.......................................1384
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1427
  Permit procedures................................................1365
  Restoration programs.............................................1368
  River otter exports..............................................1552
  Seabirds..........................................................574
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on federal lands.................1544
  Subsistence management...........................................1492
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1371
  Transportation...................................................1375
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1386, 1421, 1554
Wildlife refuges:
  Alaska...........................................................1542
  Federal Lands definition.........................................1542
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2398
  Habitat management planning......................................1543
  Hunting and fishing regulations..................................1546
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1501
  National Wildlife Refuge System............................1501, 1543
    Privately owned mineral rights.................................1505
Wine:
  Ameliorating materials...........................................2775
  Ameliorating of non-grape wines..................................2760
  Authorized processes.............................................2776
  Dried fruit wines................................................2753
  Exports..........................................................2744
  Honey wines......................................................2753
  New grape variety names petitioned...................2720, 2737, 2777
  Recodification of Part 251.......................................2736
  Sherry...........................................................2718
  Standards of fill................................................2748
  Taxes......................................................2733, 2734
  Viticultural areas.............................2731, 2756, 2758, 2759
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2041
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................334

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  Veterans.........................................................3239
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1186, 2047
  Women-owned businesses:
    Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program............................874
    Federal contract assistance program.............................153
    Government subcontracting......................................4170
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Food package revisions............................................5
    Plain language revisions........................................368
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics......................500, 2855
  Refund of duties paid on select products.........................2856


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................350
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