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[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda]
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Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 92 / Monday, May 13, 2002 / Subject 
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Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 92 / Monday, May 13, 2002 / Subject 
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              F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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                                   A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension...................................2320, 3842
  Public accountability board proposal.............................4082
Accounting:
  Annual accounting period.........................................2536
  Arthur Andersen audit report requirements........................4028
  Audit requirements for grants and contracts......................1607
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions...........................................1606, 2689
  Change in method definition......................................2414
  Cost accounting standards..................................3369, 3586
  DEA..............................................................1372
  Delay rental payments............................................2535
  Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial 
      instruments and derivative commodity instruments.............4079
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1307, 1308
  Dollar-value LIFO method.........................................2636
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules...................3706, 3712
  FMS claims.................................................2237, 2244
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2243
  Funds transfers to State governments.............................2241
  International accounting standards...............................4081
  Local exchange carrier requirements........................3716, 3717
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................3768
  Mark-to-market.............................................2508, 2517
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs...............................3340
  Public accountability board proposal.............................4082
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................270
  Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................3339
  Third-party contacts.............................................2533
  Unified Partnership Audit Procedures.............................2528
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Food additives
      Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Equal access to justice
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  ATF:
    Delegations of authority...2280, 2282, 2283, 2291, 2306, 2314, 2319
  Attorney's fees..................................................2418
  Customs Regulations..............................................2367
  DOI..............................................................1235
  DOT..................................................1701, 1706, 1936
  EPA........................................................2818, 3046
  Equal Access to Justice Act.......................................730
  FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................3752
  FDA...............................................................773
  FTC..............................................................3914
  FWS..............................................................1044
  Hazardous materials........................................2185, 2206
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................1698
    BIA......................................................1037, 1239
    BLM............................................................1318
    CNCS...........................................................2786
    DOI..........................................1034, 1038, 1290, 1292
    Medicare enrollment.............................................872
    NIGC.....................................................3954, 3955
    OGE............................................................3329
    OHA............................................................1032
    OPM............................................................3353
    Peace Corps....................................................3425
    Public lands cases.............................................1031
    RRB............................................................3440
    SBA......................................................3465, 3476
    Treasury Department............................................2320
    VA.......2684, 2685, 2738, 2739, 2740, 2749, 2768, 2769, 2770, 2771
  HUD...............................................................951
  INS..............................................................1456
  IRS..............................................................2513
  OPM..............................................................3363
  OTS..............................................................2656
  Peace Corps................................................3426, 3430
  Registration of drug producers....................................734
  Research and Special Programs Administration.....................2181
  Rulemaking:
    DOT............................................................1696
    FCC................................................3686, 3711, 3810
    FDIC.....................................................3829, 3835
    GSA......................................................3234, 3235
    IRS............................................................2416
    NRC............................................................3980
    SSA............................................................3550
    USDA............................................................199
  Treasury Department:
    Plain language revision........................................2271
  USDA..........................................131, 132, 138, 175, 184
  VA.........................................................2689, 2736
Adoption and foster care:
  Alien siblings...................................................1416
  Intercountry adoption......................................1413, 1652
Adult education:
  DOI..............................................................1244
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.............................................1693
  Alcoholic beverages..............................................2277
  Credit unions....................................................3935
  Home insulation..................................................3916
  Investment companies.............................................4038
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3915
  Television.......................................................3781
  Unfair or deceptive practices..............................3919, 3925
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions...............................................936
  Foster Grandparent Program.......................................2789
  Nondiscrimination:
    Air travel.....................................................1687
    Department of State programs...................................1662
    DOD.............................................................554
    DOL............................................................1605
    Employment.....................................................3199
    GSA............................................................3228
    NEA............................................................3305
    NEH............................................................3310
    NRC............................................................3984
    NSF............................................................3318

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    SSA............................................................3496
    USAID..........................................................2777
  Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly....................896
  Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................2795
  Senior Community Service Employment program......................1563
  Senior Companion Program.........................................2788
  Supportive Housing Programs..................................971, 987
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton..........................44
  Apple market loss payment program..................................51
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2211
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................223
  Cotton futures......................................................1
  Cotton non-recourse loan and loan deficiency payment programs 
                                                                     38
  Crop cotton classification services.................................9
  Crop disaster assistance.......................................21, 31
  Emerging markets program..........................................220
  Exports.................................................220, 224, 326
  Grains:
    Disguising quality..............................................143
    Geographic areas for inspection services........................142
    Inspection and weighing service fees.......................145, 148
    Laboratory accreditation program................................144
  Inspection service fees...........................................219
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................98
  Loan deficiency payment regulations................................43
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2517
  Marketing assistance loan provisions...........................31, 43
  National Commodity Processing Program.............................179
  National Organic Program:
    Aquatic animals...................................................7
    Production and handling standards.................................6
  Nursery crops.....................................................130
  Nursery stock importation.........................................105
  Ocean freight claims...............................................39
  Peanut Program.............................................46, 59, 66
  Tobacco............................................................65
    Burley.......................................................48, 64
    Flue-cured...........................................49, 54, 60, 63
    Grower designation program.......................................70
    Loss assistance program......................................34, 71
    Marketing quotas.............................34, 41, 47, 48, 49, 70
    Non-auction designation..........................................30
    Price support program....................................47, 48, 49
  Trade options....................................................3636
  U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000.........................................37
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts...............................24
  Wheat gluten and wheat starch products............................221
Agricultural research:
  Animal embryos and semen...........................................99
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Administrative regulations...................................131, 138
  Allocation of funds...............................................260
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............77
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................58
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................72
  Debarment and suspension regulation...............................250
  Drug-free workplace regulation....................................250
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3140
  Emergency Conservation Program.................................29, 32
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................284
  Farm Loan Program..................................................40
  Farm reconstitution regulations....................................27
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders.........................42
    Appraisal fees for farm loan programs............................35
    Disaster set-aside program...................................45, 61
    Guaranteed loan limits...........................................22
    Guaranteed loan regulations......................................52
    Guaranteed loss payments.........................................36
    Interest assistance program......................................20
    Low documentation loans..........................................28
    Minor farm loan program..........................................53
    Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and 
        ranchers....................................................252
    Primary loan servicing...........................................45
    Reduction of amortized shared appreciation recapture interest 
        rate.........................................................69
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............19
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments..............42
    Subordination requirements.......................................42
  Foreign Agricultural Service:
    Freedom of Information Act......................................222
  Hog imports from Europe............................................87
  Horse breeder loans................................................50
  Horse protection requirements.....................................102
  Livestock indemnity programs.......................................67
  Nonimmigrant alien workers.................................1565, 1566
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................251
  Pseudorabies in swine..............................................88
  Seed testing and certification services............................15
  State mediation programs...........................................23
  Technical assistance and training.................................117
  Unshu oranges importation.........................................109
  Worker protection standards......................................3040
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program...............990
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program....................................796
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Airport certification............................................1868
  Aviation data requirements.......................................1683
  Aviation exemption procedures....................................1690
  Baggage liability................................................1691
  Cargo limit......................................................2202
  Compensation procedures..........................................1711
  Competitiveness............................................1682, 1713
  Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system..............1859
  Computer reservations system...............................1682, 1722
  Delays and cancellations.........................................2218
  Direct flight, definition........................................1688
  Disability related complaints....................................1685
  Discrimination complaints........................................1643
  Fees charged by airports.........................................1860
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas......................1689
  Guarantee loan program...........................................3343
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency telephone number requirements........................2164
    International standards........................................2173
  Income source rules..............................................2410
  Interstate authority.............................................1713
  Noise certification standards..............................1870, 1872
  Overbooking of flights...........................................1697

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  Passenger facility charge rule...................................1835
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices........................................1692
    Aliens with fraudulent documents...............................1451
    Ground travel expense when diverted............................1689
    Immigration User Fee...........................................1524
    Manifest information.........................1396, 1508, 1717, 2384
    Nondiscrimination..................................1684, 1687, 1700
    Oxygen use.....................................................1716
    Passenger Name Record information..............................2387
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey............................2215
    Security service fee...........................................1723
  Price advertising................................................1693
  Quarterly return filing requirements.............................2646
  Re-use of air waybill number on air cargo manifest...............2358
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................1810
  Security infrastructure fees.....................................1724
  Security measures................................................1898
  Traffic Reporting System.........................................2217
  Universal child seats............................................2108
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention..............................2961, 2962
  Air quality modeling.............................................2919
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................2980
  Air quality standards................................2973, 2984, 2988
  Alternative method approvals...............................2888, 2949
  Ambient air quality monitoring.............................2876, 2956
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................2924
  Best available retrofit technology...............................2940
  Boilers..........................................................2849
  Carbon monoxide..................................................2984
  Chemicals..................................................2844, 2845
  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)........................................757
  Chromium emissions.........................................2848, 2976
  Clean Air Act..........2828, 2866, 2870, 2909, 2928, 2929, 2945, 2970
  Clean fuels formula grant program................................2147
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................2889
  Copper smelters..................................................2920
  Delisting hazardous pollutants...................................2870
  Electric arc furnace.............................................2885
  Electric utility steam generating unit MACT regulation...........2993
  Emergency episode requirements...................................2971
  Emission control diagnostic systems........................2887, 2908
  Emission standards:
    Aircraft engines...............................................2955
    Cellulose production...........................................2910
    Coke ovens.........................................2964, 2966, 2995
    Compliance certification requirements....................2950, 2959
    Definition of major source.....................................3021
    Highway motorcycles............................................2892
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................2964
    Municipal landfills............................................2834
    Navajo generating station................................2902, 2903
    New marine engines.......................................2894, 2964
    Nonroad diesel engines and fuel................................2900
    Nonroad spark-ignition engines.................................2933
    Permit requirements............................................2964
    Potential to emit..............................................2977
    Radionuclides..................................................2935
    Semiconductor facilities.................................2851, 2964
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................2892
    VOC standards............................................2867, 2960
  Emissions monitoring program......2835, 2837, 2889, 2891, 2941, 2981, 
                                                                   3016
  Emissions reporting..............................................2911
  Emissions trades.................................................2836
  Essential uses..............................................757, 3025
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................2853
  Fuels and fuel additives....2886, 2898, 2946, 2958, 2991, 3022, 3023, 
                                                                   3024
  Fugitive emissions...............................................2967
  Gas turbines.....................................................2842
  Gasoline anti-dumping program..............................2896, 2948
  General provisions amendments....................................2921
  Halons...........................................................2877
  Hazardous air pollutants....2833, 2834, 2841, 2842, 2844, 2845, 2845, 
           2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2856, 2857, 2858, 2859, 2863, 
           2864, 2870, 2875, 2910, 2922, 2923, 2924, 2926, 2930, 2975, 
                                                                   3062
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3123
  HCFC allowance distribution system...............................2913
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............2931
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................2830, 2872
  Internal combustion engines......................................2841
  Iron and steel industry....................................2843, 2974
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................2850
  MACT standards.....................2834, 2851, 2856, 2858, 2910, 2993
  Metal parts and products coating industry..................2852, 2925
  Methyl bromide...................................................2934
  Mobile sources.............................................2944, 2953
  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program..................2884
  Municipal landfills..............................................2834
  Municipal waste combustion units...........................2942, 3020
  NESHAP:
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................2996
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................2838
    Benzene waste operations.......................................2890
    Brick manufacturing............................................2893
    Carbon black...................................................2932
    Cellulose production...........................................2910
    Ceramics.......................................................2869
    Chromium electroplating........................................2865
    Chromium emissions.............................................2976
    Clay products manufacturing....................................2893
    Delegations' provisions........................................2939
    Elastomers...............................................2859, 2999
    Engine Test Facilities.........................................2871
    Ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation 
        operations.................................................3018
    Ethylene oxide for sterilization facilities....................2997
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................2853
    Friction products manufacturing industry.......................2937
    Fumed silica production........................................2968
    Gasoline distribution facilities.........................2881, 2998
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3009
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP.......................................3001
    Hazardous waste combustors...............................3124, 3130
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................2969
    Industrial process cooling towers..............................3003
    Large appliance surface coating................................2923
    Lead smelting..................................................3006
    Leather tanning................................................2926
    MACT amendments................................................2952
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3010
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3004
    Metal furniture surface coating................................2863
    Metal parts and products coating industry..........2847, 2852, 2925
    Metal pipes....................................................2838
    Natural gas production.........................................2978
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................2855
    Oil production.................................................2978
    Organic liquids................................................2858
    Paper and other web coating....................................2930
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities......................3005
    Pesticide active ingredient production...................2879, 2954
    Petroleum refineries...........................................3012
    Phosphate fertilizer production................................3017
    Phosphoric acid manufacturing..................................3017
    Plastic parts and products.....................................2864
    Polymers and resins................................2999, 3000, 3002

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    Polyurethane foam production...................................2990
    Polyvinyl chloride production..................................2914
    Portland cement manufacturing industry...................2883, 2994
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................2839
    Printing and publishing industry.........................2868, 3011
    Publicly owned treatment works.................................2860
    Pulp and paper production......................................3013
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3007
    Site remediation...............................................2856
    Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production................2951
    Source category list...........................................3026
    Synthetic organic chemicals....................................3001
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................2874
    Thermoplastics...........................................2859, 3002
    Uranium hexafluoride production................................3014
    Wet-formed fiberglass mat production...........................2916
  New source performance standards...........................2885, 2979
  New source review....................................2901, 2904, 2989
  New stationary sources...........................................2964
  Nitrogen oxides............................................2941, 3019
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................2855
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................2835, 2907
  Operating permits..........................................2831, 2963
  Operating permits for sources of air pollution located in 
      Indian country...............................................2957
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    Emission budgets...............................................2986
    National ambient air quality standards...................2895, 2965
    Protection of stratospheric ozone.....2862, 2877, 2877, 2899, 2913, 
                         2928, 2929, 2934, 2947, 2982, 2992, 3015, 3025
    Transport..............................2915, 2918, 2936, 2938, 2987
  Paint stripper users.............................................2846
  Particulate matter.........................................2891, 2985
  PCB manufacturing................................................3056
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................2897
  Petroleum refineries.............................................2906
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................2975
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing.........................2833
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................3059
  Process heaters..................................................2849
  Project XL...............................2821, 2960, 3013, 3105, 3116
  Regional haze rule...............................................2882
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances.............................................2962
    Public access to information...................................2961
    Third-party audits.............................................2828
  Solid waste incinerators...................................2878, 2979
  Source category list.............................................2875
  State implementation plans.................................2895, 2904
  Sulfur oxides..................................2882, 2941, 2973, 2983
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................2905
  Tire manufacturing...............................................2922
  Transportation conformity..................................2866, 2945
  Vapor control systems............................................1799
  Volatile organic compounds.........2854, 2861, 2867, 2905, 2917, 2943
  Wood furniture industry....................................2861, 3008
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................1683
  Rebating international fares.....................................1714
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...............................................1698
  Certification of screening companies.............................1862
  Excise taxes...............................................2404, 2646
  Hazardous substances.......................................2158, 2173
  Nondiscrimination....................................1684, 1687, 1700
  Revenue and nonrevenue passengers................................2216
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts...................................................1814
    Life-limited...................................................1903
  Airworthiness directives and standards........1823, 1842, 1843, 1844, 
                                     1845, 1847, 1880, 1887, 1888, 1896
  Bird strike requirements.........................................1897
  Cargo airplane traffic alert and collision systems...............1864
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................1867
  Child restraint systems..........................................1817
  Corrosion control program........................................1811
  Data recorder requirements.......................................1881
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................1893
  Duty-free entry of civil aircraft................................2370
  Emergency exits..................................................1854
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................2955
  Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.............1900
  Flight data recorder improvements................................1863
  Flightcrew compartment access........................1908, 1909, 1910
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................1765
  Fractional ownership.............................................1871
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2374
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................1819
  Hazardous material transportation................................2197
  Helicopters......................................................1872
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................1810
  Light sport aircraft:
    Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................1824
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft.................................................1851
  Noise requirements...................................1836, 1879, 1880
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................620
  Overflight Program...............................................2374
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes.......1831
  Powered-lift.....................................................1825
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........1836, 1880
  Rocket engines...................................................2857
  Screening for individuals seeking aviation training..............1534
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1726
  Surplus military.................................................1892
  Transponders.....................................................1852
  Transport category:
    Airspeed indicating system.....................................1874
    Airworthiness directives and standards......1827, 1829, 1833, 1834, 
                         1837, 1840, 1861, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1901
    Electrical equipment...............................1875, 1876, 1877
    Emergency announcements on public address systems..............1827
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................1856
    Engine cowling retention devices...............................1891
    FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................1866
    Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation 
        materials..................................................1865
    Flight requirements............................................1901
    Flightdeck security............................................1911
    Fuselage door design standards.................................1830
    Low speed stall................................................1848
    Lower deck service compartment voice communication.............1878
    Material strength properties and design values.................1832
    Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage................1875
    Powerplant controls............................................1840
    Powerplant installation requirements...........................1833
    Pressurization and pneumatic systems...........................1829
    Protective breathing equipment.................................1834
    Trim systems...................................................1834

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  Water landing survival equipment.................................1809
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act........................565
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Civil penalties............................................1894, 1905
  Criminal history background checks...............................1882
  Deicing and anti-icing procedures................................1895
  Drug abuse.......................................................1890
  Drug test refusal................................................1826
  Enduring Freedom Special Federal Aviation Regulation.............1883
  Flight attendants:
    English language proficiency...................................1853
  Flight operational quality assurance program participation.......1902
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................1813
  Training and certification...........................1818, 1895, 1907
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................1705
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1882
  Customs security area access.....................................2386
  Delays and cancellations.........................................2218
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................1697
  Fees charged to air carriers.....................................1860
  Landing systems..................................................1858
  Municipal solid waste landfill location restrictions.............3111
  Reimbursement of security compliance costs.......................1885
  Screeners' qualifications, training, and testing.................1884
  Security...................................................1850, 1886
  Transit without visa.......................................1438, 1502
Airspace:
  Afghanistan......................................................1913
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Flight rule modifications......................................1838
    National Park Service overflights..............................1815
    Postponement of special flight rules...........................1869
  Landing systems..................................................1858
  Los Angeles, CA..................................................1855
  Niagara Falls....................................................1839
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................440
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................1841
  Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum in the West Atlantic route 
      system.......................................................1904
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................1846
  Restrictions for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games...................1912
  Security control.................................................1906
  Use and preservation of..........................................1828
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Aviation personnel.........................................1822, 1873
  Motor carrier post-accident test results.........................1988
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2037
  Railroad employee testing........................................2133
    Foreign-based crews............................................2138
    Post-accident blood testing procedures.........................2146
  Testing following marine incident................................1733
  Transportation industry..........................................1699
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Denatured alcohol and rum:
    Distribution and use...........................................2318
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining.................2274
  Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum........2376
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2296
  Health claims in labeling and advertising........................2277
  Health warning statement.........................................2258
  Prohibition of containers........................................2256
  Saccharin disclosure.............................................2297
  Sake regulations.................................................2295
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products.....................................................2304
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Access to criminal history records...............................1673
  Address notification.............................................1439
  Adjustment of status........1417, 1419, 1429, 1441, 1458, 1486, 1488, 
                                                       1495, 1496, 1521
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1416
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1353
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1457
  Asylum:
    Establishing eligibility.......................................1487
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1405
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1482
  Aviation training screening......................................1534
  Battered and abused spouses and children.............1380, 1444, 1454
  Border crossing card fee.........................................1658
  Border crossing identification documents...................1404, 1464
  Civil surgeon program............................................1431
  Classification of................................................1678
  Conditional residents:
    Battered and abused............................................1472
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1427
  Criminal convictions.................................1384, 1447, 1456
  Cubans...........................................................1408
  Custody procedures...............................................1503
  Departure control................................................1504
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1516
  Deportation proceedings:
    Entrepreneurs............................................1448, 1456
    Power of Attorney General......................................1484
    Suspension.........................................1380, 1381, 1462
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1501
  Diversity immigrants.............................................1677
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1505
  Eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States for 
      assisted housing.............................................1014
  Employment...........................................1440, 1446, 1467
    Authorization documents........................................1429
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1485
    Eligibility verification.................................1476, 1515
    F-1 students...................................................1513
    Filing for authorization while resident status is pending......1490
    International broadcasters...............................1491, 1664
    Labor condition applications...................................1570
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1492
    Use on government contract projects............................1467
  Exchange visitors:
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1428
  Expedited exclusion procedures...................................1447
  Expedited removal of jailed criminals............................1517
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1473
  Family Unity Program.......................................1418, 1453
  Fingerprinting.......................................1460, 1476, 1480
  Fingerprints from juvenile delinquents...........................1418

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  Guam Visa Waiver Program.........................................1425
  H-1B petition fees...............................................1420
  Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act.........................1521
  Health care workers..............................................1400
  Illegal entry....................................................1430
  Immediate relative definition....................................1674
  Inadmissability......................................1394, 1410, 1670
  INTELSAT employees...............................................1679
  International to International Program...........................1393
  Issuance of new or replacement visas.............................1675
  Juvenile criminal records........................................1418
  Juveniles..................................................1402, 1461
  Labor certification process..........................1561, 1565, 1566
  Land border ports-of-entry fees............................1409, 1422
  Lawful permanent resident status...........................1384, 1417
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1417, 1494, 1521
  Mail order brides................................................1454
  Manifest requirements......................................1508, 2384
  Medical examination requirements.................................1431
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1432
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1477
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1406
  Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act............1521
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1414
    Actuaries......................................................1483
    Admission into the U.S.........................................1466
    Admission period for B visitors................................1434
    Admission requirements.........................................1510
    Automatic VISA revalidation....................................1672
    Automatic voiding..............................................1430
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1509
    Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................1475
    Classification of........................................1437, 1678
    Construction work by B visitors................................1421
    Disclosure of information......................................1445
    Extending period of duration...................................1518
    Fee receipts for student and exchange visitors.................1669
    Fee schedule for students and exchange visitors................1519
    Firearm prohibitions...........................................2287
    Ineligibility..................................................1668
    Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program..............1470
    K classification...............................................1494
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1442
    Nurses...................................................1478, 1569
    Plant pathologists.............................................1483
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents......1493, 1666, 
                                                                   1667
    Spouses of foreign diplomats...................................1671
    Temporary workers........................................1557, 1565
    U classification...............................................1433
    V classification...............................................1493
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity....................1665
    Waiver of firearm prohibition..................................1536
  Parole authority.................................................1471
  Permanent resident status..................................1458, 1490
  Powers and duties of service officers............................1488
  Prostitution.....................................................1397
  Public assistance programs:
    Food Stamp Program.............................................1459
    Medicaid.......................................................1459
    Sponsor reimbursement....................................1450, 1459
  Refusals of individual visas.....................................1668
  Registration of..................................................1476
  Relative petitions...............................................1488
  Release to immigration authorities...............................1346
  Religious workers................................................1403
  Removal orders...................................................1401
  Reporting requirements for interest on deposits..................2564
  SSA regulations......................................1449, 3519, 3546
  Student employment...............................................1513
  Student Visitor Information System...............................1437
  Syrian nationals.................................................1495
  Temporary protected status.......................................1512
  Trafficking victims............................1423, 1498, 1499, 1665
  Transit without visa...............1438, 1443, 1497, 1500, 1502, 1655
  Unlawful presence................................................1430
  Victims of crime.....................................1433, 1498, 1665
  Visa petition....................................................1490
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1420
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1425, 1663
  Waiver of fees.............................................1481, 1520
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal diseases:
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.................74, 91, 96, 216, 747
  Bovine tuberculosis.......................................92, 93, 107
  Brucellosis........................................................97
  Chronic wasting disease in elk.....................................81
  Foot-and-mouth disease.........................................80, 82
  Infectious salmon anemia...........................................94
  Interstate movement of swine requirements.........................111
  Pseudorabies in swine..............................................88
Animal drugs:
  See also Animal biologics
  Animal Drug Availability Act......................................773
  Antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.....................743
  Investigational use...............................................773
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........778
Animal welfare:
  Environment enhancement for nonhuman primates......................90
  Horse protection requirements.....................................102
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement.............................84
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................108
  Marine mammals................................................73, 439
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................795
  Potentially dangerous animals......................................95
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Exports:
    Alligators, live...............................................1074
  Imports............................................................99
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2381
    Hogs from Europe.................................................87
  Transgenic.......................................................3058
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Sunset reviews....................................................306
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Archaeology:
  See Historic preservation
Architectural barriers:
  See Individuals with disabilities

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Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  Historical Records Services......................................1412
  NARA:
    Debarment and suspension rule..................................3295
    Debt collection................................................3289
    Drug-free workplace requirements...............................3295
    Electronic records transfer options............................3281
    Electronic text documents......................................3296
    Employee testimony.............................................3297
    Facilities addresses and hours.................................3283
    Freedom of information.........................................3294
    Micrographic records management................................3293
    Nixon Presidential Materials reproduction......................3282
    Nondiscrimination..............................................3284
    Official seals.................................................3287
    Plain language revisions.......................................3291
    Presidential library facilities................................3290
    Presidential records...........................................3288
    Privacy Act....................................................3298
    Records disposition............................................3292
    Records use restrictions.......................................3286
    Research room procedures.................................3285, 3299
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Installation entry policy.......................................622
    Wake Island Code................................................623
  Army:
    Environmental actions...........................................609
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................618
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Clean Water Act regulations.....................................614
    Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.......................613
    Environmental quality requirements..............................611
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................617
    Natural disaster procedures.....................................612
    Permit regulations..............................................615
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................616
  CHAMPUS...624, 625, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 
                                                638, 639, 641, 643, 644
    TRICARE..........................................626, 627, 640, 642
  Civil disturbance intervention....................................622
  Coast Guard:
    Alternate compliance program...................................1806
    Auxiliary regulations..........................................1802
    Ballast water discharge standards..............................1727
    Cargo securing.................................................1768
    Carriage of hazardous materials in bulk........................1803
    Commercial diving operations...................................1784
    Conforming definitions to statutory changes and Presidential 
        Proclamations..............................................1735
    Deep water ports...............................................1730
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................1753
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............1780
    Hazardous liquid cargoes on board vessels......................1807
    Mandatory ship reporting systems in whale areas................1800
    Marine Safety and Environmental Protection...1759, 1783, 1795, 1796
    Merchant mariners..................................1782, 1783, 1808
    Mineral Management Service inspections on fixed facilities.....1772
    Natural resources protection...................................1732
    Notice of violation options....................................1773
    Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1745
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1755
    Permit procedures..............................................1738
    Personnel training and qualifications..........................1766
    Propeller injury prevention..............................1736, 1793
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1754
    Safety/security zone regulations.........................1747, 1775
    Security plans...................1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances............1781
    Towing vessel operators........................................1756
    Traffic separation schemes.....................................1774
  Disaster assistance...............................................622
  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3175
  Navy:
    Incidental taking during deployment of low frequency active 
        sonar.......................................................472
    National Environmental Policy Act...............................619
    Naval Vessel Protection Zones............................1744, 1776
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................620
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................621
  Reemployment.....................................................3358
  Selective service regulation.....................................3453
  Surplus aircraft.................................................1892
Arms and munitions:
  Antique firearms.................................................2287
  Brady Bill regulations.....................................2269, 2284
  Commerce in......................................................2307
  Curio and relic..................................................2284
  Dual-use items....................................................343
  Explosives safety.................................................571
  Export controls...............................297, 311, 328, 329, 357
  Handguns.........................................................2284
  Identification markings..........................................2268
  Inventory requirements...........................................2288
  Machine guns and destructive devices.............................2308
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms.................2284, 2287
  Recodification of regulations..............................2307, 2308
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................2285
  Secure gun storage...............................................2270
  Waiver of firearm prohibition for nonimmigrant visa holders......1536
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit...................................................1593
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3077
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  ATF....................2280, 2282, 2283, 2291, 2306, 2309, 2314, 2319
  Banks............................................................2227
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1386
  EPA..............................................................2827
  FCC..............................................................3812
  FDIC.............................................................3835
  FEMA.............................................................3214
  HUD...............................................................974
  Immigration judges...............................................1386
  INS..............................................................1382
  NASA.............................................................3271
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................553
  VA...............................................................2772
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...................................................1851
  Air tour and sightseeing operations........................1812, 1820
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................1810
  Airplane operator security.......................................1849

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  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................1842
  Airworthiness directives and standards........1823, 1829, 1830, 1833, 
                                           1834, 1844, 1878, 1896, 1901
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs............1822, 1873
  Bird strike requirements.........................................1897
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1725
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................1894
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................1717
  Corrosion control program........................................1811
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines.................................1889
  Deicing and anti-icing program...................................1893
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................1856
  Engine fuel and induction systems................................1847
  Flight operational quality assurance program information.........1902
  Flight rules...............................................1843, 1845
  Flight simulation device qualification...........................1821
  Flightcrew compartment access........................1908, 1909, 1910
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs..............................................1898
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo.......................................1899
  Fuel tank vent protection........................................1887
  Hazards to air navigation........................................1841
  Light sport aircraft.............................................1824
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system................................1888
  Material strength properties and design values...................1832
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1716
  Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................1813
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes.......1831
  Security fees..............................................1723, 1724
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1726
  Transponder requirement..........................................1852
  Water landing survival equipment.................................1809


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Advertisement of membership......................................3846
  Appeals process for claims.......................................3833
  Assessments......................................................3828
  Capital rules....................................................3847
  Collection of corporate debt.....................................3831
  Contractor conflict of interests.................................3829
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............3928
  Forms, instructions, and reports.................................3849
  Nonmember banks..................................................3924
  Notice of insured status.........................................3845
  Receivership rules...............................................3837
  Risk-based capital standards.........................3838, 3843, 3847
  Transactions between insured depository institutions and their 
      affiliates.............................................3901, 3906
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3121
Banks, banking:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Credit
           Electronic funds transfers
           Federal home loan banks
           Federal Reserve System
           National banks
           Savings associations
  Access to SSI information........................................3512
  Activities and operations........................................2340
  Alternative mortgage lending.....................................2654
  Assessment of fees...............................................2341
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations........................2248, 2252
  Bank Secrecy Act......2220, 2227, 2229, 2230, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2235, 
                                                                   2236
  Capital..............................................3847, 3848, 3886
  Casino reporting.................................................2231
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2242
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations.........2337, 2657, 3841, 3889
  Consumer regulations review......................................3892
  Conversions......................................................2651
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2229
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2226
  Debt cancellation contracts......................................2329
  Delivery of checks outside the U.S...............................2253
  Deposit accounts.................................................3905
  Disqualified persons definition..................................2638
  Electronic banking...............................................2330
  Electronic funds transfer..................................2239, 3248
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........2321, 2652, 3830, 3900
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights................................................3666
    Charters.......................................................3672
    Electronic commerce............................................3673
    Loan policies and operations...........3668, 3669, 3670, 3671, 3676
    Loan purchases and sales.......................................3675
    Mission-related investments....................................3667
  Fiduciary activities.............................................2340
  Financial institutions:
    Consumer information privacy...................................3921
    Payment service providers......................................2221
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2564
    Simplified capital framework...................................3834
  Financial subsidiaries...............................2222, 2223, 2325
  Foreign investments..............................................3912
  Foreign shell banks..............................................2220
  Holding companies.....3885, 3886, 3888, 3898, 3902, 3903, 3904, 3907, 
                                                 3909, 3910, 3911, 4009
  Identity verification program....................................2327
  International banks..................................2326, 2333, 3912
  Interstate branches........................................2332, 3839
  Intraday extensions of credit to affiliates......................3906
  Market risk measure..............................................3840
  Merger applications..............................................3835
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2328
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2339
  Money laundering deterrents..........................2220, 2228, 2234
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2338
  Nonfinancial equity investments..................................3848
  OTS capital regulations..........................................2655
  Predatory lending practices......................................2658
  Recourse arrangements and direct credit substitutes..............3908
  Regulation DD....................................................3905
  Regulation U.....................................................3887
  Retained interests...............................................3847
  Risk-based capital standards......3324, 3840, 3844, 3847, 3848, 3897, 
                                                                   3908
  Securities borrowing transactions................................3840
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........3836
    Recordkeeping requirements...............................2336, 3832
    Uniform Application for Broker-Dealer Registration amendment 
                                                                   4071
  State bank activities:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....3884, 3885, 3886, 3895, 
                               3896, 3898, 3907, 3908, 3909, 3910, 3911
  Suspension, removal, or debarment of independent public 
      accountants..................................................3842
  Thrift institutions..............................................4034
  Time accounts....................................................3905
  Transactions between banks and their affiliates............3901, 3906
  Transactions of affiliate with foreign parent.....................293

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  Truth in lending...........................................3892, 3913
  Truth in savings...........................................3890, 3905
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Brewery regulations..............................................2255
  Exports..........................................................2293
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2294
Bees:
  Importation........................................................77
Bicycles:
  Handlebar performance standard...................................3645
Bioengineered foods:
  Premarket notice..................................................776
Biologics:
  See also Animal biologics
           Blood
  Adverse experience reporting......................................736
  Bar code label requirements.......................................751
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act..........................713
  Cellular therapy products.........................................759
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances....................................................766
  General safety test exceptions....................................759
  Informed consent regulations......................................755
  Interstate shipment...............................................729
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........778
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices..............................762
  Hepatitis C virus.................................................762
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................838
  Safety standards..................................................737
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Multi-family housing bonds.......................................2479
  Private activity...........................................2607, 2613
  Refunding issue..................................................2480
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program..........................3454, 3470
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2251
  Surety bond requirements.........................................1279
  Tax-exempt bonds issued by state and local governments...........2642
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor...............1937, 1941
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1739, 1752
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................1924
  Worker safety standards..........................................2144
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Bonding requirement exemption....................................1577
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries......3625
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3623
  Net capital requirements.........................................4065
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4047
  Quotation requirements...........................................4066
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................3832
  Uniform Application for Broker-Dealer Registration amendment.....4071
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.......949, 1352, 1359, 2781, 
                                                                   2784
  Asbestos.........................................................3077
  Indoor air quality...............................................1647
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............1708
  Antilock brakes..................................................2076
  Brake systems....................................................2113
  School:
    Body joint strength............................................2114
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2103
    Operations.....................................................2153
  Testing guidelines...............................................2149
  Wheelchair restraints............................................2073
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 practices
           Trademarks
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................2996
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................1705
  Alcohol:
    Wine...........................................................2275
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................2924
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions........2444, 2639
  Brick and structural clay products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................2893
  Cellulose manufacturing..........................................2910
  Cement manufacturing industry..............................2883, 2994
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..............................2844, 2845, 2905
    Control of PMNs................................................3066
    Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3119
    Manufacture............................3054, 3060, 3065, 3071, 3072
    Pollution standards............................................3056
    Polychlorinated biphenyls......................................3057
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1636
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay.....................................1421
  Effluent guidelines......................3140, 3141, 3151, 3152, 3167
  Entertainment industry...........................................2412
  EPA operating permits............................................2831
  Explosives.......................................................2267
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................256
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3918
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based products...................774, 775
  Industrial container and drum cleaning effluent guidelines.......3167
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3152

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  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................2923
  Leather tanning and finishing....................................2926
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................2850
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................2847, 2863
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control....................................2854, 2908
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2072
    Metric conversion..............................................2014
  North American Industry Classification System....................3602
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management.....................................3127
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................2930
  Partnerships with foreign partners...............................2565
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3005
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Manufacturing changes...........................................760
  Phosphate fertilizer production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3017
  Phosphoric acid manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3017
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................2864
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................2833
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................2990
  Printing and publishing....................................2868, 3011
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3165
    Emissions reduction............................................3013
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3152
  Stock transfer rules.......................................2421, 2614
  Tires:
    Manufacture....................................................2922
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................2951
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control....................................2861, 3008


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................3682
  Cost of service..................................................3678
  Customer service standards.......................................3679
  Digital must carry requirements..................................3685
  Home wiring rights...............................................3680
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3686
  Pole attachments.................................................3684
  Rates............................................................3677
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2824
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........727
  NCI Clinical Cancer Education Program.............................797
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1583
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Bulk liquid hazardous material...........................1764, 1803
    Numbering of undocumented barges.........................1755, 1757
    Vapor control systems..........................................1799
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1768
  Carriage of bulk solid materials requiring special handling......1794
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1750
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................1778
    Foreign........................................................1749
    Oil pollution prevention.......................................1778
    Response plans...........................................1732, 1781
    Tank level or pressure monitoring devices......................1771
    Towing vessel safety measures..................................1759
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits...............................................2686
    Provisions for capital crimes..................................2741
Census data:
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................299
  Disclosure of information........................................2562
  Special services and studies......................................298
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Beneficiaries age 65 and over.....................................639
  Bonus payments in medically underserved areas.....................636
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................634
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program.................626, 644
  Double coverage..............................................632, 633
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................630
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................628
  Individual Case Management Program................................638
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........635
  Pharmacy Benefits Program....................................624, 637
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................631
  Regulation amendments.............................................641
  Third-party recoveries.......................................625, 633
  Transplants coverage..............................................629
  TRICARE..............624, 626, 627, 636, 637, 639, 640, 642, 643, 644
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Passengers stranded by...........................................1686
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.......................................................3069
  Air pollution control............................................2905
  Assessment information rule......................................3071
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3084
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1371
  Drinking water regulations.......................................3192
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3031
  Flame retardant substances.......................................3055
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1360
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3072
  Helium acquisition...............................................3611
  Helium conservation..............................................1298
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3063
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3066
  OSHA dermal testing..............................................3064
  Ozone depleting:
    Halons.........................................................2877
    Methyl bromide...........................................2934, 2992
    Refrigerant recycling....................................2928, 2929
    Sales restrictions.............................................2862
    Substitutes..............................................2899, 2982
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3068
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1361
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3056, 3057, 3082
  Polymers and resins........................................2859, 3059
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................3643
  Registration and reregistration fees.......................1369, 1373

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  Right-to-Know initiative.........................................3081
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3063
  Test rules.....................................3061, 3067, 3076, 3078
  Toxic substances...........................................3054, 3065
  Toxic Substances Control Act.....................................3058
  Toxicity profiles................................................3051
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3053
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3091
    Chemical expansion.............................................3092
    Coal...........................................................3087
    Metal mining...................................................3089
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3093
    Reporting requirements...................................3088, 3089
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3086
  Use inventory rule...............................................3060
  Used in manufacture of controlled substances...............1363, 1376
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations............................................1554
  Schooling, health, and well-being................................1554
  Violation penalties..............................................1560
Child support:
  Payments to Indian tribes.........................................931
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                    932
  Safeguarding information..........................................928
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
           Day care
  Aliens:
    Battered children..............................................1380
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................158
  Children's Online Privacy Act....................................3926
  Indian child protection programs..................................789
  Medical child support.............................................871
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................801
  NIH training grants...............................................793
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1526
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products......................................................767
  SSA benefits.....................................................3493
  SSI student earned income exclusion..............................3559
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..........848, 862, 889, 897
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    High performance bonus..........................................935
  Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
      facilities....................................................722
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  See also Smoking
  Bond extension filing requirements...............................2315
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico........2289, 2315
  Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2313
  Importation of products, papers and tubes..................2292, 2317
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2311
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2312
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1489
  Employment authorization.........................................1485
  Judicial review of INS decisions.................................1436
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1474
  Self-declaration..................................................826
Civil rights:
  See also Equal educational opportunity
           Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................2785
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act.....................................3891
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................151
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.................................1605, 1687, 3228
    Air carriers...................................................1643
    Department of State............................................1662
    DOC.............................................................289
    DOD.............................................................554
    DOE.............................................................692
    DOI............................................................1036
    DOJ......................................................1356, 1358
    DOL............................................................1609
    DOT......................................................1707, 1710
    Federally assisted programs.......692, 1605, 1613, 2791, 3301, 3497
    FEMA...........................................................3202
    GSA..........................................3229, 3230, 3232, 3240
    HHS.............................................................715
    HIPAA........................................1584, 2556, 2557, 2558
    HUD.............................................................942
    Individuals with disabilities..........1359, 3227, 3423, 3426, 3497
    NARA...........................................................3284
    NASA...........................................................3275
    NCUA...........................................................3932
    NEA................................................3305, 3306, 3426
    NEH..........................................3306, 3310, 3311, 3426
    NRC............................................................3984
    NSF............................................................3318
    OFHEO..........................................................3320
    SBA............................................................3483
    SSA......................................................3496, 3497
    TVA............................................................3560
    USAID..........................................................2777
    VA.............................................................2742
  Older individuals.................................................936
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3426
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CNCS debt collection.............................................2792
  DoD authority...........................................558, 559, 560
  Federal Tort Claims Act procedures...............................2800
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3510
  FMS payments...............................................2237, 2244
  HHS administrative wage garnishment...............................731
  HUD administrative wage garnishment...............................938
  NRC debt collection........................................3977, 3986
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1528
  SBA debt collection..............................................3481
  Seized property..................................................1531
  SSA debt collection........................................3499, 3500
  SSI overpayments...........................................3545, 3558
  Veterans:
    Attorney fees..................................................2735
    Debt collection................................................2688
Classified information:
  Access............................................................562
  Government acquisitions..........................................3604
  OMB policies.....................................................3341
  Research involving human subjects............................647, 805
  Storage...........................................................563
  Uniform system for national security information..................708
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control

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Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1281
  Coal management:
    Noncompetitive leases..........................................1301
    Provisions and limitations.....................................1301
  Coalbed methane development......................................1315
  Combustion wastes..........................................3095, 3096
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3087
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Shore protection.................................................1792
  TVA shoreline management.........................................3561
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3198
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program.......................................25, 1127
    Corps of Engineers program......................................616
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................283
    Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3163
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1414
  Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act.................................1535
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................592
  DFARS modification................................................592
  DOT grants.......................................................1701
  Exemption from export licensing requirements.....................1676
  Grants administration.............................304, 566, 951, 3215
  Information reporting for qualified tuition expenses.............2477
  INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research.........1507
  Transfer of excess Federal property...............................288
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Agricultural commodities:
    Trade options..................................................3636
  Broker-dealers:
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 
                                                                   3625
    Uniform Application for Broker-Dealer Registration amendment 
                                                                   4071
  Commodity pool operator:
    Registration exemption.........................................4036
    Reporting requirements.........................................3635
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Performance disclosures........................................3630
  Conduct of CFTC members and employees............................3639
  Denomination of customer funds...................................3622
  Depository institutions..........................................3625
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities.....................3625
  Equity security definition.......................................4026
  Farm credit system institutions..................................3625
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3623
  Foreign futures and options contracts............................3631
  Foreign stock index contracts....................................3629
  Grading and certification of livestock..............................3
  Hybrid instrument regulation.....................................3624
  Location of depositories.........................................3622
  Security futures:
    Authority to modify product listing standards..................3626
    Cash settlement of contracts...................................3634
    Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency...............3627
    Dual registrants...............................................3633
    Dual trading...................................................3638
    Exemption from compliance with listing standards...............3637
    Listing standards and conditions...............................3640
    Margin requirements............................................3632
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3628
    Regulatory amendments..........................................4063
    Regulatory trading halts.......................................3634
    Reporting levels for large trader reports......................3641
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................3881
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management....................................1324, 1329
  Interstate quarantine of persons..................................725
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................3826
  Accounting and reporting requirements............................3712
  Auction authority................................................3812
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3710
  Biennial review..................................................3747
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................3782
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......3722
  Cable landing licenses...........................................3778
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........3736
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3803
  Commercial mobile radio services...............3800, 3804, 3819, 3821
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................3804
    Narrowband.....................................................3801
    Process........................................................3809
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3802
  Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.............3741
  Dedicated Short Range Communications.............................1932
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   3711
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3784
  Emergency Alert System...........................................3728
  Emergency Broadcast System.......................................3728
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................3791
  Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule...........3796
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.........................3706
  FCC's ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..................3752
  FM radio.........................................................3783
  Government transfer band.........................................3735
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3686
  Informal complaints..............................................3727
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3817
  International call-back service..................................3756
  International common carriers....................................3776
  Interstate special access services...............................3721
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3814
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................3822
  Mandatory reimbursement rules for relocation of Federal 
      spectrum......................................................529
  Maritime...................................................3798, 3816
  Millimeter wave spectrum allocation..............................3749
  Multiple address systems.........................................3808

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  Mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...............3750
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3792
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3692
  Private Land Mobile Services.....................................3827
  Public safety communications requirements........................3807
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................3824
  Radio market definitions.........................................3789
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3820
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................3745, 3823
  Redesignation of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..............................3777
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3763
  Regulatory fees..................................................3797
  RF lighting devices..............................................3733
  Satellite:
    Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz......................3731
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3758
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3689
    Dedicated Short Range Communications of Intelligent 
        Transportation Systems.....................................3732
    Digital audio radio service....................................3762
    Direct broadcast service.......................................3767
    Earth stations...............................3761, 3772, 3774, 3775
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3737, 3755, 3774, 3777
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3770
    Licensing reform...............................................3757
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3768
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3729, 3760, 3766
    Non-geostationary orbit........................................3755
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3765
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations...............................3764
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and 
        separate international satellite systems...................3769
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3687, 3688
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3763
    Tracking and data relay........................................3272
    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................3759
  Securities Act reform............................................4020
  Software defined radios..........................................3743
  Spectrum aggregation limits......................................3813
  Spectrum allocation..............................................3732
  Spread spectrum systems..........................................3738
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3815
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3818
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3818
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................3779
  Truthful statements to the FCC...................................3754
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................3781
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................3746
    Cable Act................................................3678, 3682
    Cable television rates.........................................3677
    Children's programming...................................3787, 3788
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3683
    Digital must carry requirements................................3685
    Digital television service...................3734, 3785, 3786, 3787
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3771
    Dual network rule..............................................3795
    Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming............3690
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3780
    Predicting broadcast television field strength.................3740
    Public interest information....................................3790
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................3825
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3687, 3688
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3811
    Video programming accessibility..........................3681, 3683
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3742
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3720
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3713
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3730
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3810
  Video teleconference technology..................................3537
  Wide area SMR licensing..........................................3799
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................3748
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................3744
    Medical Telemetry Service......................................3739
    Telecommunications carriers....................................3813
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3826
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................3727
  International....................................................3776
  Streamlining procedures for transfers of control.................3718
  Toll free service access codes...................................3695
Community action programs:
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............723
  Community transition program......................................698
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities.................253, 995
  Renewal communities...............................................995
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..........................................989
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing units.....................................993
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities.........996
    Revitalization strategy.........................................992
    Slum and blight prevention......................................989
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1000
  Environmental regulations.........................................120
  SBA:
    HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program........................3484
    Local economic development.....................................3455
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................224
  Air carriers.....................................................1713
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................1996
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1420
  Cable television companies.......................................3680
  Communications Act...................................3801, 3802, 3804
  DFARS anticompetitive teaming.....................................576
  Television marketplace.....................................3677, 3683
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems.................680
  Buy America requirement waiver...................................2154
  Contractor personnel in the procurement of information 
      technology services..........................................3613
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................352
  Electronic filing................................................2346
    Bonds, agreements, certificates, and cancellations.............1983
    DOT proceedings................................................1718
    FERC forms.....................................................3861
    Investment advisers............................................4048
  Electronic records.........................................3281, 3296
  Electronic submission:
    Documents................................................3877, 3979
    Income tax filing..............................................2442
    Labeling information............................................741
    Payee statements...............................................2561
    Trademark documents........................................538, 542
  Exports............................................327, 348, 349, 350
  Internet:
    Children's Online Privacy Act..................................3926

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    GOV domain.....................................................3238
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................310
  Small businesses:
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers...................3469
  Stored-value cards...............................................3894
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  DOT regulations..................................................2031
  EPA regulations..................................................2822
  NRC regulations..................................................3988
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................630
  DOE...............................................................704
  EPA..............................................................2804
  Ethical conduct......................................1721, 3314, 3337
  Ethics programs..................................................3331
  Exemptions.......................................................3335
  FDIC.............................................................3829
  Financial disclosure.............................................3330
  NCUA.............................................................3941
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3329
  Post-government employment.......................................3336
  Salary supplementation...........................................3338
  Standards of conduct.................................3333, 3424, 3427
Congressional elections:
  See Elections
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Confined spaces for construction.................................1615
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3139
  Electric power line worker safety................................1632
  Fall protection..................................................1617
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................1621
  Hoisting equipment safety........................................1637
  Noise abatement..................................................1947
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Baby bath seats............................................3653, 3664
  Baby walkers.....................................................3649
  Backyard play sets standard......................................3660
  Bicycle handlebars...............................................3645
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3680
  Candles and candle wicks containing lead.........................3656
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3654, 3655
  Crib safety standards............................................3650
  Disclosures................................................3919, 3925
  Financial information privacy....................................3921
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles..............................................3642
    Mattresses/bedding.......................................3658, 3662
    Upholstered furniture....................................3648, 3661
  Household goods transportation...................................1961
  Infant formula quality control....................................772
  Lead-based paint.................................................3074
  Lighters.........................................................3657
  Model rocket propellant devices............................3652, 3665
  Natural rubber latex.............................................3644
  Non-wood baseball bats...........................................3663
  Notices to passengers............................................1692
  Over-the-counter drugs............................................733
  Playground equipment made from chromated-copper-arsenate 
      treated wood.................................................3646
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................3643
  Portable bed rails...............................................3651
  Premerger notification...........................................3923
  Product registration cards for products intended for children 
                                                                   3647
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1256
  Leasing sulphur or oil and gas.................1263, 1265, 1274, 1276
  Minerals prospecting.............................................1267
  Safety zones around petroleum and gas production facilities......1775
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....................749
Cotton:
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton..........................44
  Futures contracts...................................................1
  Non-recourse loan and loan deficiency payment programs.............38
  User fees for crop cotton classification services...................9
Countervailing duties:
  Sunset reviews....................................................306
Courts:
  CSOSA:
    Acceptance of gifts............................................2798
    Use of agency seal.............................................2797
  Disclosure of records............................................2796
  FBI criminal justice information systems.........................1389
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule..............................2799
    DNA collection and use...................................1533, 2802
    Sex offender registration in the District of Columbia..........2801
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to subpoenas
                                                                   1003
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Credit unions
           Mortgages
           Banks, banking
  Capital treatment of recourse arrangements and direct credit 
      substitutes..................................................3843
  Debt collection:
    Corporate debt collection......................................3831
    Debt Collection Improvement Act................................3289
    DoD...................................................558, 559, 560
    FDIC...........................................................3831
    FEMA.....................................................3209, 3210
    HHS.............................................................731
    HUD.............................................................938
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2246
    NRC......................................................3977, 3986
    SBA............................................................3481
    SSA............................................................3499
    Treasury.................................................2245, 2249
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2250
  Equal credit opportunity...................................3891, 3892
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations......................3830, 3900
  Partners and partnerships........................................2603
  Unsecured credit limits..........................................3872
Credit unions:
  Advertising......................................................3935

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  Bank Secrecy Act compliance......................................3942
  Chartering.................................................3938, 3940
  Conflicts of interests...........................................3941
  Corporate credit unions..........................................3927
  Definitions......................................................3945
  Eligible obligations.............................................3941
  Employee benefits................................................3939
  Fair credit reporting............................................3929
  Indemnification of officials and employees.......................3946
  Insurance requirements.....................................3944, 3946
  Insurance requirements for branches outside the United States 
                                                                   3928
  Investment and deposit activities................................3930
  Loan interest rates..............................................3947
  Nondeposit investment sales......................................3931
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3932
  OMB control numbers..............................................3936
  Prompt corrective action.........................................3933
  Quarterly call reports...........................................3944
  Regulatory flexibility and exemption program.....................3943
  Reimbursements...................................................3946
  Share insurance rules............................................3934
  Technical amendments.............................................3945
  Truth in Savings rule............................................3937
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Access to criminal history records.............................1673
    Battered and abused spouses and children.......................1380
    Criminal convictions...........................................1384
    Custody procedures.............................................1503
    Expedited removal from jails...................................1517
    In-transit passengers..........................................1396
    Trafficking victims..........................1423, 1498, 1499, 1665
    Victims of crime...................................1433, 1498, 1665
  Arson reporting..................................................2286
  Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act.................................1535
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1541
  DNA collection and use.....................................1533, 2802
  Domestic violence................................................2284
  FBI criminal justice information systems.........................1389
  Federal Tort Claims Act procedures...............................2800
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1392
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule..............................2799
  Prostitution.....................................................1397
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1526
  Seized property..................................................1531
  Sex offender registration programs...................1391, 1535, 2801
  Sex offender release notification................................1339
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1468
  Victims of Crime Act.......................................1542, 2709
  Violence against women grant programs............................1543
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations..............................132, 133, 135
  Application for...................................................126
  Blueberries.......................................................129
  Civil penalties...................................................128
  Cotton.............................................................44
  Grains............................................................134
  Millet............................................................139
  Movement or assumption of policies................................127
  Nonstandard classification system.................................135
  Nursery crops.....................................................130
  Premiums..........................................................136
  Revisions.........................................................137
  Wheat.............................................................134
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure............................................1618
Cultural exchange programs:
  Annual reports...................................................1651
  Reinstatement of J-1 exchange visitors...........................1661
  Summer work/travel...............................................1660
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Administrative rulings...........................................2367
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2373
  Aircraft manifests...............................................2384
  Airport security area access.....................................2386
  Andean Trade Preference Act......................................2395
  Bond obligations.................................................2359
  Charge for reimbursable Customs inspectional services............2351
  Civil aircraft...................................................2370
  Civil asset forfeiture...........................................2392
  Conditional release period.......................................2359
  Counterfeited trademarks...................................2357, 2363
  Country of origin marking........................................2364
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2272
  Delinquent payment...............................................2348
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2381
  Drawback...................................................2385, 2394
  Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum........2376
  Electronic filing of entries of merchandise......................2346
  Fee and interest:
    Payment methods................................................2365
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program........................2374
  General order warehouses.........................................2368
  Harbor maintenance fees..............................2360, 2361, 2378
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2366
  In-transit mail shipment examination.............................2349
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2347
  Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused 
      merchandise drawback.........................................2372
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2362, 2397
  Overflight Program...............................................2374
  Ports of entry...................................................2390
  Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2353
  Reconciliation regulation........................................2345
  Refund of duties paid on select wool products....................2380
  Softwood lumber from Canada......................................2391
  Steel products...................................................2396
  Tariffs:
    Liquidation of entries.........................................2343
  Textile and apparel products:
    Rules of origin................................................2377
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2344
  User and navigation fees.........................................2371
  User fees........................................................2352
  Watches and jewelry...............................................309


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Dairy Indemnity Payment Program....................................72
  Inspection and grading of dairy plants.............................13
  Inspection and grading service for manufactured or processed 
      products........................................................5
  Recourse loans.....................................................55
  Transportation and storage........................................210
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Day care:
  VA facilities....................................................2750

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Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants................................................2320, 3842
  AID..............................................................2779
  CNCS.............................................................2794
  Department of State..............................................1680
  DOC...............................................................303
  DOD...............................................................572
  DOE...............................................................707
  DOI..............................................................1033
  DOJ..............................................................1540
  DOL..............................................................1612
  DOT........................................................1719, 1720
  ED................................................................646
  EPA..............................................................2813
  FEMA.............................................................3216
  FMCS.............................................................3226
  GSA..............................................................3256
  HHS...............................................................718
  HUD...............................................................939
  IMLS.............................................................3304
  NARA.............................................................3295
  NASA.............................................................3276
  NEA..............................................................3308
  NEH..............................................................3316
  OPM..............................................................3412
  Peace Corps......................................................3431
  SBA..............................................................3488
  Social Security Administration...................................3548
  Treasury.........................................................2226
  USDA..............................................................250
  VA...............................................................2747
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information
Deepwater ports:
  See Harbors
Defense:
  See National defense
Defense acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
Delinquency:
  See Juvenile delinquency
Dental schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
  See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
  See Bank deposit insurance
Desegregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice...............................740
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................749
Disability benefits:
  Compensation for veteran's loss of breast........................2760
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act............................883
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..................................3218
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................612
  Crop disaster assistance.......................................21, 31
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3216
  Definition of terms..............................................3220
  Drug-free workplace requirement..................................3216
  Farmers:
    Acreage determination for skip-row cotton........................44
    Disaster set-aside program...................................45, 61
    Primary loan servicing...........................................45
  Floods...........................................................3204
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................618
    National Flood Insurance Program.......3213, 3217, 3221, 3222, 3224
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................3206
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................3223
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act............................................3205, 3219, 3220
  Livestock Indemnity Programs.......................................67
  Market loss assistance.............................................31
  Military personnel support........................................622
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................3211
  Nondiscrimination................................................3202
  Public Assistance Program........................................3218
  SBA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program.........................3480
  Small business loan program................................3490, 3491
  Unemployment assistance..........................................1567
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.........................................1822, 1873
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1341
  Drug-free workplace requirements......572, 646, 707, 718, 1033, 1612, 
           1680, 1719, 2747, 2779, 2794, 3216, 3226, 3256, 3276, 3295, 
                                           3309, 3317, 3431, 3488, 3548
  Substance abuse emergency response criteria.......................724
  Treatment programs...............................................1341
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1325
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................1826
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1344
  Following marine incidents.......................................1733
  Motor carrier post-accident tests................................1988
  Railroad employees...............................................2133

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    Foreign-based crews............................................2138
    Post-accident blood testing procedures.........................2146
  Transportation personnel.........................................1694
Drug traffic control:
  Air traffic security control.....................................1906
  Chemical import/export declarations..............................1378
  Chemical registration waivers....................................1369
  Controlled substances:
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1370
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1365
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1366
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use................................................1364
    Gamma butyrolactone......................................1360, 1374
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid...1361, 1376
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1368
    Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.......................1375
  Diversion control fee account....................................1372
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1371
  FAA regulations..................................................1890
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1367
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications.................................732
  Adverse drug reaction reports.....................................736
  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk packages
                                                                    746
  Animal drug products used in food-producing animals...............743
  Bar code label requirements.......................................751
  Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act.............................771
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................732
  Bulk drug substances..............................................748
  Central fill pharmacies..........................................1377
  Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances...........1363
  Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act........................1379
  Conditions for marketing digoxin products for oral use............768
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances....................................................766
  Exports...........................................................326
  Habit-forming drugs...............................................779
  Informed consent regulations.................................750, 755
  Institutional review boards.......................................745
  Investigational new drugs.........................................735
  Labeling..........................................................751
  Manufacturing changes.............................................760
  New drug applications.............................................738
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1362
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1373
  Registration of foreign establishments and product listing........778
  Registration of producers.........................................734
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................767
  Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.........................1375


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......297, 300, 301, 302
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.....................1414
  Administrative regulations........................................648
  Debarment and suspension regulation...............................646
  Direct grant programs.............................................648
  Direct Loan Program...............................................653
  Drug-free workplace requirement...................................646
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization............649
  Federal Family Education Loan Program.............................653
  Federal Perkins Loan Program......................................652
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1348
  Health education revisions........................................721
  Inmate occupational educational programs.........................1343
  National Security Education Program...............................561
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers...............802
  NIH scholarships..................................................790
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs...........2814, 3300
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1330
  Student assistance general provisions.............................651
  Student Visitor Information System...............................1437
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3231
  Veterans:
    Educational Assistance test program............................2722
    Flight training................................................2756
    Licensing and certification....................................2676
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..............2677, 2680, 2726, 2767
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2677, 2765
    Survivors and dependents.................................2726, 2766
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2672
Education of disadvantaged:
  Head Start program:
    Facilities construction and renovation..........................930
    Family care as an option........................................933
    Performance standards...........................................927
    Regulations.....................................................934
  Improving academic achievement....................................650
Educational facilities:
  Grants administration............................................2775
  Transfer of excess Federal property...............................288
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection.........................................647
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading fees.......................................................16
  Import restrictions................................................79
  Inspection regulations.......................................195, 219
  Salmonella enteritidis........................................79, 744
  Transportation and storage........................................210
Elderly:
  See Aged
Electric power:
  See also Electric power plants
           Electric utilities
  Bonneville Power Administration:
    Generation Imbalance Service rate...............................688
    New large single load policy....................................699
  Permits and reports...............................................689
  Worker safety....................................................1632
Electric power plants:
  Electronic filing of FERC forms............................3853, 3861
Electric utilities:
  Accounting and reporting requirements............................3856

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  Electronic filing of documents...................................3860
  Filing requirements..............................................3858
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures...............3857
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1234
  Market design and structure......................................3859
  Mergers and consolidations of borrowers...........................274
  National Forest System............................................225
  RUS standard contract forms.......................................265
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3851
  Steam generating unit MACT regulation............................2993
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic benefit transfer systems...............................169
  Federal agency disbursements...............................2239, 2816
  FRS Regulation E revision........................................3894
  GSAR regulation..................................................3248
Elementary and secondary education:
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization............649
Emergency mobilization:
  See Civil defense
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Cafeteria plans............................................2566, 2629
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1578
  Electronic disclosure............................................1589
  Family and medical leave.........................................2629
  Plan documents.......................................1586, 1587, 1588
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1582
  Stock option programs............................................1553
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................1590
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Government employees
           Equal employment opportunity
  Aliens.......................1398, 1440, 1446, 1452, 1467, 1513, 1557
    Authorization documents........................................1429
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1485
    Eligibility verification...........................1476, 1515, 1561
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1405
    Labor certification process....................................1566
    Labor condition applications...................................1570
  Community transition program......................................698
  Definitions for salary basis.....................................1549
  Domestic services................................................1559
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1550
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1000
  Senior Community Service Employment program......................1563
  Verification of employment.................................1398, 1452
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1564
  Work provisions of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
      Reconciliation Act............................................167
  Workforce investment systems.....................................1608
Employment taxes:
  Unemployment repayment...........................................2590
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  American crocodile...............................................1107
  Appalachian elktoe...............................................1143
  Argali sheep.....................................................1155
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................617
  Ash Meadows Amargusa pupfish removal.............................1180
  Ash Meadows sunray removal.......................................1180
  Australian parakeets.............................................1090
  Basking shark....................................................1147
  Beluga sturgeon..................................................1091
  Big Cypress fox squirrel.........................................1200
  Black-footed ferrets.............................................1181
  Blackburn sphinx moth......................................1061, 1086
  Boulder darter...................................................1067
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1056
  Buena Vista Lake shrew...........................................1194
  Bull trout.................................................1116, 1173
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl.....................................1113
  Canadian lynx....................................................1048
  Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances................1085
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1125
  Carolina heelsplitter............................................1066
  Carson's wandering skipper.......................................1163
  Cave-dwelling invertebrate species...............................1112
  Chiricahua leopard frog..........................................1124
  CITES decisions......................................1078, 1118, 1130
  Coastal cutthroat trout..........................................1126
  Coho salmon.......................................................485
  Columbia white-tailed deer.......................................1049
  Conservation activities.....................................471, 1128
  Conservation permits.............................................1129
  Critical habitat......1055, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 
           1066, 1088, 1095, 1097, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1116, 1136, 1137, 
           1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1161, 1165, 1178, 1190, 
                                                 1197, 1198, 1199, 1201
  Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1203
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1183
  Dusky gopher frog................................................1193
  Duskytail darter.................................................1133
  Eagles...........................................................1122
    Incidental taking..............................................1077
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1229
  Fairy shrimp.....................................................1098
  Flat-tailed horned lizard........................................1115
  Gila chub........................................................1055
  Gila trout.......................................................1072
  Gray bat.........................................................1106
  Gray wolf........................................................1121
  Green iguana.....................................................1039
  Grizzly bears....................................................1156
  Guam bridled white-eye...........................................1097
  Guam broadbill...................................................1097
  Guam broadbill removal...........................................1145
  Guam Micronesian kingfisher......................................1097
  Gulf sturgeon....................................................1095
  Harbor porpoise removal...........................................512
  Island fox.......................................................1188
  Kauai cave amphipod..............................................1061
  Kauai cave wolf spider...........................................1061
  Koster's tyronia.................................................1161
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1046
  Little Mariana fruit bat.........................................1097
  Mariana crow.....................................................1097
  Mariana fruit bat..........................................1097, 1182
  Mariana mallard removal..........................................1145
  Miami Blue butterfly.............................................1177
  Missouri bladder-pod.............................................1073
  Mountain plover..................................................1110
  Mountain yellow-legged frog......................................1131
  Newcomb's snail............................................1061, 1087
  Noel's amphipod..................................................1161
  Nonessential experimental populations................1067, 1156, 1181
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment......................................................1109
  Oahu elepaio.....................................................1197
  Pecos assiminea..................................................1161
  Permit exemptions.................................................435
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1175
  Piping plover....................................................1088
  Plants:
    Ash Meadows gumplant removal...................................1180
    Baker's larkspur...............................................1060
    Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1154
    Californian plants.............................................1098
    Carbonate plants in California.................................1165

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    Chorizanthe robusta var. hartwegii.............................1150
    Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta...............................1151
    CITES listings...........................................1154, 1159
    Coastal California plants......................................1139
    Cook's lomatium................................................1167
    Critical habitat.......................1076, 1094, 1096, 1150, 1151
    Desert yellowhead..............................................1206
    Gaviota tarplant...............................................1139
    Golden Sedge...................................................1191
    Hawaiian Island plants.........................................1062
    Hoover's Wooly-Star delisting..................................1134
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1071
    Kahoolawe Island plants........................................1076
    Kauai Island plants............................................1136
    Kneeland Prairie Pennycress....................................1140
    LaGracosa thistle..............................................1139
    Lanai Island plants............................................1065
    Large-flowered woolly meadowfoam...............................1167
    Lompac Yerba Santa.............................................1139
    Mariana Island plants..........................................1174
    Maui Island plants.............................................1076
    Maui/NUI Complex plants..................................1063, 1065
    Molokai Island plants..........................................1063
    Monterey spineflower...........................................1142
    Nesogenes rotensis.............................................1174
    Niihau Island plants...........................................1136
    Northwest Islands of Hawaii....................................1064
    Oahu, Hawaii plants............................................1096
    Osmoxylon mariannense..........................................1174
    Otay Tarplant..................................................1141
    Papery whitlow-wort removal....................................1069
    Polygonum hickmanii......................................1149, 1150
    Purple amole...................................................1138
    Ramin..........................................................1159
    Robin's cinquefoil.............................................1146
    Rock gnome lichen..............................................1201
    San Diego ambrosia.............................................1132
    Santa Cruz tarplant............................................1137
    Scutellaria montana............................................1196
    Slickspot peppergrass..........................................1114
    Spanish cedar..................................................1154
    Spring Loving centuary removal.................................1180
    Tabernaemontana rotensis.......................................1174
    Territory of Guam plants.......................................1174
    Truckee barberry delisting.....................................1068
    Ventura Marsh milkvetch........................................1094
    Wireweed.......................................................1202
    Yellow larkspur................................................1060
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse...............................1111, 1123
  Prudency determination...............................1066, 1143, 1201
  Pygmy rabbit.....................................................1162
  Quino Checkerspot butterfly......................................1198
  Rio Grande silvery minnow........................................1083
  Roswell springsnail..............................................1161
  Rota bridled white-eye...........................................1187
  Sacramento Mountain Checkerspot butterfly........................1179
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1148
  Safe harbor agreements...........................................1085
  Salmon............................................................524
  San Bernardino kangaroo rat......................................1199
  San Marcos gambusia removal......................................1070
  Scaleshelled mussel..............................................1178
  Schaus swallowtail butterfly.....................................1108
  Smoky madtom.....................................................1133
  Southwestern willow flycatcher...................................1190
  Spotfin chub...............................................1067, 1133
  Stag beetle......................................................1147
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1053
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1051
  Tidewater Goby...................................................1172
  Tinian monarch flycatcher........................................1186
  Topeka shiner....................................................1093
  Transferring permits..............................................468
  Tumbling Creek cavesnail.........................................1164
  Turtle species...................................................1130
  Vermilion darter.................................................1195
  Vicuna...........................................................1119
  West Indian manatee..............................................1079
  Yellowfin madtom.................................................1133
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Geothermal energy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition regulations...........................................705
  Alternative fuels......................................656, 670, 2912
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................711
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................710
  DEAR amendments:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................709
    Patent rights...................................................706
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............704
    Recycled products...............................................703
    Rewrite continuation............................................702
  Debarment and suspension..........................................707
  Demand side management............................................275
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................707
  Electronic service of FERC documents.......................3852, 3853
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......694, 
                                                         727, 728, 1556
  Fees schedule for use of government lands........................3866
  FERC reporting requirements......................................3861
  Filing fees......................................................3865
  Financial assistance:
    For-profit organizations........................................700
  Freedom of Information Act........................................685
  Generation Imbalance Service rate.................................688
  Nondiscrimination.................................................692
  Off-the-record FERC communications...............................3862
  Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................684
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....466, 
                                                                   1144
  Privacy Act regulations...........................................697
  Public availability of infrastructure information................3854
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active uranium and thorium 
      processing sites..............................................693
  Renewable energy systems..........................................275
  Research misconduct...............................................687
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............467
  Uranium mill sites................................................695
  Weatherization Assistance Program.................................678
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Efficiency standards:
    Appliances......................................................655
    Central air conditioners........................................664
    Clothes dryers..................................................673
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................658
    Direct heating equipment........................................674
    Dishwashers.....................................................673
    Electric distribution transformers..............................657
    Electric motors............................................675, 679
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................676
    Furnaces and boilers............................................655
    Heat pumps.................................................658, 664
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................671
    Pool heaters....................................................674
  Federal buildings.................................................669

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  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................663
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners........................................662
    Commercial package boilers......................................668
    Dishwashers................................................660, 677
    Heat pumps......................................................662
    Refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers.........................661
  Testing requirements:
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................667
    Commercial heating equipment....................................666
    Commercial water heaters........................................665
    Electric motors, small..........................................672
    Electronic distribution transformers............................659
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................671
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2412
Environmental impact statements:
  Antarctic impact assessment......................................2825
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................1545
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:
    Recovered materials standards...................................604
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................2825
  Army environmental actions........................................609
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3135
  Chemicals......................................3060, 3063, 3067, 3076
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................2805
  Coal combustion wastes.....................................3095, 3096
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3198
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.........................613
  Confidential business information................................2822
  Consumer confidence report rule..................................3190
  Contracting by negotiation.......................................2818
  Cooling water intake structures impact.....................3146, 3176
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3134
  Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3125
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule..........2823
  Delegations of authority.........................................2827
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3137
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3053
  Drinking water regulations.................................3184, 3197
  Effluent guidelines......................3140, 3141, 3165, 3166, 3167
  EPA acquisition regulations......................................2813
  Federal water resource development................................611
  Fellowship grant regulation......................................2819
  Forest Service special uses program..........................231, 246
  Freedom of information...........................................2815
  HUD responsibilities..............................................941
  Indian gaming facilities.........................................3951
  National Environmental Achievement Track Program.................2811
  National Environmental Policy Act...............619, 2807, 3277, 3962
  National Forest System.......................................237, 243
  New Jersey Gold Track program....................................2812
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................3974
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3115
  Overburden definition............................................3083
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................2810
  Pesticides.........................2808, 3030, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3038, 3045, 3048
  Protocol on Environmental Protection.............................2825
  Public Involvement Policy........................................2820
  Public notification rule.........................................3190
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................2972
  Radon............................................................3987
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3100
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................570
  Rural economic development........................................120
  Rural Utilities Service...........................................267
  Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan........................1805
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3055
  Solid waste......................................................3110
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program Regulations.....................3150
  Toxic Substances Control Act.....................................3058
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3091
    Chemical expansion.............................................3092
    Coal...........................................................3087
    Metal mining...................................................3089
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3093
    Reporting requirements...................................3088, 3089
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3086
  Transit projects...........................................1940, 2150
Equal access to justice:
  HHS...............................................................730
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.............................................................3199
  Broadcast outreach...............................................3791
  Complaint processing.............................................3201
  Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3199
    Delegation of authority........................................2772
  Government employees.............................................3201
  Individuals with disabilities....................................3201
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1552
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................1608
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Charitable deductions............................................2448
  Qualified family-owned business interests........................2405
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:
  Air carriers.....................................................2646
  Alcohol..........................................................2275
  Diesel fuel......................................................2426
  Excess benefit transactions......................................2640
  Foreign insurers or reinsurers...................................2572
  Tobacco products manufactured in Canada..........................2316
  Transportation of persons and property by air....................2404
  Wine.............................................................2276
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous substances
           Hazardous materials transportation
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................2286
  Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems..............314
  Fireworks........................................................2267
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................1750
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........2268
  Military munitions................................................571
Exports:
  Administration regulations....315, 316, 319, 320, 321, 326, 328, 329, 
                            330, 333, 334, 336, 338, 339, 340, 351, 359
  Afghanistan.......................................................328
  Agricultural commodities..........................................224

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    Cargo preference regulations...................................2211
    Emerging markets program........................................220
    Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act...............326
  Alligators, live.................................................1074
  Arms-related items................................................328
  Australia Group Chemical and Biological Weapons 
      Nonproliferation Control Regime..........................342, 360
  Automated export system...........................................297
  Caviar...........................................................1078
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................223
  Chemical Weapons Convention.............................311, 325, 342
  Chemical-related report requirements.............................1378
  Chemicals........................................................3078
  Commerce Control List..........297, 322, 331, 332, 335, 345, 360, 361
  Communication intercepting devices................................345
  Computer technology.....................................327, 349, 350
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1364
  Country group revisions...........................................313
  Crude oil.........................................................353
  Cuba..............................................................323
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................352
  Defense equipment requirements...................................1653
  Denied persons list...............................................339
  Designated persons................................................340
  Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1203
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2293
  Electricity.......................................................689
  Encryption items.............................................341, 356
  Entity list.............................................355, 359, 362
  Explosive detection systems.......................................314
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia..............................338, 1681
  Harbor maintenance fees..........................................2378
  High-performance computers........................................348
  Humanitarian donations............................................346
  India........................................................348, 362
  International Traffic in Arms:
    Amendments.....................................................1653
  Investigational new drugs.........................................735
  Iraq..............................................................316
  Liberia...........................................................328
  Libya.............................................................323
  License exceptions.......................318, 323, 327, 337, 346, 358
  Licensing................................312, 320, 330, 331, 357, 362
  Livestock.........................................................104
  Medical devices...................................................326
  Medicines.........................................................326
  Microprocessors...................................................358
  Missile technology controls...................319, 329, 332, 336, 357
  National Forest System timber.....................................232
  National security controls........................................335
  No license required provisions....................................330
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................318
  North Korea.......................................................317
  Nuclear equipment and materials...................................348
  Nuclear nonproliferation controls.................................333
  OETCA regulations update..........................................308
  Offsets in military exports.......................................354
  Pakistan.....................................................348, 362
  Reexports...............................................314, 318, 357
  Replacement licenses..............................................320
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements................351, 361, 777
  Russian entities..................................................359
  Serbia............................................................323
  Shipper's export declaration............................300, 301, 302
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................310
  Space qualified items.............................................331
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................324
  Sudan.............................................................315
  Tajikistan.......................................................1681
  Terrorist-supporting countries....................................313
  Timber from western states........................................344
  United Nations....................................................318
  United States munitions list......................................297
  Universities' exemption from licensing requirements..............1676
  Veterinary user fees...............................................78
  Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items............327, 341, 361
  Wildlife.........................................................1050
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of state and local enforcement 
      agencies......................................................998
  Civil penalties for violations....................................948
  Compliance requirements......................................113, 255
    ANSI standards..................................................997
  Sexual harassment standards.......................................999
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..............949, 1359, 2782
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2780
  Classified information storage....................................563
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................570
  Energy performance standards......................................669
  GSA regulations..................................................3254
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................2872
  Military range assessment.........................................571
  NARA facilities addresses and hours..............................3283
  Presidential library facilities..................................3290
  Telecommunications management....................................3233
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................3874
  Board of Directors meetings......................................3875
  Leverage limit...................................................3867
  Multiple bank memberships........................................3870
  Privacy Act regulation...........................................3868
  Regulatory reorganization........................................3873
  Rules of practice and procedures.................................3871
  Securities offerings.............................................3869
  Unsecured credit limits..........................................3872
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Consumer leasing.................................................3899
  Consumer regulations review................................3892, 3899
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................3894
  Equal credit opportunity...................................3891, 3892
  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.....................................3893
  Margin regulations review........................................3887
  State banks.....3884, 3885, 3886, 3895, 3896, 3897, 3898, 3907, 3908, 
                                                       3909, 3910, 3911
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................98
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships

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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.....................................1900
    Fuel tank vent protection......................................1887
    Fuel tanks and lines...........................................1889
  Electrical standards.............................................1642
  Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standard...............988
  Nuclear power plants.............................................3965
  Requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and 
      long-term care facilities.....................................840
  Shipyard standards...............................................1631
  Underground coal mines.....................................1601, 1603
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Grant program....................................................3203
  Payment regulations..............................................3420
  Retirement.......................................................3410
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Diseases:
    Infectious salmon anemia.........................................94
  Endangered and threatened........................485, 524, 1126, 1133
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1046
  National Organic Program............................................7
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1040
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......466
  Restoration programs.............................................1045
  Trip limits.......................................................373
Fisheries:
  Alaska............................................................446
  Alaska groundfish.................................................502
  American Fisheries Act............................................496
  Atlantic mackerel.................................................505
  Atlantic Ocean...........................399, 413, 453, 490, 501, 507
  Atlantic surf clams...............................................506
  Atlantic tunas...............................................398, 510
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1075
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands........................373, 444, 449, 495
  Black sea bass...............................................400, 504
  Bluefin tuna.................................................398, 431
  Bottomfish........................................................368
  Butterfish........................................................505
  Capacity reduction program........................................478
  Coastal sharks....................................................519
  Conservation efforts..............................................471
  Corals and coral reefs............................................442
  Crab community development quota reserves.........................445
  Critical habitat..................................................434
  Crustacean........................................................370
  Demersal shelf rockfish...........................................426
  Eastern Tropical Pacific..........................................521
  Exclusive Economic Zones..........................................476
  Groundfish....................................368, 423, 444, 446, 447
  Gulf of Alaska..........................................426, 444, 495
  Halibut...........................................................373
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................461, 509
  Highly migratory species......398, 399, 413, 431, 453, 465, 501, 510, 
                                                                    519
  Incidental take regulations........................398, 437, 516, 525
  Incidental taking of seabirds.....................................452
  License Limitation Program........................................446
  Lobster...........................................................406
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.......................436, 470, 521, 523
  North Pacific.....................................................423
  Northern California steelhead.....................................434
  Ocean quahogs.....................................................506
  Pacific coast.....................................................462
  Pelagics................................................365, 388, 509
  Pollock......................................................449, 495
  Puerto Rico..................................................364, 415
  Purse seine.......................................................498
  Recordkeeping and reporting requirements..........................497
  Red crab..........................................................507
  Reef fish.........................................................364
  Sablefish....................................................408, 409
  Scallop...........................................................500
  Scientific research...............................................399
  Scup.........................................................400, 504
  Sea bird conservation.............................................509
  Sea turtle conservation.......388, 413, 438, 473, 474, 476, 483, 484, 
                                                          509, 522, 526
  Shark.............................................................508
  Shrimp............................................................474
  Squid.............................................................505
  Steller sea lion conservation................................502, 518
  Summer flounder.........................................400, 473, 504
  Tilefish..........................................................490
  Transferring permits..............................................468
  U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................364, 415
  Western Pacific region..................................370, 388, 509
  Whiting...........................................................462
  Yellowfin tuna....................................................521
Fishery management plans:
  Administrative:
    Essential fish habitats.........................................491
    Fishery Management Councils.....................................492
    Redefinition of terms...........................................491
  Alaska............................................................494
  American Lobster.............................................406, 454
  Atlantic..........................................................397
    South Atlantic.............................................382, 451
  Atlantic billfish.................................................448
  Atlantic bluefish.................................................458
  Atlantic herring........................................480, 514, 515
  Atlantic mackeral............................................405, 421
  Atlantic sea scallop..............................................386
  Atlantic surf clam................................................419
  Beluga whales.....................................................475
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands........................379, 407, 424, 425
  Black sea bass.....................................385, 457, 482, 517
  Bottomfish fisheries...............................381, 416, 417, 418
  Butterfish..............................................390, 405, 421
  Calico scallop....................................................371
  Capacity reduction program........................................407
  Caribbean....................................................372, 397
  Catch Sharing Plan................................................460
  Co-op leasing.....................................................425
  Coastal migratory pelagics........................................414
  Coastal Pelagic Species...........................................430
  Community Development Quotas.................................374, 424
  Coral reef ecosystem..............................................380
  Crab.........................................................374, 407
  Crustaceans.............................................390, 417, 418
  Deep-sea red crab.................................................387
  Dolphin...........................................................397
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)...............................406, 454
  Golden crab fishery...............................................451
  Golden tilefish...................................................402
  Groundfish....................................379, 425, 428, 459, 499
  Gulf of Alaska...............................................379, 428
  Gulf of Mexico......375, 382, 383, 384, 391, 395, 396, 397, 401, 429, 
                                                                    450
  Halibut...........................................................460

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  Hawaiian Islands........................................368, 394, 418
  Highly migratory species...........................378, 411, 443, 448
  King crabs...................................................407, 428
  Monkfish..........................................................404
  North Atlantic right whales.......................................469
  Northeast multispecies.............................412, 459, 479, 481
  Northeast skate...................................................393
  Ocean quahog......................................................419
  Offshore hake.....................................................511
  Pacific Coast.................................411, 456, 460, 463, 499
  Pacific mackerel..................................................455
  Pacific sardine..............................................464, 503
  Pelagics.................................390, 396, 414, 417, 418, 452
  Pollack...........................................................425
  Precious coral fisheries..........................................394
  Queen conch.......................................................415
  Red crab..........................................................387
  Red hake..........................................................511
  Red snapper.......................................................401
  Reef fish...............................................383, 396, 401
  Salmon............................................................456
    Overfishing definition..........................................494
  Sargassum.........................................................392
  Scup...............................................385, 457, 482, 517
  Sea scallop.......................................................386
  Seasonal Area Management program..................................469
  Sharks............................................................389
  Shrimp........................................375, 391, 395, 410, 429
  Small-mesh multispecies...........................................511
  Snapper grouper...................................................402
  Snowy grouper.....................................................402
  South Atlantic................................371, 392, 396, 402, 410
  Spiny dogfish................................................403, 420
  Spiny lobster.....................................................382
  Squid........................................................405, 421
  Stone crab........................................................384
  Summer flounder....................................385, 457, 482, 517
  Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments....................390, 417, 418
  Tanner crabs.................................................407, 428
  Tuna..............................................................463
  Wahoo.............................................................397
  Western Pacific.....................365, 380, 381, 416, 442, 452, 513
  Whiting...........................................................511
Fishing:
  Alaska............................................................376
  Antarctic marine living resources.................................427
  Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.....................523, 525
  Bycatch reduction measures...................................376, 391
  Closure of mid-Atlantic areas to scallop fishing..................500
  Compensatory fishing..............................................369
  Conservation programs...................................368, 478, 491
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................399
  Fixed gear........................................................408
  Gear requirements.................................................501
  Gillnets..........................................................476
  Longline................................................413, 461, 509
  National Wildlife Refuges........................................1102
  Permit requirements and exemptions................................366
  Pound net leaders.................................................438
  Quotas:
    Bigeye tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean........................498
    Coastal sharks..................................................519
    Halibut.........................................................444
    Purse seine fisheries...........................................498
    Sablefish.......................................................444
    Swordfish.......................................................453
    Yellowfin tuna..................................................498
  Recreational measures.............................................400
  Recreational-for-hire.............................................396
  Set net gear prohibition..........................................447
  Setnet landings...................................................409
  Shark Finning Prohibition Act.....................................508
  Shrimp trawlers...................................................526
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................422
  Subsistence fishing on Federal lands...........1104, 1160, 1166, 1204
Fishing vessels:
  American Samoa boundaries.........................................493
  Charter boats.....................................................441
  Compensatory fishing..............................................369
  Documenting U.S.-flag vessels of 100 feet or greater in length 
                                                                   2212
  Fishery endorsements for U.S.-flag vessels.......................2214
  Limited entry permits.............................................366
  North Pacific Observer Program....................................377
  Observer data transmission........................................423
  Observer policy...................................................367
  Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan.....................486
  Pelagic longline..................................................501
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................422
  Vessel Monitoring System.....................................422, 427
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards.....................................3642, 3662
  Upholstered furniture......................................3648, 3661
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................618
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................612
Flood insurance:
  Contracts........................................................3204
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Coverage and rates.......................................3213, 3224
    Flood Insurance Rate Maps......................................3222
    Future conditions information..................................3222
    Inspection of insured structures by communities................3217
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................114
    Public entity insurers.........................................3221
  OFHEO requirements...............................................3326
Flood plains:
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................283
    Wetlands Reserve Program.........................................25
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  Meat and poultry products.........................................205
  Notification system...............................................764
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care..............................................165
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................158
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............168
    Strengthening program integrity.................................170
    Technical amendments............................................174
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................152
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................171
  Eligibility.......................................................160
  Indian reservations.....................................156, 180, 181
  Older individuals.................................................936
  Plain language rewrite....175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184
  Special Milk Program for Children.................................176
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................187
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................173
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers Market Nutrition Program................................186
    Food delivery systems......................................149, 163
    Food package revisions..........................................154
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food labeling:
  Beef or pork with barbeque sauce..................................202
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................209

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  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................196
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products.......................213
  Nutrient content claims...........................................214
  Sausage casings, natural or regenerated collagen..................217
  Single-ingredient products........................................213
  Standardized terms................................................209
  Trans fatty acids.................................................761
Food stamps:
  Access for persons with limited English proficiency...............155
  Administrative review process.....................................162
  Civil rights data collections.....................................151
  Computer matching.................................................150
  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................159, 166, 169
  Employment and training...........................................167
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting.....................164
  Payment adjustments...............................................153
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                    167
  Regulation simplification.........................................161
  Reporting provisions..............................................164
  Resource eligibility standards....................................157
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........166
  State flexibility.................................................161
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
           Vegetables
  Bioengineered:
    Premarket notice................................................776
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act..........................713
  Food safety rulemaking............................................199
  HACCP programs....................................................197
  Imported..........................................................765
  Infant formula quality control....................................772
  Inspection regulations............................................219
  Institutional review boards.......................................745
  Modernization of standards........................................198
  Pesticide residues...............................................3043
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................749
  Sharing recall information with State and Federal agencies........207
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2192
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................2951
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2243
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..............................................222
  Countries eligible for USAID financing...........................2778
  Foreign shell banks..............................................2220
  International accounting standards...............................4081
  International call-back service..................................3756
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)....3063, 
                                                                   3114
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
           Customs duties and inspection
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2373
  Banking affiliate transactions with foreign parent................293
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber..........................................2389, 2391
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program...............................2375
  DOC employee responsibilities and conduct.........................290
  Earnings and profits.............................................2597
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2350
  FCC mutual recognition agreement for product approvals...........3750
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................551
  Filing of informational materials................................1529
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes......297, 300, 301, 302
  Futures and options contracts....................................3631
  Insurance transactions............................................296
  Investment in the U.S........................................292, 294
  Multijurisdictional Disclosure System............................4016
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................3882
  Selected services transactions with unaffiliated foreign 
      persons..................................................291, 295
  Stock index contracts............................................3629
  Stock transfer rules.............................................2614
  Textile and apparel products.....................................2377
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.........601, 2375
  Watches and jewelry...............................................309
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................234
  Forestry Incentive Program........................................287
  Imported wood packing materials....................................75
  Indian allotments.................................................242
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................226
  Small business size standards....................................3474
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2389, 2391
  Special products..................................................234
  Special uses authorizations..................................231, 246
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................243
    Contracts.......................................................228
    Export controls.................................................344
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................230
    Surplus species.................................................227
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico....................................86
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Debarment of health care providers...............................3406
  Microcap securities market.......................................4066
  Odometer fraud...................................................1995
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................3920
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................3960
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3084
  CSOSA............................................................2796
  DOD...............................................................566
  DOE...............................................................685
  DOI..............................................................1035
  DOJ........................................................1323, 1514

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  DOL........................................................1548, 1611
  Electronic communication.........................................1548
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act..........1514, 3207, 3303, 3477
  EPA..............................................................2815
  FEMA.............................................................3207
  FMCS.............................................................3225
  Foreign Agricultural Service......................................222
  HUD..............................................................1002
  INS..............................................................1514
  NARA.............................................................3294
  Peace Corps......................................................3428
  Public information..........................................305, 3988
  RRB..............................................................3444
  SBA..............................................................3477
  Veterans Affairs.................................................2743
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims.............................................39
  DOD carriers......................................................610
  Freight forwarding industry......................................1984
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators..............................................1899
Fruits:
  Apple market loss payment program..................................51
  California Prune/Plum (Tree Removal) Diversion Program.............17
  Dried fruit wines................................................2259
  Hass avocados.................................................14, 110
  Import restrictions...............................................101
  Imported clementines from Spain....................................83
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment................................85
  Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order...................10
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................103
  Plum pox compensation..............................................89
  Unshu oranges importation.........................................109
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel:
  Air pollution control..........................2897, 2898, 2953, 2958
  Date for receipt of summer grade reformulated gasoline at 
      terminals....................................................3023
  Diesel fuel definition...........................................2426
  Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel.......................2900
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards................2998
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................2886
  Reformulated gasoline......................................2898, 2958
  Summer gasoline volatility standard..............................3024
  Tier 2/gasoline sulfur regulations...............................2946
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives...............................2991
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................2873, 3194
  Oxygenated.......................................................3050
Fuel economy:
  Fuel economy credits.......................................2072, 2093
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles.................2052, 2119, 2981
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................3917


                                   G

Gambling:
  Classification...................................................3950
  NIGC definitions.................................................3948
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......................................1315
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........76
  Brucellosis indemnity..............................................97
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Commercial items...................................3566, 3589, 3620
    Cost-reimbursement contracts for services......................3591
    DEAR amendments.................................................709
    DOL............................................................1610
    Electronic listing of acquisition vehicles for use by more 
        than one agency............................................3564
    Financing payments.............................................3563
    Nondisplacement of qualified workers...........................3614
    Payments under fixed-price construction contracts..............3595
    Progress payment requests under indefinite-delivery contracts
                                                                   3596
    USAID..............................................2773, 2774, 2776
  Affirmative action...............................................1555
  Audits...........................................................1607
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................24
  Contractors:
    Architect-engineer qualifications..............................3590
    Computer security...............................................680
    DOD placement assistance program................................568
    DOE contract security personnel.................................681
    DOE security requirements.......................................682
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1558
    Government property management and disposition.................3583
    Hazardous material safety data.................................3594
    Local hiring and training......................................2817
    Open competition and government neutrality towards labor 
        relations..................................................3578
    Overpayment notification.......................................3563
    Veterans employment report..........................594, 1649, 1650
  DEAR amendments:
    Patent rights...................................................706
  Debarment and suspension....................................303, 2813
  Defense contracts:
    Acquisition of vessel propellers................................589
    Balance of Payments Program.....................................579
    Configuration management........................................600
    Contingent fees for foreign military sales......................575
    DFARS modification.....575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 
             585, 587, 590, 592, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 606
    Domestic source restriction.....................................596
    Enhancements to Congressional notifications....................1653
    Fixed price.....................................................590
    Local contractor preference.....................................585
    Memorandum of understanding extension...........................606
    Multiyear contracts........................................597, 598
    Ocean transportation by U.S.-flag vessels.......................577
    Offset arrangements............................................1653
    Overseas use of the Purchase Card...............................595
    Performance-based service contracts.............................580
    Profit policy...................................................578
    Qualification requirements for contracting officers.............599
    Research and development........................................583
    Subcontract commerciality determinations........................581
  DOE nuclear weapons facilities worker training....................696
  EPA acquisition regulations................................2813, 2818
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1550
  Highway engineering and design related services..................1931

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  Indians..........................................................1287
  Nondiscrimination..........................................1555, 3305
  Nuclear safety management.........................................690
  Research and development..........................................794
  Rights to inventions.........................................550, 552
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................621
  Subcontracting...................................................3610
  Subcontractors:
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1558
    SBA size standards.............................................3462
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3208
  VAAR:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................2733
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Absence and leave:
    Annual leave.............................................3359, 3422
  Appeals..........................................................3356
  Career and career conditional-employment.........................3371
  Career transition programs.......................................3416
  Child care at VA facilities......................................2750
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3361
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................711
  Classification appeals...........................................3353
  Compensatory time off............................................3378
  Computer security.................................................680
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................2786
  Cost-of-living allowances:
    Nonforeign areas.........................................3391, 3421
  Criminal investigators...........................................3385
  Defense of tort suits............................................1525
  Defense personnel.................................................568
    Claims settlement.....................................558, 559, 560
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3394
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3395
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....572, 646, 707, 1033, 1540, 1680, 
           1719, 1720, 2747, 2779, 2794, 3216, 3226, 3256, 3276, 3309, 
                                                       3317, 3431, 3488
  Employment discrimination........................................3201
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................3414
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................1530
    DOT............................................................1721
  Excepted service:
    Appointing authority for nontemporary part-time or 
        intermittent positions.....................................3370
    Career and career-conditional employment.......................3371
    Operational procedures.........................................3344
    Revocation of Schedule A authority.............................3372
  Federal mail management..........................................3245
  Federal Personnel Manual.........................................3413
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3330
  Foreign gifts value..............................................3251
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................551
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3328
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension.......250, 572, 707, 718, 939, 1033, 1540, 1680, 1719, 
           1720, 2226, 2747, 2779, 2794, 3216, 3226, 3256, 3276, 3295, 
                                     3304, 3308, 3316, 3412, 3431, 3488
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3366
    Children's equity..............................................3404
    Debarment of health care providers.............................3406
    Effective dates................................................3402
    Extension of Tricare coverage..................................3405
    FEHBP changes..........................3365, 3368, 3369, 3401, 3403
    Financial sanctions of health care providers...................3367
  Holiday and premium pay..........................................3378
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................683
  Intermittent.....................................................3349
  Investigations...................................................3409
  Job grading reviews..............................................3356
  Leave regulations..........................................3357, 3392
  Life insurance...................................................3399
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3407
    Premiums.......................................................3400
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3400
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3346
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to subpoenas
                                                                   1003
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3350
  Part-time........................................................3349
  Pay rates:
    Administration.................................................3385
    Administrative appeals judges..................................3383
    Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay...................3387
    Locality-based comparability payments....................3355, 3418
    Official duty station determinations...........................3377
    Pay retention..................................................3384
    Premium pay limitations........................................3386
    Prevailing rate systems......................3379, 3380, 3381, 3419
    Regulation amendments....................................3357, 3392
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3354
    Temporary organizations........................................3382
  Personal financial interests.....................................3335
  Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................684
  Placement assistance.............................................3415
  Post-employment conflict of interests............................3336
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3345
  Promotion and internal placement.................................3374
  Promotional benefits.............................................3265
  Public safety officers...........................................1539
  Purchases of property sold by GSA................................3255
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3375
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3376
  Reduction in force.........................................3415, 3417
  Reemployment.........................................3347, 3351, 3358
  Relocation costs...........................................3377, 3584
  Relocation income tax allowance..................................3262
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    DOC.............................................................290
  Retention allowances.............................................3389
  Retirement:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3363
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3393
    Credit for military service....................................3360
    Debt collection................................................3362
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3397
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3411
    FERS coverage elections........................................3364
    Record retention...............................................3398
    Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees 
                                                                   3388
    State income tax withholding...................................3396
  Salary offset..................................2246, 3499, 3500, 3977
  Salary supplementation...........................................3338
  Seasonal.........................................................3349
  Security standards...............................................3408
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3348
  Standards of conduct...710, 3268, 3279, 3280, 3314, 3315, 3331, 3333, 
                               3334, 3337, 3424, 3427, 3456, 3494, 3639
  Subpoenas........................................................3332
  Surplus or displaced.............................................3414
  Temporary change of station......................................3377

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  Testimony.............................................520, 3297, 3332
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3373
  Training.........................................................3352
  Travel regulations....3241, 3242, 3253, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3263, 
                                                                   3264
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers.................3390
  Withholding of State and local income taxes......................2240
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Application of labor clauses...................................3609
    Applied research definition....................................3571
    Balance of Payments Program....................................3570
    Caribbean Basin country end products......................601, 3579
    Classified acquisitions........................................3604
    Commercial items.........................................3589, 3592
    Commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition 
        threshold..................................................3618
    Commercially available software.................................574
    Component definition...........................................3615
    Contract action and contracting action definitions.............3603
    Cost accounting standards administration.................3586, 3619
    Cost or pricing data threshold..................................602
    Cost principles..........................................3565, 3568
    Department of State............................................1659
    Development definition.........................................3571
    DFARS modification.....574, 578, 579, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 591, 
                       593, 595, 596, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 607, 608
    Discussion requirements........................................3600
    DOE.............................................................705
    DOL............................................................1610
    Electronic signatures..........................................3573
    End product definition.........................................3615
    Energy-efficient office equipment, supplies, and services.....3247, 
                                                                   3601
    EPA............................................................2804
    European Union trade sanctions.................................3597
    Federal Supply Schedule contracts..............................3576
    Final contract voucher submission..............................3607
    Financing policies.............................................3572
    Geographic use of the term United States.......................3575
    GSA............................................................3247
    Helium.........................................................3611
    HUBZone Program................................................3621
    HUD............................................................1001
    Iceland added as designated country............................3617
    Incidental items...............................................3576
    Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises......582
    Information technology services................................3613
    Local contractor preference.....................................585
    NASA...........................................................3274
    Negotiated procurements........................................3606
    North American Industry Classification System..................3602
    Order disputes.................................................3576
    Patent and Trademark Office.....................................541
    Performance-based contracting..................................3577
    Pilot Mentor-Protege Program....................................584
    Procurement integrity rewrite..................................3599
    Progress payment rate for large businesses......................605
    Prohibited sources.............................................3567
    Prompt payment regulations.....................................3608
    Purchase card use...............................................595
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............704
    Recovered materials standards...................................604
    Recovery of overpayment........................................3608
    Sealed bids..............................................3592, 3606
    Simplified acquisitions........................................3592
    Subcontract definition.........................................3616
    Subcontract preference under service contracts.................3605
    Subcontracts...................................................3610
    Task order and delivery order contracts........................3569
    Tax exemptions..................................................603
    Termination related terms......................................3593
    Trade agreements....................................601, 3579, 3617
    Trademarks for government products.............................3588
    U.S.-flag vessel preference....................................3574
    USAID....................................................2774, 2776
    Veteran-owned small business development.......................3587
    Veterans Affairs.......................2682, 2683, 2731, 2732, 2734
  Commercial items acquisition......................................593
  Contractors:
    Local hiring and training......................................2817
    Responsibilities.........................................3598, 3612
  Contracts:
    Incrementally funding fixed-price contracts....................2806
    NFS contracts..............................................228, 243
    Notice to Proceed letter contracts.............................2826
  Costs:
    Travel.........................................................3582
  Demilitarization requirements.....................................591
  DOD prototype projects.......................................567, 573
  Electronic commerce..............................................3585
  Foreign currency use.............................................2243
  Government-unique standards......................................3342
  Historic preference..............................................3243
  HUBZone program..................................................3246
  Labor relations costs......................................3598, 3612
  Legal costs................................................3598, 3612
  Level of effort..................................................2809
  Lobbying restrictions............................................3580
  Nondiscrimination................................................3240
  Recycled products...........................................703, 3108
  Small businesses.................................................3581
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................2803
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................3582
  Subcontracting...................................................3581
  Taxpayer identification numbers..................................3208
  Universal product numbers........................................2682
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3342
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3235
  Donation of surplus personal property............................3258
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............691
  FERC schedule of fees for use of government land.................3866
  Foreign gifts value..............................................3251
  Purchase by GSA employees........................................3255
  Sale..............................................................565
  Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property...........3234
  Security at military installations................................587
  Transfer of excess property to institutions.......................288
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3236
Government property management:
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3230, 3232
  Personal property management.....................................3237
  Promotional benefits.............................................3265
  Real property........................................3250, 3252, 3257
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3254
  Telecommunications management....................................3233
Government publications:
  DOD publications..................................................556
  Federal Personnel Manual.........................................3413
  Plain language revisions.........................................3291
  Reproduction services............................................3249
  Stars and Stripes newspaper.......................................555
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Crop insurance....................................................134
  Disguising quality................................................143

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  Divider tolerances................................................146
  Geographic areas for inspection services..........................142
  Inspection and weighing service fees.........................145, 148
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................98
  Laboratory accreditation program..................................144
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................140
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations.....................................2790, 2793
  Countries eligible for USAID financing...........................2778
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........281
  DOD grant and agreement regulations...............................557
  Firefighters assistance..........................................3203
  Freedom of information...........................................1611
  Learn & Serve regulations........................................2793
  Library services.................................................3302
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision.....3269, 3278
  Research grants...................................................794
  Rights to inventions.........................................550, 552
  State cemetery grants............................................2686
  Technology investment agreements..................................557
  Victims of crime.................................................1542
  Violence against women grant programs............................1543
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Allocation of funds...............................................260
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................251
  Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and ranchers 
                                                                    252
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................257, 262
  Rural economic development........................................259
  Technical assistance and training............................117, 268
  Television demonstration grants...................................262
  Water programs....................................................264
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations........................................566
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants............................592
  Freedom of Information............................................566
  Head Start program:
    Funding.........................................................930
    Performance standards...........................................927
    Regulations.....................................................934
  National leadership demonstration grants.........................3302
  National Security Education Program...............................561
  Student assistance general provisions.............................651
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3162
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3134
  EPA Fellowship Rule..............................................2819
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.............................3204
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................1545
  Water quality cooperative agreements.............................3163
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions...............................................936
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............723
  NIH center grants.................................................792
  NIH training grants...............................................793
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities..........................................989
    Community revitalization strategy...............................992
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing...........................................993
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities.........996
    Slum and blight prevention......................................989
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities.................253, 995
  Increasing operating cost percentage..............................994
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions......................................951
  Renewal communities...............................................995
  State homes for veterans.........................................2693
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................1538
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1316
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1042
  Western Pacific Demonstration Projects Grants Program.............513
  Wetland Program Development Grants...............................3163
  Wildlife Restoration Programs....................................1045
Grant programs-transportation:
  Buy American Act.................................................2011
  Clean fuels formula grant program................................2147
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................1701
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements.........................................1607, 3212
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1075
  Debarment and suspension...................................1612, 1680
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....250, 572, 718, 1540, 1612, 1680, 
                         1719, 3256, 3276, 3295, 3309, 3317, 3431, 3488
  National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.............1127
  Nondiscrimination........................1356, 1662, 2777, 3318, 3984
  Social Security Administration.................3533, 3534, 3535, 3548
  Uniform administrative requirements.......304, 951, 2689, 2775, 3215, 
                                                                   3534
Grazing lands:
  Conservation................................................285, 1300
  National Forest System............................................242
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1750
  Maintenance fees...........................................2360, 2378
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals.................936
  NAHASDA housing assistance.......................................1013
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Administrator definition.........................................2185
  Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements..............2164
  Aircraft carriage................................................2158
  Barge requirements.........................................1764, 1799
  Cargo tank requirements..............................2160, 2165, 2198
  Coast Guard regulations..............................1780, 1781, 1803
  Commercial Drivers' License endorsements.........................1973
  DOT specification cylinders......................................2188
  FAA material recognition training................................1819
  Hazard communication requirements................................2163
  Hazardous waste manifest rule....................................3117
  IM portable tank unloading.......................................2168
  Incident reporting...............................................2182
  Intergovernmental relations................................2184, 2194
  International standards....................................2173, 2184
  Liquid cargoes on board vessels..................................1807
  Lithium batteries................................................2169
  Motor carriers.............................................1977, 2165
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2197
  Poisonous by inhalation materials................................2207
  Radioactive materials......................................2166, 3967
  Rail transport...................................................2171
  Registration fee reduction.......................................2187
  Route plans......................................................1992
  Security...................................................1990, 2174
  Shipping papers retention........................................2179
  Tire checks......................................................1991

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  Uranium ore......................................................1528
  Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3103
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous waste
           Radioactive materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
  Air pollutants........2833, 2834, 2841, 2842, 2843, 2844, 2846, 2847, 
           2848, 2849, 2850, 2852, 2853, 2854, 2855, 2856, 2858, 2859, 
           2861, 2863, 2864, 2870, 2893, 2894, 2906, 2910, 2920, 2922, 
           2923, 2924, 2925, 2926, 2930, 2938, 2941, 2951, 2952, 2953, 
           2974, 2975, 2976, 2979, 2995, 3003, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 
                                     3010, 3011, 3012, 3017, 3026, 3062
  Aluminum:
    Cylinder safety problems.......................................2177
    Labeling for small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
        packages....................................................746
    Spent potliners from primary reduction.........................3122
  Asbestos...................................................1593, 3077
  Beryllium........................................................1620
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2824
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3135
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules................................3061, 3062, 3078
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3051
  Chromium...................................................1614, 2848
  Consumer confidence report rule..................................3190
  Crystalline silica...............................................1618
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3137
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3053
  Drinking water regulations...............3145, 3156, 3182, 3184, 3197
  Ethylene oxide.......................................1616, 2997, 3018
  Exemptions procedures revision and clarification.................2206
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List........................3085, 3090
  Glycol ethers....................................................1627
  Halogenated solvents.............................................3009
  High-pressure seamless cylinders.................................2176
  Isocyanates................................................2909, 3090
  Lead...............................3006, 3074, 3079, 3080, 3110, 3656
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3594
  Mercury analysis...........................................3143, 3157
  Metals...........................................................3052
  Metals from electroplating operations............................3104
  Method 24 amendment..............................................2832
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................2873, 3194
  MSHA protection standards........................................1600
  Natural rubber latex.............................................3644
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1716
  Ozone depleting substances.................................2877, 2992
  Perchloroethylene................................................3005
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls.........................................3068
  Pesticides.................................................3039, 3041
    Active ingredient production.............................2879, 2954
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................3036
    Emergency exemption regulations................................3034
    Produced by transgenic plants............................3039, 3044
    Rules of practice..............................................2808
    Worker protection standards....................................3040
  Pipeline safety standards...2170, 2172, 2175, 2190, 2193, 2199, 2201, 
                                                       2203, 2208, 2210
  Pollution contingency plan.......................................3138
  Procedural and rulemaking changes................................2181
  Propane cylinders:
    Requirements for filing equipment operators....................2204
  Public notification rule.........................................3190
  Radon............................................................3191
  Regulation amendments............................................2209
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3100
  Releases on public land..........................................1299
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3073
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3106
  Sulfur oxides..................................2882, 2941, 2973, 2983
  Surface coatings.................................................2832
  Thorium...........................................................693
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3052
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3091
    Chemical expansion.............................................3092
    Coal...........................................................3087
    Metal mining...................................................3089
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3093
    Reporting requirements...................................3088, 3089
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3086
  Uranium.....................................................693, 1528
  Water pollution control........................3143, 3145, 3158, 3169
Hazardous waste:
  Benzene..........................................................2890
  Carbamates.......................................................3132
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3102
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3109
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3123
    Radioactive waste..............................................3028
  Groundwater contamination........................................2856
  Hazardous waste combustors.......................................3130
  Identification and listing...........................3126, 3127, 3128
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions...................................................3094
    Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction................3122
  Lead.......................................................3075, 3110
  Manifest regulations.............................................3117
  Medical waste....................................................2180
  Mercury..........................................................3094
  Mineral processing secondary materials...........................3129
  Paint manufacturing..............................................3127
  Permit program...................................................3107
  Polychlorinated biphenyls........................................3082
  Radioactive waste................................................3989
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................3990
    Dose methodology...............................................2840
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage systems......3975
    List of approved spent fuel storage casks...3968, 4004, 4005, 4007, 
                                                                   4008
    Yucca Mountain, NV.......................................3974, 3999
  Recycling..................................................3102, 3113
  Requirements revision............................................2186
  Solid waste....................................3098, 3110, 3120, 3129
  Solvents.........................................................3101
  Toxic waste site.................................................3051
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3118
  Training programs accreditation..................................1645
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3114
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3119
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3136
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Emergency medical services
           Medicaid
           Medicare
  Adult day health care for veterans...............................2751
  Anti-kickback provisions................................712, 714, 720
  Benefits Improvement and Protection Act:
    Managed care rules modifications...........................817, 882
  Cancer patients...................................................797
  Debarment and suspension..........................................718
  Electronic transactions...........................................818
  Financial sanctions of providers.................................3367

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  Home health agencies..............................................865
    Medicare conditions of participation............................874
    Prospective payment system.................................849, 912
  Human cellular and tissue-based products.....................774, 775
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.................785, 786
  Nondiscrimination.................................................715
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems.................754
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs...............................3340
  Privacy standards.................................................719
  Ricky Ray hemophilia regulations..................................787
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................714
  Self-declaration of citizenship...................................826
  Underserved areas.................................................783
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program....................................................2675
    Advanced health care planning..................................2691
    Copayments for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical 
        care.......................................................2697
    Enrollment system..............................................2663
    Extended care services copayments..............................2695
    Extension of eligibility.......................................2700
    Filipino veterans..............................................2702
    Fisher Houses and other temporary lodging......................2666
    Non-VA service and care........................................2664
    Physical examinations through age 17...........................2700
    Reasonable charges for care or services......2665, 2696, 2698, 2701
    Simplied acquisition procedures................................2731
    Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care..............2694
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1583
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................903
    New technology intraocular lenses...............................924
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................718
  Electronic cost reporting requirements............................828
  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)....................712, 828
  Fire safety requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, 
      hospitals, and long-term care facilities......................840
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded:
    Conditions of participation.....................................811
    Flexibility in payment methods..................................904
  Long-term care:
    Flexibility in payment methods..................................904
    Paid feeding assistants.........................................886
    Prospective Payment System.................................844, 910
  Physician referrals for health services......................880, 921
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities............875, 893, 911
  Skilled nursing facilities....................821, 855, 857, 909, 926
  State certification of mammography facilities.....................780
  Use of restraint and seclusion....................................887
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Non-federal governmental plans exempt from HIPAA................839
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2616
    Special enrollment rules.......................................2616
  Benefit-specific waiting periods..................................859
  CHAMPUS:
    Beneficiaries age 65 and over...................................639
    Bonus payments in medically underserved areas...................636
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................634
    Coverage of transplants.........................................629
    Dental benefits under retiree dental program....................644
    Double coverage............................................632, 633
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................630
    Individual Case Management Program..............................638
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......635
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................628
    Pharmacy Benefits Program..................................624, 637
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................631
    Regulation amendments...........................................641
    Third-party recoveries.....................................625, 633
    TRICARE............624, 626, 627, 636, 637, 639, 640, 642, 643, 644
  Claims attachment standard........................................814
  Continuing coverage notice.......................................1576
  District of Columbia employees...................................3395
  Electronic signatures.............................................834
  Employer based group health plans................................1576
  Employer identification number....................................835
  Exemption from State regulation..................................1578
  Extension of Tricare coverage....................................3405
  Government employees...............3365, 3368, 3369, 3401, 3402, 3403
    Children's equity..............................................3404
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........808, 870
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3366
    Bona fide wellness programs....................................2558
    Church plans...................................................2557
    Health care access, portability and renewability...............1579
    Nondiscrimination............................1584, 2556, 2557, 2558
  Health plan identifiers...........................................808
  Mental Health Parity Act..........................................891
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1582
  OIG revisions and technical corrections...........................721
  Portability............................................832, 890, 2616
  Provider identifiers..............................................870
  Reform:
    Electronic retail pharmacy transactions.........................815
    National standard for identifiers of health plans...............829
  Retirement benefits..............................................3200
  Security of individual health information.........................834
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........171
    Eligibility for unborn children.................................889
    Family coverage options.........................................897
    Modifications...................................................848
    Reallocation notice.............................................862
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1400, 1431
  Exclusion from Social Security disability programs for fraud.....3543
  National Practitioner Data Bank........................782, 784, 2752
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers...............802
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1478, 1569
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................3922
  Physicians:
    Fee schedule..........................................822, 854, 914
    Health services referrals..................................880, 921
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1477
    VA medical opinions rules......................................2737
  Professional shortage areas.......................................783
  Provider identifiers..............................................870
Health records:
  Photocopy expenses................................................816
  Prescription release rule........................................3922
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3498
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart disease:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................629
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1324

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Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients.......................................762
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................838
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings...............................1922, 1958
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................1963
  Motor carrier regulations...1954, 1958, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1982, 1987, 
                                                       1988, 1989, 1997
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................1924
  Retroreflective sign materials...................................1933
  State programs...................................................2012
  Traffic control devices:
    Accessible pedestrian signals..................................1935
    Manual revision..........................................1921, 1927
    Traffic signs..................................................1945
  Work zone safety.................................................1914
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Beautification costs.............................................1944
  Debt financing...................................................1926
  Design standards.................................................1949
  Design-build contracting.........................................1934
  Engineering and design related services contracts................1931
  Engineering services.............................................1946
  Environmental impact and related procedures..........1940, 2005, 2150
  Federal aid projects.......................................1916, 1929
  Federal lands highway program:
    Forest highways program........................................1920
    Indian reservations road program.........................1251, 1918
    Park roads and parkways program................................1917
    Refuge roads program...........................................1919
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2411
  Indian reservation road bridge program...........................1938
  Indian reservation roads program...........................1237, 1250
  Landscape development............................................1923
  Metropolitan transportation planning.............................1942
  National Forest System road management policy.....................249
  National Highway System..........................................1929
  Planning and research program administration.....................1936
  Railroad highway projects........................................1930
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................1948
  Statewide metropolitan planning..................................1939
  Traffic noise abatement..........................................1947
  Transborder traffic controls and fees............................1395
Historic preservation:
  Import restrictions..............................................2393
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1224, 1226
  Tribal lands.....................................................1208
  World Heritage Convention........................................1228
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1324
  Ricky Ray hemophilia regulations..................................787
Hogs:
  HACCP programs....................................................197
  Imports from Europe................................................87
  Interstate movement requirements..................................111
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment.....................................88
  Swine packer marketing contracts..................................147
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control......3885, 3886, 3888, 3898, 3902, 3903, 3904, 
                                                 3907, 3909, 3910, 3911
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4052
  Foreign personal holding company income..........................2472
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4009
Homeless:
  Multifamily transitional housing for veterans....................2662
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1296
Honey:
  Honey wines......................................................2259
  National Organic Program standards..................................6
Horses:
  Brucellosis indemnity..............................................97
  Horse breeder loans................................................50
  Horse industry organizations:
    Protection requirements.........................................102
  Interstate movement to slaughter..................................108
Hospice care:
  Electronic cost reporting.........................................828
  Medicare conditions of participation..............................868
  Medicare policies.................................................809
  Wage index........................................................827
Hospitals:
  Benefits for Filipino veterans...................................2702
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................628
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services...........................915
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services.............................................838
    Quality assessment and performance improvement program..........841
  Copayments for veterans..........................................2697
  Diagnostic procedures.............................................869
  DOT grants.......................................................1701
  Flexibility in payment methods....................................904
  Grants administration.......................304, 566, 951, 2775, 3215
  Inpatient prospective payment system.........................824, 908
  Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system.....823, 853, 913
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1581
  Medicaid:
    Upper payment limit.............................................920
  Medicare..........................................................864
    Extended care services coinsurance..............................856
    Inpatient deductible............................................856
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation.........845
    Long-term care prospective payment system.......................910
    Outpatient prospective payment system............820, 833, 923, 925
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement........................860
    Transitional pass-through payments..............................925
  Mortgage insurance for refinancing existing debt..................984
  Outpatient services..........................................869, 918
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Amplifiers.......................................................3925
  Energy efficiency.......................................655, 664, 673
  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts............2923
  Test procedures..............................................662, 677
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Capital advance duration..........................................987
  Civil penalties for violations....................................948
  Civil Rights Restoration Act......................................942
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities..........................................989

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    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing...........................................993
    Slum and blight prevention......................................989
  Debarment and suspension rule.....................................939
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas...........968
  Electronic document retention.....................................947
  Electronic submission of financial information to HUD.............944
  Eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States for 
      assisted housing.............................................1014
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................663
  Environmental responsibilities....................................941
  Exclusion of veterans' disability benefits from income 
      eligibility calculations......................................937
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Appraiser Watch Initiative......................................953
    Inspector roster................................................960
    Total Mortgage Scorecard........................................964
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................1002
  Hawaiian Natives:
    NAHASDA assistance.............................................1013
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program:
    Streamlining....................................................945
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program...............990
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1001
  HUD debt collection...............................................938
  Indians..........................................................1029
    Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1028
  Lead-based paint.................................................3075
  Lender accountability for appraisals..............................961
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies.................958
  Mark-to-Market Program............................................986
  Migrant farmworker projects..................................123, 124
  Multifamily:
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                    982
    Housing bonds..................................................2479
    Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform Act program violations......952
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act................985
    Transitional housing for homeless veterans.....................2662
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1012
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to subpoenas
                                                                   1003
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information..........................................985
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................116
    Loan policies..............................................118, 121
    Loans and grants......................................116, 120, 122
    Multiple-family housing.........................................116
    Rental housing........................................116, 119, 125
  Sale of property.................................................2538
    Unoccupied or substandard housing to local governments and 
        community development organizations.........................954
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program..............959
  Streamlining regulations..........................................116
  Supportive Housing Programs.............................971, 991, 994
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program...................................969
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families............................943
  Tenant participation in State-financed, HUD-assisted housing 
      developments..................................................967
  Uniform Financial Reporting Standards.............................944
  Veterans' therapeutic housing....................................2753
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured home construction and safety standards program......983, 
                                                                    988
Human research subjects:
  Protection of...............................647, 805, 806, 2745, 3049
  Student rights....................................................645
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds..........................1081, 1099, 1101, 1158, 1205
  National Wildlife Refuges........................................1102
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................466
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................467


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification.............................................1439
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1416
  Appeal from denial of relative visa petition.....................1415
  Appeals procedures...............................................1385
  Arrest warrant definition........................................1424
  Asylum procedures................................................1399
    Establishing eligibility.......................................1487
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer............1405
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1482
  Availability of material under Freedom of Information and 
      Privacy Acts.................................................1514
  Border crossing identification documents...................1404, 1464
  Cancellation of removal....................................1381, 1383
  Check points within the U.S......................................1455
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1489
  Classification of immigrants and nonimmigrants...................1678
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1427
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................1407
  Debarment and suspension.........................................1680
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1501
  Diversity immigrants.............................................1677
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................1680
  Employment eligibility verification..............................1515
  Examination fees schedule........................................1523
  Exchange visitors:
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1428
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1382
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1473
  Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1480
  Historical records services......................................1412
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1426
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1465
  Immigration User Fee.......................................1435, 1524
  In-transit passengers............................................1396
  Inadmissability............................................1394, 1670
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................1413
  International broadcasters.......................................1664
  International to International Program...........................1393
  Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service 
      decisions....................................................1436
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1383, 1417, 1521
  List of recognized American institutions of research.............1507
  Local law enforcement officer authority..........................1463
  Notice to appear definition......................................1424
  Officers authorized to issue notices to appear and arrest 
      warrants for violations......................................1522
  Payment of fees methods..........................................1506
  Preinspected automated lanes (PAL)...............................1455
  Promises of benefits.............................................1448
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1474
  Sponsor obligations and penalties................................1450
  Suspension of deportation............................1381, 1383, 1484
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1468
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1411
  Waivers of fees..................................................1481

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Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Animal embryos and semen...........................................99
  Archaeological and ethnological materials from Bolivia...........2393
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............77
  Blood products....................................................758
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........2354
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................91
  Bulk drug ingredients.............................................748
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1125
  Chemical-related report requirements.............................1378
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3054, 3071, 3072
  Cigarette papers and tubes.................................2292, 2317
  Clementines from Spain.............................................83
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3066
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1364
  Designated port status for Anchorage, Alaska.....................1203
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2381
  Drawback...................................................2385, 2394
  Duty-free entry...................................................309
  Eggs...............................................................79
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings........................................2268
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................758
  Food products.....................................................765
  Fruits and vegetables.........................................85, 101
  Hass avocados.................................................14, 110
  Hogs from Europe...................................................87
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2366
  Lamb.............................................................2388
  Livestock.........................................................212
  Marine mammal products............................................432
  Meat grading regulations for livestock..............................4
  Merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark...........................2357
  Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused 
      merchandise drawback.........................................2372
  Milk and milk products.............................................82
  Motor vehicles...................................................2927
    Canadian.......................................................2078
    Commercial.....................................................2049
    Fees schedule..................................................2057
    Nonconforming..................................................2098
  Nursery stock.....................................................105
  Parrots..........................................................1082
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............103
  Poultry products..................................................212
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2311
  Registration and product listing..................................778
  Ruminant animal materials in countries where bovine spongiform 
      encephalopathy exists.....................................96, 747
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2356
  Single entry for split shipments.................................2383
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2389, 2391
  Steel products...................................................2396
  Textiles.........................................................2342
  Tobacco products...............................2292, 2310, 2316, 2317
  Tuberculosis risk classification..................................107
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2382
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico....................................86
  Unshu oranges.....................................................109
  Veterinary user fees...............................................78
  Wild birds.......................................................1082
  Wildlife.........................................................1050
  Wood packing materials.............................................75
  Wool:
    Refund of duties paid on select products.......................2380
    Worsted wool fabrics......................................307, 2379
  Yachts...........................................................2369
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2598
  Accounting:
    Annual accounting period.......................................2536
    Partnerships...................................................2537
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2459
  Active conduct of an insurance company defined...................2620
  Agents definition................................................2452
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2493
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2591
  Apportioning interest expense....................................2456
  Asset ownership..................................................2604
  Authorized placement agency......................................2554
  Basis regulations..........................................2471, 2550
  Bonds:
    Multifamily housing............................................2479
    Private activity.........................................2607, 2613
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments...2480, 2642
  Branch remittances...............................................2586
  Branches:
    Hybrid transactions............................................2524
  Bureau of Census disclosures.....................................2562
  Cancellation of indebtedness.....................................2436
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2588
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over............2575
  Charitable contributions.........................................2595
  Charitable unitrust interest.....................................2448
  Check the box regulations............................2487, 2488, 2637
  Circular No. 230 revision........................................2553
  Collection at source to statutory stock options..................2468
  Collections:
    Installment agreements...................................2422, 2513
    Levied property................................................2514
  Community income.................................................2626
  Compromises......................................................2529
  Consolidated groups:
    Continuation of................................................2463
    Loss limitation rules....................................2483, 2649
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2460, 2521
    Intercompany transaction rules.................................2573
    Investment adjustments involving preferred stock...............2464
    Regulation amendments..........................................2574
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2409
  Conversion to the Euro...........................................2633
  Corporate estimated taxes........................................2431
  Corporate income tax.............................................2591
  Corporations:
    Alternative agents.............................................2541
    Assumption of liabilities................................2444, 2639
    Disregarded entities...........................................2522
    Entity classification rules....................................2545
    Financial instruments based on the value of stock..............2461
    Gain on stock distributions....................................2559
    S corporations...........................................2511, 2623
    Tax shelter registration.......................................2520
    Termination of QSub election...................................2453
    Transfer of property to RICs and REICs.........................2576
  Cross-border transactions........................................2494
  Damages under Section 7433.......................................2428
  Debt instruments.................................................2610
  Deductions from intangible property..............................2437
  Deferred compensation plans......................................2420
  Diesel fuel definition...........................................2426
  Disallowance of deductions and credits for failure to file 
      timely return................................................2645
  Disclosure of return information...2449, 2474, 2548, 2569, 2579, 2641
  Disqualified persons definition..................................2638
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2438

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  Earned income credit.............................................2473
  Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001........2458
  Education credits................................................2526
  Electronic payee statements......................................2561
  Electronic transmissions.............................2427, 2442, 2515
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans..........................................2566, 2629
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2462
  Employer deductions for contributions to employee welfare 
      benefit fund.................................................2481
  Equity options with flexible terms...............................2542
  Erroneous refunds:
    Abatement of interest..........................................2490
  Escrow funds.....................................................2507
  Excise tax on foreign insurers or reinsurers.....................2572
  Farm income......................................................2630
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2468
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act.....................................2468
  Foreign corporations.................................2499, 2589, 2592
    Earnings and profits.....................................2587, 2597
    Income rules...................................................2423
    Stock transfer rules...........................................2614
    Subpart F income...............................................2560
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2622
  Foreign eligible entities........................................2540
  Foreign governments..............................................2584
  Foreign insurance companies................................2399, 2583
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2615
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2500
  Foreign persons receiving U.S. source income.....................2619
  Foreign tax credit.......................2497, 2544, 2549, 2581, 2609
  Foreign taxpayers:
    Disallowance of deductions and credits for failure to file 
        timely return..............................................2621
    Taxpayer identification number requirement.....................2432
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2503
  Functional currency..............................................2587
  Gain on distributions of stock or securities in connection with 
      an aquisition................................................2578
  Gasoline tax claims..............................................2469
  General utilities repeal.........................................2596
  Gift tax for net gift............................................2451
  Golden parachute payments........................................2398
  Grantor..........................................................2604
  Highly compensated employee................................2419, 2506
  Income allocation................................................2437
  Income averaging.................................................2630
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2611
  Income from sources within specified possession..................2475
  Information reporting for qualified tuition expenses.............2477
  Insurance companies........................................2440, 2563
  Intangible assets creation costs.................................2455
  Intercompany transfer pricing....................................2400
  Interest.......................................2502, 2527, 2544, 2617
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2505
  International communications income..............................2611
  International organizations......................................2584
  Inventory accounting.............................................2407
  Investment type property.........................................2429
  Joint returns....................................................2525
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................2425
  Loans from qualified employer plans..............................2543
  Losses:
    Disposition of personal property...............................2631
    Separate limitation............................................2585
  Low-income taxpayer clinics......................................2447
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks...................2430
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2457
  Mid-contract change in taxpayer..................................2555
  Middleman payments...............................................2523
  Modified guaranteed contracts....................................2439
  Multiple party financing.........................................2510
  New market tax credit......................................2571, 2648
  Normalization requirements.......................................2445
  Number of notices received by payer..............................2465
  Obligation of state and local governments........................2625
  Obligation-shifting transactions.................................2476
  Offset of refund payments........................................2247
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2424
    Determination of basis of partner's interest...................2482
    Fair market value..............................................2537
    Foreign partners and Section 706...............................2565
    Hybrid transactions............................................2524
    Options........................................................2484
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2450
    Section 1503(d) applications.............................2433, 2601
    Subpart F income...............................................2560
    Unified audit procedures.......................................2528
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................2434
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2615
  Payments:
    Credit and debit cards.........................................2632
    Middleman payments.............................................2523
    Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans............2539
    Source of payments.............................................2402
  Payments to attorneys......................................2408, 2418
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2441
  Primary profit motive............................................2492
  Principal residence seizure......................................2466
  Procedure and administration.....................................2504
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2628
  Qualified offers.................................................2532
  Real Estate Investment Trusts..............................2530, 2643
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2531
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2605
  Regulated Investment Companies.............................2530, 2643
  Regulation amendments............................................2647
  Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation.............3242
  Relocation allowance payments for government employees.....3262, 3584
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2594
  Required distributions from retirement plans...............2568, 2624
  Research credit............................................2534, 2570
  Residence sale or exchange.......................................2538
  Resident status..................................................2582
  Retirement plans...............................2489, 2567, 2602, 2608
  Section 1221 (a)(7)..............................................2618
  Section 446......................................................2618
  Section 6048.....................................................2600
  Section 6112.....................................................2546
  Section 6159.....................................................2513
  Section 6320.....................................................2635
  Section 6330.....................................................2634
  Section 6343.....................................................2514
  Section 882......................................................2603
  Section 884......................................................2603
  Section 894......................................................2619
  Securities.................................................2508, 2599
  Split-dollar life insurance......................................2478
  Statement filing.................................................2547
  Stock options....................................................2486
  Stock transfer regulations.......................................2421
  Straddles........................................................2413
    Carrying charges...............................................2617
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2509
  Stripping transactions...........................................2510
  Summonses on third-party recordkeepers...........................2470
  Swap transactions................................................2402
  Tax credits:
    Puerto Rico....................................................2580
  Tax shelter penalties............................................2454
  Tax shelter rules....................................2491, 2495, 2496

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  Tax treaties.....................................................2498
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2435
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2513, 2514
  Testamentary trusts:
    Qualified S election...........................................2446
  Transfers of property to third parties on behalf of a spouse.....2552
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2403
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2406
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2512
    Foreign trusts.................................................2606
    Income definition..............................................2551
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2604
  Trusts and estates.............................2401, 2511, 2519, 2608
  Unit livestock pricing method....................................2467
  User fees for offers to compromise...............................2485
  Withholding at treaty rate exception for taxpayer identifying 
      number.................................................2577, 2644
  Withholding certificates.........................................2515
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2627
  Withholding from compensation of Federal employees...............2240
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
           Indians-business and finance
  Administrative appeals...........................................1239
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1247
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1246
  Child support enforcement.........................................931
  Electric power utilities.........................................1234
  Food assistance programs................................156, 180, 181
  Housing..........................................................1029
    Administration of HUD programs on Indian reservations..........1028
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1012
  Indian affairs hearings and appeals..............................1037
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act........789
  Migratory bird hunting regulations...............................1099
  National Environmental Policy Act................................3962
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......3949, 3950, 3951, 3952, 3957, 
                                                 3958, 3959, 3960, 3962
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1224, 1226
  Navajo generating station..................................2902, 2903
  NIGC definitions.................................................3948
  Probate of estates.........................................1034, 1243
  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument............................................1229
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................3990
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1104, 
                                                       1105, 1166, 1204
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Salmon..........................................................456
  Trust management reform....................................1238, 1240
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1564
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts...................1192
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................432
  Protection of products...........................................1249
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1236
  Gaming operations:
    Debt collection................................................3953
    Facility licensing standards...................................3961
    Game classification............................................3950
    Internal control standards.....................................3952
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1242
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3484
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation..............1245
  Management contracts.............................................3957
  Net gaming revenue...............................................3958
Indians-education:
  Provisions for exceptional children..............................1248
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.......................2931, 2980
  Allotments.......................................................1309
  EPA new source reviews...........................................2964
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................1918
  Historic preservation programs...................................1208
  Irrigation projects..............................................1233
  Leases and permits...............................................1241
  Mining regulations...............................................1287
  National Forest System lands......................................242
  Operating permits to sources of air pollution located in Indian 
      country......................................................2957
  Road bridge program..............................................1938
  Roads program........................................1237, 1250, 1251
  Water quality standards..........................................3168
Indians-law:
  Construction of jails............................................1538
  Hearings and appeals.......................................3954, 3955
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................3956
Indians-tribal government:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals.................936
  Self-governance amendments........................................788
  Tribal background investigations.................................3949
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Disability benefits
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
  Accessibility guidelines........................949, 1359, 2781, 2782
    Forest service trails...........................................240
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2780
    Outdoor recreation facilities...................................241
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1350
    Public rights-of-way...........................................2784
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
                                                                   3725
    Transportation...........................................1702, 1708
  Air carrier complaints...........................................1685
  Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3514
  Children:
    Early intervention programs.....................................654
    SSI student earned income exclusion............................3559
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1552
  Determination of.................................................3514
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act......929
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3511
  Disability ratings:
    Burden of proof................................................3508
    Convulsive disorders...........................................2668
    Digestive system.........................................2669, 3540
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3520
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3505
    Growth impairment..............................................3553
    Immune System..................................................3551
    Individual unemployability.....................................2705
    Mental disorders...............................................3554
    Multiple body systems..........................................3506
    Neurological.............................................2668, 3552
    Orthopedic system..............................................2667
    Prior period of disability clarification.......................3527
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3521
    Skin conditions..........................................2703, 3541

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    Special senses.................................................3507
    Spine..........................................................2671
    Tinnitus.......................................................2678
    Vision.........................................................2706
  Employment discrimination complaints.............................3201
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3503
  Homeownership assistance.........................................1021
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3513
  Mentally retarded:
    Intermediate care facilities...............................811, 904
  Motor vehicle modifications................................2060, 2065
  Nondiscrimination....................................3227, 3423, 3497
    Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1354
    Air travel...............................................1684, 1700
    Department of State programs...................................1662
    DOD.............................................................554
    DOT............................................................1710
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3497
    Federally assisted programs........................1609, 1613, 3984
    GSA............................................................3232
    NSF............................................................3318
    OFHEO..........................................................3320
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1350, 1354
    State and local government services................1351, 1352, 1354
  Passenger vessel access....................................1715, 2783
  SSA disability determination process.......................3525, 3542
  SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3502
  Subcontract preference under service contracts...................3605
  Supportive Housing Programs..................................971, 987
  Telecommunications relay services..........................3705, 3726
  Transportation...................................................1695
  Video programming accessibility..................................3681
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Benefits for medically recovered individuals...................3530
    Referral for services..........................................3529
    Refusal of services............................................3529
  Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain 
      naturalization applicants....................................1480
  Work Incentives Improvement Act.......................883, 3501, 3556
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..................................1817, 2108
  Baby bath seat ban.........................................3653, 3664
  Baby walker safety requirements..................................3649
  Backyard play sets standard......................................3660
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans.............2699
    Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam veterans......2718
    Vocational training for children of women Vietnam veterans.....2720
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1489
  Child restraint anchors..........................................2082
  Crib safety standards............................................3650
  Drug product labeling.............................................771
  Food assistance programs......................165, 171, 174, 176, 186
  Individuals with disabilities.....................................654
  Infant formula....................................................772
  Lead poisoning...................................................3074
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1581
  Motor vehicle restraint systems..........2025, 2032, 2050, 2097, 2099
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.................785, 786
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................149
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1804
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.......................................3643
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3651
  Product registration cards for products intended for children 
                                                                   3647
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................185
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..........848, 862, 889, 897
  Television programming.....................................3787, 3788
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.........................................745
Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
           Mortgage insurance
  Credit unions:
    Quarterly call reports.........................................3944
    Regulation revisions...........................................3946
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............3928
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3511
  Equity index insurance products..................................4055
  Passenger vessel operators.......................................3883
Insurance companies:
  Active conduct defined...........................................2620
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2440
  Disclosure of costs and expenses for variable annuities..........4044
  Income tax guidance..............................................2563
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2251
  Transactions with foreign persons.................................296
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Administration of grants and cooperative agreements...............648
  Air carrier regulation...........................................1713
  Air pollution control implementation.......................2831, 2904
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................670
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3268
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation............1578
  EPA............................................2835, 3117, 3169, 3178
  Federal assistance funds transfers to State governments..........2241
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program..................1568
  Flood assistance program.........................................3204
  Food assistance programs..........................................165
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................2184, 2194
  Highway management...............................................1944
  Highway projects...........................................1916, 1929
  Highway safety programs..........................................2012
  Local rail freight assistance....................................2126
  Nuclear accident protection......................................3027
  Oil spill response...............................................1779
  Railroad highway projects........................................1930

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  USDA:
    State mediation programs.........................................23
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Automated Permit Port programs...................................1479
  Border crossing cards............................................1658
  Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1395, 1422, 1479
  Driver's license requirements....................................1479
  Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection 
      program......................................................1422
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Appeals...........................................................530
  Application process...............................................534
  Biological material deposits......................................545
  Continued prosecution application practice as to utility and 
      plant applications............................................536
  Correspondence addresses..........................................537
  Declaring interferences...........................................544
  DOE regulations...................................................706
  Eighteen-month publication of patent applications.................547
  Electronic transmission of trademark documents...............538, 542
  Express Mail correspondence.......................................543
  Fees:
    Revisions.......................................................533
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................551
  Invention promoter complaints.....................................535
  Mineral patent applications......................................1297
  NASA awards......................................................3270
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................550
  Patent and Trademark Office acquisition regulations...............541
  Patent Cooperative Treaty:
    Application procedure...........................................546
    Prior-filed applications........................................547
    Time limit for national stage commencement......................549
  Patent interferences..............................................531
  Patent surveys...................................................2355
  Removal of classified paper files from public search facilities
                                                                    532
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................539
  Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development 
      Agreement.....................................................552
  Small businesses..................................................550
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3409
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1392
  Privacy Act exemptions for FBI records...........................1388
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising rules................................................4038
  Advisor transaction rule.........................................4035
  Affiliate transactions.....................................4035, 4040
  Asset transfers..................................................2530
  Disclosure requirements..........................................4037
  EDGAR system requirements..................................4015, 4043
  Electronic signatures............................................4054
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4041
  Independent transmission companies...............................4046
  Mergers of affiliated investment companies.......................4051
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4039
  Money market fund investment.....................................4045
  Registration form................................................4041
  Securities acquisition...........................................4050
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets..................4049
  Small business investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3463
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3468
    Regulation amendments..........................................3473
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3464
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Bonding requirement exemption for certain advisers...............1577
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4042
  Disclosure of costs and expenses for variable annuities..........4044
  Foreign direct investment in the U.S.........................292, 294
  Guaranteed investment contracts..................................2612
  Investment advisers..............................................4032
    Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4047
    Commodity pool operators.......................................4036
    Electronic filing..............................................4048
    Operating through the internet.................................4033
    Political contributions........................................4053
    Thrift institutions............................................4034
  NCUA rules.................................................3930, 3931
  Non-deposit investment products..................................2338
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1233


                                   J

Jewelry:
  Duty-free shipments...............................................309
Juvenile delinquency:
  Family Unity Program.......................................1418, 1453


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................629
  Medicare eligibility..............................................866


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages..............................................2277
  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
      packaging.....................................................746
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................1996
  Antibiotics resistance labeling...................................763
  Caviar intended for international trade..........................1078
  Commodity chicken.................................................172
  Drugs...................................................751, 756, 771
  Electronic submission of information..............................741
  Home insulation..................................................3916
  Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3655
  Malt beverages...................................................2294
  Pesticides.......................................................3039
  Polyurethane foam in upholstered furniture.......................3661
  Prescription drugs................................................779
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2273
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Labor management relations
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Acquisition regulations..............................1610, 3609, 3610
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions.................................................1606
  Debarment and suspension.........................................1612
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................1612
  Freedom of Information Act.................................1548, 1611
  Nondiscrimination....................................1605, 1609, 1613
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1551

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Labor management relations:
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.......................1578
  Costs............................................................3612
  Open competition and government neutrality.......................3578
Laboratories:
  Accreditation.......................................................2
    Grain quality testing...........................................144
  Clinical laboratories regulation..................................878
  Directors:
    Qualification requirements for laboratories performing high 
        complexity testing..........................................919
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................838
  Small business testing laboratories..............................3467
  Testing of mining equipment......................................1595
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............742
Land:
  See Grazing lands
      Indians-lands
      Public lands
      Rights-of-way
Law:
  See also Administrative practice and procedure
           Courts
           Indians-law
           Lawyers
  Qualified offers.................................................2532
  Suits against Federal employees..................................1525
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................1544
  Authorization of officers at reclamation facilities..............1291
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........1390, 3806
  Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program.............1547
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1044
  Forest Service....................................................229
  Immigration......................................................1463
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................3956
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1357
  Retirement.......................................................3410
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1442
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................1530
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission............3954
  Standards of conduct before the CPSC.............................3659
Lead poisoning:
  Paint..........................................3074, 3075, 3079, 3080
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3070
Libraries:
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................3304
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3303
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants.........................3302
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3301
  Presidential library facilities..................................3290
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3300
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2598
  District of Columbia employees...................................3395
  Government employees.............................................3399
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3407
    Premiums.......................................................3400
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3400
  Taxation of split-dollar arrangements............................2478
  Variable life insurance contracts................................4056
  Veterans:
    Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option................2710
    National Service Life Insurance..........................2674, 2723
Liquors:
  Dealers..........................................................2281
  Exports..........................................................2293
  Record and report requirements for plant proprietors.............2300
  Standards of fill................................................2256
  Standards of identity for whisky and brandy......................2299
  Unaged grape brandy..............................................2273
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals.....................................................7
  Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering 
      establishments.................................................76
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................74
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk..............................81
  Commodity futures contract deliveries...............................3
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds...........739
  Exportation.......................................................104
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................80
  Imported..........................................................212
  Indemnity programs.............................................67, 97
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program..................11
  Mandatory reporting program:
    Lamb amendment....................................................8
  Meat grading regulations for imports................................4
  Price reporting...................................................141
  Swine packer marketing contracts..................................147
  Unit pricing method..............................................2467
Loan programs:
  Air Carrier Guarantee Loan Program...............................3343
  Community Disaster Loan Program..................................3218
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........281
  Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers..................274
  Qualified employer plans.........................................2543
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision...........................2238
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program......254, 256, 258, 261
  Collateral requirements for emergency loans........................58
  Community programs................................................115
  Conservation Reserve Program...............................29, 33, 68
  Cotton non-recourse loan and loan deficiency payment programs 
                                                                     38
  Crop disaster assistance...........................................31
  Debt settlement....................................................26
  Disaster set-aside program.....................................45, 61
  Extensions of payments............................................280
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights................................................3666
    Electronic commerce............................................3673
    Mission-related investments....................................3667
    Policies and operations................3668, 3669, 3670, 3671, 3676
    Purchases and sales............................................3675
  Farm Loan Program:
    Collection of appraisal fees.....................................35
    Guaranteed loss payments.........................................36
    Low documentation loans..........................................28
    Past-due period..................................................40
    Reduction of amortized shared appreciation recapture interest 
        rate.........................................................69
    Regulatory streamlining..........................................19
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders.........................42
    Guaranteed loan limits...........................................22
    Guaranteed loan regulations......................................52
    Interest assistance program......................................20
    Minor farm loan program..........................................53
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments..............42
    Subordination requirements.......................................42
  Horse breeder loans................................................50
  Housing...........................................................255
  Loan deficiency payment regulations................................43

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  Loans secured by real estate and property..........................57
  Market loss assistance.............................................31
  Marketing assistance loan provisions...............................43
  Primary loan servicing.............................................45
  Regulation streamlining............................................19
  Rural economic development...................................120, 259
  Rural housing................................................118, 121
  Rural Utilities Service:
    General and pre-loan policies...................................277
    Treasury rate direct loan program...............................282
  Settlement of debt................................................273
  State mediation programs...........................................23
  Water Programs....................................................264
Loan programs-business:
  SBA:
    Certified Development Company program..............3455, 3471, 3485
    Disaster assistance......................................3490, 3491
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................3480
    Premier Certified Lender Program...............................3472
    Small Business Lending Companies...............................3459
Loan programs-education:
  Direct Loan Program...............................................653
  Federal Family Education Loan Program.............................653
  Federal Perkins Loan Program......................................652
  Interest.........................................................2516
  Medical research.............................................791, 798
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers...............802
Loan programs-health:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Program....................................796
  NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 
      from Disadvantaged Backgrounds................................799
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers...............802
  NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparities 
      Research......................................................800
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................801
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Financial information system standards...........................3323
  Government Sponsored Enterprises:
    Classification of..............................................3325
    Corporate governance...........................................3322
    Flood insurance requirements...................................3326
    High costs and predatory features...............................950
    Minimum capital................................................3321
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies.................958
  Rural areas........................................118, 119, 122, 125
  Safety and soundness requirements................................3323
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program..............959
Loan programs-Indians:
  Housing loan guarantees..........................................1029
Loan programs-veterans:
  Advertising and solicitation disclosure..........................2757
  Multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans...........2662
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................2719
  Property improvements definition.................................2704
  Regulation amendments............................................2730
  Vendee financing for VA-acquired properties......................2659
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................1529
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................1529
  Restrictions...............................................3535, 3562
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Foreign prohibitions.............................................1654
  Safety and health regulations....................................1626
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Section 8:
    Denial of admission and termination of tenancy for fugitive 
        felons.....................................................1008
    Disabled families assistance...................................1021
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                    982
    Downpayment assistance grant...................................1022
    Fair market rents...............................................946
    Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1020
    Project-based voucher program..................................1025
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract...........981
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1009
    Special rent adjustments........................................970
    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families..........................943
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants...................................629


                                   M

Mammography:
  State certification of facilities.................................780
Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety......................................983, 988
  Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000......................972
Marijuana:
  Industrial use...................................................1375
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards...........................................73
  Beluga whales.....................................................475
  Captive holding and transport.....................................470
  Harbor porpoise population review.................................512
  Incidental taking:
    Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan...................523, 525
    Beaufort Sea Polar Bear and Walrus.............................1084
    Deployment of the U.S. Navy's low frequency active sonar........472
    During oil and gas structure removal activities in the Gulf 
        of Mexico...................................................439
    During rocket launch operations............................437, 516
    Manatees.......................................................1080
  Level B harassment...............................................1171
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................432
  Marine Mammal Protection Act......................................521
  Native cultural exchange of marine mammal handicrafts............1192
  North Atlantic whale protection..............................433, 469
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1170
  Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................1800
  Steller sea lions..................................436, 495, 502, 518
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................363
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Anchoring prohibitions in Flower Garden Banks National Marine 
      Sanctuary.....................................................528
  Commercial submarine cables in National Marine Sanctuaries........488
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................527
  Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy........................................512
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................487
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................440
  Research program..................................................489
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Alternate compliance program.....................................1806
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1731
  Casualty reporting...............................................1749
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties....................1733
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1770
  Hazardous liquid cargoes on board vessels........................1807
  Houseboats.................................................1736, 1793
  Liferaft servicing intervals.....................................1740
  Marine events....................................................1738

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  Naval Vessel Protection Zones..............................1744, 1776
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................1797
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1743, 1804
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1736
  Puget Sound-Area waters..........................................1761
  Reporting recreational boat accidents............................1801
  Safety/security zone regulations...........................1747, 1775
  Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................1729
  Towing vessels.............................................1756, 1759
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1774
  Uninspected passenger vessels....................................1762
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities........39
  Cargo preference regulations:
    Agricultural exports...........................................2211
  Communications.............................................3798, 3816
  Deposit funds....................................................2213
  Electronic transmissions and document submission.................3877
  Filing and service fees..........................................3878
  Great Lakes load line certificate................................1757
  Hazardous substances.............................................2173
  Income source rules..............................................2410
  Japanese vessels.................................................3882
  Merchant mariners..........................................1782, 1808
  Mobile radio services............................................3768
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................3881
  Notice of violation options......................................1773
  Ocean common carrier status......................................3880
  Operating agreements.............................................3876
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1741
  Seaway Tariff of Tolls...........................................2157
  Ship reporting systems in whale areas............................1800
  U.S.-flag vessel preference.................................577, 3574
Marketing quotas:
  Peanuts........................................................46, 66
  Tobacco....................34, 41, 47, 48, 49, 56, 60, 63, 64, 65, 70
Mass transportation:
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............1708
  Bus testing guidelines...........................................2149
  School bus operations............................................2153
Measurement standards:
  See also Metric system
  Gaseous fuels:
    Propane cylinders..............................................2204
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................204
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................193
  Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance Program..............261
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category..............................................3166
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................209
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................80
  Grading regulations for imported livestock..........................4
  HACCP programs...............................................191, 197
  Imported lamb meat...............................................2388
  Labeling................................................202, 213, 217
  Lamb meat adjustment assistance program............................62
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program..................11
  Lamb reporting regulations..........................................8
  Meat recovery systems.............................................204
  Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy....91, 96, 216, 
                                                                    747
  Quality Systems Certification Program..............................12
  Transportation and storage........................................210
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................192
  Color additives...................................................205
  Contaminated......................................................211
  Emergency regulations.............................................216
  Food additives....................................................205
  HACCP programs....................................................191
  Mechanically separated products...................................190
  Performance standards:
    Bacon...........................................................194
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................203
  Service fees..................................................16, 219
  Total quality control systems.....................................215
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................903
  Case management...................................................907
  Civil money penalties for violations..............................830
  Cost sharing regulations..........................................898
  Coverage rules for inmates of public institutions.................906
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................171
  Hospitals:
    Upper payment limit.............................................920
  Managed care......................................................836
    Civil penalties.................................................716
    Regulation revisions............................................847
    Withdrawal......................................................861
  Medical child support.............................................871
  Mentally retarded persons:
    Conditions of participation for intermediate care facilities 
                                                                    811
    Flexibility in payment methods for services.....................904
  Organ procurement organizations...................................881
  Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they 
      have financial relationships..................................921
  Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly....................896
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.................875, 911
  Severe medically determinable impairment definition...............895
  Spousal impoverishment provisions.................................905
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities..........887
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships..................................................790
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................631
  Diagnostic x-ray systems..........................................754
  Exports...........................................................326
  Informed consent regulations......................................750
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................3739
  Postmarket surveillance...........................................769
  Premarket notification submissions................................770
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................752
  Respiratory assist devices........................................825
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................726
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................753
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3037
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility................................791, 798
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................795
  Peer review.......................................................794

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Medicare:
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................903
    Payments for new technology intraocular lenses..................924
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................717
  Appeals process...................................................899
  Civil money penalties for violations..............................830
  Clinical diagnostic laboratory services...........................915
  Clinical laboratories regulation..................................878
  Computer errors, recovery of overpayments.........................863
  Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity......883
  Coordination of retiree health benefits..........................3200
  Coverage decision process.........................................813
  Coverage policy challenges........................................812
  Dialysis services.................................................866
  DMERC service areas...............................................901
  Durable medical equipment:
    Payment for upgraded features...................................843
  End-stage renal disease:
    Bad debt payment................................................810
    Emergency waiver of coverage....................................852
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services..............................................916
    Application of inherent reasonableness..........................876
    Payment limits..................................................876
    Physician payments....................................822, 854, 914
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation................................865, 874
    Prospective payment system.................................849, 912
  Hospice care............................................809, 827, 868
  Hospitals:
    Coinsurance.....................................................856
    Conditions of participation.....................................864
    Inpatient deductible............................................856
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation.........845
    Inpatient prospective payment system.......................824, 908
    Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system...823, 853, 913
    Long-term care prospective payment system.......................910
    Outpatient Prospective Payment System.......820, 833, 918, 923, 925
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement........................860
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...........893, 911
    Transitional pass-through payments..............................925
  Long term care prospective payment system.........................844
  Managed care payment provisions...................................882
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Appeals and grievance procedures................................879
    Civil penalties.................................................716
    Premium reductions..............................................892
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules.......................867
  Organ procurement organizations...................................881
  Overpayments and underpayments:
    Interest assessment.............................................885
    Reporting and repayment.........................................917
  Payment provisions for suppliers of orthotics and prosthetics 
                                                                    900
  Photocopy expense reimbursement...................................816
  Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they 
      have financial relationships..................................921
  Prescription drug discount program endorsement...............850, 888
  Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly....................896
  Prospective Payment System..............................816, 844, 918
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers.................................................807
    Effect of change of ownership on penalties and sanctions........831
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Allowable costs.................................................884
    Appeals.........................................................894
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage...........873
  Rural health clinics..............................................837
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Beneficiary assessment requirements.............................855
    Exceptions to cost limits.......................................857
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing...821, 909, 926
  State allotments for payment of Part B premiums..............846, 902
  Statement of intent...............................................819
  Supplementary Medical Insurance:
    Annual deductible...............................................922
    Premium surcharge agreements....................................842
    Rates...........................................................858
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.....877, 900
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities..........887
Medigap:
  Annual deductible.................................................922
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions..............................717
Mental health programs:
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............723
  Emergency response criteria.......................................724
  Group health plan benefit parity.................................1580
  Mental Health Parity Act..........................................891
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system.................................893, 911
    Use of restraint and seclusion..................................875
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3169
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3089
Metric system:
  Conversion:
    Motor vehicle safety standards.................................2014
Migratory birds:
  See Wildlife
Military arms sales:
  See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
  Claims settlement.................................................553
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3510
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................569
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................755
  Reemployment.....................................................3358
  Retirement regulations...........................................3360
  Security policies for granting access to classified information
                                                                    562
  Stars and Stripes newspaper operations............................555
Milk:
  Elimination of whole cow's milk given to infants in food 
      assistance programs...........................................174
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists.........82
  Special Milk Program for Children.................................176
Mine safety and health:
  Air quality standards............................................1600
  Asbestos exposure limit..........................................1593
  Belt entry.......................................................1594
  Hazard communication.............................................1599
  Metal and nonmetal mines:
    Diesel particulate exposure....................................1604
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1596
  Rescue teams.....................................................1598
  Respirable coal dust.......................................1592, 1602
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................1595

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  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3089
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................1597
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts.................................1601
    High-voltage longwall equipment................................1603
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure..................................................1261
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1321
  Fractions sale....................................................226
  Hearings and investigations......................................1259
  Location and maintenance fees on mining claims or sites..........1313
  Mineral Management Service inspections on fixed facilities.......1772
  Mineral patent applications......................................1297
  Mining claims..............................................1305, 1306
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Offshore cranes................................................1270
    Pipeline rights-of-way...................................1092, 1265
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1265
    Safety zone....................................................1742
  Overburden definition............................................3083
  Privately owned mineral rights within the National Wildlife 
      Refuge System................................................1185
  Proprietary terms................................................1261
  Revenue collection regulations...................................1273
  Segregated or withdrawn lands....................................1304
  Service order appeals............................................1260
  Solid minerals reporting requirements............................1280
  Sulphur leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf...................1269
  Valuation regulations......................................1262, 1264
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1252
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1252
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned..................................................1281, 1284
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1282
  Civil penalties..................................................1289
  Placement of excess soil.........................................1286
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1311
  Revegetation standards...........................................1285
  Surface management.........................................1289, 1305
  Water pollution control..........................................3179
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1551
  Violation penalties..............................................1560
Minority businesses:
  Participation in DOT programs....................................1704
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
      Minority businesses
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Approval of condominium developments in the Commonwealth of 
      Puerto Rico...................................................965
  Mortgage Insurance Certificates...................................974
  Premium remittance period.........................................956
  Premiums in multifamily housing programs..........................980
  Refinancing debt of existing hospitals............................984
  Refinancing Home Equity Conversion Mortgages......................979
  Single-family.....................................................974
    Consultant roster procedures....................................977
    Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities 
                                                                    940
    Nonprofit approval and removal procedures.......................975
    Predatory lending..........................................957, 978
  Up-front payments.................................................962
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rates..................................................963
  Alternative mortgage lending.....................................2654
  Appraiser Watch system............................................976
  Classification of Enterprises....................................3325
  Credit Watch......................................................955
  Disclosure of costs to consumers..................................973
  Federal home loan banks:
    Rules of practice and procedures...............................3871
  FHA Inspector Roster..............................................960
  FHA Total Mortgage Scorecard......................................964
  Government Sponsored Enterprises.................................3325
    Corporate governance...........................................3322
    Financial information system standards.........................3323
    Flood insurance requirements...................................3326
    High costs and predatory features...............................950
    Minimum capital................................................3321
    Safety and soundness requirements..............................3323
  Home mortgage disclosure.........................................3893
  Lender accountability for appraisals..............................961
  Nondiscrimination................................................3320
  OTS capital regulations..........................................2655
  Predatory lending practices............................950, 976, 2658
  Real estate appraisals...........................................2335
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits.........................2531
  Risk-based capital regulation..............................3324, 3327
  Terminating origination approval agreements.......................955
  Truth in lending.................................................3913
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems........................................1966, 2040, 2113
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2076
    Employee protections information...............................1956
    Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.........................1957
    Performance-based brake testers................................1966
    Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico 
        border.....................................................1967
  Data display units...............................................1982
  DOD freight carriers..............................................610
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2038
    Commercial drivers' license standards..........................1970
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement................................................1973
    Disqualifications..............................................1981
    Entry-level....................................................1979
    Hours of service regulations...................................1959
    Instructor training............................................1978
    Learner permits................................................1976
    Licensing......................................................1975
    Noncommercial motor vehicle violations.........................1968
    Penalties......................................................1981
    Physical fitness...............................................1951
    Qualification requirements...............................1950, 1985
    Safety performance history.....................................1952
    Training.................................................1978, 1979
  Dromedary equipped truck tractor-semitrailers designated as 
      specialized equipment........................................1928
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations................................................1983
  English language requirement.....................................1985
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................1972
    Commercial van operations transporting passengers across 
        U.S.-Mexico border.........................................1967

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    Interstate school buses........................................1989
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............1971
    Post-accident controlled substances and alcohol test results 
                                                                   1988
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................1965
    Zero-base revision.............................................1987
  Freight forwarding industry......................................1984
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................1977
  Heavy truck conspicuity..........................................1997
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2411
  Household goods transportation...................................1961
  Identification report............................................1994
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................2347
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system.............................................1953
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................1986
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................1986
  Investigative authority..........................................1981
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................1963
    Commercial zones...............................................1993
    Decal display requirements.....................................1974
    NAFTA..........................................................1962
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................1969
  Out-of-service criteria..........................................1964
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................1958
  Rules of practice..........................................1955, 1981
  Safety fitness procedures........................................1954
  Sleeper berth regulations........................................1980
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2160
  Television receivers.............................................1982
  Trailer test rig.................................................2094
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2192
  Truck length and width.....................................1925, 1943
  Truck size and weight............................................1915
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels............................................656, 670
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................2887
  Emission standards for highway motorcycles.......................2892
  Gasoline:
    Additives......................................................2991
    Anti-dumping program.....................................2896, 2948
    Date for receipt of summer grade reformulated gasoline at 
        terminals..................................................3023
    Reformulated.............................................2898, 2958
    Summer gasoline volatility standard............................3024
    Tier 2/gasoline sulfur regulations.............................2946
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................2927
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................2829
  Low emission vehicles program....................................2912
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................2886
  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program..................2884
  Non-conformance penalties for heavy-duty diesel engines and 
      vehicles.....................................................3022
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices...................................................2068
  Air bags.........................................................2116
  Brake systems:
    Air brakes.....................................................2113
    Allowing roll-bar during testing...............................2048
    Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2109
    Brake hoses....................................................2022
    Hydraulic parking brake........................................2040
    Linings........................................................2059
    Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2051
  Child restraint systems.....1999, 2025, 2032, 2050, 2082, 2097, 2099, 
                                                                   2105
  Civil penalties..................................................2112
  Community transportation vehicles................................2013
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2102
  Defect reporting and notification........2026, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089
  Ejection mitigation using advanced glazing.......................2000
  Electric vehicles................................................2118
  Event Data Recorders.............................................2004
  Fire performance requirements....................................2062
  Frontal offset protection........................................2020
  Fuel system integrity............................................2056
  Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2044
  Imported vehicles................................................2078
  Inconsequential defect or noncompliance..........................2058
  Interior trunk release...........................................2100
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2016
    Daytime running lamps....................................2047, 2069
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2063
    Headlamp glare.................................................2024
    Motorcycles..............................................1998, 2027
    Performance and test requirement modifications.................2070
    Signal lamps...................................................2071
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2008
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2042
    Passenger-side systems.........................................2043
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2028
  Moving barrier tire specification................................2085
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags...........................................2010, 2106, 2107
    Door retention.................................................2015
    Head/neck protection.....................................2001, 2075
    Side impact protection.........................................2104
    Upper interior impact..........................................2077
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2037
  Power-operated windows.....................................2064, 2067
  Prohibition of sale or lease of equipment with safety-related 
      defect.......................................................2091
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2061
  Recalls:
    Accelerated....................................................2088
    In foreign countries...........................................2087
    Reimbursement prior to.........................................2089
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................2117
  Roof crashworthiness.......................................2009, 2079
  Safety glazing...................................................2074
  School buses:
    Body joint strength............................................2114
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2103
  Seat belts:
    Anchorages for voluntarily installed shoulder belts............2035
    Emergency locking retractor....................................2034
    Length options.................................................2033
    Rear seats.....................................................2068
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2068
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2006
  Shifting and falling cargo.......................................1960
  Static out-of-position test requirements.........................2053
  Test dummies:
    Adult size.....................................................2002
    Child size...................................2045, 2053, 2083, 2115
    Female size....................................................2084
    Hybrid III.........................................2002, 2010, 2045
  Tires:
    Disposition of replaced tires..................................2090
    Inspections for vehicles carrying hazardous materials..........1991
    Pressure monitoring system.....................................2111
    Safety information.......................................2092, 2096
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2029
    Rear impact guards.............................................2110
  Wheelchair lifts.................................................2060

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Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems......................................2019
  Adaptive equipment for veterans..................................2764
  Alternatively fueled vehicles..............................2093, 2912
  American Automobile Labeling Act.................................1996
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test...................................................2080
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2165
  Commercial:
    Cargo securement...............................................1960
    Dedicated Short Range Communications...........................1932
    Importation....................................................2049
  Community transportation vehicles................................2013
  Controls and displays............................................2030
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2066
  Defects..........................................................2066
  Domestic origin of parts.........................................1996
  Fleet fuel efficiency.............................................701
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2093
  High-theft lines.................................................2101
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology...........................................2036
    Safety standards...............................................2118
  Importation fees.................................................2057
  Imports....................................................2098, 2927
  Inconsequential defects..........................................2017
  Light trucks.....................................................2837
    Fuel economy standards...................................2052, 2119
    Head restraints................................................2001
  Location and monitoring systems..................................3810
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2023
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements.....................................2007
    Compliance for manufacturers and alterers......................2095
  National Driver Register.........................................2038
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1387
  Noncompliance exemption..........................................2017
  Odometer fraud...................................................1995
  Parts marking requirement........................................2039
  Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2079
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2041
    Width requirements.............................................1925
  Regulation compliance and enforcement............................2018
  Retroactive certification..................................2003, 2046
  Salvage regulations..............................................1527
  Special purpose vehicles.........................................2021
  Theft data.......................................................2055
  Theft loss reports...............................................2054
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2065
  Window glazing:
    Light transmission standards...................................2081
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2344


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Assessment of fees...............................................2341
  Capital regulations..............................................2328
  Commercial mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2335
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...............2322
  Determining nature of financial activities.......................2225
  Fiduciary activities.............................................2340
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2222, 2223
  Maintenance of records...........................................2323
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................2339
  Payday lending...................................................2324
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2224
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2334
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure..........................2320
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Civil defense
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................564
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Appeal regulations................................................238
  Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 
                                                                    235
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................1920
  Fossil collecting.................................................239
  Hydroelectric uses................................................225
  Land and resource management planning rule...................236, 247
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................241
  Road management policy............................................249
  Small business land use...........................................248
  Special use authorizations........................................244
  Timber sales:
    Export and substitution restrictions............................232
    National Environmental Policy Act documentation.................237
  Trails accessibility guidelines...................................240
  Use of fixed anchors in wilderness areas..........................233
  Visitor services..................................................245
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.......................................1815, 1857
  Commercial use permits...........................................1209
  Dry Tortugas National Park.......................................1223
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................1917
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management.................................................1230
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Flight rule modifications......................................1838
    Postponement of special flight rules...........................1869
  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations..........................................1319
  Historic preservation programs for tribal lands..................1208
  Leasing regulations..............................................1231
  Niagara Falls:
    Flight restrictions............................................1839
  Personal watercraft use.....1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 
                                     1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222
  Presidio:
    Management...............................................3438, 3439
  Resident zone communities........................................1232
  Snowmobile use...................................................1225
  Vehicles and traffic safety......................................1207
  Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument......................1227
  Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.................................1232
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1229
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

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Native Americans:
  See Hawaiian Natives
      Indians
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Pipelines
           Oil and gas reserves
  Accounting and reporting requirements............................3856
  Annual limits....................................................3863
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3860
  Import and export authorization...................................689
  Interstate business practice standards.....................3850, 3855
  Project cost.....................................................3863
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3851
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
  Damage assessments..........................................477, 1030
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs......................................33, 1042
    Corps of Engineers program......................................616
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................283
    Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3163
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system.................................440, 1842, 1846, 1855
  Instrument flight rules..........................................1843
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.............................1841
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................1845
  Transponder requirement..........................................1852
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................1828
Navigation (water):
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1731
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1770
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2193
  Prince William Sound.............................................1778
  Puget Sound......................................................1778
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1754
  Updating technical information...................................1737
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership....................................3793, 3794
Noise control:
  Construction.....................................................1947
  Highway traffic..................................................1947
  Overflights of national parks..............................1815, 1857
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits.....................................................1606, 2689
  DOT grants.......................................................1701
  Grants administration.......................304, 566, 951, 2775, 3215
  Limitation of insured housing loans...............................958
  Rights to inventions.........................................550, 552
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Availability of official records.................................3988
  Electronic document submission...................................3979
  NRC debt collection procedures.............................3977, 3986
  NRC fee schedules................................................3976
  NRC organization change and function transfer....................4003
  NRC regulations..................................................4006
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes.................686
Nuclear materials:
  Availability of official records.................................3988
  Computer security.................................................680
  Control and accounting requirements..............................3985
  DOE security activities...........................................682
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................691
  Electronic document submission...................................3979
  Emergency response worker training................................696
  Export controls...................................................348
  Financial assurance regulations for licenses.....................3971
  Human reliability program.........................................683
  Medical byproduct use............................................3998
  NRC debt collection procedures...................................3986
  NRC organization change and function transfer....................4003
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................3987
  Packaging and transportation safety standards....................3967
  Probability for unlikely features, events and processes..........3974
  Spent fuel:
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage systems......3975
    List of approved storage casks.........3968, 4004, 4005, 4007, 4008
    Shipment information protection requirements...................3990
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................3966
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Availability of official records.................................3988
  Codes and standards..............................................3983
  Combustible gas control system...................................3969
  Decommissioning:
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................3992
    Trust agreements...............................................3981
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................3964
  Electronic document submission...................................3979
  Emergency action levels..........................................3978
  Entombment options...............................................3995
  Event notification requirements..................................3973
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......3970
  Fire protection..................................................3965
  Incorporation by reference of ASME, BPV, and OM code cases.......3972
  NRC regulation amendments:
    Adjudicatory process changes...................................3980
    Partial site releases..........................................3982
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................3963, 4002
    Nondiscrimination..............................................3984
  Physical protection regulations..................................3993
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................3996
  Radiation safety:
    Discrete radioactive particles protection......................4001
  Radiological sabotage............................................3993
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................3991
  Safety regulations................................................690
  Spent fuel storage:
    Geological and seismological characteristics.............3975, 4000
    List of approved storage casks.........3968, 4004, 4005, 4007, 4008
  Waste disposal.............................................3974, 3989
  Worker fatigue...................................................3997
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities

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  Veterans...................................................2693, 2702
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Education and training program:
    Plain language rewrite..........................................182
  Food labeling.....................................................213
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................173


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Advisory committees..............................................1648
  Air quality......................................................1647
  Beryllium exposure...............................................1620
  Cargo handling...................................................1626
  Chemicals:
    Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3064
  Child labor regulations..........................................1554
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1636
  Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................1956
  Construction industry............................................1615
    Hearing loss prevention........................................1621
    Hoisting equipment safety......................................1637
  Crystalline silica exposure......................................1618
  Electric power...................................................1632
  Electrical standards.............................................1642
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.......694, 
                                                              728, 1556
  Ethylene oxide...................................................1616
  Excavations......................................................1622
  Exit routes......................................................1639
  Fall protection............................................1617, 1634
  Glycol ethers....................................................1627
  Grain handling facilities........................................1619
  Hazardous waste handling.........................................1645
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1614
  Injury and illness recording and reporting requirements..........1644
  Mine rescue teams................................................1598
  Personal protective equipment....................................1633
  Plain language revision of existing standards....................1639
  Presence sensing device initiation of mechanical power presses 
                                                                   1623
  Railroad accident/incident reporting.............................2125
  Respiratory protection.....................................1624, 1625
  Safety and health management program.............................1628
  Scaffolds........................................................1646
  Shipyard standards.............................1630, 1631, 1638, 1646
  Standards improvement............................................1635
  State plan changes...............................................1641
  Traffic control devices..........................................1640
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................1629
  Walking working surfaces.........................................1634
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Drilling operations..............................................1266
  Hearings and investigations......................................1259
  Leasing..........................................................1320
    Leasing and operations regulations.......................1317, 1320
  Offshore floating production facilities..........................1272
  Outer Continental Shelf..........................................1758
    Decommissioning activities.....................................1268
    Document updates...................................1263, 1275, 1277
    Incidental taking of marine mammals.............................439
    Offshore cranes................................................1270
    Pipeline rights-of-way...................................1092, 1265
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1265
    Royalty suspension volume......................................1276
    Safety measures..........................................1269, 1775
    Safety zone for vessels........................................1742
    Surety bonds...................................................1279
    Suspension of operations under salt sheets.....................1274
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1253
  Royalty relief.......................................1255, 1258, 1278
  Royalty reporting standards................................1254, 1255
  Service order appeals............................................1260
  Sustained casing pressure........................................1271
Oil and gas reserves:
  Alaska petroleum reserve.........................................1320
  Export controls...................................................353
Oil pollution:
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1777
  National Contingency Plan........................................3138
  Natural resource damage assessment................................477
  Oil spill response.......................1728, 1732, 1779, 1780, 2178
  Prevention.................................................1796, 3131
  Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan........................1805
  Tank vessels...............................................1771, 1778
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3531
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3531
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3547
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3555
  Video teleconference technology..................................3537
Organization and functions:
  Farm Credit Administration.................................3672, 3674
  FEMA.............................................................3214
  NRC..............................................................4003
  OGE..............................................................3328
  Peace Corps......................................................3430
  RRB..............................................................3450
  USDA..............................................................208
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Ephedrine drug products..........................................1379
  Generally recognized as safe and effective and not misbranded 
                                                                    781
  Safety............................................................733
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1367
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3654, 3655
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3915
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...................1715, 2783
  Alternate tonnage convention.....................................1785
  Emergency response plans.........................................1760
  Financial responsibility for nonperformance......................3879
  Financial responsibility requirements............................3883
  Immigration User Fee.......................................1435, 1524

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  Manifest requirements............................................1508
  Safety...........................................................1762
  Security plans...................................................1789
Passports and visas:
  B visas....................................................1421, 1656
  Diversity visas..................................................1677
  Guam Visa Waiver Program.........................................1425
  Issuance of new or replacement visas.............................1675
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1432
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Alien witnesses and informants.................................1657
    Automatic revalidation.........................................1672
    Automatic voiding..............................................1430
    Exemptions.....................................................1466
    K classification...............................................1494
    U classification...............................................1433
    V classification...............................................1493
    Waiver of firearm prohibition..................................1536
  Refusals of individual visas.....................................1668
  Transit without visa...............1438, 1443, 1497, 1500, 1502, 1655
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1420
  Visa waiver pilot program:
    Countries eligible.............................................1511
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1425, 1663
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Poundage quota and price support...........................46, 59, 66
Peer review organizations:
  Name change.......................................................851
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Civil................................................1894, 2227, 3205
    DOI............................................................1289
    ERISA..............................................1573, 1574, 1585
    FAA............................................................1905
    HUD.............................................................952
    Inflation adjustment..........................948, 1894, 3205, 3562
    Medicaid managed care organizations.......................716, 1894
    Medicare and Medicaid...........................................830
    Medicare and Medigap............................................717
    Medicare+Choice Organizations.............................716, 1894
    NHTSA..........................................................2112
    Nursing homes..................................................1894
    TVA............................................................3562
  Immigration......................................................1386
  Inflation adjustment.............................................1560
  Labor Department...........................................1560, 1588
  Nuclear weapons contractors.......................................696
  PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3436
  Tax shelters.....................................................2454
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Administrative review process....................................3433
  Cash balance plans with variable indices.........................3435
  Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2415, 2417
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over............2575
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2462
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................1575
    Bonding requirement exemption for certain broker-dealers and 
        investment advisers........................................1577
    Bonding rules..................................................1571
    Civil penalties....................................1573, 1574, 1585
    Continuation of health care coverage...........................1576
    Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program..................1591
    Electronic disclosure of employee benefit plan information.....1589
    Enforcement of regulations.....................................1572
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1579, 1584
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1581
    Mental health benefits parity..................................1580
    Multiple employer welfare arrangements.........................1582
    Plan documents.....................................1586, 1587, 1588
    Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program.........................1590
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1583
  Filing rules.....................................................3432
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2602
  Normal retirement age............................................2443
  Penalties assessment and relief..................................3436
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2459
  Required distributions from plans....................2489, 2568, 2624
  Single-employer plans:
    Valuation......................................................3434
  Trusteed plans, payment of benefits..............................3437
  Valuation of plan benefits.......................................3434
Pesticides and pests:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
  Active ingredient production...............................2879, 2954
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3033, 3041
  Biochemical or microbial products................................3036
  Canceled or suspended............................................3046
  Data requirements....................................3030, 3035, 3036
  Disposal and storage guidelines............................3039, 3046
  Emergency exemption regulations..................................3034
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program................3031
  Environmental fate and ecological effects........................3035
  Groundwater protection...........................................3047
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................100
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3037
  National Laboratory Accreditation Program...........................2
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3043
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3038, 3045, 3048
  Protection of human research subjects............................3049
  Registration review program......................................3032
  Rules of practice................................................2808
  Storage and disposal.......................................3039, 3046
  Tolerance fees...................................................3042
  Transgenic plants................................................3044
  Worker protection standards......................................3040
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2178
  Refineries.......................................................2906
    Emission standards.............................................3012
    Small business size standard...................................3487
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3100
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3118
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2177
  Corrosion control..........................................2201, 2205
  Enforcement procedures...........................................2195
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2159
  Hazardous substances.....................2162, 2172, 2190, 2199, 2208
  High consequence areas for gas transmission operators............2189
  Incident reporting...............................................1257
  Inspection devices...............................................2191
  Integrity management in high consequence areas.......2170, 2200, 2210

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  Maps and records of location.....................................2203
  Modifications and repair.........................................1269
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2193
  Pressure testing.................................................2196
  Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................2167
  Regulatory review................................................2161
  Updates to safety requirements.............................2175, 2183
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Accounting and reporting requirements............................3856
  Certificates of public convenience and necessity.................3864
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3860
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2178
  Rights-of-way..............................................1092, 1265
Plant diseases and pests:
  Black stem rust-resistant varieties...............................112
Plants:
  See also Plant diseases and pests
           Seeds
  Endangered and threatened......................1114, 1132, 1167, 1206
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1046
  National Organic Program standards..................................6
  Noxious weeds:
    Regulations.....................................................106
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3038, 3045, 3048
  Seed testing and certification services............................15
  Transgenic.......................................................3058
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................2975
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3334
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Chilling time and temperature requirements........................201
  Classes of........................................................200
  Commodity recordkeeping requirements..............................172
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................193
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................209
  Imported..........................................................212
  Labeling of natural or regenerated collagen sausage casings.......217
  Nutrition labeling................................................213
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................206
  Substitution of commercial poultry for commodity chicken..........172
  Transportation and storage........................................210
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................192
  Color additives...................................................205
  Contaminated......................................................211
  Food additives....................................................205
  HACCP programs...............................................191, 197
  Ingesta on finished products......................................189
  Performance standards:
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................203
  Ratites...........................................................218
  Service fees..................................................16, 219
  Squabs............................................................218
  Total quality control systems.....................................215
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.......................................................738
    Resistance labeling.............................................763
  Central fill pharmacies..........................................1377
  CHAMPUS Pharmacy Benefits Program............................624, 637
  Child-resistant packaging requirements...........................3654
  Copayments for veterans..........................................2754
  Electronic transactions:
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1365
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1366
    Retail pharmacies...............................................815
  Labeling................................................756, 771, 779
  Medicare endorsement for discount programs...................850, 888
  Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians...............2690, 2692
Presidential elections:
  See Elections
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................3677
Price support programs:
  Peanuts........................................................59, 66
  Tobacco................................47, 48, 49, 56, 60, 63, 64, 65
Prisoners:
  Administrative remedy program....................................1336
  Aliens' release to immigration authorities.......................1346
  Classification and program review................................1342
  Correspondence...................................................1345
  DNA collection and use.....................................1533, 2802
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1341
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1348
  Good conduct time................................................1335
  Legal activities.................................................1328
  Literacy program.................................................1331
  Medicaid coverage rules...........................................906
  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.............1334
  Occupational educational programs................................1343
  Over-the-counter medications.....................................1338
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1347
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1349
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1332
  Transport of violent prisoners...................................1532
  Visitors.........................................................1337
  Volunteer community service projects.............................1326
Prisons:
  Commissary account deposit procedures............................1340
  Commissary privileges............................................1333
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1325
  Employment priority for displaced employees......................3414
  Incoming publications............................................1328
  Infectious disease management..............................1324, 1329
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1327
  Postsecondary education programs.................................1330
  Telephone privileges.............................................1333
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................1545
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Children's Online Privacy Act....................................3926
  Consumer financial information...................................3921
  Disclosure of court records......................................2796
  Federal information resources....................................3341
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........1562
  Food Stamp Program................................................150
  Health information................................................719
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution..................3266
  Privacy Act:
    Corporation for National Service...............................2787
    Crop insurance..................................................126
    DOC amendments..................................................305
    DOE records.....................................................697

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    DOJ implementation.......................................1323, 1514
    Exempt systems of records......................................2331
    Exemption of FBI records.......................................1388
    FHFB regulation................................................3868
    GSA policy and procedures......................................3239
    INS regulations................................................1514
    NARA procedures................................................3298
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3313
    OGE procedures.................................................3329
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3429
    SBA records....................................................3457
  Social security records and information..........................3498
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...........................................................1459
  Disaster assistance..............................................3218
  Eligibility of immigrants........................................1450
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1564
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3062
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2824
  Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program..............723
  Indian gaming facilities.........................................3951
  NIH center grants.................................................792
  NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 
      from Disadvantaged Backgrounds................................799
  NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparities 
      Research......................................................800
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................801
  NIH training grants...............................................793
  Postmarket surveillance...........................................769
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1581
    Mental health and substance abuse emergency response criteria
                                                                    724
    Mental health benefits parity..................................1580
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................722
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1583
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................2972
  Research misconduct...............................................803
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2192
  Water contamination..................................3031, 3187, 3196
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Assessment system..........................................1004, 1005
  Capital Fund Program.............................................1006
  Conversion of developments.......................................1011
  Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based assistance.....1018
  Demolition and disposition.......................................1010
  Denial of admission and termination of tenancy for fugitive 
      felons.......................................................1008
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects......982
  Eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States..........1014
  Established income range.........................................1015
  Excess rental charges.............................................966
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs..........................946
  Homeownership programs...........................................1016
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Eligibility of PHA-owned or controlled units...................1024
    Exception payment standard to offset increase in utility 
        costs......................................................1023
    Payment standards protection...................................1020
  Mixed-finance program............................................1007
  Operating Fund allocation formula................................1027
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1009
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1021
    Downpayment initiative.........................................1022
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program:
    Lease-up indicator.............................................1026
    Small PHAs.....................................................1005
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families............................943
  Total Development Cost...........................................1017
  Voluntary conversion to tenant-based assistance..................1019
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-withdrawal
           Reclamation
  Abandoned mine land reclamation..................................1284
  Authorization of law enforcement officers at reclamation 
      facilities...................................................1291
  Desert land entries..............................................1295
  Disclaimers of interest..........................................1303
  FERC fees schedule for use of....................................3866
  Hazardous substances compliance..................................1299
  Indian allotments................................................1309
  Leases...........................................................1314
  Permit and easements.............................................1314
  Policy and management......................................1294, 1314
  Recreational use permits...................................1302, 1310
  Subsistence management.......1104, 1105, 1152, 1157, 1160, 1166, 1204
  Trespass on reclamation lands and facilities.....................1293
  Wilderness management......................................1306, 1312
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1316
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1315
  Disposal of mineral materials....................................1321
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1296
  Mining claims..............................................1305, 1306
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Performance standards..........................................1317
  Revegetation standards...........................................1285
  User fees........................................................1307
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Regulations removal..............................................1308
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Mineral examinations.............................................1304
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Publications:
  See Government publications


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors....................................690
  Discrete radioactive particles protection........................4001
  Dose methodology.................................................2840

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  Drinking water...................................................3027
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........727
  Medical byproduct material use...................................3998
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1528
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.............................2972
  Yucca Mountain, NV...............................................3999
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz........................3731
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz band...........3736
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3803
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3821
    Resale of services.............................................3800
    Roaming obligations............................................3800
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3819
    Spectrum cap...................................................3804
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................3801
  Competitive bidding process................................3802, 3809
  Conducted emission limits........................................3741
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................3784
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3762
  Experimental broadcast station multiple ownership rule...........3796
  FM radio.........................................................3783
  Government transfer band.........................................3735
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3814
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3822
  Maritime communications..........................................3816
  Maritime mobile services.........................................3768
  Market definitions...............................................3789
  Millimeter wave spectrum allocation..............................3749
  Multiple access systems..........................................3808
  Newspaper cross-ownership..................................3793, 3794
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3792
  Public safety communications requirements........................3807
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................3824
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2128
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................3745, 3823
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3763
  Software defined radios..........................................3743
  Specialized Mobile Radio Systems.................................3799
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3820
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3815
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3818
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3818
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3742
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........3751
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3730
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Diseases specific to exposed veterans......................2759, 2763
  Exposed individual notification requirement......................3994
  Packaging and transportation.....................................3967
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
           Railroad retirement
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2133
    Foreign-based train crews......................................2138
    Post-accident blood testing procedures.........................2146
  Safety regulations...............................................2136
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Age requirement................................................3442
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3446
    Spouse annuity application.....................................3443
  Creditability of pay.............................................3448
  Disability determination.......................3440, 3445, 3447, 3449
  Employers' contributions...................................3441, 3452
  Freedom of information...........................................3444
  RRB general administration.......................................3450
  Trial work period, redefined.....................................3447
  Waiver of interest, penalties, and administrative costs in 
      collection of certain debts..................................3451
Railroad safety:
  Accident/incident reporting..........................2125, 2132, 2140
  Advanced civil speed enforcement system..........................2141
  Automatic train control..........................................2141
  Brake system standards...........................................2145
  Bridge worker safety standards...................................2144
  Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-up 
      operations...................................................2130
  Crane safety standards...........................................2137
  Enforcement procedures...........................................2122
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2121
  Fixed guideway systems...........................................2148
  Freight cars.....................................................2142
  Grade crossing and signal systems..........................1922, 1958
  Locomotives:
    Cab temperature requirements...................................2139
    Cab working conditions.........................................2143
    Crashworthiness................................................2120
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents....................................................2132
  Passenger equipment safety standards.............................2135
  Radio communications and train control...........................2128
  Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2124
  Rules of practice................................................2123
  Safety integration plans...................................2130, 4084
  Track maintenance................................................2131
  Utility employee protection......................................2136
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2127
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Repayment tax....................................................2590
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Arbitration......................................................4083
  Assistance to States.............................................2126
  Consolidated reporting...........................................4086
  Electronic access to case filings................................4087
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2171
  Locational requirement for dispatching U.S. operations...........2134
  Railroad highway projects..................................1922, 1930
  Small businesses or entities.....................................2129
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2192
  Waybill Sample reporting requirements............................4085
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  Annual inventory.................................................3257
  FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................1948
  Foreign person's acquisition......................................294
  GSA policy update..........................................3250, 3252
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3244
  Historic preference..............................................3243
  HUBZone program............................................3246, 3621

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Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Authorization of law enforcement officers at reclamation 
      facilities...................................................1291
  Backfilling and grading..........................................1282
  Revegetation standards...........................................1285
  Trespass on lands and facilities.................................1293
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.........................1352
  Presidio:
    Management...............................................3438, 3439
  Reporting boat accidents.........................................1801
  Use permits for public lands.....................................1302
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3102
  DEAR amendment....................................................703
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3108
  Refrigerant................................................2928, 2929
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission procedures.......................................1399, 1469
  Admissions based on resistance to coercive population control 
      measures.....................................................1482
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1469
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1469
Relocation assistance:
  Cost ceiling.....................................................3584
  FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................1948
  Income tax allowance.............................................3262
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Adverse experience reporting......................................736
  Air carriers.........................................1685, 1717, 1851
  Annual report for Federal contractors......................1649, 1650
  ARMIS reporting requirements...................3707, 3712, 3716, 3717
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation................2229, 2230, 2235, 2236
  Carbamates.......................................................3132
  Casinos..........................................................2231
  Chemical inventory reporting...............................3060, 3084
  Commodity pool operators.........................................3635
  Commodity poultry labels..........................................172
  Consolidated railroad reporting..................................4086
  DEA........................................................1370, 1371
  Distilled spirits plants.........................................2300
  DOI........................................................1253, 1255
  DOT..............................................................2046
  Drinking water contaminant occurrence............................3193
  Electronic records management:
    DOL............................................................1589
    FERC.....................................................3853, 3861
    FMC............................................................3877
    NRC............................................................3979
  EPA..............................................................2805
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule........2823
    Electronic reporting...........................................2821
    Emissions reporting requirements...............................2911
  Exempt Privacy Act systems of records............................2331
  Export Reform and Enhancement Act.................................758
  Exports.................................................351, 361, 777
  FAA..............................................................1814
  FCC........................................................3712, 3780
  FDIC.............................................................3849
  FERC.......................................................3856, 3858
  Fisheries.........................................................497
  Food Stamp Program................................................164
  Hazardous materials........................................2182, 3073
  HHS...............................................................828
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3334
  Human cellular and tissue-based products..........................775
  Importation and entry bond conditions............................2366
  Infant formula testing............................................772
  Information collection requests..................................3112
  INS:
    Material availability requirements.............................1514
  Investment advisers........................................4030, 4048
  Investment companies.............................................4037
  Livestock mandatory reporting program...............................8
  Motor carriers...................................................1988
  Motor vehicle safety.............................................2117
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements...........................1582
  Multiyear defense contracts.......................................598
  NARA:
    Electronic records transfer options............................3281
    Electronic text documents......................................3296
    Freedom of information.........................................3294
    Micrographic records management................................3293
    Plain language revisions...........................3285, 3286, 3291
    Privacy Act....................................................3298
    Records disposition............................................3292
  National banks...................................................2323
  National Practitioner Data Bank........................782, 784, 2752
  NOAA..............................................................470
  NRC..............................................................3973
  Nuclear material.................................................3985
  OSHA:
    Injuries and illnesses.........................................1644
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data.......................874
  Peace Corps................................................3428, 3429
  Pipeline accidents...............................................2208
  Rail equipment accidents/incidents.........................2125, 2132
  Railroad employers' records and reports....................3441, 3452
  RCRA.............................................................3112
  Reporting recreational boat accidents............................1801
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3398
  Rural Utilities Services..........................................279
  Savings associations.............................................2653
  Securities:
    Broker-dealers...............................2336, 3832, 4047, 4058
    EDGAR system.......................................4015, 4023, 4043
    Filing quarterly and annual reports on Internet websites.......4012
    Foreign issuers................................................4023
    Large trader reporting system..................................4010
    Life insurance contracts.......................................4056
    Transfer agent services........................................4072
  Security futures products........................................4063
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2312
  Telecommunications operations support systems....................3708
  Tobacco market reporting system....................................41
  Toxic chemical test rules........................................3078
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................3088, 3089
  Train accidents..................................................2140
  Treasury.........................................................2219
  Tuition expenses.................................................2477
  Uranium mill sites................................................695
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............742

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  VA...............................................................2756
  Vessel documentation.............................................1798
  Vessel numbering system..........................................1755
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3342
  Waybill Sample...................................................4085
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Marine resources..................................................489
  Misconduct..................................687, 803, 804, 3267, 3319
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................795
  NIH center grants.................................................792
  NIH Clinics Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 
      from Disadvantaged Backgrounds................................799
  NIH loan repayment program for clinical researchers...............802
  NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health Disparities 
      Research......................................................800
  NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.....................801
  Protection of human subjects................................806, 3049
  Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2570
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
  See Lung diseases
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans............................................2443
  Bonding rules under ERISA........................................1571
  Coordination of health benefits..................................3200
  District of Columbia employees...................................3395
  FEHB coverage....................................................3365
  Firefighters.....................................................3410
  Government employees.................................3360, 3363, 3364
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3397
  Law enforcement officers.........................................3410
  Notice to interested parties.....................................2567
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3398
  Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military retirees......3388
  Required distributions from plans....................2489, 2568, 2624
  TRICARE retiree dental program...............................626, 644
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................569
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2784
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program......................25
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1322
  Tennessee River System...........................................3561
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.............................259
  Business enterprise grants........................................262
  Economic development loans and grants.............................120
  Empowerment zones.................................................253
  Enterprise communities............................................253
  Health clinic cost reporting requirements.........................828
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program........................118
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program....................119, 125
    Loans, grants, and programs...........................116, 121, 122
  Regulation streamlining...........................................116
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for Telecommunications borrowers........270
    Demand side management..........................................275
    Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.......281
    Electric program standard contract forms........................265
    Environmental policies and procedures...........................267
    Extensions of payments..........................................271
    General and pre-loan policies...................................277
    Mergers and consolidations of borrowers.........................274
    Operational control exemptions..................................266
    Record retention requirements for borrowers.....................279
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................278
    Settlement of debt authority....................................273
    Special equipment contract......................................269
    Technical assistance grants.....................................268
    Telecommunications program......................................276
    Treasury rate direct loan program...............................282
    Useful life of a facility determination.........................272
  Technical assistance grants and programs..........................117
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................263


                                   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
           Radiation protection
           Railroad safety
  Indian gaming facilities.........................................3951
  Outer continental shelf platforms..........................1742, 1758
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......................3731
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3758
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3689
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................3732
    Digital audio radio service....................................3762
    Direct broadcast service.......................................3767
    Earth stations...............................3761, 3772, 3774, 3775
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3737, 3755, 3774, 3777
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3770
    Licensing reform...............................................3757
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3768
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3729, 3760, 3766
    Non-geostationary orbit........................................3755
    Non-government operations in the 36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of 
        the V-band.................................................3765
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations...............................3764
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites and 
        separate international satellite systems...................3769
    Sharing of 17.7-19.7 GHz band..................................3777
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3763

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    Voice and data mobile satellite service........................3759
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................3687, 3688, 3689
  Tracking and data relay..........................................3272
Savings associations:
  Capital standards................................................2650
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................2653
  Securities transactions..........................................2653
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  EPA..............................................................2819
  National Institutes of Health.....................................790
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Commodity poultry recordkeeping...................................172
  Eligibility..................................................160, 188
  Plain language revisions..........................................185
  Summer Food Service Program.......................................187
  Technical amendments..............................................174
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................173
School integration:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3077
  Indian School Equalization Program...............................1248
Science and technology:
  Deemed export rule................................................347
  DOD grant and agreement regulations...............................557
  Nondiscrimination................................................3318
  Research misconduct........................................3267, 3319
  Rights to inventions..............................................550
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Transportation and storage........................................210
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping.......1782, 
                                                                   1808
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Acceleration of filing date......................................4013
  Actively managed exchange-traded funds...........................4029
  Advisor transaction rule.........................................4035
  Affiliate transactions.....................................4035, 4040
  Arthur Andersen audit report requirements........................4028
  Blank check companies............................................4018
  Borrowing transactions...........................................3840
  Broker-dealers...................................................4059
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 
                                                                   3625
    Foreign........................................................4059
    Quotation requirements.........................................4066
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2336
    Uniform Application for Broker-Dealer Registration amendment 
                                                                   4071
  Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4067
  Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options 
                                                                   2468
  Communications reform............................................4020
  Company registration and regulation of capital formation.........4022
  Critical accounting policies.....................................4014
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................4031
  Customer margin rules............................................4074
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................4070
  Decimal trading in sub-pennies...................................4075
  Definition of terms..............................................4068
  Depositories.....................................................4049
  Direct participation program interests...........................4073
  Disclosure requirements............4010, 4013, 4014, 4025, 4037, 4079
  EDGAR system.........................................4015, 4023, 4043
  Electronic signatures......................................4054, 4057
  Employee stock plans.............................................4025
  Employer-provided stock option programs..........................1553
  Equity securities................................................4060
  Federal home loan bank offerings.................................3869
  Financial reporting..............................................4018
  Foreign issuers..................................................4023
  Foreign stock index contracts....................................3629
  Form 8-K disclosure requirements and acceleration of filing 
      date.........................................................4021
  Form S-8.........................................................4022
  Futures products:
    Authority to modify product listing standards..................3626
    Cash settlement of contracts.............................3634, 4076
    Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency...............3627
    Dual registrants...............................................3633
    Dual trading...................................................3638
    Exemption from compliance with listing standards...............3637
    Listing standards and conditions...............................3640
    Margin requirements............................................3632
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3628
    Regulatory amendments..........................................4063
    Regulatory trading halts.................................3634, 4076
    Reporting levels for large trader reports......................3641
  Haircuts on......................................................4069
  Holding companies..........................................4009, 4052
  Income taxation............................................2508, 2578
  Independent transmission companies...............................4046
  Insurance products...............................................4056
  Integrated financial transactions................................2599
  International transactions.......................................4061
  Investment advisers........................................4030, 4032
  Investment companies.......................................4037, 4049
    Mergers of affiliated companies................................4051
    Money market fund investment...................................4045
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4019
  Margin regulations review........................................3887
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2430, 2517
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4039
  Mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.............................2335
  Multijurisidictional Disclosure System...........................4016
  Net capital requirements.........................................4065
  Options disclosure document......................................4027
  Penny stocks.....................................................4057
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4024
  Registration.....................................................4056
  Regulation A offering circular...................................4017
  Regulation T.....................................................4070
  Reorganization events............................................4064
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................4058, 4072
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4058
    Filing quarterly and annual reports on Internet websites.......4012
    Large positions................................................2219
  Rule 15c2-5, 15c3-1, 15c3-3......................................4070
  Rule 3a12-11.....................................................4070
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2518
  Savings association transactions.................................2653
  Section 8........................................................4070
  Short sales......................................................4062
  Streamlining.....................................................4011
  Supplemental financial information...............................4080
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4064
  Transaction fee exemptions.................................4077, 4078

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  Transfer agent services..........................................4072
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act..........................713
  DOE contractors...................................................681
  DOE nuclear security activities...................................682
  Federal mail.....................................................3245
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................683
  Military installations............................................587
  Personnel Security Assurance Program..............................684
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1367
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................564
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes......................................................1849
    Airports.......................................................1850
Seeds:
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................98
  Testing and certification services.................................15
Segregation in education:
  See Equal educational opportunity
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations..............................................2344
  Principal residence seizure......................................2466
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................3348
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3147
  Sludge use and disposal..........................................3161
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs....................2814, 3300, 3307, 3312
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3230
Sexual harassment:
  Fair Housing regulations..........................................999
Sheep:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........76
  Brucellosis indemnity..............................................97
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program..................11
  Lamb reporting regulations..........................................8
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..............................1630, 1631
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administrative wage garnishment..................................3481
  Business Development Program:
    Technical amendments...........................................3460
  Certified Development Company Programs:
    Local economic development.....................................3455
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3485
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................3488
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3488
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3477
  Government subcontracting........................................3581
  Hearings and appeals procedures..................................3465
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3484
  Investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3463
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3468
    Regulation amendments..........................................3473
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3464
  Lending company expansion and oversight..........................3459
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program....................3471, 3485
    Disaster assistance......................................3490, 3491
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...........................3480
    Premier Certified Lender Program...............................3472
  Local economic development.......................................3455
  National forest land use..........................................248
  New Markets Venture Capital program..............................3475
  Nondiscrimination................................................3483
  Partnership agreement between SBA and DoD.........................588
  Penalties........................................................2129
  Privacy regulations..............................................3457
  Record disclosure................................................3457
  Rights to inventions.........................................550, 552
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program...........................262
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................3456
  SDB Program......................................................3461
  Size standards:
    Appeals procedures.............................................3476
    Compliance with programs of other agencies.....................3489
    Economic injury disaster loan program..........................3491
    Forest-related industries......................................3474
    Inflation adjustment...........................................3482
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers...................3469
    Petroleum refineries...........................................3487
    Small Business Innovation Research program.....................3466
    Subcontractors.................................................3462
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3470
    Testing laboratories...........................................3467
    Travel agencies..........................................3478, 3491
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3458
  Small Business Innovation Research Program.................3466, 3486
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program.......................3479
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Participation in DOT programs............................1703, 1705
  Surety bond guarantee......................................3454, 3470
  Trusts...........................................................2511
  Veteran-owned....................................................3587
Smoke alarms:
  Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standards..............988
Smoking:
  Workplace air quality............................................1647
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Alien applicants.................................................1449
  Annual earnings test.............................................3523
  Assignment of numbers............................................3550
  Benefits to aliens residing outside the U.S......................3546
  Cost-of-living increases.........................................3538
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3548
  Debt collection............................................3499, 3500
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof................................................3508
    Digestive system...............................................3540
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3520
    Evaluation process.............................................3525
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3505
    Immune System..................................................3551
    Medical equivalence policy.....................................3502
    Mental disorders...............................................3554
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................3506
    Neurological...................................................3552
    Prior period of disability clarification.......................3527

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    Redesigned process.............................................3542
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3521
    Skin disorders.................................................3541
    Special senses.................................................3507
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3511
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................3543
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3548
  Earnings records determinations..................................3493
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3503
  Facility of payment provision....................................3532
  Filing applications and forms....................................3544
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3510
  Grants administration..........................3533, 3534, 3535, 3548
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..........3496, 3533, 3534, 3535, 3548
  Maximum family benefit...........................................3532
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3513
  Non-payment to illegal aliens....................................3519
  Organizations serving as representative payee....................3526
  Penalties for false or misleading statements.....................3557
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information................3498
  Replacing social security number cards...........................3547
  Representative payment procedures................................3515
  Retirement age...................................................3539
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3555
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3501
  SSA employees:
    Ethical conduct................................................3494
  Veterans' benefits...............................................3522
  Video teleconference technology..................................3537
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Benefits for medically recovered individuals...................3530
    Referral for services..........................................3529
    Refusal of services............................................3529
  Wage reports.....................................................3509
  Work experience as a vocational factor...........................3524
  Work Incentives Improvement Act..................................3556
  World War II veteran benefits....................................3528
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program...............................29, 33, 68
  Farmable wetlands..................................................33
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.................................286
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3274
  Authority delegation.............................................3271
  Awards for inventions and contributions..........................3270
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3268
  Commercial launch activities:
    DOT licenses...................................................1816
  Cooperative agreements with commercial firms.....................3269
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3273
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3276
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions...............3278
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations...............................................437, 516
  Income source rules..............................................2410
  National Environmental Policy Act................................3277
  Nondiscrimination................................................3275
  Patents and intellectual property rights.........................3270
  Research misconduct..............................................3267
  Standards of conduct.......................................3279, 3280
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users...........................................3272
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 
                                                                    645
  Student Visitor Information System...............................1437
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1349
Superfund:
  Claims application streamlining..................................3133
  Cooperative agreements and state contracts.......................3134
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3132
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Access to information held by financial institutions.............3512
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof................................................3508
    Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3514
    Digestive system...............................................3540
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3492
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3505
    Growth impairment..............................................3553
    Hemic and lymphatic system.....................................3531
    Immune System..................................................3551
    Malignant neoplastic diseases..................................3531
    Multiple Body Systems..........................................3506
    Neurological...................................................3552
    Skin disorders.................................................3541
    Special senses.................................................3507
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3503
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................3495
    Exclusions...............................................3516, 3536
  Overpayment recovery.......................................3545, 3558
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3549
  Resource exclusions........................................3517, 3518
  Revised medical criteria for determination of disability.........3555
  Student earned income exclusion..................................3559
  Transfers of resources...........................................3504
  Trusts...........................................................3504
  Video teleconference technology..................................3537
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Benefits for medically recovered individuals...................3530
    Referral for services..........................................3529
    Refusal of services............................................3529
Surety bonds:
  Issuance by insurance companies..................................2251
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program..........................3454, 3470
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1281
    Backfilling and grading........................................1282
    Dam safety rules...............................................1283
  Electronic forms filing..........................................1288
  Indian lands.....................................................1287
Swine:
  See Hogs
Synthetics:
  See Plastics materials and synthetics


                                   T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection

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Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Employment taxes
           Estate taxes
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Annual accounting period.........................................2536
  Breweries........................................................2255
  Computation on large cigars......................................2312
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes....................686
  Escrow funds.....................................................2507
  Excise.....................................................2316, 2640
  Foreign trade....................................................2593
  Passive activity losses and credits..............................2501
  Real estate taxes................................................3244
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program....................................2238
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program..................................568
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program...........................969
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.......................................3715, 3724
  Accounting requirements.........................270, 3712, 3716, 3717
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3709
  Advanced wireless services.......................................3744
  ARMIS reporting requirements...................3707, 3712, 3716, 3717
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3710
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................3691
    Equipment manufacture..........................................3696
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................3723
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......3722
  Cable landing licenses...........................................3778
  Communication intercepting devices................................345
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................3806
  Competition matters..............................................3753
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   3711
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3704
  Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.........281
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3703, 3805
  Ex parte rules...................................................3753
  GSA management policy............................................3233
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3817
  Interstate special access services...............................3721
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3693
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3692
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3719
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............3708
  Pole attachments.................................................3684
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1526
  Record retention requirements.....................................279
  Relay services.............................................3705, 3726
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program........................276
  Rural areas.............................................263, 270, 279
  RUS special equipment contract....................................269
  Service quality reporting........................................3714
  Spread spectrum devices..........................................3738
  Streamlining international services..............................3773
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform.....................................3701, 3724
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3698
    Equipment manufacture..........................................3696
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3725
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3697
    Local competition provisions...................................3702
    Non-accounting safeguards......................................3723
    Tariff streamlining provisions.................................3700
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3699
    Universal service..............................................3694
  Toll-free service access codes...................................3695
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3720
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........3751
  Universal service reform.........................................3715
  Wireless carriers:
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3813
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................3919
  Access charge reform.................................3701, 3715, 3724
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................3725
  Accounting requirements..............................3712, 3716, 3717
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3709
  Advertising......................................................3919
  ARMIS reporting requirements...................3707, 3712, 3716, 3717
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3710
  Cost allocation and accounting rules.............................3706
  Customer proprietary network information.........................3698
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers
                                                                   3711
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3704
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3694
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3703, 3805
  Enhanced services................................................3691
  Equipment manufacture............................................3696
  International call-back service..................................3756
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3697
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3702
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3693
  Non-accounting safeguards........................................3723
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3692
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............3708
  Relay services.............................................3705, 3726
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................3920
  Toll free service access codes...................................3695
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3699
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3713
  Uniden scanners and cellular radio signals interference..........3751
  Universal Service..........................................3694, 3715
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................3781
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules...............................3746
  Children's programming.....................................3787, 3788
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3683
  Digital television service.......................................3734
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......3785
    Children's programming.........................................3787
    Review of conversion process...................................3786
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3771
  Dual network rule................................................3795
  Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming..............3690
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3780
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................3739
  Predicting broadcast television field strength...................3740
  Public interest information......................................3790
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................3825

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  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................3687, 3688
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3811
  Video programming accessibility............................3681, 3683
Terrorism:
  FinCEN deterrents................................................2228
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............1546
  September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001..................1537
  Small business disaster loan program.......................3490, 3491
Textiles:
  Customs regulations..............................................2342
  Flammability standards...........................................3642
  Rules of origin..................................................2377
  Trade agreements.................................................2375
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Disposition of replaced tires....................................2090
  Inspections for vehicles carrying hazardous materials............1991
  Pressure monitoring system.......................................2111
  Safety information...............................................2092
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Bond extension filing requirements...............................2315
  Excise taxes on products manufactured in Canada..................2316
  Grower designation program.........................................70
  Imported tobacco products............................2292, 2310, 2317
  Loss assistance program........................................34, 71
  Marketing quotas...........34, 41, 47, 48, 49, 56, 60, 63, 64, 65, 70
  Non-auction designation............................................30
  Price support programs.................47, 48, 49, 56, 60, 63, 64, 65
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico..........................2289, 2315
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2311
  Removal of products from manufacturer's premises for 
      experimental purposes........................................2290
  Sale across county lines...........................................54
  Smokeless tobacco:
    Health warnings................................................3915
Toiletries:
  See Cosmetics
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade agreements:
  Andean Trade Preference Act......................................2395
  Caribbean Basin country end products.............................3579
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program...............................2375
  Iceland added as designated country..............................3617
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................1483, 2362, 2397
  Tariff Suspension and Trade Act..................................2356
  Textile trade agreements...................................2342, 2375
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act...601, 2375, 2382
Trade practices:
  European Union trade sanctions...................................3597
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3918
  Funeral industry.................................................3917
  Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................3916
  Ophthalmic Practice Rules........................................3922
  Power output claims for amplifiers utilized in home 
      entertainment products.......................................3925
  Premerger notification rules and report form.....................3923
  Regulatory review................................................3914
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................3920
  Telephone service................................................3919
Trademarks:
  Application process...............................................534
  Classification changes............................................548
  Correspondence addresses..........................................537
  Electronic transmission of documents.........................538, 542
  Express Mail correspondence.......................................543
  Fees..............................................................533
  Government products..............................................3588
  Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................540
  Patent and Trademark Office acquisition regulation................541
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................539
Transportation:
  See also Air transportation
           Bridges
           Common carriers
           Freight
           Highways and roads
           Mass transportation
           Noise control
           Pipelines
           Railroads
           Space transportation and exploration
           Vessels
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............1708
  Air pollution control conformity...........................2866, 2945
  Alternative dispute resolution...................................1706
  Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Standards..........1702
  Buy America requirements.........................................2151
  Confidential business information................................2031
  Debarment and suspension regulations.......................1719, 1720
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems.......................................3732
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation............1703, 1705
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................1696
  Drug testing of transportation personnel.........................1694
  Drug-free workplace requirements...........................1719, 1720
  Electronic docket management system..............................1712
  Environmental review.......................................2150, 2836
  Ethical conduct standards for employees..........................1721
  FHWA right-of-way regulations....................................1948
  Hazard communication requirements................................2163
  Hazardous materials......................1990, 1992, 2187, 2188, 2209
  Individuals with disabilities..............................1695, 2783
  INS carrier contracts............................................1407
  Interstate movement of equines to slaughter.......................108
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................2987
  Interstate shipment of biological materials.......................729
  Minority business enterprise participation.......................1704
  Nondiscrimination..........................................1707, 1710
  OSHA standards for traffic control devices.......................1640
  Planning.........................................................2152
  Planning and research program administration.....................1936
  Pre-employment alcohol testing...................................1699
  Radioactive materials............................................3967
  Standard time zone boundary......................................1709
  Statewide metropolitan planning..................................1939
  Third-party contracting..........................................2155
  Violent criminals................................................1532
  Wildlife.........................................................1050
Travel:
  Small business size standards for travel agencies..........3478, 3491
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2403
  FTR amendment..............................................3242, 3253
  Government employees...............3259, 3260, 3261, 3263, 3264, 3582
  Payment from a non-Federal source................................3241
  Promotional benefits.............................................3265
  Relocation income tax allowance..................................3262
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Antarctic Treaty.................................................2825
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................311
  Montreal Protocol..........................................2934, 2947
  World Heritage Convention........................................1228
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles

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Trusts and trustees:
  Testamentary trusts..............................................2446
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis............................................92, 93
  Correctional management....................................1324, 1329
  Occupational exposure............................................1629
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1562
  Disaster unemployment assistance.................................1567
  Performance system...............................................1568
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities................................................4052
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................695, 3987
  Mill workers and ore transporters................................1528
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active processing sites......693
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Accounting and reporting requirements............................3856
  Electronic filing of documents.............................3853, 3860
  Electronic service of FERC documents.............................3852
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4052
  Patent applications...............................................536
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for Telecommunications borrowers........270
    Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.......281
    Electric program standard contract forms........................265
    Environmental policies and procedures...........................267
    Extensions of payments..........................................271
    General and pre-loan policies...................................277
    Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers................274
    Operational control exemptions..................................266
    Record retention requirements for borrowers.....................279
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................278
    Settlement of debt authority....................................273
    Special equipment contract......................................269
    Technical assistance grants.....................................268
    Telecommunications program......................................276
    Treasury rate direct loan program...............................282
    Useful life of a facility determination.........................272
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3851


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vaccines:
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.................785, 786
Vegetables:
  Fresh Russet Potato Diversion Program..............................18
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment................................85
  National Organic Program standards..................................6
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................103
Venereal diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1329
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Alternate compliance program.....................................1806
  Anchorage area regulations............................528, 1748, 1765
  Automatic Identification System............................1746, 1763
  Ballast water exchange guidelines....................1727, 1795, 2156
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................1753
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1784
  Controlled substances............................................1362
  Deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale...............2369
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3175
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1777
  Documentation..............................................1734, 1798
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1770
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3004
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3007
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................2892
  Fishery endorsements:
    U.S.-flag vessels..............................................2214
  Hazardous liquid cargoes.........................................1807
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade...........1734
  Liferaft servicing intervals.....................................1740
  Mandatory reporting systems in whale areas.......................1800
  Naval Vessel Protection Zones..............................1744, 1776
  Navigation lights on recreational vessels........................1797
  Notice of violation options......................................1773
  Notification of arrival..........................................1769
  Outer continental shelf....................................1742, 1758
  Passenger vessels:
    Hull examination alternatives..................................1767
  Personal flotation device requirements for children aboard 
      recreational vessels.........................................1804
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................3882
  Regattas and marine parades......................................1751
  Safety/security zone regulations...........................1747, 1775
  Salvage and firefighting equipment...............................1729
  Security plans.............................................1790, 1791
  Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan........................1805
  Towing vessel operators..........................................1756
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1774
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1763
Veterans:
  Acceptable evidence:
    From foreign countries.........................................2715
  Acquisition regulations:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts..................2733
    Plain language revisions.......................................2683
    Revisions......................................................2734
    Simplied procedures............................................2731
    Small business owners..........................................3587
  Adaptive equipment for automobiles...............................2764
  Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 
                                                                   2675
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...2724, 2725, 2727, 2728, 2729
  Adult day health care in state homes.............................2751
  Advanced health care planning....................................2691
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors...............................1552
  Appeals regulations........................................2735, 2749
    Appeal withdrawal..............................................2684
    Attorney fees..................................................2740
    Claim for death benefit by survivor............................2770
    De novo review time limit......................................2679
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions.................................2736

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    Obtaining evidence and curing procedural defects without 
        remanding..................................................2769
    Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable 
        error......................................................2739
    Simultaneously contested claims................................2768
    Speeding appellate review for aging veterans...................2685
    Title for members of the Board of Veterans Appeals.......2738, 2771
  Assisted housing:
    Exclusion of disability benefits from income calculations.......937
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans.............2699
    Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam veterans......2718
    Vocational training for children of women Vietnam veterans.....2720
  Burial benefits............................................2686, 2687
    Provisions for capital crimes..................................2741
  Child care centers...............................................2750
  Children's benefits:
    Health care for women Vietnam veterans' children with birth 
        defects....................................................2699
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   2746
  Death pension....................................................2762
  Debt collection..................................................2688
  Disability rating:
    Convulsive disorders...........................................2668
    Digestive system...............................................2669
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2706
    Individual unemployability.....................................2705
    Neurological conditions........................................2668
    Orthopedic system..............................................2667
    Skin conditions................................................2703
    Spine..........................................................2671
    Tinnitus.......................................................2678
    Total disability...............................................2755
  Diseases specific to radiation exposure....................2759, 2763
  Duty to assist...................................................2761
  Education:
    Educational Assistance test program............................2722
    Flight training................................................2756
    Licensing and certification....................................2676
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..............2677, 2680, 2726, 2767
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2677, 2765
    Survivors and dependents.................................2726, 2766
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2672
  Employment report requirement for contractors.....................594
  Equal employment opportunity discrimination complaints:
    Delegation of authority........................................2772
  Evidence requirements............................................2670
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements.....................2702, 2717
  Finality of decisions............................................2712
  Fisher Houses and other temporary lodging........................2666
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................2743
  Group life insurance.............................................2710
  Human research subject protection................................2745
  Income exclusions..........................................2709, 2762
  Loan guaranty:
    Advertising and solicitation disclosure........................2757
    Multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans.........2662
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................2719
    Property improvements definition...............................2704
    Regulation amendments..........................................2730
    Vendee financing for VA-acquired properties....................2659
  Medical benefits:
    Copayments for medications.....................................2754
    Drugs and medicines......................................2690, 2692
    Enrollment system..............................................2663
    Extended care services copayments..............................2695
    Extension of eligibility.......................................2700
    Extension of undiagnosed illnesses presumptive period for 
        Gulf War Veterans..........................................2721
    Hospital care copayments.......................................2697
    Hospital care, nursing home care, and medical services for 
        Filipino veterans..........................................2702
    Non-VA service and care........................................2664
    Physical examinations through age 17...........................2700
    Reasonable charges for care or services......2665, 2696, 2698, 2701
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis......................................................2708
    Intervertebral disc syndrome...................................2707
    Limitation in hand movement....................................2708
  Medical opinions rules.....................................2714, 2737
  National Practitioner Data Bank reporting policy.................2752
  National Service Life Insurance............................2674, 2723
  Nondiscrimination................................................2742
  Post-traumatic stress disorder claims:
    Resulting from personal assault................................2758
  Psychosis definition.............................................2673
  Purple Heart priority category...................................2661
  Recognition of organizations and accreditation of 
      representatives for claimants................................2744
  Recoupment of nondisability severance pay for service-connected 
      disability compensation......................................2748
  Rehabilitation programs....................................2681, 2755
  Renouncement of benefits.........................................2713
  Rules of Practice:
    Attorney fees..................................................2740
    Clear and unmistakable error...................................2736
  Service connection by presumption of preexisting disease 
      aggravation..................................................2728
  Service connection for disabilities incurred or aggravated 
      during inactive duty for training............................2729
  Social security benefits...................................3522, 3528
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1552
  State Department as agent........................................2711
  State homes......................................................2693
  Therapeutic housing..............................................2753
  Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care................2694
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service:
    Annual report for Federal contractors....................1649, 1650
  Vocational training programs...............................2681, 2716
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2660
  Women:
    Compensation for loss of a breast as a result of a service-
        connected disability.......................................2760
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Benefits for medically recovered individuals.....................3530
  Referral for services............................................3529
  Refusal of services..............................................3529
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3501
  Veterans...................................................2681, 2716
  Women Vietnam veterans' children with birth defects..............2720
Volunteers:
  DOL regulation...................................................1550
  Foster Grandparent Program.......................................2789
  Peace Corps..........................................3425, 3426, 3427
  Prison inmate community service projects.........................1326
  Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.............................2795
  Senior Companion Program.........................................2788
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1355

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                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    HHS.............................................................731
    SBA............................................................3481
  Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay.....................3387
  Domestic services................................................1559
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1550
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1551
  Locality-based comparability payments......................3355, 3418
  Pay retention....................................................3384
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3386
  Prevailing rate systems........................3379, 3380, 3381, 3419
  Regulation amendments............................................3357
  Salary basis.....................................................1549
  SSA reports......................................................3509
  Tipped employees.................................................1551
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................24
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2272
  General order merchandise........................................2368
  U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000.........................................37
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Clean Water Act recognition awards...............................3181
  Coal combustion waste......................................3095, 3096
  Corrective Action Management Unit rule...........................3125
  Effluent guidelines..................................3141, 3164, 3165
  Financial test criteria..........................................3121
  Hazardous waste management.....................2186, 3124, 3126, 3130
  Iron and steel manufacturing.....................................3152
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................3122, 3129
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3151
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3104
  Municipal waste combustion units...........................2942, 3020
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................3989
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3115
  Project XL...................2821, 2960, 3013, 3105, 3106, 3115, 3116
  Recycling of hazardous waste in fertilizers......................3113
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3100
  Sewer grouting...................................................3069
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3198
  Solid waste disposal:
    Bioreactor landfills.....................................3105, 3116
    Guideline revisions............................................3098
    Landfill criteria........................................2880, 3098
    Landfill location restrictions.................................3111
    Landfills and incinerators...............................2878, 2979
    Municipal landfills......................................2834, 3110
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3097
    Research, development, and demonstration permits...............3099
    Solid waste definition...................................3120, 3129
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3118
  Vessels transporting waste.......................................1792
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant compliance criteria..................3029
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3103
  Wastewater treatment sludges.....................................3106
Watches:
  Duty-free shipments...............................................309
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Clean Water Act......................................3149, 3159, 3169
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3162
    Cooling water intake structures..........................3146, 3176
    Discharge of fill material definition...........................614
    Fill material definition..................................614, 3160
    Mercury analysis.........................................3143, 3157
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3138
    Recognition awards.............................................3181
    Test procedures......3145, 3149, 3156, 3169, 3170, 3171, 3172, 3174
  Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes 
                                                                   3144
  Effluent guidelines:
    Animal feeding operations......................................3153
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3140
    Coal mining..............................................1286, 3179
    Construction and development industry..........................3139
    Industrial containers and drum cleaning........................3167
    Industrial wastewater..........................................3151
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3152
    Meat Products Point Source Category............................3166
    Pulp, paper and paperboard...............................3154, 3164
    Regulatory plans...............................................3141
    Whole effluent toxicity text methods...........................3158
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection............1777
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances...............1780
    Oil or hazardous substances..............................1728, 1779
    Response plans for oil.........................................1732
    Tank vessels...................................................1781
  NPDES permits..............................................3147, 3178
  Ocean discharge criteria.........................................3148
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3177
  Radon............................................................3191
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3147
  Sludge management programs.......................................3161
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.............3155, 3173
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program Regulations.....................3150
  Trace metals criteria............................................3169
  Vapor control systems............................................1799
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3175
  Water Quality Cooperative Agreements.............................3163
  Water quality standards..............................3170, 3171, 3172
    Alabama........................................................3142
    Criteria for acute aquatic life....................3170, 3171, 3172
    Indian country waters..........................................3168
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements........611
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1727
  Best technology available for cooling water intake structures 
                                                                   3180
  Colorado River Basin...............................................25
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.........................613
  Conservation Reserve Program.......................................29
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3146
  National Invasive Species Act....................................1795
  Water Bank Program.................................................25
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2824
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3192
    Contaminant occurrence reporting...............................3193
    Contaminants.....................3027, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3191, 3196
    Disinfectants............................................3186, 3187
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program..............3031
    Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..............3185
    Methods update.................................................3156
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................2873, 3194

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    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3050
    Six-year review of regulations.................................3188
    State Underground Injection Control Programs...................3195
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3145
    Underground Injection Control Class V wells....................3189
    Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulations...........3184, 3197
  Groundwater protection...........................................3047
  Servicing loans and grants........................................264
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
      Waterways
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................284
Waterways:
  See also Bridges
           Harbors
           Rivers
  Facility response plans for hazardous substances.................1780
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Weather:
  Wind Profiler Radar Systems......................................3748
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....................................................134
  Market development for value-added wheat gluten and wheat 
      starch products...............................................221
Whistleblowing:
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................1956
  Research misconduct...............................................804
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1075
  Aviation bird encounter regulations..............................1897
  Brush-tailed possum..............................................1120
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1041
  Conservation Reserve Program.......................................29
  Eagles...........................................................1122
    Incidental taking..............................................1077
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1229
  Endangered and threatened......................1048, 1049, 1051, 1123
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1125
  Exportation......................................................1050
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1054, 1184
  Importation......................................................1050
  Injurious..................................................1052, 1120
    Black carp.....................................................1058
    Snakeheads.....................................................1103
  Investigative seizures...........................................1089
  Migratory birds:
    Cormorant damage management program............................1189
    Falconry education permits.....................................1184
    Hunting regulations..........................1099, 1101, 1158, 1205
    List revision..................................................1117
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1100
    Permits......................................1153, 1168, 1169, 1176
    Rehabilitation activities......................................1153
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1081
    Take by Federal agencies.......................................1176
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1040
  Permit procedures................................................1043
  Restoration programs.............................................1045
  Seabirds..........................................................376
  Subsistence management...............................1104, 1105, 1157
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1047
  Transportation...................................................1050
  Wild Bird Conservation Act.................................1057, 1082
Wildlife refuges:
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................1919
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1135
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1135
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1102
    Privately owned mineral rights.................................1185
Wine:
  Ameliorating of non-grape wines..................................2262
  Dried fruit wines................................................2259
  Exports..........................................................2293
  Honey wines......................................................2259
  New grape variety names petitioned.........................2279, 2298
  Recodification of Part 251.......................................2278
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2263
  Sherry...........................................................2257
  Standards of fill................................................2256
  Taxes......................................................2275, 2276
  Viticultural areas....2254, 2260, 2261, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2301, 2302, 
                                                             2303, 2305
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1581
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................149
  Veterans.........................................................2760
  Violence against women grant programs............................1543
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1583
  Women-owned businesses:
    Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program............................584
    Government subcontracting......................................3581
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Food package revisions..........................................154
    Plain language revisions........................................186
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics......................307, 2379
  Refund of duties paid on select products.........................2380


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................168
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