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Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 101 / Tuesday, May 27, 2003 / Subject 
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Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 101 / Tuesday, May 27, 2003 / Subject 
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                F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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Accidents:
  See Safety
Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension2492, 2498, 2877, 3997.................
Accounting:
  Audit requirements for grants and contracts1813................
  Audit requirements for savings associations2882................
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions1812, 2905.....................................
  Change in method definition2576................................
  Cost accounting standards3572, 3765............................
  Delay rental payments2717......................................
  Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial and 
      commodity instruments4233..................................
  DOI cost recovery1615, 1624....................................
  Employee stock ownership plan costs3534........................
  FERC asset retirement regulations4015..........................
  FMS claims2394, 2399...........................................
  Foreign exchange operations2398................................
  International accounting standards4237.........................
  Local exchange carrier requirements3982........................
  Maritime mobile radio services3891.............................
  Mark-to-market accounting2704, 2711............................
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs3538.........................
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers274...........
  Revision of OMB Circular A-1273535.............................
  Third-party contracts2834......................................
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
  AID2975........................................................
  CNCS2996.......................................................
  Coast Guard1101................................................
  DOI1358, 1562..................................................
  DOT1875........................................................
  EPA3026, 3263..................................................
  FCC3880........................................................
  FDA766.........................................................
  FTC4068........................................................
  FWS1367........................................................
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings1873............................
    BLM1627......................................................
    CNCS2989.....................................................
    DOI1360, 1607................................................
    Medicare enrollment881.......................................
    NIGC4107, 4108...............................................
    OGE3529......................................................
    OHA1354......................................................
    OPM3555......................................................
    Peace Corps3625..............................................
    Public lands cases1353.......................................
    RRB3650......................................................
    SBA3676......................................................
    Treasury Department2498, 2579................................
    USDA30, 254, 255.............................................
    VA2902, 2945, 2948, 2967, 2968...............................
  HUD1267........................................................
  INS1727........................................................
  IRS2706, 2773, 2858............................................
  OPM3565........................................................
  OTS2878........................................................
  Peace Corps3626, 3629..........................................
  Registration of drug producers769..............................
  Rulemaking:
    DOT1871......................................................
    GSA3432, 3439................................................
    IRS2809......................................................
    NRC4142......................................................
    SSA3693......................................................
    TSA1188......................................................
    USDA190......................................................
  SSA3735........................................................
  USDA122, 131, 132..............................................
  VA2905, 2946...................................................
Adoption and foster care:
  Administrative costs944........................................
  Alien siblings981..............................................
  Intercountry adoptions979, 1054................................
Advertising:
  Alcoholic beverages2459, 2472..................................
  Credit unions4093..............................................
  Home insulation4070............................................
  Investment companies4205.......................................
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages2457.....................
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings4069..........................
  Television3908.................................................
  Unfair or deceptive practices4076..............................
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions954.........................................
  Designated public housing1325..................................
  National Senior Service Corps2994..............................
  Nondiscrimination:
    Department of State1851......................................
    DOD585.......................................................
    DOL1773, 1806................................................
    EEOC3425.....................................................
    FEMA1224.....................................................
    GSA3450......................................................
    HUD1302......................................................
    NEA3504......................................................
    NEH3509......................................................
    NRC4128......................................................
    NSF3518......................................................
    SSA3739......................................................
    USAID2978....................................................
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program156....................
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton57....................
  AID transactions2975...........................................
  Cargo preference regulations2347...............................
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program216.........................

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  Cotton9, 14, 19................................................
  Cottonseed Payment Program33...................................
  Crop disaster program32........................................
  Emerging markets program211....................................
  Exports211, 217................................................
  Grains136, 137, 141, 142.......................................
  Hurricane assistance for sugarcane producers34.................
  Karnal bunt compensation68.....................................
  Mark-to-market accounting2711..................................
  National Organic Program3, 4, 15...............................
  Nursery crops121...............................................
  Nursery stock importation80....................................
  Ocean freight claims41.........................................
  Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments7..........
  Peanut program23...............................................
  Pecans126......................................................
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act16......................
  Plant Variety Protection Services22............................
  Quality Services Verification Program12........................
  Rice143........................................................
  Specialty crops215.............................................
  Sugar beets32..................................................
  Tobacco:
    Burley31, 46.................................................
    Flue-cured11, 47, 54.........................................
    Mandatory grading21..........................................
    Marketing quotas31, 42, 45, 46, 47, 54, 55...................
    Price support program31, 45, 46, 47, 54, 55..................
    Tobacco Payment Program62....................................
  Tomato125......................................................
  Trade adjustment assistance program for farmers213.............
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts35.........................
  Wheat gluten and wheat starch products214......................
Agricultural research:
  Funding requirements103........................................
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions101.......
  Non-formula grant program administration104....................
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Adjudication regulations254....................................
  Administrative regulations122, 131.............................
  Agricultural innovation centers261.............................
  Agricultural Management Assistance Program293..................
  Allocation of funds265.........................................
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment79........
  Biobased products252...........................................
  Conservation security program289...............................
  Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs70..
  Debarment and suspension regulation250.........................
  Drug-free workplace regulation250..............................
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry3382...............
  Emergency Conservation Program39...............................
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program288......................
  Environmental Quality Incentives Program292....................
  Farm and ranch land protection program295......................
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Acreage reporting60..........................................
    Assistance for livestock producers50.........................
    Bioenergy program52..........................................
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program262, 268, 269...
    Conservation Reserve Program49...............................
    Direct and counter-cyclical payments58.......................
    Equitable relief61...........................................
    General credit provisions59..................................
    Income limits53..............................................
    Loan eligibility with prior debt forgiveness25...............
    Rural Business Enterprise Grant program267...................
    Tree assistance program51....................................
  Farm Loan Program29............................................
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders43...................
    Disaster set-aside program44.................................
    Farm loan availability in the event of a national security 
        emergency27..............................................
    Interest assistance program40................................
    Minor farm loan program24....................................
    Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and 
        ranchers253..............................................
    Primary loan servicing44.....................................
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs38.......
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments43........
    Selection of state and county committees28...................
    Subordination requirements43.................................
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions101, 102.......................................
  Hog imports from Europe99......................................
  Intermediary relending program263..............................
  Nonprocurement regulations251..................................
  Pseudorabies in swine77........................................
  Technical assistance and training108...........................
  Third-party vendor assistance294...............................
  Use of nonroad diesel engines for crop irrigation3174..........
  Value-added producer grants261.................................
  Worker protection standards3249, 3260..........................
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program1311, 1314..
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program825....................
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas2508............................
  Airport certification2011......................................
  Aviation data requirements1866.................................
  Cargo security1176.............................................
  Compensation procedures1869....................................
  Competitiveness1874, 1891......................................
  Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) system2060........
  Computer reservations system1874, 1889.........................
  Continuing fitness determinations1865..........................
  Delays and cancellations2353...................................
  Direct flight, definition1897..................................
  Disability related complaints1882..............................
  Discrimination complaints1843..................................
  Fees charged by airports2061...................................
  Flight deck officer program1177................................
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency telephone number requirements2323..................
    International standards2332..................................
  Incidents involving animals2029................................
  Income source rules2574........................................
  Interstate authority1891.......................................
              Maintenance of and access to records pertaining to 
        individuals1885, 1887, 1888....................................
  Noise certification standards2014..............................
  Overbooking of flights1872.....................................
  Passenger facility charge rule2024.............................
  Passengers:
    Entry/exit data system for aliens1161........................
    International-to-international program1141, 1142.............

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    Manifest information1894, 2529...............................
    Nondiscrimination1867, 1900..................................
    Oxygen use1893...............................................
    Passenger Name Record information2533........................
    Passenger Origin-Destination Survey2352......................
    Security service fee1178, 1903...............................
    Transit without visa1148, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1167.............
  Seats, crashworthiness standards2001...........................
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators1191.........
  Security infrastructure fees1179, 1904.........................
  Security measures2057..........................................
  Suspension of privilege to transport aliens to the United 
      States1151.................................................
  Transportation of animals on international carriers87..........
  Universal child seats2258......................................
  Visa Waiver Program1164........................................
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention3034, 3177, 3178..................
  Acid Rain Program3212..........................................
  Air quality modeling3039, 3090.................................
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations3186................................
  Air quality standards3074, 3179, 3181..........................
  Alternative method approvals3079, 3160.........................
  Ambient air quality monitoring3044, 3075, 3234.................
  Asphalt roofing and processing3114.............................
  Best available retrofit technology3076.........................
  Boilers3097....................................................
  Carbon monoxide3179............................................
  Chemicals3095, 3109, 3302......................................
  Chromium emissions3115, 3182, 3204.............................
  Clean Air Act3038, 3049, 3058, 3101, 3155, 3156................
  Clean unit designation3215.....................................
  Combustion turbines3108........................................
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems3080....................
  Delisting hazardous pollutants3049, 3056, 3205.................
  Electric arc furnace3106.......................................
  Electric utility steam generating unit MACT regulation3050.....
  Emergency episode requirements3214.............................
  Emission control diagnostic systems3078, 3158..................
  Emissions monitoring program3045, 3080, 3107, 3210.............
  Emissions standards:
    Aircraft engines3081.........................................
    Coke ovens3042, 3052, 3124...................................
    Compliance certification requirements3152, 3161, 3239........
    Highway motorcycles3150......................................
    Hydrogen fluoride production3042.............................
    Municipal landfills3223......................................
    Navajo generating station3084, 3085..........................
    New marine engines3042, 3233.................................
    New motor vehicles3061, 3167, 3170, 3241.....................
    Nonroad diesel engines and fuel3060, 3174....................
    Nonroad spark-ignition engines3219...........................
    Performance criteria3047.....................................
    Permit requirements3042......................................
    Potential to emit3184........................................
    Radionuclides3086, 3224......................................
    Semiconductor facilities3042, 3098...........................
    Spark ignition marine vessels3150............................
    VOC standards3059, 3175......................................
  Emissions trades3072...........................................
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry3118...............
     Fuels and fuel additives3031, 3036, 3077, 3163, 3169, 3172, 
        3240, 3242.....................................................
  Gas turbines3056, 3091.........................................
  Gasoline anti-dumping program3082, 3149, 3166, 3171............
  Halons3154.....................................................
     Hazardous air pollutants3035, 3040, 3049, 3091, 3094, 3095, 
           3096, 3097, 3109, 3109, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3113, 3114, 3115, 
        3116, 3122, 3123, 3183, 3222, 3223, 3293.......................
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities3327......................
  HCFC allowance distribution system3220.........................
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington3157.......
  Inspection/maintenance programs3032, 3071, 3073................
  Internal combustion engines3096................................
  Iron and steel industry3092, 3093..............................
  Lime manufacturing industry3116................................
  MACT standards3050, 3098, 3122, 3123, 3223.....................
  Metal parts and products coating industry3117..................
  Methyl bromide3153, 3238.......................................
  Mobile sources3162, 3211.......................................
  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program3088............
  Municipal landfills3223........................................
  Municipal waste combustion units3221...........................
  NESHAP:
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities3190............
    Aluminum production industry3140.............................
    Asphalt/coal tar application3127.............................
    Benzene waste operations3134.................................
    Brick manufacturing3135......................................
    Ceramics3128.................................................
    Chlorine production3136......................................
    Chromium electroplating3125..................................
    Chromium emissions3182.......................................
    Clay products manufacturing3135..............................
    Control technology determinations for major sources3139......
    Delegations' provisions3132..................................
    Elastomers3183, 3206.........................................
    Engine Test Facilities3129...................................
    Ethylene oxide for sterilization facilities3191..............
    Ethylene processes3141.......................................
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry3118.............
    Friction products manufacturing industry3225.................
    Fumed silica production3126..................................
    Gasoline distribution facilities3133, 3192...................
    General provisions3055, 3139.................................
    Halogenated solvent cleaning3200.............................
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP3137, 3207...........................
    Hazardous waste combustors3352...............................
    Hydrochloric acid production3089.............................
    Industrial process cooling towers3194........................
    Lead smelting3197............................................
    Magnetic tape manufacturing3201..............................
    Marine tank vessel loading operations3195....................
    Metal furniture surface coating3111..........................
    Metal parts and products coating industry3112, 3117..........
    Metal pipes3127..............................................
    Miscellaneous coating manufacturing3099......................
    Natural gas production3189...................................
    Non-metallic minerals processing3121.........................
            Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk 
        standard3176...................................................
    Oil production3189...........................................
    Organic liquids3123..........................................
    Paper and other web coating3222..............................
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities3030, 3196..........
    Pesticide active ingredient production3226...................
    Petroleum refineries3138, 3203...............................
    Plastic parts and products3113...............................
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance3055..............
    Polymers and resins3193, 3206, 3208..........................
    Polyurethane foam production3131.............................
    Portland cement manufacturing industry3051, 3227.............
    Predictive emission monitoring3046...........................
    Primary aluminum reduction plants3054........................
    Printing and publishing industry3048, 3202...................
    Publicly owned treatment works3228...........................
    Pulp and paper production3217................................
    Revision of area source category list3230....................

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    Rubber tire manufacturing3142................................
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating3198.............
    Site remediation3122.........................................
    Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production3053..........
    Source categories3055, 3139..................................
    Synthetic organic chemicals3207..............................
    Taconite iron ore processing3130.............................
    Thermoplastics3183, 3208.....................................
  New source performance standards3106, 3185.....................
  New source review3146, 3215, 3232..............................
  New stationary sources3042.....................................
  Nitrogen oxides3057, 3212, 3360................................
  Non-metallic minerals processing3121...........................
  Opacity measurement of emissions3045, 3100.....................
  Operating permits3063, 3064, 3164, 3213, 3239..................
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    1-hour standard3173..........................................
    National ambient air quality standards3043...................
        Protection of stratospheric ozone3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 
           3153, 3154, 3154, 3155, 3156, 3187, 3220, 3235, 3236, 3237, 
        3238...........................................................
    Transport3057, 3087, 3102, 3144, 3188, 3209..................
  Paint stripper users3040.......................................
  Particulate matter3107, 3180...................................
  PCB manufacturing3290..........................................
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels3083.............
  Plastic composites manufacturing3094...........................
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing3110...................
  Polymer exemption rule3270.....................................
  Prevention of significant deterioration3215....................
  Process heaters3097............................................
  Project XL3022, 3143, 3175, 3217, 3328.........................
  Regional haze rule3147.........................................
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances3178.......................................
    Public access to information3177.............................
  Solid waste incinerators3145, 3185.............................
  Source category list3035, 3229.................................
  State implementation plans3043, 3232...........................
  Sulfur oxides3069, 3147, 3181..................................
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing3103..................
  Transportation conformity3058..................................
   Volatile organic compounds3033, 3041, 3059, 3103, 3105, 3119, 
        3120, 3159.....................................................
  Voluntary superior monitoring3216..............................
  Weyerhaeuser sulfite mill3231..................................
  Wood furniture industry3120, 3199..............................
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements1866.................................
  Rebating international fares1898...............................
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
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics1873.........................................
  Certification of screening companies1195, 2062.................
  DOD Quality and Safety Review Program648.......................
  Excise taxes2570, 2672, 2779...................................
  Hazardous substances2309, 2332.................................
  Nondiscrimination1867, 1900....................................
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts1979.............................................
   Airworthiness directives and standards1977, 1993, 1995, 1996, 
        1997, 1998, 2023, 2043, 2050, 2078.............................
  Area navigation1990............................................
  Bird strike requirements2056...................................
  Cargo airplane traffic alert and collision systems2063.........
  Certification procedures for products and parts2010............
  Child restraint systems1982....................................
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements2049........................
  Corrosion control program2005..................................
  Emergency exits2054............................................
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines3081.....................
  Export licensing jurisdiction338...............................
  Fire protection2078............................................
  Fire safety standards for cargo/baggage compartments2059.......
  Flight data recorder regulations2007, 2025, 2036, 2049.........
  Flightdeck security on large cargo airplanes2038...............
  Float plane take-off and landing1089, 1939.....................
  Fractional ownership2013.......................................
  Government property management3466.............................
  Hazardous material recognition training1984....................
  Hazardous material transportation2311..........................
  Helicopters2014................................................
    Training and experience requirements for pilots2081..........
  Improved seats retrofit2001....................................
  Light sport aircraft:
    Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft2016..........
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft2003...........................................
  Noise requirements1988, 2023...................................
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities643............
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes2067.
  Private charter security rules1182, 1907.......................
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification1988, 2023..
  Registration requirements2077..................................
  Rotorcraft1993.................................................
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service594.................................................
  Screening for individuals seeking aviation training1746........
  Security of checked baggage1196................................
        Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or 
        more1181, 1906, 2073...........................................
  Service difficulty reports2079.................................
  Surplus military2002...........................................
  Transponders2004, 2048.........................................
  Transport category:
    Airspeed indicating system2065...............................
    Airworthiness directives and standards1989, 2017, 2019, 2020, 
        2021, 2022, 2027, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2066, 2075, 2076...........
    Electrical equipment2045, 2046, 2047.........................
    Emergency announcements on public address systems2017........
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures2041............
    FAR/JAR harmonization actions2009............................
    Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation 
        materials2008............................................
    Flight requirements2021......................................
    Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
        airplanes2030, 2035......................................
    Fuselage door design standards1987...........................
    Low speed stall2051..........................................
    Lower deck service compartment voice communication2020.......
    Material strength properties and design values2018...........
    Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage2045..........
    Powerplant controls2027......................................
    Powerplant installation requirements2019.....................
    Pressurization and pneumatic systems2066.....................
    Protective breathing equipment2022...........................
    Revised checked pitching maneuver2074........................
    Trim systems2022.............................................
  Water landing survival equipment2000...........................
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act599..................
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen

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Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Civil penalties2040............................................
  Criminal history background checks1193, 2069...................
  Drug abuse2039.................................................
  Drug or alcohol test refusal1992, 2064.........................
  Picture identification requirements2031........................
  Rest and duty requirements2042.................................
  Security disqualifications2034.................................
  Training and certification1983.................................
              Training and experience requirements for operating 
        helicopters2081................................................
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas2508............................
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation1878..........
    Size standards1886...........................................
     Criminal history background checks for escorted access1172, 
        1909...........................................................
  Criminal history background checks for operators1193, 2069.....
  Customs security area access2531...............................
  Delays and cancellations2353...................................
  Elimination of overbooking signs1872...........................
  Fees charged to air carriers2061...............................
  Landing systems2006............................................
  Municipal solid waste landfill location restrictions3334.......
  Reimbursement of security compliance costs2026.................
  Screeners' qualifications, training, and testing2071...........
  Security2053, 2072.............................................
  Security compliance program1192................................
  Transit without visa1148, 1160.................................
Airspace:
  Grand Canyon National Park1980, 2012, 2068, 2082...............
  Landing systems2006............................................
  Los Angeles International Airport2037..........................
  Niagara Falls2070..............................................
  NOAA overflight regulation457..................................
  Objects affecting navigable airspace1994.......................
  Reduced vertical separation minimum2028........................
  Regulations, routine issue of1999..............................
  Use and preservation of1986....................................
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing1992.............................................
  Aviation personnel2015.........................................
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers1868..............................................
  Motor carrier post-accident test results2144...................
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated2214................
  Railroad employee testing2283, 2284............................
  Testing following marine incident1073, 1946....................
  Transportation workplace testing1890...........................
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  ATF authority2481..............................................
  ATF reorganization2480.........................................
  Distilled spirits plant regulations2466, 2471..................
  Flavored malt beverages2412....................................
  Health claims in labeling and advertising2472..................
  Health warning statement2473...................................
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising2457.................
  Saccharin disclosure2464.......................................
  Sake regulations2462...........................................
  Standards of fill2410..........................................
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products2468...............................................
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Address notification1211.......................................
      Adjustment of status976, 982, 988, 1011, 1028, 1030, 1036, 
        1037, 1040, 1071...............................................
  Adoption of alien siblings981..................................
  Affidavit of support1008.......................................
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act983, 1676
  Arriving aliens definition1153.................................
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students3733.............................
  Asylum1029.....................................................
    Claims made at land border ports-of-entry1001................
    Dismissal of application974..................................
  Aviation training screening1746................................
  Battered and abused spouses and children1006, 1719.............
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of1154...........................................
  Children:
    Certificate of citizenship application1032...................
    Child Status Protection Act1056, 1058........................
  Civil surgeon program990.......................................
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage1019..................................
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal986..............
  Crew list visa elimination1853.................................
  Criminal convictions1725.......................................
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses1206.............................................
  Custody procedures1210.........................................
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds1067.
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General1207................................
    Suspension1014, 1719, 1722...................................
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal1209.....
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents1043.
  Employment:
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants1027..
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements1065.........................................
    EB-5 classification1055......................................
    Eligibility verification1066, 1069...........................
    Employer sanctions1217.......................................
    International broadcasters1034, 1856.........................
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications1035
    Remedies against employers hiring H-1B visa workers over 
        equally qualified U.S. workers1721.......................
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor996...............
    Verification documents1004, 1064.............................
  Entry/exit data system1161.....................................
  Exchange visitors:
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System1049, 1216....
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System1852..............
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement757, 987.....
  Expedited removal of jailed criminals1218......................
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry1155........
  Family Unity Program1009.......................................
  Fingerprinting1003, 1013, 1022, 1025...........................
  Firearm purchase requirements1689..............................
  Good conduct time for prisoners1638............................
  Guam Visa Waiver Program1147, 1165.............................
  Health care workers1010, 1854..................................
  Illegal entry989...............................................
  Inadmissability970.............................................

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    Criminal grounds1057.........................................
    Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid 
        taxation977..............................................
  Inspection and expedited removal1170...........................
  International-to-international program1141, 1142...............
  Issuance of new or replacement visas1857.......................
  Juveniles972...................................................
    Criminal records1003.........................................
    Processing, detention, and release of1214....................
  Labor certification process1775................................
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act1037, 1039..................
  Manifest requirements2529......................................
  Medical examination requirements990............................
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers991..............
  Medicare benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in 
      U.S.916....................................................
  National interest waivers for physicians1023...................
  NATO civilian employees975.....................................
  Non-deportation agreement1204..................................
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status1031.....................
    Actuaries1026................................................
    Admission period for B visitors1042..........................
    Admission requirements1047...................................
    Automatic voiding989.........................................
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study1046.....
    Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau1021............
    Construction work by B visitors984...........................
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students998..............................................
    Disclosure of information1060................................
    Duration of status limitations995............................
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas1002............
    Extending period of duration1068.............................
    Fees for F, J, and M classes1215.............................
    Firearm prohibitions1691.....................................
    Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program1017........
    K classification1039.........................................
    Law enforcement initiatives1197..............................
    Nurses1024, 1778.............................................
    Plant pathologists1026.......................................
    Reduced course load for students at border communities1050...
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents1038.......
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students1061.............................................
    Temporary workers996, 1767...................................
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity985, 992, 1041....
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
               entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin 
        Islands1168....................................................
    Waiver of firearm prohibition1743............................
  Parole authority1018, 1199.....................................
  Permanent resident status1005, 1033, 1725......................
  Prostitution1198...............................................
  Refugee status1016.............................................
  Registration requirements1069..................................
  Release to immigration authorities1655.........................
  Religious workers973...........................................
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda1162................................................
  Removal orders1205.............................................
  Removal proceedings1170........................................
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents2772...........................................
  Returning residents1143........................................
  Security threat assessment of FAA certificate holders and 
      applicants1185.............................................
  Social security benefits for lawfully present aliens1007.......
  SSA regulations3742............................................
  Suspension of airline's privilege to transport aliens to the 
      United States1151..........................................
  Syrian nationals1040...........................................
  Temporary protected status1063.................................
  Termination of lawful permanent resident status through 
      abandonment994.............................................
  Trafficking victims1208........................................
  Transit without visa1148, 1150, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1167...
  Unlawful presence989...........................................
  Verification of eligibility for public benefits1012............
  Vessel crewman detention1163...................................
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act983...........................
  Visa Waiver Program1164, 1169..................................
  Waiver of fees980..............................................
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Animal diseases:
  Avian influenza86..............................................
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy91, 94, 209, 777...............
  Bovine tuberculosis92, 95, 100.................................
  Brucellosis85..................................................
  Chronic wasting disease in elk67...............................
  Cost-sharing for emergency programs70..........................
  Foot-and-mouth disease82, 93...................................
  Infectious salmon anemia83.....................................
  Pseudorabies in swine77........................................
  Reestablishing a region as free of a disease72.................
  Trichinae Certification Program71..............................
Animal drugs:
  Animal Drug Availability Act766................................
  Investigational use766.........................................
  Presubmission conferences for applicants807....................
      Requirements for records and reports concerning experience 
        with816........................................................
Animal welfare:
  Biological agents and toxins list96............................
  Incidents occurring on air carriers2029........................
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement75.......................
  Marine mammals66, 378, 380, 422, 496, 499, 531, 551, 553, 1427.
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees824.............................................
  Potentially dangerous animals84................................
  Transportation on international carriers87.....................
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Exports:
    Alligators, live1384.........................................
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act2524...............................
    Hogs from Europe99...........................................
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals813.................................................
  Transgenic3298.................................................
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition3171...
  Sunset reviews318..............................................
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances

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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
  NARA:
    Classified national security information3488.................
    Debarment and suspension rule3494............................
    Drug-free workplace requirements3494.........................
    Electronic records transfer options3496......................
    Electronic text documents3495................................
    Freedom of information3492...................................
    Nondiscrimination3484, 3490..................................
    Official seals and logos3489, 3497...........................
    Phone numbers for facilities3493.............................
    Presidential library facilities3491..........................
    Public use of facilities3487.................................
    Records management program3483...............................
    Records use restrictions3486.................................
    Research room procedures3485.................................
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Army:
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements642...................
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan638.................
    Environmental quality requirements634........................
    ESA scope of analysis641.....................................
    Natural disaster procedures637...............................
    Permit regulations639........................................
    Protection of historic properties636.........................
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''635..
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program640..................
  CHAMPUS651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 662, 667...
    TRICARE649, 650, 660, 661, 663, 664, 665, 666................
  Coast Guard:
    Ballast water discharge standards1125, 1129, 1130, 1951......
    Board for Correction of Military Records1902.................
    Cargo securing1122, 1942.....................................
    Commercial diving operations1120, 1936.......................
    Conforming definitions to statutory changes and Presidential 
        Proclamations1949........................................
    Deep water ports1088, 1935...................................
    Eligibility of Great Lakes Maritime Academy graduates for 
        third mate licensing1140, 1968...........................
       Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters1110, 1114, 
        1923...........................................................
     Facility response plans for hazardous substances1091, 1116, 
        1925...........................................................
    Marine Safety and Environmental Protection1932, 1933.........
    Merchant mariners1929, 1933..................................
    Natural resources protection1945.............................
    Notifications of arrival or departure1094, 1960..............
    Numbering of undocumented barges1117, 1927...................
    Permit procedures1954........................................
    Personnel training and qualifications1940....................
    Propeller injury prevention1124, 1950........................
    Regulated navigation areas1115, 1924.........................
    Rules of practice1101........................................
    Safety and security zone regulations1107, 1913, 1952.........
    Security plans1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967.............
    Tank vessel response plans for hazardous substances1926......
    Territorial seas and navigable waters regulations1093........
    Towing vessel operators1085, 1928............................
    Vessel response plans for oil1084, 1091, 1119................
    Whistleblower protection1079, 1971...........................
  Discharge standards for vessels3391............................
              Incidental take of migratory birds during military 
        readiness1416..................................................
  Navy:
    National Environmental Policy Act644.........................
    Navy Regulations647..........................................
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities643..........
    Professional conduct of attorneys practicing under the 
        supervision of the Judge Advocate General646.............
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements645...........
  Reemployment3561...............................................
  Selective service regulation3651...............................
  Surplus aircraft2002...........................................
Arms and munitions:
  ATF reorganization2480.........................................
  Brady Bill regulations1682.....................................
  Commerce in1688................................................
  Dual-use items341..............................................
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations1840.
  Explosives safety596, 1083, 1684...............................
   Export controls310, 323, 333, 360, 362, 366, 371, 1858, 1859, 
        1860, 1861, 1862, 1863.........................................
  Inventory requirements1692.....................................
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions1691............................
  Residency requirements for purchasers1689......................
  Response site prioritization protocol575.......................
  Secure gun storage1683.........................................
  Waiver of firearm prohibition for nonimmigrant visa holders1743
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit1799.............................................
  Model accreditation plan3288...................................
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  ATF2474, 2475, 2481, 2482......................................
  Banks2376......................................................
  Civil penalty issuance1718.....................................
  DHS967.........................................................
  DOD601.........................................................
  EPA3014........................................................
  FCC3948........................................................
  FDIC4000.......................................................
  FEMA1234.......................................................
  FERC4023.......................................................
  HUD1309........................................................
  Immigration judges1718.........................................
  INS1723........................................................
  International Traffic in Arms Regulations1863..................
  IRS2773, 2858..................................................
  Personnel and general claims settlement580.....................
  STB4243, 4245..................................................
  VA2953.........................................................
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft2003.............................................
  Air tour and sightseeing operations1978, 1985..................
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit2001...........................
  Airplane operator security2052.................................
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations1995..................

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   Airworthiness directives and standards1977, 1987, 1993, 1997, 
        2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2043, 2066, 2075, 2076, 2078...........
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs2015............
  Bird strike requirements2056...................................
  Cargo security1176.............................................
  Civil aviation security rules1180, 1905........................
  Civil penalty assessment procedures2040........................
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security1894.................
  Corrosion control program2005..................................
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures2041..............
  Fire protection2078............................................
  Flight rules1996, 1998, 2037, 2080.............................
  Flight simulation device qualification2044.....................
  Flightdeck officer program1177.................................
  Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
      airplanes2030, 2035........................................
  Flightdeck security on large cargo airplanes2038...............
  Foreign air carriers:
    Security programs2057........................................
  Freight:
    Passenger aircraft cargo2058.................................
  Fuel tank vent protection2050..................................
  Hazards to air navigation1994..................................
  Light sport aircraft2016.......................................
  Material strength properties and design values2018.............
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers1893.......................
  Pilot rest and duty requirements2042...........................
  Power level settings for turbo-propeller-powered airplanes2067.
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators1191.........
  Security fees1903, 1904........................................
  Security of checked baggage1196................................
        Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or 
        more1181, 1906.................................................
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants1184, 1185, 1912.................................
  Service difficulty reports2079.................................
  Training and equiping flight crews with firearms1885...........
  Transponder requirement2004, 2048..............................
  Vision enhancing equipment2032.................................
  Water landing survival equipment2000...........................


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Accountant debarment and suspension2877, 3997..................
  Agency reorganization4002......................................
  Appeals process for claims3991.................................
  Assessments3988................................................
  Availability of deposit insurance brochures3993................
  Contractor conflict of interests3999...........................
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States4088......
  Depository institution checks3993..............................
  Filing procedures3996..........................................
  For State banks chartered as limited liability companies4001...
  Living trust accounts3993......................................
  Transactions between insured depository institutions and their 
      affiliates4066, 4067.......................................
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility3348..............................
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 information3727..................................
  Accountant debarment and suspension2492........................
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations2403........................
  Bank Enterprise Award program2370..............................
  Bank Secrecy Act2376, 2377, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2389, 2391.......
  Broker-dealer registration requirements4229....................
  Capital4053....................................................
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury2393..........................
  Community Development Financial Institutions program2355, 2371.
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations2496, 2880, 3998, 4062...
  Consumer regulations review4047................................
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments2381......
  Customer identification program2378, 2385......................
  Debarment and suspension2369...................................
  Deposit accounts4063...........................................
  Due diligence requirements2384.................................
  Electronic funds transfer2396, 3459............................
  Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve banks4064..............
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations2495, 2879, 3989, 4056....
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights3845..........................................
    Disclosure and reporting requirements3844, 3849..............
    Funding and fiscal affairs3839, 3840, 3850...................
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments3854............
    Governance of institutions3844...............................
       Loan policies and operations3833, 3836, 3837, 3838, 3839, 
        3840, 3846, 3848, 3850.........................................
    Mission-related investments3835..............................
    Priority of claims3851.......................................
    Scope of financing regulations3834...........................
  Financial crimes enforcement network2388, 2390, 2392...........
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers2364................................
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens2772...................................
    Right to Financial Privacy Act961............................
    Simplified capital framework3992.............................
  Financial subsidiaries2365, 2366...............................
  Holding companies4052, 4053, 4057, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4164
  Identity verification program2490..............................
  International banks2486, 4174..................................
  Intraday extensions of credit to affiliates4067................
  Market risk measure3995........................................
  Merger applications4000........................................
  Minimum capital ratios2483.....................................
  Money laundering deterrents2377, 2389..........................
  Regulation DD4063..............................................
  Regulation U4055...............................................
  Risk-based capital standards3995, 4051.........................
  Safety and soundness standards2487.............................
  Securities borrowing transactions3995..........................
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives3994..
    Recordkeeping requirements2484, 3990.........................
  State banks:
    Chartered as limited liability companies4001.................
       Membership in the Federal Reserve System4049, 4050, 4052, 
        4053, 4058.....................................................
  Thrift institutions4188........................................
  Time accounts4063..............................................
  Transactions between banks and their affiliates4066, 4067......
  Transactions of affiliate with foreign parent307...............
  Truth in lending4047...........................................
  Truth in savings4046, 4063.....................................
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers

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Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Brewery forms2479..............................................
  Brewery regulations2409........................................
  Flavored malt beverages2412....................................
  Labeling and advertising regulations2459.......................
  Malt beverage labeling2461.....................................
Bees:
  Importation79..................................................
Bicycles:
  Handlebar performance standard3812.............................
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Adverse experience reporting810................................
  Bacterial vaccines and toxoids809..............................
  Bar code label requirements803.................................
  Biological agents and toxins list96, 764.......................
  Cellular therapy products814...................................
  General safety test exceptions814..............................
  Informed consent regulations795................................
  Spore-forming microorganisms791................................
  Standardized electronic study data787..........................
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices799........................
  Hepatitis C virus799...........................................
  Hospital conditions of participation885........................
  Safety standards770............................................
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds1202...................................
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds1203..................
  Multi-family housing bonds2606.................................
  Private activity2707, 2810.....................................
  Refunding issue2761............................................
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program3652, 3664....................
  Surety bond issuance2407.......................................
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor2085, 2101.........
  Drawbridge operation1076, 1113, 1922, 1955.....................
  National Bridge Inspection Standards2086.......................
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Annuity broker qualifications1742..............................
  Categories of permissible collateral2356, 4230.................
  Customer identification programs2386, 3808.....................
  Customs broker license examination dates2542...................
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries3802
  Disclosure requirements4232....................................
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers3800....................................
  Net capital requirements4218...................................
  Not deemed to be investment advisers4201.......................
  Quotation requirements4227.....................................
  Recordkeeping requirements3990.................................
  Registration requirements for banks4229........................
  Reporting suspicious transactions2380..........................
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities1265, 1675, 2984.......
  Asbestos3288...................................................
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses1880.........
  Antilock brakes2199............................................
  School:
    Flammability of interior materials2185.......................
    Operations2297...............................................
  Testing guidelines2299.........................................
  Wheelchair restraints2256......................................
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 control3190....................................
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation1878, 1886....
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control3114....................................
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions2554........
  Brick and structural clay products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control3135....................................
  Cement manufacturing industry3051, 3227........................
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control3095, 3103, 3109........................
    Control of PMNs3280..........................................
    Hazardous wastes listing3319.................................
    Manufacture3273, 3279, 3284, 3285, 3300......................
    Pollution standards3290......................................
    Sustainable futures program3302..............................
  Commercial diving operations1120, 1829.........................
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay984................................
    National Construction Safety Team Act372, 373................
  Effluent guidelines3371, 3382..................................
  Entertainment industry2718.....................................
  EPA operating permits3063, 3064, 3164, 3239....................
  Financing cooperative stock257.................................
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures4073..............
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based products811, 812.............
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control3116....................................
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control3111, 3112..............................
  Miscellaneous coating manufacturing3099........................
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control3119, 3158..............................
    Fuel economy credits2195.....................................
    Metric conversion2257........................................
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control3222....................................
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control3030, 3196..............................
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Effluent guidelines3364......................................
    Manufacturing changes797.....................................
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control3113....................................
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control3110....................................

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  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control3131....................................
  Printing and publishing3048, 3202..............................
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations3381.....................................
    Emissions reduction3217......................................
    Project XL3029, 3143.........................................
  Rubber tire manufacturing3142..................................
  Stock transfer rules2581, 2724.................................
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control3053....................................
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control3120, 3199..............................


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform3911...........................................
  Cost of service3905............................................
  Customer service standards3906.................................
  Digital must carry requirements3916............................
  Home wiring rights3909.........................................
  Horizontal ownership limits3917................................
  Pole attachments3914...........................................
  Rates3904......................................................
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment3025.................................
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act1787.......................
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Load line requirements1086...................................
    Numbering of undocumented barges1117, 1927, 1930.............
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters1122, 1942.............
  Confidentiality protection of manifest information2535.........
  Deepwater port regulations1088.................................
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes1083, 1920....
  Manifest discrepancy reports2511...............................
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts1110, 1114, 1918......................................
    Foreign1917..................................................
    Oil pollution prevention1918, 3398...........................
    Response plans1084, 1091, 1119, 1926, 1945...................
    Towing vessel safety measures1085, 1102, 1932................
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits2903.........................................
Census data:
  Certification process313.......................................
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes311............
  Disclosure of information2845..................................
  Geographically updated population certification program314.....
  Special services and studies309................................
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Appeals and hearings procedures665.............................
  Authorized providers649........................................
  Beneficiaries age 65 and over659...............................
  Claimcheck denials appeals process655..........................
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program661................
  Double coverage654, 667........................................
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision652............
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care651........................
  Individual Case Management Program658..........................
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials656...
  Pharmacy Benefits Program657...................................
  Prosthetic devices coverage653.................................
  Regulation amendments662.......................................
  Special supplemental food and nutrition education program666...
  Third-party recoveries667......................................
  TRICARE650, 657, 659, 660, 661, 663, 664.......................
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Air pollution control3103......................................
  Assessment information rule3284................................
  Chemical inventory reporting3311...............................
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act1708............................
  Drinking water regulations3407, 3412, 3416, 3418, 3420.........
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program3246, 3253....
  Flame retardant substances3274.................................
  Gamma butyrolactone1713........................................
  Health and safety reporting rule3285...........................
  Helium conservation1611........................................
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals3282.....................
  Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for3823...
  New use rules for PMNs3280.....................................
  OSHA dermal testing3283........................................
  Ozone depleting:
    Essential use allowances3237.................................
    Halons3154...................................................
    Methyl bromide3065, 3153, 3238...............................
    Reconsideration of petition criteria3236.....................
    Refrigerant recycling3155, 3156..............................
    Sales restrictions3068.......................................
    Substitutes3066, 3187, 3235..................................
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls3301...................................
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid1700......
  Polychlorinated biphenyls3290, 3291, 3324......................
  Polymers and resins3183, 3270..................................
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys3828.................................
  Registration and reregistration fees1701, 1709.................
  Right-to-Know initiative3297, 3303, 3305.......................
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)3282......................
  Sustainable futures program3302................................
  Test rules3281, 3292, 3296, 3299...............................
  Toxic substances3273, 3279.....................................
  Toxic Substances Control Act3268, 3287, 3298...................
  Toxicity profiles3271..........................................
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive3272...........
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications3309..................
    Chemical expansion3313.......................................
    Coal3306.....................................................
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds3308.........................
    Metal mining3307.............................................
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements3315........
    Reporting requirements3307, 3310.............................
    Review of chemicals on original list3314.....................
  Use inventory rule3300.........................................
  Used in manufacture of controlled substances1694, 1711.........
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations1761......................................
  Schooling, health, and well-being1761..........................
Child support:
  Customer service annual state self-assessment953...............
  Expenditures for caseworker costs943...........................
  Federal Tax Refund Offset949...................................
  Payments to Indian tribes946...................................
     Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act947.........................................................

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  Safeguarding information941....................................
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
  Aliens:
    Battered children1006, 1719..................................
  At-risk afterschool suppers148.................................
  Indian child protection programs821............................
  NIH training grants823.........................................
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
              Designation of agencies to receive and investigate 
        reports1738....................................................
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products801................................................
  State Children's Health Insurance Program853, 895..............
  Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
      facilities760..............................................
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico2447........
  Customs regulations2416........................................
  Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars2448........
  Importation of products, papers and tubes2449..................
  In-transit stops without payment of tax2427....................
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S.2463.........
  Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages2424...
  Removal of products without payment of tax2420.................
  Shipment of products without payment of tax2417................
  Tax computation on large cigars2413............................
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Child Citizenship Act1032......................................
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits1052...............................................
  Employment authorization1027...................................
  Judicial review of INS decisions993............................
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities1051...............
  Revoking grants of naturalization1020..........................
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update2985..............
  Equal Credit Opportunity Act4065...............................
  FMCSA financial assistance recipients2115......................
  Food Stamp Program data collections164.........................
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination1806, 3450.................................
    Air carriers1843.............................................
    CNCS2992.....................................................
    Department of State1851......................................
    DHS964, 965, 966.............................................
    DOC299.......................................................
    DOD585.......................................................
    DOE723.......................................................
    DOI1357......................................................
    DOJ1679, 1681................................................
    DOL1808, 1832................................................
    DOT1879, 1883................................................
    Federally assisted programs723, 1806, 2987, 3500, 3740.......
    FEMA1224.....................................................
    Group health plans906........................................
    GSA3436, 3451, 3452, 3454....................................
    HHS753, 904, 907.............................................
    HIPAA1788, 2735, 2736, 2737..................................
    HUD1253, 1259................................................
    Individuals with disabilities3449, 3624, 3626, 3740..........
    NARA3484, 3490...............................................
    NASA3477.....................................................
    NCUA4081.....................................................
    NEA3504, 3505, 3626..........................................
    NEH3505, 3509, 3517, 3626....................................
    NRC4128......................................................
    NSF3518......................................................
    OFHEO3520....................................................
    SBA3670......................................................
    SSA3739, 3740................................................
    TVA3751......................................................
    USAID2978....................................................
    VA2951.......................................................
  Older individuals954...........................................
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure3626...
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CNCS debt collection2995.......................................
  Collection by installments2404.................................
  DoD authority587, 588, 589.....................................
  DOE debt collection727.........................................
  Filing claims against SSA3726..................................
  Filing claims to TSA1174.......................................
  FMS payments2394, 2399.........................................
  HHS745, 746....................................................
  HHS administrative wage garnishment756.........................
  Oil Pollution Act procedures1072...............................
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 20001740.....
  SBA debt collection3669........................................
  Seized property1744............................................
  SSA debt collection3691, 3720..................................
  Veterans:
    Debt collection2904..........................................
Classified information:
  Access581......................................................
  Critical infrastructure information956.........................
  Determining eligibility for access to DOE material714..........
  DHS regulations963.............................................
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings958.............................................
  Disclosure of records in litigation2363........................
  NARA regulations3488...........................................
  OMB policies3536...............................................
  Research involving human subjects671...........................
  Storage582.....................................................
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites1594.....................................
  Coal management:
    Noncompetitive leases1632....................................
    Provisions and limitations1632...............................
  Coalbed methane development1622................................
  Combustion wastes3343, 3344....................................
  Toxics Release Inventory3306...................................
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  TVA shoreline management3750...................................
  Waste deposit prevention3422...................................
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program36.......................................
    Corps of Engineers program640................................
    Minimal effects exemptions291................................

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    Wetland Program Development Grants3380.......................
Collective bargaining:
  See Labor management relations
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens1031...............
  Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act1747...........................
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students998................................................
  DOT grants1875.................................................
  Extension of DFARS contract goals for minority institutions620.
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions101, 102..............
  Grants administration584, 1245, 1247, 1267.....................
  Hazardous laboratory waste management3342......................
  Information reporting for qualified tuition expenses2855.......
  INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research1045...
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities1050............................................
  Transfer of excess Federal property298.........................
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Broker-dealers:
                    Derivatives transaction execution facilities 
        intermediaries3802.............................................
  Bunched orders3809.............................................
  Commodity pool operator:
    Exclusion from definition3805................................
    Registration exemption4189...................................
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Exemption from requirements3805..............................
    Participant fee exemptions4217...............................
    Performance disclosures3806..................................
  Customer identification programs3808...........................
  Denomination of customer funds3810.............................
  Depository institutions3802....................................
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities3802...............
  Farm credit system institutions3802............................
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers3800....................................
  Foreign futures and options contracts3804, 3807................
  Grading and certification of livestock1........................
  Hybrid instrument regulation3801...............................
  Location of depositories3810...................................
  Reporting levels for large trader reports3811..................
  Reporting suspicious transactions2380..........................
  Reserve requirements for margin4223............................
  Security futures:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards3803......
    Registration requirements for banks4229......................
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs4044..............................
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management1656....................................
  Interstate quarantine of persons763............................
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act3962....................................................
  Amateur radio service3879......................................
  Auction authority3948..........................................
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers3978......................................
  Biennial review3878............................................
  Broadcast ownership rules review3933...........................
  Broadcast station construction permits3913.....................
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services3987.
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band3939..........................
  Commercial mobile radio services3936, 3940, 3955, 3957.........
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS3940............................................
    Narrowband3937...............................................
    Process3945..................................................
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz3938.........................
  Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy3872.......
  Dedicated Short Range Communications2095.......................
  Digital audio broadcasting3920.................................
  Emergency Alert System3861.....................................
  Emergency Broadcast System3861.................................
  Equal employment opportunity rule3930..........................
  Excise tax2555, 2672, 2779.....................................
  FCC ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings3880..............
  FM radio3915...................................................
  Government transfer band3867...................................
  Horizontal ownership limits3917................................
  Informal complaints3860........................................
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees3953..............................................
  International call-back service3895............................
  Interstate special access services3986.........................
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz3950.........................
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band3958.......................................
  Maritime3935, 3952.............................................
  Multiple address systems3944...................................
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations3931...............
  North American Numbering Plan administration3964...............
  Public safety communications requirements3943..................
  Quiet Zone application procedures3960..........................
  Radio market definitions3927...................................
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets3956................................................
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum3876, 3959......................
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band3886........................
  Regulatory fees3934............................................
  RF lighting devices3865........................................
  Satellite:
    Application and licensing requirements3883...................
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements3921................
    Dedicated Short Range Communications of Intelligent 
        Transportation Systems3864...............................
    Digital audio radio service3885..............................
    Direct broadcast service3890.................................
    Earth stations3893, 3897, 3902...............................
    Fixed-satellite services3868, 3894, 3902.....................
    Global mobile personal communications3892....................
    Licensing reform3896.........................................
    Maritime mobile services3891.................................
    Mobile service provider flexibility3898......................
    MSS spectrum allocation3862, 3884, 3889......................
    Non-geostationary orbit3894..................................
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band3888...............................................
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations3887.........................
    Orbital debris mitigation3899................................
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act3918, 3919..............
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band3886............................
    Voice and data mobile satellite service3900..................
  Securities Act reform4171......................................
  Software defined radios3874....................................
  Spectrum aggregation limits3949................................
  Spectrum allocation3864........................................

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  Spread spectrum systems3869....................................
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services3951.................
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band3954.....................
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use3954...............
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities3903..................
  Truthful statements to the FCC3882.............................
  TV:
    Access in non-served and under-served areas275...............
    Advertising practices3908....................................
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules3877.......................
    Cable Act3905, 3911..........................................
    Cable television rates3904...................................
    Children's programming3925, 3926.............................
    Competitive availability of navigation devices3912...........
    Digital must carry requirements3916..........................
    Digital television service3866, 3922, 3923, 3925.............
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations3924.............
    Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming3929......
    Filing of network affiliation contracts3907..................
    Predicting broadcast television field strength3871...........
    Public interest information3928..............................
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band3961.................................................
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act3918, 3919..............
    Service rules in UHF spectrum3947............................
    Video programming accessibility3910, 3912....................
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission3873..........................
  Unbundled network elements3985.................................
  Unbundling local exchange carriers3979.........................
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz3863....
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems3946....................
  Video teleconference technology3721............................
  Wide area SMR licensing3963....................................
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services3875........................................
    Medical Telemetry Service3870................................
    Telecommunications carriers3949..............................
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act3962............
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints3860........................................
  Streamlining procedures for transfers of control3983...........
  Toll free service access codes3967.............................
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities1316...............
  Renewal communities1316........................................
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 activities1310...................................
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities1317..
    Revitalization strategy1313..................................
    Slum and blight prevention1310...............................
  Community Development Financial Institutions program2355, 2371.
  Community services block grant program:
    Charitable Choice provisions951..............................
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons1321
  Environmental regulations111...................................
  National bank investments2491..................................
  SBA:
    HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program3671..................
    Local economic development3658...............................
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets217................
  Air carriers1891...............................................
  American Automobile Labeling Act2251...........................
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act983, 1721
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act983............
  Cable television companies3909.................................
  Communications Act3937, 3938, 3940.............................
  OPM regulations3540............................................
  Television marketplace3904, 3912...............................
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems709...........
  Acquisition regulations3446....................................
  Buy America requirement waiver2301.............................
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software352............
  Electronic filing2504..........................................
    Bonds, agreements, certificates, and cancellations2142.......
    DOT proceedings1899..........................................
    Investment advisers1782, 4202................................
  Electronic records3495, 3496...................................
  Electronic signatures:
    TTB2435......................................................
  Electronic submission:
    Documents4038................................................
    Labeling information800......................................
    Payee statements2742.........................................
  Exports340, 346, 347, 348, 365.................................
  Information technology exchange program3551....................
  Internet:
    GOV domain3463...............................................
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)324.............
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment3339.....
  Security training3570..........................................
  Small businesses:
    Information technology value added resellers3674.............
  Stored-value cards4048.........................................
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  DOT regulations2209............................................
  EPA regulations3024............................................
  NRC regulations4149............................................
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements652........................................
  DOE736.........................................................
  EPA3011........................................................
  Ethical conduct3501, 3512, 3533................................
  Ethics programs3532............................................
  Exemptions3527.................................................
  FDIC3999.......................................................
  Financial disclosure3526.......................................
  OGE Privacy Act rules3529......................................
  Post-government employment3528.................................
  Standards of conduct3530, 3630, 3631...........................
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Alien workers984...............................................
  Confined spaces for construction1815...........................
  Effluent guidelines3372........................................
  Electric power line worker safety1817..........................
  Hearing loss prevention1836....................................
  Hoisting equipment safety1837..................................
  National Construction Safety Team Act372, 373..................
  Storm water regulations3403....................................
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 163827..............
  Alternative fuel labeling requirements4075.....................

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  Baby bath seats3822............................................
  Bicycle handlebars3812.........................................
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard3826...............................
  Cable home wiring rights3909...................................
  Candles and candle wicks containing lead3829...................
  Child-resistant packaging3825..................................
  Crib safety standards3818......................................
  Disclosures4076................................................
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles3824........................................
    Mattresses/bedding3821.......................................
    Upholstered furniture3817....................................
  Household goods transportation2121.............................
  Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard 
      for3823....................................................
  Hunting tree stands3815........................................
  Infant formula quality control793..............................
  Lead-based paint3278...........................................
  Lighters3814...................................................
  Model rocket propellant devices3831............................
  Natural rubber latex3819.......................................
  Over-the-counter drugs765......................................
  Playground equipment made from chromated-copper-arsenate 
      treated wood3813...........................................
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys3828.................................
  Portable bed rails3820.........................................
            Product registration cards for products intended for 
        children3830...................................................
  Snowmobile auxiliary lighting systems3816......................
        Standards of conduct for attorneys practicing before the 
        CPSC3832.......................................................
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans1582............
  Leasing sulphur or oil and gas1575, 1586, 1593.................
                Safety zones around petroleum and gas production 
        facilities1098, 1134, 1135, 1952...............................
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 disease778..............
Cotton:
  Acreage determination for skip-row cotton57....................
  Cottonseed Chemist Licensing Program9..........................
  Cottonseed Payment Program33...................................
  Futures contracts19............................................
  User fees for crop cotton classification services14............
Countervailing duties:
  Sunset reviews318..............................................
Courts:
  Civil contempt commitments1639.................................
  CSOSA:
    Acceptance of gifts3000......................................
    Use of agency seal2999.......................................
  Disclosure of records3001......................................
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule3002........................
    DNA collection and use1741, 3004.............................
    Sex offender registration in the District of Columbia3003....
           Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to 
        subpoenas1323..................................................
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Credit unions
           Mortgages
           Banks, banking
  Debt collection:
    Administrative wage garnishment756...........................
    DHS960.......................................................
    DoD587, 588, 589.............................................
    DOE727.......................................................
    DOL1795......................................................
    FEMA1230, 1244...............................................
    FERC4021.....................................................
    HHS745, 746, 750, 756........................................
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset2401...
    Salary offset746.............................................
    SBA3669......................................................
    SSA3691......................................................
    Taxpayer identification number requirement1243...............
    Treasury2360, 2400, 2405.....................................
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity2406.........................
  Equal credit opportunity4047, 4065.............................
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations3989, 4056................
  Partners and partnerships2800..................................
Credit unions:
  Advertising4093................................................
  Bank Secrecy Act compliance4082................................
  Board meeting procedures4086...................................
  Chartering4102.................................................
  Corporate credit unions4100....................................
  Customer identification program2385............................
  Description of NCUA4097........................................
  Employee benefits4092..........................................
  Fair credit reporting4080......................................
  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts4087, 4098.............................................
          Insurance requirements for branches outside the United 
        States4088.....................................................
  Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement revision4094..........
  Investment and deposit activities4089..........................
  Low-income status designation4103..............................
  Maximum borrowing authority4085................................
  Member business loans4084......................................
  Nondeposit investment sales4079................................
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs4081...........
  OMB control numbers4090........................................
  Prompt corrective action4096, 4101.............................
  Regulatory publication and review4099..........................
  Request for NCUA action4097....................................
  Share insurance rules4083......................................
                  Treatment of swap agreements in liquidation or 
        conservatorship4095............................................
  Truth in Savings rule4091......................................
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children1006, 1719...........
    Criminal convictions1725.....................................
    Criminal grounds of inadmissibility1057......................
    Custody procedures1210.......................................
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses1206.............................................
    Expedited removal from jails1218.............................
    Trafficking victims985, 1041, 1208...........................
    Victims of crime985, 992.....................................
  Arson reporting1690............................................
  Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act1747...........................
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies1750...........
  DNA collection and use1741, 3004...............................
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System1732..........
  Offender supervision:
    Administrative sanctions schedule3002........................

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  Prostitution1198...............................................
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
              Designation of agencies to receive and investigate 
        reports1738....................................................
  Seized property1744............................................
  Sex offender registration programs1731, 1747, 3003.............
  Sex offender release notification1648..........................
  United Nations Convention Against Torture1015..................
  VA employee requirements for referral of information2971.......
  Victims of Crime Act1751, 2919.................................
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations123, 124, 128, 132...................
  Application for117.............................................
  Blueberries120.................................................
  Civil penalties119.............................................
  Cotton57.......................................................
  Dry beans and peas134..........................................
  Grains127, 134.................................................
  Movement or assumption of policies118..........................
  Nonstandard classification system128...........................
  Nursery crops121...............................................
  Pecans126......................................................
  Premiums129....................................................
  Processing tomato crop provisions125...........................
  Producer disqualification for fraud48..........................
  Quality Assurance and Performance Measurement System124........
  Regulation revisions56, 130, 133...............................
  Rice134........................................................
  Safflower134...................................................
  Sunflowers134..................................................
  Wheat127.......................................................
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure1818......................................
Cultural exchange programs:
  Student Exchange Visitor Information System1049................
  Summer work/travel1850.........................................
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas2508............................
  African Growth and Opportunity Act2519, 2537...................
  Aircraft manifests2529.........................................
  Airport security area access2531...............................
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act2536............
  Bond obligations2532...........................................
  Broker license examination dates2542...........................
  Charge for reimbursable Customs inspectional services2522......
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment2553................
  Commercial information confidentiality2543.....................
  Conditional release period2532.................................
  Counterfeited trademarks2515, 2528.............................
  Country of origin marking2516..................................
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises2416..
  Delinquent payment2505.........................................
  Dog and Cat Protection Act2524.................................
  Drawback2530...................................................
  Electronic filing of entries of merchandise2504................
  Fee and interest:
    Payment methods2517..........................................
  Harbor maintenance fees2512, 2513..............................
  In-transit mail shipment examination2506.......................
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S.2547.........
  North American Free Trade Agreement2510, 2514..................
                Performance of business by parent and subsidiary 
        corporations2534...............................................
  Ports of entry2545.............................................
  Preferential treatment of brassieres2540.......................
  Prior disclosure2509...........................................
  Processing fees at express courier facilities2538..............
  Prototypes used in product development and testing2525.........
  Reconciliation2503.............................................
  Refund of duties paid on select wool products2541..............
  Softwood lumber from Canada2546................................
  Tariffs:
    Liquidation of entries2501...................................
  Textile and apparel products:
    Rules of origin2550..........................................
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos2502.............
  User and navigation fees2518...................................
  User fees2523..................................................
  Watches and jewelry320.........................................


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Inspection and grading service for manufactured or processed 
      products2..................................................
  National Dairy Promotion and Research Program8.................
  Transportation and storage204..................................
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  Accountants2498................................................
  AID2980........................................................
  CNCS2990.......................................................
  DHS968, 1235...................................................
  DOC315.........................................................
  DOD597.........................................................
  DOE738.........................................................
  DOI1355........................................................
  DOJ1755........................................................
  DOL1809........................................................
  DOT1895, 1896..................................................
  ED670..........................................................
  EPA3015........................................................
  FAR3775........................................................
  FMCS3429.......................................................
  GSA3460........................................................
  HHS754.........................................................
  HUD1260........................................................
  IMLS3502.......................................................
  NARA3494.......................................................
  NEA3507........................................................
  NEH3514........................................................
  OPM3611........................................................
  Peace Corps3632................................................
  SBA3680........................................................
  Social Security Administration3736.............................
  Treasury2369...................................................
  USDA250........................................................
  VA2955.........................................................
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

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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 practice773.........................
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease778..............
Disability benefits:
  Black Lung Benefits Act1765....................................
  Compensation to woman veterans for anatomical loss of one or 
      both breasts2942...........................................
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act846, 3745................
Disabled:
  See Disability benefits
      Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
      Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Disaster assistance:
  Audits of states, local governments, and nonprofit 
      organizations1232..........................................
  Community Disaster Loan Program1225............................
  Corps of Engineers procedures637...............................
  Criminal and civil penalties1228...............................
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program1226..........................
  Definition of terms1239........................................
  Farmers:
    Acreage determination for skip-row cotton57..................
    Agricultural Assistance Act32................................
    Disaster set-aside program44.................................
    Primary loan servicing44.....................................
    Tree assistance program51....................................
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program1221...................
  Floods:
    Ability to pay provisions642.................................
    Mitigation assistance program1227............................
    National Flood Insurance Program1222, 1223, 1233, 1236, 1241, 
        1248, 1249.....................................................
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program1229............................
  Hazard mitigation planning1237.................................
  Hurricane assistance for sugarcane producers34.................
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act1228, 1238............................................
  Information production and disclosure1242......................
  Management costs1240...........................................
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System1231...........
  Nondiscrimination1224..........................................
  Public Assistance Program1225..................................
  Small business loan program3684................................
  Unemployment assistance1779....................................
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 neutrals3427.........................................
  Contract dispute procedures3443, 3444..........................
  Fee schedule3430...............................................
Distilled spirits:
  See Liquors
Doctors:
  See Health professions
Domestic animals:
  See Livestock
Draft:
  See Selective Service System
Drawbridges:
  See Bridges
Drinking water:
  See Water supply
Drought assistance:
  See Disaster assistance
Drug abuse:
  See also Alcohol abuse
  Aviation personnel2015.........................................
  Charitable Choice program759...................................
  Disincentives for inmates1650..................................
  Drug-free workplace requirements597, 670, 738, 754, 968, 1355, 
           1809, 1895, 2955, 2980, 2990, 3429, 3460, 3494, 3508, 3515, 
        3632, 3680, 3736...............................................
  Treatment programs1650.........................................
               Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic 
        substances1702.................................................
    Bureau of Prisons1637........................................
Drug testing:
  Airmen1992, 2064...............................................
  Bureau of Prisons1653..........................................
  Following marine incidents1073, 1946...........................
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers1868..............................................
  Motor carrier post-accident tests2144..........................
  Railroad employees2283.........................................
    Foreign-based crews2284......................................
  Transportation workplace1890...................................
Drug traffic control:
  Chemical registration fees1704.................................
  Chemical registration waivers1701..............................
  Controlled substances:
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
        for maintenance or detoxification treatment1702..........
    Disposer definition and registration1707.....................
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances1696......
    Electronic prescriptions1697.................................
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use1695..........................................
    Gamma butyrolactone1710, 1713................................
    Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act1714...................
     Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid1700, 
        1711...........................................................
    Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities1706.....
    Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing 
        hydroxybutyric acid1703..................................
    Registration application fees1715............................
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations1699......
    Reports of theft or significant loss1705.....................
    Use of marijuana for industrial purposes1716.................
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act1708............................
  FAA regulations2039............................................
                Listed chemicals for which no threshold has been 
        established1717................................................
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine1698.....................
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications779...........................
  Adverse drug reaction reports810...............................
          Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
        packages802....................................................

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  Average wholesale price methodology866.........................
  Bar code label requirements803.................................
  Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act783.......................
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements779, 817........
  Central fill pharmacies1712....................................
  Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances1694.....
  Informed consent regulations780, 795...........................
  Institutional review boards776.................................
  Investigational new drugs794...................................
  Labeling803....................................................
  Manufacturing changes797.......................................
  New drug applications771, 787, 808.............................
  Pharmaceutical manufacturing effluent guidelines3364...........
  Positron emission tomography drugs790..........................
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels1693...........
  Registration and reregistration fees1709.......................
  Registration of producers769...................................
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations801..........
  Self-administration criteria867................................
  Use of marijuana for industrial purposes1716...................


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic statistics:
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes310...............
Economics:
  See Economic statistics
      Price controls
Education:
  See also 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 aliens1031...............
  Debarment and suspension regulation670.........................
  Direct grant programs669.......................................
  Direct Loan Program678.........................................
  Drug-free workplace requirement670.............................
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization677......
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act681...................
  Federal Family Education Loan Program678.......................
  Federal Perkins Loan Program:
    Educational, Research, Development, Dissemination, and 
        Improvement Act674.......................................
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders1658...................
  Inmate occupational educational programs1652...................
  National Security Education Program578.........................
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research825.............................................
    For clinical researchers826..................................
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds829............
    Health disparities research828...............................
    Pediatric research827........................................
    Scholarships822..............................................
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs672, 3023, 3499
  Prison postsecondary education programs1643....................
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities1050............................................
  Student assistance general provisions679.......................
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments3453...................
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits2894....................
    Educational Assistance Test Program allowances2940...........
    Licensing and certification2891..............................
    Montgomery GI Bill--active duty2892, 2928, 2929..............
    Montgomery GI Bill--selected reserve2892, 2935, 2939.........
    Survivors and dependents2895, 2928...........................
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act2932, 2933......
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act2890........................
Education of disadvantaged:
  Accountability for academic achievement675.....................
  Head Start program:
    Facilities construction and renovation945....................
    Family care option952........................................
    Regulations948...............................................
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act680.................
Educational facilities:
  Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act673......................
  Grants administration2976......................................
  Transfer of excess Federal property298.........................
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection671, 835..............................
Eggs and egg products:
  Grademarks17...................................................
  Grading10, 20..................................................
  Import restrictions81..........................................
  Imported194....................................................
  Inspection187, 203.............................................
  Salmonella enteritidis81, 775..................................
  Transportation and storage204..................................
Elderly:
  See Aged
Electric power:
  See also Electric power plants
           Electric utilities
  Bonneville Power Administration:
    Cost recovery adjustment rate proceeding726..................
    Transmission rate proceeding719..............................
  Hydroelectric licensing4013....................................
  Permits and reports730.........................................
  Worker safety1817..............................................
Electric power plants:
  Electronic filing of FERC forms4004............................
Electric utilities:
  Accounting and reporting requirements4020......................
  Asset retirement regulations4015...............................
  Cash management4009............................................
  Electronic filing of documents4008.............................
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures4006, 4010...
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for rural electrification 
      purposes276................................................
  Indian electric power utilities1552............................
  Market design and structure4007................................
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales4012............
  National Forest System247......................................
  Pricing policy4018.............................................
  RUS standard contract forms278.................................
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers4003............
  Steam generating unit MACT regulation3050......................
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic benefit transfer systems165.........................
  Federal agency disbursements2396...............................
  FRS Regulation E revision4048..................................
  GSAR regulation3459............................................
Elementary and secondary education:
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization677......
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions

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  Cafeteria plans2743............................................
  Collective bargaining agreement definition1790.................
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements1791...................
  Stock option programs1769......................................
Employee management relations:
  See Labor management relations
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Government employees
           Equal employment opportunity
  Aliens1767.....................................................
    Authorization eligibility1000................................
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants1027..
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements1065.........................................
    Dismissal of asylum application974...........................
    EB-5 classification1055......................................
    Eligibility verification1066, 1069, 1775.....................
    Employer sanctions1217.......................................
    Fingerprinting1022...........................................
    Remedies against employers hiring H-1B visa workers over 
        equally qualified U.S. workers1721.......................
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students1061.............................................
    Temporary nonagricultural services996........................
    Verification documents1004, 1064.............................
  Definitions for salary basis1757...............................
  Family and Medical Leave Act1759...............................
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments1766............
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Ticket to Work Program3745...................................
  Jobs For Veterans Act1845......................................
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons1321.........
  Senior Community Service Employment program1773................
  Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant933................
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers1774....................
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act1844..
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program1776.............................
  Workforce investment systems1810...............................
Employment taxes:
  Disclosure statements2868......................................
  Failure-to-deposit penalty2625.................................
  Unemployment repayment2790.....................................
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addax1412......................................................
  American crocodile1393.........................................
  Appalachian bivalve species1405, 1407..........................
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis641...................
  Australian parakeets1391.......................................
  Basking shark1454..............................................
  Beluga sturgeon1462............................................
  Black-footed ferrets1437, 1475.................................
  Blackburn sphinx moth1458, 1508................................
  Boulder darter1379.............................................
  Brown pelican delisting1375....................................
  Bull trout1396, 1432...........................................
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl1395...............................
  California gnatcatcher1404.....................................
  California red-legged frog1435.................................
  California tiger salamander1401, 1525..........................
  Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances1389, 1414....
  Captive-bred exotic birds1444..................................
  Cave-dwelling invertebrate species1522.........................
  CITES decisions1441, 1446, 1479................................
  Coho salmon505.................................................
  Columbia white-tailed deer1443.................................
  Conservation activities490, 1502...............................
  Conservation education1364.....................................
  Conservation permits1445.......................................
    Critical habitat377, 493, 495, 1395, 1396, 1403, 1404, 1405, 
           1407, 1432, 1434, 1435, 1449, 1450, 1451, 1467, 1471, 1484, 
           1492, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1517, 
        1518, 1522.....................................................
  Cui-ui1426.....................................................
  Dama gazelle1412...............................................
  Dolly Varden1489...............................................
  Dugong1411.....................................................
  Eagles1442.....................................................
    Incidental taking1386........................................
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets1548........
    Transport of feathers1422....................................
  Fairy shrimp1468...............................................
  Gila chub1484..................................................
  Gila trout1382.................................................
  Gray bat1496...................................................
  Gray wolf1501..................................................
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting1424............
    Western Distinct Population Segment delisting1425............
  Grizzly bears1490..............................................
  Guam bridled white-eye1467.....................................
  Guam broadbill1467.............................................
  Guam broadbill removal1453.....................................
  Guam Micronesian kingfisher1467................................
  Gulf sturgeon495, 1517.........................................
  Incidental take by commercial fishing operations497, 551.......
  Island fox1494.................................................
  Kauai cave amphipod1508........................................
  Kauai cave wolf spider1508.....................................
  Koster's tyronia1492...........................................
  Landowner Incentive Program1474, 1523..........................
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III1368..............
  Little Mariana fruit bat1467...................................
  Loggerhead sea turtle493.......................................
  Manatees1427...................................................
  Mariana crow1467...............................................
  Mariana fruit bat1467, 1488....................................
  Mariana mallard removal1453....................................
  Mexican spotted owl1434........................................
  Miami blue butterfly1378.......................................
  Missouri bladder-pod1383.......................................
  Mountain plover1470............................................
  National Fire Plan1423.........................................
  Newcomb's snail1508............................................
  Noel's amphipod1492............................................
    Nonessential experimental populations1379, 1437, 1475, 1490, 
        1497...........................................................
  North Atlantic right whale377, 487.............................
  North Pacific right whale487...................................
  Northern aplomado falcon1497...................................
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment1394................................................
  Pecos assiminea1492............................................
  Permit exemptions453...........................................
  Permits for foreign listed species1400.........................
  Pesticide regulation379, 1419, 3254............................
  Picture-wing flies1485.........................................
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting1410..................................
    Baker's larkspur1506.........................................
    Bigleaf mahogany1459.........................................
    Black cohosh1415.............................................
    Braun's rockcress1406........................................
    Californian plants1468.......................................
    Carbonate plants in California1518...........................
    CITES listings1415, 1459, 1461...............................
    Coastal California plants1449................................
    Colorado butterfly plant1428.................................
    Cook's lomatium1521..........................................
       Critical habitat1402, 1406, 1408, 1409, 1428, 1429, 1430, 
        1431, 1455, 1465, 1466, 1500...................................
    Desert yellowhead1402........................................

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    Eggert's sunflower1429, 1436.................................
    Fish Slough milk vetch1430...................................
    Gaviota tarplant1449.........................................
    Hawaiian Island plants1450...................................
    Hoover's wooly-star delisting1447............................
    Johnston's frankenia removal1381.............................
    Kahoolawe Island plants1455..................................
    Kauai Island plants1503......................................
    LaGracosa thistle1449........................................
    Lanai Island plants1510......................................
    Lane Mountain milkvetch1409..................................
    Large-flowered woolly meadowfoam1521.........................
    Lompac Yerba Santa1449.......................................
    Mariana Island plants1483....................................
    Maui Island plants1455.......................................
    Maui/NUI Complex plants1509, 1510............................
    Molokai Island plants1509....................................
    Munz's onion1500.............................................
    Nesogenes rotensis1483.......................................
    Niihau Island plants1503.....................................
    Northwest Islands of Hawaii1451..............................
    Oahu, Hawaii plants1466......................................
    Osmoxylon mariannense1483....................................
    Otay tarplant1507............................................
    Pierson's milkvetch1408......................................
    Polygonum hickmanii1511......................................
    Purple amole1504.............................................
    Ramin1461....................................................
    Removal from list1418, 1436..................................
    San Jacinto Valley crownscale1431............................
    Slickspot peppergrass1472....................................
    Spanish cedar1459............................................
    Spreading navarettia1431.....................................
    Tabernaemontana rotensis1483.................................
    Territory of Guam plants1483.................................
    Truckee barberry delisting1452...............................
    Ventura Marsh milkvetch1465..................................
    Water howellia1418...........................................
    Yellow larkspur1506..........................................
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse1471...............................
  Pygmy rabbit1516...............................................
  Reclassifications1426, 1438....................................
  Rio Grande silvery minnow1514..................................
  Roswell springsnail1492........................................
  Rota bridled white-eye1493.....................................
  Sacramento Mountain Checkerspot butterfly1486..................
  Sacramento splittail1456.......................................
  Safe harbor agreements1389, 1414...............................
  Salt Creek tiger beetle1433....................................
  San Diego Fairy shrimp1403.....................................
  San Marcos gambusia removal1380................................
  Scimitar-horned oryx1412.......................................
  Spectacled eiders:
    Removal of arctic Russian population1439.....................
  Spotfin chub1379...............................................
  Stag beetle1454................................................
  Straight-horned markhor1373....................................
  Tibetan antelope1371...........................................
  Tinian monarch flycatcher1463..................................
  Topeka shiner1464..............................................
  Turtle species1446.............................................
  Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly1438...........................
  West Indian manatee1512........................................
  Wood bison1413.................................................
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition737.................................................
  Alternative fuels686, 688, 3148, 4075..........................
  Bioenergy program52............................................
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment4021................
  Claims for damages against DOE employees743....................
  Collection of claims owed the US727............................
  Conduct of DOE employees742....................................
  DEAR amendments:
    Make or Buy Plans734.........................................
    Management contractor compensation for personal services733..
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors736........
    Recycled products741.........................................
    Rewrite continuation732......................................
    Technical amendments740......................................
    Work for others regulations735...............................
  Debarment and suspension738....................................
  Delegations of authority4023...................................
  Demand side management285......................................
  Determining eligibility for access to classified matter714.....
  Drug-free workplace requirements738............................
  Electronic registration of FERC applications4014...............
  Electronic service of FERC documents4004, 4027.................
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program762, 
        1771...........................................................
  Fees schedule for use of government land4024...................
  FERC asset retirement regulations4015..........................
  FERC filing requirements4026...................................
  Financial assistance:
    For-profit organizations739..................................
  Freedom of Information Act716..................................
  Nondiscrimination723...........................................
  Occupational radiation protection718...........................
  Personnel Security Assurance Program715........................
  Polygraph examination regulations711...........................
             Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower 
        projects503, 1487..............................................
  Public availability of infrastructure information4005..........
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active uranium and thorium 
      processing sites724........................................
  Renewable energy systems285....................................
  Research misconduct717.........................................
  Restriction of DOE access authorizations710....................
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing504......
  Uranium mill sites728..........................................
  Worker safety and health at DOE facilities720..................
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Covered products determination:
    Commercial refrigeration equipment690........................
    Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans691
  Efficiency standards:
    Appliances682................................................
    Clothes dryers703............................................
    Commercial air conditioning equipment685, 692, 693...........
    Direct heating equipment704..................................
    Dishwashers703...............................................
    Electric distribution transformers684........................
    Electric motors705...........................................
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps706........................
    Furnaces and boilers682, 693.................................
    Heat pumps685, 692, 693......................................
    High intensity discharge lamps702............................
    Pool heaters704..............................................
    Water heaters692.............................................
  Federal buildings689, 695......................................
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines689, 701........
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners694..................................
    Commercial air conditioning equipment698.....................

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    Commercial heating equipment697..............................
    Commercial package boilers699................................
    Commercial water heaters696..................................
    Dishwashers700...............................................
    Electric motors, small683....................................
    Electronic distribution transformers687......................
    Heat pumps694................................................
    High intensity discharge lamps702............................
    Refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers707...................
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery2718..............................................
Environmental impact statements:
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program1754.........................................
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
  CERCLA amendment3354...........................................
    Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry''3355, 3357.............
  Chemicals3282, 3292, 3296, 3300................................
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR3006..................
  Coal combustion wastes3343, 3344...............................
  Coastal waste deposit prevention3422...........................
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan638...................
  Confidential business information3024..........................
  Consumer confidence report rule3421............................
  Cooling water intake structures impact3376, 3377, 3392.........
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts3356.......
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule3016....
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA3359...........
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing3272............
  DOE compliance with floodplain and wetland environmental review 
      requirements725............................................
   Drinking water regulations3407, 3414, 3415, 3416, 3418, 3419, 
        3420...........................................................
  Effluent guidelines3363, 3364, 3373, 3374, 3381, 3382, 3397....
  Emergency planning3303, 3305...................................
  Environmental Quality Incentives Program292....................
  EPA acquisition regulations3012, 3015, 3026, 3028..............
  Federal water resource development634..........................
  Fellowship grant regulation3017................................
  Forest Service special uses program236, 237....................
  Freedom of information3027.....................................
  HUD responsibilities1261.......................................
  Innocent landowner defense3355.................................
  Leadership in Environmental Management3773.....................
  National Environmental Achievement Track Program3020...........
  National Environmental Policy Act644, 955, 3007, 4115..........
  National Forest System232, 240.................................
  New Jersey Gold Track program3218..............................
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes3341................
  Overburden definition3316......................................
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants3013..........
  Pesticides379, 3008, 3248, 3250, 3252, 3254, 3256..............
  Plant incorporated protectants3258, 3264, 3265.................
  Privacy Act regulations3009....................................
  Public Involvement Policy3021..................................
  Public notification rule3421...................................
  Radon4137......................................................
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative3345...........................
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries3338................................
  Reporting marine casualties1082................................
  Research scientist appointment authority3014...................
  Restoration of DOD facilities579...............................
  Rural economic development111..................................
  Rural Utilities Service281.....................................
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service594.................................................
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances3274......................
  Solid waste3332................................................
  Storm water regulations3403....................................
  Total Maximum Daily Load program3370, 3404.....................
  Toxic Substances Control Act3268, 3287, 3298...................
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications3309..................
    Chemical expansion3313.......................................
    Coal3306.....................................................
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds3308.........................
    Metal mining3307.............................................
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements3315........
    Reporting requirements3307, 3310.............................
    Review of chemicals on original list3314.....................
  Trade secrecy claims3303.......................................
Equal access to justice:
  DHS959.........................................................
  HHS751.........................................................
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged3425.......................................................
  Broadcast outreach3930.........................................
  Complaint processing3424, 3426.................................
  Discrimination complaint procedures3425........................
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era1758..
  Workforce Investment Act1810...................................
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estate taxes:
  Charitable deductions2748......................................
  Disclosure statements2869......................................
Estuaries:
  See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
  See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Exchange visitor program:
  See Cultural exchange programs
Excise taxes:
  Air transportation2570, 2672, 2779.............................
  Communications services2555, 2672, 2779........................
  Diesel fuel2840................................................
  Foreign insurers or reinsurers2848.............................
  Foundation2873.................................................
  Pension2871....................................................
  Public charity2872.............................................
  Structured settlement factoring transactions2636, 2862.........
  Tobacco products manufactured in Canada2476....................
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous substances
           Hazardous materials transportation
  Criminal misuse reporting1690..................................
  Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems327........
  Fireworks1685..................................................
  Handling at waterfront facilities1083, 1920....................
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials1686...
  Manufacturing safety regulations1840...........................
  Military munitions596..........................................
  Pest control devices1687.......................................
  Safe Explosives Act1684........................................
  Transportation regulations1186, 2337, 2346.....................
Exports:
    Administration regulations328, 329, 330, 333, 335, 349, 350, 
        353, 360, 361, 363.............................................

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  Afghanistan333.................................................
  Agricultural commodities217....................................
    Cargo preference regulations2347.............................
    Emerging markets program211..................................
  Aircraft338....................................................
  Alligators, live1384...........................................
  Arms-related items333..........................................
  Aruba367.......................................................
  Automated export system308, 310, 312...........................
  Bigeye tuna420.................................................
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program216.........................
  Chemical Weapons Convention323, 332, 337.......................
  Chemicals3299..................................................
  Class I substances to Article 5 countries3067..................
  Commerce Control List310, 325, 334, 337, 343, 357..............
  Communication intercepting devices343..........................
  Computer technology347, 348, 364, 365..........................
  Controlled substances for personal medical use1695.............
  Crude oil354...................................................
  Cuba331........................................................
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software352............
  Designated persons335..........................................
  East Timor367..................................................
  Electricity730.................................................
  Encryption items340, 358.......................................
  Energetic materials339.........................................
  Entity list356.................................................
  Explosive detection systems327.................................
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia363..............................
  High-performance computers346..................................
  Humanitarian donations344......................................
  India346.......................................................
  International Traffic in Arms:
    Canadian exemption1862.......................................
    General authority1863........................................
  Investigational new drugs794...................................
  Iraq350, 368...................................................
  Lead-acid batteries3325........................................
  Liberia333.....................................................
  Libya331.......................................................
  License application denial policy336...........................
  License exceptions322, 331, 344, 351, 365......................
  Licensing326, 353, 361, 362....................................
  Liquors2408....................................................
  Microprocessors370.............................................
  Missile technology controls329, 360, 362, 366, 371.............
  National Forest System timber222...............................
  National security controls334..................................
  Netherlands Antilles367........................................
  No license required provisions361..............................
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization351..........................
  Nuclear equipment and materials346.............................
  Offsets in military exports355.................................
  Pakistan346....................................................
  Protective equipment325........................................
  Reexports322, 327, 351, 362, 364...............................
  Replacement licenses353........................................
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements349....................
  Rough diamonds312..............................................
  Serbia331......................................................
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)324...............
  Special Comprehensive License program359.......................
  Sudan328.......................................................
  Sugar reexport programs210.....................................
  Swordfish420...................................................
  Timber from western states342..................................
  United Nations351..............................................
    United States munitions list310, 338, 339, 1858, 1859, 1860, 
        1861...........................................................
  Veterinary user fees65.........................................
  Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items369................
  Wildlife1370...................................................


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of state and local enforcement 
      agencies1320...............................................
  Compliance requirements115, 256................................
    ANSI standards1318...........................................
  Sexual harassment standards1319................................
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
  See Government procurement
Farmers:
  See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
  See Grant programs
      Loan programs
      Price support programs
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities1265, 2981.............
    Outdoor developed areas2983..................................
  Classified information storage582..............................
  DOD environmental restoration programs579......................
  Energy performance standards689, 695...........................
  GSA regulations3448............................................
  Inspection/maintenance programs3073............................
  Military range assessment596...................................
  NARA facilities:
    Phone numbers for3493........................................
    Public use of3487............................................
  Presidential library facilities3491............................
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States2033........
  Telecommunications management3431..............................
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Acquired member assets4028.....................................
  Community support requirements4034.............................
  Governance4032.................................................
  Monthly survey of rates and terms on mortgage loans4036........
  Multiple bank memberships4031..................................
  New business activities4033....................................
  Privacy Act4030................................................
  Public disclosure4035..........................................
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Community reinvestment4062.....................................
  Consumer leasing4054...........................................
  Consumer regulations review4047, 4054..........................
  Credit programs4064............................................
  Electronic funds transfers4048.................................
  Equal credit opportunity4047, 4065.............................
  Fair credit reporting4056......................................
  Holding companies4057, 4059, 4060, 4061........................
  Margin regulations review4055..................................
  State banks4049, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4058..................
  Transactions between banks and their affiliates4066, 4067......
  Truth in savings4046, 4063.....................................
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation68.....................................
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships

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Finance:
  See Banks, banking
      Credit
      Indians-business and finance
      Investments
      Loan programs
      Mortgages
      Trusts and trustees
Fines and penalties:
  See Penalties
Fire prevention:
  Aircraft:
    Cargo/baggage compartments2059...............................
    Fuel tank vent protection2050................................
  Electrical standards1825.......................................
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program1221...................
  Forest fire assistance program244..............................
  National Fire Plan1423.........................................
  Nuclear power plants4126.......................................
  Requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and 
      long-term care facilities920...............................
  Shipyard standards1828.........................................
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act599..................
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Grant program1246..............................................
  Retirement3595.................................................
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
  Diseases:
    Infectious salmon anemia83...................................
  Endangered and threatened505...................................
  Government acquisition regulations619..........................
  Injurious wildlife listings1377................................
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III1368..............
  National Organic Program4......................................
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program1361.....................
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects503
  Trip limits462.................................................
Fisheries:
  Alaska531......................................................
  Atlantic Ocean428, 466, 518....................................
  Atlantic tunas465..............................................
  Audit resolution policy1385....................................
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands462, 474, 516.......................
  Bluefin tuna465, 529...........................................
  Bottomfish385..................................................
  Conservation efforts490........................................
  Critical habitat381, 495, 506..................................
  Crustacean387..................................................
  Demersal shelf rockfish411.....................................
  Exclusive Economic Zones531, 550...............................
  Groundfish385, 426, 471, 530, 531, 535.........................
  Gulf of Alaska411, 474.........................................
  Gulf sturgeon495...............................................
  Halibut462, 547................................................
  Hawaiian Islands414............................................
  Highly migratory species428, 465, 466, 518, 528, 529...........
  Incidental take regulations422, 455, 465, 496, 497, 551, 553...
  Killer whale stock depletion494................................
  List of Fisheries499...........................................
  Lobster467.....................................................
  Marine Mammal Protection Act454, 489...........................
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules427......................
  North Pacific471...............................................
  Northern California steelhead506...............................
  Pacific coast426, 535, 547.....................................
  Permits413, 414................................................
  Pollock516.....................................................
  Pollock roe recovery allowance483..............................
  Puerto Rico382, 406............................................
  Reef fish382...................................................
  Research set-aside program546..................................
  Sablefish403, 519..............................................
  Scientific research466.........................................
  Sea turtle conservation492, 549, 550, 552, 554.................
  Shrimp549, 552, 554............................................
  Steller sea lion protection474, 531............................
  U.S. Virgin Islands382, 406....................................
  Western Pacific region387......................................
Fishery management plans:
  Alaska424, 475.................................................
  Albacore374....................................................
  Amberjack416...................................................
  American Lobster402, 467.......................................
  Atlantic399, 447...............................................
  Atlantic billfish513...........................................
  Atlantic bluefish440, 478......................................
  Atlantic herring418, 439, 502, 540.............................
  Atlantic mackerel408, 425, 438, 532, 534.......................
  Atlantic salmon418.............................................
  Atlantic sea scallop393, 537, 545..............................
  Atlantic surf clam407..........................................
  Atlantic swordfish442..........................................
  Beluga whales491...............................................
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands410, 431, 432, 434, 468, 522, 541...
  Bigeye tuna420.................................................
  Black sea bass419, 435, 437, 515, 538..........................
  Bluefin tuna421................................................
  Bottomfish fisheries390, 423, 469, 470.........................
  Butterfish408, 425, 438, 501, 532, 534.........................
  Calico scallop388..............................................
  Canadian waters374.............................................
  Capacity reduction program468..................................
  Caribbean399, 510..............................................
  Co-op leasing522...............................................
  Coastal migratory pelagics405, 486, 544........................
  Coastal pelagic species526.....................................
  Community development quotas410, 441...........................
  Coral reef ecosystem464........................................
  Crab431, 468...................................................
  Crustaceans423, 469, 470, 501..................................
  Days-at-sea leasing program430.................................
  Deep-sea red crab517...........................................
  Depth-based measures533........................................
  Dolphin399.....................................................
  Eastern Pacific415, 445........................................
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)402, 444, 467....................
  Flatfish434....................................................
  Golden tilefish401.............................................
  Groundfish429, 432, 522, 523, 524, 533, 535....................
  Gulf of Alaska484, 524.........................................
  Gulf of Mexico389, 391, 392, 396, 399, 400, 412, 416, 486, 514.
  Hawaiian Islands385, 414, 470..................................
  Highly migratory species404, 420, 421, 461, 482, 512, 513......
  King crabs468, 524.............................................
  License Limitation Program431, 432.............................
  Monkfish417, 479...............................................
  North Atlantic right whales488.................................
  Northeast multispecies394, 430, 433, 481, 523, 543.............
  Northeast skate398.............................................
  Ocean quahog407, 456, 539......................................
  Pacific Coast404, 429, 477, 525, 533, 535, 536, 542............
  Pacific cod432, 484, 541.......................................
  Pacific halibut475.............................................
  Pacific mackerel448, 521.......................................
  Pacific sardine446, 449, 527, 542..............................
  Pelagics405, 443, 444, 469, 470, 501, 542......................
  Pollack522, 541................................................
  Precious corals423.............................................
  Queen conch406.................................................
  Red crab517....................................................
  Red grouper412.................................................

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  Red snapper400.................................................
  Reef fish392, 400, 412, 416, 544...............................
  Salmon424, 477.................................................
  Sargassum397...................................................
  Scup419, 435, 437, 515, 538....................................
  Sea scallop393.................................................
  Seasonal Area Management program488............................
  Sharks395, 447, 482............................................
  Shrimp389, 396, 520............................................
  Small mesh multispecies376.....................................
  Snapper grouper401.............................................
  Snowy grouper401...............................................
  South Atlantic388, 391, 397, 401, 486, 520.....................
  Spiny dogfish375, 436, 480.....................................
  Spiny lobster391...............................................
  Squid408, 425, 438, 534........................................
  Stone crab514..................................................
  Summer flounder419, 435, 437, 515, 538.........................
  Surf clam456, 539..............................................
  Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments469, 470, 501..............
  Swordfish420...................................................
  Tanner crabs468, 524...........................................
  Tuna415, 445, 525..............................................
  Wahoo399.......................................................
  Western Pacific390, 443, 444, 464..............................
Fishing:
  Alaska463......................................................
  Antarctic marine living resources472...........................
  Bycatch reduction measures396, 463.............................
  Compensatory fishing386........................................
  Conservation programs385.......................................
  Drift gillnet497...............................................
  Exempted fishing permits466....................................
  Fixed gear403..................................................
  Gillnets550....................................................
  National Wildlife Refuges1397..................................
  Permit requirements and exemptions383..........................
  Pot fishing484.................................................
  Pound net leaders492...........................................
  Purse seine415.................................................
  Quotas:
    Reporting requirements473....................................
    Swordfish442, 518............................................
  Recreational measures419, 428, 437, 547........................
  Setnet landings519.............................................
  South Pacific Tuna Act409......................................
  Subsistence fishing475, 1478...................................
  Subsistence fishing on Federal lands1515, 1519.................
  Trawl fishing541...............................................
  Troll fishing374...............................................
Fishing vessels:
  Capital construction fund476...................................
  Charter boats460...............................................
  Charter vessel/headboat permit moratorium486, 544..............
  Compensatory fishing386........................................
         Documenting U.S.-flag vessels of 100 feet or greater in 
        length2351.....................................................
  Fleet capacity control374, 415.................................
  Individual fishing quota reporting requirements473.............
  Limited entry permits383.......................................
  North Pacific Observer Program511, 530.........................
  Observer data transmission471..................................
  Observer policy384.............................................
  Pacific offshore cetacean take reduction plan548...............
  South Pacific Tuna Act409......................................
  Vessel Monitoring System409, 426, 472..........................
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards3824.....................................
  Upholstered furniture3817......................................
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions642...................................
  Corps of Engineers procedures637...............................
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program1227..............................
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Assistance to private sector insurers1223....................
    Coverage and rates1233, 1249.................................
    Group Flood Insurance Policy1222, 1241.......................
    Inspection of insured structures by communities1236..........
    Limit of liability increase1248..............................
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994105......................
Flood plains:
  DOE compliance with environmental review requirements725.......
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions291................................
    Wetlands Reserve Program36...................................
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food additives:
  Meat and poultry products199...................................
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care161........................................
    Afterschool snacks171........................................
    At-risk afterschool suppers148...............................
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas163........
    Strengthening program integrity175...........................
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program145, 173....................
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program166...............................
  Eligibility168.................................................
  Indian reservations147.........................................
  McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
      Nutrition Program212.......................................
  Older individuals954...........................................
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program156....................
  Uniform federal assistance regulations167......................
  Women, infants, and children:
    Exclusion of military housing payments180....................
    Food delivery systems160, 174................................
    Vendor-related provisions157.................................
Food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Food labeling:
  Beef or pork with barbeque sauce195............................
  Expressed nutrient content claims202...........................
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation188...............
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products198.................
  Mechanically separated products181.............................
  Nutrient content claims206.....................................
  Nutrition labeling of meat and poultry products182.............
  Single-ingredient products198..................................
  Standardized terms202..........................................
  Trans fatty acids767, 798......................................
Food stamps:
  Access for persons with limited English proficiency176.........
  Administrative review process169...............................
  Alternate methods for issuing benefits152......................
  Civil rights data collections164...............................
  Computer matching144...........................................
  Electronic benefits transfer system149, 152, 162, 165..........
  Eligibility and certification154...............................
  Employment and training155.....................................
  High performance bonuses153....................................
  Monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting178...............
  Payment adjustments146.........................................
  Privacy requirements170........................................
  Quality control158, 172........................................
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards151......
  Regulation simplification150...................................
  Reporting provisions178........................................

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  Resource eligibility standards177..............................
  State agencies administrative and management requirements162...
  State flexibility150...........................................
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
  FDA detention of food784.......................................
  FDA registration of food facilities805.........................
  Food safety rulemaking190......................................
  Good manufacturing practices:
    Manufacturing, packing, and holding768.......................
  Identification requirements of immediate previous source and 
      immediate subsequent recipient of foods785.................
  Imported806....................................................
  Infant formula quality control793..............................
  Institutional review boards776.................................
  Modernization of standards189, 789.............................
  Pesticide residues3262.........................................
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease778..............
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals813.................................................
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products2338.......
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control3053....................................
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations2398....................................
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
  Countries eligible for USAID financing2979.....................
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines2361..................
  Imposition of special measures2379.............................
  International accounting standards4237.........................
  International call-back service3895............................
  McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
      Nutrition Program212.......................................
           Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 
        (OECD)3282, 3347...............................................
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
           Customs duties and inspection
  African Growth and Opportunity Act2519, 2537...................
  Banking affiliate transactions with foreign parent307..........
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber2544, 2546....................................
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program2521.........................
  DOC employee responsibilities and conduct300...................
  Earnings and profits2795.......................................
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones2520....................
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions571...............
  Filing of informational materials1736..........................
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes310...............
  Futures and options contracts3807..............................
  Investment in the U.S.306......................................
  Multijurisdictional Disclosure System4168......................
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels4045.........................................
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity303................................................
  Selected services transactions with unaffiliated foreign 
      persons305.................................................
  Stock transfer rules2724.......................................
  Textile and apparel products2550...............................
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act2521........
  Watches and jewelry320.........................................
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products238..........................................
  Fire management activities245..................................
  Forest fire assistance program244..............................
  Forest Land Enhancement Program243.............................
  Imported wood packing materials63..............................
  Indian allotments218...........................................
  Land and resource management planning227.......................
  Mineral fractions, sale248.....................................
  Small business size standards3675..............................
  Softwood lumber from Canada2544, 2546..........................
  Special products238............................................
  Special uses authorizations236, 237............................
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation232..............................................
    Contracts234.................................................
    Export controls342...........................................
    Noncompetitive sale221.......................................
    Surplus species249...........................................
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico76..............................
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act1832............
  Crop insurance fraud48.........................................
  Debarment of health care providers3623.........................
  Microcap securities market4227.................................
  Odometer fraud2250.............................................
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act962............................
  Telemarketing sales4074........................................
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments4104.................................................
  Chemical inventory reporting3311...............................
  CSOSA3001......................................................
  DHS957.........................................................
  DOD577, 584, 600...............................................
  DOE716.........................................................
  DOI1359........................................................
  DOJ1636........................................................
  DOL1756, 1811..................................................
  Electronic communication1756...................................
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act3498, 3677................
  EPA3027........................................................
  FEMA1242.......................................................
  FMCS3428.......................................................
  INS1251........................................................
  NARA3492.......................................................
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service program591...
  NCUA4087.......................................................
  NEH3516........................................................
  Peace Corps3627................................................

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  Public information316, 4149....................................
  RRB3644........................................................
  SBA3677........................................................
  SSA3734........................................................
  Veterans Affairs2952...........................................
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims41.......................................
  Freight forwarding industry2129................................
  Passenger aircraft cargo:
    Oxygen generators2058........................................
  Transportation rate appeals3444................................
Fruits:
  Dried fruit wines2414..........................................
  Fresh fruit definition16.......................................
  Hass avocados18................................................
  Import restrictions89..........................................
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment98..........................
  Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order6..............
  Non-grape wines2450............................................
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports78.......................
  Plum pox compensation64........................................
Fuel:
  See Energy
Fuel:
  Air pollution control3031, 3083, 3162, 3163, 3172, 3241, 3242..
  California gasoline3168........................................
  Diesel fuel definition2840.....................................
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines1800....
  Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel3060.................
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards3192..........
  Labeling requirements for alternative fuels4075................
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel3077.............................
  Reformulated gasoline3163......................................
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives3036, 3169, 3240.............
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)3062, 3413...................
  Oxygenated3171, 3295...........................................
Fuel economy:
  Fuel economy credits2195, 2213.................................
  Light trucks and light duty vehicles2269.......................
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule4071.............................................


                                   G

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 development1622................................
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients:
  See Food additives
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments90...
  Brucellosis indemnity85........................................
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Commercial items3757, 3791...................................
    Contract bundling3783........................................
    Cost-reimbursement contracts for services3756................
              Debriefing unsuccessful offerors under competitive 
        proposals3784..................................................
    DOL1807......................................................
    Electronic listing of acquisition vehicles for use by more 
        than one agency3767......................................
    EPA3012, 3015, 3028..........................................
    Financing payments3766.......................................
             Progress payment requests under indefinite-delivery 
        contracts3794..................................................
    USAID2973, 2974, 2977........................................
  Affirmative action1762, 1764...................................
  Audits1813.....................................................
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts35...............
  Contract dispute procedures3443, 3444..........................
  Contractors:
    Architect-engineer qualifications3755........................
    Computer security709.........................................
    DOD placement assistance program598..........................
    DOE contract security personnel708...........................
    DOE security requirements712.................................
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees1770.
    Employee stock ownership plans3534...........................
    Government property management and disposition3763...........
    Hazardous material safety data3752...........................
    Open competition and government neutrality towards labor 
        relations3792............................................
    Overpayment notification3766.................................
    Veterans employment report1846, 1847.........................
  Debarment and suspension315, 3015..............................
  Defense contracts:
    Caribbean Basin countries633.................................
    Competition in the purchase of services under multiple award 
        contracts627.............................................
    Contract goal extension for small disadvantaged businesses 
        and minority institutions of higher education620.........
    Contractor performance of security-guard functions613........
    Cost-reimbursement contracts611..............................
    DFARS modification606, 608, 609, 623, 624, 626, 628..........
    Efficiency savings602........................................
    Emergency acquisitions in regions subject to economic 
        sanctions631.............................................
    Federal Prison Industries products605........................
    Fixed price606...............................................
    Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects576, 604
    Foreign military sales customer involvement629...............
    Freedom of Information Act577, 600...........................
    Indian incentives610, 621....................................
    Information assurance603.....................................
    Internal controls for purchase card use617...................
    Liability for loss under vessel repair and alteration 
        contracts615.............................................
    Mentor-Protege Program632....................................
    Patent rights622.............................................
    Payment withholding616.......................................
    Performance-based service contracts624.......................
    Prototype projects with ``other transaction'' agreements593..
    Provisional award fees614....................................
    Qualification requirements for contracting professionals630..
    Service contract and task order approval612..................
    Transportation of commercial items by sea618.................
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act1766.......................
  Indians1600....................................................
  Nondiscrimination1762, 1764, 3504..............................
  Nuclear safety management721...................................
  Research and development831....................................
  Rights to inventions570, 572...................................

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  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements645.............
  Subcontractors:
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees1770.
  Transportation rate determination3444..........................
  Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act599..................
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Agents designated to accept legal process3562..................
  Appeals3558....................................................
  Career and career-conditional employment3574...................
  Child care subsidy program for lower income employees3591......
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees3596..............
  Claims for damages against DOE employees743....................
  Classification appeals3555.....................................
  Competitive service and competitive status3540.................
  Computer security709, 3570.....................................
  Contract employees:
    Background investigations3018................................
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures2989......................
  Criminal investigators3613.....................................
  Defense of tort suits1737......................................
  Defense personnel598...........................................
    Claims settlement587, 588, 589...............................
    Voluntary state tax withholding from retired pay590..........
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits3593.................................................
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage3594..........
  DOE polygraph examination regulations711.......................
  Drug-free workplace requirements597, 670, 738, 968, 1355, 1755, 
           1895, 1896, 2955, 2980, 2990, 3429, 3460, 3508, 3515, 3632, 
        3680...........................................................
  Employee morale3774............................................
  Employment discrimination3424, 3426............................
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys1739................................................
    IMLS3501.....................................................
  Excepted service:
    Career and career-conditional employment3574.................
    Operational procedures3542...................................
    Revocation of Schedule A authority3617.......................
    Temporary organizations3575..................................
  Extended assignment incentives3588.............................
  Federal executive boards3610...................................
  Federal mail management3440....................................
  Financial disclosure requirements3526..........................
  Foreign rights in inventions571................................
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE3525...........................
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension250, 597, 738, 754, 968, 1260, 1355, 1755, 1895, 
           1896, 2369, 2955, 2980, 2990, 3429, 3460, 3494, 3502, 3507, 
        3514, 3611, 3632, 3680.........................................
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions3569.................
    Children's equity3608........................................
    Debarment of health care providers3623.......................
    Effective dates3606..........................................
    FEHBP changes3567, 3571, 3572, 3605, 3607....................
    Financial sanctions of health care providers3568.............
    Flexible spending accounts3586, 3609.........................
    Long-term care insurance regulations3604.....................
  Human reliability program for DOE employees713.................
  Information technology exchange program3551....................
  Intermittent3548...............................................
  Investigations3615.............................................
  Job grading reviews3558........................................
  Leave regulations3556..........................................
  Life insurance3602.............................................
    Federal Acquisition Regulation3612...........................
    Premiums3603.................................................
    Time frame for electing optional insurance3603...............
  Merit promotion and internal placement3547.....................
           Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to 
        subpoenas1323..................................................
  Order of release from competitive level3549....................
  Part-time3548..................................................
  Pay rates:
    Administration3613...........................................
    Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay3622.............
    Aggregate limitation on pay3580..............................
    Locality-based comparability payments3583, 3620..............
    Official duty station determinations3582.....................
    Pay retention3584............................................
    Premium pay limitations3585..................................
    Prevailing rate systems3559, 3560, 3618, 3619................
    Regulation amendments3556....................................
    Superior qualifications appointments3557.....................
    Temporary organizations3621..................................
  Performance appraisal systems3580..............................
  Performance management3553.....................................
  Personal financial interests3527...............................
  Personnel Security Assurance Program715........................
  Post-employment conflict of interests3528......................
  Posting regulations3539........................................
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility3581........................
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position3544...
  Promotion and internal placement3579...........................
  Public safety officers1749.....................................
  Purchases of property sold by GSA3455..........................
               Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy 
        announcements3577..............................................
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination3578..
  Reemployment3550, 3561.........................................
  Relocation costs3445, 3582.....................................
  Relocation income tax3472......................................
  Research programs and demonstration projects3554...............
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    DOC300.......................................................
    OPM3573, 3590................................................
  Restriction of DOE access authorizations710....................
  Retention allowances3587.......................................
  Retirement:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities3565.................
       Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities3592, 
        3601...........................................................
    Credit for military service3563..............................
    Debt collection3598..........................................
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act3616....
    FERS basic annuity3597, 3600.................................
    FERS coverage elections3566..................................
    Record retention3599.........................................
    State income tax withholding3564.............................
  Salary offset2401, 3691, 3720..................................
  Seasonal3548...................................................
  Security standards3614.........................................
  Selective Service registration requirements3546................
    Standards of conduct742, 3481, 3512, 3513, 3530, 3531, 3532, 
        3533, 3630, 3631, 3653, 3737...................................
  Strategic human capital management assessment3541..............
  Temporary and term employment3545..............................
  Temporary change of station3582................................
  Testifying and providing records in litigation2363.............
  Time-in-grade restrictions3576.................................
  Training3552...................................................
  Travel cost appeals3445........................................
  Travel cost principles3774.....................................
     Travel regulations3456, 3461, 3467, 3468, 3470, 3471, 3472, 
        3476...........................................................

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  Veterans recruitment appointments3543..........................
  Voluntary separation incentive payments3589....................
  Withholding of State and local income taxes2397................
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Caribbean Basin country end products3795.....................
    Commercial items621, 3780, 3791, 3793, 3799..................
    Commercially available software625...........................
    Cost accounting standards administration3765.................
    Cost principles3768, 3769, 3770, 3772, 3774, 3785............
    Defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, 
        biological, chemical, or radiological attack3779.........
    Department of State1849......................................
    Depreciation cost principle3781..............................
       DFARS modification607, 608, 609, 619, 622, 623, 625, 627, 
        628, 629, 630..................................................
    DOE733, 734, 735, 737, 740...................................
    DOL1807......................................................
    DOT1870......................................................
    Electronic signatures3753....................................
    Elimination of solicitation mailing list requirement3776.....
    Energy-efficient office equipment, supplies, and services3458
    Energy-efficient standby power devices3760...................
    EPA3011, 3026................................................
              Federal Business Opportunities vendor notification 
        service3441....................................................
    Federal Prison Industries contract performance evaluation3759
    Federal, State, and local taxes3796..........................
    Financing policies3787.......................................
    Fish, shellfish, or seafood products619......................
    General records schedule3798.................................
    Geographic use of the term United States3754.................
    GSA3458......................................................
    HUD1322......................................................
    Industrial funding fee3447...................................
    Information technology3446...................................
    Insurance and pension costs3782..............................
    Leadership in Environmental Management3773...................
    Micro-purchase exception3778.................................
    NASA3480.....................................................
    Order placement with debarred or suspended contractors3775...
    Printing and duplicating through the Government Printing 
        Office3777...............................................
    Prohibited sources3758.......................................
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors736........
    Sealed bids3793..............................................
    Simplified acquisitions3793..................................
    Temporary emergency procurement authority3771................
    Trade agreements3795, 3797...................................
    Trademarks for government products3790.......................
    Treasury2359.................................................
    U.S.-flag vessel preference3789..............................
    USAID2974, 2977..............................................
    Veteran-owned small business development3788.................
    Veterans Affairs2901, 2943, 2966.............................
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts232, 234........................................
  Costs:
    Travel3762...................................................
  Electronic commerce3764........................................
  Foreign currency use2398.......................................
  Government-unique standards3537................................
  Historic preference3437........................................
  HUBZone program3457............................................
  Level of effort3010............................................
  Lobbying restrictions969, 3761.................................
  Nondiscrimination3436..........................................
  Recycled products741, 3317.....................................
  Small businesses3786...........................................
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization3005..........
  Streamlining legislation implementation3762....................
  Subcontracting3786.............................................
  Voluntary consensus standards3537..............................
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property3432...................
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE722......
  Purchase by GSA employees3455..................................
  Sale of599.....................................................
  Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property3439.....
  Security at military installations626..........................
  Transfer of excess property to institutions298.................
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements3433...................
Government property management:
  Aircraft3466...................................................
  Motor vehicles3442.............................................
  Nondiscrimination3452, 3454....................................
  Personal property management3434, 3469.........................
  Real property3464, 3465........................................
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases3448.........................................
  Supply and procurement3435.....................................
  Telecommunications management3431..............................
Government publications:
  DOD publications574............................................
  Reproduction services3462......................................
  Stars and Stripes newspaper573.................................
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Crop insurance127..............................................
  Disguising quality136..........................................
  Divider tolerances138..........................................
  Geographic areas for inspection services141....................
  Inspection and weighing service fees137, 142...................
  Karnal bunt compensation68.....................................
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade139.................
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations2988.....................................
  CNCS regulations2991...........................................
  Countries eligible for USAID financing2979.....................
  DOD grant and agreement regulations586.........................
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program1221...................
  Firefighters assistance1246....................................
  Freedom of information1811.....................................
  Hazard mitigation planning1237.................................
  Learn & Serve regulations2988..................................
  Library services3503...........................................
     NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision3475, 
        3482...........................................................
  Research grants831.............................................
  Rights to inventions570, 572...................................
  State cemetery grants2903......................................
  Technology investment agreements586............................
  Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant933................
  Use of ACTION agency official seal2998.........................
  Victims of crime1751...........................................
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions104...................................
  Agricultural innovation centers261.............................
  Allocation of funds265.........................................
  Nonprocurement regulations251..................................
           Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and 
        ranchers253....................................................
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program258, 267................
  Rural business investment program260...........................
  Rural economic development264..................................
  Technical assistance and training108, 272......................
  Value-added producer grants261.................................

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  Water programs271..............................................
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations584..................................
  Application regulations669.....................................
  Freedom of Information584......................................
  Head Start program945, 948.....................................
  National leadership demonstration grants3503...................
  National Security Education Program578.........................
  Student assistance general provisions679.......................
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund program3396...................
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts3356.......
  EPA fellowships3017............................................
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review1754..................................
  Water quality cooperative agreements3380.......................
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions954.........................................
  Charitable Choice program759...................................
  NIH center grants832...........................................
  NIH training grants823.........................................
  Operation of qualified high risk pools936......................
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative1257......................
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities1310...................................
    Community revitalization strategy1313........................
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities1317..
    Slum and blight prevention1310...............................
  Community services block grant program:
    Charitable Choice provisions951..............................
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities1316...............
  Faith-based organizations' participation in HUD programs1262...
  Increasing operating cost percentage1315.......................
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program1335.........................
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions1267...............................
  Renewal communities1316........................................
  State homes for veterans2907...................................
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails1748......................................
  Indian Education Discretionary Grant Program676................
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program1335.........................
  Landowner Incentive Program1474................................
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program1473.............................
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants1625...........................................
  Landowner Incentive Program1474, 1523..........................
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program1363....
  Private Stewardship Grants Program1365, 1524...................
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program1473.............................
  Wetland Program Development Grants3380.........................
Grant programs-transportation:
  Buy America requirements2183...................................
  Uniform administrative requirements1875........................
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements1232, 1247, 1813.............................
  Audit resolution policy1385....................................
  Debarment and suspension1809...................................
  Disaster assistance51..........................................
      Drug-free workplace requirements250, 597, 754, 1755, 1809, 
        1895, 3460, 3494, 3508, 3515, 3632, 3680.......................
  Nondiscrimination1679, 1851, 2978, 2992, 3490, 3518, 4128......
  Social Security Administration3716, 3717, 3718, 3736...........
      Uniform administrative requirements1245, 1247, 1267, 2905, 
        2976, 3717.....................................................
Grazing lands:
  Authority to grant stays of decisions1356, 1358................
  Conservation297, 1613..........................................
  Grassland Reserve Program290...................................
  National Forest System218......................................
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes1083, 1920....
  Maintenance fees2512...........................................
  Port security1095..............................................
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals954...........
  Mortgage eligibility1279.......................................
  NAHASDA housing assistance1336.................................
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Administrator definition2342...................................
  Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements2323........
  Aircraft carriage2309..........................................
  Aluminum cylinders2315.........................................
  Cargo tank requirements2306, 2339, 2341........................
  Coast Guard regulations1925, 1926..............................
  Commercial driver's license endorsement2126....................
    Security threat assessment of applicants1187.................
  Explosive materials1186, 2337, 2346............................
  FAA material recognition training1984..........................
  Hazard communication requirements2310..........................
  Hazardous waste manifest rule3336..............................
  IM portable tank unloading2327.................................
  Incident reporting2322.........................................
  Intergovernmental relations2319................................
  International standards2332....................................
  Lithium batteries2328..........................................
  Motor carriers2108, 2306.......................................
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft2311...............................
  Penalty guidelines2334.........................................
  Radioactive materials2325, 4129................................
  Rail transport2344.............................................
  Registration fee reduction2343.................................
  Regulation revisions2335.......................................
  Security2146, 2313, 2333.......................................
  Shipping papers retention2340..................................
  Tire checks2345................................................
  Uranium ore1740................................................
  Wastewater treatment exemptions3321............................
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous waste
           Radioactive materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
   Air pollutants3040, 3049, 3052, 3086, 3087, 3091, 3092, 3093, 
           3094, 3095, 3096, 3097, 3099, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3113, 3114, 
           3115, 3116, 3117, 3118, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3122, 3123, 3135, 
           3162, 3182, 3183, 3185, 3194, 3196, 3197, 3198, 3199, 3201, 
        3202, 3203, 3222, 3223, 3233, 3293.............................
    Delisting3056, 3205..........................................
  Aluminum:
    Labeling for small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
        packages802..............................................
    Spent potliners from primary reduction3349...................
  Asbestos1799, 3288.............................................
  Beryllium1834..................................................
  Carcinogen risk assessment3025.................................
  CERCLA corrections3354.........................................
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules3281, 3293, 3299..........................
    Import of toxic chemicals3271................................
  Chromium1814, 3115, 3204.......................................
  Consumer confidence report rule3421............................

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  Crystalline silica1818.........................................
  Designation under CERCLA3359...................................
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing3272............
   Drinking water regulations3367, 3400, 3407, 3416, 3418, 3419, 
        3420...........................................................
  Ethylene oxide1816, 3141, 3191.................................
  Extremely hazardous substance list3304, 3305, 3312.............
  Glycol ethers1833..............................................
  Halogenated solvents3200.......................................
  Isocyanates3101, 3312..........................................
  Lead3197, 3268, 3269, 3275, 3278, 3289, 3332, 3829.............
  Material Safety Data Sheets3752................................
  Mercury analysis3365, 3401.....................................
  Metals3294.....................................................
  Metals from electroplating operations3322......................
  Method 24 amendment3037........................................
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)3062, 3413...................
  Natural rubber latex3819.......................................
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers1893.......................
  Ozone depleting substances3065, 3153, 3154, 3235, 3236, 3237...
  Perchloroethylene3030, 3196....................................
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonyls3301...................................
  Pesticides3259, 3261...........................................
    Active ingredient production3226.............................
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products3252.............................................
    Emergency exemption regulations3248..........................
    Endangered species regulation379, 1419, 3254.................
    Produced by transgenic plants3259, 3267......................
    Rules of practice3008........................................
    Worker protection standards3249, 3260........................
  Pipeline safety standards2308, 2312, 2330, 2331................
  Pollution contingency plan3362.................................
  Public notification rule3421...................................
  Radon3411......................................................
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries3338................................
  Releases on public land1612....................................
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements3286...................
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly3329....................
  Sulfur oxides3069, 3147, 3181..................................
  Surface coatings3037...........................................
  Thorium724.....................................................
  Threshold planning quantity3305................................
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals3294...................................................
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications3309..................
    Chemical expansion3313.......................................
    Coal3306.....................................................
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds3308.........................
    Metal mining3307.............................................
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements3315........
    Reporting requirements3307, 3310.............................
    Review of chemicals on original list3314.....................
  Uranium724, 1740...............................................
  Water pollution control3365, 3367, 3385, 3402..................
Hazardous waste:
  Benzene3134....................................................
  Carbamates3353.................................................
  Cathode ray tubes3340..........................................
  Cement kiln dust3331...........................................
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities3327....................................
    Radioactive waste3243........................................
  Groundwater contamination3122..................................
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions3326, 3350, 3351.................................
    Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction3349..........
  Lead3277, 3332.................................................
  Lead-acid batteries3325........................................
  Manifest regulations3336.......................................
  Mercury3350....................................................
  Permit program3330.............................................
  Polychlorinated biphenyls3291, 3324............................
  Radioactive waste4138..........................................
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation4139.......................................
    Dose methodology3244.........................................
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage systems4134
      List of approved spent fuel storage casks4148, 4153, 4157, 
        4163...........................................................
  Radioactively contaminated cadmium-, mercury-, and silver-
      containing batteries3351...................................
  Recycled used oil3324..........................................
  Recycling3340..................................................
  Requirements revision2329......................................
  Solid waste3318, 3323, 3332....................................
  Solvents3320...................................................
  Toxic waste site3271...........................................
  Toxicity characteristic rule3346...............................
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries3347...........
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments3319............................
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL3358..............................
  University laboratory waste management3342.....................
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health care:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
  Ambulance services873, 915, 932, 939...........................
  Anti-kickback provisions744, 748...............................
  Benefits Improvement and Protection Act:
    Managed care rules modifications894..........................
  Civil money penalties758.......................................
  Debarment and suspension754....................................
  Financial sanctions of providers3568...........................
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools936.
  Home health agencies878........................................
    Medicare conditions of participation883......................
    Prospective payment system863................................
  Human cellular and tissue-based products811, 812...............
  Inmate fees1662................................................
  Nondiscrimination753...........................................
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems804...........
  Post-retirement benefit plan costs3538.........................
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges747.................................................
  Risk-sharing arrangements748...................................
  Underserved areas819...........................................
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program2924..............................................
    Advanced health care planning2906............................
    Chronic lymphocytic leukemia associated with exposure to 
        herbicide agents2897.....................................
    Copayments for extended care services2887....................
    Copayments for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical 
        care2909.................................................
    Extension of eligibility2961.................................
    Fisher Houses and other temporary lodging2962................
    Non-VA service and care2885..................................
    Physical examinations through age 172961.....................
    Priorities for medical services2910..........................
    Reasonable charges for care or services2886, 2913, 2958, 2959
    Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously 
        liable third parties2911.................................
    Sensori-neural aids2914......................................
    Simplified acquisition procedures2966........................
    Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care2957........
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act1787.......................

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Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage856...................................
    List of covered procedures905................................
  Drug-free workplace requirements754............................
  Electronic cost reporting requirements899......................
  Federally qualified health centers744, 899.....................
  Fire safety requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, 
      hospitals, and long-term care facilities920................
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded:
    Conditions of participation841...............................
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations3604.............
    Paid feeding assistants896...................................
    Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances1706.
    Prospective Payment System902, 937...........................
  Physician referrals for health services892, 938................
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities851, 887...........
  Skilled nursing facilities861, 874.............................
  Use of restraint and seclusion848, 872.........................
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Pre-existing condition exclusions2726........................
    Special enrollment rules2726.................................
  Benefit-specific waiting periods854............................
  CHAMPUS:
    Appeals and hearings procedures665...........................
    Authorized providers649......................................
    Beneficiaries age 65 and over659.............................
    Claimcheck denials appeals process655........................
    Double coverage654, 667......................................
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision652..........
    Individual Case Management Program658........................
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials656.
    Payment for ambulatory care651...............................
    Pharmacy Benefits Program657.................................
    Prosthetic devices coverage653...............................
    Regulation amendments662.....................................
    Special supplemental food and nutrition education program666.
    Third-party recoveries667....................................
    TRICARE650, 657, 659, 660, 661, 663, 664.....................
  Claims attachment standard842..................................
  Continuing coverage notice1780.................................
  District of Columbia employees3594.............................
  Electronic signatures923.......................................
  Employer based group health plans1780..........................
    Nondiscrimination provisions906..............................
  Exemption from State regulation1790............................
  Government employees3567, 3571, 3572, 3605, 3606, 3607.........
    Acquisition regulations3782..................................
    Children's equity3608........................................
    Flexible spending accounts3586, 3609.........................
    Long-term care insurance regulations3604.....................
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act879, 880....
    Administrative simplification provisions3569.................
    Bona fide wellness programs907, 2737.........................
    Church plans2736.............................................
    Civil money penalties940.....................................
    Electronic transactions and code set standards875............
    Health care access, portability and renewability1784.........
    Nondiscrimination1788, 2735, 2736, 2737......................
    VA implementation2944........................................
  Health plan identifiers879.....................................
  Mental Health Parity Act898....................................
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements1791.....................
  Portability859, 897, 2726......................................
  Provider identifiers880........................................
  Reform:
    Electronic retail pharmacy transactions926...................
  Retirement benefits3423........................................
  Security of individual health information923...................
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs166....
    Family coverage options853...................................
    Modifications895.............................................
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers1010, 1854............................
  National Practitioner Data Bank818, 820........................
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens1024, 1778................................
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists4077..........................
  Physicians:
    Fee schedule864, 928.........................................
    Health services referrals892.................................
    National interest waivers for alien physicians1023...........
    Ownership in specialty hospitals870..........................
    Referrals to health care entities with which they have 
        financial relationships934, 938..........................
    VA medical opinions rules2947................................
  Professional shortage areas819.................................
  Provider identifiers880........................................
Health records:
  Photocopy expenses893..........................................
  Prescription release rule4077..................................
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information3741......
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management1656....................................
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients799.................................
  Hospital conditions of participation885........................
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings2118...............................
  Mexican motor carriers2131.....................................
    Motor carrier regulations2108, 2118, 2119, 2123, 2124, 2132, 
        2134, 2143, 2144, 2252.........................................
  National Bridge Inspection Standards2086.......................
  State programs2255.............................................
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision2097, 2099....................................
  Work zone safety2084...........................................
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Debt financing2102.............................................
  Design-build contracting2100...................................
  Environmental impact and related procedures2248................
  Federal aid projects2083, 2088.................................
  Federal lands highway program:
    Forest highways program2093..................................
    Indian reservations road program1560, 1565, 2091.............
    Park roads and parkways program2090..........................
    Refuge roads program2092.....................................
  Highway vehicle definition2808.................................
  Indian reservation road bridge program2094.....................
  Metropolitan transportation planning2103, 2302.................

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  National Forest System road management policy242...............
  National Highway System2088....................................
  Railroad highway projects2089..................................
  Real property acquisition2087..................................
  Relocation assistance2087......................................
  Truck size and weight requirements2104.........................
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations636.........................
  National Historic Preservation Act amendments2972..............
     Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act1537, 
        1543...........................................................
  Tribal lands1542...............................................
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management1656....................................
Hogs:
  Imports from Europe99..........................................
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment77...............................
  Swine packer marketing contracts140............................
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control4052, 4053, 4057, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061.
  Exemption for certain acquisitions4207.........................
  Foreign personal holding company income2852....................
  Industry Guide 3 amendments4164................................
Homeless:
  Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act2908.............
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals1623..............................
Honey:
  Honey wines2414................................................
  National Organic Program standards3............................
Horses:
  Brucellosis indemnity85........................................
Hospice care:
  Electronic cost reporting899...................................
  Hospice wage index917..........................................
  Medicare conditions of participation839........................
  Medicare policies886, 913......................................
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care651.........................
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services871, 885..................................
    Quality assessment and performance improvement program921....
  Copayments for veterans2909....................................
  DOT grants1875.................................................
  Enrollment in VA health care system2912........................
  Grants administration584, 1245, 1267, 2976.....................
  Inpatient prospective payment system860........................
  Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system903.........
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child1786...............
  Medicare:
    Calculating cost outlier payments under short-term inpatient 
        prospective payment system914............................
    Coinsurance amounts909.......................................
    Emergency Medical and Treatment Act912.......................
    Extended care services coinsurance909, 929...................
    Inpatient deductible909, 929.................................
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation843...
    Long-term care prospective payment system902, 937............
    Nondiscrimination in referral to home health agencies904.....
    Outpatient prospective payment system862, 922................
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement911, 931.............
  Organ procurement service area waivers918, 935.................
  Patients' rights872............................................
  Physician ownership in specialty hospitals870..................
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency682, 703......................................
  Test procedures694.............................................
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative1257......................
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing2899................................................
  Authority to waive regulations1309.............................
  Civil penalties for violations:
    Distribution of tax credit proceeds1292......................
  Civil Rights Restoration Act1259...............................
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities1310...................................
    Slum and blight prevention1310...............................
  Debarment and suspension rule1260..............................
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas1286....
  Electronic document retention1264..............................
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines689, 701....................
  Environmental responsibilities1261.............................
  Faith-based organizations' participation in HUD programs1262...
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Appraiser Watch Initiative1284...............................
    Electronic endorsement of mortgages1280......................
    Inspector roster1297.........................................
    Quality control plans1282....................................
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard1281.................................
  Hawaiian Natives:
    Mortgage eligibility1279.....................................
    NAHASDA assistance1336.......................................
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program1258.......................
  Housing counseling program1285.................................
  Housing Improvement Program1564................................
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program:
    Regulations1311..............................................
    Shallow rental assistance1314................................
  HUD acquisition regulations1322................................
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program1335.........................
  Lead-based paint3268, 3275, 3277...............................
  Lender accountability for appraisals1298.......................
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies1272..........
  Mark-to-Market Program1305.....................................
  Migrant farmworker projects113, 114............................
  Multifamily:
    Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement1283
             Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental 
        projects1288...................................................
    Housing bonds2606............................................
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act1304.........
    Nondiscrimination based on disability1253....................
  NAHASDA amendments1334.........................................
           Office of Inspector General subpoenas and response to 
        subpoenas1323..................................................
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information1304...................................
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing107........................................
    Loan policies109, 116........................................
    Loans and grants107, 111, 112................................
    Multiple-family housing107...................................
    Rental housing107, 110.......................................
  Sale of property2835...........................................
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program1296.......

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  Streamlining regulations107....................................
  Supplemental cost certification requirement1293................
  Supportive Housing Programs1302, 1312, 1315....................
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program1287............................
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families1268.....................
    Charitable Choice provisions950..............................
  Tenant participation in State-financed, HUD-assisted housing 
      developments1308...........................................
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program1290............
  Manufactured housing installation program1289..................
Human research subjects:
  Protection of671, 834, 835, 3247...............................
  Student rights668..............................................
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Airborne hunting regulations1421...............................
  Migratory birds1417, 1420, 1460, 1477, 1520....................
  National Wildlife Refuges1397..................................
  Standards for tree stands3815..................................
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects503...........
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing504.................


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification1211.......................................
  Adoption of alien siblings981..................................
  Affidavit of support1008.......................................
  Appeal fees999.................................................
  Arrest warrant definition1200..................................
  Asylum procedures:
    Frivolous applications1000...................................
    Numerical limit on grants978.................................
  Authority of the DHS Secretary967..............................
  Automated inspection service1166...............................
  Availability of material under Freedom of Information and 
      Privacy Acts1251...........................................
  Benefit application fee997, 1059, 1070.........................
  Cancellation of removal1722, 1724..............................
  Child Citizenship Act1032......................................
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal986..............
  Contracts with transportation lines1144........................
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal1209.....
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits1052...............................................
  Employment:
    Authorization eligibility1000................................
    Employer sanctions1217.......................................
    Verification requirements1004, 1064..........................
  Exchange visitors:
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System1049, 1216........
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement757, 987.....
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities1723........
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry1155........
  Fingerprinting certain applicants1003, 1022, 1025..............
  Genealogy program processing fee1250...........................
  Hunger strikes by detainees1201................................
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program1062...........................
  Immigration user fee1171.......................................
  Inadmissibility970.............................................
  Increasing number of officers authorized to issue notices to 
      appear and arrest warrants for violations1219..............
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures1051................................
  Information release regarding service detainees in non-federal 
      facilities1220.............................................
  Intercountry adoptions979, 1054................................
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds1203..................
  International broadcasters1034, 1856...........................
  International matchmaking organization requirements971.........
  Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service 
      decisions993...............................................
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines1727...................................
         Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of 
        aliens1213.....................................................
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act1037, 1039, 1724............
  List of recognized American institutions of research1045.......
  Notice to appear definition1200................................
  Payment of fees methods1044....................................
  Preinspected automated lane program1152........................
  Protective orders in administration proceedings1726............
  Representative registry1720....................................
  Revoking grants of naturalization1020..........................
  Suboffices under jurisdiction of the Los Angeles District 
      Office1212.................................................
  Surety bonds1202...............................................
  Suspension of deportation1014, 1722, 1724......................
  Transfer of INS functions to DHS1728...........................
  United Nations Convention Against Torture1015..................
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act1145..........
  Waivers for nonimmigrants1048..................................
  Withholding of adjudication1053................................
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Apparel articles317............................................
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment79........
  Bigeye tuna420.................................................
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program2548..
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention91, 777.............
  Captive-bred exotic birds1444..................................
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications3273, 3284, 3285.......................
  Cigarette papers and tubes2447, 2449...........................
  Control of PMN chemicals3280...................................
  Controlled substances for personal medical use1695.............
  Dog and Cat Protection Act2524.................................
  Drawback2530...................................................
  Duty-free entry317, 320........................................
  Eggs81, 194....................................................
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings1686..................................
  Food products806...............................................
  Fruits and vegetables89, 98....................................
  Hass avocados18................................................
  Hogs from Europe99.............................................
  Icelandic eiderdown1398........................................
  Livestock205...................................................
  Marine mammal products450......................................
  Meat and meat products193......................................
  Merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark2528.....................
  Milk and milk products93.......................................
  Motor vehicles3151.............................................
    Canadian2202.................................................
    Commercial2221...............................................
    Nonconforming2227............................................
  Nursery stock80................................................
  Parrots1387....................................................
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables78.........
  Polar bear trophies1399........................................
  Poultry products194, 205.......................................
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products2463.........
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances2527..........
  Single entry for split shipments2551...........................
  Softwood lumber from Canada2544, 2546..........................

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  Steel products321, 2552........................................
  Swordfish420...................................................
  Textiles2500...................................................
  Tobacco products2446, 2447, 2449, 2476.........................
  Tuberculosis risk classification95.............................
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres2526, 2540..............
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico76..............................
  Veterinary user fees65.........................................
  Wheat97........................................................
  Wild birds1387.................................................
  Wildlife1370...................................................
  Wood packing materials63, 69...................................
  Wool:
    Refund of duties paid on select products2541.................
    Worsted wool fabrics319......................................
  Yachts2549.....................................................
Income taxes:
  Accelerated cost recovery system2628...........................
  Accelerated death benefits2796.................................
  Accounting:
    Partnerships2719.............................................
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes2825.................
        Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased 
        age2756........................................................
  Active conduct of an insurance company defined2813.............
  Adjustment periods2653.........................................
  Advance rental income2777......................................
  Agents definition2751..........................................
  Allocation and apportionment rules2610.........................
                  Allocation of basis to distributes following a 
        reorganization2693.............................................
  Alternative minimum tax2791....................................
  Apportioning interest expense2595..............................
  Asset ownership2802............................................
  Authorized placement agency2732................................
  Basis regulations2602..........................................
  Bona fide wellness program regulations907......................
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations2694....................
    Multifamily housing2606......................................
    Private activity2707, 2810...................................
    Tax exempt bond partnerships2689, 2692.......................
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments2761...
  Branch remittances2698.........................................
  Branches:
    Hybrid transactions2713......................................
  Bureau of Census disclosures2845...............................
  Cancellation of indebtedness2686, 2738.........................
  Caribbean Basin countries2789..................................
  Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate 
      years2768..................................................
  Carryover allocation2619.......................................
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over2759......
  Charitable contributions2793...................................
  Charitable unitrust interest2748...............................
  Check the box regulations2608, 2766............................
  Collecting child support arrears through the Federal Tax Refund 
      Offset949..................................................
  Collection at source to statutory stock options2817............
  Collection due process2684, 2685...............................
  Collections:
    Installment agreements2706, 2839.............................
    Levied property2708..........................................
  Communications excise tax2555..................................
  Community income2746...........................................
  Computation of tax attributes2686..............................
  Consolidated groups:
    Continuation of2598..........................................
    Duplicate tax benefits2641...................................
    Loss limitation rules2659, 2763..............................
    Losses on certain stock dispositions2875.....................
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations2596, 2712...........................
    Intercompany transaction rules2849...........................
    Regulation amendments2755....................................
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions2573......
  Controlled foreign partnership reporting2769...................
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax2791..................................
    Assumption of liabilities2554................................
    Estimated tax2585............................................
    Gain on stock distributions2739..............................
    Reorganizations2674, 2675....................................
    S corporations2815...........................................
    Tax shelter registration2831.................................
    Taxable stock transactions2778, 2866.........................
    Transfer of property to RICs and REICs2853...................
  Cost sharing2642...............................................
  Cross-border transactions2611..................................
  Custodial account contributions2662............................
  Damages under Section 74332843.................................
  Debt instruments2571...........................................
  Deductions from intangible property2588........................
  Deferred compensation plans2723................................
  Dependent care credit2680......................................
  Depreciation of vans and light trucks2629......................
  Diesel fuel definition2840.....................................
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms2616.........
  Disclosure of return information2559, 2593, 2727, 2847.........
  Distributions of property2635..................................
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method2589....
  Earned income credit2603.......................................
  Earnings and profits attribution principles2821................
  Earnings calculation for returned contributions2770............
  Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 20012850..
  Education credits2832..........................................
  Electronic payee statements2742................................
  Electronic tax administration2624..............................
  Electronic transmissions2709, 2842.............................
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans2743..........................................
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation2597...........
  Employer deductions for contributions to employee welfare 
      benefit fund2762...........................................
  Erroneous refunds:
    Abatement of interest2609....................................
  Escrow funds2703...............................................
  Excise tax on foreign insurers or reinsurers2848...............
  Exempt organizations2822, 2823.................................
  Extension of time for filing returns2557, 2644.................
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act2817........................
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act2664, 2665, 2817...................
  Filing corrections2651.........................................
  Foreign corporations2561, 2696, 2792...........................
    Earnings and profits2788, 2795...............................
    Income rules2582, 2776.......................................
    Reporting guidance2865.......................................
    Stock transfer rules2724.....................................
    Transfer of intangibles2814..................................
    Treatment of distributions or liquidations2818...............
  Foreign eligible entities2722..................................
  Foreign governments2786........................................
  Foreign insurance companies2560, 2562..........................
  Foreign investment companies2811...............................
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act2697....................
  Foreign tax credit2569, 2643, 2725, 2728, 2782, 2784...........
  Foreign taxpayers:
    Disallowance of deductions and credits for failure to file 
        timely return2844........................................
    Taxpayer identification number requirement2733...............
  Fractional parts of a dollar2556, 2647.........................
  Fringe benefit income allocation2563...........................
  Functional currency2788........................................

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  Gasoline tax claims2600........................................
  General utilities repeal2794...................................
  Generation skipping transfer tax deemed allocations2654........
  Gift tax disclosure statements2870.............................
  Gift tax for net gift2750......................................
  Golden parachute payments2695..................................
  Grantor2802....................................................
  Hand carry returns2627, 2652...................................
  Highly compensated employee2580, 2702..........................
  Inclusion ratio2623............................................
  Income allocation2588..........................................
  Income from ocean and space activities2807.....................
  Income from sources within specified possession2604............
  Information reporting for qualified tuition expenses2855.......
  Installment obligations2663....................................
  Insurance companies2741........................................
  Intangible assets creation costs2753...........................
  Interest2699, 2725, 2812.......................................
  Interest expense allocation2820................................
  Interest other than that of a creditor2612.....................
  Interest-free adjustments2701..................................
  International communications income2807........................
  International organizations2786................................
  Investigative disclosures2638, 2639............................
  Investment adjustment rules2649, 2650..........................
  Investment type property2730...................................
  Life insurance and annuity contract guidance2673...............
  Like-kind exchanges2584........................................
  Liquidation of an interest2668.................................
  Loans from qualified employer plans2836........................
  Losses:
    Separate limitation2787......................................
    Waiver of carryovers2649, 2650...............................
  Low-income taxpayer clinics2747, 2857..........................
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks2558, 2731.......
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations2754....
  Mixed use output facilities2824................................
  Modified guaranteed contracts2740..............................
  Multiple party financing2801...................................
  Multistep transactions2666, 2780...............................
  New market tax credit2690, 2691, 2749..........................
  Non-accrual experience method of accounting2826................
  Non-shelter revisions2614......................................
  Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension 
      plans2781..................................................
  Normalization requirements2592.................................
  Notional principal contracts2676...............................
  Number of notices received by payer2758........................
  Obligation-shifting transactions2605...........................
  Obligations of State and local governments2846.................
  Offset of refund payments2402..................................
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities2583, 2677..........................
    Capital account bookup2633...................................
    Determination of basis of partner's interest2856.............
    Equity for services2827......................................
    Fair market value2719........................................
    Foreign tax credit allocation2634............................
    Hybrid transactions2713......................................
    New markets tax credit allocation2618........................
    Options2764..................................................
    Retiring or deceased partner2594.............................
    Section 1503(d) applications2734, 2798.......................
    Transactions involving long-term contracts2617...............
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income2586.....................................
  Passive foreign investment companies2811.......................
  Payments:
    Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans2721......
    Source of payments2567.......................................
  Payments to attorneys2579, 2714................................
  Previously taxed earnings and profits2590......................
  Principal residence seizure2599................................
  Procedure and administration2700...............................
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting2757......................
  Qualified interests2669........................................
  Qualified offers2715...........................................
  Real Estate Investment Trusts2833..............................
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests2683....................
    Foreign holders2678..........................................
    Inducement fees2670, 2671....................................
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-3022803........................
  Redemptions treated as dividends2819...........................
  Refund offset for HHS debt collection750.......................
  Regulated Investment Companies2833.............................
  Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation3456.......
  Relocation allowances3472......................................
  Reportable transactions:
    Disclosure of2863............................................
    List maintenance requirement2630, 2632, 2864.................
    Registration of2631..........................................
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements2565, 2771.............
  Requests for information2637...................................
  Research credit2620, 2716, 2745................................
  Residence sale or exchange2774, 2835, 2859.....................
  Resident status2785............................................
  Restricted stock2681...........................................
  Retirement annuity contributions2662...........................
  Retirement plans2767, 2799.....................................
    Deemed IRAs2657, 2658........................................
  Return preparation2646.........................................
  Safe harbor leases2660, 2661...................................
  Section 60482797...............................................
  Section 61122837...............................................
  Section 61592706...............................................
  Section 63432708...............................................
  Section 8822800................................................
  Section 8842800................................................
  Securities2566, 2704...........................................
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans2682...
  Special depreciation allowance2656.............................
  Split-dollar life insurance2760................................
  Stacking rules2619.............................................
  Statement filing2838...........................................
  Statutory mergers and consolidations2867.......................
  Stock options2615, 2765, 2828..................................
  Stock transfer regulations2581, 2667...........................
  Straddles2575..................................................
    Carrying charges2812.........................................
    Miscellaneous issues2705.....................................
  Stripping transactions2801.....................................
  Structured settlement factoring transactions2636, 2862.........
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending2655.........
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers2601.....................
  Swap transactions2567..........................................
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing2619, 2648.................................
    Puerto Rico2783..............................................
  Tax shelter penalties2752......................................
  Tax shelter rules2613, 2863, 2864..............................
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs2587...........................
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights2706, 2708..............................
  Taxpayer identification number matching program2874............
  Testamentary trusts:
    Qualified S election2744.....................................
  Testimony authorizations2637...................................
  Timely mailing treatment2626...................................
  Toll telephone service definition2640..........................
  Transfer of notes or stock to provide for satisfaction of 
      contested liabilities2621, 2622............................
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor2679.....
           Transfers of property to third parties on behalf of a 
        spouse2841.....................................................

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  Travel expenses2775, 2861......................................
  Travel expenses for members of Congress2568....................
  Treatment of services2645......................................
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts2572..............................
    Distributions of loss corporation stock2687, 2688............
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT)2805.
    Foreign trusts2804...........................................
    Income definition2729........................................
    Non-exempt employees2802.....................................
  Trusts and estates2830.........................................
  Unauthorized inspection of returns2860.........................
  Unit livestock pricing method2851..............................
  User fees for offers to compromise2607.........................
  Widely held fixed investment trusts2771........................
  Withholding at treaty rate exception for taxpayer identifying 
      number2854.................................................
  Withholding certificates2709...................................
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries2816...................
  Withholding from compensation of Federal employees2397.........
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
           Indians-business and finance
  Alaska resupply operation1558..................................
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood1557.....................
  Child support enforcement946...................................
  Electric power utilities1552...................................
  Food assistance programs147....................................
  Grants administration1247......................................
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program1335.......................
    NAHASDA amendments1334.......................................
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act821..
  Migratory bird hunting regulations1417, 1477...................
  National Environmental Policy Act4115..........................
  National Indian Gaming Commission4104, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4113, 
        4115, 4116.....................................................
     Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act1537, 
        1543...........................................................
  Navajo generating station3084, 3085............................
  Probate of estates1360.........................................
  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument1548......................................
  Spent fuel shipment notification4139...........................
  Subsistence fishing475, 1478...................................
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska1476, 
        1495, 1519.....................................................
  Transport of eagle feathers1422................................
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program1473.............................
  Trust management reform1563....................................
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program1776..................................
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products450.......................
  Protection of products1559.....................................
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act1553.............................................
  Defense contract incentives610, 621............................
  Gaming operations:
    Debt collection4106..........................................
    Facility licensing standards4114.............................
    Minimum internal control standards4116.......................
    Privacy Act procedures4105...................................
    Revenue allocation plans1554.................................
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program3671....................
  Management contracts4110.......................................
  Net gaming revenue4111.........................................
Indians-education:
  Indian Education Discretionary Grant Program676................
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation3157, 3186.................
  Allotments1616.................................................
  EPA new source reviews3042.....................................
  Federal Lands Highway Program2091..............................
  Historic preservation programs1542.............................
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations26......
  Irrigation projects1556........................................
  Landowner Incentive Program1474................................
  Leasing of trust and restricted lands1555......................
  Mining regulations1600.........................................
  National Forest System lands218................................
  Oil and gas leasing1588........................................
  Road bridge program2094........................................
  Roads program1560, 1565........................................
  Water quality standards3384....................................
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations1561............................................
  Construction of jails1748......................................
  Hearings and appeals4107, 4108.................................
  NIGC enforcement regulations4109...............................
Indians-tribal government:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals954...........
  Tribal background investigations4112...........................
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Disability benefits
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Accessibility guidelines1265, 2981.............................
    Forest service trails225.....................................
    Outdoor developed areas2983..................................
    Outdoor recreation facilities226.............................
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities1673..........
    Public rights-of-way2984.....................................
              Telecommunications equipment and customer premises 
        equipment3857..................................................
    Transportation1876, 1880.....................................
  Air carrier complaints1882.....................................
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing2899................................................
  Cardiovascular impairments3703.................................
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations1758...................
  Designated public housing1325..................................
  Determination of3703...........................................
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act942
  Disability insurance program demonstration project3701.........
  Disability ratings:
    Burden of proof3725..........................................
    Cardiovascular conditions2931................................
    Convulsive disorders2888.....................................
    Digestive system2889, 3722...................................
    Drug addiction or alcoholism3704.............................
    Genito-urinary tract3697.....................................
    Growth impairment3707........................................
    Hearing loss2900.............................................
    Hematological disorders3713..................................
    Hypertension2931.............................................
    Immune system3687............................................
    Individual unemployability2916...............................
    Malignant neoplasms2893......................................
    Mental disorders3688.........................................
    Multiple body systems3724....................................
    Multiple scars2934...........................................
    Neurological2888, 3699.......................................
    Orthopedic system2915........................................
    Prior period of disability clarification3708.................

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    Respiratory disorders2931, 3705..............................
    Skin conditions3723..........................................
    Special senses3698...........................................
    Spine2920....................................................
    Tinnitus2925.................................................
    Vision2917...................................................
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits3695.........
  Homeownership assistance1343...................................
  Medical-vocational guidelines3702..............................
  Mentally retarded:
    Intermediate care facilities841..............................
  Motor vehicle modifications2148, 2249..........................
  Naturalization application1051.................................
  Nondiscrimination3449, 3624, 3740..............................
    Accessibility standards for play areas1677...................
    Air travel1867, 1900.........................................
    CNCS2992.....................................................
    Department of State programs1851.............................
    DHS programs964..............................................
    DOD585.......................................................
    DOT1883......................................................
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation3740.................
    Federally assisted programs1808, 4128........................
    FEMA1224.....................................................
    GSA3454......................................................
    Multifamily homeownership projects1253.......................
    NARA3490.....................................................
    NSF3518......................................................
    OFHEO3520....................................................
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities1673, 1677....
    State and local government services1674, 1675, 1677..........
  Passenger vessel access1892, 2982..............................
  SSA disability determination process3728.......................
  SSA medical equivalence policy3694.............................
  Supportive Housing Programs1302................................
  Telecommunications relay services3858, 3859....................
  Ticket to Work Program3745.....................................
  Video programming accessibility3910............................
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program3744............................................
    Referral for services3730....................................
    Refusal of services3731......................................
  Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain 
      naturalization applicants1025..............................
  Work Incentives Improvement Act846, 3692.......................
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 restraints1982, 2258............................
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 163827..............
  Baby bath seat ban3822.........................................
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans2960.......
               Vocational training for children of women Vietnam 
        veterans2963...................................................
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard3826...............................
  Child Citizenship Act1032......................................
  Child Status Protection Act1056, 1058..........................
  Crib safety standards3818......................................
  Drug product labeling783.......................................
  Food assistance programs161, 166, 171, 180.....................
  Infant formula793..............................................
  Lead poisoning3278.............................................
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child1786...............
    Motor vehicle restraint systems2161, 2171, 2178, 2182, 2198, 
        2206, 2212, 2245, 2254, 2268...................................
  Nutrition education participant contacts160....................
  Personal flotation device requirements1132, 1944...............
  Polyvinyl chloride in toys3828.................................
  Portable bed rail safety3820...................................
            Product registration cards for products intended for 
        children3830...................................................
  State Children's Health Insurance Program853, 895..............
  Television programming3925, 3926...............................
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 requirements776, 834..............................
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 States4088......
  Disability insurance program demonstration project3701.........
  Equity index insurance products4209............................
  FCSIC regulation3854...........................................
  Motor vehicles:
    Theft loss reporting requirements2181........................
            Substitution of investment funds underlying variable 
        products4191...................................................
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program2357, 2358, 2362...............
Insurance companies:
  Active conduct defined2813.....................................
  Asset acquisitions2741.........................................
  Disclosure of costs and expenses for variable annuities4216....
  Surety bond issuance2407.......................................
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Air carrier regulation1891.....................................
  Air pollution control implementation3063, 3232.................
  Alternative fuels incentives program686........................
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry1001...........
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew3481.......
  Employee benefit plan exemption from State regulation1790......
  EPA3045, 3336, 3385, 3394......................................
  Food assistance programs161....................................
  Hazardous materials transportation2319.........................
  Highway projects2083, 2088.....................................
  Highway safety programs2255....................................
  Local rail freight assistance2291..............................
  Oil spill response1919.........................................
  Railroad highway projects2089..................................
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry1001...........

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  Automated Permit Port programs1156.............................
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of1154...........................................
  Dedicated commuter lanes1146, 1149, 1156.......................
  Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection 
      Program1146................................................
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Application process557, 564....................................
  Continued prosecution application practice as to utility and 
      plant applications563......................................
  DFARS regulations622...........................................
  Electronic maintenance of patent application records560........
  Fees:
    Paper processing fee565......................................
                  Preliminary examination fees for international 
        applications562................................................
    Revisions561, 564, 568.......................................
  Foreign rights in inventions571................................
  Intellectual property:
    Inter partes reexamination proceedings559....................
  Invention promoter complaints567...............................
  Mineral patent applications1610................................
  Nonprofit organizations570.....................................
  Patent interferences555........................................
  Patent surveys2507.............................................
  Representation of others before the USPTO566...................
  Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development 
      Agreement572...............................................
  Rules of practice revisions569.................................
  Small businesses570............................................
Investigations:
  Government personnel3615.......................................
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System1732..........
  Privacy Act exemptions for FBI records1733.....................
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Advertising rules4205..........................................
  Advisor transaction rule4211...................................
  Affiliate transactions4193, 4211...............................
  Asset transfers2833............................................
  Compliance programs4203........................................
  Disclosure requirements4173, 4204, 4213........................
  EDGAR system requirements4177, 4196............................
  Form N-SAR4194.................................................
  Independent transmission companies4198.........................
  Money market fund exemptions4190...............................
  Money market fund investment4197...............................
  Proxy voting policies4212......................................
  Registration form and rules4192, 4194..........................
  Research and development companies4206.........................
  Securities depositories as custodians of assets4215............
  Small business investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports3660..
    Maximum leverage eligibility3663.............................
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments3661............
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Annuity broker qualifications1742..............................
  Cash solicitation rule4195.....................................
  Disclosure of costs and expenses for variable annuities4216....
  Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility 
      holding companies4199......................................
  Foreign direct investment in the U.S.302, 306..................
  Guaranteed investment contracts2720............................
  Investment advisers4187........................................
    Broker-dealer exemptions4201.................................
    Commodity pool operators4189.................................
    Compliance programs4203......................................
    Electronic filing1782, 4202..................................
    Operating through the Internet4210...........................
    Political contributions4208..................................
    Proxy voting policies4173, 4214..............................
    Thrift institutions4188......................................
  Mutual funds:
    Customer identification program2387..........................
    Reporting suspicious transactions2389........................
  NCUA rules4079, 4089...........................................
             Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance 
        products4191...................................................
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance1556..........................


                                   J

Jewelry:
  Duty-free shipments320.........................................
Juvenile delinquency:
  Checking aliens' records1003...................................


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare eligibility837........................................


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages2457, 2464, 2472, 2473......................
  Alternative fuels4075..........................................
  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
      packaging802...............................................
  American Automobile Labeling Act2251...........................
  Antibiotics resistance labeling815.............................
  Commodity chicken179...........................................
  Drugs783, 796, 803.............................................
  Electronic submission of information800........................
  Home insulation4070............................................
  Hydrocarbon-containing products3825............................
  Malt beverages2459, 2461.......................................
  Pesticides3259.................................................
  Unaged grape brandy2470........................................
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Labor management relations
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Acquisition regulations1807....................................
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions1812...........................................
  Debarment and suspension1809...................................
  Drug-free workplace requirements1809...........................
  Freedom of Information Act1756, 1811...........................
  Nondiscrimination1806, 1808....................................
  Small Business Job Protection Act1768..........................
Labor management relations:
  Collective bargaining agreement definition1790.................
  Open competition and government neutrality3792.................
Laboratories:
  Clinical laboratories regulation871, 889.......................
  Hospital conditions of participation885........................
  Small business testing laboratories3673........................
  Testing of mining equipment1802................................
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions774.......

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Land:
  See Grazing lands
      Indians-lands
      Public lands
      Rights-of-way
Law:
  See also Administrative practice and procedure
           Courts
           Indians-law
           Lawyers
  Qualified offers2715...........................................
  Suits against Federal employees1737............................
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase1753........................................
  Authorization of officers at reclamation facilities1606........
    Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act1729, 1734, 
        3942...........................................................
  Fish and Wildlife Service1367..................................
  Forest Service220..............................................
  Indian country1561.............................................
  National Indian Gaming Commission4109..........................
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct1680................................................
  Retirement3595.................................................
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens1213...........................
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives1197......................
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards1739..........................................
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings1720.......
  Standards of conduct:
    CPSC3832.....................................................
    National Indian Gaming Commission4107........................
    SEC4236......................................................
    Under supervision of the Judge Advocate General646...........
  TTB regulations2469............................................
Lead poisoning:
  Paint3268, 3269, 3275, 3277, 3278, 3289........................
  Reducing lead consumption and use3276..........................
Libraries:
  Debarment and suspension rule3502..............................
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments3498...........
  Ethical conduct standards3501..................................
  National Leadership Demonstration Grants3503...................
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs3500...........
  Presidential library facilities3491............................
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments3499...................
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits2796.................................
  Contract guidance2673..........................................
  District of Columbia employees3594.............................
  Government employees3602.......................................
    Federal Acquisition Regulation3612, 3782.....................
    Premiums3603.................................................
    Time frame for electing optional insurance3603...............
  Taxation of split-dollar arrangements2760......................
  Veterans:
    Annual risk allowance2898....................................
Liquors:
  Dealers2465....................................................
  Exports2408....................................................
  Unaged grape brandy2470........................................
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals4...............................................
  Assistance for producers50.....................................
  Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering 
      establishments90...........................................
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention94..................
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk67........................
  Commodity futures contract deliveries1.........................
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds772.....
  Foot-and-mouth disease82.......................................
  Free choice medicated feed786..................................
  Imported205....................................................
  Indemnity programs85...........................................
  Liquid medicated feed786.......................................
  Livestock Assistance Program32.................................
  Mandatory reporting program:
    Lamb amendment5..............................................
  Price reporting135.............................................
  Swine packer marketing contracts140............................
  Unit pricing method2851........................................
Loan programs:
  Community Disaster Loan Program1225............................
  Qualified employer plans2836...................................
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision2395.....................
Loan programs-agriculture:
     Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program257, 259, 262, 
        266, 268, 269..................................................
  Community programs106..........................................
  Conservation Reserve Program49.................................
  Debt settlement37..............................................
  Disaster set-aside program44...................................
  Eligibility with prior debt forgiveness25......................
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights3845..........................................
    Civil money penalties3853....................................
    Disclosure and reporting requirements3844, 3849..............
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation3842, 3843, 3852....
    Funding and fiscal affairs3839, 3840, 3850...................
    Governance of institutions3844...............................
    Mission-related investments3835..............................
      Policies and operations3833, 3836, 3837, 3838, 3839, 3840, 
        3846, 3848, 3850...............................................
    Priority of claims3851.......................................
    Regulatory burden3841........................................
    Scope of financing regulations3834...........................
  Farm Loan Program:
    General credit provisions59..................................
    Past-due period29............................................
    Regulatory streamlining38....................................
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders43...................
    Farm loan availability in the event of a national security 
        emergency27..............................................
    Interest assistance program40................................
    Minor farm loan program24....................................
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments43........
    Subordination requirements43.................................
  Housing256.....................................................
  Income limits53................................................
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations26......
  Intermediary relending program263..............................
  Primary loan servicing44.......................................
  Regulation streamlining38......................................
  Rural economic development111, 264.............................
  Rural housing109, 116..........................................
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantees Program287.........
    General and pre-loan policies280.............................
  Settlement of debt277..........................................
  Water programs271..............................................
Loan programs-business:
  NCUA member business loans4084.................................
  SBA:
    Certified development company program3658, 3665, 3672........
    Disaster assistance3684......................................
    Small Business Lending Companies3656.........................

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Loan programs-education:
  Direct Loan Program678.........................................
  Federal Family Education Loan Program678.......................
  Interest2710...................................................
  Medical research830............................................
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research825.............................................
    For clinical researchers826..................................
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds829............
    Health disparities research828...............................
    Pediatric research827........................................
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Corporate governance3522.....................................
    Disclosure requirements3523..................................
    High costs and predatory features1266........................
    Minimum capital3521..........................................
    Non-proprietary data1270.....................................
    Risk-based capital3524.......................................
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program1258.......................
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies1272..........
  Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance 
      enforcement1283............................................
  Rural areas109, 110, 112.......................................
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program1296.......
Loan programs-veterans:
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing2899................................................
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages2941...........................
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements2923.......................
  Regulation amendments2930......................................
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials1736..........................
  Foreign Agents Registration Act1736............................
  Restrictions969, 3718..........................................
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations1821..............................
  Security of insurance obligations1760..........................
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Section 8:
    Disabled families assistance1343.............................
             Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental 
        projects1288...................................................
    Downpayment assistance grant1351.............................
    Fair market rents1263........................................
    Housing Choice Voucher program1330, 1331, 1342...............
    Project-based voucher program1345............................
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract1301....
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program1327......
    Streamlining HUD income exclusions1252.......................
    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families950, 1268..............
  Tax credits2619, 2648..........................................
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Dispute resolution program1290.................................
  Installation program1289.......................................
Marijuana:
  Industrial use1716.............................................
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards66.....................................
  Beluga whales491...............................................
  Captive holding and transport489...............................
  Importation of polar bear trophies1399.........................
  Incidental taking:
    Atlantic large whale422, 496, 551............................
    Beaufort Sea polar bear and walrus1388.......................
    Manatees1513.................................................
    Missile launch activities by the U.S. Navy378................
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico380.............
    Power plant operations553....................................
    Rocket launch operations455..................................
  Killer whale stock depletion494................................
  Level B harassment1482.........................................
  Manatee protection areas1427...................................
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives450...........
  National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank:
    Access to tissue specimen samples498.........................
  NMFS List of Fisheries499......................................
  North Atlantic whale protection451, 488........................
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited1481................
  Steller sea lions454, 474, 531.................................
  Swimming or recreational interaction with452...................
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries507..
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary459.......................
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act458.............................
  NOAA overflight regulation457..................................
  Research program509............................................
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Alternative source to incandescent light1099, 1943.............
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK1089............................................
  Casualty reporting1917.........................................
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties1073, 1946........
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System1123, 1948...
  Escort vessels for tankers1110, 1114, 1133.....................
  Facility security1096..........................................
  Houseboats1950.................................................
  Identification credentials1128.................................
  Marine events1075, 1954........................................
  Passenger facility security1136................................
  Personal flotation device requirements1127, 1132, 1944, 1959...
  Port security1095..............................................
  Propeller injury prevention1124, 1950..........................
  Puget Sound-area waters1121, 1937..............................
  Reporting marine casualties1082................................
  Safety and security zone regulations1107, 1913, 1952...........
  Salvage and firefighting equipment1934.........................
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers1118..............................................
  Territorial seas and navigable waters regulations1093..........
  Towing vessels1085, 1102, 1928, 1932...........................
  Vessel security1097............................................
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities41..
  Automatic identification system1104, 1139, 2303................
  Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports2347......
  Carrier agreement regulations4041, 4042........................
  Communications3935, 3952.......................................
  Electronic transmissions and document submission4038...........
  Escort vessels for tankers1133.................................
  Great Lakes load line certificate1930..........................
  Hazardous substances2332.......................................
  Income source rules2574........................................
  Japanese vessels4045...........................................
  Merchant mariners1929..........................................
  Mobile radio services3891......................................
  National maritime security initiatives1106.....................

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  Non-vessel-operating common carriers4044.......................
  Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports1094, 1138, 
        1970...........................................................
  Ocean common carrier status4039................................
  Operating agreements4037.......................................
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes1077, 1957....................
  Seaway regulations and rules:
    Civil monetary penalties2304, 2348...........................
    Tariff of tolls2305..........................................
  Service contract regulations4043...............................
  Transportation of animals on international carriers87..........
  U.S.-flag vessel preference3789................................
Marketing quotas:
  Tobacco31, 42, 45, 46, 47, 54, 55..............................
Mass transportation:
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses1880.........
  Bus testing guidelines2299.....................................
  School bus operations2297......................................
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery197.....................
  Disposition and disposal requirements184.......................
  Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance Program266........
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category3373........................................
  Expressed nutrient content claims202...........................
  Foot-and-mouth disease82.......................................
  Grading and certification services13...........................
  Imports193.....................................................
  Labeling195, 198...............................................
  Lamb reporting regulations5....................................
  Meat recovery systems197.......................................
  Nutrition labeling182..........................................
   Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy91, 209, 
        777............................................................
  Rabbit grading10, 20...........................................
  Transportation and storage204..................................
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection183......................
  Color additives199.............................................
  Contamination186...............................................
  Emergency regulations209.......................................
  Fees203........................................................
  Food additives199..............................................
  Mechanically separated products181.............................
  Performance standards:
    Bacon185.....................................................
    Ready-to-eat products196.....................................
  Total quality control systems207...............................
  Trichinae Certification Program71..............................
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage856...................................
  Case management858.............................................
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions876..........
  Coverage rules for inmates of public institutions857...........
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs166................................................
  Drug rebate program908.........................................
  Estate recoveries869...........................................
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools936.
  Home and community-based services waivers865...................
  Managed care924................................................
    Civil penalties752...........................................
    Regulation revisions927......................................
  Mentally retarded persons:
               Conditions of participation for intermediate care 
        facilities841..................................................
  Organ procurement organizations845, 918, 935...................
  Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they 
      have financial relationships934, 938.......................
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities887................
  Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant933................
    Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities848, 
        872............................................................
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships822............................................
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices653......................
  Diagnostic x-ray systems804....................................
  Informed consent regulations780................................
  Medical care telemetry devices3870.............................
  Medical gas containers and closures788.........................
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen781.............
  Respiratory assist devices849..................................
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision761............
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves782......................
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides3256......................
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility830...............................
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees824.............................................
  NIH education loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research825.............................................
    For clinical researchers826..................................
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds829............
    Health disparities research828...............................
    Pediatric research827........................................
  Peer review831.................................................
Medicare:
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage856...................................
    List of covered procedures905................................
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions755........................
  Appeals process900.............................................
  Benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in U.S.916..
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions876..........
  Clinical laboratories regulation871, 889.......................
  Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity846
  Coordination of retiree health benefits3423....................
  Coverage decisions890, 891.....................................
  Dialysis services837...........................................
  DMERC service areas855.........................................
  Drugs:
    Average wholesale price methodology866.......................
    Self-administration criteria867..............................
  Electronic claims submission868................................
  End-stage renal disease:
    Bad debt payment888..........................................
  Extended care services coinsurance909..........................
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services873, 915, 932, 939.........................
    Physician payments864, 928...................................
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools936.
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation878, 883..........................
    Prospective payment system863................................
  Hospice care839, 886, 913, 917.................................
  Hospitals:
    Calculating cost outlier payments under short-term inpatient 
        prospective payment system914............................

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    Coinsurance909, 929..........................................
    Emergency Medical and Treatment Act912.......................
    Inpatient deductible909, 929.................................
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation843...
    Inpatient prospective payment system860......................
    Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system903.......
    Long-term care prospective payment system902, 937............
    Nondiscrimination in referral to home health agencies904.....
    Outpatient Prospective Payment System862, 922................
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement911, 931.............
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system851..........
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Appeals and grievance procedures925..........................
    Civil penalties752...........................................
    Premium reductions850........................................
  Organ procurement and transplantation rules838.................
  Organ procurement organizations845, 918, 935...................
  Overpayments and underpayments:
    Interest assessment847.......................................
  Photocopy expense reimbursement893.............................
  Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they 
      have financial relationships934, 938.......................
  Prospective Payment System893..................................
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers919...........................................
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals852...................................................
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage882.....
  Rural health clinics884........................................
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts749....................................
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing861, 874..
  State allotments for payment of Part B premiums901.............
  Statement of intent844.........................................
  Supplementary Medical Insurance:
    Premium surcharge agreements910..............................
    Rates910, 930................................................
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics840....
    Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities848, 
        872............................................................
Medigap:
  Anti-kickback safe harbor provisions755........................
Mental health programs:
  Charitable Choice program759...................................
  Group health plan benefit parity1785...........................
  Mental Health Parity Act898....................................
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system851................................
    Use of restraint and seclusion887............................
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  EPA trace metal analysis3385...................................
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements3307............
Metric system:
  Conversion:
    Motor vehicle safety standards2257...........................
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 settlement580...........................................
  Courts-martial manual review592................................
  Elimination of deemed military wages3714.......................
  Filing claims against SSA3726..................................
  Former spouse payments from retired pay595.....................
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics795..............
  Reemployment3561...............................................
  Retirement regulations3563.....................................
             Security policies for granting access to classified 
        information581.................................................
  Stars and Stripes newspaper operations573......................
Milk:
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists93...
Mine safety and health:
  Asbestos exposure limit1799....................................
  Belt entry1801.................................................
  Black Lung Benefits Act1765....................................
  Civil penalties1805............................................
  Diesel particulate matter exposure1800.........................
  Emergency evacuation procedures1804............................
  Focused inspections1796........................................
  Regulation elimination and improvement1803.....................
  Respirable coal dust1797, 1798.................................
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories1802...........
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining3307.................................................
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification1797...........................
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure1583............................................
  Fractions sale248..............................................
  Locatable minerals program228..................................
  Mineral patent applications1610................................
  Mining claims1614, 1630........................................
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Federal consistency regulations508...........................
    Offshore cranes1592..........................................
    Pipeline rights-of-way1575...................................
    Rights-of-use and easements1575..............................
    Safety requirements1087......................................
    Safety zones1098, 1134, 1135, 1958...........................
    Security initiatives1105.....................................
    Sulphur leasing1591..........................................
  Overburden definition3316......................................
  Pipeline rights-of-way1491, 1634...............................
  Proprietary terms1583..........................................
  Segregated or withdrawn lands1629..............................
  Service order appeals1572......................................
  Valuation regulations1573, 1574................................
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments1566.................................
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds1566..........................
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned1594, 1601, 1602......................................
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations1597..............................
  Ownership and control settlement rule1599......................
  Placement of excess soil1596...................................
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures1617...........
  Revegetation standards1595.....................................
  Surface management1598, 1630...................................
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers1768............................

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Minority businesses:
  Participation in DOT programs1877..............................
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 Rico1307............................................
  Premium remittance period1295..................................
  Premiums in multifamily housing programs1306...................
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages1278, 1299.........
  Single-family:
                Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation 
        activities1255.................................................
    Predatory lending practices1294..............................
  Up-front payments1276..........................................
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rates1277...........................................
  Appraiser Watch system1291.....................................
  Civil money penalties1269......................................
  Cooperative housing developments1278...........................
  Credit Watch1273...............................................
  Disclosure of costs to consumers1303...........................
  Distribution of tax credit proceeds1292........................
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Non-program investments and liquidity3843....................
    Regulation and oversight3852.................................
    Risk-based capital standards3842.............................
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages1280..........
    Inspector roster1297.........................................
    Quality control plans1282....................................
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard1281.................................
  FHFB monthly survey of rates and terms4036.....................
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Corporate governance3522.....................................
    Disclosure requirements3523..................................
    High costs and predatory features1266........................
    HUD regulation of1256........................................
    Minimum capital3521..........................................
    Non-proprietary data1270.....................................
    Risk-based capital3524.......................................
  Hawaiian homeland eligibility1279..............................
  Home equity conversion mortgages1278...........................
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for veterans2941..............
  Lender accountability for appraisals1298.......................
  Lender compliance and accountability1271.......................
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities1275............
  Loan originator registry1274...................................
  Mortgagee Review Board sanctions1254...........................
  Nondiscrimination3520..........................................
  Predatory lending practices1266, 1291, 1294....................
  Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally 
      supervised entities1254....................................
  Servicing approval agreement1274...............................
  Supplemental cost certification requirement1293................
  Terminating origination approval agreements1273................
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems2216..............................................
  Civil monetary penalties2147...................................
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems2199...................................
    Employee protections information2137.........................
    Federal motor vehicle safety standards2138...................
    Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico 
        border2124...............................................
  Data display units2119.........................................
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System2166...........
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement1187, 2126....................................
    Disqualifications2128........................................
    Entry-level2110..............................................
    Hours of service regulations2114, 2141.......................
    Instructor training2109......................................
    Learner permits2106..........................................
    Licensing2105................................................
    Penalties2128................................................
    Physical fitness2111.........................................
    Qualification requirements2107, 2120.........................
    Safety performance history2112...............................
    Training2109, 2110...........................................
  Dromedary equipped truck tractor-semitrailers designated as 
      specialized equipment2098..................................
  Electronic filing of bonds, agreements, certificates and 
      cancellations2142..........................................
  English language requirement2120...............................
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification2136....................................
    Commercial van operations transporting passengers across 
        U.S.-Mexico border2124...................................
    Editorial corrections2354....................................
    Fuel systems2116.............................................
    Interstate school buses2134..................................
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation2135.......
            Post-accident controlled substances and alcohol test 
        results2144....................................................
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs2123..................
    Zero-base revision2143.......................................
  Freight forwarding industry2129................................
  Hazardous materials transportation1186, 2108, 2313, 2345.......
  Heavy truck conspicuity2252....................................
  Highway vehicle definition2808.................................
  Household goods transportation2121.............................
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S.2547.........
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system2113.......................................
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance2133........................
  Intermodal cargo containers2133................................
  Investigative authority2128....................................
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative2131...........................................
    Decal display requirements2139...............................
    NAFTA2130....................................................
  New entrant safety assurance process2125.......................
  Out-of-service criteria2122....................................
  Railroad grade crossing safety2118.............................
  Registration enforcement2127...................................
  Rules of practice2128, 2145....................................
  Safety fitness procedures2132, 2140............................
  Sleeper berth regulations2117..................................
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements2341..........
  Television receivers2119.......................................
             Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance 
        recipients2115.................................................
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics2338...................
  Truck length and width2096.....................................
  Truck size and weight2104......................................
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels686, 688, 4075................................
  Control regulations3170, 3211, 3241............................
  Emission control diagnostic systems3078........................
  Emission standards:
    Highway motorcycles3150......................................
    New motor vehicles3061, 3167.................................
  Gasoline:
    Additives3036, 3169, 3240....................................
    Anti-dumping program3082, 3149, 3166, 3171...................
    Reformulated3163.............................................

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    Standards3031, 3172..........................................
  Heavy-duty diesel engines and vehicles:
    Regulation amendments3242....................................
  Imported vehicles emissions standards3151......................
  Inspection/maintenance programs3032, 3070......................
  Low emission vehicles program3148..............................
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel3077.............................
  Motor vehicle and engine compliance fee program3088............
  Nonroad diesel engines used for crop irrigation3174............
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices2190.............................................
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 163827..............
  Brake systems:
    Allowing roll-bar during testing2170.........................
    Antilock system for heavy trucks2238.........................
    Brake hoses2158..............................................
    Hydraulic parking brake2216..................................
    Motorcycle handlebar lever2172...............................
      Child restraint systems2161, 2171, 2178, 2182, 2198, 2206, 
        2212, 2245, 2254, 2268.........................................
  Community transportation vehicles2200..........................
  Crashworthiness ratings2184....................................
  Defect reporting and notification2261, 2265....................
  Event data recorders2244.......................................
  Fire performance requirements2186..............................
  Frontal offset protection2237..................................
  Fuel system integrity2173......................................
  Horizontal discharge trailers2168..............................
  Imported vehicles2202, 2227....................................
  Inconsequential defect or noncompliance2270....................
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements2156...................
    Daytime running lamps2191, 2243..............................
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps2187..............
    Headlamp glare2160, 2247.....................................
    Motorcycles2162, 2194........................................
    Performance and test requirement modifications2192...........
    Signal lamps2193.............................................
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors2153................................
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks2241.....................
    Passenger-side systems2242...................................
  Motorcycle helmets2150.........................................
  Moving barrier tire specification2208..........................
  Multi-stage vehicles2246.......................................
  Occupant crash protection:
                  5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test 
        requirements2179...............................................
    Air bags2149, 2225, 2236, 2253, 2271.........................
    Designated seating position definition2177...................
    Door retention2155...........................................
    Head/neck protection2197.....................................
    Side impact protection2234...................................
    Upper interior impact2201, 2246..............................
    Vehicles built in two or more stages2176.....................
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated2214................
  Power-operated windows2188, 2235...............................
  Radiator safety cap2233........................................
  Recalls:
    Accelerated2265..............................................
    Reimbursement prior to2232...................................
    Reporting foreign safety recalls2273.........................
          Reporting of information and documents about potential 
        defects2230....................................................
  Rollover resistance2224........................................
  Roof crashworthiness2154, 2204.................................
  Safety glazing2196.............................................
  School buses:
    Body joint strength2272......................................
    Flammability of interior materials2185.......................
    Seat mounted child restraints2228............................
  Seat belts:
    Anchorages for voluntarily installed shoulder belts2267......
    Emergency locking retractor2164..............................
    Length options2266...........................................
    Rear seats2175, 2190.........................................
    Seat adjustment position2190.................................
  Seating systems:
    Performance2151..............................................
  Snowmobile auxiliary lighting systems3816......................
  Static out-of-position test requirements2222...................
  Test dummies:
    Adult size2240...............................................
    Child size2169, 2222, 2263...................................
    EuroSID II2174...............................................
    Female size2179, 2264........................................
    Hybrid III2169, 2240, 2253...................................
  Tires:
    Disposition of replaced tires2210............................
    Pressure monitoring system2229...............................
    Safety information2211, 2218.................................
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards2207....................
    Rear impact guards2239.......................................
  Warning label for low speed vehicles2226.......................
  Wheelchair lifts2249...........................................
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems2203................................
  Alternatively fueled vehicles2213, 3148........................
  American Automobile Labeling Act2251...........................
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test2205.............................................
  Cargo tank motor vehicles2306..................................
  Commercial:
    Dedicated short range communications2095.....................
    Importation2221..............................................
  Community transportation vehicles2200..........................
  Controls and displays2163......................................
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles2375...
  Dealer notification by manufacturer2189........................
  Defects2189....................................................
  Domestic origin of parts2251...................................
  Fleet fuel efficiency731.......................................
  Fuel economy credits2213.......................................
  Government property management3442.............................
  High-theft lines2231...........................................
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology2165.....................................
  Imports3151....................................................
  Inconsequential defects2259....................................
  Insurers:
    Theft loss reporting requirements2181........................
  Light trucks3210...............................................
    Fuel economy standards2269...................................
  Location and monitoring systems3946............................
  Low-speed vehicles2159.........................................
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements2152...............................
    Compliance for manufacturers and alterers2217................
  National Driver Register2166...................................
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System1730.
  Noncompliance exemption2259....................................
  Odometer fraud2250.............................................
  Parts marking requirement2215..................................
  Raised or sloped roof structure2204............................
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity2167..................................
    Width requirements2096.......................................

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  Regulation compliance and enforcement2260......................
  Retroactive certification2219, 2220............................
  Salvage regulations1735........................................
  Small business size standards for new car dealers3667..........
  Special purpose vehicles2157...................................
  Theft data2180, 2223...........................................
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps2148.................................
  Window glazing:
    Light transmission standards2262.............................
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos2502.............


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Capital regulations2483........................................
   Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures2489, 2493, 
        2497...........................................................
  Determining nature of financial activities2368.................
  Disclosure requirements2488....................................
  Financial subsidiaries2365, 2366...............................
  Maintenance of records2485.....................................
  Payday lending2499.............................................
  Public welfare investments2491.................................
  Real estate brokerage determination2367........................
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers2494..............
  Uniform rules of practice and procedure2498....................
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures583......................
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Appeal regulations241..........................................
                  Fair market value for recreation residence use 
        authorizations223..............................................
  Federal Lands Highway Program2093..............................
  Fossil collecting224...........................................
  Hydroelectric uses247..........................................
  Land and resource management planning230, 239, 246.............
  National Fire Plan1423.........................................
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines226.................
  Road management policy242......................................
  Sawtooth National Recreation Area:
    Increasing residential outbuilding size229...................
  Small business land use219.....................................
  Special use authorizations233..................................
  Stewardship contracting projects231............................
  Timber sales:
    Export and substitution restrictions222......................
    National Environmental Policy Act documentation240...........
  Trails accessibility guidelines225.............................
  Visitor services235............................................
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights1980, 2055.................................
  Boating and water use activities1538...........................
  Commercial use permits1544.....................................
  Federal Lands Highway Program2090..............................
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management1549...........................................
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Flight rule modifications2068, 2082..........................
    Postponement of special flight rules2012.....................
  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations1628....................................
  Historic preservation programs for tribal lands1542............
  Mountain bike use1539..........................................
  Niagara Falls:
    Flight restrictions2070......................................
      Personal watercraft use1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531, 1532, 
        1533, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1546, 1547, 1550.......................
  Presidio:
    Management3637, 3638.........................................
  Snowmobile use1540, 1551.......................................
  Vehicles and traffic safety1541................................
  Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument1545................
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets1548........
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 requirements4020......................
  Asset retirement regulations4015...............................
  Electronic filing of documents4008.............................
  Emergency reconstruction of interstate facilities4016..........
  Import and export authorization730.............................
  Interstate business practice standards4019.....................
  Liquified natural gas:
    Safety standards2316.........................................
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines4011.......
  Project cost and annual limits for pipelines4025...............
  Standards for business practices with interstate pipelines4017.
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers4003............
  Valuation1581..................................................
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 Program293..................
  Damage assessments500, 1352....................................
  Landowner Incentive Program1474, 1523..........................
  Private Stewardship Grants Program1365, 1524...................
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs1363....................................
    Corps of Engineers program640................................
    DOE compliance with environmental review requirements725.....
    Minimal effects exemptions291................................
    Wetland Program Development Grants3380.......................
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization

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Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigable waters:
  See Waterways
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system457, 1995, 1999.................................
  Area navigation1990............................................
  Instrument flight rules1996, 2080..............................
  Objects affecting navigable airspace1994.......................
  Standard instrument approach procedures1998....................
  Transponder requirement2004....................................
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace1986.................
Navigation (water):
  Alternative source to incandescent light1099, 1943.............
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System1123, 1948...
  Offshore pipeline hazards2308..................................
  Prince William Sound1918.......................................
  Puget Sound1121, 1918..........................................
  Regulated navigation areas1115, 1924...........................
  Traffic separation schemes1078, 1969...........................
  Updating technical information1074, 1953.......................
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership3932....................................
Noise control:
  Overflights of national parks1980, 2055........................
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits1812, 2905...............................................
  DOT grants1875.................................................
  Grants administration584, 1245, 1247, 1267, 2976...............
  Limitation of insured housing loans1272........................
  Rights to inventions570, 572...................................
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Availability of official records4149...........................
  Federal Advisory Committee Act regulations4156.................
  NRC information collection provisions4155......................
  NRC regulation corrections4162.................................
  Payments for special burdens and in lieu of taxes729...........
  Public document room4155.......................................
  Public records4122.............................................
Nuclear materials:
  Availability of official records4149...........................
  Computer security709...........................................
  Control and accounting requirements4152........................
  Determining eligibility for access to714.......................
  DOE security activities712.....................................
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities722......................................
  Electronic submission of fingerprint records for licensees4135.
  Export controls346.............................................
  Fee schedules4123..............................................
  Financial assurance regulations for licenses4131...............
  Human reliability program713...................................
  Medical use of byproduct material4125, 4159....................
  Nuclear fuel4137...............................................
  Packaging and transportation safety standards4129..............
  Radiation exposure reports4158.................................
  Security requirements for portable gauges containing byproduct 
      material4121...............................................
  Shipment filing and notification requirements4160..............
  Solid material control4124.....................................
  Source material distribution4147...............................
  Source material reporting4161..................................
  Spent fuel:
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage systems4134
    List of approved storage casks4148, 4153, 4157, 4163.........
    Shipment information protection requirements4139.............
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees4127..............................................
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Availability of official records4149...........................
  Combustible gas control system4144.............................
  Decommissioning:
    Integrated rulemaking4141....................................
    Trust agreements4150.........................................
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures4118..........................
  Emergency action levels4120....................................
  Entombment options4145.........................................
  Event notification requirements4133............................
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses4130.
  Fire protection4126............................................
  Incorporation by reference of ASME, BPV, and OM code cases4132.
  NRC regulation amendments:
    Adjudicatory process changes4142.............................
    Partial site releases4151....................................
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program4117.................................
    Nondiscrimination4128........................................
  Physical protection regulations4143............................
  Pressure-temperature limits4146................................
  Radiological sabotage4143......................................
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements4140..............
  Safety regulations721..........................................
  Security clearance regulations4136.............................
  Spent fuel storage:
    Geological and seismological characteristics4134.............
    List of approved storage casks4153...........................
  Waste disposal4138.............................................
  Worker fatigue4119.............................................
  Worker safety and health at DOE facilities720..................
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff per shift 
      posting requirements877....................................
  Veterans2907...................................................
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling198...............................................
  Uniform federal assistance regulations167......................


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Beryllium exposure1834.........................................
  Cargo handling1821.............................................
  Chemicals:
    Dermal absorption rate testing3283...........................
  Child labor regulations1761....................................
  Commercial diving operations1120, 1829.........................
  Commercial motor vehicle employees2137.........................
  Construction industry1815......................................
    Hearing loss prevention1836..................................
    Hoisting equipment safety1837................................
  Crystalline silica exposure1818................................
  DOE facilities720..............................................
  DOE radiation protection requirements718.......................
  Electric power1817.............................................
  Electrical standards1825.......................................
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program762, 
        1771...........................................................

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  Ethylene oxide1816.............................................
  Excavations1838................................................
  Exit routes1842................................................
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing1840....................
  Fall protection1823............................................
  Glycol ethers1833..............................................
  Grain handling facilities1841..................................
  Hexavalent chromium exposure1814...............................
  Injury and illness recording and reporting requirements1831....
  Ionizing radiation exposure1819................................
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees2278............
  Personal protective equipment1835..............................
  Pesticide worker protection3249, 3260..........................
  Plain language revision of existing standards1842..............
          Presence sensing device initiation of mechanical power 
        presses1830....................................................
  Railroad accident/incident reporting2295.......................
  Respiratory protection1820, 1826...............................
  Shipyard standards1822, 1828...................................
  Standards improvement1824......................................
  Tuberculosis exposure1827......................................
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards1839...
  Walking working surfaces1823...................................
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 operations1576............
  Drilling operations1590........................................
  Fixed platforms1589............................................
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico380...
  Leasing:
    Bonding1620..................................................
    Data release1577.............................................
    Definitions1577..............................................
    Leasing and operations regulations1626.......................
  Offshore floating production facilities1585....................
  Outer Continental Shelf1931....................................
    Document updates1586, 1587...................................
    Federal consistency regulations508...........................
    Offshore cranes1592..........................................
    Pipeline rights-of-way1575...................................
    Rights-of-use and easements1575..............................
    Royalty suspension volume1593................................
    Safety measures1087, 1591, 1952..............................
    Safety zone for vessels1098, 1134, 1135, 1958................
    Security initiatives1105.....................................
  Pipeline rights-of-way1491.....................................
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements1567...................
  Royalty relief or reduction1569, 1571, 1578, 1579..............
  Royalty reporting standards1568, 1569..........................
  Service order appeals1572......................................
  Storm water regulations3403....................................
  Sustained casing pressure1584..................................
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls354.............................................
Oil pollution:
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act1072..............
  Discharge-removal equipment1109, 1915..........................
  National Contingency Plan3362..................................
  Natural resource damage assessment500..........................
  Oil spill liability trust fund1111.............................
  Oil spill response1091, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1945, 2318...........
  Prevention regulations3398.....................................
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service594.................................................
  Tank vessels1918...............................................
  Vessel response plan1084, 1091, 1119...........................
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria3715............
  Interrelationship with Railroad Retirement Program3732.........
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria3715.........
  Video teleconference technology3721............................
Organization and functions:
  ATF2480........................................................
  FAA1991........................................................
  Farm Credit Administration3847.................................
  FDIC4002.......................................................
  FEMA1234.......................................................
  INS1728........................................................
  OGE3525........................................................
  Peace Corps3629................................................
  TSA1189........................................................
  USDA201........................................................
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Safety765......................................................
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine1698.....................
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant packaging3825..................................
  Household products containing hydroxides, standards for3823....
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings4069..........................
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 disabilities1892, 2982.............
  Alternate tonnage convention1126, 1956.........................
  Coastwise trade laws2349, 2350.................................
        Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan 
        waters3397.....................................................
  Entry/exit data system for aliens1161..........................
  Financial responsibility requirements4040......................
  Hull examination alternatives1100, 1941........................
  Immigration user fee1171.......................................
  Prohibited items1175...........................................
  Security plans1137, 1965.......................................
  Training and qualifications for personnel1090..................
  Underwater surveys1100.........................................
Passports and visas:
  Crew list visa elimination1853.................................
  Guam visa waiver program1147, 1165.............................
  Issuance of new or replacement visas1857.......................
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Alien witnesses and informants1855...........................
    Waiver of firearm prohibition1743............................
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda1162......
  Transit without visa1148, 1150, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1167...
  Visa Waiver Program1164, 1169..................................
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages

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Peanuts:
  Inspection regulations23.......................................
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Civil2040, 2376................................................
    DOC301.......................................................
    DOL1795......................................................
    ERISA1793, 1794..............................................
    FCA3853......................................................
    FERC4021.....................................................
    FMCSA2147....................................................
    HHS758.......................................................
    HIPAA940.....................................................
    Inflation adjustment2040, 2553...............................
    MARAD2304, 2348..............................................
    Medicaid and Medicare violations876..........................
    Medicaid managed care organizations752, 2040.................
    Medicare and Medigap755......................................
    Medicare+Choice Organizations752, 2040.......................
    Mine Safety and Health Administration1805....................
    Mortgage lenders1269.........................................
    Nursing homes2040............................................
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance1228...................
  Hazardous materials transportation2334.........................
  Immigration1718................................................
  PBGC assessment and relief3636.................................
  Tax shelters2752...............................................
  Treasury2625...................................................
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Acquisition regulations3782....................................
  Cash or deferred arrangements2577, 2578........................
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over2759......
  Deductibility of employer contributions2597....................
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms2616.........
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition1789........................
    Blackout period notice1792, 1793.............................
    Bona fide wellness program regulations907....................
    Civil penalties1793, 1794, 1795..............................
    Continuation of health care coverage1780.....................
    Electronic filing by investment advisers1782.................
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act1784, 1788
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child1786.............
    Mental health benefits parity1785............................
    Multiple employer welfare arrangements1791...................
    Safe harbor requirements1781.................................
    Suspension of benefit regulation1783.........................
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act1787.....................
  Excise taxes2871...............................................
  Filing rules3635...............................................
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits2799.................
  Income tax regulations2662, 2781...............................
  Normal retirement age2591......................................
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans3633......................
  Penalties assessment and relief3636............................
     Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased 
        age2756........................................................
  Required distributions from plans2767..........................
  Single-employer plans:
    Valuation3634................................................
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans2682...........
  Valuation of plan benefits3634.................................
Pesticides and pests:
  Active ingredient production3226...............................
  Antimicrobial pesticides3251, 3261.............................
  Biochemical or microbial products3252..........................
  Canceled or suspended pesticides3263...........................
  Data requirements3250, 3252....................................
         Disease associated with veterans' exposure to herbicide 
        agents2897.....................................................
  Disposal and storage guidelines3259, 3263......................
  Emergency exemption regulations3248............................
  Endangered species regulation379, 1419, 3254...................
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program3246, 3253....
  Explosive pest control devices1687.............................
  Groundwater protection3266.....................................
  Gypsy moth regulations74.......................................
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms88......................
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides3256......
  Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use73......
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program3262...................
  Plant incorporated protectants3258, 3264, 3265.................
  Protection of human research subjects3247......................
  Registration review program3255................................
  Rules of practice3008..........................................
  Storage and disposal3259, 3263.................................
  Tolerance fees3257.............................................
  Transgenic plants3267..........................................
  Worker protection standards3249, 3260..........................
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Fixed platforms1589............................................
  Oil valuation1580, 1588........................................
  Onshore oil pipelines2318......................................
  Recycled used oil management3324...............................
  Refineries:
    Emission standards3203.......................................
    Small business size standard3682.............................
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries3338................................
  Toxicity characteristic rule3346...............................
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Gas gathering lines2307........................................
  Hazardous substances2321, 2331.................................
  Incident reporting1570.........................................
  Inspection devices2317.........................................
  Integrity management in high consequence areas2330.............
  Liquefied natural gas facilities2316...........................
  Modifications and repair1591...................................
  National Pipeline Mapping System2314...........................
  Permanent underwater inspections2308...........................
  Producer-operated OCS pipelines2326............................
  Regulatory review2320..........................................
  Technical revisions to agency procedures2336...................
  Updates to safety requirements2312, 2316, 2324.................
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Accounting and reporting requirements4020......................
  Asset retirement regulations4015...............................
  Assignment of firm capacity4022................................
  Electronic filing of documents4008.............................
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines4011..............................................
  Onshore oil pipelines2318......................................
  Rights-of-way1491, 1575, 1634..................................
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Biological agents and toxins list96............................
  Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs70..........
  Endangered and threatened1472, 1521............................
    Conservation education1364...................................
    Permits for foreign listed species1400.......................

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  Gypsy moth regulations74.......................................
  International standards for wood packing materials69...........
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III1368, 1415........
  Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use73.....
  National Organic Program standards3............................
  Plant incorporated protectants3258, 3264, 3265.................
  Transgenic3298.................................................
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations3094..........................
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities3531.............................
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Chilling time and temperature requirements192..................
  Classes of191..................................................
  Commodity recordkeeping requirements179........................
  Disposition and disposal requirements184.......................
  Expressed nutrient content claims202...........................
  Grading10, 20..................................................
  Imported194, 205...............................................
  Indemnity payments for avian influenza losses86................
  Nutrition labeling182, 198.....................................
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses200.................
  Substitution of commercial poultry for commodity chicken179....
  Transportation and storage204..................................
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection183......................
  Color additives199.............................................
  Contaminated186................................................
  Fees203........................................................
  Food additives199..............................................
  Ingesta on finished products208................................
  Performance standards:
    Ready-to-eat products196.....................................
  Total quality control systems207...............................
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:
  Antibiotics771.................................................
    Resistance labeling815.......................................
  Central fill pharmacies1712....................................
  CHAMPUS Pharmacy Benefits Program657...........................
  Electronic transactions:
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances1696.........
    Prescriptions for controlled substances1697..................
    Retail pharmacies926.........................................
  Labeling783, 796...............................................
  Medicaid drug rebate program908................................
  Prescribed for veterans by non-VA physicians2956...............
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC3904........................................................
Price support programs:
  Tobacco31, 45, 46, 47, 54, 55..................................
Prisoners:
  Admission and Orientation Program1665..........................
  Aliens' release to immigration authorities1655.................
  Central Inmate Monitoring system1663...........................
  Civil contempt of court commitments1639........................
  Classification and program review1651..........................
  Correspondence1654.............................................
  District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act sentences1661....
  DNA collection and use1741, 3004...............................
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives1650....................
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders1658.......
  Good conduct time1638, 1647....................................
    Aliens1638...................................................
  Health care service fees1662...................................
  Legal activities1670...........................................
  Literacy program1644...........................................
  Medicaid coverage rules857.....................................
  Nudity and sexually explicit material or information1671.......
  Occupational educational programs1652..........................
  Over-the-counter medications1668...............................
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards1641............
  Release regulations1667........................................
  Religious beliefs and practices1657............................
  Suicide prevention program1659.................................
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility1645.........
  Transport of violent prisoners1745.............................
  Visitors1672...................................................
  Volunteer community service projects1669.......................
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism1660..............................................
  Commissary account deposit procedures1649......................
  Commissary privileges1646......................................
  DFARS contracts with Federal Prison Industries605..............
  Drug abuse treatment program1637...............................
  Emergencies1666................................................
  Federal Prison Industries:
    Address changes1664..........................................
    Contract performance evaluation3759..........................
  Incoming publications1670......................................
  Infectious disease management1656..............................
  Inmate discipline1640..........................................
  Intensive confinement centers1642..............................
  Postsecondary education programs1643...........................
  Telephone privileges1646.......................................
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review1754.............
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Disclosure of court records3001................................
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act681...................
  Federal information resources3536..............................
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records1772....
  Financial records and information961...........................
  Food Stamp Program144..........................................
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution3473............
  Privacy Act:
    Corporation for National Service2986.........................
    Crop insurance117............................................
    DHS procedures957............................................
    DOC amendments316............................................
    DOJ implementation1636.......................................
    DOT exemptions1885, 1887, 1888...............................
    EPA regulations3009..........................................
    Exemption of FBI records1733.................................
    FHFB regulation4030..........................................
    Food Stamp records170........................................
    INS regulations1251..........................................
    NCUA4098.....................................................
    NEH Inspector General investigative files3511................
    NIGC procedures4105..........................................
    OGE procedures3529...........................................
    Peace Corps regulations3628..................................
    SBA records3654..............................................

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    VA exemptions2954............................................
  Social security records and information3741....................
Procurement:
  See Government procurement
Prosthetic devices:
  See Medical devices
Public assistance programs:
  See also Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Disaster assistance1225........................................
  Welfare-to-Work Program1776....................................
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects3293......................................
  Biological agents and toxins list764...........................
  Carcinogen risk assessment3025.................................
  Charitable Choice program759...................................
  NIH center grants832...........................................
  NIH training grants823.........................................
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child1786.............
    Mental health benefits parity1785............................
    NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program825..................
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities760............................................
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act1787.....................
  Research misconduct833.........................................
  Safeguarding food during transport2338.........................
  Water contamination3408........................................
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Assessment system1337, 1338....................................
  Capital Fund Program1324.......................................
  Conversion of developments1329.................................
               Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based 
        assistance1340.................................................
  Demolition and disposition1328, 1332...........................
  Designated housing1325.........................................
             Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental 
        projects1288...................................................
  Excess rental charges1300......................................
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs1263...................
  Homeownership programs1349.....................................
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Eligibility of PHA-owned or controlled units1344.............
    HQS inspection procedures1331................................
    Payment standards protection1342.............................
    Regulation revisions1330.....................................
  Operating Fund allocation formula1348..........................
  Operating funds for debt service1333...........................
  Over-income tenant treatment1326...............................
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program1327........
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance1343.............................
    Downpayment initiative1351...................................
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program:
    Small PHAs1338...............................................
  Self-sufficiency performance indicators1346....................
  Streamlining income exclusions1252.............................
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families1268.....................
    Charitable Choice provisions950..............................
  Total development cost1350.....................................
  Up-front income verification1339...............................
  Vacant unit calculation1347....................................
  Voluntary conversion to tenant-based assistance1341............
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 reclamation1601, 1602......................
  Authorization of law enforcement officers at reclamation 
      facilities1606.............................................
  Desert land entries1609........................................
  Disclaimers of interest1633....................................
  Hazardous substances compliance1612............................
  Indian allotments1616..........................................
  Leases1621.....................................................
  Permit and easements1621.......................................
  Policy and management1608, 1621................................
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects1603, 1604.....
  Recreational use permits1618, 1631.............................
  Subsistence management1476, 1478, 1495, 1515, 1519, 1526.......
  Trespass on reclamation lands and facilities1605...............
  Wilderness management1614, 1619................................
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants1625...........................................
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development1622................................
  Disposal of reserved minerals1623..............................
  Locatable minerals program228..................................
  Mining claims1614, 1630........................................
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Performance standards1626....................................
    Valuation of oil1588.........................................
  Revegetation standards1595.....................................
  User fees1624..................................................
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Regulations removal1615........................................
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Mineral examinations1629.......................................
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply
Publications:
  See Government publications


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  Contractors and subcontractors721..............................
  DOE requirements718............................................
  Dose methodology3244...........................................
  Exposure standards1819.........................................
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 20001740.....
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Amateur radio service3879......................................
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band3939..........................
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations3957.................
    Resale of services3936.......................................
    Roaming obligations3936......................................
    Spectrum aggregation limits3955..............................
    Spectrum cap3940.............................................
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS3937.....................
  Competitive bidding process3938, 3945..........................
  Conducted emission limits3872..................................
  Digital audio broadcasting system3920..........................
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band3885......

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  FM radio3915...................................................
  Government transfer band3867...................................
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz3950.........................
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band3958.........
  Maritime communications3952....................................
  Maritime mobile services3891...................................
  Market definitions3927.........................................
  Multiple access systems3944....................................
  Newspaper cross-ownership3932..................................
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations3931...............
  Public safety communications requirements3943..................
  Quiet zone application procedures3960..........................
  Railroad standards and procedures2280..........................
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum3876, 3959......................
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band3886........................
  Software defined radios3874....................................
  Specialized mobile radio systems3963...........................
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets3956................................................
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services3951.......................
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band3954.....................
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use3954...............
  Ultra-wideband transmission3873................................
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz3863....
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Exposed individual notification requirement4154................
  Exposure reports4158...........................................
  Packaging and transportation4129...............................
  Shipment filing and notification requirements4160..............
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
           Railroad retirement
  Background checks1190..........................................
  Drug and alcohol testing2283...................................
    Foreign-based train crews2284................................
  Safety regulations2274.........................................
Railroad retirement:
  Account benefits ratio3648.....................................
  Annuity:
    Age requirement3646..........................................
    Deductions by reason of work3642.............................
  Creditability of pay3649.......................................
  Disability determination3639, 3643, 3645, 3650.................
  Electronic filing of applications and claims3641, 3647.........
  Employers' contributions3640...................................
  Freedom of information3644.....................................
  Interrelationship with Old-Age, Survivors and Disability 
      Insurance Program3732......................................
  Trial work period, redefined3643...............................
Railroad safety:
  Accident/incident reporting2293, 2295..........................
  Advanced civil speed enforcement system2296....................
  Automatic train control2296....................................
  Consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control and start-up 
      operations2292.............................................
  Crane safety standards2287.....................................
  Enforcement procedures2288.....................................
  Event recorder crashworthiness2276.............................
  Fixed guideway systems2298.....................................
  Grade crossing and signal systems2118..........................
  Locomotives:
    Cab temperature requirements2290.............................
    Crashworthiness2275..........................................
    Safety standards2286.........................................
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents2285, 2293........................................
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees2278............
  Radio communications and train control2280.....................
  Railroad car conspicuity2277...................................
  Rules of practice2289..........................................
  Safety integration plans2292...................................
  Track maintenance2282..........................................
  Utility employee protection2274................................
  Whistle bans at grade crossings2279............................
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Repayment tax2790..............................................
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Assistance to States2291.......................................
  Class exemption for temporary trackage rights4240..............
  Estimating variable costs in rate complaint proceedings4241....
  Expediting resolution of rail rate challenges4242..............
  Hazardous materials transportation1186, 2344...................
  Locational requirement for dispatching U.S. operations2294.....
  Railroad highway projects2089..................................
  Removal of joint rate cancellation regulations4244.............
  Small businesses or entities2281...............................
  Stand-alone cost methodology4242...............................
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics2338...................
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  FHWA regulations2087...........................................
  GSA policy update3464, 3465....................................
  GSAR tax adjustment provision3438..............................
  Historic preference3437........................................
  HUBZone program3457............................................
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Authorization of law enforcement officers at reclamation 
      facilities1606.............................................
  Financing1601..................................................
  Revegetation standards1595.....................................
  Trespass on lands and facilities1605...........................
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 disabilities1675...................
  National parks regulations1538.................................
  Presidio:
    Management3637, 3638.........................................
  Use permits for public lands1618...............................
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes3340..........................................
  DEAR amendment741..............................................
  Electronic equipment3339.......................................

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  Government purchase of recovered materials3317.................
  RCRA burden reduction initiative3345...........................
  Refrigerant3155, 3156..........................................
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation1016.................................
  Sponsorship agreement1016......................................
Relocation assistance:
  FHWA regulations2087...........................................
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Adverse experience reporting810................................
  Air carriers1882, 1894, 2003...................................
  Annual report for Federal contractors1846, 1847................
  ARMIS reporting requirements3982...............................
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation2381, 2389, 2391................
  Carbamates3353.................................................
  Chemical inventory reporting3300, 3311.........................
  Commodity poultry labels179....................................
  DEA1703, 1707, 1708............................................
  DOC303.........................................................
  DOI1567, 1569..................................................
  DOT2114, 2178, 2220............................................
  Electronic records management:
    FERC4004.....................................................
    FMC4038......................................................
  EPA3006........................................................
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule3016..
    Electronic reporting3022.....................................
  Exports349.....................................................
  FAA1979........................................................
  FCC3907........................................................
  FDA785, 816....................................................
  FERC4015, 4020, 4026, 4027.....................................
  Fishing quotas473..............................................
  FMC4041, 4042, 4043............................................
  Food Stamp Program178..........................................
  Hazardous materials2322, 3286..................................
  HHS899.........................................................
  Honoraria donated to charities3531.............................
  Human cellular and tissue-based products812....................
  Infant formula testing793......................................
  Information collection requests3337............................
  Investment advisers4186, 4202..................................
  Investment companies4204, 4213.................................
  Labor organization annual financial reports1763................
  Livestock mandatory reporting program5.........................
  Marine casualties1082..........................................
  Motor carriers2144.............................................
  Motor vehicle insurers2181.....................................
  Multiple employer welfare arrangements1791.....................
  NARA:
    Electronic records transfer options3496......................
    Electronic text documents3495................................
    Freedom of information3492...................................
    Plain language revisions3485, 3486...........................
  National banks2485, 2493.......................................
  National Practitioner Data Bank818, 820........................
  NCUA4099.......................................................
  NOAA489........................................................
  NRC4133, 4158, 4161............................................
  Nuclear material4152...........................................
  OSHA:
    Injuries and illnesses1831...................................
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data883.................
  Patent application records560..................................
  Peace Corps3627, 3628..........................................
  Rail equipment accidents/incidents2293, 2295...................
  Railroad employers' records and reports3640....................
  RCRA3337, 3345.................................................
          Retirement record of employee transferring within same 
        agency3599.....................................................
  Savings associations2881, 2882.................................
  Securities:
    Audits and reviews4239.......................................
    Broker-dealers2484, 3990, 4201, 4219.........................
    EDGAR system4177, 4196.......................................
    Large trader reporting system4165............................
  Tax determination on large cigars2413..........................
  Telecommunications operations support systems3976..............
  Tobacco market reporting system42..............................
  Toxic chemical test rules3299..................................
  Toxics Release Inventory3307, 3310.............................
  Treasury2372, 2771.............................................
  Tuition expenses2855...........................................
  Uranium mill sites728..........................................
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions774.......
  VA education benefits2894......................................
  Vessel numbering system1927....................................
  Voluntary consensus standards3537..............................
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Marine resources509............................................
  Misconduct717, 792, 833, 836, 3474.............................
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees824.............................................
  NIH center grants832...........................................
  Protection of human subjects834, 835, 3247.....................
  Research scientist appointment authority3014...................
  Tax credit for increasing research activities2745..............
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans2591......................................
  Coordination of health benefits3423............................
  District of Columbia employees3594.............................
  FEHB coverage3567..............................................
  Firefighters3595...............................................
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities3565.................
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities3601.....
    Credit for military service3563..............................
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act3616....
    FERS basic annuity3597, 3600.................................
    FERS coverage elections3566..................................
  IRA tax regulations2657, 2658..................................
  Law enforcement officers3595...................................
  Record of employee transferring within same agency3599.........
  Required distributions from plans2767..........................
  TRICARE retiree dental program661..............................
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act595...........
Rice:
  Inspection service fees143.....................................
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities2984.
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program36................
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System1635.....................
  Tennessee River System3750.....................................
Roads:
  See Highways and roads
Rockets:
  See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See Pesticides and pests

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Rotorcraft:
  See Aircraft
Royalties:
  See Mineral royalties
Rubber and rubber products:
  See Tires
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs259, 264, 268, 269........
  Business enterprise grants267..................................
  Business investment program260.................................
  Economic development loans and grants111.......................
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification 
      purposes276................................................
  Health clinic cost reporting requirements899...................
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program109..................
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program110...................
    Loans, grants, and programs107, 112, 116.....................
  Regulation streamlining107.....................................
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers274..
    Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantees Program287.........
    Demand side management285....................................
    Electric program standard contract forms278..................
    Environmental policies and procedures281.....................
    Extensions of payments283....................................
    General and pre-loan policies280.............................
    Local television station access275...........................
    Operational control exemptions286............................
    Seismic safety requirements282...............................
    Settlement of debt authority277..............................
    Special equipment contract273................................
    Technical assistance grants272...............................
    Telecommunications program279................................
    Useful life of a facility determination284...................
  Technical assistance grants and programs108....................
  Telecommunications system construction policies270.............


                                   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
  Outer Continental Shelf platforms1931, 1958....................
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Application and licensing requirements3883...................
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements3921................
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems3864...............................
    Digital audio radio service3885..............................
    Direct broadcast service3890.................................
    Earth stations3893, 3897, 3902...............................
    Fixed-satellite services3868, 3894, 3902.....................
    Global mobile personal communications3892....................
    Licensing reform3896.........................................
    Maritime mobile services3891.................................
    Mobile service provider flexibility3898......................
    MSS spectrum allocation3862, 3884, 3889......................
    Non-geostationary orbit3894..................................
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band3888...............................................
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations3887.........................
    Orbital debris mitigation3899................................
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band3886............................
    Voice and data mobile satellite service3900..................
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act3918, 3919, 3921..........
Savings associations:
  Audit requirements2882.........................................
  Capital standards2876..........................................
  Customer identification program2385............................
  Recordkeeping requirements2881.................................
  Securities transactions2881....................................
  Transactions with affiliates2883...............................
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  EPA3017........................................................
  National Institutes of Health822...............................
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Allowable costs159.............................................
  Commodity poultry recordkeeping179.............................
  Eligibility168.................................................
  McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
      Nutrition Program212.......................................
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations167......................
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System1049.....................................
  Asbestos model accreditation plan3288..........................
Science and technology:
  Antarctic meteorite collection3519.............................
  Deemed export rule345..........................................
  DOD grant and agreement regulations586.........................
  Nondiscrimination3518..........................................
  Research misconduct3474........................................
  Rights to inventions570........................................
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping1118, 
        1929...........................................................
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Secondary education:
  See Elementary and secondary education
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Acceleration of filing date4175................................
  Advisor transaction rule4211...................................
  Affiliate transactions4193, 4211...............................
  Auditor independence regulations4238...........................
  Audits:
    Audit committee requirements4185.............................
    Improper influence4235.......................................
    Retention of records4239.....................................
  Blank check companies4169......................................
  Borrowing transactions3995.....................................
  Broker-dealers:
    Categories of permissible collateral2356, 4230...............
    Customer identification programs2386.........................
                    Derivatives transaction execution facilities 
        intermediaries3802.............................................
    Disclosure requirements4232..................................
    Exemption from sending financial information to customers4224
    Quotation requirements4227...................................

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    Recordkeeping requirements2484...............................
  Cancelled security certificate destruction4228.................
           Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock 
        options2817....................................................
  Communications reform4171......................................
  Critical accounting policies4176...............................
  Custody or possession of funds or securities2356, 4200.........
  Customer Protection Rule2356...................................
  Definition of terms4222........................................
  Depositories4215...............................................
  Disclosure requirements4165, 4175, 4176, 4204, 4233............
  EDGAR system4177, 4196.........................................
  Electronic signatures4167, 4221................................
  Employer-provided stock option programs1769....................
  Equity securities4225..........................................
  Financial reporting4169........................................
  Form 8-K disclosure requirements and acceleration of filing 
      date4179...................................................
  Futures products:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards3803......
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers4229..............................................
    Reserve requirements for margin4223..........................
  Holding companies4164, 4199, 4207..............................
  Income taxation2681, 2704......................................
  Independent transmission companies4198.........................
  Integrated financial transactions2566..........................
  Investment advisers4186, 4187, 4214............................
  Investment companies4204, 4215.................................
    Compliance programs4203......................................
    Disclosure requirements4173, 4213............................
    Money market fund investment4197.............................
    Proxy voting policies4212....................................
    Research and development companies4206.......................
  Lock-up agreements4170.........................................
  Margin regulations review4055..................................
  Mark-to-market accounting2558, 2711, 2731......................
  Money market fund exemptions4190...............................
  Multijurisdictional disclosure system4168......................
  Mutual funds:
    Customer identification program2387..........................
    Reporting suspicious transactions2389........................
  Net capital requirements4218...................................
  Penny stocks4221...............................................
  Qualified purchaser definition4178.............................
  Reorganization events2674, 2675, 4226..........................
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements4219...................
    Annual reports and prospectuses4219..........................
    Large positions2372..........................................
  Reporting suspicious transactions2380..........................
  Research analyst certification4231.............................
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions2806...............................................
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    Disclosure requirements2488, 4172, 4180......................
    Insider trades during pension fund blackout periods4184......
    Off-balance sheet arrangements4183...........................
    Pro forma financial information use4181......................
    Treatment of foreign banks4174...............................
  Savings association transactions2881...........................
  Short sales4220................................................
  Standardized options:
    Exemption from regulations4182...............................
  Standards of conduct for attorneys4236.........................
  Streamlining4166...............................................
  Substitute dividend payments2655...............................
             Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance 
        products4191...................................................
  Supplemental financial information4234.........................
  Tender and reorganization agents4226...........................
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Airport security compliance program1192........................
  Biological agents and toxins list96, 764.......................
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures1660..................
  Classified national security information963, 3488..............
  Critical infrastructure information handling956................
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies2378...............................
    Pawn brokers2374.............................................
    Sellers of vehicles2375......................................
    Travel agents2373............................................
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings958.............................................
  DOE:
    Contractors708...............................................
    Nuclear security activities712...............................
    Polygraph examination regulations711.........................
    Restriction of access authorization710.......................
  Facility security1096..........................................
  FDA detention of food in response to bioterrorism threat784....
  FDA registration of food facilities805.........................
  Federal mail3440...............................................
  Freedom of Information957......................................
  Human reliability program for DOE employees713.................
  Identification credentials1128.................................
  Identification requirements of immediate previous source and 
      immediate subsequent recipient of foods785.................
  Military installations626......................................
  National maritime security initiatives1106.....................
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service Freedom of 
      Information Act program591.................................
  NRC regulations4136............................................
  Passenger facility security1136................................
  Personnel Security Assurance Program715........................
  Port security1095..............................................
  Privacy Act procedures957......................................
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States2033........
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation1183, 1194, 1908, 1911.......................
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators1191.........
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine1698.....................
  Technical surveillance countermeasures583......................
  Terrorist activity:
    Airplanes2052................................................
    Airports2053.................................................
  TSA investigative and enforcement procedures1173, 1910.........
  Vessel security1097............................................
Seeds:
  Karnal bunt compensation68.....................................
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations2502........................................
  Principal residence seizure2599................................
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements3546..................................
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems3368...................................
  Sludge use and disposal3361, 3379..............................
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs672, 965, 3023, 3499, 3506, 3510....
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property3452.
Sexual harassment:
  Fair Housing regulations1319...................................

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Sheep:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments90...
  Brucellosis indemnity85........................................
  Lamb reporting regulations5....................................
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations1822, 1828........................
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administrative wage garnishment3669............................
  Business Development Program:
    Technical amendments3657.....................................
  Certified Development Company Programs:
    Local economic development3658...............................
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments3672............
  Contract bundling3679, 3783....................................
  Debarment and suspension rule3680..............................
  DOT mentor/protege program1864.................................
  Drug-free workplace requirements3680...........................
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments3677...........
  Government subcontracting3786..................................
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program3671....................
  Investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports3660..
    Maximum leverage eligibility3663.............................
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments3661............
  Lending company expansion and oversight3656....................
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program3665, 3672..............
    Disaster assistance3684......................................
  Local economic development3658.................................
  National forest land use219....................................
  New Markets Venture Capital program3683........................
  Nondiscrimination3670..........................................
  Penalties2281..................................................
  Privacy regulations3654........................................
  Record disclosure3654..........................................
  Rights to inventions570, 572...................................
  Rural business investment program260...........................
  SBA standards of conduct3653...................................
  SDB Program3659................................................
  Size standards:
    Appeals procedures3676.......................................
    Facilities support services and base maintenance3678.........
    Forest-related industries3675................................
    Inflation adjustment3681.....................................
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers3674.............
    Job Corp Centers3686.........................................
    Multiple award schedule3668..................................
    New car dealers3667..........................................
    Petroleum refineries3682.....................................
    Small Business Innovation Research program3662...............
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program3664............................
    Testing laboratories3673.....................................
    Tour operators3685...........................................
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions3655........
  Small Business Innovation Research Program3662.................
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program3666.................
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Extension of DFARS contract goals620.........................
    Participation in DOT programs1878, 1886, 1901................
  Surety bond guarantee3652, 3664................................
  Veteran-owned3788..............................................
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review process3735..............................
  Annual earnings test3706.......................................
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students3733.............................
  Assignment of numbers3693......................................
  Availability of information and records to the public3734......
  Benefits for lawfully present aliens1007.......................
  Benefits to aliens residing outside the U.S.3742...............
  Claimant identification pilot projects3749.....................
  Debarment and suspension3736...................................
  Debt collection3691, 3720......................................
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof3725..........................................
    Digestive system3722.........................................
    Drug addiction or alcoholism3704.............................
    Genito-urinary tract3697.....................................
    Hematological disorders3713..................................
    Immune System3687............................................
    Medical equivalence policy3694...............................
    Mental disorders3688.........................................
    Multiple body systems3724....................................
    Neurological3699.............................................
    Prior period of disability clarification3708.................
    Redesigned process3728.......................................
    Respiratory disorders3705....................................
    Skin disorders3723...........................................
    Special senses3698...........................................
  Disability insurance program demonstration project3701.........
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations3743..............................
    Ticket to Work Program3745...................................
  Drug-free workplace requirements3736...........................
  Elimination of deemed military wages3714.......................
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits3695.............
  Facility of payment provision3746..............................
  Filing applications and forms3729..............................
  Filing claims against SSA3726..................................
  Grants administration3716, 3717, 3718, 3736....................
  HHS regulation migration to SSA3716, 3717, 3718, 3736, 3739....
  Maximum family benefit3746.....................................
  Medical-vocational guidelines3702..............................
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information3741..........
  Representative payment procedures3711..........................
  Retirement age3747.............................................
  Self-sufficiency incentives3692................................
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees3737......................
  Stepchild benefits3710.........................................
  Veterans' benefits3748.........................................
  Video teleconference technology3721............................
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program3744.........................................
    Referral for services3730....................................
    Refusal of services3731......................................
  Wage reports3700...............................................
  World War II veteran benefits3709..............................
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program49.................................
  Highly erodible land and wetlands296...........................
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations3480....................................
  Astronaut candidate recruitment and selection program3478......
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew3481.......
  Commercial launch activities:
    DOT licenses1981.............................................

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  Cross-waiver of liability3479..................................
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions3475, 3482...
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations455..............................................
  Income source rules2574........................................
  Nondiscrimination3477..........................................
  Research misconduct3474........................................
  Use policies for NOAA data collection systems485...............
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Stocks:
  See Securities
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Students:
  Border commuter students1050...................................
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System1049, 1216......
          Student rights in research, experimental programs, and 
        testing668.....................................................
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Hurricane assistance for sugarcane producers34.................
  Reexport programs210...........................................
Suicide:
  Prevention program1659.........................................
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts3356.................
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates3353.............
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Access to information held by financial institutions3727.......
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof3725..........................................
    Cardiovascular impairments3703...............................
    Digestive system3722.........................................
    Endocrine system and obesity3689.............................
    Genito-urinary tract3697.....................................
    Growth impairment3707........................................
    Hematological disorders3713..................................
    Hemic and lymphatic system3715...............................
    Immune system3687............................................
    Malignant neoplastic diseases3715............................
    Multiple body systems3724....................................
    Neurological3699.............................................
    Skin disorders3723...........................................
    Special senses3698...........................................
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits3695.............
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents3690..........................
    Exclusions3712, 3719.........................................
  Payment of past-due benefits3738...............................
  Transfers of resources3696.....................................
  Trusts3696.....................................................
  Video teleconference technology3721............................
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program3744.........................................
    Refusal of services3731......................................
Surety bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds1202...................................
  Issuance by insurance companies2407............................
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program3652, 3664....................
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites1594..............................
    State programs1598...........................................
  Indian lands1600...............................................
Swine:
  See Hogs
Synthetics:
  See Plastics materials and synthetics
Syrup:
  See Sugar


                                   T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Employment taxes
           Estate taxes
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Computation on large cigars2413................................
  DOE policy on making payments in lieu of taxes729..............
  Escrow funds2703...............................................
  Excise2672, 2779, 2871, 2872, 2873.............................
  Federal Acquisition Regulation3796.............................
  Foreign trade2564..............................................
  Passive activity losses and credits2829........................
  Real estate taxes3438..........................................
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program2395..............................
Teachers:
  DOD placement assistance program598............................
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program1287....................
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform3981.......................................
  Accounting requirements274, 3982...............................
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services3977........
  Advanced wireless services3875.................................
  ARMIS reporting requirements3982...............................
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers3978......................................
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services3974........................................
    Equipment manufacture3968....................................
  Broadcast ownership rules review3933...........................
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services3987.
  Communication intercepting devices343..........................
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act1734, 3942....
  Competition matters3881........................................
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services3975.........
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems3941, 3973...............
  Ex parte rules3881.............................................
  GSA management policy3431......................................
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees3953..............................................
  Interstate special access services3986.........................
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements3965.......
  North American Numbering Plan3964..............................
  Numbering Resource Optimization3984............................
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements3976........
  Pole attachments3914...........................................
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
              Designation of agencies to receive and investigate 
        reports1738....................................................
  Relay services3858, 3859.......................................
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program279..................

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  Rural areas270, 274............................................
  RUS special equipment contract273..............................
  Service quality reporting3980..................................
  Spread spectrum devices3869....................................
  Streamlining international services3901........................
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform3971.....................................
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)3969..........
    Equipment manufacture3968....................................
    Individuals with disabilities3857............................
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services3855...
    Local competition provisions3972.............................
    Tariff streamlining provisions3970...........................
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers3856...........
    Universal service3966........................................
  Toll-free service access codes3967.............................
  Unbundled network elements3985.................................
  Universal service reform3981...................................
  Wireless carriers:
    Spectrum aggregation limits3949..............................
Telephone:
  900-number service4076.........................................
  Access charge reform3971, 3981.................................
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities3857...........................................
  Accounting requirements3982....................................
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services3977........
  Advertising4076................................................
  ARMIS reporting requirements3982...............................
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers3978......................................
  Customer proprietary network information3969...................
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services3975.........
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program3966...................
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems3941, 3973...............
  Enhanced services3974..........................................
  Equipment manufacture3968......................................
  International call-back service3895............................
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services3855.....
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act3972.
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements3965.......
  North American Numbering Plan3964..............................
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements3976........
  Relay services3858, 3859.......................................
  Telemarketing Sales Rule4074...................................
  Toll free service access codes3967.............................
  Toll telephone service definition2640..........................
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers3856.............
  Unbundling local exchange carriers3979.........................
  Universal Service3966, 3981....................................
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising3908................................................
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services3877...............................
  Children's programming3925, 3926...............................
  Competitive availability of navigation devices3912.............
  Digital television service3866.................................
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees3922
    Children's programming3925...................................
    Review of conversion process3923.............................
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations3924...............
  Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming3929........
  Filing of network affiliation contracts3907....................
  Medical care telemetry devices3870.............................
  Predicting broadcast television field strength3871.............
  Public interest information3928................................
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band3961...................................................
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act3918, 3919................
  Service rules in UHF spectrum3947..............................
  Video programming accessibility3910, 3912......................
Terrorism:
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program1752........
  Procurements for defense against or recovery from attack3779...
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program2357, 2358, 2362...............
Textiles:
  Customs regulations2500........................................
  Flammability standards3824.....................................
  Rules of origin2550............................................
  Trade agreements317, 2521, 2537................................
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Disposition of replaced tires2210..............................
  Safety information2211.........................................
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Advisory committee regulations11...............................
  ATF reorganization2480.........................................
  Customs regulations2416........................................
  Excise taxes on products manufactured in Canada2476............
  Imported tobacco products2446, 2449............................
  In-transit stops without payment of tax2427....................
  Mandatory grading21............................................
  Marketing quotas31, 42, 45, 46, 47, 54, 55.....................
  Price support programs31, 45, 46, 47, 54, 55...................
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico2447..........................
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S.2463.........
  Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages2424..
  Removal of products without payment of tax2420.................
  Shipment of products without payment of tax2417................
  Tobacco Payment Program62......................................
Toiletries:
  See Cosmetics
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade agreements:
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act2536............
  Caribbean Basin country end products3795.......................
  Caribbean Basin Initiative program2521.........................
  DFARS modification628, 633.....................................
  FAR thresholds3797.............................................
  North American Free Trade Agreement1026, 2510, 2514............
  Tariff Suspension and Trade Act2527............................
    Adjustment assistance for workers1774........................
  Textile trade agreements317, 2500, 2521, 2537..................
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act2521, 2526..........
Trade practices:
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act:
    Preferential treatment of brassieres2540.....................
    Trade benefits2539...........................................
  Economic Development Administration304.........................
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures4073..............
  Funeral industry4071...........................................
  Hobby Protection Act regulations4072...........................
  Home insulation labeling and advertising4070...................
  Ophthalmic practice4077........................................
  Premerger notification rules4078...............................
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity303................................................
  Regulatory review4068..........................................
  Telemarketing Sales Rule4074...................................
  Telephone service4076..........................................
  Trade adjustment assistance program for farmers213.............

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Trademarks:
  Application process557.........................................
  Fees561, 565, 568..............................................
  Government products3790........................................
  Madrid Protocol Implementation Act556..........................
  Representation of others before the USPTO566...................
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board558........................
  Rules of practice revisions569.................................
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 buses1880.........
  Acquisition regulation1870.....................................
  Air pollution control conformity3058...........................
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards1876....
  Buy America requirements2183, 2300.............................
  Confidential business information2209..........................
  Debarment and suspension regulations1895, 1896.................
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems3864.................................
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation1878, 1901......
  DOT rulemaking procedure1871...................................
  Drug and alcohol management information system reporting by 
      employers1868..............................................
  Drug and alcohol testing1890...................................
  Drug-free workplace requirements1895, 1896.....................
  Environmental review3072.......................................
  Filing claims to TSA1174.......................................
  Hazard communication requirements2310..........................
  Hazardous materials2146, 2343..................................
  Individuals with disabilities2982..............................
  Interstate ozone transport3209.................................
  Mentor/protege program for small businesses1864................
  Minority business enterprise participation1877.................
  Nondiscrimination1879, 1883....................................
  Protection of sensitive security information1908, 1911.........
  Radioactive materials4129......................................
  Rate determination appeals3444.................................
  Standard time zone boundary1881, 1884..........................
  Statewide metropolitan planning2103, 2302......................
  TSA investigative and enforcement procedures1910...............
  TSA reorganization1189.........................................
  TSA rulemaking procedures1188..................................
  Violent criminals1745..........................................
  Wildlife1370...................................................
Travel:
  Customer identification programs for travel agents2373.........
  Small business size standards:
    Tour operators3685...........................................
  Temporary duty travel3476......................................
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Appeals procedures3445.........................................
  Deductions for members of Congress2568.........................
  FAR cost principles3774........................................
  FTR amendment3456, 3467, 3468, 3470, 3471......................
  Government employees3762.......................................
  Payment from a non-Federal source3461..........................
  Relocation income tax3472......................................
  Substantiation of incidental expenses2775, 2861................
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention323, 337............................
  Montreal Protocol3238..........................................
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  Distributions of loss corporation stock2687, 2688..............
  Testamentary trusts2744........................................
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis92, 100.....................................
  Correctional management1656....................................
  Occupational exposure1827......................................
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Birth and adoption regulations1777.............................
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records1772............
  Disaster unemployment assistance1779...........................
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities4207..........................................
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites728, 4137............................................
  Mill workers and ore transporters1740..........................
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active processing sites724
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Accounting and reporting requirements4020......................
  Electronic filing of documents4004, 4008.......................
  Exemption for certain acquisitions4207.........................
  Patent applications563.........................................
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers274..
    Electric program standard contract forms278..................
    Environmental policies and procedures281.....................
    Extensions of payments283....................................
    General and pre-loan policies280.............................
    Operational control exemptions286............................
    Seismic safety requirements282...............................
    Settlement of debt authority277..............................
    Special equipment contract273................................
    Technical assistance grants272...............................
    Telecommunications program279................................
    Useful life of a facility determination284...................
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers4003............


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  Fresh vegetable definition16...................................
  Irradiation phytosanitary treatment98..........................
  National Organic Program standards3............................
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports78.......................
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Alien crewman detention1163....................................
  Anchorage area regulations1108, 1914, 1939.....................

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  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit forTongass 
      Narrows, AK1089............................................
  Automatic Identification System1104, 1139, 1938, 1961..........
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines1125, 1951................................
    Management program1130.......................................
    Penalties for non-submission of management reports1129, 1972.
    Treatment systems installed onboard1103......................
  Coast Guard escort requirements1110, 1114, 1923................
  Commercial diving operations1120, 1936.........................
  Contractor's liability for loss under repair and alteration 
      contracts615...............................................
  Controlled substances1693......................................
  Deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale2549.........
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels3391...............
  Discharge-removal equipment1109, 1915..........................
  Documentation1092, 1947........................................
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System1123, 1948...
  Eligibility of Great Lakes Maritime Academy graduates for third 
      mate licensing1140, 1968...................................
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations3195....................
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating3198.............
    Spark ignition marine vessels3150............................
  Hull identification numbers1080................................
  Identification credentials1128.................................
     Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade1081, 
        1092, 1947.....................................................
  Manifest discrepancy reports2511...............................
  Notification of arrival and departure1094, 1138, 1970..........
  Outer Continental Shelf activities1087, 1105, 1931, 1958.......
  Personal flotation device requirements1127, 1132, 1944.........
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels4045.........................................
  Regattas and marine parades1112, 1921..........................
  Safety and security zone regulations1107, 1913, 1952...........
  Salvage and firefighting equipment1934.........................
  Security plans1097, 1966, 1967.................................
  Towing vessel operators1085, 1928..............................
  Traffic separation schemes1078, 1969...........................
  Underwater surveys1100.........................................
  Vessel Traffic Service1131, 1938...............................
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions2901.................................
    Simplified procedures2966....................................
    Small business owners3788....................................
             Additional disability or death caused by VA care or 
        treatment2924..................................................
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations2927, 2965...............
  Advanced health care planning2906..............................
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors1758.........................
  Appeals regulations2945........................................
    Appeal withdrawal2968........................................
    De novo review time limit2926................................
    Notice procedures relating to withdrawal of services by a 
        representative2902.......................................
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions2946...........................
    Speeding appellate review for aging veterans2948.............
    Title for members of the Board of Veterans Appeals2967.......
    Use of Supplemental Statement of the Case2949................
  Authority delegation2953.......................................
  Birth defects:
    Health care for children of women Vietnam veterans2960.......
               Vocational training for children of women Vietnam 
        veterans2963...................................................
  Burial benefits2903, 2969......................................
    Headstone and marker inscription policy2896..................
    Headstones and markers for private cemeteries2950............
  Children's benefits:
    Health care for women Vietnam veterans' children with birth 
        defects2960..............................................
             Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected 
        disability2918.................................................
  Debt collection2904............................................
  Dependency and indemnity compensation regulations2937..........
  Disability compensation regulations2937, 2942..................
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions2931................................
    Convulsive disorders2888.....................................
    Digestive system2889.........................................
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs2917.........................
    Hearing loss2900.............................................
    Hypertension2931.............................................
    Individual unemployability2916...............................
    Malignant neoplasms2893......................................
    Multiple scars2934...........................................
    Neurological conditions2888..................................
    Orthopedic system2915........................................
    Respiratory disorders2931....................................
    Spine2920....................................................
    Tinnitus2925.................................................
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits2894....................
    Educational Assistance Test Program allowances2940...........
    Licensing and certification2891..............................
    Montgomery GI Bill--active duty2892, 2928, 2929..............
    Montgomery GI Bill--selected reserve2892, 2935, 2939.........
    Survivors and dependents2895, 2928...........................
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act2932, 2933......
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act2890........................
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements2922.....................
  Fisher Houses and other temporary lodging2962..................
  Freedom of Information Act2952.................................
  HIPAA implementation2944.......................................
  Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act2908.............
  Income exclusions2919..........................................
  Jobs For Veterans Act1845, 3543................................
  Life insurance:
    Annual risk allowance2898....................................
  Loan guaranty:
    Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially 
        adapted housing2899......................................
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages2941.........................
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements2923.....................
    Regulation amendments2930....................................
  Medical benefits:
    Copayments for extended care services2887....................
    Drugs and medicines2956......................................
    Extension of eligibility2961.................................
    Extension of undiagnosed illnesses presumptive period for 
        Gulf War veterans2964....................................
    Hospital and outpatient care2912.............................
    Hospital care copayments2909.................................
    Non-VA service and care2885..................................
    Physical examinations through age 172961.....................
    Presumptive service connection for chronic lymphocytic 
        leukemia2897.............................................
    Priorities for medical services2910..........................
    Reasonable charges for care or services2886, 2913, 2958, 2959
    Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously 
        liable third parties2911.................................
    Sensori-neural aids2914......................................
  Medical opinions rules2947.....................................
  Nondiscrimination2951..........................................
  Privacy Act exemptions2954.....................................
  Psychosis definition2921.......................................
  Recognition of organizations and accreditation of 
      representatives for claimants2970..........................
  Rules of practice:
    Clear and unmistakable error2946.............................

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  Service connection by presumption of preexisting disease 
      aggravation2965............................................
  Service connection presumption for cirrhosis of the liver in 
      former POWs2936............................................
  Social security benefits3709, 3748.............................
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era1758..
  State homes2907................................................
  Testimony certified or under oath2938..........................
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act1844..
  Uninsured veterans' non-VA emergency medical care2957..........
  VA employee requirements to refer information regarding 
      criminal violations2971....................................
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service:
    Annual report for Federal contractors1846, 1847..............
  Waiver process for copayments2884..............................
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program3744................................................
  Referral for services3730......................................
  Refusal of services3731........................................
  Self-sufficiency incentives3692................................
  Veterans:
               Children with birth defects born to women Vietnam 
        veterans2963...................................................
Volunteers:
  ACTION Cooperative Volunteer Program2997.......................
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program2993...................................
  DOL regulation1766.............................................
  National Senior Service Corps2994..............................
  Peace Corps3625, 3626, 3631....................................
  Prison inmate community service projects1669...................
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes1678...........................


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA3669......................................................
  Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay3622...............
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments1766............
  Hospice wage index917..........................................
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations1768.............................
  Locality-based comparability payments3583, 3620................
  Pay retention3584..............................................
  Premium pay limitations3585....................................
  Prevailing rate systems3559, 3560, 3618, 3619..................
  Regulation amendments3556......................................
  Salary basis1757...............................................
  SSA reports3700................................................
  Tipped employees1768...........................................
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage35.........................
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste3343, 3344................................
  Effluent guidelines3364, 3374, 3381, 3397......................
  Financial test criteria3348....................................
  Hazardous waste management2329, 3352...........................
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions3326, 3349, 3351.................................
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater3371...................
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations3322..........
  Municipal waste combustion units3221...........................
  Nuclear waste disposal4138.....................................
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes3341................
  Project XL3022, 3029, 3175, 3217, 3328, 3329, 3341, 3342.......
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries3338................................
  Shore Protection Act3422.......................................
  Solid waste disposal:
    Bioreactor landfills3328.....................................
    Guideline revisions3318......................................
    Landfill criteria3104, 3318..................................
    Landfill location restrictions3334...........................
    Landfills and incinerators3145, 3185.........................
    Municipal landfills3223, 3332................................
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods3333.....................
    Research, development, and demonstration permits3335.........
    Solid waste definition3323...................................
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule3346.............................
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria3165, 3245................................
    Report to Congress3019.......................................
             Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste 
        mixtures3321...................................................
  Wastewater treatment sludges3329...............................
  Wet weather condition requirements3369.........................
Watches:
  Duty-free shipments320.........................................
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Clean Water Act3378, 3385, 3395................................
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program3396.................
    Cooling water intake structures3376, 3377, 3392..............
    Mercury analysis3365, 3401...................................
    Product schedule listing requirements3362....................
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''635..
    Test procedures3367, 3385, 3386, 3387, 3388, 3390, 3395, 3400
           Detection and quantification procedures for regulated 
        analytes3366...................................................
  Effluent guidelines:
    Animal feeding operations3399................................
    Aquaculture industry3382.....................................
    Coal mining1596..............................................
    Construction and development industry3372....................
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters3397.................
    Industrial wastewater3371....................................
    Meat products point source category3373......................
    Pharmaceutical manufacturing3364.............................
    Program plan3363.............................................
    Whole effluent toxicity text methods3402.....................
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management1103, 1125, 1129, 1130...............
    Discharge-removal equipment carriage and inspection1915......
     Facility response plans for hazardous substances1091, 1116, 
        1925...........................................................
    Oil or hazardous substances1916, 1919........................
    Response plans for oil1084, 1091, 1119, 1945.................
    Tank vessels1926.............................................
  NPDES permits3368, 3394........................................
  Pretreatment regulations3393...................................
  Radon3411......................................................
  Sewer collection systems3368...................................
  Sludge management programs3361, 3379...........................
  Storm water regulations3403....................................
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants3375, 3389.......
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program3370, 3404.....................
  Trace metals criteria3385......................................

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  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards3391............
  Water quality cooperative agreements3380.......................
  Water quality standards3386, 3387, 3388........................
    Alabama3383..................................................
    Criteria for acute aquatic life3386, 3387, 3388..............
    Indian country waters3384....................................
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers environmental quality requirements634..
  Ballast water discharge standards1125, 1951....................
  Colorado River Basin36.........................................
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan638...................
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact3376, 3377.
  Water Bank Program36...........................................
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment3025.................................
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine3412....................................
    Coliform and E. coli detection methods3414...................
    Contaminants3407, 3409, 3411, 3416, 3419, 3420...............
    Disinfectants3406, 3408......................................
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program3246, 3253..
    Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule3405........
    Methods update3400...........................................
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)3062, 3413.................
    Oxygenated fuel additives3295................................
    Six-year review of regulations3410...........................
    State underground injection control programs3417.............
    Test procedures for pollutants3367...........................
    Total coliform rule3415......................................
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring3418, 3419.................
  Groundwater protection3266.....................................
  Servicing loans and grants271..................................
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
      Waterways
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program288......................
Waterways:
  See also Bridges
           Harbors
           Rivers
  Facility response plans for hazardous substances1925...........
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
      Flood plains
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Wheat:
  Crop insurance127..............................................
  Flag smut import prohibitions97................................
  Market development for value-added wheat gluten and wheat 
      starch products214.........................................
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection1079, 1971........................
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections2137..............
  Research misconduct836.........................................
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Airborne hunting regulations1421...............................
  Audit resolution policy1385....................................
  Aviation bird encounter regulations2056........................
  Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances1414..........
  Captive-reared mallards1362....................................
  Eagles1442.....................................................
    Incidental taking1386........................................
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets1548........
    Transport of feathers1422....................................
  Endangered and threatened1371, 1443............................
    Conservation education1364...................................
    Permits for foreign listed species1400.......................
  Exotic birds:
    Importation1444..............................................
  Explosive pest control devices1687.............................
  Exportation1370................................................
  Falcons and falconry1374.......................................
  Importation1370................................................
  Injurious1372..................................................
    Black carp1377...............................................
  Investigative seizures1390.....................................
  Migratory birds:
    Cormorant damage management program1469......................
    Hunting regulations1417, 1420, 1460, 1520....................
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown1398.......................
    Incidental take during military readiness1416................
    List revision1440............................................
    Management of resident Canada geese population1392...........
    Permits1457, 1480, 1498......................................
    Possession for educational purposes1499......................
    Rehabilitation activities1457................................
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest1477........................
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program1361.....................
  Permit procedures1366..........................................
  Polar bear trophy importation1399..............................
  Safe harbor agreements1414.....................................
  Seabirds463....................................................
  Subsistence management1476, 1495, 1526.........................
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians1369............
  Transportation1370.............................................
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program1473.............................
  Wild Bird Conservation Act1376, 1387...........................
Wildlife refuges:
  Federal Lands Highway Program2092..............................
  Mission, goals, and purposes1448...............................
  National Wildlife Refuge System1448............................
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations1397....................
Wine:
  Ameliorating of non-grape wines2450............................
  Dried fruit wines2414..........................................
  Honey wines2414................................................
  New grape variety names petitioned2422.........................
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed2467.......
  Sherry2411.....................................................
  Standards of fill2410..........................................
  Taxes2444, 2445................................................
     Viticultural areas2415, 2418, 2419, 2421, 2423, 2425, 2426, 
           2428, 2429, 2430, 2431, 2432, 2433, 2434, 2436, 2437, 2438, 
           2439, 2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 
        2456, 2458, 2460, 2477, 2478...................................
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child1786...............
  Nutrition education participant contacts160....................
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act1787.......................
  Women-owned businesses:
    Government subcontracting3786................................

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Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Education program for low-income families overseas666........
    Exclusion of military housing payments180....................
    Vendor-related provisions157.................................
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics319......................
  Refund of duties paid on select products2541...................


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act sentences1661....
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas163..........
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