[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions] [Subject Index to the Unified Agenda] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA [[Page 75737]] 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 [[Page 75738]] 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 [[Page 75739]] 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 [[Page 75740]] 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 [[Page 75741]] 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 [[Page 75742]] 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 [[Page 75743]] 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 [[Page 75744]] 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 [[Page 75745]] 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 [[Page 75746]] 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 [[Page 75747]] 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 [[Page 75748]] 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 [[Page 75749]] 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 [[Page 75750]] 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 [[Page 75751]] 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 [[Page 75752]] 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 [[Page 75753]] 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 [[Page 75754]] 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 [[Page 75755]] 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 [[Page 75756]] 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 [[Page 75757]] 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 [[Page 75758]] 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 [[Page 75759]] 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 [[Page 75760]] 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 [[Page 75761]] 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 [[Page 75762]] 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 [[Page 75763]] 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 [[Page 75764]] 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 [[Page 75765]] 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 [[Page 75766]] 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 [[Page 75767]] 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 [[Page 75768]] 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 [[Page 75769]] 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 [[Page 75770]] 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 [[Page 75771]] 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 [[Page 75772]] 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 [[Page 75773]] 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 [[Page 75774]] 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 [[Page 75775]] 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 [[Page 75776]] 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 [[Page 75777]] 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 [[Page 75778]] 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 [[Page 75779]] 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 [[Page 75780]] 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 [[Page 75781]] 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 [[Page 75782]] 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 [[Page 75783]] 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 [[Page 75784]] 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 [[Page 75785]] 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 [[Page 75786]] 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 [[Page 75787]] 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 [[Page 75788]] 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 [[Page 75789]] 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 [[Page 75790]] 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 [[Page 75791]] 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 [[Page 75792]] 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 [[Page 75793]] 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 [[Page 75794]] 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 [[Page 75795]] 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 [[Page 75796]] 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 [[Page 75797]] 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