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                 F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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                            SUBJECT INDEX--A

Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension.............................2594, 2603
Accounting:
  Annual accounting period...................................2940
  Audit requirements for grants and contracts................1833
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions.....................................1832, 2997
  Change in method definition................................2889
  Cost accounting standards............................3695, 3886
  DEA........................................................1592
  Delay rental payments......................................2791
  Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial and 
      commodity instruments..................................4347
  DOI cost recovery....................................1503, 1504
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules.............4111, 4114
  FMS claims...........................................2491, 2496
  Foreign exchange operations................................2495
  Funds transfers to State governments.......................2504
  International accounting standards.........................4350
  Local exchange carrier requirements..................4105, 4115
  Maritime mobile radio services.............................4014
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2777, 2783
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs.........................3667
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers...........455
  Revision of OMB Circular A-.............................1273666
  Third-party contracts......................................2789
  Unified Partnership Audit Procedures.......................2937
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 delegation of authority...2562, 2570, 2575, 2582, 2586, 2588,
                                                       2591, 2593
  CNCS.......................................................3096
  Customs....................................................2662
  DOI..................................................1231, 1443
  DOT......................................1926, 1954, 2188, 2440
  EPA..................................................3138, 3371
  FCC........................................................4002
  FDA.........................................................969
  FTC........................................................4193
  FWS........................................................1240
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings............................1924
    BLM......................................................1517
    CNCS.....................................................3094
    DOI..........................................1230, 1234, 1492
    Medicare enrollment......................................1047
    NIGC...............................................4225, 4226
    OGE......................................................3657
    OHA......................................................1228
    OPM......................................................3680
    Peace Corps..............................................3744
    Public lands cases.......................................1227
    RRB.......................................................154
    SBA................................................3788, 3807
    Treasury Department................................2594, 2687
    VA.........................3041, 3042, 3043, 3052, 3073, 3074
  HHS.........................................................928
  HUD........................................................1142
  INS........................................................1669
  IRS............................................2736, 2741, 2779
  OPM........................................................3688
  OTS........................................................2967
  Peace Corps..........................................3745, 3749
  Registration of drug producers..............................931
  Rulemaking:
    DOT................................................1922, 1960
    GSA................................................3561, 3583
    IRS......................................................2685
    NRC......................................................4263
    SSA.......................................................159
    USDA......................................................378
  USDA....................................301, 302, 309, 353, 362
  VA...................................................2997, 3039
Advertising:
  Air carriers, prices.......................................1950
  Alcoholic beverages........................................2551
  Credit unions..............................................4210
  Home insulation............................................4195
  Investment companies.......................................4317
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages.....................2553
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings..........................4194
  Television.................................................4033
  Unfair or deceptive practices..............................4200
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions........................................1125
  Designated public housing..................................1204
  Foster Grandparent Program.................................3104
  National Senior Service Corps..............................3102
  Nondiscrimination:
    CNCS.....................................................3103
    Department of State......................................1889
    DOD.......................................................754
    DOL..................................................85, 1831
    DOT......................................................1945
    EEOC.....................................................3523
    GSA......................................................3555
    HHS......................................................1074
    HUD......................................................1164
    NEA......................................................3633
    NEH......................................................3638
    NRC......................................................4249
    NSF......................................................3647
    SSA......................................................3817
    USAID....................................................3081
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program....................338
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton...................214
  Apple market loss payment program......................234, 238

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  Cargo preference regulations...............................2452
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program.........................400
  Cotton........................................80, 192, 194, 196
  Crop disaster assistance....................................228
  Emerging markets program....................................397
  Exports...........................................397, 401, 549
  Grains............................................313, 314, 318
  Karnal bunt compensation....................................278
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2783
  National Commodity Processing Program.......................357
  National Organic Program....................173, 174, 189, 2553
  Nursery crops...............................................300
  Nursery stock importation...................................258
  Ocean freight claims........................................210
  Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments........178
  Peanut program.........................................191, 240
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.....................181
  Plant Variety Protection Services...........................182
  Quality Services Verification Program.......................188
  Specialty crops.............................................399
  Tobacco:
    Burley....................................................217
    Flue-cured.................................187, 218, 236, 240
    Loss assistance program...................................230
    Mandatory grading.........................................190
    Marketing quotas......................212, 216, 217, 218, 230
    Price support program...........................216, 217, 218
  Trade options..............................................3935
  U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000..................................232
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts........................204
  Wheat gluten and wheat starch products......................398
Agricultural research:
  Animal embryos and semen....................................266
  Funding requirements........................................282
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions.......280
  Non-formula grant program administration....................283
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Administrative regulations.............................301, 309
  Agricultural Management Assistance Program..................473
  Allocation of funds.........................................443
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.......248
  Conservation security program...............................474
  Debarment and suspension regulation.........................433
  Drug-free workplace regulation..............................433
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry...............3491
  Emergency Conservation Program.........................207, 208
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program......................471
  Environmental Quality Incentives Program....................472
  Farm and ranch land protection program......................475
  Farm Bill of .........................................2002:
    Acreage reporting222
    Apple Market Loss Assistance Payment Program..............243
    Assistance for livestock producers........................221
    Bioenergy program.........................................225
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program........446, 447
    Conservation Reserve Program..............................202
    Direct and counter-cyclical payments......................220
    Equitable relief..........................................223
    Flue-cured tobacco reserve stock level revision...........240
    General credit provisions.................................203
    Income limits.............................................226
    Loan eligibility with prior debt forgiveness..............201
    Loan regulations..........................................238
    Payment limits............................................241
    Peanut market quota program termination...................240
    Rural Business Enterprise Grant program...................445
    Rural Business Opportunity Grants.........................449
    Sea grass and sea oats eligibility for the Non-Insured 
        Disaster Assistance Program...........................242
    Sugar Program.............................................239
    Tree assistance program...................................224
  Farm Loan Program...........................................211
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders..................213
    Disaster set-aside program................................215
    Guaranteed loan limits....................................235
    Guaranteed loss payments..................................231
    Interest assistance program...............................209
    Minor farm loan program...................................219
    Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and 
        ranchers..............................................435
    Primary loan servicing....................................215
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs......199
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.......213
    Subordination requirements................................213
  Foreign Agricultural Service:
    Freedom of Information Act................................402
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions.......................................280, 281
  Hog imports from Europe.....................................257
  Horse breeder loans.........................................233
  Horse protection requirements...............................269
  Nonimmigrant alien workers...........................1794, 1795
  Nonprocurement regulations..................................434
  Pseudorabies in swine.......................................270
  State mediation programs....................................227
  Technical assistance and training...........................288
  Third-party vendor assistance...............................477
  Worker protection standards................................3367
AIDS:
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program....................989
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
           Charter flights
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas............................2627
  Airport certification.......................................106
  Aviation data requirements.................................1917
  Aviation exemption procedures..............................1947
  Baggage liability..........................................1948
  Compensation procedures....................................1955
  Competitiveness.......................................102, 1936
  Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system........2096
  Computer reservations system................................102
  Delays and cancellations...................................2456
  Direct flight, definition..................................1921
  Disability related complaints..............................1934
  Discrimination complaints..................................1858
  Fees charged by airports...................................2097
  Flight diversions within metropolitan areas................1946
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency telephone number requirements..................2421
    International standards..................................2410
  Incidents involving animals................................2127
  Income source rules........................................2888
  Interstate authority.......................................1936
  Noise certification standards........................2107, 2152
  Overbooking of flights.....................................1923
  Passenger facility charge rule.............................2066
  Passengers:
    Airline counter notices..................................1949

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    Aliens with fraudulent documents.........................1663
    Ground travel expense when diverted......................1946
    Manifest information.....................80, 1610, 1940, 2649
    Nondiscrimination............................1918, 1925, 1945
    Oxygen use...............................................1939
    Passenger Name Record information........................2653
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey......................2455
    Security service fee.....................................1968
  Price advertising..........................................1950
  Re-use of air waybill number on air cargo manifest.........2670
  Seats, crashworthiness standards...........................2047
  Security infrastructure fees...............................1969
  Security measures..........................................2142
  Traffic Reporting System...................................2458
  Universal child seats......................................2343
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention........................3288, 3289
  Acid Rain Program..........................................3282
  Air quality modeling.......................................3226
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations................................3299
  Air quality standards..........................3150, 3321, 3323
  Alternative method approvals.........................3192, 3272
  Ambient air quality monitoring.......................3184, 3278
  Asphalt roofing and processing.............................3232
  Best available retrofit technology.........................3187
  Boilers.....................................................121
  Carbon monoxide............................................3321
  Chemicals.......................................117, 3229, 3230
  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)..................................975
  Chromium emissions...................................3233, 3296
  Clean Air Act.....123, 3180, 3218, 3240, 3241, 3287, 3294, 3345
  Clean fuels formula grant program..........................2398
  Clean unit designation.....................................3201
  Combustion turbines........................................3281
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems....................3193
  Copper smelters............................................3333
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.............................3180
  Electric arc furnace.......................................3169
  Electric utility steam generating unit MACT regulation.....3163
  Emergency episode requirements.............................3295
  Emission control diagnostic systems..................3190, 3217
  Emissions monitoring program......3145, 3193, 3274, 3300, 3320,
                                                             3344
  Emissions reporting........................................3330
  Emissions standards:
    Aircraft engines.........................................3277
    Cellulose production.....................................3340
    Coke ovens...................................3147, 3219, 3326
    Compliance certification requirements..............3275, 3279
    Heavy-duty diesel engines and vehicles...................3328
    Highway motorcycles.......................................124
    Hydrogen fluoride production.............................3147
    Municipal landfills......................................3244
    Navajo generating station..........................3208, 3209
    New marine engines..................................140, 3147
    New motor vehicles.......................................3285
    Nonroad diesel engines and fuel...........................126
    Nonroad spark-ignition engines...........................3214
    Permit requirements......................................3147
    Potential to emit........................................3297
    Radionuclides............................................3263
    Semiconductor facilities...........................3147, 3234
    Spark ignition marine vessels.............................124
    VOC standards......................................3167, 3286
  Emissions trades...........................................3146
  Essential uses..............................................975
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...............3235
  Fuels and fuel additives.....3197, 3284, 3290, 3325, 3346, 3352
  Fugitive emissions.........................................3165
  Gas turbines...............................................3152
  Gasoline anti-dumping program..................3195, 3202, 3213
  General provisions amendments..............................3334
  Halons.....................................................3185
  Hazardous air pollutants.119, 120, 121, 3140, 3152, 3154, 3157,
            3161, 3180, 3183, 3228, 3229, 3230, 3230, 3231, 3232,
            3233, 3236, 3237, 3238, 3242, 3244, 3258, 3335, 3336,
            3338, 3340, 3390
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities......................3450
  HCFC allowance distribution system.........................3220
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.......3257
  Inspection/maintenance programs......................3143, 3181
  Internal combustion engines.................................120
  Iron and steel industry..............................3153, 3227
  Lime manufacturing industry................................3157
  MACT standards...............3163, 3234, 3236, 3238, 3244, 3340
  Metal parts and products coating industry............3158, 3337
  Methyl bromide.............................................3259
  Mobile sources.......................................3271, 3276
  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program............3215
  Municipal landfills........................................3244
  Municipal waste combustion units...........................3267
  NESHAP:
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities............3319
    Aluminum production industry.............................3252
    Asphalt/coal tar application.............................3245
    Benzene waste operations.................................3273
    Brick manufacturing......................................3194
    Carbon black.............................................3341
    Cellulose production.....................................3340
    Ceramics.................................................3261
    Chlorine production......................................3249
    Chromium electroplating..................................3210
    Chromium emissions.......................................3296
    Clay products manufacturing........................3194, 3260
    Control technology determinations for major sources......3173
    Delegations' provisions..................................3265
    Elastomers.........................................3161, 3306
    Engine Test Facilities...................................3262
    Ethylene oxide for sterilization facilities..............3304
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.............3235
    Friction products manufacturing industry.................3246
    Fumed silica production..................................3221
    Gasoline distribution facilities...................3189, 3305
    General provisions.................................3173, 3206
    Halogenated solvent cleaning.............................3315
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP...........................3171, 3308
    Hazardous waste combustors...............................3451
    Hydrochloric acid production.............................3222
    Industrial process cooling towers........................3310
    Large appliance surface coating..........................3336
    Lead smelting............................................3312
    Leather tanning..........................................3338
    MACT amendments..........................................3349
    Magnetic tape manufacturing..............................3316
    Marine tank vessel loading operations....................3311
    Metal furniture surface coating..........................3258
    Metal parts and products coating industry....3158, 3231, 3337
    Metal pipes..............................................3245
    Natural gas production...................................3162
    Non-metallic minerals processing.........................3160
    Oil production...........................................3162
    Organic liquids..........................................3238
    Paper and other web coating..............................3242
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities................3302
    Pesticide active ingredient production.............3266, 3350
    Petroleum refineries...............................3172, 3318
    Plastic parts and products...............................3140
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance..............3206
    Polymers and resins..........................3306, 3307, 3309

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    Polyurethane foam production.............................3247
    Polyvinyl chloride production............................3342
    Portland cement manufacturing industry.............3191, 3270
    Predictive emission monitoring...........................3148
    Primary aluminum reduction plants........................3250
    Printing and publishing industry...................3179, 3317
    Publicly owned treatment works...........................3248
    Pulp and paper production................................3327
    Revision of area source category list....................3170
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating.............3313
    Site remediation.........................................3236
    Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production....3303, 3348
    Source categories..................................3173, 3206
    Synthetic organic chemicals..............................3308
    Taconite iron ore processing.............................3168
    Thermoplastics.....................................3161, 3309
    Wet-formed fiberglass mat production.....................3331
  New source performance standards.....................3169, 3298
  New source review.........................127, 3182, 3201, 3253
  New stationary sources.....................................3147
  Nitrogen oxides..........................3200, 3282, 3344, 3463
  Non-metallic minerals processing...........................3160
  Opacity measurement of emissions.....................3145, 3291
  Operating permits........................3204, 3256, 3292, 3351
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    Emission budgets.........................................3339
    National ambient air quality standards..............125, 3293
        Protection of stratospheric ozone..164, 3185, 3185, 3198,
            3203, 3205, 3220, 3240, 3241, 3259, 3280, 3283, 3301,
                                                       3324, 3347
    Transport.............139, 3200, 3223, 3225, 3264, 3322, 3343
  Paint stripper users.......................................3154
  Particulate matter...................................3211, 3274
  PCB manufacturing..........................................3378
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels.............3196
  Petroleum refineries.......................................3329
  Plastic composites manufacturing...........................3228
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing....................119
  Polymer exemption rule.....................................3379
  Prevention of significant deterioration....................3201
  Process heaters.............................................121
  Project XL.........................3134, 3286, 3327, 3429, 3454
  Regional haze rule.........................................3268
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances.......................................3289
    Public access to information.............................3288
    Third-party audits.......................................3287
  Solid waste incinerators.............................3186, 3298
  Source category list.................................3139, 3183
  State implementation plans............................125, 3253
  Sulfur oxides............................3150, 3178, 3268, 3344
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing..................3216
  Tire manufacturing.........................................3335
  Transportation conformity.............................123, 3345
    Volatile organic compounds.122, 3167, 3199, 3216, 3224, 3243,
                                                             3269
  Weyerhaeuser sulfite mill..................................3251
  Wood furniture industry..............................3243, 3314
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.................................1917
  Rebating international fares...............................1937
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.........................................1924
  Certification of screening companies.......................2098
  DOD Quality and Safety Review Program.......................818
  Excise taxes...............................................2882
  Hazardous substances.................................2400, 2410
  Nondiscrimination..............................1918, 1925, 1945
  Revenue and nonrevenue passengers..........................2457
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts.............................................2051
   Airworthiness directives and standards.2079, 2081, 2083, 2084,
                   2118, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2140, 2143, 2144, 2154
  Area navigation............................................2076
  Bird strike requirements...................................2141
  Cargo airplane traffic alert and collision systems.........2100
  Certification procedures for products and parts............2103
  Child restraint systems....................................2054
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements........................2082
  Corrosion control program..................................2048
  Deicing and anti-icing program.............................2147
  Duty-free entry of civil aircraft..........................2664
  Emergency exits............................................2090
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines.....................3277
  Fire protection............................................2079
  Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments.......2095
  Flight data recorder improvements........2082, 2099, 2119, 2158
  Float plane take-off and landing...........................1992
  Fractional ownership.......................................2106
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program..................2659
  Government property management.............................3574
  Hazardous material recognition training....................2056
  Hazardous material transportation..........................2408
  Helicopters................................................2107
  Improved seats retrofit....................................2047
  Light sport aircraft:
    Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft..........2109
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2088
  Noise requirements.............................2067, 2118, 2156
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities............815
  Overflight Program.........................................2659
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes.2064
  Powered-lift...............................................2155
  Private charter security rules.............................1966
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification..2067, 2118
  Registration requirements..................................2129
  Rocket engines.............................................3237
  Rotorcraft.................................................2081
  Screening for individuals seeking aviation training........1761
        Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or 
        more...........................................1965, 2070
  Surplus military...........................................2138
  Transponders.........................................2071, 2089
  Transport category:
    Airspeed indicating system...............................2110
    Airworthiness directives and standards......2060, 2062, 2065,
            2068, 2073, 2074, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2115, 2116, 2117,
                                                       2125, 2151
    Electrical equipment.........................2111, 2112, 2113
    Emergency announcements on public address systems........2060
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures............2091
    Engine cowling retention devices.........................2146
    FAR/JAR harmonization actions............................2102

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    Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation 
        materials.............................................105
    Flight requirements......................................2117
    Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
        airplanes......................................2128, 2132
    Fuselage door design standards...........................2063
    Low speed stall..........................................2085
    Lower deck service compartment voice communication.......2116
    Material strength properties and design values...........2114
    Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage..........2111
    Powerplant controls......................................2125
    Powerplant installation requirements.....................2115
    Pressurization and pneumatic systems.....................2062
    Protective breathing equipment...........................2065
    Revised checked pitching maneuver........................2072
    Trim systems.............................................2065
  Water landing survival equipment...........................2046
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act.............770, 775
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Civil penalties............................................2139
  Criminal history background checks.........................2120
  Deicing and anti-icing procedures..........................2149
  Drug abuse.................................................2137
  Drug or alcohol test refusal.........................2059, 2080
  Enduring Freedom Special Federal Aviation Regulation.......2157
  Flight attendants' English language proficiency............2148
  Picture identification requirements........................2075
  Rest and duty requirements..................................104
  Security disqualifications.................................2131
  Training and certification...........................2055, 2149
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas............................2627
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..........1930
    Size standards...........................................1920
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access.....1962
  Criminal history background checks for operators...........2120
  Customs security area access...............................2651
  Delays and cancellations...................................2456
  Elimination of overbooking signs...........................1923
  Fees charged to air carriers...............................2097
  Landing systems............................................2093
  Municipal solid waste landfill location restrictions.......3435
  Reimbursement of security compliance costs.................2123
  Screeners' qualifications, training, and testing...........2122
  Security.............................................2087, 2124
  Transit without visa.................................1646, 1715
Airspace:
  Grand Canyon National Park.....................2052, 2069, 2105
  Landing systems............................................2093
  Los Angeles, CA............................................2150
  Niagara Falls..............................................2121
  NOAA overflight regulation..................................639
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.......................2045
  Reduced vertical separation minimum........................2126
  Regulations, routine issue of..............................2136
  Use and preservation of....................................2061
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing.............................................2080
  Aviation personnel...................................2108, 2153
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers..............................................1919
  Motor carrier post-accident test results...................2224
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated................2270
  Railroad employee testing............................2381, 2383
  Screening device for transportation workplace testing......1958
  Testing following marine incident..........................1973
  Transportation industry....................................1953
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Distilled spirits plants regulatory streamlining...........2548
  Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum..2666
  Electronic submission of ATF forms.........................2540
  Flavored malt beverages....................................2509
  Health claims in labeling and advertising..................2551
  Health warning statement...................................2510
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.................2553
  Prohibition of containers..................................2507
  Saccharin disclosure.......................................2568
  Sake regulations...........................................2567
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products...............................................2574
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Access to criminal history records.........................1898
  Address notification.......................................1724
   Adjustment of status.1627, 1629, 1639, 1653, 1671, 1698, 1705, 
                                                 1708, 1709, 1746
  Adoption of alien siblings.................................1626
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1564
  Arriving aliens definition.................................1670
  Asylum.........................................1618, 1694, 1699
  Aviation training screening................................1761
  Battered and abused spouses and children.......1595, 1656, 1666
  Border crossing card fee...................................1886
  Border crossing identification documents.............1617, 1676
  Children:
    Classification definition................................1906
  Civil surgeon program......................................1641
  Conditional residents:
    Battered and abused......................................1684
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal.............1637
  Crew list visa elimination.................................1877
  Criminal convictions...........................1599, 1659, 1669
  Cubans.....................................................1621
  Custody procedures.........................................1716
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.1742
  Deportation proceedings:
    Entrepreneurs......................................1660, 1669
    Power of Attorney General................................1696
    Suspension...................................1595, 1596, 1675
  Detention and removal authority............................1750
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal.....1714
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.1718
  Eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States for 
      assisted housing.......................................1223
  Employment.....................................1652, 1738, 1749
    Authorization documents............................1639, 1733
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants..1697
    Eligibility verification...........................1688, 1741
    F-1 students.............................................1739
    Filing for authorization while resident status is
        pending..............................................1702

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    International broadcasters.........................1703, 1891
    Premium processing service for petitions and
        applications.........................................1704
    Use on government contract projects1749
  Exchange visitors:
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System........1730, 1875
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement....914, 1638
  Expedited exclusion procedures.............................1659
  Expedited removal of jailed criminals......................1743
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry........1685
  Family Unity Program.................................1628, 1665
  Fingerprinting...........................1628, 1673, 1688, 1692
  Good conduct time for prisoners............................1527
  Guam Visa Waiver Program...................................1635
  H-1B petition fees.........................................1630
  Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act...................1705
  Health care workers........................................1614
  Illegal entry..............................................1640
  Immediate relative definition..............................1899
  Inadmissability................................1608, 1622, 1895
  Inadmissibility for trafficking in persons.................1904
  INTELSAT employees.........................................1908
  International to International Program.....................1607
  Irish Nationals participating in special work/training 
       programs..............................................1907
  Issuance of new or replacement visas.......................1900
  Juvenile criminal records..................................1628
  Juveniles............................................1615, 1674
  Labor certification process......................87, 1794, 1795
  Land border ports-of-entry fees............................1632
  Lawful permanent resident status.....................1599, 1627
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act............1627, 1705, 1707
  Mail order brides..........................................1666
  Manifest requirements..................................80, 2649
  Medical examination requirements...........................1641
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers.............1642
  National interest waivers for physicians...................1689
  NATO civilian employees....................................1619
  Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act......1705
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status.....................1700
    Actuaries................................................1695
    Admission into the U.S...................................1678
    Admission period for B visitors..........................1717
    Admission requirements...................................1725
    Automatic VISA revalidation..............................1897
    Automatic voiding........................................1640
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study.....1723
    Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau............1687
    Classification of..........................................81
    Construction work by B visitors..........................1631
    Disclosure of information................................1657
    Duration of status limitations...........................1649
    Extending period of duration.............................1744
    Fee receipts for students and exchange visitors..........1894
    Fee schedule for students and exchange visitors..........1683
    Firearm prohibitions.....................................2559
    Ineligibility............................................1893
    Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program........1681
    K classification.........................................1707
    Law enforcement initiatives..............................1654
    Monitoring of............................................1751
    Nurses.............................................1690, 1792
    Plant pathologists.......................................1695
    Reduced course load for students at border communities...1734
    Registration of..........................................1751
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.1706, 1892
    Spouses of foreign diplomats.............................1896
    Temporary workers............................1650, 1781, 1794
    U classification.........................................1643
    V classification.........................................1706
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1876, 1903
    Waiver of firearm prohibition............................1763
  Parole authority...........................................1682
  Permanent resident status............................1671, 1702
  Powers and duties of service officers......................1746
  Prostitution...............................................1611
  Public assistance programs:
    Food Stamp Program.......................................1672
    Medicaid.................................................1672
    Sponsor reimbursement..............................1662, 1672
  Refusals of individual visas...............................1893
  Registration requirements............................1688, 1733
  Relative petitions.........................................1746
  Release to immigration authorities.........................1549
  Religious workers..........................................1616
  Relocation payment exclusion for aliens not lawfully 
      present................................................1140
  Removal orders.............................................1668
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents...........................................2734
  SSA regulations................................1661, 3836, 3873
  Student employment.........................................1739
  Student Visitor Information System...........................81
  Syrian nationals...........................................1708
  Temporary protected status.................................1658
  Termination of lawful permanent resident status through 
      abandonment............................................1647
  Trafficking victims......................1633, 1711, 1712, 1903
  Transit without visa.........1646, 1655, 1710, 1713, 1715, 1883
  Transitional foreign student monitoring program............1905
  Unlawful presence..........................................1640
  Vessel crewmen.............................................1731
  Victims of crime...............................1643, 1711, 1876
  Visa petition..............................................1702
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act..........................1630
  Visa Waiver Program............................1635, 1732, 1890
  Waiver of fees.......................................1625, 1693
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal diseases:
  Avian influenza.............................................264
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.........17, 244, 262, 273, 973
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................274, 276, 277
  Brucellosis.................................................263
  Chronic wasting disease in elk................................3
  Foot-and-mouth disease...................................4, 252
  Infectious salmon anemia....................................260
  Pseudorabies in swine.......................................270
Animal drugs:
  Animal Drug Availability Act................................969
  Investigational use.........................................969
  Presubmission conferences for applicants....................965
  Requirements for records and reports concerning
     experience with..........................................964
Animal welfare:
  Biological agents and toxins list.............................5
  Horse protection requirements...............................269
  Incidents occurring on air carriers........................2127
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement......................254
  Marine mammals...........272, 627, 638, 665, 686, 729, 730, 732
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of
      research chimpanzees....................................992
  Potentially dangerous animals...............................261

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Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Exports:
    Alligators, live.........................................1258
  Imports.....................................................266
    Dog and Cat Protection Act...............................2643
    Hogs from Europe..........................................257
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-
      producing animals.......................................966
  Transgenic.................................................3384
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Sunset reviews..............................................503
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
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  Historical Records Services................................1623
  NARA:
    Debarment and suspension rule............................3616
    Debt collection..........................................3619
    Drug-free workplace requirements.........................3616
    Electronic records transfer options......................3613
    Electronic text documents................................3617
    Facilities addresses and hours...........................3624
    Freedom of information...................................3615
    Micrographic records management..........................3622
    Nixon Presidential Materials reproduction................3623
    Nondiscrimination........................................3618
    Official seals...........................................3614
    Plain language revisions.................................3620
    Presidential library facilities..........................3612
    Presidential records.....................................3625
    Public use of facilities.................................3611
    Records disposition......................................3621
    Records management program................................150
    Records use restrictions.................................3610
    Research room procedures.................................3609
    Researcher identification cards..........................3626
    Technical amendments.....................................3627
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Installation entry policy.................................819
    Wake Island Code..........................................820
  Army:
    Environmental actions.....................................806
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements...................813
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Clean Water Act regulations...............................814
    Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan..................21
    Environmental quality requirements........................807
    ESA scope of analysis.....................................812
    Natural disaster procedures...............................808
    Permit regulations........................................810
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program..................811
   CHAMPUS......821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830,
                                          833, 836, 837, 838, 839
    TRICARE....................................831, 832, 834, 835
  Civil disturbance intervention..............................819
  Coast Guard:
    Ballast water discharge standards........................2023
    Cargo securing...........................................2021
    Commercial diving operations.............................2018
    Conforming definitions to statutory changes and
        Presidential Proclamations...........................1975
    Deep water ports.........................................1991
    Eligibility of Great Lakes Maritime Academy graduates for 
        third mate licensing.................................2001
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........2011
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........2013
    Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.........1989, 2017
    Merchant mariners..................................2016, 2017
                 Mineral Management Service inspections on fixed 
        facilities.................................................2036
    Natural resources protection.............................1972
    Notice of violation options..............................2037
    Notifications of arrival or departure....................2000
    Numbering of undocumented barges.........................2015
    Permit procedures........................................1977
    Personnel training and qualifications....................1993
    Propeller injury prevention..............................1997
    Regulated navigation areas...............................2012
    Safety/security zone regulations...................1998, 2004
    Security plans.............2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances......2014
    Towing vessel operators..................................1986
    Traffic separation schemes...............................2038
    Whistleblower protection.................................1982
  Disaster assistance.........................................819
  Discharge standards for vessels............................3499
  Navy:
    Incidental taking during deployment of low frequency active 
        sonar.................................................727
    National Environmental Policy Act.........................816
    Naval Vessel Protection Zones......................2039, 2041
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..........815
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...........817
  Reemployment...............................................3684
  Selective service regulation...............................3772
  Surplus aircraft...........................................2138
Arms and munitions:
  Antique firearms...........................................2559
  ATF authority..............................................2591
  Brady Bill regulations...............................2538, 2556
  Commerce in................................................2576
  Curio and relic............................................2556
  Dual-use items..............................................523
  Electronic submission of ATF forms.........................2540
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.1866
  Explosives safety...........................................774
  Export controls.490, 509, 517, 542, 544, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 
                                                             1915
  Handguns...................................................2556
  Identification markings....................................2536
  Inventory requirements.....................................2560
  Machine guns and destructive devices.......................2577
  Persons prohibited from receiving firearms...........2556, 2559
  Practice before the ATF....................................2563
  Recodification of regulations........................2576, 2577
  Residency requirements for purchasers......................2557
  Response site prioritization protocol.......................760
  Secure gun storage.........................................2539
  Waiver of firearm prohibition for nonimmigrant visa
       holders...............................................1763

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Asbestos:
  Exposure limit...............................................96
  Model accreditation plan...................................3401
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  ATF........2562, 2570, 2575, 2578, 2582, 2586, 2588, 2591, 2593
  Banks......................................................2473
  Civil penalty issuance.....................................1594
  FCC........................................................4072
  FDIC.......................................................4127
  FEMA.......................................................3540
  HUD........................................................1174
  Immigration judges.........................................1594
  INS..................................................1597, 1750
  IRS..................................................2736, 2741
  NASA.......................................................3607
  Personnel and general claims settlement.....................753
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft.............................................2088
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..................2049, 2057
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit...........................2047
  Airplane operator security.................................2086
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations..................2084
  Airworthiness directives and standards..2062, 2063, 2065, 2073, 
             2074, 2079, 2081, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2134, 2140, 2154
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs......2108, 2153
  Bird strike requirements...................................2141
  Civil aviation security rules..............................1964
  Civil penalty assessment procedures........................2139
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.................1940
  Corrosion control program..................................2048
  Crashworthy fuel tanks and lines...........................2145
  Deicing and anti-icing program.............................2147
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..............2091
  Engine fuel and induction systems..........................2144
  Fire protection............................................2079
  Flight rules.........................................2133, 2135
  Flight simulation device qualification.....................2058
  Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
      airplanes........................................2128, 2132
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs........................................2142
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo.................................2094
  Fuel tank system fault tolerance evaluation requirements...2159
  Fuel tank vent protection..................................2083
  Hazards to air navigation..................................2045
  Light sport aircraft.......................................2109
  Low-fuel-quantity alerting system..........................2143
  Material strength properties and design values.............2114
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.......................1939
  Pilot rest and duty requirements............................104
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes.2064
  Security fees........................................1968, 1969
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or 
     more....................................................1965
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
     applicants..............................................1967
  Transponder requirement..............................2071, 2089
  Vision enhancing equipment.................................2077
  Water landing survival equipment...........................2046



                            SUBJECT INDEX--B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Appeals process for claims.................................4119
  Assessments................................................4116
  Availability of deposit insurance brochures................4122
  Collection of corporate debt...............................4132
  Contractor conflict of interests...........................4125
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States......4203
  Depository institution checks..............................4122
  Filing procedures..........................................4123
  For State banks chartered as limited liability companies...4121
  Living trust accounts......................................4122
  Receivership rules.........................................4129
  Risk-based capital standards...............................4130
  Transactions between insured depository institutions and their 
      affiliates.......................................4182, 4190
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility..............................3448
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...................................165
  Accountant debarment and suspension........................2603
  Alternative mortgage lending...............................2971
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations........................2500
  Bank Enterprise Award program..............................2463
  Bank Secrecy Act.2472, 2473, 2474, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2484, 2485
  Capital....................................................4171
  Casino reporting...........................................2486
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury..........................2490
  Community Development Financial Institutions program.2464, 2465
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations...2608, 2968, 4128, 4188
  Consumer regulations review................................4174
  Conversions................................................2969
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments......2477
  Customer identification program............................2481
  Debarment and suspension...................................2471
  Debt cancellation contracts................................2610
  Deposit accounts...........................................4189
  Due diligence requirements.................................2480
  Electronic banking.........................................2611
  Electronic funds transfer............................2493, 3587
  Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve banks..............4169
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations....2595, 2964, 4117, 4181
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights..........................................3961
    Charters.................................................3972
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3971
    Electronic commerce......................................3973
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3967, 3968
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments............3974
    Loan policies and operations....3960, 3963, 3964, 3965, 3966, 
                                                       3967, 3968
    Mission-related investments..............................3962
  Financial crimes enforcement network.................2475, 2476
  Financial institutions:
    Consumer information privacy.............................4202
    Fees assessment..........................................2616
    Payment service providers................................2466

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    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens...................................2734
    Simplified capital framework.............................4120
  Financial subsidiaries.........................2467, 2468, 2614
  Foreign shell banks........................................2472
  Holding companies.....4171, 4178, 4183, 4184, 4185, 4186, 4187,
                                                             4278
  Identity verification program..............................2606
  International banks..................................2600, 2615
  Interstate branches..................................2613, 4131
  Intraday extensions of credit to affiliates................4190
  Market risk measure........................................4126
  Merger applications........................................4127
  Minimum capital ratios.....................................2605
  Money laundering deterrents..............2472, 2474, 2487, 2489
  OTS capital regulations....................................2970
  Regulation DD..............................................4189
  Regulation U...............................................4180
  Risk-based capital standards.........................4126, 4177
  Safety and soundness standards.............................2601
  Securities borrowing transactions..........................4126
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives..4124
    Recordkeeping requirements.........................2596, 4118
    Withdrawal of registration exemption.....................2488
  State banks:
    Chartered as limited liability companies.................4121
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4170, 4171, 4176, 
                                                 4178, 4184, 4192
  Thrift institutions........................................4297
  Time accounts..............................................4189
  Transactions between banks and their affiliates......4182, 4190
  Transactions of affiliate with foreign parent...............487
  Truth in lending...........................................4174
  Truth in savings.....................................4172, 4189
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Brewery forms..............................................2554
  Brewery regulations.........................................112
  Exports....................................................2505
  Malt beverage labeling.....................................2566
Bees:
  Importation.................................................248
Bicycles:
  Handlebar performance standard.............................3943
Bioengineered foods:
  Premarket notice............................................972
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Adverse experience reporting.................................31
  Bar code label requirements..................................35
  Biological agents and toxins list.........................5, 30
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act....................921
  Cellular therapy products...................................955
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances..............................................977
  General safety test exceptions..............................955
  Informed consent regulations................................953
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices.........................43
  Hepatitis C virus............................................43
  Hospital conditions of participation.......................1053
  Safety standards............................................933
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1648
  Multi-family housing bonds.................................2717
  Private activity.....................................2780, 2892
  Refunding issue............................................2836
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3773, 3785
  Surety bond issuance.......................................2503
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.........2175, 2178
  Drawbridge operation.................................1978, 2010
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.......................2167
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Bonding requirement exemption..............................1812
  Categories of permissible collateral.................2459, 4333
  Customer identification programs.....................2482, 3932
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities
           intermediaries....................................3924
  Disclosure requirements4341
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants
     and introducing brokers.................................3922
  Net capital requirements...................................4337
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.......................4313
  Quotation requirements.....................................4338
  Recordkeeping requirements.................................4118
  Withdrawal of registration exemption.......................2488
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.1139, 1563, 3087, 3088
  Asbestos...................................................3401
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses.........1932
  Antilock brakes............................................2303
  School:
    Flammability of interior materials.......................2289
    Operations...............................................2393
  Testing guidelines.........................................2391
  Wheelchair restraints......................................2341
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....................................3319
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation....1920, 1930
  Alcohol:
    Wine.....................................................2549
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3232

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  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions........2700
  Brick and structural clay products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..............................3194, 3260
  Cellulose manufacturing....................................3340
  Cement manufacturing industry........................3191, 3270
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control........................3216, 3229, 3230
    Control of PMNs..........................................3388
    Hazardous wastes listing.................................3446
    Manufacture......................3382, 3387, 3394, 3395, 3397
    Pollution standards......................................3378
    Sustainable futures program...............................117
  Commercial diving operations...............................1855
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay...............................1631
  Effluent guidelines.......................145, 3491, 3503, 3505
  Entertainment industry.....................................2793
  EPA operating permits................................3204, 3256
  Explosives..................................................113
  Financing cooperative stock.................................438
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures..............4199
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based products.............970, 971
  Iron manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines......................................3503
  Large appliance coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3336
  Leather tanning and finishing..............................3338
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3157
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control..............................3231, 3258
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control...............................122, 3217
    Fuel economy credits.....................................2300
    Metric conversion........................................2251
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3242
  Partnerships with foreign partners.........................2952
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control....................................3302
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Manufacturing changes.....................................956
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3140
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control.....................................119
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control....................................3247
  Printing and publishing..............................3179, 3317
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations.....................................3490
    Emissions reduction......................................3327
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines......................................3503
  Stock transfer rules.................................2689, 2798
  Tires:
    Manufacture..............................................3335
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..............................3303, 3348
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..............................3243, 3314



                            SUBJECT INDEX--C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform...........................................4036
  Cost of service............................................4030
  Customer service standards.................................4031
  Digital must carry requirements............................4041
  Home wiring rights.........................................4034
  Horizontal ownership limits................................4042
  Pole attachments...........................................4039
  Rates......................................................4029
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.................................3136
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program..927
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1805
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Bulk liquid hazardous material...........................2033
    Numbering of undocumented barges...................1987, 2015
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters...................2021
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes..........1985
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts..................................................2007
    Foreign..................................................1984
    Oil pollution prevention.................................2007
    Response plans.....................................1972, 2014
    Tank level or pressure monitoring devices................2035
    Towing vessel safety measures............................1989
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits.........................................2995
    Provisions for capital crimes............................3075
Census data:
  Certification process.......................................497
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes............496
  Disclosure of information..................................2815
  Geographically updated population certification program.....491
  Special services and studies................................492
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Beneficiaries age 65 and over...............................830
  Bonus payments in medically underserved areas...............837
  Claimcheck denials appeals process..........................826
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program................832
  Double coverage........................................824, 825
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision............822
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care........................821
  Individual Case Management Program..........................829
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials...827
  Pharmacy Benefits Program..............................828, 838
  Prosthetic devices coverage.................................823
  Regulation amendments.......................................833
  Third-party recoveries.................................825, 839
  Transplants coverage........................................836
  TRICARE..................828, 830, 831, 832, 834, 835, 837, 838
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Charter flights:
  Passengers stranded by.....................................1944
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Acrylamide.................................................3393
  Air pollution control......................................3216
  Assessment information rule................................3394
  Chemical inventory reporting...............................3415
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act............................1585
  Drinking water regulations.....................3511, 3512, 3517
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program......116, 128
  Flame retardant substances.................................3383
  Gamma butyrolactone........................................1578
  Health and safety reporting rule...........................3395
  Helium conservation........................................1499
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals.....................3391

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  New use rules for PMNs.....................................3388
  OSHA dermal testing........................................3392
  Ozone depleting:
    Essential use allowances.................................3205
    Halons...................................................3185
    Methyl bromide.....................................3259, 3324
    Reconsideration of petition criteria.....................3283
    Refrigerant recycling..............................3240, 3241
    Sales restrictions.......................................3164
    Substitutes..................................3198, 3280, 3301
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls...................................3400
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid......1570
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3378, 3404
  Polymers and resins..................................3161, 3379
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.................................3941
  Registration and reregistration fees.................1579, 1586
  Right-to-Know initiative...................................3399
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)......................3391
  Sustainable futures program.................................117
  Test rules...............................3389, 3398, 3405, 3407
  Toxic substances.....................................3382, 3387
  Toxic Substances Control Act...............................3384
  Toxicity profiles..........................................3380
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive...........3381
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................3410
    Chemical expansion.......................................3418
    Coal.....................................................3411
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds.........................3414
    Metal mining.............................................3413
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements........3419
    Reporting requirements.............................3412, 3413
    Review of chemicals on original list.....................3409
  Use inventory rule.........................................3397
  Used in manufacture of controlled substances.........1572, 1589
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child care:
  See Day care
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations........................................84
  Schooling, health, and well-being............................84
Child support:
  Customer service annual state self-assessment..............1116
  Expenditures for caseworker costs..........................1117
  Federal Tax Refund Offset..................................1123
  Payments to Indian tribes..................................1119
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
      Reconciliation Act.....................................1120
  Safeguarding information...................................1114
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
           Day care
  Aliens:
    Battered children..................................1595, 1656
  At-risk afterschool suppers.................................327
  Indian child protection programs............................984
  Medical child support......................................1001
  NIH training grants.........................................988
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate 
        reports..............................................1753
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products................................................961
  State Children's Health Insurance Program......1020, 1065, 1112
  Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
      facilities..............................................922
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Bond extension filing requirements.........................2543
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..2543, 2564
  Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars........2581
  Importation of products, papers and tubes......2544, 2545, 2565
  In-transit stops without payment of tax....................2546
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S..........2580
  Tax computation on large cigars............................2541
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Child Citizenship Act......................................1701
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits...............................................1736
  Employment authorization...................................1697
  Judicial review of INS decisions...........................1644
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities...............1735
  Revoking grants of naturalization..........................1686
  Self-declaration...........................................1016
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update..............3089
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act...............................4173
  Food Stamp Program data collections.........................321
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination...........................1831, 1945, 3555
    Air carriers.............................................1858
    CNCS.....................................................3098
    Department of State......................................1889
    DOC.......................................................483
    DOD.......................................................754
    DOE.......................................................891
    DOI......................................................1233
    DOJ................................................1567, 1569
    DOL......................................................1835
    DOT................................................1931, 1935
    Federally assisted programs.......891, 1831, 3091, 3630, 3818
    FEMA.....................................................3526
    Group health plans.......................................1082
    GSA....................................3556, 3557, 3559, 3565
    HHS...........................................918, 1034, 1083
    HIPAA....................................90, 2809, 2810, 2811
    HUD................................................1127, 1132
    Individuals with disabilities..........3554, 3742, 3745, 3818
    NARA.....................................................3618
    NASA.....................................................3601
    NCUA.....................................................4206
    NEA..........................................3633, 3634, 3745
    NEH....................................3634, 3638, 3639, 3745
    NRC......................................................4249
    NSF......................................................3647
    OFHEO....................................................3650
    SBA......................................................3796
    SSA................................................3817, 3818
    TVA......................................................3876
    USAID....................................................3081
    VA.......................................................3047
  Older individuals..........................................1125
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure...3745
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CNCS debt collection.......................................3092
  DoD authority.....................................757, 758, 759
  Federal Tort Claims Act procedures.........................3112
  Filing claims against SSA..................................3832
  FMS payments.........................................2491, 2496
  HHS....................................................909, 910
  HHS administrative wage garnishment....................913, 929
  HUD administrative wage garnishment........................1145
  NRC debt collection..................................4272, 4275

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  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000.....1759
  SBA debt collection........................................3794
  Seized property............................................1755
  SSA debt collection....................................157, 158
  SSI overpayments...........................................3874
  Veterans:
    Attorney fees............................................3072
    Debt collection..........................................2996
Classified information:
  Access......................................................763
  Determining eligibility for access to DOE material..........881
  OMB policies...............................................3668
  Research involving human subjects...........................842
  Storage.....................................................764
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites.....................................1485
  Coal management:
    Noncompetitive leases....................................1508
    Provisions and limitations...............................1508
  Coalbed methane development................................1514
  Combustion wastes....................................3441, 3442
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................3411
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  TVA shoreline management...................................3877
  Waste deposit prevention...................................3521
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program................................205, 1389
    Corps of Engineers program................................811
    Minimal effects exemptions................................470
    Wetland Program Development Grants.......................3487
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens...............1700
  Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act...........................1762
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants......................791
  DFARS modification..........................................791
  DOT grants.................................................1926
  Exemption from export licensing requirements...............1901
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions..............280, 281
  Grants administration......................500, 766, 1142, 3541
  Information reporting for qualified tuition expenses.......2916
  INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research...1721
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities............................................1734
  Transfer of excess Federal property.........................482
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Agricultural commodities:
    Trade options............................................3935
  Broker-dealers:
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities 
        intermediaries.......................................3924
  Bunched orders.............................................3928
  Commodity pool operator:
    Registration exemption...................................4298
    Reporting requirements...................................3934
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Performance disclosures..................................3930
  Customer identification programs...........................3932
  Denomination of customer funds.............................3921
  Depository institutions....................................3924
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities...............3924
  Farm credit system institutions............................3924
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers....................................3922
  Foreign futures and options contracts................3929, 3931
  Foreign stock index contracts..............................3927
  Grading and certification of livestock......................170
  Hybrid instrument regulation...............................3923
  Location of depositories...................................3921
  Reporting levels for large trader reports..................3933
  Reserve requirements for margin............................4335
  Security futures:
    Cash settlement of contracts.............................3939
    Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency.........3925
    Dual registrants.........................................3938
    Exemption from compliance with listing standards.........3936
    Margin requirements......................................3937
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards......3926
    Regulatory amendments....................................4344
    Regulatory trading halts.................................3939
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs..............................4165
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management....................................1558
  Interstate quarantine of persons.............................29
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act....................................................4086
  Accounting and reporting requirements......................4114
  Amateur radio service......................................3999
  Auction authority..........................................4072
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers......................................4101
  Biennial review............................................3998
  Broadcast station construction permits.....................4038
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.4110
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz
      band...................................................4001
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band..........................4063
  Commercial mobile radio services.........4060, 4064, 4079, 4081
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS............................................4064
    Narrowband...............................................4061
    Process..................................................4069
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz.........................4062
  Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.......3992
  Dedicated Short Range Communications.......................2173
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange 
     carriers................................................4113
  Digital audio broadcasting.................................4045
  Emergency Alert System.....................................3981
  Emergency Broadcast System.................................3981
  Equal employment opportunity rule..........................4054
  Excise tax.................................................2677
  FCC cost allocation and accounting rules...................4111
  FCC ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings..............4002
  FM radio...................................................4040

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  Government transfer band...................................3987
  Horizontal ownership limits................................4042
  Informal complaints........................................3980
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees..............................................4077
  International call-back service............................4021
  Interstate special access services.........................4109
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz.........................4074
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile
      radio 450-470 MHz band.................................4082
  Mandatory reimbursement rules for relocation of Federal 
      spectrum................................................735
  Maritime.............................................4058, 4076
  Multiple address systems...................................4068
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations...............4055
  North American Numbering Plan administration...............4087
  Public safety communications requirements..................4067
  Quiet Zone application procedures..........................4084
  Radio market definitions...................................4051
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of
      secondary markets......................................4080
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum......................3996, 4083
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band........................4009
  Regulatory fees............................................4057
  RF lighting devices........................................3985
  Satellite:
    Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz................4000
    Application and licensing requirements...................4005
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements................4046
    Dedicated Short Range Communications of Intelligent 
        Transportation Systems...............................3984
    Digital audio radio service..............................4008
    Direct broadcast service.................................4013
    Earth stations.........................4017, 4019, 4023, 4026
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3988, 4019, 4020
    Global mobile personal communications....................4015
    Licensing reform.........................................4022
    Maritime mobile services.................................4014
    Mobile service provider flexibility......................4024
    MSS spectrum allocation......................3982, 4007, 4012
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................4020
    Non-government operations in the .0-51.4 GHz portion
        of the 36 V-band.....................................4011
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations.........................4010
    Orbital debris mitigation................................4025
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites
        and separate international satellite systems.........4027
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act..............4043, 4044
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band............................4009
    Tracking and data relay..................................3599
    Voice and data mobile satellite service..................4006
  Securities Act reform......................................4285
  Software defined radios....................................3994
  Spectrum aggregation limits................................4073
  Spectrum allocation........................................3984
  Spread spectrum systems....................................3989
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.................4075
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band.....................4078
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use...............4078
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities..................4028
  Truthful statements to the FCC.............................4004
  TV:
    Access in non-served and under-served areas...............457
    Advertising practices....................................4033
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.......................3997
    Cable Act..........................................4030, 4036
    Cable television rates...................................4029
    Children's programming.............................4049, 4050
    Competitive availability of navigation devices...........4037
    Digital must carry requirements..........................4041
    Digital television service.............3986, 4047, 4048, 4049
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations.............4016
    Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming......4053
    Filing of network affiliation contracts..................4032
    Predicting broadcast television field strength...........3991
    Public interest information..............................4052
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz
        spectrum band........................................4085
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act..............4043, 4044
    Service rules in UHF spectrum............................4071
    Video programming accessibility....................4035, 4037
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission..........................3993
  Unbundled network elements.................................4108
  Unbundling local exchange carriers.........................4102
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz....3983
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems....................4070
  Video teleconference technology.............................163
  Wide area SMR licensing....................................4059
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services........................................3995
    Medical Telemetry Service................................3990
    Telecommunications carriers..............................4073
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act............4086
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints........................................3980
  Streamlining procedures for transfers of control...........4106
  Toll free service access codes.............................4090
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities...............1191
  Renewal communities........................................1191
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...................................1185
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing units..............................1192
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities..1189
    Revitalization strategy..................................1188
    Slum and blight prevention...............................1185
  Community Development Financial Institutions program.2464, 2465
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income
     persons.................................................1196
  Environmental regulations...................................291
  National bank investments..................................2602
  SBA:
    HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program...................156
    Local economic development...............................3774
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets................401
  Air carriers...............................................1936
  American Automobile Labeling Act...........................2238
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act...........1630
  Cable television companies.................................4034
  Communications Act.............................4061, 4062, 4064
  Television marketplace...............................4029, 4037
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems...........877
  Buy America requirement waiver.............................2394
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software............534
  Electronic filing..........................................2621
    Bonds, agreements, certificates, and cancellations.......2203
    DOT proceedings..........................................1941
    Investment advisers................................1798, 4315
  Electronic records...................................3613, 3617

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  Electronic submission:
    Documents..........................................4162, 4270
    Income tax filing........................................2950
    Labeling information......................................960
    Payee statements.........................................2814
    Trademark documents.......................................749
  Exports......................................528, 529, 530, 550
  Information Technology Security Validation Programs.........561
  Internet:
    GOV domain...............................................3571
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).............507
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment.....3439
  Small businesses:
    Information technology value added resellers.............3801
  Stored-value cards.........................................4175
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  DOT regulations............................................2312
  EPA regulations............................................3135
  NRC regulations............................................4258
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements........................................822
  DOE.........................................................901
  EPA........................................................3120
  Ethical conduct................................1956, 3642, 3664
  Ethics programs............................................3662
  Exemptions.................................................3659
  FDIC.......................................................4125
  Financial disclosure.......................................3658
  NCUA.......................................................4220
  OGE Privacy Act rules......................................3657
  Post-government employment.................................3663
  Standards of conduct...........................3660, 3743, 3746
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Confined spaces for construction...........................1839
  Effluent guidelines........................................3489
  Electric power line worker safety..........................1850
  Fall protection............................................1870
  Hearing loss prevention....................................1843
  Hoisting equipment safety..................................1862
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  Alternative fuel labeling requirements.....................4198
  Baby bath seats............................................3951
  Baby walkers...............................................3958
  Bicycle handlebars.........................................3943
  Cable home wiring rights...................................4034
  Candles and candle wicks containing lead...................3952
  Child-resistant packaging............................3956, 3959
  Crib safety standards......................................3949
  Disclosures................................................4200
  Financial information privacy..............................4202
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles........................................3940
    Mattresses/bedding.......................................3955
    Upholstered furniture....................................3948
  Household goods transportation.............................2204
  Hunting tree stands........................................3946
  Infant formula quality control..............................968
  Lead-based paint...........................................3386
  Lighters...................................................3954
  Model rocket propellant devices............................3953
  Natural rubber latex.......................................3942
  Notices to passengers......................................1949
  Over-the-counter drugs......................................951
  Playground equipment made from chromated-copper-arsenate 
      treated wood...........................................3944
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.................................3941
  Portable bed rails.........................................3950
  Product registration cards for products intended for 
      children...............................................3945
  Snowmobile auxilliary lighting systems.....................3947
  Standards of conduct for attorneys practicing before the 
      CPSC...................................................3957
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans............1471
  Leasing sulphur or oil and gas...........1463, 1465, 1476, 1483
  Minerals prospecting.......................................1479
  Safety zones around petroleum and gas production
      facilities.............................................1998
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 disease940
Cotton:
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton...................214
  Cottonseed Chemist Licensing Program........................194
  Futures contracts...........................................192
  User fees for crop cotton classification services......180, 196
Countervailing duties:
  Sunset reviews..............................................503
Courts:
  Civil contempt commitments.................................1528
  Courts of Indian Offenses..................................1452
  CSOSA:
    Acceptance of gifts......................................3107
    Use of agency seal.......................................3106
  Disclosure of records......................................3109
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule........................3108
    DNA collection and use.............................1756, 3111
    Sex offender registration in the District of
        Columbia.............................................3110
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to 
      subpoenas..............................................1198
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Credit unions
           Mortgages
           Banks, banking
  Debt collection:
    Administrative wage garnishment...........................913
    Corporate debt collection................................4132
    Debt Collection Improvement Act..........................3619
    DoD.............................................757, 758, 759
    DOL......................................................1810
    FDIC.....................................................4132
    FEMA...............................................3535, 3536
    FERC.....................................................4144
    HHS...................................908, 909, 910, 913, 929
    HUD......................................................1145
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset...2498
    NRC................................................4272, 4275
    Salary offset.............................................910
    SBA......................................................3794

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    SSA.......................................................157
    Treasury.....................................2462, 2497, 2501
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity.........................2502
  Equal credit opportunity.............................4173, 4174
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations................4117, 4181
  Partners and partnerships..................................2871
Credit unions:
  Advertising................................................4210
  Bank Secrecy Act compliance................................4207
  Chartering.....................................4212, 4221, 4222
  Conflicts of interests.....................................4220
  Corporate credit unions....................................4215
  Customer identification program............................2481
  Eligible obligations.......................................4220
  Employee benefits..........................................4208
  Fair credit reporting......................................4204
  Insurance requirements for branches outside the United 
       States................................................4203
  Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement revision..........4214
  Investment and deposit activities..........................4205
  Low-income status designation..............................4213
  Member business loans......................................4211
  Nondeposit investment sales................................4219
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs...........4206
  OMB control numbers........................................4216
  Prompt corrective action...................................4218
  Share insurance rules......................................4209
  Truth in Savings rule......................................4217
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Access to criminal history records.......................1898
    Battered and abused spouses and children.....1595, 1656, 1666
    Criminal convictions.....................................1599
    Custody procedures.......................................1716
    Expedited removal from jails.............................1743
    In-transit passengers....................................1610
    Trafficking victims....................1633, 1711, 1712, 1903
    Victims of crime.............................1643, 1711, 1876
  Arson reporting............................................2558
  Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act...........................1762
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies...........1767
  DNA collection and use...............................1756, 3111
  Domestic violence..........................................2556
  Federal Tort Claims Act procedures.........................3112
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System..........1606
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule........................3108
  Prostitution...............................................1611
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate 
        reports..............................................1753
  Seized property............................................1755
  Sex offender registration programs.............1605, 1762, 3110
  Sex offender release notification..........................1542
  United Nations Convention Against Torture..................1679
  VA employee requirements for referral of information.......3050
  Victims of Crime Act.................................1768, 3014
  Violence against women grant programs......................1770
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations...................302, 303, 304, 306
  Application for.............................................296
  Blueberries.................................................299
  Civil penalties.............................................298
  Cotton......................................................214
  Dry beans and peas..........................................311
  Grains.................................................305, 311
  Movement or assumption of policies..........................297
  Nonstandard classification system...........................306
  Nursery crops...............................................300
  Premiums....................................................307
  Producer disqualification for fraud.........................200
  Quality Assurance and Performance Measurement System........304
  Regulation revisions...................................308, 310
  Rice........................................................311
  Safflower...................................................311
  Sunflowers..................................................311
  Wheat.......................................................305
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure........................................99
Cultural exchange programs:
  Annual reports.............................................1911
  Reinstatement of J-1 exchange visitors.....................1888
  Student Exchange Visitor Information System................1730
  Summer work/travel.........................................1910
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Administrative rulings.....................................2662
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas............................2627
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2638
  Aircraft manifests.........................................2649
  Airport security area access...............................2651
  Bond obligations...........................................2652
  Charge for reimbursable Customs inspectional services......2625
  Civil aircraft.............................................2664
  Conditional release period.................................2652
  Counterfeited trademarks.............................2633, 2648
  Country of origin marking..................................2634
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises..2542
  Delinquent payment.........................................2623
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.................................2643
  Drawback.............................................2650, 2665
  Duty-free treatment for beverages made with Caribbean rum..2666
  Electronic filing of entries of merchandise................2621
  Fee and interest:
    Payment methods..........................................2657
  General Aviation Telephonic Entry Program..................2659
  General order warehouses...................................2663
  Harbor maintenance fees........................2630, 2631, 2667
  Importation and entry bond conditions......................2635
  In-transit mail shipment examination.......................2624
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S..........2622
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2632
  Overflight Program.........................................2659
  Performance of business by parent and subsidiary 
      corporations...........................................2629
  Ports of entry.............................................2656
  Presentation of manifest before cargo is laden aboard vessel
      at foreign port for transport to US....................2672
  Prior disclosure...........................................2628
  Prototypes used in product development and testing.........2644
  Reconciliation.............................................2620
  Refund of duties paid on select wool products..............2660
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2658
  Tariffs:
    Liquidation of entries...................................2618
  Textile and apparel products:
    Rules of origin..........................................2641
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos.............2619
  User and navigation fees...................................2637

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  User fees..................................................2642
  Watches and jewelry.........................................501



                            SUBJECT INDEX--D

Dairy products:
  Inspection and grading of dairy plants......................195
  Inspection and grading service for manufactured or processed 
      products................................................172
  Market loss payment program.................................238
  National Dairy Promotion and Research Program.................2
  Transportation and storage..................................370
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants................................................2594
  AID........................................................3083
  CNCS.......................................................3095
  DOC.........................................................498
  DOD.........................................................767
  DOE.........................................................903
  DOI........................................................1229
  DOJ........................................................1766
  DOL........................................................1836
  DOT..................................................1942, 1943
  ED..........................................................841
  EPA........................................................3123
  FEMA.......................................................3542
  FMCS.......................................................3553
  GSA........................................................3569
  HHS.........................................................919
  HUD........................................................1134
  IMLS.......................................................3632
  NARA.......................................................3616
  NASA.......................................................3602
  NEA........................................................3636
  NEH........................................................3644
  OPM........................................................3733
  Peace Corps................................................3750
  SBA........................................................3797
  Social Security Administration.............................3870
  Treasury...................................................2471
  USDA........................................................433
  VA.........................................................3016
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
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice..........................32
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease..............940
Disability benefits:
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act.....................1012
Disabled:
  See Disability benefits
      Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
      Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Disaster assistance:
  Administrative requirements................................3547
  Audits of grants and cooperative agreements................3547
  Community Disaster Loan Program............................3544
  Corps of Engineers procedures...............................808
  Cost principles............................................3547
  Crop disaster assistance....................................228
  Debarment and suspension...................................3542
  Definition of terms........................................3546
  Drug-free workplace requirement............................3542
  Farmers:
    Acreage determination for skip-row cotton.................214
    Disaster set-aside program................................215
    Primary loan servicing....................................215
    Sea grass and sea oats eligibility........................242
    Tree assistance program...................................224
  Floods.....................................................3530
    Ability to pay provisions.................................813
    National Flood Insurance Program.......3529, 3539, 3543, 3549
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program............................3532
  Hazard mitigation planning.................................3527
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
        Assistance Act.....................3528, 3531, 3546, 3548
  Management costs...........................................3548
  Military personnel support..................................819
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System...........3537
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3526
  Public Assistance Program..................................3544
  SBA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program...................3806
  Small business loan program..........................3805, 3810
  Unemployment assistance....................................1791
Discrimination:
  See Civil rights
Discrimination against aged:
  See Aged
Discrimination against handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Discrimination in employment:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Discrimination in housing:
  See Fair housing
Diseases:
  See Animal diseases
      Communicable diseases
Dispute resolution:
  Access to neutrals.........................................3551
  Contract dispute procedures..........................3576, 3577
  Fee schedule...............................................3550
  STB........................................................4353
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

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  Aviation personnel...................................2108, 2153
  Disincentives for inmates..................................1544
  Drug-free workplace requirements......767, 841, 903, 919, 1229,
            1836, 1942, 3016, 3083, 3095, 3542, 3553, 3569, 3602,
                               3616, 3637, 3645, 3750, 3797, 3870
  Treatment programs.........................................1544
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic 
        substances...........................................1580
    Bureau of Prisons........................................1525
Drug testing:
  Airmen...............................................2059, 2080
  Bureau of Prisons..........................................1547
  Following marine incidents.................................1973
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers..............................................1919
  Motor carrier post-accident tests..........................2224
  Railroad employees.........................................2381
    Foreign-based crews......................................2383
  Transportation personnel...................................1951
Drug traffic control:
  Chemical import/export declarations........................1593
  Chemical registration fees.................................1583
  Chemical registration waivers..............................1579
  Controlled substances:
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
        for maintenance or detoxification treatment..........1580
    Disposer definition and registration.....................1584
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances......1574
    Electronic prescriptions.................................1575
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use..........................................1573
    Gamma butyrolactone................................1578, 1587
    Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act...................1591
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous
        acid...........................................1570, 1589
    Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing 
        hydroxybutyric acid..................................1582
    Registration application fees............................1581
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations......1577
    Use of marijuana for industrial purposes.................1588
  Diversion control fee account..............................1592
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act............................1585
  FAA regulations............................................2137
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.....................1576
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications...........................930
  Adverse drug reaction reports................................31
  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
      packages................................................962
  Average wholesale price methodology..........................55
  Bar code label requirements..................................35
  Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act........................44
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements........930, 967
  Central fill pharmacies....................................1590
  Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances.....1572
  Conditions for marketing digoxin products for oral use......978
  Efficacy evidence needed for products to be used against toxic 
      substances..............................................977
  Exports.....................................................549
  Informed consent regulations............................34, 953
  Institutional review boards.................................939
  Investigational new drugs...................................952
  Labeling.....................................................35
  Manufacturing changes.......................................956
  New drug applications...................................40, 934
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels...........1571
  Registration and reregistration fees.......................1586
  Registration of producers...................................931
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations..........961
  Self-administration criteria...............................1038
  Use of marijuana for industrial purposes...................1588



                            SUBJECT INDEX--E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.490, 493, 494, 495
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
           Indians-education
           Libraries
           School breakfast and lunch programs
           Schools
           Students
           Teachers
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens1700
  Debarment and suspension regulation.........................841
  Direct Loan Program.........................................851
  Drug-free workplace requirement.............................841
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization.......23
  Federal Family Education Loan Program.......................851
  Federal Perkins Loan Program................................852
    Educational, Research, Development, Dissemination, and 
        Improvement Act........................................22
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders...................1559
  Inmate occupational educational programs...................1546
  National Security Education Program.........................761
  NIH Aids Research Loan Repayment Program....................989
  NIH scholarships............................................986
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.844, 3124, 3629
  Prison postsecondary education programs....................1534
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities............................................1734
  Student assistance general provisions.......................850
  Student Visitor Information System...........................81
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments...................3558
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits....................2992
    Educational Assistance test program......................3067
    Licensing and certification..............................2983
    Montgomery GI Bill--active duty..............2984, 2986, 3028
    Montgomery GI Bill--selected reserve.........2984, 3034, 3036
    Survivors and dependents.................................3028
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act......3032, 3033
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act........................2980
Education of disadvantaged:
  Head Start program:
    Facilities construction and renovation...................1118
    Family care option.......................................1121
    Performance standards....................................1124
    Regulations..............................................1122
  Improving academic achievement..............................848
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act..................24
Educational facilities:
  Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act......................843

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  Grants administration......................................3079
  Transfer of excess Federal property.........................482
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection...................................842
Eggs and egg products:
  Grademarks..................................................183
  Grading................................................184, 193
  Import restrictions.........................................250
  Inspection...................................................15
  Salmonella enteritidis..................................33, 250
  Transportation and storage..................................370
Elderly:
  See Aged
Electric power:
  See also Electric power plants
           Electric utilities
  Bonneville Power Administration:
    Cost recovery adjustment rate proceeding..................887
    Generation Imbalance Service rate.........................896
    Transmission rate proceeding..............................888
  Hydroelectric licensing....................................4135
  Permits and reports.........................................885
  Worker safety..............................................1850
Electric power plants:
  Electronic filing of FERC forms............................4137
Electric utilities:
  Accounting and reporting requirements......................4140
  Cash management............................................4143
  Electronic filing of documents.............................4142
  Filing requirements........................................4149
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures........4133,
                                                             4141
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for rural
      electrification purposes................................468
  Indian electric power utilities............................1438
  Market design and structure................................4134
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales............4147
  Mergers and consolidations of borrowers.....................469
  National Forest System......................................403
  RUS standard contract forms.................................460
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers............4136
  Steam generating unit MACT regulation......................3163
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic benefit transfer systems.........................344
  Federal agency disbursements.........................2493, 3127
  FRS Regulation E revision..................................4175
  GSAR regulation............................................3587
Elementary and secondary education:
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization.......23
  Impact Aid construction grant program.......................849
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Cafeteria plans............................................2816
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.................1800
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1804
  Stock option programs......................................1777
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Government employees
           Equal employment opportunity
  Aliens.................1612, 1652, 1664, 1738, 1739, 1749, 1781
    Authorization documents............................1639, 1733
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants..1697
    Eligibility verification.......................87, 1688, 1741
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer......1618
    Labor certification process..............................1795
    Temporary nonagricultural services.......................1650
  Definitions for salary basis.................................82
  Family and Medical Leave Act.................................83
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments............1775
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Comprehensive employment opportunities demonstration.....1081
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons.........1196
  Senior Community Service Employment program..................85
  Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant...............1036
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers......................86
  Verification of employment...........................1612, 1664
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program.............................1790
  Work provisions of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
      Reconciliation Act......................................367
  Workforce investment systems...............................1834
Employment taxes:
  Failure-to-deposit penalty.................................2740
  Unemployment repayment.....................................2856
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addax......................................................1303
  American crocodile.........................................1276
  Appalachian bivalve species..........................1294, 1297
  Appalachian elktoe.........................................1397
  Argali sheep...............................................1405
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis...................812
  Ash Meadows Amargusa pupfish removal.......................1375
  Ash Meadows sunray removal.................................1375
  Australian parakeets.......................................1266
  Basking shark..............................................1333
  Beluga sturgeon............................................1267
  Black-footed ferrets.......................................1361
  Blackburn sphinx moth................................1264, 1326
  Boulder darter.............................................1252
  Brown pelican delisting....................................1249
  Bull trout.................................................1280
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl...............................1279
  California gnatcatcher.....................................1293
  California tiger salamander..........................1289, 1362
  Canadian lynx..............................................1368
  Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances....1263, 1306
  Captive-bred exotic birds..................................1311
  Carolina heelsplitter......................................1396
  Carson's wandering skipper.................................1407
  Cave-dwelling invertebrate species.........................1357
  Chiricahua leopard frog....................................1388
  CITES decisions......................................1308, 1315
  Coho salmon.................................................693
  Columbia white-tailed deer.................................1310
  Conservation activities...............................677, 1312
  Conservation education.....................................1383
  Conservation permits.......................................1313
  Critical habitat..683, 684, 1270, 1279, 1280, 1291, 1292, 1293, 
            1294, 1296, 1297, 1316, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324,
            1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1346, 1349, 1351,
            1356, 1357, 1373, 1382, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397,
                                                             1404
  Cumberland elktoe..........................................1296
  Dama gazelle...............................................1303
  Dolly Varden...............................................1377
  Dugong.....................................................1302
  Duskytail darter...........................................1392
  Eagles.....................................................1366
    Incidental taking........................................1259
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets........1434
  Fairy shrimp...............................................1271
  Flat-tailed horned lizard..................................1359
  Gila chub..................................................1316
  Gila trout.................................................1256
  Gray bat...................................................1381
  Gray wolf..................................................1309

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  Green iguana...............................................1235
  Grizzly bears..............................................1379
  Guam bridled white-eye.....................................1270
  Guam broadbill.............................................1270
  Guam broadbill removal.....................................1332
  Guam Micronesian kingfisher................................1270
  Gulf sturgeon.........................................684, 1349
  Incidental take by commercial fishing operations.......685, 686
  Island fox.................................................1352
  Kauai cave amphipod........................................1326
  Kauai cave wolf spider.....................................1326
  Koster's tyronia...........................................1346
  Landowner Incentive Program..........................1282, 1284
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1242
  Little Mariana fruit bat...................................1270
  Loggerhead sea turtle.......................................683
  Mariana crow...............................................1270
  Mariana fruit bat....................................1270, 1376
  Mariana mallard removal....................................1332
  Miami blue butterfly.......................................1372
  Missouri bladder-pod.......................................1257
  Mountain plover............................................1278
  Mountain yellow-legged frog................................1390
  Newcomb's snail......................................1326, 1403
  Noel's amphipod............................................1346
  Nonessential experimental populations...1252, 1281, 1301, 1361, 
                                                             1379
  Northern aplomado falcon...................................1301
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment................................................1277
  Pecos assiminea............................................1346
  Permit exemptions...........................................634
  Permits for foreign listed species.........................1384
  Picture-wing flies.........................................1370
  Piping plover..............................................1404
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting..................................1300
    Ash Meadows gumplant removal.............................1375
    Baker's larkspur.........................................1324
    Bigleaf mahogany.........................................1341
    Braun's rockcress........................................1295
    Californian plants.......................................1271
    Carbonate plants in California...........................1351
    Chorizanthe robusta var. hartwegii.......................1399
    Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta.........................1400
    CITES listings.....................................1341, 1343
    Coastal California plants................................1322
    Cook's lomatium..........................................1355
    Critical habitat....1269, 1290, 1295, 1298, 1299, 1335, 1350, 
                                                       1399, 1400
    Desert yellowhead........................................1290
    Gaviota tarplant.........................................1322
    Hawaiian Island plants...................................1327
    Hoover's wooly-star delisting............................1317
    Johnston's frankenia removal.............................1255
    Kahoolawe Island plants..................................1335
    Kauai Island plants......................................1320
    Kneeland Prairie pennycress..............................1394
    LaGracosa thistle........................................1322
    Lanai Island plants......................................1330
    Lane Mountain milkvetch..................................1299
    Large-flowered woolly meadowfoam.........................1355
    Lompac Yerba Santa.......................................1322
    Mariana Island plants....................................1369
    Maui Island plants.......................................1335
    Maui/NUI Complex plants............................1328, 1330
    Molokai Island plants....................................1328
    Monterey spineflower.....................................1395
    Nesogenes rotensis.......................................1369
    Niihau Island plants.....................................1320
    Northwest Islands of Hawaii..............................1329
    Oahu, Hawaii plants......................................1350
    Osmoxylon mariannense....................................1369
    Otay tarplant............................................1325
    Papery whitlow-wort removal..............................1253
    Pierson's milkvetch......................................1298
    Polygonum hickmanii................................1337, 1399
    Purple amole.............................................1321
    Ramin....................................................1343
    Robin's cinquefoil.......................................1398
    San Diego ambrosia.......................................1391
    Santa Cruz tarplant......................................1393
    Slickspot peppergrass....................................1358
    Spanish cedar............................................1341
    Spring Loving centuary removal...........................1375
    Tabernaemontana rotensis.................................1369
    Territory of Guam plants.................................1369
    Truckee barberry delisting...............................1331
    Ventura Marsh milkvetch..................................1269
    Yellow larkspur..........................................1324
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse.........................1356, 1387
  Prudency determination...............................1396, 1397
  Pygmy rabbit...............................................1347
  Rio Grande silvery minnow..................................1340
  Roswell springsnail........................................1346
  Rota bridled white-eye.....................................1380
  Sacramento Mountain Checkerspot butterfly..................1374
  Sacramento splittail.......................................1336
  Safe harbor agreements...............................1263, 1306
  San Diego Fairy shrimp.....................................1292
  San Marcos gambusia removal................................1254
  Scaleshelled mussel........................................1373
  Scimitar-Horned oryx.......................................1303
  Smoky madtom...............................................1392
  Southwestern willow flycatcher.......................1291, 1382
  Spotfin chub.........................................1252, 1392
  Stag beetle................................................1333
  Straight-horned markhor....................................1247
  Tibetan antelope...........................................1245
  Tidewater goby.............................................1314
  Tinian monarch flycatcher..................................1345
  Topeka shiner..............................................1348
  Transferring permits........................................726
  Tumbling Creek cavesnail...................................1408
  Turtle species.............................................1315
  Vicuna.....................................................1385
  West Indian manatee........................................1338
  Wood bison.................................................1304
  Yellowfin madtom...........................................1392
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition.................................................902
  Alternative fuels..........................858, 860, 3254, 4198
  Bioenergy program...........................................225
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment................4144
  Claims for damages against DOE employees....................906
  Conduct of DOE employees....................................905
  DEAR amendments:
    Patent rights.............................................904
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors........901
    Recycled products.........................................900
    Rewrite continuation......................................899
  Debarment and suspension....................................903
  Demand side management......................................459
  Determining eligibility for access to classified matter.....881
  Drug-free workplace requirements............................903
  Electronic service of FERC documents.................4137, 4148

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  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
      Program.................................895, 925, 927, 1783
  FERC record request fees...................................4151
  Financial assistance:
    For-profit organizations..................................897
  Freedom of Information Act..................................882
  Generation Imbalance Service rate...........................896
  Nondiscrimination...........................................891
  Occupational radiation protection...........................886
  Personnel Security Assurance Program........................880
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower 
      projects..........................................672, 1251
  Public availability of infrastructure information..........4138
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active uranium and
     thorium processing sites.................................892
  Renewable energy systems....................................459
  Research misconduct.........................................884
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing......673
  Uranium mill sites..........................................893
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Efficiency standards:
    Appliances.................................................25
    Central air conditioners..................................875
    Clothes dryers............................................871
    Commercial air conditioning equipment......................27
    Direct heating equipment..................................872
    Dishwashers...............................................871
    Electric distribution transformers.........................26
    Electric motors...........................................873
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps........................874
    Furnaces and boilers.......................................25
    Heat pumps............................................27, 875
    High intensity discharge lamps............................870
    Pool heaters..............................................872
  Federal buildings...........................................869
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines.............862
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners..................................861
    Commercial package boilers................................866
    Dishwashers...............................................867
    Heat pumps................................................861
    Refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers...................868
  Testing requirements:
    Commercial air conditioning equipment.....................865
    Commercial heating equipment..............................864
    Commercial water heaters..................................863
    Electric motors, small....................................855
    Electronic distribution transformers......................859
    High intensity discharge lamps............................870
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery..............................................2793
Environmental impact statements:
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program.........................................1772
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
  Army environmental actions..................................806
  CERCLA amendment.....................................3457, 3464
    Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry''.............3458, 3459
  Chemicals................................3391, 3397, 3398, 3405
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR..................3114
  Coal combustion wastes...............................3441, 3442
  Coastal waste deposit prevention...........................3521
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan....................21
  Confidential business information..........................3135
  Consumer confidence report rule............................3515
  Contracting by negotiation.................................3138
  Cooling water intake structures impact...........136, 147, 3488
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.......3460
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule.....148
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA...........3462
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing............3381
  DOE compliance with floodplain and wetland
      environmental review requirements.......................894
  Drinking water regulations.....................3511, 3512, 3513
  Effluent guidelines......................3490, 3491, 3492, 3505
  Environmental Quality Incentives Program....................472
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3123, 3130
  Federal water resource development..........................807
  Fellowship grant regulation................................3129
  Forest Service categorical exclusions provisions............432
  Forest Service special uses program....................410, 427
  Freedom of information.....................................3125
  HUD responsibilities.......................................1135
  Indian gaming facilities...................................4237
  Innocent landowner defense.................................3458
  Leadership in Environmental Management.....................3909
  National Environmental Achievement Track Program...........3132
  National Environmental Policy Act.........816, 3116, 3603, 4233
  National Forest System.................................415, 423
  New Jersey Gold Track program..............................3137
  Nuclear waste disposal.....................................4273
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes................3440
  Overburden definition......................................3408
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants..........3122
  Pesticides..........................115, 3117, 3358, 3360, 3363
  Plant incorporated protectants.................3365, 3372, 3373
  Privacy Act regulations....................................3118
  Public Involvement Policy..................................3133
  Public notification rule...................................3515
  Radiological Emergency Response Plan.......................3332
  Radon......................................................4257
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative...........................3428
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous
      waste at petroleum refineries..........................3444
  Restoration of DOD facilities...............................762
  Rural economic development..................................291
  Rural Utilities Service.....................................452
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances......................3383
  Solid waste................................................3434
  Total Maximum Daily Load program.......................137, 138
  Toxic Substances Control Act...............................3384
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................3410
    Chemical expansion.......................................3418
    Coal.....................................................3411
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds.........................3414
    Metal mining.............................................3413
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements........3419
    Reporting requirements.............................3412, 3413
    Review of chemicals on original list.....................3409
  Transit projects.....................................2184, 2397
Equal access to justice:
  HHS....................................................915, 928
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.......................................................3523
  Broadcast outreach.........................................4054
  Complaint processing.................................3524, 3525
  Discrimination complaint procedures........................3523
  Government employees.......................................3525
  Individuals with disabilities..............................3525
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era..1776

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  Workforce Investment Act...................................1834
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Charitable deductions......................................2910
Estuaries:
  See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
  See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Exchange visitor program:
  See Cultural exchange programs
Excise taxes:
  Alcohol....................................................2549
  Cigarette papers and tubes.................................2546
  Communications services....................................2677
  Diesel fuel................................................2899
  Foreign insurers or reinsurers.............................2824
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.........2753, 2929
  Tobacco products...........................................2546
  Tobacco products manufactured in Canada....................2583
  Transportation of persons and property by air..............2882
  Wine.......................................................2550
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous substances
           Hazardous materials transportation
  ATF authority..............................................2578
  Criminal misuse reporting..................................2558
  Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems........511
  Fireworks...................................................113
  Handling at waterfront facilities..........................1985
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials...2536
  Manufacturing safety regulations...........................1866
  Military munitions..........................................774
  Pest control devices.......................................2537
  Transportation regulations.................................2413
Exports:
    Administration regulations.512, 513, 514, 517, 519, 531, 532, 
                      535, 542, 543, 545, 549, 553, 554, 555, 557
  Afghanistan...........................................517, 1914
  Agricultural commodities....................................401
    Cargo preference regulations.............................2452
    Emerging markets program..................................397
    Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act.........549
  Alligators, live...........................................1258
  Armenia....................................................1913
  Arms-related items..........................................517
  Australia Group Chemical and Biological Weapons 
      Nonproliferation Control Regime.........................560
  Automated export system.....................................490
  Azerbaijan.................................................1913
  Bigeye tuna.................................................623
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program.........................400
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................509, 516, 560
  Chemical-related report requirements.......................1593
  Chemicals..................................................3407
  Class I substances to Article ..................5 countries3203
  Commerce Control List.........490, 508, 518, 525, 539, 551, 552
  Communication intercepting devices..........................525
  Computer technology..........................529, 530, 546, 550
  Controlled substances for personal medical use.............1573
  Country group revisions.....................................547
  Crude oil...................................................536
  Cuba........................................................515
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software............534
  Defense equipment requirements.............................1912
  Denied persons list.........................................557
  Designated persons..........................................519
  Distilled spirits, wine, and beer..........................2505
  Electricity.................................................885
  Encryption items.......................................540, 559
  Entity list.................................................538
  Explosive detection systems.................................511
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia..............................545
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2667
  High-performance computers..................................528
  Humanitarian donations......................................526
  India.......................................................528
  International Traffic in Arms:
    Amendments...............................................1912
  Investigational new drugs...................................952
  Iraq........................................................532
  Liberia.....................................................517
  Libya.......................................................515
  License application denial policy...........................522
  License exceptions.................515, 526, 533, 550, 556, 558
  Licensing...............................510, 535, 543, 544, 551
  Medical devices.............................................549
  Medicines...................................................549
  Microprocessors........................................521, 558
  Missile technology controls.............513, 542, 544, 552, 555
  National Forest System timber...............................411
  National security controls..................................518
  No license required provisions..............................543
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization..........................533
  North Korea.................................................548
  Nuclear equipment and materials.............................528
  Nuclear nonproliferation controls...........................553
  OETCA regulations update....................................505
  Offsets in military exports.................................537
  Pakistan....................................................528
  Protective equipment........................................508
  Reexports....................................511, 533, 544, 546
  Replacement licenses........................................535
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements....................531
  Serbia......................................................515
  Shipper's export declaration......................493, 494, 495
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...............507
  Space qualified items.......................................551
  Special Comprehensive License program.......................541
  Sudan.......................................................512
  Swordfish...................................................623
  Terrorist-supporting countries..............................547
  Timber from western states..................................524
  United Nations..............................................533
  United States munitions list..490, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1915
  Universities' exemption from licensing requirements........1901
  Veterinary user fees........................................249
  Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items......520, 550, 559
  Wildlife...................................................1244
Extension and continuing education:
  See Adult education



                            SUBJECT INDEX--F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of state and local enforcement 
      agencies...............................................1195
  Civil penalties for violations.............................1138
  Compliance requirements................................284, 437
    ANSI standards...........................................1193
  Sexual harassment standards................................1194
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

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Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities.............1139, 3084
    Outdoor developed areas..................................3086
  Classified information storage..............................764
  DOD environmental restoration programs......................762
  Energy performance standards................................869
  GSA regulations............................................3580
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3181
  Military range assessment...................................774
  NARA facilities addresses and hours........................3624
  Presidential library facilities............................3612
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States........2130
  Public use of NARA facilities..............................3611
  Telecommunications management..............................3560
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Acquired member assets.....................................4154
  Affordable Housing Program.................................4160
  Community support requirements.............................4157
  Governance.................................................4155
  Leverage limit.............................................4159
  Multiple bank memberships..................................4153
  New business activities....................................4156
  Privacy Act................................................4152
  Public disclosure..........................................4158
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Community reinvestment.....................................4188
  Consumer leasing...........................................4179
  Consumer regulations review..........................4174, 4179
  Credit programs............................................4169
  Electronic funds transfers.................................4175
  Equal credit opportunity.............................4173, 4174
  Fair credit reporting......................................4181
  Holding companies........................4183, 4185, 4186, 4187
  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act...............................4191
  Margin regulations review..................................4180
  State banks............4170, 4171, 4176, 4177, 4178, 4184, 4192
  Transactions between banks and their affiliates......4182, 4190
  Truth in savings.....................................4172, 4189
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation....................................278
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
Finance:
  See Banks, banking
      Credit
      Indians-business and finance
      Investments
      Loan programs
      Mortgages
      Trusts and trustees
Fines and penalties:
  See Penalties
Fire prevention:
  Aircraft:
    Cargo/baggage compartments...............................2095
    Fuel tank vent protection................................2083
    Fuel tanks and lines.....................................2145
  Electrical standards.......................................1854
  Forest fire assistance program..............................430
  Nuclear power plants.......................................4241
  Requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and 
      long-term care facilities..............................1057
  Shipyard standards...........................................98
  Underground coal mines.....................................1828
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act.............770, 775
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Grant program..............................................3545
  Retirement.................................................3718
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
  Diseases:
    Infectious salmon anemia..................................260
  Endangered and threatened.............................693, 1392
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1242
  National Organic Program....................................174
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program.....................1236
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower
      projects................................................672
  Restoration programs1241
  Trip limits.................................................570
Fisheries:
  Alaska.................................................665, 704
  Atlantic Ocean....................................585, 651, 715
  Atlantic tunas..............................................584
  Audit resolution policy....................................1334
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..................570, 649, 664, 701
  Black sea bass..............................................711
  Bluefin tuna...........................................584, 663
  Bottomfish..................................................567
  Capacity reduction program..................................702
  Conservation efforts........................................677
  Corals and coral reefs......................................700
  Crab community development quota reserves...................703
  Critical habitat.......................................679, 684
  Crustacean..................................................569
  Demersal shelf rockfish.....................................601
  Exclusive Economic Zones...............................665, 682
  Groundfish....................567, 606, 609, 656, 665, 701, 704
  Gulf of Alaska....................................601, 664, 701
  Gulf sturgeon...............................................684
  Hagfish.....................................................723
  Halibut.....................................................570
  Hawaiian Islands.......................................610, 719
  Highly migratory species...........584, 585, 651, 662, 663, 715
  Incidental take regulations..584, 627, 636, 638, 685, 686, 730, 
                                                              732
  Incidental taking of seabirds...............................708
  Killer whale stock depletion................................637
  License Limitation Program.............................704, 724
  Lobster.....................................................652
  Marine Mammal Protection Act...........................635, 675
  North Pacific...............................................656
  Northern California steelhead...............................679
  Pacific coast..........................................609, 720
  Pelagics...............................................699, 705
  Permits................................................607, 610
  Pollock.....................................................649
  Pollock roe recovery allowance..............................629
  Puerto Rico............................................564, 593
  Reef fish...................................................564
  Sablefish..............................................590, 653
  Scientific research.........................................585
  Scup........................................................711
  Sea turtle conservation.678, 681, 682, 691, 705, 715, 725, 728, 
                                                    731, 733, 734
  Shrimp.......................................678, 731, 733, 734
  Steller sea lion protection............................664, 665
  Summer flounder........................................711, 728
  Transferring permits........................................726
  U.S. Virgin Islands....................................564, 593
  Western Pacific region.................................569, 705
  Whiting.....................................................720
Fishery management plans:
  Alaska.................................................666, 722
  Albacore....................................................563
  Amberjack...................................................611
  American Lobster.......................................588, 652
  American Samoa..............................................721
  Atlantic....................................................583

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  Atlantic billfish...........................................647
  Atlantic bluefish......................................613, 717
  Atlantic herring.......................................614, 620
  Atlantic mackeral............................598, 608, 692, 714
  Atlantic salmon.............................................614
  Atlantic sea scallop...................................575, 615
  Atlantic surf clam..........................................597
  Beluga whales...............................................680
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.............589, 600, 631, 657, 724
  Bigeye tuna.................................................623
  Black sea bass....................................574, 617, 619
  Bluefin tuna................................................624
  Bottomfish fisheries....................572, 594, 595, 596, 628
  Butterfish..............................578, 598, 608, 692, 714
  Calico scallop..............................................688
  Canadian waters.............................................563
  Capacity reduction program..................................589
  Caribbean..............................................583, 643
  Catch sharing plan..........................................718
  Co-op leasing...............................................657
  Coastal migratory pelagics..................................592
  Coastal pelagic species.....................................603
  Community development quotas................................600
  Coral reef ecosystem........................................646
  Crab...................................................589, 724
  Crustaceans..................................578, 595, 596, 628
  Deep-sea red crab...........................................650
  Depth-based measures........................................667
  Dolphin.....................................................583
  Eastern Pacific.............................................562
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)...............588, 652, 721, 722
  Golden crab fishery.........................................707
  Golden tilefish.............................................587
  Groundfish..............................609, 657, 658, 659, 667
  Gulf of Alaska.........................................630, 659
  Gulf of Mexico.....573, 579, 583, 586, 605, 611, 648, 689, 690,
                                                    706, 709, 710
  Halibut.....................................................718
  Hawaiian Islands.............................567, 582, 596, 610
  Highly migratory species.591, 623, 624, 625, 626, 642, 645, 647
  King crabs.............................................589, 659
  Monkfish..........................................612, 616, 713
  North Atlantic right whales.................................674
  Northeast multispecies............................576, 622, 658
  Northeast skate.............................................581
  Ocean quahog...........................................597, 618
  Pacific Coast.......591, 609, 660, 667, 669, 670, 671, 716, 718
  Pacific cod............................................630, 631
  Pacific halibut.............................................666
  Pacific mackerel............................................655
  Pacific sardine........................................661, 671
  Pelagics.................578, 592, 595, 596, 671, 708, 710, 721
  Pollack................................................631, 657
  Precious corals........................................582, 628
  Queen conch.................................................593
  Red crab....................................................650
  Red grouper.................................................605
  Red snapper.................................................586
  Reef fish...............................573, 586, 605, 611, 710
  Salmon............................................669, 716, 722
  Sargassum...................................................580
  Scup..............................................574, 617, 619
  Sea scallop.................................................575
  Seasonal Area Management program............................674
  Sharks............................................577, 625, 626
  Shrimp.......................................579, 654, 689, 709
  Snapper grouper.............................................587
  Snowy grouper...............................................587
  South Atlantic................580, 587, 654, 688, 690, 707, 710
  Spiny dogfish..........................................621, 712
  Spiny lobster...............................................690
  Squid.............................................598, 608, 714
  Stone crab..................................................648
  Summer flounder...................................574, 617, 619
  Surf clam...................................................618
  Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments..............578, 595, 596
  Swordfish...................................................623
  Tanner crabs...........................................589, 659
  Tuna...................................................562, 660
  Wahoo.......................................................583
  Western Pacific....................572, 594, 646, 699, 700, 708
Fishing:
  Alaska......................................................571
  Antarctic marine living resources...........................602
  Bycatch reduction measures.............................571, 579
  Compensatory fishing........................................568
  Conservation programs..................................567, 702
  Drift gillnet...............................................685
  Exempted fishing permits....................................585
  Fixed gear..................................................590
  Gillnets....................................................682
  Longline..........................................715, 719, 721
  National Wildlife Refuges............................1286, 1410
  Permit requirements and exemptions..........................565
  Pot fishing.................................................630
  Pound net leaders...........................................681
  Purse seine.................................................562
  Quotas:
    Halibut...................................................701
    Reporting requirements....................................604
    Sablefish.................................................701
    Swordfish.................................................651
  Recreational measures..................................619, 711
  Recreational-for-hire.......................................710
  Setnet landings.............................................653
  South Pacific Tuna Act......................................599
  Subsistence fishing.........................................666
  Subsistence fishing on Federal lands...........1273, 1344, 1353
  Trawl fishing...............................................631
  Troll fishing...............................................563
Fishing vessels:
  Capital construction fund...................................668
  Charter boats...............................................641
  Compensatory fishing........................................568
  Documenting U.S.-flag vessels of 100 feet or greater in 
     length..................................................2453
  Fleet capacity control.................................562, 563
  Individual fishing quota reporting requirements.............604
  Limited entry permits.......................................565
  North Pacific Observer Program.........................606, 644
  Observer data transmission..................................656
  Observer policy.............................................566
  Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan...............676
  South Pacific Tuna Act......................................599
  Vessel Monitoring System...............................599, 602
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards.....................................3940
  Upholstered furniture......................................3948
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions...................................813
  Corps of Engineers procedures...............................808
Flood insurance:
  Contracts..................................................3530
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Assistance to private sector property insurers...........3549
    Coverage and rates.......................................3539
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................3529
    Inspection of insured structures by communities..........3543
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994                      285
Flood plains:
  DOE compliance with environmental review requirements.......894
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions................................470
    Wetlands Reserve Program..................................205

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Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  Meat and poultry products...................................388
  Notification system.........................................976
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care.........................................13
    Afterschool snacks........................................350
    At-risk afterschool suppers...............................327
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas........343
    Strengthening program integrity...........................352
    Technical amendments......................................368
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program....................322, 337
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program...............................345
  Eligibility.................................................348
  Indian reservations...............................326, 358, 359
  Older individuals..........................................1125
  Plain language rewrite..353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 
                                                              362
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program....................338
  Special Milk Program for Children...........................354
  Summer Food Service Program.................................366
  Uniform federal assistance regulations......................347
  Women, infants, and children:
    Exclusion of military housing payments....................351
    Farmers Market Nutrition Program..........................364
    Food delivery systems................................319, 339
    Food package revisions......................................7
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food labeling:
  Beef or pork with barbeque sauce............................383
  Expressed nutrient content claims...........................391
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation...............375
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products..................20
  Nutrient content claims.....................................387
  Single-ingredient products...................................20
  Standardized terms..........................................391
  Trans fatty acids............................................42
Food stamps:
  Access for persons with limited English proficiency.........325
  Administrative review process...............................330
  Alternate methods for issuing benefits......................332
  Civil rights data collections...............................321
  Computer matching...........................................320
  Electronic benefits transfer system..........328, 332, 342, 344
  Eligibility and certification................................10
  Employment and training.................................12, 367
  High performance bonuses......................................9
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting...............340
  Payment adjustments.........................................323
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
       Reconciliation Act.....................................367
  Privacy requirements........................................349
  Quality control..............................................11
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards......331
  Regulation simplification.....................................8
  Reporting provisions........................................340
  Resource eligibility standards..............................365
  State agencies administrative and management requirements...342
  State flexibility.............................................8
Foods:
  See also Dairy products
           Fish
           Food additives
           Food assistance programs
           Food labeling
           Fruits
           Meat and meat products
           Nutrition
           Poultry and poultry products
           Sugar
           Vegetables
  Bioengineered:
    Premarket notice..........................................972
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act....................921
  FDA detention of food........................................36
  FDA registration of food facilities..........................38
  Food safety rulemaking......................................378
  HACCP programs..............................................376
  Identification requirements of immediate previous source and 
      immediate subsequent recipient of foods..................37
  Imported.....................................................39
  Infant formula quality control..............................968
  Institutional review boards.................................939
  Modernization of standards..................................377
  Pesticide residues.........................................3369
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease..............940
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals.................................................966
  Sharing recall information with State and Federal agencies..396
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.......2433
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..............................3303, 3348
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations....................................2495
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........................................402
  Countries eligible for USAID financing.....................3082
  Foreign shell banks........................................2472
  International accounting standards.........................4350
  International call-back service............................4021
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 
      (OECD)...........................................3391, 3427
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
           Customs duties and inspection
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2638
  Banking affiliate transactions with foreign parent..........487
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber....................................2655, 2658
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program.........................2640
  DOC employee responsibilities and conduct...................484
  Earnings and profits.......................................2866
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones....................2639
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions...............751
  Filing of informational materials..........................1757

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  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes..490, 493, 494, 495
  Futures and options contracts..............................3931
  Investment in the U.S.......................................486
  Multijurisdictional Disclosure System......................4282
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels.........................................4166
  Selected services transactions with unaffiliated foreign 
      persons.................................................485
  Stock index contracts......................................3927
  Stock transfer rules.......................................2798
  Textile and apparel products...............................2641
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act........2640
  Watches and jewelry.........................................501
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products..........................................412
  Categorical exclusions for environmental provisions.........432
  Fire management activities..................................422
  Forest fire assistance program..............................430
  Forest Land Enhancement Program.............................429
  Forestry Incentive Program..................................479
  Imported wood packing materials.............................268
  Indian allotments...........................................404
  Land and resource management planning.......................420
  Mineral fractions, sale.....................................405
  Small business size standards..............................3803
  Softwood lumber from Canada..........................2655, 2658
  Special products............................................412
  Special uses authorizations............................410, 427
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation..............................................423
    Contracts.................................................425
    Export controls...........................................524
    Noncompetitive sale.......................................409
    Surplus species...........................................406
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico.............................256
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Crop insurance fraud........................................200
  Debarment of health care providers.........................3728
  Microcap securities market.................................4338
  Odometer fraud.............................................2237
  Telemarketing sales........................................4201
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments..................................................167
  Chemical inventory reporting...............................3415
  CSOSA......................................................3109
  DOD.........................................................766
  DOE.........................................................882
  DOI........................................................1232
  DOJ..................................................1524, 1740
  DOL..................................................1773, 1838
  DOT........................................................1959
  Electronic communication...................................1773
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act....1740, 3533, 3628, 3789
  EPA........................................................3125
  FEMA.......................................................3533
  FMCS.......................................................3552
  Foreign Agricultural Service................................402
  HUD........................................................1199
  INS........................................................1740
  NARA.......................................................3615
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service program...771
  NEH........................................................3646
  Peace Corps................................................3747
  Public information....................................499, 4258
  RRB........................................................3766
  SBA........................................................3789
  Veterans Affairs...........................................3048
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims......................................210
  Freight forwarding industry................................2218
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators........................................2094
  Transportation rate appeals................................3577
Fruits:
  Apple market loss payment program.................234, 238, 243
  Dried fruit wines..........................................2511
  Fresh fruit definition......................................181
  Hass avocados...............................................185
  Import restrictions.........................................245
  Imported clementines from Spain.............................279
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment.........................255
  Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order............186
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports......................271
  Plum pox compensation.......................................247
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel:
  Air pollution control..............3196, 3197, 3276, 3284, 3352
  California gasoline........................................3207
  Diesel fuel definition.....................................2899
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines......93
  Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel..................126
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards..........3305
  Labeling requirements for alternative fuels................4198
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel.............................3325
  Reformulated gasoline................................3197, 3352
  Tier 2/gasoline sulfur regulations.........................3346
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives.........................3290
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...................3177, 3518
  Oxygenated.................................................3375
Fuel economy:
  Fuel economy credits.................................2300, 2318
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles.................2281, 3300
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule.............................................4197



                            SUBJECT INDEX--G

Gambling:
  Classification.............................................4236
  NIGC definitions...........................................4235
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................................1514
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments..246
  Brucellosis indemnity.......................................263
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Commercial items...................................3892, 3902

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    Cost-reimbursement contracts for services................3895
    DOL......................................................1837
    Electronic listing of acquisition vehicles for use by more 
        than one agency......................................3900
    Financing payments.......................................3897
    Payments under fixed-price construction contracts........3919
    Progress payment requests under indefinite-delivery 
      contracts..............................................3899
    USAID........................................3077, 3078, 3080
  Affirmative action.........................................1782
  Audits.....................................................1833
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts..............204
  Contract dispute procedures..........................3576, 3577
  Contractors:
    Architect-engineer qualifications........................3894
    Computer security.........................................877
    DOD placement assistance program..........................772
    DOE contract security personnel...........................876
    DOE security requirements.................................878
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.1785
    Government property management and disposition...........3884
    Hazardous material safety data...........................3898
    Local hiring and training................................3128
    Open competition and government neutrality towards labor 
        relations............................................3893
    Overpayment notification.................................3897
    Veterans employment report.........................1873, 1874
  DEAR amendments:
    Patent rights.............................................904
  Debarment and suspension..............................498, 3123
  Defense contracts:
    Acquisition of vessel propellers..........................801
    Balance of Payments Program...............................794
    Competition in the purchase of services under multiple award 
        contracts.............................................786
    Contingent fees for foreign military sales................782
    DFARS modification....778, 779, 780, 782, 784, 785, 787, 789, 
           791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 799, 802, 803, 804,
                                                              805
    Enhancements to Congressional notifications..............1912
    Fixed price...............................................779
    Foreign military sales customer involvement...............788
    Local contractor preference...............................799
    Ocean transportation by U.S.-flag vessels.................792
    Offset arrangements......................................1912
    Patent rights.............................................777
    Performance-based service contracts.......................780
    Profit policy.............................................793
    Qualification requirements for contracting professionals..790
    Reporting requirements....................................803
    Research and development..................................797
    Subcontract commerciality determinations..................795
  EPA acquisition regulations....................3123, 3130, 3138
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.......................1775
  Highway engineering and design related services............2182
  Indians....................................................1489
  Nondiscrimination....................................1782, 3633
  Nuclear safety management....................................28
  Research and development....................................991
  Rights to inventions...................................750, 752
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.............817
  Subcontractors:
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or
         fees................................................1785
  Taxpayer identification numbers............................3534
  Transportation rate determination..........................3577
  VA Acquisition Regulation:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts............3071
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act.............770, 775
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Appeals....................................................3682
  Career and career-conditional employment...................3696
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees..............3719
  Claims for damages against DOE employees....................906
  Classification appeals.....................................3680
  Computer security...........................................877
  Contract employees:
    Background investigations................................3121
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures......................3094
  Cost-of-living allowances:
    Nonforeign areas.........................................3739
  Criminal investigators.....................................3710
  Defense of tort suits......................................1752
  Defense personnel...........................................772
    Claims settlement...............................757, 758, 759
    Voluntary state tax withholding from retired pay..........769
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.................................................3716
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage..........3717
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....767, 841, 903, 1229, 1766, 
            1942, 1943, 3016, 3083, 3095, 3542, 3553, 3569, 3602,
                                           3637, 3645, 3750, 3797
  Employee morale............................................3911
  Employment discrimination............................3524, 3525
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys................................................1758
    DOT......................................................1956
  Excepted service:
    Appointing authority for nontemporary part-time or 
        intermittent positions...............................3734
    Career and career-conditional employment.................3696
    Operational procedures...................................3670
    Revocation of Schedule A authority.......................3697
  Federal mail management....................................3584
  Financial disclosure requirements..........................3658
  Foreign gifts value........................................3588
  Foreign rights in inventions................................751
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE...........................3656
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for
      debarment and suspension....433, 767, 903, 919, 1134, 1229,
            1766, 1942, 1943, 2471, 3016, 3083, 3095, 3542, 3553,
             3569, 3602, 3616, 3632, 3636, 3644, 3733, 3750, 3797
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions.................3692
    Children's equity........................................3727
    Debarment of health care providers.......................3728
    Effective dates..........................................3725
    Extension of TRICARE coverage............................3741
    FEHBP changes....................3691, 3694, 3695, 3724, 3726
    Financial sanctions of health care providers.............3693
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3729
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.................879
  Intermittent...............................................3675
  Investigations.............................................3732
  Job grading reviews........................................3682
  Leave regulations....................................3683, 3740
  Life insurance.............................................3690
    Federal Acquisition Regulation...........................3730
    Premiums.................................................3723
    Time frame for electing optional insurance...............3723
  Merit promotion and internal placement.....................3674
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to 
      subpoenas..............................................1198
  Order of release from competitive level....................3676
  Part-time..................................................3675
  Pay rates:
    Administration...........................................3710
    Administrative appeals judges............................3737

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    Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay.............3712
    Locality-based comparability payments..............3704, 3707
    Official duty station determinations.....................3703
    Pay retention............................................3709
    Premium pay limitations..................................3711
    Prevailing rate systems................3705, 3706, 3735, 3736
    Regulation amendments..............................3683, 3740
    Superior qualifications appointments.....................3681
    Temporary organizations..................................3708
  Personal financial interests...............................3659
  Personnel Security Assurance Program........................880
  Post-employment conflict of interests......................3663
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility........................3702
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position...3671
  Promotion and internal placement...........................3701
  Public safety officers.....................................1765
  Purchases of property sold by GSA..........................3581
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy 
     announcements...........................................3699
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination..3700
  Reemployment...................................3672, 3677, 3684
  Relocation costs...............................3578, 3703, 3912
  Research programs and demonstration projects...............3679
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    DOC.......................................................484
  Retention allowances.......................................3713
  Retirement:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.................3688
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3715
    Credit for military service..............................3685
    Debt collection..........................................3687
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act....3720
    FERS basic annuity.......................................3722
    FERS coverage elections..................................3689
    Record retention.........................................3721
    Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military 
        retirees.............................................3738
    State income tax withholding.............................3686
  Salary offset..............................157, 158, 2498, 4275
  Seasonal...................................................3675
  Security standards.........................................3731
  Selective Service registration requirements................3673
  Standards of conduct...905, 3598, 3642, 3643, 3660, 3661, 3662, 
                                     3664, 3743, 3746, 3775, 3815
  Subpoenas..................................................3665
  Temporary change of station................................3703
  Testimony............................................1144, 3665
  Time-in-grade restrictions.................................3698
  Training...................................................3678
  Travel cost appeals........................................3578
  Travel cost principles.....................................3911
  Travel regulations....3566, 3567, 3579, 3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 
                                                             3593
  Voluntary separation incentive repayment waivers...........3714
  Withholding of State and local income taxes................2494
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Applied research definition..............................3915
    Balance of Payments Program..............................3914
    Caribbean Basin country end products.....................3879
    Commercial items...................................3892, 3896
    Commercially available software...........................781
    Cost accounting standards administration.................3886
    Cost principles..................3901, 3904, 3905, 3908, 3911
    Department of State......................................1887
    Development definition...................................3915
    DFARS modification....777, 778, 781, 783, 785, 786, 787, 788, 
           789, 790, 793, 794, 796, 798, 799, 800, 802, 803, 804,
                                                              805
    DOE.......................................................902
    DOL......................................................1837
    Electronic signatures....................................3889
    Energy-efficient office equipment, supplies, and
       services..............................................3586
    EPA......................................................3120
    European Union trade sanctions...........................3920
    Federal Prison Industries contract performance
       evaluation............................................3910
    Federal Supply Schedule contracts........................3916
    Federal, State, and local taxes..........................3906
    Financing policies.......................................3887
    Geographic use of the term United States.................3891
    GSA......................................................3586
    HUD......................................................1197
    Incidental items.........................................3916
    Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic
         enterprises..........................................796
    Leadership in Environmental Management...................3909
    Local contractor preference...............................799
    NASA.....................................................3600
    Order disputes...........................................3916
    Performance-based contracting............................3917
    Pilot Mentor-Protege Program..............................798
    Prohibited sources.......................................3903
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors........901
    Sealed bids..............................................3896
    Simplified acquisitions..................................3896
    Task order and delivery order contracts..................3913
    Temporary emergency procurement authority................3907
    Termination related terms................................3918
    Trade agreements...................................3879, 3880
    Trademarks for government products.......................3890
    Treasury.................................................2461
    U.S.-flag vessel preference..............................3878
    USAID..............................................3078, 3080
    Veteran-owned small business development.................3888
    Veterans Affairs.......................2993, 2994, 3037, 3038
  Contractors:
    Local hiring and training................................3128
  Contracts:
    Incrementally funding fixed-price contracts..............3115
    NFS contracts........................................423, 425
  Costs:
    Travel...................................................3883
  DOD prototype projects......................................776
  Electronic commerce........................................3885
  Foreign currency use.......................................2495
  Government-unique standards................................3669
  Historic preference........................................3568
  HUBZone program............................................3585
  Level of effort............................................3119
  Lobbying restrictions......................................3881
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3565
  Recycled products.....................................900, 3432
  Small businesses...........................................3882
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization..........3113
  Streamlining legislation implementation....................3883
  Subcontracting.............................................3882
  Taxpayer identification numbers............................3534
  Universal product numbers..................................2993
  Voluntary consensus standards..............................3669
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property...................3561
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE......890
  Foreign gifts value........................................3588
  Purchase by GSA employees..................................3581
  Sale of................................................770, 775

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  Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property.....3583
  Security at military installations..........................784
  Transfer of excess property to institutions.................482
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements...................3562
Government property management:
  Aircraft...................................................3574
  Motor vehicles.............................................3575
  Nondiscrimination....................................3557, 3559
  Personal property management...............................3563
  Real property........................................3572, 3573
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases.........................................3580
  Telecommunications management..............................3560
Government publications:
  DOD publications............................................756
  Plain language revisions...................................3620
  Reproduction services......................................3570
  Stars and Stripes newspaper.................................755
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Crop insurance..............................................305
  Disguising quality..........................................313
  Divider tolerances..........................................315
  Geographic areas for inspection services....................318
  Inspection and weighing service fees........................314
  Karnal bunt compensation....................................278
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.................316
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations...............................3093, 3105
  CNCS regulations...........................................3097
  Countries eligible for USAID financing.....................3082
  DOD grant and agreement regulations.........................768
  Firefighters assistance....................................3545
  Freedom of information.....................................1838
  Learn & Serve regulations..................................3093
  Library services...........................................3631
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision....3596, 
                                                       3604, 3605
  Research grants.............................................991
  Rights to inventions...................................750, 752
  State cemetery grants......................................2995
  Technology investment agreements............................768
  Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant...............1036
  Use of ACTION Agency Official Seal.........................3101
  Victims of crime...........................................1768
  Violence against women grant programs......................1770
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions...................................283
  Allocation of funds.........................................443
  Nonprocurement regulations..................................434
  Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and 
      ranchers................................................435
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program...........439, 445, 448
  Rural business investment program...........................441
  Rural Business Opportunity Grants...........................449
  Rural economic development..................................442
  Technical assistance and training......................288, 453
  Television demonstration grants.............................448
  Water programs..............................................451
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations..................................766
  Denial of Federal contracts and grants......................791
  Freedom of Information......................................766
  Head Start program.............................1118, 1122, 1124
  Impact Aid construction grant program.......................849
  National leadership demonstration grants...................3631
  National Security Education Program.........................761
  Student assistance general provisions.......................850
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund program...................3502
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.......3460
  EPA fellowships............................................3129
  Flood mitigation assistance programs.......................3530
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review..................................1772
  Water quality cooperative agreements.......................3487
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions........................................1125
  NIH center grants...........................................987
  NIH training grants.........................................988
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities...................................1185
    Community revitalization strategy........................1188
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing....................................1192
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities..1189
    Slum and blight prevention...............................1185
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities...............1191
  Faith-based organizations' participation in HUD programs.....65
  Increasing operating cost percentage.......................1190
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions...............................1142
  Renewal communities........................................1191
  State homes for veterans...................................3002
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails......................................1764
  Indian Education Discretionary Grant Program................847
  Landowner Incentive Program................................1284
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program.............................1283
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants...........................................1515
  Landowner Incentive Program..........................1282, 1284
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program....1238
  Private Stewardship Grants Program.........................1360
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program.............................1283
  Wetland Program Development Grants.........................3487
  Wildlife Restoration Programs..............................1241
Grant programs-transportation:
  Buy American Act...........................................2351
  Clean fuels formula grant program..........................2398
  Uniform administrative requirements........................1926
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements...................................1833, 3538
  Audit resolution policy....................................1334
  Debarment and suspension...................................1836
  Disaster assistance........................224, 242, 3547, 3548
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....433, 767, 919, 1766, 1836, 
                   1942, 3569, 3602, 3616, 3637, 3645, 3750, 3797
  National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.......1389
  Nondiscrimination............1567, 1889, 3081, 3098, 3647, 4249
  Social Security Administration...........3852, 3853, 3854, 3870
  Uniform administrative requirements.500, 1142, 2997, 3079, 3541, 
                                                             3853
Grazing lands:
  Authority to grant stays of decisions......................1231
  Conservation..........................................476, 1500
  National Forest System......................................404
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions



                            SUBJECT INDEX--H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes1985
  Maintenance fees.....................................2630, 2667
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals..........1125

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  Mortgage eligibility.......................................1158
  NAHASDA housing assistance.................................1211
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Administrator definition...................................2424
  Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements........2421
  Aircraft carriage..........................................2400
  Barge requirements.........................................2033
  Cargo tank requirements........................2401, 2418, 2434
  Coast Guard regulations..............................2013, 2014
  Commercial driver's license endorsement.....................108
  DOT specification cylinders................................2445
  Explosive materials........................................2413
  FAA material recognition training..........................2056
  Hazard communication requirements..........................2407
  Hazardous waste manifest rule..............................3443
  IM portable tank unloading.................................2425
  Incident reporting.........................................2420
  Intergovernmental relations..........................2417, 2443
  International standards..............................2410, 2443
  Lithium batteries..........................................2426
  Motor carriers.......................................2212, 2401
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft...............................2408
  Penalty guidelines.........................................2431
  Radioactive materials................................2435, 4251
  Rail transport.............................................2402
  Registration fee reduction.................................2427
  Regulation revisions...........................2412, 2450, 2451
  Route plans................................................2236
  Security.......................................2191, 2411, 2429
  Shipping papers retention..................................2416
  Tire checks..........................................2235, 2430
  Uranium ore................................................1759
  Wastewater treatment exemptions.............................130
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous waste
           Radioactive materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
   Air pollutants..119, 120, 121, 122, 139, 140, 3140, 3152, 3153, 
             3154, 3157, 3158, 3160, 3161, 3180, 3194, 3227, 3228,
             3229, 3231, 3232, 3233, 3235, 3236, 3238, 3242, 3243,
             3244, 3258, 3276, 3296, 3298, 3302, 3310, 3312, 3313,
             3314, 3316, 3317, 3318, 3326, 3329, 3333, 3335, 3336,
                          3337, 3338, 3340, 3344, 3348, 3349, 3390
  Aluminum:
    Cylinder safety problems.................................2438
    Labeling for small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
        packages..............................................962
    Spent potliners from primary reduction...................3449
  Asbestos...............................................96, 3401
  Beryllium..................................................1842
  Carcinogen risk assessment.................................3136
  CERCLA corrections...................................3457, 3464
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules..........................3389, 3390, 3407
    Import of toxic chemicals................................3380
  Chromium.............................................1847, 3233
  Consumer confidence report rule............................3515
  Crystalline silica...........................................99
  Designation under CERCLA...................................3462
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing............3381
  Drinking water regulations.........3471, 3481, 3511, 3512, 3513
  Ethylene oxide.......................................1840, 3304
  Extremely hazardous substance list...................3416, 3417
  Glycol ethers..............................................1859
  Halogenated solvents.......................................3315
  High-pressure seamless cylinders...........................2437
  Isocyanates..........................................3218, 3417
  Lead.........................3312, 3377, 3386, 3403, 3434, 3952
  Material Safety Data Sheets................................3898
  Mercury analysis.....................................3469, 3482
  Metals.....................................................3406
  Metals from electroplating operations.......................131
  Method ........................................24 amendment3144
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...................3177, 3518
  MSHA protection standards..................................1827
  Natural rubber latex.......................................3942
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.......................1939
  Ozone depleting substances.........3185, 3205, 3280, 3283, 3324
  Perchloroethylene..........................................3302
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls...................................3400
  Pesticides...........................................3366, 3368
    Active ingredient production.......................3266, 3350
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products.............................................3360
    Emergency exemption regulations...........................115
    Produced by transgenic plants......................3366, 3370
    Rules of practice........................................3117
    Worker protection standards..............................3367
    Pipeline safety standards..111, 2403, 2405, 2428, 2444, 2447, 
                                                             2449
  Pollution contingency plan.................................3466
  Procedural and rulemaking changes..........................2440
  Public notification rule...................................3515
  Radon......................................................3516
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries................................3444
  Releases on public land....................................1518
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................3396
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly....................3430
  Sulfur oxides............................3150, 3178, 3268, 3344
  Surface coatings...........................................3144
  Thorium.....................................................892
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals...................................................3406
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................3410
    Chemical expansion.......................................3418
    Coal.....................................................3411
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds.........................3414
    Metal mining.............................................3413
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements........3419
    Reporting requirements.............................3412, 3413
    Review of chemicals on original list.....................3409
  Uranium...............................................892, 1759
  Water pollution control..................3469, 3471, 3483, 3494
Hazardous waste:
  Benzene....................................................3273
  Carbamates.................................................3456
  Cathode ray tubes..........................................3447
  Cement kiln dust............................................141
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities....................................3450
    Radioactive waste........................................3353
  Groundwater contamination..................................3236
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3420, 3438
    Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction..........3449
  Lead.................................................3385, 3434
  Manifest regulations.......................................3443
  Medical waste..............................................2439
  Mercury....................................................3420
  Paint manufacturing waste..................................3452
  Permit program..............................................142
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3404
  Radioactive waste..........................................4259
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.......................................4260
    Dose methodology.........................................3149
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage
       systems...............................................4255
    List of approved spent fuel storage casks          4252, 4277
    Yucca Mountain, NV.......................................4273
  Radioactively contaminated cadmium-, mercury-, and silver-
      containing batteries...................................3438

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  Recycling............................................3447, 3453
  Requirements revision......................................2436
  Solid waste.....................................132, 3422, 3434
  Solvents....................................................129
  Toxic waste site...........................................3380
  Toxicity characteristic rule...............................3445
  Training programs accreditation............................1868
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries...........3427
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments............................3446
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL..............................3461
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
  Ambulance services.........................................1079
  Anti-kickback provisions...............................907, 911
  Benefits Improvement and Protection Act:
    Managed care rules modifications...................1008, 1096
  Debarment and suspension....................................919
  Electronic transactions....................................1095
  Financial sanctions of providers...........................3693
  Home health agencies.......................................1044
    Medicare conditions of participation.....................1051
    Prospective payment system.........................1031, 1097
  Human cellular and tissue-based products...............970, 971
  Inmate fees................................................1526
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program................983
  Nondiscrimination...........................................918
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems...........944
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs.........................3667
  Privacy standards...........................................920
  Risk-sharing arrangements...................................911
  Self-declaration of citizenship............................1016
  Third-party liability......................................1040
  Underserved areas...........................................981
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program..............................................2982
    Advanced health care planning............................3000
    Copayments for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical 
        care...........................................3009, 3055
    Extended care services copayments........................3053
    Extension of eligibility.................................3007
    Filipino veterans........................................3056
    Fisher Houses and other temporary lodging................3008
    Non-VA service and care..................................2973
    Physical examinations through age .....................173007
    Priorities for medical services..........................3010
    Reasonable charges for care or services......2974, 3004, 3005
    Simplified acquisition procedures........................3037
    Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care.........114
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1805
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage..................................1024
    List of covered procedures...............................1080
  Drug-free workplace requirements............................919
  Electronic cost reporting requirements.....................1072
  Federally qualified health centers....................907, 1072
  Fire safety requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, 
      hospitals, and long-term care facilities...............1057
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded:
    Conditions of participation..............................1005
  Long-term care:
    Paid feeding assistants..................................1067
    Prospective Payment System.........................1030, 1094
  Physician referrals for health services....................1063
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities...........50, 1054
  Skilled nursing facilities.................52, 1098, 1108, 1109
  Use of restraint and seclusion...............................49
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Non-federal governmental plans exempt from HIPAA.........1091
    Pre-existing condition exclusions........................2895
    Special enrollment rules.................................2895
  Benefit-specific waiting periods...........................1021
  CHAMPUS:
    Beneficiaries age 65 and over.............................830
    Bonus payments in medically underserved areas.............837
    Claimcheck denials appeals process........................826
    Coverage of transplants...................................836
    Double coverage......................................824, 825
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..........822
    Individual Case Management Program........................829
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.827
    Payment for ambulatory care...............................821
    Pharmacy Benefits Program............................828, 838
    Prosthetic devices coverage...............................823
    Regulation amendments.....................................833
    Third-party recoveries...............................825, 839
    TRICARE................828, 830, 831, 832, 834, 835, 837, 838
  Claims attachment standard...................................47
  Continuing coverage notice...................................88
  District of Columbia employees.............................3717
  Electronic signatures........................................59
  Employer based group health plans............................88
    Nondiscrimination provisions.............................1082
  Employer identification number.............................1090
  Exemption from State regulation............................1800
  Extension of TRICARE coverage..............................3741
  Flexible spending accounts.................................3729
  Government employees.........3691, 3694, 3695, 3724, 3725, 3726
    Children's equity........................................3727
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......46, 58
    Administrative simplification provisions.................3692
    Bona fide wellness programs........................1083, 2811
    Church plans.............................................2810
    Health care access, portability and renewability...........89
    Nondiscrimination........................90, 2809, 2810, 2811
  Health plan identifiers......................................46
  Mental Health Parity Act...................................1071
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements.....................1804
  Portability....................................1027, 1070, 2895
  Provider identifiers.........................................58
  Reform:
    Electronic retail pharmacy transactions....................62
  Retirement benefits.........................................149
  Security of individual health information....................59
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs....345
    Family coverage options..................................1020
    Modifications............................................1065
    Reallocation notice......................................1112
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers............................1614, 1641
  Audiologists...............................................1041
  Exclusion from Social Security disability programs for 
      fraud..................................................3864
  National Practitioner Data Bank........................980, 982
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens................................1690, 1792
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists..........................4196
  Physicians:
    Fee schedule...................................54, 1069, 1107
    Health services referrals................................1063

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    National interest waivers for alien physicians...........1689
    Referrals to health care entities with which they have 
        financial relationships..............................1085
    VA medical opinions rules................................3040
  Professional shortage areas.................................981
  Provider identifiers.........................................58
  Speech pathologists........................................1041
Health records:
  Photocopy expenses.........................................1007
  Prescription release rule..................................4196
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information......3872
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Heart disease:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants.............................836
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management....................................1558
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients..................................43
  Hospital conditions of participation.......................1053
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings.........................2186, 2201
  Mexican motor carriers.....................................2221
  Motor carrier regulations...2196, 2197, 2201, 2206, 2207, 2212, 
                                           2217, 2223, 2224, 2239
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.......................2167
  Retroreflective sign materials.............................2185
  State programs.............................................2249
  Traffic control devices:
    Accessible pedestrian signals............................2187
    Manual revision....................................2166, 2180
  Work zone safety...........................................2161
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Debt financing.............................................2168
  Design-build contracting...................................2174
  Engineering and design related services contracts..........2182
  Environmental impact and related procedures....2184, 2245, 2397
  Federal aid projects.................................2160, 2171
  Federal lands highway program:
    Forest highways program..................................2165
    Indian reservations road program.........................2163
    Park roads and parkways program..........................2162
    Refuge roads program.....................................2164
  Highway vehicle definition.................................2792
  Indian reservation road bridge program.....................2177
  Indian reservation roads program.....................1446, 1451
  Landscape development......................................2189
  Metropolitan transportation planning...........2176, 2190, 2396
  National Forest System road management policy...............428
  National Highway System....................................2171
  Planning and research program administration...............2188
  Railroad highway projects..................................2172
  Statewide metropolitan planning............................2183
  Transborder traffic controls and fees......................1609
  Truck size and weight requirements.........................2170
Historic preservation:
  Disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains.....1429
  Import restrictions on archaeological materials.....2669, 2673,
                                                       2674, 2675
  National Historic Preservation Act amendments..............3076
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
      Act..............................................1427, 1430
  Tribal lands...............................................1413
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management....................................1558
Hogs:
  HACCP programs..............................................376
  Imports from Europe.........................................257
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment..............................270
  Swine packer marketing contracts............................317
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control.4171, 4178, 4183, 4184, 4185, 4186, 4187
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4321
  Foreign personal holding company income....................2833
  Industry Guide 3 amendments................................4278
Homeless:
  Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act.............2975
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals..............................1497
Honey:
  Honey wines................................................2511
  National Organic Program standards..........................173
Horses:
  Brucellosis indemnity.......................................263
  Horse breeder loans.........................................233
  Horse industry organizations:
    Protection requirements...................................269
Hospice care:
  Electronic cost reporting..................................1072
  Medicare conditions of participation........................998
  Medicare policies..........................................1002
  Wage index.................................................1106
Hospitals:
  Benefits for Filipino veterans.............................3056
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care.........................821
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services......................................1053
    Quality assessment and performance improvement program.....60
  Copayments for veterans..............................3009, 3055
  Diagnostic procedures......................................1045
  DOT grants.................................................1926
  Grants administration................500, 766, 1142, 3079, 3541
  Inpatient prospective payment system...................63, 1100
  Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system.1032, 1099, 
                                                             1105
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...............1803
  Medicare.....................................................57
    Coinsurance amounts......................................1086
    Emergency Medical and Treatment Act........................64
    Extended care services coinsurance.................1073, 1086
    Inpatient deductible...............................1073, 1086
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation..1009
    Long-term care prospective payment system................1030
    Nondiscrimination in referral to home health agencies....1034
    Outpatient prospective payment system................53, 1068
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement...........1076, 1088
  Mortgage insurance for refinancing existing debt...........1179
  Outpatient services........................................1045
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency..................................25, 871, 875

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  Surface coating of large appliance products and parts......3336
  Test procedures.............................................861
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Authority to waive regulations.............................1174
  Civil penalties for violations.............................1138
    Distribution of tax credit proceeds......................1148
  Civil Rights Restoration Act...............................1132
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities...................................1185
    Notification requirement of intent to use funds to demolish 
        HUD-owned housing....................................1192
    Slum and blight prevention...............................1185
  Debarment and suspension rule..............................1134
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas......67
  Electronic document retention..............................1137
  Electronic submission of financial information to HUD......1143
  Eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States for 
      assisted housing.......................................1223
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines.........................862
  Environmental responsibilities.............................1135
  Exclusion of veterans' disability benefits from income 
      eligibility calculations...............................1126
  Faith-based organizations' participation in HUD programs.....65
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Appraiser Watch Initiative.................................68
    Inspector roster.........................................1153
  Freedom of Information Act.................................1199
  Hawaiian Natives:
    Mortgage eligibility.....................................1158
    NAHASDA assistance.......................................1211
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program:
    Streamlining.............................................1146
  Housing Improvement Program................................1448
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program........1186
  HUD acquisition regulations................................1197
  HUD debt collection........................................1145
  Lead-based paint...........................................3385
  Lender accountability for appraisals.......................1154
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies..........1152
  Mark-to-Market Program.....................................1181
  Migrant farmworker projects............................294, 295
  Multifamily:
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental 
        project..............................................1163
    Housing bonds............................................2717
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act.........1180
    Nondiscrimination based on disability....................1127
  NAHASDA amendments.........................................1210
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to 
       subpoenas.............................................1198
  Relocation payment regulations.............................1140
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information...................................1180
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..........................................6
    Loan policies........................................289, 292
    Loans and grants..................................6, 291, 293
    Multiple-family housing.....................................6
    Rental housing.........................................6, 290
  Sale of property...........................................2795
    Unoccupied or substandard housing to local governments and 
        community development organizations..................1178
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program.......1169
  Streamlining regulations......................................6
  Supplemental cost certification requirement................1166
  Supportive Housing Programs....................1164, 1187, 1190
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program............................1162
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.....................1133
  Tenant participation in State-financed, HUD-assisted housing 
      developments...........................................1173
  Testimony of HUD employees in legal proceedings............1144
  Uniform Financial Reporting Standards......................1143
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured home construction and safety standards
       program...............................................1176
Human research subjects:
  Protection of..............................842, 994, 3051, 3356
  Student rights..............................................840
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds....................1305, 1342, 1354, 1402, 1409
  National Wildlife Refuges............................1286, 1410
  Standards for tree stands..................................3946
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects...........672
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.................673



                            SUBJECT INDEX--I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification.......................................1724
  Adoption of alien siblings.................................1626
  Appeals procedures.........................................1601
  Arrest warrant definition..................................1634
  Asylum procedures..........................................1613
    Establishing eligibility.................................1699
    Failure to appear for interview with asylum officer......1618
    Numerical limit on grants................................1694
  Availability of material under Freedom of Information and 
      Privacy Acts...........................................1740
  Benefit application fee....................................1651
  Border crossing identification documents.............1617, 1676
  Cancellation of removal..............................1596, 1598
  Check points within the U.S................................1667
  Child Citizenship Act......................................1701
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal.............1637
  Contracts with transportation lines........................1620
  Detention and removal authority............................1750
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal.....1714
  Detention of vessel crewmen................................1731
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits...............................................1736
  Employment eligibility verification........................1741
  Exchange visitors:
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System..............1730
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement....914, 1638
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities........1597
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry........1685
  Fingerprinting certain applicants..........................1692
  Historical records services................................1623
  Hunger strikes by detainees................................1636
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program...........................1677
  Immigration User Fee.......................................1719
  In-transit passengers......................................1610
  Inadmissibility......................................1608, 1895
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures................................1735

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  Intercountry adoptions.....................................1624
  International broadcasters.................................1891
  International to International Program.....................1607
  Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service 
      decisions..............................................1644
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act............1598, 1627, 1705
  List of recognized American institutions of research.......1721
  Local law enforcement officer authority....................1748
  Notice to appear definition................................1634
  Officers authorized to issue notices to appear and arrest 
      warrants for violations................................1747
  Payment of fees methods....................................1720
  Preinspected automated lanes (PAL).........................1667
  Promises of benefits.......................................1660
  Protective orders in administration proceedings............1600
  Release of information regarding detainees in non-federal 
      facilities.............................................1728
  Revoking grants of naturalization..........................1686
  Sponsor obligations and penalties..........................1662
  Suboffices under jurisdiction of the Los Angeles District 
      Office.................................................1727
  Surety bonds...............................................1648
  Suspension of deportation......................1596, 1598, 1696
  United Nations Convention Against Torture..................1679
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act..........1745
  Waivers for nonimmigrants..................................1726
  Waivers of fees............................................1693
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Animal embryos and semen....................................266
  Apparel articles............................................502
  Archaeological material..................2669, 2673, 2674, 2675
  Arms, ammunition and implements of war.....................2591
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.......248
  Bigeye tuna.................................................623
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program..2661
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......262, 273, 973
  Captive-bred exotic birds..................................1311
  Chemical-related report requirements.......................1593
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.......................3382, 3394, 3395
  Cigarette papers and tubes.....................2544, 2545, 2565
  Clementines from Spain......................................279
  Control of PMN chemicals...................................3388
  Controlled substances for personal medical use.............1573
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.................................2643
  Drawback...................................................2650
  Duty-free entry........................................501, 502
  Eggs........................................................250
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings..................................2536
  Food products................................................39
  Fruits and vegetables..................................245, 255
  Hass avocados...............................................185
  Hogs from Europe............................................257
  Icelandic eiderdown........................................1287
  Importation and entry bond conditions......................2635
  Lamb.......................................................2671
  Livestock...................................................373
  Marine mammal products......................................632
  Meat and meat products......................................382
  Meat grading regulations for livestock......................171
  Merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark.....................2648
  Merchandise processing fees eligible to be claimed as unused 
      merchandise drawback...................................2665
  Milk and milk products......................................252
  Motor vehicles.............................................3239
    Canadian.................................................2256
    Commercial...............................................2324
    Fees schedule............................................2366
    Nonconforming......................................2332, 2362
  Nursery stock...............................................258
  Parrots....................................................1261
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables........271
  Polar bear trophies........................................1288
  Poultry products............................................373
  Presentation of manifest to customs before cargo is laden 
      aboard vessel at foreign port for transport to U.S.....2672
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products.........2580
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances..........2647
  Single entry for split shipments...........................2646
  Softwood lumber from Canada..........................2655, 2658
  Steel products........................................506, 2654
  Swordfish...................................................623
  Textiles...................................................2617
  Tobacco products...................2544, 2545, 2565, 2579, 2583
  Tuberculosis risk classification............................277
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres....................2645
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico.............................256
  Veterinary user fees........................................249
  Wild birds.................................................1261
  Wildlife...................................................1244
  Wood packing materials.................................253, 268
  Wool:
    Refund of duties paid on select products.................2660
    Worsted wool fabrics................................504, 2668
  Yachts.....................................................2636
Income taxes:
  Accelerated cost recovery system...........................2747
  Accelerated death benefits.................................2867
  Accounting:
    Annual accounting period.................................2940
    Partnerships.............................................2794
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.................2930
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased 
     age.....................................................2707
  Active conduct of an insurance company defined.............2901
  Agents definition..........................................2825
  Allocation and apportionment rules.........................2724
  Alternative minimum tax....................................2857
  Apportioning interest expense..............................2706
  Asset ownership............................................2873
  Authorized placement agency................................2808
  Basis regulations....................................2714, 2944
  Bona fide wellness program regulations.....................1083
  Bonds:
    Multifamily housing......................................2717
    Private activity...................................2780, 2892
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments...2836
  Branch remittances.........................................2771
  Branches:
    Hybrid transactions......................................2885
  Bureau of Census disclosures...............................2815
  Cancellation of indebtedness...............................2904
  Caribbean Basin countries..................................2854
  Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate 
      years............................................2839, 2961
  Carryover allocation.......................................2733
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over......2831
  Charitable contributions...................................2863
  Charitable unitrust interest...............................2910
  Check the box regulations............................2721, 2722
  Circular No. 230 revision..................................2946
  Collecting child support arrears through the Federal Tax Refund 
      Offset.................................................1123
  Collection at source to statutory stock options............2913
  Collections:
    Installment agreements.............................2779, 2803
    Levied property..........................................2781

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  Communications excise tax..................................2677
  Community income...........................................2909
  Compromises................................................2938
  Consolidated groups:
    Continuation of..........................................2710
    Duplicate tax benefits...................................2760
    Loss limitation rules..............................2838, 2960
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations...........................2708, 2786
    Intercompany transaction rules...........................2826
    Regulation amendments....................................2829
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions......2682
  Controlled foreign partnership reporting...................2728
  Corporations:
    Alternative agents.......................................2941
    Alternative minimum tax..................................2857
    Assumption of liabilities................................2700
    Entity classification rules..............................2943
    Estimated tax............................................2693
    Gain on stock distributions..............................2812
    S corporations.....................................2906, 2932
    Tax shelter registration.................................2785
    Transfer of property to RICs and REICs...................2914
  Cost sharing...............................................2761
  Cross-border transactions..................................2725
  Damages under Section .................................74332806
  Debt instruments...........................................2883
  Deductions from intangible property........................2697
  Deferred compensation plans................................2797
  Depreciation of vans and light trucks......................2748
  Diesel fuel definition.....................................2899
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms.........2729
  Disclosure of return information.........2702, 2802, 2819, 2957
  Distributions of property..................................2751
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method....2698
  Earned income credit.......................................2715
  Earnings and profits attribution principles................2922
  Earnings calculation for returned contributions............2841
  Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of ..20012828
  Education credits..........................................2886
  Electronic payee statements................................2814
  Electronic tax administration..............................2923
  Electronic transmissions.......................2878, 2900, 2950
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans..........................................2816
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation...........2709
  Employer deductions for contributions to employee welfare 
      benefit fund...........................................2837
  Equity options with flexible terms.........................2942
  Erroneous refunds:
    Abatement of interest....................................2723
  Escrow funds...............................................2776
  Excise tax on foreign insurers or reinsurers...............2824
  Exempt organizations.................................2927, 2928
  Extension of time for filing returns.......................2763
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act........................2913
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act...............................2913
  Foreign corporations...........................2849, 2855, 2858
    Earnings and profits...............................2853, 2866
    Income rules.......................................2764, 2897
    Reporting guidance.......................................2844
    Stock transfer rules.....................................2798
    Subpart F income.........................................2949
    Transfer of intangibles..................................2905
    Treatment of distributions or liquidations...............2920
  Foreign eligible entities..................................2891
  Foreign governments........................................2851
  Foreign insurance companies..........................2850, 2860
  Foreign investment companies...............................2894
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act....................2770
  Foreign persons receiving U.S. source income...............2947
  Foreign tax credit...........2762, 2845, 2847, 2880, 2893, 2896
  Foreign taxpayers:
    Disallowance of deductions and credits for failure to file 
        timely return........................................2902
    Taxpayer identification number requirement...............2694
  Fractional parts of a dollar...............................2768
  Fringe benefit income allocation...........................2861
  Functional currency........................................2853
  Gain on distributions of stock or securities in connection with 
      an acquisition.........................................2956
  Gasoline tax claims........................................2712
  General utilities repeal...................................2865
  Gift tax for net gift......................................2823
  Golden parachute payments..................................2769
  Grantor....................................................2873
  Hand carry returns.........................................2743
  Heavy vehicle tax..........................................2746
  Highly compensated employee..........................2688, 2775
  Inclusion ratio............................................2739
  Income allocation..........................................2697
  Income from ocean and space activities.....................2884
  Income from sources within specified possession............2716
  Information reporting for qualified tuition expenses.......2916
  Insurance companies..................................2907, 2951
  Intangible assets creation costs...........................2705
  Intercompany transfer pricing..............................2680
  Interest.................................2859, 2893, 2898, 2936
  Interest expense allocation................................2921
  Interest other than that of a creditor.....................2726
  Interest-free adjustments..................................2774
  International communications income........................2884
  International organizations................................2851
  Investigative disclosures............................2755, 2756
  Investment type property...................................2807
  Joint returns..............................................2935
  Like-kind exchanges........................................2691
  Loans from qualified employer plans........................2799
  Losses:
    Separate limitation......................................2852
  Low-income taxpayer clinics..........................2821, 2843
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2692
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations....2827
  Mid-contract change in taxpayer............................2948
  Middleman payments.........................................2934
  Mixed use output facilities................................2678
  Modified guaranteed contracts..............................2813
  Multiple party financing...................................2872
  New market tax credit......................................2822
  Non-shelter revisions......................................2676
  Normalization requirements.................................2701
  Number of notices received by payer........................2830
  Obligation-shifting transactions...........................2915
  Obligations of State and local governments.................2817
  Offset of refund payments..................................2499
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities................................2690
    Capital account bookup...................................2749
    Determination of basis of partner's interest.............2718
    Fair market value........................................2794
    Foreign partners and section 706.........................2952
    Foreign tax credit allocation............................2750
    Hybrid transactions......................................2885
    New markets tax credit allocation........................2732
    Options..................................................2719
    Retiring or deceased partner.............................2703
    Section 1503(d) applications.......................2695, 2869
    Subpart F income.........................................2949
    Transactions involving long-term contracts...............2731
    Unified audit procedures.................................2937
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income.....................................2903
  Passive foreign investment companies.......................2894
  Payments:
    Middleman payments.......................................2934

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    Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans......2796
    Source of payments.......................................2875
  Payments to attorneys................................2687, 2787
  Previously taxed earnings and profits......................2908
  Principal residence seizure................................2711
  Procedure and administration...............................2864
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting......................2912
  Qualified offers...........................................2788
  Real Estate Investment Trusts..............................2887
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2939
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule ........................69-3022874
  Redemptions treated as dividends...........................2730
  Refund offset for HHS debt collection.......................908
  Regulated Investment Companies.............................2887
  Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation.......3567
  Relocation allowance payments for government employees.....3912
  Reorganizations............................................2727
  Reportable transactions:
    Disclosure of............................................2765
    List maintenance requirement.................2766, 2924, 2926
    Registration of..........................................2925
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.............2842, 2862
  Requests for information...................................2754
  Required distributions from retirement plans.........2954, 2955
  Research credit................................2735, 2790, 2820
  Residence sale or exchange.....................2744, 2745, 2795
  Resident status............................................2848
  Retirement plans.........................2870, 2918, 2933, 2953
  Return preparation.........................................2767
  Section 1221 (a)(7)........................................2945
  Section 446................................................2945
  Section 6048...............................................2868
  Section 6112...............................................2800
  Section 6159...............................................2779
  Section 6343...............................................2781
  Section 882................................................2871
  Section 884................................................2871
  Section 894................................................2947
  Securities...........................................2679, 2777
  Split-dollar life insurance................................2835
  Stacking rules.............................................2733
  Statement filing...........................................2801
  Stock options........................................2840, 2917
  Stock transfer regulations.................................2689
  Straddles..................................................2683
    Carrying charges.........................................2898
    Miscellaneous issues.....................................2778
  Stripping transactions.....................................2872
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.........2753, 2929
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers.....................2713
  Swap transactions..........................................2875
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.......................................2733
    Puerto Rico..............................................2846
  Tax shelter penalties......................................2704
  Tax shelter rules........................2765, 2766, 2919, 2958
  Tax-exempt organization's income from corporate
     sponsorship.............................................2959
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs...........................2696
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..............................2779, 2781
  Testamentary trusts:
    Qualified S election.....................................2818
  Testimony authorizations...................................2754
  Timely mailing treatment...................................2742
  Toll telephone service definition..........................2757
  Transfer of notes or stock to provide for satisfaction of 
      contested liabilities............................2737, 2738
  Transfers of property to third parties on behalf of a 
      spouse.................................................2805
  Travel expenses......................................2758, 2759
  Travel expenses for members of Congress....................2879
  Treatment of services......................................2931
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts..............................2681
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).2877
    Foreign trusts...........................................2876
    Income definition........................................2804
    Non-exempt employees.....................................2873
  Trusts and estates.............................2784, 2932, 2933
  Unauthorized inspection of returns.........................2752
  Unit livestock pricing method..............................2832
  User fees for offers to compromise.........................2720
  Widely held fixed investment trusts........................2842
  Withholding at treaty rate exception for taxpayer identifying 
      number.................................................2834
  Withholding certificates...................................2878
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries...................2911
  Withholding from compensation of Federal employees.........2494
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
           Indians-business and finance
  Alaska resupply operation..................................1444
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood.....................1442
  Child support enforcement..................................1119
  Electric power utilities...................................1438
  Food assistance programs..........................326, 358, 359
  Housing:
    NAHASDA amendments.......................................1210
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act..984
  Migratory bird hunting regulations...................1305, 1409
  National Environmental Policy Act..........................4233
  National Indian Gaming Commission..167, 4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 
                                     4233, 4234, 4236, 4237, 4238
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act....1427, 
                                                       1429, 1430
  Navajo generating station............................3208, 3209
  NIGC definitions...........................................4235
  Probate of estates.........................................1230
  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument......................................1434
  Spent fuel shipment notification...........................4260
  Subsistence fishing.........................................666
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska.1273, 
                                                 1274, 1285, 1353
  Treaty fishing rights:
    Salmon....................................................716
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program.............................1283
  Trust management reform....................................1447
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program..................................1790
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.......................632
  Protection of products.....................................1445
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act.............................................1439
  Gaming operations:
    Debt collection...........................................168
    Facility licensing standards.............................4232
    Game classification......................................4236
    Minimum internal control standards.................4234, 4238
    Revenue allocation plans.................................1440
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program.....................156
  Indian Business Development Program discontinuation........1441
  Management contracts.......................................4228
  Net gaming revenue.........................................4229
Indians-education:
  Indian Education Discretionary Grant Program................847
  Provisions for exceptional children........................1449

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Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.................3257, 3299
  Allotments.................................................1505
  EPA new source reviews.....................................3147
  Federal Lands Highway Program..............................2163
  Historic preservation programs.............................1413
  Irrigation projects........................................1437
  Landowner Incentive Program................................1284
  Mining regulations.........................................1489
  National Forest System lands................................404
  Oil and gas leasing..........................................77
  Operating permits to sources of air pollution located in Indian 
      country................................................3351
  Road bridge program........................................2177
  Roads program........................................1446, 1451
  Water quality standards....................................3493
Indians-law:
  Construction of jails......................................1764
  Courts of Indian Offenses..................................1452
  Hearings and appeals.................................4225, 4226
  NIGC enforcement regulations...............................4227
Indians-tribal government:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals..........1125
  Self-governance amendments..................................985
  Tribal background investigations...........................4230
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Disability benefits
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Accessibility guidelines.......................1139, 3084, 3088
    Forest service trails.....................................418
    Outdoor developed areas..................................3086
    Outdoor recreation facilities.............................419
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities............78
    Public rights-of-way.....................................3087
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises 
        equipment............................................3977
    Transportation.....................................1927, 1932
  Air carrier complaints.....................................1934
  Cardiovascular impairments.................................3835
  Comprehensive employment opportunities demonstration.......1081
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1776
  Designated public housing..................................1204
  Determination of...........................................3835
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 
     Act.....................................................1115
  Disability insurance program demonstration project.........3833
  Disability ratings:
    Burden of proof..........................................3861
    Cardiovascular conditions................................3031
    Convulsive disorders.....................................2977
    Digestive system....................................164, 2978
    Drug addiction or alcoholism.............................3837
    Genito-urinary tract.....................................3826
    Growth impairment........................................3842
    Hypertension.............................................3031
    Immune system............................................3828
    Individual unemployability...............................3011
    Malignant neoplasms......................................2988
    Mental disorders.........................................3813
    Multiple body systems....................................3827
    Multiple scars...........................................2989
    Neurological.......................................2977, 3830
    Orthopedic system........................................2976
    Prior period of disability clarification.................3843
    Respiratory disorders........................3031, 3838, 3875
    Skin conditions....................................3057, 3860
    Special senses...........................................3829
    Spine....................................................2979
    Tinnitus.................................................2985
    Vision...................................................3012
  Employment discrimination complaints.......................3525
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits.........3824
  Homeownership assistance...................................1218
  Medical-vocational guidelines..............................3834
  Mentally retarded:
    Intermediate care facilities.............................1005
  Motor vehicle modifications..........................2290, 2294
  Naturalization application.................................1735
  Nondiscrimination..............................3554, 3742, 3818
    Accessibility standards for play areas...................1565
    Air travel.........................................1918, 1925
    CNCS.....................................................3098
    Department of State programs.............................1889
    DOD.......................................................754
    DOT......................................................1935
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.................3818
    Federally assisted programs........................1835, 4249
    GSA......................................................3559
    Multifamily homeownership projects.......................1127
    NSF......................................................3647
    OFHEO....................................................3650
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities......78, 1565
    State and local government services............79, 1563, 1565
  Passenger vessel access..............................1938, 3085
  SSA disability determination process..................166, 3841
  SSA medical equivalence policy.............................3823
  Supportive Housing Programs................................1164
  Telecommunications relay services....................3978, 3979
  Transportation.............................................1952
  Video programming accessibility............................4035
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Benefits for medically recovered individuals.............3845
    Referral for services....................................3867
    Refusal of services......................................3868
  Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain 
      naturalization applicants..............................1692
  Work Incentives Improvement Act......................1012, 3821
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............................2054, 2343
  Baby bath seat ban.........................................3951
  Baby walker safety requirements............................3958
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans.......3006
    Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam
       veterans..............................................3065
               Vocational training for children of women Vietnam 
        veterans3023
  Child Citizenship Act......................................1701
  Crib safety standards......................................3949
  Drug product labeling........................................44
  Food assistance programs.......13, 345, 350, 351, 354, 364, 368
  Infant formula..............................................968
  Lead poisoning.............................................3386
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...............1803
  Motor vehicle restraint systems...2241, 2243, 2262, 2279, 2309, 
                                           2316, 2325, 2349, 2361
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program................983
  Nutrition education participant contacts....................319
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1996
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys.................................3941
  Portable bed rail safety...................................3950
  Product registration cards for products intended for 
     children................................................3945

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  School breakfast and lunch programs.........................363
  State Children's Health Insurance Program......1020, 1065, 1112
  Television programming...............................4049, 4050
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..............................939, 994
Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
           Mortgage insurance
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States......4203
  Disability insurance program demonstration project.........3833
  Equity index insurance products............................4324
  FCSIC regulation...........................................3974
  Substitution of investment funds underlying variable 
     products................................................4303
Insurance companies:
  Active conduct defined.....................................2901
  Asset acquisitions.........................................2907
  Disclosure of costs and expenses for variable annuities....4320
  Income tax guidance........................................2951
  Surety bond issuance.......................................2503
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Air carrier regulation.....................................1936
  Air pollution control implementation.................3253, 3256
  Alternative fuels incentives program........................858
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.......3598
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation......1800
  EPA......................................3145, 3443, 3494, 3501
  Federal assistance funds transfers to State governments....2504
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program............1793
  Flood assistance program...................................3530
  Food assistance programs.....................................13
  Hazardous materials transportation...................2417, 2443
  Highway projects.....................................2160, 2171
  Highway safety programs....................................2249
  Local rail freight assistance..............................2384
  Oil spill response.........................................2008
  Railroad highway projects..................................2172
  USDA State mediation programs...............................227
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Automated Permit Port programs.............................1691
  Border crossing cards......................................1886
  Dedicated commuter lanes.......................1609, 1632, 1691
  Driver's license requirements..............................1691
  Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection 
      program................................................1632
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Appeals.....................................................736
  Application process....................................738, 744
  Continued prosecution application practice as to utility and 
      plant applications......................................742
  Correspondence addresses....................................745
  DFARS regulations...........................................777
  DOE regulations.............................................904
  Electronic transmission of trademark documents..............749
  Fees:
    Paper processing fee......................................747
    Revisions............................................743, 744
    Uruguay Round Agreements Act transitional examination 
        practices.............................................739
  Foreign rights in inventions................................751
  Invention promoter complaints...............................741
  Mineral patent applications................................1498
  NASA awards................................................3606
  Nonprofit organizations.....................................750
  Patent interferences........................................737
  Patent surveys.............................................2626
  Representation of others before the USPTO...................748
  Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development 
      Agreement...............................................752
  Small businesses............................................750
Investigations:
  Government personnel.......................................3732
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System..........1606
  Privacy Act exemptions for FBI records.....................1602
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising rules..........................................4317
  Advisor transaction rule...................................4316
  Affiliate transactions...............................4305, 4316
  Asset transfers............................................2887
  Disclosure requirements..............................4300, 4318
  EDGAR system requirements............................4281, 4308
  Electronic signatures......................................4323
  Form N-SAR.................................................4306
  Independent transmission companies.........................4310
  Mergers of affiliated investment companies.................4326
  Money market fund exemptions...............................4301
  Money market fund investment...............................4309
  Proxy voting policies......................................4299
  Registration form..........................................4306
  Research and development companies.........................4302
  Securities acquisition.....................................4325
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets............4319
  Small business investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports..3781
    Maximum leverage eligibility.............................3784
    Regulation amendments....................................3809
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments............3782
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Bonding requirement exemption for certain advisers.........1812
  Cash solicitation rule.....................................4307
  Disclosure of costs and expenses for variable annuities....4320
  Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility 
      holding companies......................................4311
  Foreign direct investment in the U.S...................486, 488

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  Guaranteed investment contracts............................2890
  Investment advisers........................................4296
    Broker-dealer exemptions.................................4313
    Commodity pool operators.................................4298
    Electronic filing..................................1798, 4315
    Operating through the Internet...........................4314
    Political contributions..................................4322
    Proxy voting policies....................................4304
    Thrift institutions......................................4297
  Mutual funds:
    Customer identification program..........................2483
  NCUA rules...........................................4205, 4219
  Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance 
      products...............................................4303
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance..........................1437



                            SUBJECT INDEX--J

Jewelry:
  Duty-free shipments.........................................501
Juvenile delinquency:
  Family Unity Program.................................1628, 1665



                            SUBJECT INDEX--K

Kidney diseases:
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants.............................836
  Medicare eligibility.........................................45



                            SUBJECT INDEX--L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages..................................2551, 2553
  Alternative fuels..........................................4198
  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
      packaging...............................................962
  American Automobile Labeling Act...........................2238
  Antibiotics resistance labeling.............................959
  Commodity chicken...........................................346
  Drugs................................................35, 41, 44
  Electronic submission of information........................960
  Home insulation............................................4195
  Hydrocarbon-containing products............................3956
  Malt beverages.............................................2566
  Pesticides.................................................3366
  Unaged grape brandy........................................2547
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....................................1837
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions...........................................1832
  Debarment and suspension...................................1836
  Drug-free workplace requirements...........................1836
  Freedom of Information Act...........................1773, 1838
  Nondiscrimination....................................1831, 1835
  Small Business Job Protection Act..........................1784
Labor management relations:
  Collective bargaining agreement definition.................1800
  Open competition and government neutrality.................3893
Laboratories:
  Accreditation...............................................169
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1056
  Hospital conditions of participation.......................1053
  Small business testing laboratories........................3800
  Testing of mining equipment................................1820
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.......937
Land:
  See Grazing lands
      Indians-lands
      Public lands
      Rights-of-way
Law:
  See also Administrative practice and procedure
           Courts
           Indians-law
           Lawyers
  Qualified offers...........................................2788
  Suits against Federal employees............................1752
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase........................................1771
  Authorization of officers at reclamation facilities........1491
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act....1603, 4066
  Fish and Wildlife Service..................................1240
  Forest Service..............................................408
  Immigration................................................1748
  National Indian Gaming Commission..........................4227
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct................................................1568
  Retirement.................................................3718
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives......................1654
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards..........................................1758
  Practice before the National Indian Gaming Commission......4225
  Standards of conduct before the CPSC.......................3957
Lead poisoning:
  Paint....................................3377, 3385, 3386, 3403
  Reducing lead consumption and use..........................3402
Libraries:
  Debarment and suspension rule..............................3632
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments...........3628
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants...................3631
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs...........3630
  Presidential library facilities............................3612
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments...................3629
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.................................2867
  District of Columbia employees.............................3717
  Government employees.......................................3690
    Federal Acquisition Regulation...........................3730
    Premiums.................................................3723
    Time frame for electing optional insurance...............3723
  Taxation of split-dollar arrangements......................2835
  Veterans:
    Group Life Insurance accelerated benefit option..........3062
    National Service Life Insurance....................3026, 3063
Liquors:
  Dealers....................................................2569
  Exports....................................................2505
  Record and report requirements for plant proprietors.......2571
  Standards of fill..........................................2507
  Unaged grape brandy........................................2547
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals.............................................174
  Assistance for producers....................................221
  Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering 
      establishments..........................................246
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.................244
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk.........................3
  Commodity futures contract deliveries.......................170
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds.....935

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  Foot-and-mouth disease........................................4
  Free choice medicated feed..................................949
  Imported....................................................373
  Indemnity programs..........................................263
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program...........197
  Liquid medicated feed.......................................949
  Mandatory reporting program:
    Lamb amendment..............................................1
  Meat grading regulations for imports........................171
  Price reporting.............................................312
  Swine packer marketing contracts............................317
  Unit pricing method........................................2832
Loan programs:
  Community Disaster Loan Program............................3544
  Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers............469
  Qualified employer plans...................................2799
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision.....................2492
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Boll Weevil Eradication Loan Program........................237
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program....436, 438, 440, 
                                                    444, 446, 447
  Community programs..........................................286
  Conservation Reserve Program......................202, 207, 229
  Crop disaster assistance....................................242
  Debt settlement.............................................206
  Disaster set-aside program..................................215
  Eligibility with prior debt forgiveness.....................201
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights..........................................3961
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3971
    Electronic commerce......................................3973
    Farmer Mac regulation and oversight......................3970
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3967, 3968
    Mission-related investments..............................3962
    Policies and operations...3960, 3963, 3964, 3965, 3966, 3967, 
                                                             3968
  Farm Loan Program:
    General credit provisions.................................203
    Guaranteed loss payments..................................231
    Past-due period...........................................211
    Regulatory streamlining...................................199
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders..................213
    Guaranteed loan limits....................................235
    Interest assistance program...............................209
    Minor farm loan program...................................219
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.......213
    Subordination requirements................................213
  Horse breeder loans.........................................233
  Housing.....................................................437
  Income limits...............................................226
  Loan deficiency payment regulations.........................238
  Marketing assistance loan provisions........................238
  Primary loan servicing......................................215
  Regulation streamlining.....................................199
  Rural economic development.............................291, 442
  Rural housing..........................................289, 292
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantees Program.........467
    General and pre-loan policies.............................463
  Settlement of debt..........................................458
  State mediation programs....................................227
  Water programs..............................................451
Loan programs-business:
  NCUA member business loans.................................4211
  SBA:
    Certified development company program........3774, 3786, 3799
    Disaster assistance................................3805, 3810
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program.....................3806
    Premier Certified Lender Program.........................3787
    Small Business Lending Companies..........................155
Loan programs-education:
  Direct Loan Program.........................................851
  Federal Family Education Loan Program.......................851
  Federal Perkins Loan Program................................852
  Interest...................................................2782
  Medical research............................................990
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program....................989
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Financial information system standards.....................3655
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Corporate governance...............................3652, 3654
    Disclosure requirements..................................3653
    High costs and predatory features........................1141
    Minimum capital..........................................3651
    Risk-based capital.......................................3649
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies..........1152
  Rural areas.......................................289, 290, 293
  Safety and soundness requirements..........................3655
  Section .......203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program1169
Loan programs-veterans:
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements.......................3022
  Property improvements definition...........................3058
  Regulation amendments......................................3030
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials..........................1757
  Foreign Agents Registration Act............................1757
  Restrictions...............................................3854
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Foreign prohibitions.......................................1882
  Safety and health regulations..............................1846
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Section 8:
    Denial of admission and termination of tenancy for fugitive 
        felons...............................................1205
    Disabled families assistance.............................1218
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental 
        projects.............................................1163
    Downpayment assistance grant.............................1219
    Fair market rents........................................1136
    Housing Choice Voucher program...........................1217
    Project-based voucher program..............................71
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract....1175
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program......1206
    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families...................1133
  Tax credits................................................2733
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See also Tuberculosis
  CHAMPUS coverage of transplants.............................836



                            SUBJECT INDEX--M

Manufactured homes:
  Construction and safety....................................1176
  Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000...............1184
Marijuana:
  Industrial use.............................................1588
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards....................................272
  Beluga whales...............................................680
  Captive holding and transport...............................675
  Importation of polar bear trophies.........................1288
  Incidental taking:
    Atlantic large whale..................627, 638, 686, 730, 732
    Beaufort Sea polar bear and walrus.......................1262
    Deployment of the U.S. Navy's low frequency active sonar..727
    During oil and gas structure removal activities in the Gulf 
        of Mexico.............................................729

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    During rocket launch operations...........................636
    Manatees.................................................1260
  Killer whale stock depletion................................637
  Level B harassment.........................................1367
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives...........632
  North Atlantic whale protection........................674, 694
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited................1365
  Steller sea lions.................................635, 664, 665
  Swimming or recreational interaction with...................633
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries..696
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.......................640
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act.............................695
  NOAA overflight regulation..................................639
  Research program............................................698
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Alternative source to incandescent light...................1995
  Casualty reporting.........................................1984
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties..............1973
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System.........2022
  Houseboats.................................................1997
  Liferaft servicing intervals...............................2040
  Marine events..............................................1977
  Naval Vessel Protection Zones........................2039, 2041
  Personal flotation device requirements...............1980, 1996
  Propeller injury prevention................................1997
  Puget Sound-area waters....................................2019
  Safety/security zone regulations.....................1998, 2004
  Salvage and firefighting equipment..........................103
  Towing vessels.......................................1986, 1989
  Traffic separation schemes.................................2038
  Uninspected passenger vessels..............................2032
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities.210
  Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports......2452
  Communications.......................................4058, 4076
  Deposit funds..............................................2454
  Electronic transmissions and document submission...........4162
  Filing and service fees....................................4167
  Great Lakes load line certificate..........................1987
  Hazardous substances.......................................2410
  Income source rules........................................2888
  Japanese vessels...........................................4166
  Merchant mariners..........................................2016
  Mobile radio services......................................4014
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.......................4165
  Notice of violation options................................2037
  Notification of arrival in U.S. ports......................2003
  Ocean common carrier status................................4163
  Operating agreements.......................................4161
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes....................1979, 2043
  Shipping regulation amendments.............................2044
  U.S.-flag vessel preference...........................792, 3878
Marketing quotas:
  Peanuts.....................................................240
  Tobacco.................................212, 216, 217, 218, 230
Mass transportation:
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses.........1932
  Bus testing guidelines.....................................2391
  School bus operations......................................2393
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery......................19
  Disposition and disposal requirements.......................393
  Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance Program........444
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category........................................3492
  Expressed nutrient content claims...........................391
  Foot-and-mouth disease........................................4
  Grading and certification services..........................177
  Grading regulations for imported livestock..................171
  HACCP programs.........................................371, 376
  Imported lamb meat.........................................2671
  Imports.....................................................382
  Labeling................................................20, 383
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program...........197
  Lamb reporting regulations....................................1
  Meat recovery systems........................................19
  Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy..17, 262, 
                                                          273, 973
  Quality Systems Certification Program.......................176
  Rabbit grading.........................................184, 193
  Transportation and storage..................................370
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection......................392
  Color additives.............................................388
  Contamination...............................................394
  Emergency regulations........................................17
  Food additives..............................................388
  HACCP programs..............................................371
  Performance standards:
    Bacon......................................................14
    Ready-to-eat products......................................18
  Total quality control systems...............................395
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage..................................1024
  Case management............................................1026
  Comprehensive employment demonstration for individuals with 
      disabilities...........................................1081
  Coverage rules for inmates of public institutions..........1025
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs................................................345
  Drug rebate program........................................1084
  Estate recoveries..........................................1042
  Home and community-based services waivers..................1035
  Managed care...............................................1050
    Civil penalties...........................................916
    Regulation revisions.....................................1064
    Withdrawal...............................................1111
  Medical child support......................................1001
  Mentally retarded persons:
    Conditions of participation for intermediate care 
        facilities...........................................1005
  Organ procurement organizations..............................48
  Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they 
      have financial relationships...........................1085
  Programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly.............1074
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities...............1054
  Speech pathologist/audiologist standards...................1041
  Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant...............1036
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....49
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships............................................986
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices......................823
  Diagnostic x-ray systems....................................944
  Exports.....................................................549

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  Informed consent regulations.................................34
  Medical care telemetry devices.............................3990
  Postmarket surveillance.....................................979
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen.............974
  Respiratory assist devices.................................1015
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision............924
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves......................943
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides......................3363
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility...............................990
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees.............................................992
  Peer review.................................................991
Medicare:
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage..................................1024
    List of covered procedures...............................1080
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions........................917
  Appeals process..............................................51
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1056
  Continued entitlement following substantial gainful 
    activity.................................................1012
  Coordination of retiree health benefits.....................149
  Coverage decisions.....................................61, 1061
  Dialysis services............................................45
  DMERC service areas........................................1023
  Drugs:
    Average wholesale price methodology........................55
    Self-administration criteria.............................1038
  Durable medical equipment:
    Payment for upgraded features............................1093
  Electronic claims submission.................................56
  End-stage renal disease:
    Bad debt payment.........................................1004
    Emergency waiver of coverage.............................1104
  Extended care services coinsurance.........................1086
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.......................................1079
    Application of inherent reasonableness...................1055
    Payment limits...........................................1055
    Physician payments.............................54, 1069, 1107
    Supplemental practice expense survey data................1113
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation........................1044, 1051
    Prospective payment system.........................1031, 1097
  Hospice care....................................998, 1002, 1106
  Hospitals:
    Coinsurance........................................1073, 1086
    Conditions of participation................................57
    Emergency Medical and Treatment Act........................64
    Inpatient deductible...............................1073, 1086
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation..1009
    Inpatient prospective payment system.................63, 1100
    Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system.....1032, 
                                                       1099, 1105
    Long-term care prospective payment system................1030
    Nondiscrimination in referral to home health agencies....1034
    Outpatient Prospective Payment System................53, 1068
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement...........1076, 1088
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...........50
  Long term care:
    Prospective payment system...............................1094
  Managed care payment provisions............................1096
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Appeals and grievance procedures.........................1059
    Civil penalties...........................................916
    Premium reductions.......................................1017
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules.................997
  Organ procurement organizations..............................48
  Overpayments and underpayments:
    Interest assessment......................................1013
  Payment provisions for suppliers of orthotics and 
     prosthetics.............................................1110
  Photocopy expense reimbursement............................1007
  Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they 
      have financial relationships...........................1085
  Prescription drug discount program endorsement.......1101, 1102
  Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly.............1074
  Prospective Payment System...........................1007, 1094
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers...........................................999
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Allowable costs..........................................1066
    Appeals..................................................1019
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage....1049
  Rural health clinics.......................................1052
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts....................................912
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Beneficiary assessment requirements......................1108
    Exceptions to cost limits................................1109
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing..52, 1098
  State allotments for payment of Part B premiums............1077
  Statement of intent........................................1010
  Supplementary Medical Insurance:
    Premium surcharge agreements.......................1087, 1092
    Rates..............................................1075, 1087
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics..1003,
                                                             1110
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....49
Medigap:
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions........................917
Mental health programs:
  Group health plan benefit parity...........................1802
  Mental Health Parity Act...................................1071
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system.................................50
    Use of restraint and seclusion...........................1054
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  EPA trace metal analysis...................................3494
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements............3413
Metric system:
  Conversion:
    Motor vehicle safety standards...........................2251
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...........................................753
  Filing claims against SSA..................................3832
  Former spouse payments from retired pay.....................773
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics..............953
  Reemployment...............................................3684
  Retirement regulations.....................................3685

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  Security policies for granting access to classified 
    information...............................................763
  Stars and Stripes newspaper operations......................755
Milk:
  Elimination of whole cow's milk given to infants in food 
      assistance programs.....................................368
  Fluid Milk Promotion Program................................198
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists..252
  Price support program.......................................238
  Special Milk Program for Children...........................354
Mine safety and health:
  Air quality standards......................................1827
  Asbestos exposure limit......................................96
  Belt entry.................................................1819
  Civil penalties............................................1825
  Diesel particulate matter exposure...........................93
  Focused inspections........................................1818
  Hazard communication.......................................1826
  Regulation elimination and improvement.....................1821
  Rescue teams...............................................1830
  Respirable coal dust...................................95, 1829
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories...........1820
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.................................................3413
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.............................94
    Flame-resistant conveyor belts...........................1828
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure............................................1473
  Fractions sale..............................................405
  Hearings and investigations................................1459
  Locatable minerals program..................................421
  Location and maintenance fees on mining claims or sites....1522
  Mineral patent applications................................1498
  Minerals Management Service inspections on fixed
     facilities..............................................2036
  Mining claims........................................1502, 1521
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Federal consistency regulations...........................697
    Offshore cranes..........................................1474
    Pipeline rights-of-way...................................1465
    Rights-of-use and easements..............................1465
    Safety zone..............................................1999
  Overburden definition......................................3408
  Pipeline rights-of-way...............................1268, 1511
  Proprietary terms..........................................1473
  Revenue collection regulations.............................1482
  Segregated or withdrawn lands..............................1520
  Service order appeals......................................1460
  Sulphur leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf.............1472
  Valuation regulations................................1462, 1464
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.................................1453
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds..........................1453
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned............................................1485, 1490
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations..............................1488
  Placement of excess soil...................................1487
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures...........1507
  Revegetation standards.....................................1486
  Surface coal mining hearings and appeals...................1234
  Surface management.........................................1521
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers............................1784
Minority businesses:
  Participation in DOT programs..............................1929
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............................................1172
  Premium remittance period..................................1168
  Premiums in multifamily housing programs...................1171
  Refinancing debt of existing hospitals.....................1179
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.........1157, 1170
  Single-family:
    Consultant roster procedures.............................1183
    Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation 
       activities............................................1129
    Nonprofit approval and removal procedures................1182
    Predatory lending practices..............................1167
  Up-front payments..........................................1155
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rates...........................................1156
  Alternative mortgage lending...............................2971
  Appraiser Watch system.......................................69
  Civil money penalties......................................1128
  Cooperative housing developments...........................1157
  Credit Watch...............................................1149
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.............................70
  Distribution of tax credit proceeds........................1148
  FHA inspector roster.......................................1153
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Corporate governance...............................3652, 3654
    Disclosure requirements..................................3653
    Financial information system standards...................3655
    High costs and predatory features........................1141
    HUD regulation of..........................................66
    Minimum capital..........................................3651
    Risk-based capital.......................................3649
    Safety and soundness requirements........................3655
  Hawaiian homeland eligibility..............................1158
  Home equity conversion mortgages...........................1157
  Home mortgage disclosure...................................4191
  Lender accountability for appraisals.......................1154
  Lender compliance and accountability.......................1147
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities............1151
  Loan originator registry...................................1150
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3650
  OTS capital regulations....................................2970
  Predatory lending practices......................69, 1141, 1167
  Real estate appraisals.....................................2609
  Real estate mortgage investment conduits...................2939
  Servicing approval agreement...............................1150
  Supplemental cost certification requirement................1166
  Terminating origination approval agreements................1149
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems........................................2232, 2272
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems...................................2303
    Employee protections information.........................2198
    Federal motor vehicle safety standards...................2229
    Performance-based brake testers..........................2232
    Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico 
        border...............................................2207
  Data display units.........................................2217
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System...........2271

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    Commercial driver's license standards....................2234
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement...........................................108
    Disqualifications........................................2216
    Entry-level..............................................2214
    Hours of service regulations........................107, 2199
    Instructor training......................................2213
    Learner permits..........................................2211
    Licensing................................................2210
    Noncommercial motor vehicle violations...................2233
    Penalties................................................2216
    Physical fitness.........................................2193
    Qualification requirements.........................2192, 2219
    Safety performance history...............................2194
    Training...........................................2213, 2214
  Dromedary equipped truck tractor-semitrailers designated as 
      specialized equipment..................................2169
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations..........................................2203
  English language requirement...............................2219
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification....................................2228
    Commercial van operations transporting passengers 
        across U.S.-Mexico border............................2207
    Interstate school buses..................................2197
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.......2226
    Post-accident controlled substances and alcohol test 
        results..............................................2224
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs..................2206
    Zero-base revision.......................................2223
  Freight forwarding industry................................2218
  Hazardous materials transportation.............2212, 2411, 2430
  Heavy truck conspicuity....................................2239
  Highway vehicle definition.................................2792
  Household goods transportation.............................2204
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S..........2622
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system.......................................2195
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance........................2222
  Intermodal cargo containers................................2222
  Investigative authority....................................2216
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative...........................................2221
    Decal display requirements...............................2209
    NAFTA....................................................2220
  New entrant safety assurance process.......................2225
  Out-of-service criteria....................................2205
  Railroad grade crossing safety.............................2201
  Registration enforcement...................................2230
  Rules of practice....................................2216, 2227
  Safety fitness procedures............................2196, 2200
  Sleeper berth regulations..................................2215
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements..........2418
  Television receivers.......................................2217
  Trailer test rig...........................................2360
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics...................2433
  Truck length and width.....................................2179
  Truck size and weight................................2170, 2181
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels................................858, 860, 4198
  Emission control diagnostic systems........................3190
  Emission standards:
    Highway motorcycles.......................................124
    New motor vehicles.......................................3285
  Gasoline:
    Additives................................................3290
    Anti-dumping program.........................3195, 3202, 3213
    Reformulated.......................................3197, 3352
    Tier2/gasoline sulfur regulations........................3346
  Heavy-duty diesel engines and vehicles:
    Non-conformance penalties................................3328
    Regulation amendments....................................3284
  Imported vehicles emissions standards......................3239
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3142
  Low emission vehicles program..............................3254
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel.............................3325
  Motor vehicle and engine compliance fee program............3215
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices.............................................2296
  Brake systems:
    Allowing roll-bar during testing.........................2278
    Antilock system for heavy trucks.........................2346
    Brake hoses..............................................2259
    Hydraulic parking brake..................................2272
    Linings..................................................2350
    Motorcycle handlebar lever...............................2280
    Child restraint systems...2241, 2243, 2262, 2279, 2309, 2316, 
                                                 2325, 2349, 2361
  Civil penalties............................................2359
  Community transportation vehicles..........................2250
  Crashworthiness ratings....................................2288
  Defect reporting and notification..2244, 2313, 2354, 2355, 2356
  Ejection mitigation using advanced glazing.................2352
  Event data recorders.......................................2282
  Fire performance requirements..............................2291
  Frontal offset protection...................................109
  Fuel system integrity......................................2283
  Horizontal discharge trailers..............................2276
  Imported vehicles....................................2256, 2332
  Inconsequential defect or noncompliance....................2284
  Interior trunk release.....................................2363
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements...................2253
    Daytime running lamps..............................2297, 2348
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps..............2292
    Headlamp glare...........................................2261
    Motorcycles........................................2240, 2263
    Performance and test requirement modifications...........2298
    Signal lamps.............................................2299
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors................................2248
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks.....................2274
    Passenger-side systems...................................2275
  Motorcycle helmets.........................................2264
  Moving barrier tire specification..........................2311
  Multi-stage vehicles.......................................2331
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags.........................2242, 2328, 2330, 2340, 2342
    Door retention...........................................2252
    Head/neck protection...............................2302, 2353
    Side impact protection...................................2337
    Upper interior impact..............................2304, 2331
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated................2270
  Power-operated windows...............................2293, 2338
  Prohibition of sale or lease of equipment with safety-related 
      defect.................................................2357
  Radiator safety cap........................................2336
  Recalls:
    Accelerated..............................................2313
    In foreign countries.....................................2355
    Reimbursement prior to...................................2356
    Reporting of information and documents about potential 
        defects..............................................2335
  Rollover resistance........................................2285
  Roof crashworthiness.................................2306, 2339
  Safety glazing.............................................2301
  School buses:
    Flammability of interior materials.......................2289
    Seat mounted child restraints............................2333
  Seat belts:
    Anchorages for voluntarily installed shoulder belts......2268
    Emergency locking retractor..............................2266

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    Length options...........................................2317
    Rear seats.........................................2287, 2296
    Seat adjustment position.................................2296
  Seating systems:
    Performance..............................................2246
  Shifting and falling cargo.................................2231
  Snowmobile auxiliary lighting systems......................3947
  Static out-of-position test requirements...................2326
  Test dummies:
    Adult size...............................................2267
    Child size...................................2277, 2326, 2344
    EuroSID II...............................................2286
    Female size..............................................2345
    Hybrid III...................................2267, 2277, 2340
  Tires:
    Disposition of replaced tires............................2314
    Inspections for vehicles carrying hazardous materials....2235
    Pressure monitoring system.........................2334, 2358
    Safety information.................................2315, 2321
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards....................2310
    Rear impact guards.......................................2347
  Warning label for low speed vehicles.......................2329
  Wheelchair lifts...........................................2290
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems................................2305
  Alternatively fueled vehicles........................2318, 3254
  American Automobile Labeling Act...........................2238
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test.............................................2307
  Cargo tank motor vehicles..................................2401
  Commercial:
    Cargo securement.........................................2231
    Dedicated short range communications.....................2173
    Importation..............................................2324
  Community transportation vehicles..........................2250
  Controls and displays......................................2265
  Dealer notification by manufacturer........................2295
  Defects....................................................2295
  Domestic origin of parts...................................2238
  Exemption from make-inoperative prohibition................2367
  Fleet fuel efficiency.......................................898
  Fuel economy credits.......................................2318
  Government property management.............................3575
  Heavy vehicle tax..........................................2746
  High-theft lines...........................................2365
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology.....................................2269
  Importation fees...........................................2366
  Imports..............................................2362, 3239
  Inconsequential defects....................................2254
  Light trucks...............................................3320
    Fuel economy standards...................................2281
    Head restraints..........................................2353
  Location and monitoring systems............................4070
  Low-speed vehicles.........................................2260
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements...............................2247
    Compliance for manufacturers and alterers................2320
  National Driver Register...................................2271
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information 
      System.................................................1604
  Noncompliance exemption....................................2254
  Odometer fraud.............................................2237
  Parts marking requirement..................................2319
  Raised or sloped roof structure............................2306
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity..................................2273
    Width requirements.......................................2179
  Regulation compliance and enforcement......................2255
  Retroactive certification............................2322, 2323
  Salvage regulations........................................1754
  Small business size standards for new car dealers..........3792
  Special purpose vehicles...................................2258
  Theft data.................................................2327
  Theft loss reports.........................................2364
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.................................2294
  Window glazing:
    Light transmission standards.............................2308
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos.............2619



                            SUBJECT INDEX--N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Capital regulations........................................2605
  Commercial mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.......................2609
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...2597, 2604
  Determining nature of financial activities.................2470
  Financial subsidiaries...............................2467, 2468
  Maintenance of records.....................................2598
  Payday lending.............................................2599
  Plain language revisions...................................2561
  Public welfare investments.................................2602
  Real estate brokerage determination........................2469
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers..............2607
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure....................2594
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures......................765
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Appeal regulations..........................................416
  Fair market value for recreation residence use 
       authorizations.........................................413
  Federal Lands Highway Program..............................2165
  Fossil collecting...........................................417
  Hydroelectric uses..........................................403
  Land and resource management planning..................414, 431
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.................419
  Road management policy......................................428
  Small business land use.....................................407
  Special use authorizations..................................424
  Timber sales:
    Export and substitution restrictions......................411
    National Environmental Policy Act documentation...........415
  Trails accessibility guidelines.............................418
  Visitor services............................................426
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.................................2052, 2092
  Boating and water use activities...........................1428
  Commercial use permits.....................................1414
  Federal Lands Highway Program..............................2162
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management...........................................1436
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Flight rule modifications................................2069
    Postponement of special flight rules.....................2105

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  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations....................................1519
  Historic preservation programs for tribal lands............1413
  Niagara Falls:
    Flight restrictions......................................2121
  Personal watercraft use.....1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 
                         1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1431
  Presidio:
    Management.........................................3757, 3758
  Snowmobile use.........................................75, 1432
  Vehicles and traffic safety................................1412
  Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument................1435
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets........1434
National Register of Historic Places:
  See Historic preservation
National security information:
  See Classified information
National Wildlife Refuge System:
  See Wildlife refuges
Nationality:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Native Americans:
  See Hawaiian Natives
      Indians
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Pipelines
           Oil and gas reserves
  Accounting and reporting requirements......................4140
  Electronic filing of documents.............................4142
  Import and export authorization.............................885
  Interstate business practice standards...............4139, 4150
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.......4146
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers............4136
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
  Agricultural Management Assistance Program..................473
  Damage assessments....................................687, 1226
  Landowner Incentive Program..........................1282, 1284
  Private Stewardship Grants Program.........................1360
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs..........................229, 480, 1238
    Corps of Engineers program................................811
    DOE compliance with environmental review requirements.....894
    Minimal effects exemptions................................470
    Wetland Program Development Grants.......................3487
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system...........................639, 2084, 2136, 2150
  Area navigation............................................2076
  Instrument flight rules....................................2133
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.......................2045
  Standard instrument approach procedures....................2135
  Transponder requirement....................................2089
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.................2061
Navigation (water):
  Alternative source to incandescent light...................1995
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System.........2022
  Offshore pipeline hazards..................................2405
  Prince William Sound.......................................2007
  Puget Sound................................................2007
  Regulated navigation areas.................................2012
  Traffic separation schemes.................................2002
  Updating technical information.......................1976, 2042
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership....................................4056
Noise control:
  Overflights of national parks........................2052, 2092
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits...............................................1832, 2997
  DOT grants.................................................1926
  Grants administration................500, 766, 1142, 3079, 3541
  Limitation of insured housing loans........................1152
  Rights to inventions...................................750, 752
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Availability of official records...........................4258
  Cost recovery for contested hearings involving national 
      security initiatives...................................4276
  Electronic document submission.............................4270
  Federal Advisory Committee Act regulations.................4269
  NRC debt collection procedures.......................4272, 4275
  NRC fee schedules..........................................4274
  NRC information collection provisions......................4256
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes...........883
  Public document room.......................................4256
Nuclear materials:
  Availability of official records...........................4258
  Computer security...........................................877
  Control and accounting requirements........................4250
  Determining eligibility for access to.......................881
  DOE security activities.....................................878
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities......................................890
  Electronic document submission.............................4270
  Export controls.............................................528
  Financial assurance regulations for licenses...............4243
  Human reliability program...................................879
  NRC debt collection procedures.............................4272
  Nuclear fuel...............................................4257
  Packaging and transportation safety standards..............4251
  Probability limit for unlikely features, events and 
        processes............................................4273
  Spent fuel:
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage 
	    systems..............................................4255
    List of approved storage casks.....................4252, 4277
    Shipment information protection requirements.............4260
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees..............................................4242
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Availability of official records...........................4258
  Codes and standards........................................4271
  Combustible gas control system.............................4265
  Decommissioning:
    Integrated rulemaking....................................4262
    Trust agreements.........................................4247
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures..........................4240

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  Electronic document submission.............................4270
  Emergency action levels....................................4246
  Entombment options.........................................4267
  Event notification requirements............................4244
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating 
      licenses...............................................4253
  Fire protection............................................4241
  Incorporation by reference of ASME, BPV, and OM code 
      cases..................................................4254
  NRC regulation amendments:
    Adjudicatory process changes.............................4263
    Partial site releases....................................4248
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.................................4239
    Nondiscrimination........................................4249
  Physical protection regulations............................4264
  Pressure-temperature limits................................4268
  Radiological sabotage......................................4264
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements..............4261
  Safety regulations...........................................28
  Spent fuel storage:
    Geological and seismological characteristics.............4255
    List of approved storage casks.....................4252, 4277
  Waste disposal.......................................4259, 4273
  Worker fatigue.............................................4245
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Veterans.............................................3002, 3056
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Education and training program:
    Plain language rewrite....................................360
  Food labeling................................................20
  Uniform federal assistance regulations......................347



                            SUBJECT INDEX--O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Beryllium exposure.........................................1842
  Cargo handling.............................................1846
  Chemicals:
    Dermal absorption rate testing...........................3392
  Child labor regulations......................................84
  Commercial diving operations...............................1855
  Commercial motor vehicle employees.........................2198
  Construction industry......................................1839
    Hearing loss prevention..................................1843
    Hoisting equipment safety................................1862
  Crystalline silica exposure..................................99
  DOE radiation protection requirements.......................886
  Electric power.............................................1850
  Electrical standards.......................................1854
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
      Program......................................895, 925, 1783
  Ethylene oxide.............................................1840
  Excavations................................................1863
  Exit routes.................................................101
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing....................1866
  Fall protection......................................1852, 1870
  Glycol ethers..............................................1859
  Grain handling facilities..................................1841
  Hazardous waste handling...................................1868
  Hexavalent chromium exposure...............................1847
  Injury and illness recording and reporting requirements....1864
  Mine rescue teams..........................................1830
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees............2374
  Personal protective equipment..............................1861
  Plain language revision of existing standards...............101
  Presence sensing device initiation of mechanical power 
      presses................................................1844
  Railroad accident/incident reporting.......................2373
  Respiratory protection.................................97, 1856
  Safety and health management program.......................1869
  Shipyard standards...............................98, 1848, 1867
  Standards improvement.......................................100
  State plan changes.........................................1872
  Traffic control devices....................................1871
  Tuberculosis exposure......................................1860
  Updating standards based on national consensus 
      standards..............................................1865
  Walking working surfaces...................................1852
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Blowout prevention for well workover operations............1466
  Drilling operations........................................1470
  Hearings and investigations................................1459
  Leasing:
    Bonding..................................................1512
    Data release.............................................1467
    Definitions..............................................1467
    Leasing and operations regulations.......................1516
  Offshore floating production facilities....................1475
  Outer Continental Shelf....................................1988
    Decommissioning activities...............................1480
    Document updates.............................1463, 1477, 1484
    Federal consistency regulations...........................697
    Incidental taking of marine mammals.......................729
    Offshore cranes..........................................1474
    Pipeline rights-of-way...................................1465
    Rights-of-use and easements..............................1465
    Royalty suspension volume................................1476
    Safety measures....................................1472, 1998
    Safety zone for vessels..................................1999
    Suspension of operations under salt sheets...............1483
  Pipeline rights-of-way.....................................1268
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................1454
  Royalty relief or reduction..........76, 1456, 1458, 1469, 1481
  Royalty reporting standards..........................1455, 1456
  Service order appeals......................................1460
  Sustained casing pressure..................................1461
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls.............................................536
Oil pollution:
  Discharge-removal equipment................................2006
  National Contingency Plan..................................3466
  Natural resource damage assessment..........................687
  Oil spill response.................1971, 1972, 2008, 2013, 2415
  Prevention.................................................3455
  Tank vessels.........................................2007, 2035
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria............3850
  Interrelationship with Railroad Retirement Program.........3869
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria.........3850
  Video teleconference technology.............................163
Organization and functions:
  FAA........................................................2078
  Farm Credit Administration...........................3969, 3972
  FEMA.......................................................3540
  OGE........................................................3656
  Peace Corps................................................3749
  USDA........................................................390
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Safety......................................................951

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  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.....................1576
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages



                            SUBJECT INDEX--P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant packaging3956, 3959
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings..........................4194
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.............1938, 3085
  Alternate tonnage convention...............................2024
  Emergency response plans...................................2031
  Financial responsibility requirements................4164, 4168
  Immigration user fee.......................................1719
  Manifest requirements........................................80
  Safety.....................................................2032
  Security plans.............................................2028
Passports and visas:
  B visas..............................................1631, 1909
  Classification of children.................................1906
  Crew list visa elimination.................................1877
  Guam visa waiver program...................................1635
  Irish nationals participating in special work/training 
      programs...............................................1907
  Issuance of new or replacement visas.......................1900
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers.............1642
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Alien witnesses and informants...........................1885
    Automatic revalidation...................................1897
    Automatic voiding........................................1640
    Exemptions...............................................1678
    K classification.........................................1707
    U classification.........................................1643
    V classification.........................................1706
    Waiver of firearm prohibition............................1763
  Refusals of individual visas...............................1893
  Removal of waiver for certain permanent residents of 
      Canada and Bermuda...............................1729, 1902
  Transit without visa.........1646, 1655, 1710, 1713, 1715, 1883
  Transitional foreign student monitoring program............1905
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act..........................1630
  Visa waiver pilot program:
    Countries eligible.......................................1737
  Visa Waiver Program............................1635, 1732, 1890
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Inspection regulations......................................191
  Market quota program termination............................240
Peer review organizations:
  Name change................................................1103
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Civil..........................................2139, 2473, 3531
    DOL......................................................1810
    ERISA....................................92, 1809, 1815, 1816
    FERC.....................................................4144
    Inflation adjustment.........................1138, 2139, 3531
    Medicaid managed care organizations.................916, 2139
    Medicare and Medigap......................................917
    Medicare+Choice Organizations.......................916, 2139
    Mine Safety and Health Administration....................1825
    Mortgage lenders.........................................1128
    NHTSA....................................................2359
    Nursing homes............................................2139
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................2431
  Immigration................................................1594
  PBGC assessment and relief.................................3754
  Tax shelters...............................................2704
  Treasury...................................................2740
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Administrative review process..............................3755
  Cash balance plans with variable indices...................3756
  Cash or deferred arrangements........................2684, 2686
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age ......50 or over2831
  Deductibility of employer contributions....................2709
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms.........2729
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition........................1811
    Blackout period notice.................................91, 92
    Bona fide wellness program regulations...................1083
    Bonding requirement exemption for certain broker-
	    dealers and investment advisers......................1812
    Bonding rules............................................1813
    Civil penalties....................92, 1809, 1810, 1815, 1816
    Continuation of health care coverage.......................88
    Electronic filing by investment advisers.................1798
    Enforcement of regulations...............................1814
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act....89, 90
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child.............1803
    Mental health benefits parity............................1802
    Multiple employer welfare arrangements...................1804
    Safe harbor requirements.................................1797
    Suspension of benefit regulation.........................1799
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.....................1805
  Filing rules...............................................3751
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.................2870
  Normal retirement age......................................2699
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans......................3752
  Penalties assessment and relief............................3754
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased 
      age....................................................2707
  Refund of mistaken contributions...........................2962
  Required distributions from plans..............2918, 2954, 2955
  Single-employer plans:
    Valuation.................................................151
  Valuation of plan benefits..................................151
Pesticides and pests:
  Active ingredient production.........................3266, 3350
  Antimicrobial pesticides.............................3359, 3368
  Biochemical or microbial products..........................3360
  Boll Weevil Eradication Loan Program........................237
  Canceled or suspended pesticides...........................3371
  Data requirements....................................3358, 3360
  Disposal and storage guidelines......................3366, 3371
  Emergency exemption regulations.............................115
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program......116, 128
  Explosive pest control devices.............................2537
  Groundwater protection.....................................3374
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms.....................267
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides......3363
  National laboratory accreditation program...................169
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program...................3369
  Plant incorporated protectants.................3365, 3372, 3373
  Protection of human research subjects......................3356
  Registration review program................................3362
  Rules of practice..........................................3117
  Storage and disposal.................................3366, 3371
  Tolerance fees.............................................3364

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  Transgenic plants..........................................3370
  Worker protection standards................................3367
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Oil valuation................................................77
  Onshore oil pipelines......................................2415
  Refineries.................................................3329
    Emission standards.......................................3318
    Small business size standard.............................3802
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous 
      waste at petroleum refineries..........................3444
  Toxicity characteristic rule...............................3445
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Aluminum cylinders.........................................2438
  Corrosion control..........................................2447
  Enforcement procedures.....................................2441
  Gas gathering lines........................................2404
  Hazardous substances.....................2419, 2428, 2444, 2449
  High consequence areas for gas transmission operators......2448
  Incident reporting.........................................1457
  Inspection devices.........................................2432
  Integrity management in high consequence areas........111, 2446
  Modifications and repair...................................1472
  National Pipeline Mapping System...........................2414
  Permanent underwater inspections...........................2405
  Pressure testing...........................................2442
  Producer-operated OCS pipelines............................2423
  Regulatory review..........................................2406
  Updates to safety requirements.......................2403, 2422
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Accounting and reporting requirements......................4140
  Assignment of firm capacity................................4145
  Electronic filing of documents.............................4142
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines..............................................4146
  Onshore oil pipelines......................................2415
  Rights-of-way..................................1268, 1465, 1511
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Biological agents and toxins list.............................5
  Endangered and threatened......................1355, 1358, 1391
    Conservation education...................................1383
    Permits for foreign listed species.......................1384
  International standards for wood packing materials..........253
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1242
  National Organic Program standards..........................173
  Noxious weeds:
    Regulations...............................................275
  Plant incorporated protectants.................3365, 3372, 3373
  Transgenic.................................................3384
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations..........................3228
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities.............................3661
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Chilling time and temperature requirements...................16
  Classes of..................................................379
  Commodity recordkeeping requirements........................346
  Disposition and disposal requirements.......................393
  Expressed nutrient content claims...........................391
  Grading................................................184, 193
  Imported....................................................373
  Indemnity payments for avian influenza losses...............264
  Nutrition labeling...........................................20
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.................389
  Substitution of commercial poultry for commodity chicken....346
  Transportation and storage..................................370
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection......................392
  Color additives.............................................388
  Contaminated................................................394
  Food additives..............................................388
  HACCP programs.........................................371, 376
  Ingesta on finished products................................369
  Performance standards:
    Ready-to-eat products......................................18
  Total quality control systems...............................395
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.................................................934
    Resistance labeling.......................................959
  Central fill pharmacies....................................1590
  CHAMPUS Pharmacy Benefits Program......................828, 838
  Child-resistant packaging requirements.....................3959
  Electronic transactions:
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances.........1574
    Prescriptions for controlled substances..................1575
    Retail pharmacies..........................................62
  Labeling.................................................41, 44
  Medicaid drug rebate program...............................1084
  Medicare endorsement for discount programs...........1101, 1102
  Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians.........2999, 3001
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC........................................................4029
Price support programs:
  Tobacco...........................................216, 217, 218
Prisoners:
  Administrative remedy program..............................1560
  Admission and Orientation Program..........................1555
  Aliens' release to immigration authorities.................1549
  Central Inmate Monitoring system...........................1554
  Civil contempt of court commitments........................1528
  Classification and program review..........................1545
  Correspondence.............................................1548
  District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act sentences....1553
  DNA collection and use...............................1756, 3111
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives....................1544
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.......1559
  Good conduct time....................................1527, 1539
    Aliens...................................................1527
  Health care service fees...................................1526
  Legal activities...........................................1533
  Literacy program...........................................1535
  Medicaid coverage rules....................................1025
  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information.......1538
  Occupational educational programs..........................1546

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  Over-the-counter medications...............................1541
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards............1530
  Release regulations........................................1557
  Religious beliefs and practices............................1550
  Suicide prevention program.................................1551
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility.........1536
  Transport of violent prisoners.............................1760
  Visitors...................................................1540
  Volunteer community service projects.......................1531
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism..............................................1552
  Commissary account deposit procedures......................1543
  Commissary privileges......................................1537
  Drug abuse treatment program...............................1525
  Emergencies................................................1556
  Federal Prison Industries contract performance 
      evaluation.............................................3910
  Incoming publications......................................1533
  Infectious disease management..............................1558
  Inmate discipline..........................................1529
  Intensive confinement centers..............................1532
  Postsecondary education programs...........................1534
  Telephone privileges.......................................1537
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing 
      Incentive Grants Program environmental impact 
	  review.................................................1772
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Consumer financial information.............................4202
  Disclosure of court records................................3109
  Federal information resources..............................3668
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program 
      records................................................1786
  Food Stamp Program..........................................320
  Health information..........................................920
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution............3594
  Privacy Act:
    Corporation for National Service.........................3090
    Crop insurance............................................296
    DOC amendments............................................499
    DOJ implementation.................................1524, 1740
    DOT regulations..........................................1959
    EPA regulations..........................................3118
    Exempt systems of records................................2612
    Exemption of FBI records.................................1602
    FHFB regulation..........................................4152
    Food Stamp records........................................349
    GSA policy and procedures................................3564
    INS regulations..........................................1740
    NEH Inspector General investigative files................3641
    OGE procedures...........................................3657
    Peace Corps regulations..................................3748
    SBA records..............................................3776
    VA exemptions............................................2998
  Social security records and information....................3872
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.....................................................1672
  Disaster assistance........................................3544
  Eligibility of immigrants..................................1662
  Welfare-to-Work Program....................................1790
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects......................................3390
  Biological agents and toxins list............................30
  Carcinogen risk assessment.................................3136
  Indian gaming facilities...................................4237
  NIH center grants...........................................987
  NIH training grants.........................................988
  Postmarket surveillance.....................................979
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child.............1803
    Mental health benefits parity............................1802
    NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program..................989
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities............................................922
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.....................1805
  Radiological emergency response plan.......................3332
  Research misconduct.........................................993
  Safeguarding food during transport.........................2433
  Water contamination.........................................144
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Assessment system........................................72, 74
  Capital Fund Program.......................................1202
  Conversion of developments.................................1208
  Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based 
      assistance.............................................1215
  Demolition and disposition.................................1207
  Denial of admission and termination of tenancy for fugitive 
      felons.................................................1205
  Designated housing.........................................1204
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental 
      projects...............................................1163
  Eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States....1223
  Established income range...................................1224
  Excess rental charges......................................1160
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs...................1136
  Homeownership programs.....................................1213
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Eligibility of PHA-owned or controlled units.............1220
    Exception payment standard to offset increase in utility 
        costs................................................1225
    Payment standards protection.............................1217
  Mixed-finance program......................................1203
  Operating Fund allocation formula..........................1222
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program........1206
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance1218
    Downpayment initiative...................................1219
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program:
    Lease-up indicator1221
    Small PHAs.................................................74
  Streamlining and deregulation of plans.......................73
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.....................1133
  Total development cost.....................................1214
  Voluntary conversion to tenant-based assistance............1216
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           Homesteads
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-grants
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Public lands-withdrawal
           Reclamation
  Abandoned mine land reclamation............................1490
  Authorization of law enforcement officers at reclamation 
      facilities.............................................1491
  Desert land entries........................................1496
  Disclaimers of interest....................................1510
  Hazardous substances compliance............................1518
  Indian allotments..........................................1505
  Leases.....................................................1513
  Permit and easements.......................................1513

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  Policy and management................................1495, 1513
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects...........1494
  Recreational use permits.............................1501, 1506
  Subsistence management.1273, 1274, 1285, 1344, 1353, 1401, 1406
  Trespass on reclamation lands and facilities...............1493
  Wilderness management................................1502, 1509
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants...........................................1515
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development................................1514
  Disposal of reserved minerals..............................1497
  Locatable minerals program..................................421
  Mining claims........................................1502, 1521
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Performance standards....................................1516
    Valuation of oil...........................................77
  Revegetation standards.....................................1486
  User fees..................................................1503
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Regulations removal........................................1504
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Mineral examinations.......................................1520
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Publications:
  See Government publications



                            SUBJECT INDEX--R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors28
  DOE requirements............................................886
  Dose methodology...........................................3149
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
      Program.................................................927
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 
      2000...................................................1759
  Radiological emergency response plan.......................3332
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz..................4000
  Amateur radio service......................................3999
  Certification of equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz
      band...................................................4001
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band..........................4063
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.................4081
    Resale of services.......................................4060
    Roaming obligations......................................4060
    Spectrum aggregation limits..............................4079
    Spectrum cap.............................................4064
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS.....................4061
  Competitive bidding process..........................4062, 4069
  Conducted emission limits..................................3992
  Digital audio broadcasting system..........................4045
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band......4008
  FM radio...................................................4040
  Government transfer band...................................3987
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz.........................4074
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz 
      band...................................................4082
  Maritime communications....................................4076
  Maritime mobile services...................................4014
  Market definitions.........................................4051
  Multiple access systems....................................4068
  Newspaper cross-ownership..................................4056
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations...............4055
  Public safety communications requirements..................4067
  Quiet zone application procedures..........................4084
  Railroad standards and procedures...........................110
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum......................3996, 4083
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band........................4009
  Software defined radios....................................3994
  Specialized mobile radio systems...........................4059
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of 
      secondary markets......................................4080
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.......................4075
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band.....................4078
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use...............4078
  Ultra-wideband transmission................................3993
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 
      GHz....................................................3983
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Exposed individual notification requirement................4266
  Packaging and transportation...............................4251
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
           Railroad retirement
  Drug and alcohol testing...................................2381
    Foreign-based train crews................................2383
  Safety regulations.........................................2385
Railroad retirement:
  Account benefits ratio......................................153
  Annuity:
    Age requirement..........................................3768
    Deductions by reason of work.............................3763
    Spouse annuity application...............................3771
  Creditability of pay.......................................3769
  Disability determination..................154, 3764, 3767, 3770
  Electronic filing of applications and claims..........152, 3762
  Employers' contributions...................................3759
  Freedom of information.....................................3766
  Interrelationship with Old-Age, Survivors and Disability 
      Insurance Program......................................3869
  Trial work period, redefined...............................3764
Railroad safety:
  Accident/incident reporting....................2373, 2380, 2390
  Advanced civil speed enforcement system....................2388
  Automatic train control....................................2388
  Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-
      up operations..........................................2378
  Crane safety standards.....................................2386
  Enforcement procedures.....................................2370
  Event recorder crashworthiness.............................2369
  Fixed guideway systems.....................................2395
  Grade crossing and signal systems....................2186, 2201
  Locomotives:
    Cab temperature requirements.............................2387
    Crashworthiness..........................................2368
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment 
      accidents/incidents....................................2380
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees............2374
  Passenger equipment safety standards.......................2389
  Radio communications and train control......................110
  Railroad car conspicuity...................................2372
  Rules of practice..........................................2371
  Safety integration plans...................................2378
  Track maintenance..........................................2379
  Utility employee protection................................2385
  Whistle bans at grade crossings............................2375
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Repayment tax..............................................2856
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance

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  Accounting regulations4355
  Arbitration................................................4353
  Assistance to States.......................................2384
  Estimating variable costs in rate complaint 
      proceedings............................................4351
  Expediting resolution of rail rate challenges..............4352
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................2402
  Locational requirement for dispatching U.S. 
      operations.............................................2382
  Railroad highway projects............................2172, 2186
  Records and report requirements............................4355
  Regulation revision........................................4354
  Small businesses or entities...............................2377
  Stand-alone cost methodology...............................4352
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics...................2433
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  GSA policy update....................................3572, 3573
  GSAR tax adjustment provision..............................3582
  Historic preference........................................3568
  HUBZone program............................................3585
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Authorization of law enforcement officers at reclamation 
      facilities.............................................1491
  Revegetation standards.....................................1486
  Trespass on lands and facilities...........................1493
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...................1563
  National parks regulations.................................1428
  Presidio:
    Management.........................................3757, 3758
  Use permits for public lands...............................1501
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes..........................................3447
  DEAR amendment..............................................900
  Electronic equipment.......................................3439
  Government purchase of recovered materials.................3432
  RCRA burden reduction initiative...........................3428
  Refrigerant..........................................3240, 3241
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Admission based on resistance to coercive population control 
      measures...............................................1694
  Admission procedures.................................1613, 1680
  Guaranty of transportation.................................1680
  Sponsorship agreement......................................1680
Relocation assistance:
  Cost ceiling...............................................3912
  Exclusion of aliens not legally present....................1140
  Prohibition against lump-sum payments......................1140
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Adverse experience reporting.................................31
  Air carriers...................................1934, 1940, 2088
  Annual report for Federal contractors................1873, 1874
  ARMIS reporting requirements.............4105, 4112, 4114, 4115
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation................2477, 2484, 2485
  Breweries..................................................2554
  Carbamates.................................................3456
  Casinos....................................................2486
  Chemical inventory reporting.........................3397, 3415
  Commodity pool operators...................................3934
  Commodity poultry labels....................................346
  DEA............................................1582, 1584, 1585
  DFARS.......................................................803
  Distilled spirits plants...................................2571
  DOI..................................................1454, 1456
  DOT..................................................2199, 2323
  Electronic records management:
    FERC.....................................................4137
    FMC......................................................4162
    NRC......................................................4270
  EPA........................................................3114
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping 
	    rule..................................................148
    Electronic reporting.....................................3134
    Emissions reporting requirements.........................3330
  Exempt Privacy Act systems of records......................2612
  Exports.....................................................531
  FAA........................................................2051
  FCC..................................................4032, 4114
  FDA.....................................................37, 964
  FERC.................................................4140, 4149
  Fishing quotas..............................................604
  Food Stamp Program..........................................340
  Hazardous materials..................................2420, 3396
  HHS........................................................1072
  Honoraria donated to charities.............................3661
  Human cellular and tissue-based products....................971
  Importation and entry bond conditions......................2635
  Infant formula testing......................................968
  Information collection requests.............................143
  INS:
    Material availability requirements.......................1740
  Investment advisers..................................4295, 4315
  Investment companies.................................4300, 4318
  Labor Organization annual financial reports................1778
  Livestock mandatory reporting program.........................1
  Motor carriers.............................................2224
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements.....................1804
  NARA:
    Electronic records transfer options......................3613
    Electronic text documents................................3617
    Freedom of information...................................3615
    Micrographic records management..........................3622
    Plain language revisions.....................3609, 3610, 3620
    Records disposition......................................3621
  National banks.............................................2598
  National Practitioner Data Bank........................980, 982
  NOAA........................................................675
  NRC........................................................4244
  Nuclear material...........................................4250
  OSHA:
    Injuries and illnesses...................................1864
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data................1051
  Peace Corps..........................................3747, 3748
  Rail equipment accidents/incidents...................2373, 2380
  Railroad employers' records and reports....................3759
  RCRA..................................................143, 3428
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same 
      agency.................................................3721

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  Rural Utilities Services....................................465
  Savings associations.......................................2965
  Securities:
    Broker-dealers.........................2596, 4118, 4313, 4329
    Certification of disclosure in quarterly and annual 
        reports..............................................4294
    EDGAR system.................................4281, 4293, 4308
    Filing quarterly and annual reports on Internet 
	    websites.............................................4291
    Foreign issuers..........................................4293
    Large trader reporting system............................4279
  Security futures products..................................4344
  Tax determination on large cigars..........................2541
  Telecommunications operations support systems..............4099
  Tobacco market reporting system.............................212
  Toxic chemical test rules..................................3407
  Toxics Release Inventory.............................3412, 3413
  Train accidents............................................2390
  Treasury.............................................2460, 2842
  Tuition expenses...........................................2916
  Uranium mill sites..........................................893
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.......937
  VA education benefits......................................2992
  Vessel numbering system....................................2015
  Voluntary consensus standards..............................3669
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Marine resources............................................698
  Misconduct..................................884, 993, 995, 3595
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of 
      research chimpanzees....................................992
  NIH center grants...........................................987
  Protection of human subjects..........................994, 3356
  Tax credit for increasing research activities..............2820
Respiratory and pulmonary diseases:
  See Lung diseases
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans......................................2699
  Bonding rules under ERISA..................................1813
  Coordination of health benefits.............................149
  District of Columbia employees.............................3717
  FEHB coverage..............................................3691
  Firefighters...............................................3718
  Government employees...........................3685, 3688, 3689
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act....3720
  Law enforcement officers...................................3718
  Notice to interested parties...............................2953
  Record of employee transferring within same agency.........3721
  Repeal of dual compensation reduction for military 
      retirees...............................................3738
  Required distributions from plans..............2918, 2954, 2955
  TRICARE retiree dental program..............................832
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act...........773
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with 
      disabilities...........................................3087
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program...............205
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.....................1523
  Tennessee River System.....................................3877
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........440, 442, 446, 447
  Business enterprise grants.............................445, 448
  Business investment program.................................441
  Business opportunity grants.................................449
  Economic development loans and grants.......................291
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification 
      purposes................................................468
  Health clinic cost reporting requirements..................1072
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program..................289
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program...................290
    Loans, grants, and programs.......................6, 292, 293
  Regulation streamlining.......................................6
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications 
	    borrowers.............................................455
    Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantees Program.........467
    Demand side management....................................459
    Electric program standard contract forms..................460
    Environmental policies and procedures.....................452
    Extensions of payments....................................456
    General and pre-loan policies.............................463
    Local television station access...........................457
    Mergers and consolidations of borrowers...................469
    Operational control exemptions............................461
    Record retention requirements for borrowers...............465
    Seismic safety requirements...............................464
    Settlement of debt authority..............................458
    Special equipment contract................................454
    Technical assistance grants...............................453
    Telecommunications program................................462
    Useful life of a facility determination...................466
  Technical assistance grants and programs....................288
  Telecommunications system construction policies.............450



                            SUBJECT INDEX--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...................................4237
  Outer Continental Shelf platforms....................1988, 1999
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................4000
    Application and licensing requirements...................4005
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements................4046
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems...............................3984
    Digital audio radio service..............................4008
    Direct broadcast service.................................4013

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    Earth stations.........................4017, 4019, 4023, 4026
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3988, 4019, 4020
    Global mobile personal communications....................4015
    Licensing reform.........................................4022
    Maritime mobile services.................................4014
    Mobile service provider flexibility......................4024
    MSS spectrum allocation......................3982, 4007, 4012
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................4020
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion 
	    of the 36 V-band.....................................4011
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations.........................4010
    Orbital debris mitigation................................4025
    Regulatory policies governing domestic fixed satellites 
	    and separate international satellite systems.........4027
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band............................4009
    Voice and data mobile satellite service..................4006
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act..........4043, 4044, 4046
  Tracking and data relay....................................3599
Savings associations:
  Capital standards..........................................2963
  Customer identification program............................2481
  Recordkeeping requirements.................................2965
  Securities transactions....................................2965
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  EPA........................................................3129
  National Institutes of Health...............................986
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Commodity poultry recordkeeping.............................346
  Eligibility.................................................348
  Plain language revisions....................................363
  Summer food service program.................................366
  Technical amendments........................................368
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations......................347
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Asbestos model accreditation plan..........................3401
  Indian School Equalization Program.........................1449
Science and technology:
  Antarctic meteorite collection.............................3648
  Deemed export rule..........................................527
  DOD grant and agreement regulations.........................768
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3647
  Research misconduct........................................3595
  Rights to inventions........................................750
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and 
      watchkeeping...........................................2016
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Acceleration of filing date................................4286
  Advisor transaction rule...................................4316
  Affiliate transactions...............................4305, 4316
  Auditor independence regulations...........................4348
  Blank check companies......................................4283
  Borrowing transactions.....................................4126
  Broker-dealers:
    Categories of permissible collateral...............2459, 4333
    Customer identification programs.........................2482
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities 
        intermediaries.......................................3924
    Disclosure requirements..................................4341
    Quotation requirements...................................4338
    Recordkeeping requirements...............................2596
    Withdrawal of registration exemption.....................2488
  Cancelled security certificate destruction.................4339
  Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock 
      options................................................2913
  Communications reform......................................4285
  Critical accounting policies...............................4287
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.........2459, 4312
  Customer margin rules......................................4342
  Customer Protection Rule...................................2459
  Definition of terms........................................4332
  Depositories...............................................4319
  Disclosure requirements............4279, 4286, 4287, 4300, 4347
  EDGAR system...................................4281, 4293, 4308
  Electronic signatures................................4323, 4328
  Employer-provided stock option programs....................1777
  Equity securities..........................................4330
  Financial reporting........................................4283
  Foreign issuers............................................4293
  Foreign stock index contracts..............................3927
  Form 8-K disclosure requirements and acceleration of filing 
      date...................................................4289
  Futures products:
    Assessment on transactions...............................4346
    Cash settlement of contracts.......................3939, 4343
    Compliance date for clearance by clearing agency.........3925
    Confirmation requirements of transactions................4345
    Dual registrants.........................................3938
    Exemption from compliance with listing standards.........3936
    Fees on sales resulting from physical settlement of 
        futures..............................................4346
    Margin requirements......................................3937
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards......3926
    Regulatory amendments....................................4344
    Regulatory trading halts...........................3939, 4343
    Reserve requirements for margin..........................4335
  Holding companies..............................4278, 4311, 4321
  Income taxation......................................2777, 2956
  Independent transmission companies.........................4310
  Integrated financial transactions..........................2679
  Investment advisers............................4295, 4296, 4304
  Investment companies.................................4300, 4319
    Disclosure requirements..................................4318
    Mergers of affiliated companies..........................4326
    Money market fund investment.............................4309
    Proxy voting policies....................................4299
    Research and development companies.......................4302
  Lock-up agreements.........................................4284
  Margin regulations review..................................4180
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2692, 2783
  Money market fund exemptions...............................4301
  Mortgage-backed securities:
    Real estate appraisal requirements.......................2609
  Multijurisdictional disclosure system......................4282
  Mutual funds:
    Customer identification program..........................2483
  Net capital requirements...................................4337
  Ownership reports..........................................4292
  Penny stocks...............................................4328
  Qualified purchaser definition.............................4288
  Reorganization events......................................4336
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................4329
    Annual reports and prospectuses..........................4329
    Certification of disclosure in quarterly and annual 
        reports..............................................4294
    Filing quarterly and annual reports on Internet 
	    websites.............................................4291
    Large positions..........................................2460
  Research analyst certification.............................4334
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions...............................................2881
  Savings association transactions...........................2965

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  Short sales................................................4331
  Standardized options:
    Exemption from regulations...............................4290
  Streamlining...............................................4280
  Structural change in settlements of government 
      securities.............................................4340
  Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance 
      products...............................................4303
  Supplemental financial information.........................4349
  Technical amendments to rules and forms....................4327
  Tender and reorganization agents...........................4336
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Biological agents and toxins list.........................5, 30
  Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act....................921
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures..................1552
  DOE contractors.............................................876
  DOE nuclear security activities.............................878
  FDA detention of food in response to bioterrorism threat.....36
  FDA registration of food facilities..........................38
  Federal mail...............................................3584
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.................879
  Identification requirements of immediate previous source 
      and immediate subsequent recipient of foods..............37
  Military installations......................................784
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service Freedom 
      of Information Act program..............................771
  Personnel Security Assurance Program........................880
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States........2130
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation...................................1961, 1963
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.....................1576
  Technical surveillance countermeasures......................765
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes................................................2086
    Airports.................................................2087
  TSA investigative and enforcement procedures...............1970
Seeds:
  Karnal bunt compensation....................................278
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations........................................2619
  Principal residence seizure................................2711
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements..................................3673
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems....................................133
  Sludge use and disposal....................................3486
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs.........844, 3124, 3629, 3635, 3640
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.3557
Sexual harassment:
  Fair Housing regulations...................................1194
Sheep:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments..246
  Brucellosis indemnity.......................................263
  Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program...........197
  Lamb reporting regulations....................................1
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..........................98, 1848
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administrative wage garnishment............................3794
  Business Development Program:
    Technical amendments.....................................3779
  Certified Development Company Programs:
    Local economic development...............................3774
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments............3799
  Debarment and suspension rule..............................3797
  Drug-free workplace requirements...........................3797
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments...........3789
  Government subcontracting..................................3882
  Hearings and appeals procedures............................3807
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program.....................156
  Investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required 
	    reports..............................................3781
    Maximum leverage eligibility.............................3784
    Regulation amendments....................................3809
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments............3782
  Lending company expansion and oversight.....................155
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..............3786, 3799
    Disaster assistance................................3805, 3810
    Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program.....................3806
    Premier Certified Lender Program.........................3787
  Local economic development.................................3774
  National forest land use....................................407
  New Markets Venture Capital program........................3804
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3796
  Partnership agreement between SBA and DoD...................800
  Penalties..................................................2377
  Privacy regulations........................................3776
  Record disclosure..........................................3776
  Rights to inventions...................................750, 752
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program.....................448
  Rural business investment program...........................441
  SBA standards of conduct...................................3775
  SDB Program................................................3780
  Size standards:
    Appeals procedures.......................................3788
    Economic injury disaster loan program....................3810
    Forest-related industries................................3803
    Inflation adjustment.....................................3795
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers.............3801
    Job Corp Centers.........................................3793
    New car dealers..........................................3792
    North American Industry Classification System............3812
    Petroleum refineries.....................................3802
    Small Business Innovation Research program...............3783
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program............................3785
    Testing laboratories.....................................3800
    Tour operators...........................................3791
    Travel agencies....................................3810, 3811
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions........3777
  Small Business Innovation Research Program...........3783, 3808
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program.................3790
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Participation in DOT programs................1920, 1928, 1930
  Surety bond guarantee................................3773, 3785
  Trusts.....................................................2932
  Veteran-owned..............................................3888

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Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Alien applicants...........................................1661
  Annual earnings test.......................................3839
  Assignment of numbers.......................................159
  Benefits to aliens residing outside the U.S................3873
  Claimant identification pilot projects......................160
  Cost-of-living increases...................................3857
  Debarment and suspension...................................3870
  Debt collection........................................157, 158
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof..........................................3861
    Digestive system..........................................164
    Drug addiction or alcoholism.............................3837
    Evaluation process.......................................3841
    Genito-urinary tract.....................................3826
    Immune System............................................3828
    Medical equivalence policy...............................3823
    Mental disorders.........................................3813
    Multiple body systems....................................3827
    Neurological.............................................3830
    Prior period of disability clarification.................3843
    Redesigned process........................................166
    Respiratory disorders..............................3838, 3875
    Skin disorders...........................................3860
    Special senses...........................................3829
  Disability insurance program demonstration project.........3833
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations..............................3864
  Drug-free workplace requirements...........................3870
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits.............3824
  Facility of payment provision..............................3851
  Filing applications and forms..............................3865
  Filing claims against SSA..................................3832
  Grants administration....................3852, 3853, 3854, 3870
  HHS regulation migration to SSA....3817, 3852, 3853, 3854, 3870
  Maximum family benefit.....................................3851
  Medical-vocational guidelines..............................3834
  Non-payment to illegal aliens..............................3836
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information..........3872
  Representative payment procedures...........................161
  Retirement age.............................................3858
  Self-sufficiency incentives................................3821
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees......................3815
  Stepchild benefits.........................................3846
  Veterans' benefits.........................................3866
  Video teleconference technology.............................163
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Benefits for medically recovered individuals.............3845
    Referral for services....................................3867
    Refusal of services......................................3868
  Wage reports...............................................3831
  Work experience as a vocational factor.....................3840
  World War II veteran benefits..............................3844
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program......................202, 207, 229
  Farmable wetlands...........................................229
  Highly erodible land and wetlands...........................478
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations....................................3600
  Authority delegation.......................................3607
  Awards for inventions and contributions....................3606
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.......3598
  Commercial launch activities:
    DOT licenses.............................................2053
  Cooperative agreements with commercial firms...............3605
  Cross-waiver of liability..................................3597
  Drug-free workplace requirements...........................3602
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions........3596,
                                                             3604
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations..............................................636
  Income source rules........................................2888
  National Environmental Policy Act..........................3603
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3601
  Patents and intellectual property rights...................3606
  Research misconduct........................................3595
  Tracking and data relay satellite system:
    Non-government users.....................................3599
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.................................................840
  Student Visitor Information System...........................81
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Sugar program...............................................239
Suicide:
  Prevention program.........................................1551
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.................3460
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates.............3456
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Access to information held by financial institutions........165
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof..........................................3861
    Cardiovascular impairments...............................3835
    Digestive system..........................................164
    Endocrine system and obesity.............................3814
    Genito-urinary tract.....................................3826
    Growth impairment........................................3842
    Hemic and lymphatic system...............................3850
    Immune system............................................3828
    Malignant neoplastic diseases............................3850
    Multiple body systems....................................3827
    Neurological.............................................3830
    Respiratory system.......................................3875
    Skin disorders...........................................3860
    Special senses...........................................3829
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits.............3824
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents..........................3816
    Exclusions..........................................162, 3855
  Overpayment recovery.......................................3874
  Payment of past-due benefits...............................3871
  Transfers of resources.....................................3825
  Trusts.....................................................3825
  Video teleconference technology.............................163
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Benefits for medically recovered individuals.............3845
    Refusal of services......................................3868
Surety bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1648
  Issuance by insurance companies............................2503
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3773, 3785
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites..............................1485

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  Indian lands...............................................1489
Swine:
  See Hogs
Synthetics:
  See Plastics materials and synthetics
Syrup:
  See Sugar



                            SUBJECT INDEX--T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Employment taxes
           Estate taxes
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Annual accounting period...................................2940
  Breweries...................................................112
  Computation on large cigars................................2541
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes..............883
  Escrow funds...............................................2776
  Excise.....................................................2583
  Federal Acquisition Regulation.............................3906
  Foreign trade..............................................2773
  Passive activity losses and credits........................2772
  Real estate taxes..........................................3582
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program..............................2492
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program............................772
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program....................1162
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.......................................4104
  Accounting requirements...................455, 4105, 4114, 4115
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services........4100
  Advanced wireless services.................................3995
  ARMIS reporting requirements.............4105, 4112, 4114, 4115
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers......................................4101
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services........................................4097
    Equipment manufacture....................................4091
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.4110
  Communication intercepting devices..........................525
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........4066
  Competition matters........................................4003
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange 
     carriers................................................4113
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services.........4098
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems...............4065, 4096
  Ex parte rules.............................................4003
  GSA management policy......................................3560
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees..............................................4077
  Interstate special access services.........................4109
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.......4088
  North American Numbering Plan..............................4087
  Numbering Resource Optimization............................4107
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements........4099
  Pole attachments...........................................4039
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate 
      reports................................................1753
  Record retention requirements...............................465
  Relay services.......................................3978, 3979
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program..................462
  Rural areas.......................................450, 455, 465
  RUS special equipment contract..............................454
  Service quality reporting..................................4103
  Spread spectrum devices....................................3989
  Streamlining international services........................4018
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform.....................................4094
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)..........4092
    Equipment manufacture....................................4091
    Individuals with disabilities............................3977
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...3975
    Local competition provisions.............................4095
    Tariff streamlining provisions...........................4093
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...........3976
    Universal service........................................4089
  Toll-free service access codes.............................4090
  Unbundled network elements.................................4108
  Universal service reform...................................4104
  Wireless carriers:
    Spectrum aggregation limits..............................4073
Telephone:
  900-number service.........................................4200
  Access charge reform.................................4094, 4104
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities...........................................3977
  Accounting requirements........................4105, 4114, 4115
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services........4100
  Advertising................................................4200
  ARMIS reporting requirements.............4105, 4112, 4114, 4115
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers......................................4101
  Cost allocation and accounting rules.......................4111
  Customer proprietary network information...................4092
  Depreciation requirements for incumbent local exchange 
      carriers...............................................4113
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services.........4098
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program...................4089
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems...............4065, 4096
  Enhanced services..........................................4097
  Equipment manufacture......................................4091
  International call-back service............................4021
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.....3975
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.4095
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.......4088
  North American Numbering Plan..............................4087
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements........4099
  Relay services.......................................3978, 3979
  Telemarketing Sales Rule...................................4201
  Toll free service access codes.............................4090
  Toll telephone service definition..........................2757
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.............3976
  Unbundling local exchange carriers.........................4102
  Universal Service....................................4089, 4104
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising................................................4033
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services...............................3997
  Children's programming...............................4049, 4050
  Competitive availability of navigation devices.............4037
  Digital television service.................................3986
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial
      licensees..............................................4047
    Children's programming...................................4049
    Review of conversion process.............................4048
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations...............4016
  Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming........4053
  Filing of network affiliation contracts....................4032

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  Medical care telemetry devices.............................3990
  Predicting broadcast television field strength.............3991
  Public interest information................................4052
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz
      spectrum band..........................................4085
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................4043, 4044
  Service rules in UHF spectrum..............................4071
  Video programming accessibility......................4035, 4037
Terrorism:
  FinCEN deterrents..........................................2487
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program........1769
  Small business disaster loan program.......................3810
Textiles:
  Customs regulations........................................2617
  Flammability standards.....................................3940
  Rules of origin............................................2641
  Trade agreements......................................502, 2640
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Disposition of replaced tires..............................2314
  Inspections for vehicles carrying hazardous materials......2235
  Pressure monitoring system.................................2358
  Safety information.........................................2315
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Advisory committee regulations..............................187
  Bond extension filing requirements.........................2543
  Electronic submission of ATF forms.........................2540
  Excise taxes on products manufactured in Canada............2583
  Imported tobacco products................2544, 2545, 2565, 2579
  In-transit stops without payment of tax....................2546
  Loss assistance program.....................................230
  Mandatory grading...........................................190
  Marketing quotas........................212, 216, 217, 218, 230
  Price support programs............................216, 217, 218
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico....................2543, 2564
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S..........2580
  Removal of products from manufacturer's premises for 
      experimental purposes..................................2592
  Reserve stock level revision................................240
  Sale across county lines....................................236
Toiletries:
  See Cosmetics
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade agreements:
  Caribbean Basin country end products.......................3879
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program.........................2640
  DFARS modification..........................................787
  FAR thresholds.............................................3880
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................1695, 2632
    DFARS procurement thresholds.........................804, 805
  Tariff Suspension and Trade Act............................2647
    Adjustment assistance for workers..........................86
  Textile trade agreements........................502, 2617, 2640
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..........2640, 2645
Trade practices:
  Economic Development Administration.........................489
  European Union trade sanctions.............................3920
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures..............4199
  Funeral industry...........................................4197
  Home insulation labeling and advertising...................4195
  Ophthalmic practice........................................4196
  Regulatory review..........................................4193
  Telemarketing Sales Rule...................................4201
  Telephone service..........................................4200
Trademarks:
  Application process.........................................738
  Correspondence addresses....................................745
  Electronic transmission of documents........................749
  Fees...................................................743, 747
  Government products........................................3890
  Madrid Protocol Implementation Act..........................746
  Representation of others before the USPTO...................748
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........................740
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.........1932
  Air pollution control conformity......................123, 3345
  Alcohol screening device for workplace testing.............1958
  Alternative dispute resolution.............................1954
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards....1927
  Buy America requirements...................................2392
  Confidential business information..........................2312
  Debarment and suspension regulations.................1942, 1943
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems.................................3984
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation......1928, 1930
  DOT rulemaking procedure.............................1922, 1960
  Drug and alcohol management information system reporting by 
      employers..............................................1919
  Drug testing of transportation personnel...................1951
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....................1942, 1943
  Electronic docket management system........................1957
  Environmental review.................................2397, 3146
  Ethical conduct standards for employees....................1956
  Hazard communication requirements..........................2407
  Hazardous materials......................2191, 2236, 2427, 2445
  Individuals with disabilities........................1952, 3085
  INS carrier contracts......................................1620
  Interstate ozone transport.................................3322
  Minority business enterprise participation.................1929
  Nondiscrimination....................................1931, 1935
  OSHA standards for traffic control devices.................1871
  Planning...................................................2399
  Planning and research program administration...............2188
  Pre-employment alcohol testing.............................1953
  Protection of sensitive security information.........1961, 1963
  Public availability of information pertaining to 
       individuals...........................................1959
  Radioactive materials......................................4251
  Rate determination appeals.................................3577
  Standard time zone boundary................................1933
  Statewide metropolitan planning................2176, 2183, 2396
  TSA investigative and enforcement procedures...............1970
  Violent criminals..........................................1760
  Wildlife...................................................1244
Travel:
  Small business size standards:
    Tour operators...........................................3791
    Travel agencies....................................3810, 3811
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Appeals procedures.........................................3578
  Deductions for members of Congress.........................2879
  FAR cost principles........................................3911
  FTR amendment..........3567, 3579, 3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 3593
  Government employees.......................................3883
  Payment from a non-Federal source..........................3566

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  Substantiation of incidental expenses................2758, 2759
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention.................................509
  Montreal Protocol....................................3259, 3347
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  Testamentary trusts........................................2818
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis....................................274, 276
  Correctional management....................................1558
  Occupational exposure......................................1860
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products



                            SUBJECT INDEX--U

Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records1786
  Disaster unemployment assistance...........................1791
  Performance system.........................................1793
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities..........................................4321
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites............................................893, 4257
  Mill workers and ore transporters..........................1759
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active processing
     sites....................................................892
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Accounting and reporting requirements......................4140
  Electronic filing of documents.......................4137, 4142
  Electronic service of FERC documents.......................4148
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4321
  Patent applications.........................................742
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers..455
    Electric program standard contract forms..................460
    Environmental policies and procedures.....................452
    Extensions of payments....................................456
    General and pre-loan policies.............................463
    Mergers and consolidations of electric borrowers..........469
    Operational control exemptions............................461
    Record retention requirements for borrowers...............465
    Seismic safety requirements...............................464
    Settlement of debt authority..............................458
    Special equipment contract................................454
    Technical assistance grants...............................453
    Telecommunications program................................462
    Useful life of a facility determination...................466
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers............4136



                            SUBJECT INDEX--V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vaccines:
  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program................983
Vegetables:
  Fresh vegetable definition..................................181
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment.........................255
  National Organic Program standards..........................173
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports......................271
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Anchorage area regulations...........................1992, 2005
  Automatic Identification System......................1981, 2020
  Ballast water exchange guidelines..........................2023
  Coast Guard escort requirements............................2011
  Commercial diving operations...............................2018
  Controlled substances......................................1571
  Deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale.........2636
  Detention of alien crewmen.................................1731
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels...............3499
  Discharge-removal equipment................................2006
  Documentation..............................................1974
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System.........2022
  Eligibility of Great Lakes Maritime Academy graduates for third 
      mate licensing.........................................2001
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations....................3311
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating.............3313
    Spark ignition marine vessels.............................124
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade.....1974
  Liferaft servicing intervals...............................2040
  Naval Vessel Protection Zones........................2039, 2041
  Notice of violation options................................2037
  Notification of arrival..............................2003, 2034
  Outer Continental Shelf..............................1988, 1999
  Passenger vessels:
    Hull examination alternatives............................1994
  Penalties for non-submission of ballast water management 
      reports................................................1983
  Personal flotation device requirements for children aboard 
      recreational vessels...................................1996
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels.........................................4166
  Presentation of manifest to Customs before cargo is laden 
      aboard vessel at foreign port for transport to U.S.....2672
  Regattas and marine parades................................2009
  Safety/security zone regulations.....................1998, 2004
  Salvage and firefighting equipment..........................103
  Security plans.......................................2029, 2030
  Towing vessel operators....................................1986
  Traffic separation schemes...........................2002, 2038
  Vessel Traffic Service.....................................2020
Veterans:
  Acceptable evidence:
    From foreign countries...................................3020
  Acquisition regulations:
    Construction and architect-engineer contracts............3071
    Plain language revisions.................................2994
    Simplied procedures......................................3037
    Small business owners....................................3888
  Additional disability or death caused by VA care or 
        treatment............................................2982
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations..3027, 3029, 3068, 3069, 
                                                             3070
  Advanced health care planning..............................3000
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors.........................1776
  Appeals regulations..................................3052, 3072
    Appeal withdrawal........................................3042
    Attorney fees............................................3074
    De novo review time limit................................3024
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions...........................3039
    Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable 
        error................................................3073

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    Speeding appellate review for aging veterans.............3043
    Title for members of the Board of Veterans Appeals.......3041
    Use of Supplemental Statement of the Case................3044
  Assisted housing:
    Exclusion of disability benefits from income
      calculations...........................................1126
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans3006
    Monetary allowance for children of women Vietnam
       veterans..............................................3065
    Vocational training for children of women Vietnam 
        veterans.............................................3023
  Burial benefits......................................2995, 3045
    Headstones and markers for private cemetaries............3046
    Provisions for capital crimes............................3075
  Children's benefits:
    Health care for women Vietnam veterans' children with birth 
        defects..............................................3006
    Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected 
        disability...........................................3013
  Debt collection............................................2996
  Dependency and indemnity compensation regulations..........2991
  Disability compensation regulations........................2991
  Disability rating:
    Cardiovascular conditions................................3031
    Convulsive disorders.....................................2977
    Digestive system.........................................2978
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs.........................3012
    Hypertension.............................................3031
    Individual unemployability...............................3011
    Malignant neoplasms......................................2988
    Multiple scars...........................................2989
    Neurological conditions..................................2977
    Orthopedic system........................................2976
    Respiratory disorders....................................3031
    Skin conditions..........................................3057
    Spine....................................................2979
    Tinnitus.................................................2985
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits....................2992
    Educational Assistance test program......................3067
    Licensing and certification..............................2983
    Montgomery GI Bill--active duty..............2984, 2986, 3028
    Montgomery GI Bill--selected reserve.........2984, 3034, 3036
    Survivors and dependents.................................3028
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act......3032, 3033
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act........................2980
  Evidence requirements......................................3059
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements...............3021, 3056
  Finality of decisions......................................3017
  Fisher Houses and other temporary lodging..................3008
  Freedom of Information Act.................................3048
  Group life insurance.......................................3062
  Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act.............2975
  Human research subject protection..........................3051
  Income exclusions..........................................3014
  Loan guaranty:
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements.....................3022
    Property improvements definition.........................3058
    Regulation amendments....................................3030
  Medical benefits:
    Drugs and medicines................................2999, 3001
    Extended care services copayments........................3053
    Extension of eligibility.................................3007
    Extension of undiagnosed illnesses presumptive period for 
        Gulf War veterans....................................3025
    Hospital care copayments...........................3009, 3055
    Hospital care, nursing home care, and medical services for 
        Filipino veterans....................................3056
    Non-VA service and care..................................2973
    Physical examinations through age .....................173007
    Priorities for medical services..........................3010
    Reasonable charges for care or services......2974, 3004, 3005
  Medical evaluations:
    Ankylosis................................................3061
    Intervertebral disc syndrome.............................3060
    Limitation in hand movement..............................3061
  Medical opinions rules...............................3019, 3040
  National Service Life Insurance......................3026, 3063
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3047
  Privacy Act exemptions.....................................2998
  Psychosis definition.......................................2981
  Purple Heart priority category.............................3054
  Recognition of organizations and accreditation of 
      representatives for claimants..........................3049
  Recoupment of nondisability severance pay for service-connected 
      disability compensation................................3066
  Rehabilitation programs....................................2987
  Renouncement of benefits...................................3018
  Rules of practice:
    Attorney fees............................................3074
    Clear and unmistakable error.............................3039
  Service connection by presumption of preexisting disease 
      aggravation............................................3029
  Service connection for disabilities incurred or aggravated 
      during inactive duty for training......................3070
  Service connection presumption for cirrhosis of the liver in 
      former POWs............................................2990
  Social security benefits.............................3844, 3866
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era..1776
  State Department as agent..................................3015
  State homes................................................3002
  Testimony certified or under oath..........................3035
  Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care...........114
  VA employee requirements to refer information regarding 
      criminal violations....................................3050
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service:
    Annual report for Federal contractors..............1873, 1874
  Vocational training programs.........................2987, 3064
  Waiver process for copayments..............................2972
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Benefits for medically recovered individuals...............3845
  Referral for services......................................3867
  Refusal of services........................................3868
  Self-sufficiency incentives................................3821
  Veterans.............................................2987, 3064
  Women Vietnam veterans' children with birth defects........3023
Volunteers:
  ACTION Cooperative Volunteer Program.......................3100
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program...................................3099
  DOL regulation.............................................1775
  Foster Grandparent Program.................................3104
  National Senior Service Corps..............................3102
  Peace Corps....................................3744, 3745, 3746
  Prison inmate community service projects...................1531
  Senior Companion Program...................................3103
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes...........................1566



                            SUBJECT INDEX--W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    HHS.......................................................929
    SBA......................................................3794
  Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay...............3712
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments............1775

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  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations.............................1784
  Locality-based comparability payments................3704, 3707
  Pay retention..............................................3709
  Premium pay limitations....................................3711
  Prevailing rate systems..................3705, 3706, 3735, 3736
  Regulation amendments......................................3683
  Salary basis.................................................82
  SSA reports................................................3831
  Tipped employees...........................................1784
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage........................204
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises..2542
  General order merchandise..................................2663
  U.S. Warehouse Act of 2000..................................232
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste................................3441, 3442
  Effluent guidelines..................................3490, 3505
  Financial test criteria....................................3448
  Hazardous waste management...........................2436, 3451
  Iron and steel manufacturing...............................3503
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3438, 3449
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater....................145
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations...........131
  Municipal waste combustion units...........................3267
  Nuclear waste disposal.....................................4259
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes................3440
  Project XL.............3134, 3286, 3327, 3429, 3430, 3440, 3454
  Recycling of hazardous waste in fertilizers................3453
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries................................3444
  Sewer grouting.............................................3393
  Shore Protection Act.......................................3521
  Solid waste disposal:
    Bioreactor landfills...............................3429, 3454
    Guideline revisions......................................3422
    Landfill criteria..................................3188, 3422
    Landfill location restrictions...........................3435
    Landfills and incinerators.........................3186, 3298
    Municipal landfills................................3244, 3434
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods.....................3421
    Research, development, and demonstration permits.........3436
    Solid waste definition....................................132
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule.............................3445
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant compliance criteria......3131, 3354
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste
      mixtures................................................130
  Wastewater treatment sludges...............................3430
  Wet weather condition requirements.........................3477
Watches:
  Duty-free shipments.........................................501
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Clean Water Act.................................118, 3485, 3494
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.................3502
    Cooling water intake structures................136, 147, 3488
    Discharge of fill material definition.....................814
    Fill material definition............................814, 3506
    Mercury analysis...................................3469, 3482
    Product schedule listing requirements....................3466
    Test procedures......118, 3471, 3481, 3494, 3495, 3496, 3497,
                                                             3498
   Detection and quantification procedures for regulated 
        analytes.............................................3470
  Effluent guidelines:
    Animal feeding operations.................................146
    Aquaculture industry.....................................3491
    Coal mining..............................................1487
    Construction and development industry....................3489
    Industrial wastewater.....................................145
    Iron and steel manufacturing.............................3503
    Meat products point source category......................3492
    Pulp, paper and paperboard...............................3504
    Regulatory plans.........................................3505
    Whole effluent toxicity text methods.....................3483
  Marine pollution:
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection......2006
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........2013
    Oil or hazardous substances........................1971, 2008
    Response plans for oil...................................1972
    Tank vessels.............................................2014
  NPDES permits.........................................133, 3501
  Ocean discharge criteria...................................3474
  Pretreatment regulations...................................3500
  Radon......................................................3516
  Sewer collection systems....................................133
  Sludge management programs.................................3486
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.......3468, 3480
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.......................137, 138
  Trace metals criteria......................................3494
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3499
  Water quality cooperative agreements.......................3487
  Water quality standards........................3495, 3496, 3497
    Alabama..................................................3467
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..............3495, 3496, 3497
    Indian country waters....................................3493
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements..807
  Ballast water discharge standards..........................2023
  Colorado River Basin........................................205
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan....................21
  Conservation Reserve Program................................207
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact..147, 3488
  Water Bank Program..........................................205
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.................................3136
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine....................................3517
    Contaminants.....................3507, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3516
    Disinfectants........................................135, 144
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program....116, 128
    Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule.........134
    Methods update...........................................3481
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).................3177, 3518
    Oxygenated fuel additives................................3375
    Six-year review of regulations...........................3508
    State underground injection control programs.............3519
    Test procedures for pollutants...........................3471
    Underground injection control class V wells..............3520
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.......................3513
  Groundwater protection.....................................3374
  Servicing loans and grants..................................451
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
      Waterways
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors

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Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program......................471
Waterways:
  See also Bridges
           Harbors
           Rivers
  Facility response plans for hazardous substances...........2013
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
      Flood plains
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Wheat:
  Crop insurance..............................................305
  Market development for value-added wheat gluten and wheat 
      starch products.........................................398
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection..............................1982
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections..............2198
  Research misconduct.........................................995
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy....................................1334
  Aviation bird encounter regulations........................2141
  Brush-tailed possum........................................1386
  Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances..........1306
  Captive-reared mallards....................................1237
  Conservation Reserve Program................................207
  Eagles.....................................................1366
    Incidental taking........................................1259
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets........1434
  Endangered and threatened................1245, 1310, 1368, 1387
    Conservation education...................................1383
    Permits for foreign listed species.......................1384
  Exotic birds:
    Importation..............................................1311
  Explosive pest control devices.............................2537
  Exportation................................................1244
  Falcons and falconry.................................1248, 1378
  Importation................................................1244
  Injurious............................................1246, 1386
    Black carp...............................................1319
    Snakeheads...............................................1411
  Investigative seizures.....................................1265
  Migratory birds:
    Cormorant damage management program......................1275
    Falconry education permits...............................1378
    Hunting regulations..........................1342, 1354, 1409
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.......................1287
    List revision............................................1307
    Management of resident Canada geese population...........1272
    Permits................................1339, 1363, 1364, 1371
    Rehabilitation activities................................1339
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..................1305, 1402
    Take by Federal agencies.................................1371
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program.....................1236
  Permit procedures..........................................1239
  Polar bear trophy importation..............................1288
  Restoration programs.......................................1241
  Safe harbor agreements.....................................1306
  Seabirds....................................................571
  Subsistence management...................1273, 1274, 1285, 1406
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians............1243
  Transportation.............................................1244
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program.............................1283
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1250, 1261
  Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program.........................481
Wildlife refuges:
  Federal Lands Highway Program..............................2164
  Mission, goals, and purposes...............................1318
  National Wildlife Refuge System............................1318
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..............1286, 1410
Wine:
  Ameliorating of non-grape wines............................2515
  Dried fruit wines..........................................2511
  Exports....................................................2505
  Honey wines................................................2511
  New grape variety names petitioned.............2522, 2585, 2587
  Recodification of Part .................................2512584
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.......2572
  Sherry.....................................................2508
  Standards of fill..........................................2507
  Taxes................................................2549, 2550
  Viticultural areas....2512, 2513, 2514, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 
            2520, 2521, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2529,
            2530, 2531, 2532, 2533, 2534, 2552, 2555, 2573, 2589,
                                                             2590
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child...............1803
  Nutrition education participant contacts....................319
  Violence against women grant programs......................1770
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.......................1805
  Women-owned businesses:
    Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program......................798
    Government subcontracting................................3882
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Exclusion of military housing payments....................351
    Food package revisions......................................7
    Plain language revisions..................................364
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics................504, 2668
  Refund of duties paid on select products...................2660




                            SUBJECT INDEX--Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act sentences....1553
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..........343
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