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Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 245 / Monday, December 22, 2003 / 
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Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 245 / Monday, December 22, 2003 / 
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                F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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Accountants:
  Debarment and suspension.............................2699, 3038, 4180
Accounting:
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions.................................................3069
  Change in method definition......................................2720
  Cost accounting standards.............................808, 3735, 3937
  Delay rental payments............................................2836
  Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial and 
      commodity instruments........................................4406
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1909, 1910
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3706
  FERC asset retirement regulations................................4199
  FMS claims.................................................2592, 2597
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2596
  International accounting standards...............................4409
  Local exchange carrier requirements..............................4159
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................4069
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2798, 2825, 2832
  Nonaccrual experience method.....................................3027
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................447
  Revision of OMB Circular A-127...................................3708
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Equal access to justice
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  AID..............................................................3133
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2660
  Coast Guard......................................................1344
  DOI..............................................................1635
  DOT..............................................................2156
  EPA..............................................................3428
  FCC..............................................................4060
  FDA..............................................................1034
  FTC..............................................................4243
  FWS..............................................................1644
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................2154
    BLM............................................................1913
    CNCS...........................................................3147
    Medicare enrollment............................................1094
    NIGC.....................................................4286, 4287
    OGE............................................................3705
    OHA............................................................1629
    OPM............................................................3723
    Peace Corps....................................................3801
    Public lands cases.............................................1628
    SBA............................................................3848
    Treasury Department............................................2721
    USDA.......................................................190, 425
    VA.................................................3100, 3103, 3124
  HUD..............................................................1528
  INS..............................................................2016
  IRS........................................................2922, 2948
  OPM..............................................................3736
  OTS..............................................................3037
  Peace Corps................................................3802, 3804
  Registration of drug producers....................................982
  Rulemaking:
    DOT............................................................2153
    GSA......................................................3583, 3611
    IRS............................................................2929
    NRC............................................................4322
    SSA............................................................3914
    TSA............................................................1436
    USDA............................................................343
  SSA...............................................................149
  USDA....................................................275, 284, 288
  VA.........................................................3069, 3101
Adoption and foster care:
  Administrative costs.............................................1169
  Alien orphans....................................................1310
  Alien siblings...................................................1296
  Intercountry adoptions...............................1208, 1279, 2136
Advertising:
  Alcoholic beverages..............................................2656
  Credit unions....................................................4275
  Home insulation..................................................4249
  Investment companies.............................................4385
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2653
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4244
  Television.......................................................4085
  Unfair or deceptive practices....................................4245
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1179
  Designated public housing........................................1613
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3151
  Nondiscrimination:
    Department of State............................................2141
    DOD.............................................................795
    DOL............................................................2095
    EEOC...........................................................3574
    FEMA...........................................................1513
    GSA............................................................3602
    HUD............................................................1573
    NEA............................................................3679
    NEH............................................................3688
    NRC............................................................4328
    NSF............................................................3691
    SSA............................................................3861
    USAID..........................................................3136
  Senior Community Service Employment Program........................82
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...........................16
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  AID transactions.................................................3133
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2505
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................374
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program................................11
  Cotton.......................................................162, 169
    Outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton................194
  Cottonseed Payment Program........................................208
  Country of origin labeling..........................................4
  Crop disaster program........................................207, 211
  Emerging markets program..........................................372
  Exports.................................................372, 375, 380
  Fees for processed commodity analytical services..................295
  Grains...................................290, 291, 292, 295, 297, 298
  Hurricane assistance for sugarcane producers......................209

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  Inspection and user fees along the U.S./Canada border.............251
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................217
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2832
  National Organic Program........................1, 164, 166, 170, 173
  Nursery crops.....................................................274
  Nursery stock importation.........................................247
  Ocean freight claims..............................................182
  Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments..............155
  Pecans............................................................279
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act...........................171
  Quality Services Verification Program.............................154
  Rice..............................................................299
  Specialty crops...................................................377
  Sugar beets..................................................207, 211
  Tobacco:
    Burley.....................................................198, 205
    Flue-cured............................................167, 199, 204
    Marketing quotas..................183, 191, 197, 198, 199, 204, 205
    Price support program.............191, 197, 198, 199, 204, 205, 213
  Tomato............................................................278
  Trade adjustment assistance program for farmers...................379
  Warehouses for CCC storage contracts..............................174
  Wheat gluten and wheat starch products............................376
Agricultural research:
  Funding requirements..............................................253
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions.............254
  Non-formula grant program administration..........................255
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Adjudication regulations..........................................425
  Administrative regulations...................................275, 284
  Agricultural innovation centers...................................438
  Agricultural Management Assistance Program........................471
  Allocation of funds...............................................441
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............226
  Biobased products.................................................422
  Conservation security program......................................31
  Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs.......218
  Debarment and suspension regulation...............................421
  Drug-free workplace regulation....................................421
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3525
  Emergency Conservation Program....................................180
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................463
  Environmental Quality Incentives Program..........................470
  Farm and ranch land protection program............................472
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Assistance for livestock producers..............................187
    Bioenergy program...............................................201
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.........431, 433, 437
    Conservation Reserve Program....................................186
    Energy efficiency improvements...................................30
    Income limits...................................................202
    Loan eligibility with prior debt forgiveness....................177
    Renewable energy systems.........................................30
    Rural Business Enterprise Grant program.........................436
    Tree assistance program.........................................188
  Farm Loan Program.................................................176
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................184
    Citizenship definition..........................................210
    Direct farm loan programs appraisal regulations.................192
    Disaster set-aside program......................................196
    Environmental compliance regulation.............................193
    Farm loan availability in the event of a national security 
        emergency...................................................203
    Interest assistance program.....................................181
    Loan eligibility for outside storage of extra long staple 
        loan cotton.................................................194
    Minor farm loan program.........................................185
    Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and 
        ranchers....................................................424
    Primary loan servicing..........................................196
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs............179
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............184
    Selection of state and county committees........................175
    Subordination requirements......................................184
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions.............................................252, 254
  Intermediary relending program....................................439
  National security emergency loans..................................29
  Natural Resources Conservation Service:
    Equitable relief procedures.....................................469
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................423
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................239
  Removal of obsolete regulations...................................212
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................440
  Technical assistance and training.................................259
  Third-party vendor assistance.....................................467
  Use of nonroad diesel engines for crop irrigation................3400
  Value-added producer grants.......................................438
  Worker protection standards................................3409, 3419
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program........1585, 1590
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.........................1048
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1389
  Airport certification............................................2214
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2148
  Cargo security...................................................1439
  Compensation procedures..........................................2185
  Competitiveness..................................................2174
  Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II:
    Passenger reservation information..............................1443
  Computer reservations system.................................95, 2184
  Continuing fitness determinations................................2150
  Disability related complaints....................................2160
  Evaluators.......................................................2268
  Flight deck officer program......................................1440
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency telephone number requirements........................2499
    International standards........................................2496
  Incidents involving animals......................................2229
  Income source rules..............................................2719
  Interstate authority.............................................2174
  Maintenance of and access to records pertaining to individuals 
                                                       2162, 2163, 2182
  Noise certification standards........................2200, 2216, 2269
  Overbooking of flights...........................................2175
  Passenger facility charge rule...................................2226
  Passengers:
    Entry/exit data system for aliens..............................1428
    International-to-international program...................1382, 1421
    Manifest information.....................................1410, 2171
    Nondiscrimination..............................................2149
    Oxygen use.....................................................2170
    Passenger Name Record information..............................1413

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    Security service fee.....................................1445, 1460
    Transit without visa...................1401, 1402, 1422, 1423, 1424
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 
                                                                   1416
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2205
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1450
  Security infrastructure fees...............................1446, 1460
  Service difficulty reports.......................................2204
  Suspension of privilege to transport aliens to the United 
      States.......................................................1394
  Transportation of animals on international carriers...............234
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1405
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention........................3240, 3316, 3317
  Acid Rain Program................................................3345
  Air quality modeling.......................................3243, 3365
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3323
  Air quality standards..........................3297, 3318, 3320, 3361
  Alternative method approvals...............................3218, 3298
  Ambient air quality monitoring..............................103, 3215
  Asphalt roofing and processing...................................3372
  Best available retrofit technology...............................3216
  Boilers...........................................................117
  Carbon monoxide..................................................3318
  Chemicals..................................................3246, 3261
  Chromium emissions...................................3321, 3338, 3373
  Clean Air Act......................3182, 3184, 3189, 3252, 3286, 3294
  Clean unit designation...........................................3351
  Combustion turbines..............................................3260
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................3350
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.......................3182, 3203, 3339
  Electric arc furnace.............................................3258
  Electric utility steam generating unit MACT regulation............102
  Emergency episode requirements...................................3392
  Emission control diagnostic systems..................3355, 3391, 3393
  Emissions monitoring program...................3256, 3259, 3344, 3350
  Emissions standards:
    Aircraft engines...............................................3219
    Coke ovens.........................................3191, 3199, 3376
    Compliance certification requirements....................3389, 3394
    Highway motorcycles............................................3289
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3191
    Marine diesel engines..........................................3226
    Navajo generating station................................3238, 3239
    New marine engines.............................................3191
    New motor vehicles.................................3206, 3305, 3396
    Nonroad diesel engines and fuel...........................120, 3400
    Performance criteria...........................................3195
    Permit requirements............................................3191
    Potential to emit..............................................3370
    Radionuclides..................................................3241
    Semiconductor facilities.................................3191, 3369
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................3289
    Spark-ignition nonroad engines.................................3230
    VOC standards............................................3204, 3313
  Emissions trades.................................................3349
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry.....................3374
  Fuels and fuel additives...........3187, 3217, 3300, 3304, 3307, 3397
  Gas turbines...............................................3203, 3244
  Gasoline anti-dumping program..................3220, 3288, 3306, 3395
  Halons...........................................................3390
  Hazardous air pollutants.......115, 116, 117, 3182, 3186, 3190, 3244, 
           3246, 3261, 3261, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3269, 3270, 3353, 3354, 
                                     3367, 3368, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3441
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities.............................109
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3295
  Inspection/maintenance programs......................3213, 3214, 3398
  Internal combustion engines.......................................116
  Interstate transport of fine particulate matter..................3224
  Iron and steel industry....................................3245, 3366
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3265
  MACT standards............................102, 3236, 3269, 3270, 3369
  Metal parts and products coating industry........................3266
  Methyl bromide.......................................3234, 3235, 3293
  Mineral wool production..........................................3357
  Mobile sources.............................................3205, 3299
  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program..................3242
  NESHAP:
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3326
    Aluminum production industry...................................3384
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3272
    Benzene waste operations.......................................3276
    Brick manufacturing............................................3382
    Cellulose products manufacturing...............................3233
    Ceramics.......................................................3379
    Chlorine production............................................3277
    Chromium electroplating........................................3271
    Chromium emissions.............................................3321
    Clay products manufacturing....................................3382
    Control technology determinations for major sources............3383
    Delegations' provisions........................................3274
    Elastomers...............................................3190, 3340
    Engine Test Facilities.........................................3380
    Ethylene oxide for sterilization facilities....................3200
    Ethylene processes.............................................3282
    Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry...................3374
    Ferroalloys production.........................................3356
    Fumed silica production........................................3377
    Gasoline distribution facilities.........................3201, 3275
    General provisions.......................................3281, 3383
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3334
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP.................................3278, 3341
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3364
    Industrial process cooling towers..............................3328
    Lead smelting..................................................3331
    Leather finishing..............................................3231
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3335
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3329
    Metal furniture surface coating................................3371
    Metal parts and products coating industry................3263, 3266
    Metal pipes....................................................3272
    Miscellaneous coating manufacturing............................3249
    Natural gas production.........................................3378
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3268
    Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard
                                                                   3315
    Oil production.................................................3378
    Organic liquids................................................3270
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities................3183, 3330
    Petroleum refineries.....................................3280, 3337
    Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3359
    Plastic parts and products.....................................3264
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3281
    Polymers and resins................................3327, 3340, 3342
    Polyurethane foam production.............................3358, 3381
    Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................3198
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3193
    Primary aluminum reduction plants..............................3279
    Printing and publishing industry.........................3196, 3336
    Pulp and paper production................................3314, 3402
    Rubber tire manufacturing......................................3385
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3332
    Site remediation...............................................3269
    Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production................3202
    Source categories........................................3281, 3383
    Synthetic organic chemicals....................................3341
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................3273
    Thermoplastics...........................................3190, 3342
  New source performance standards...........................3258, 3322
  New source review...............................104, 3351, 3363, 3387
  New stationary sources...........................................3191

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  Nitrogen oxides......................................3284, 3345, 3514
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3268
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3251, 3256
  Operating permits........................3208, 3301, 3309, 3346, 3347
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    1-hour standard................................................3399
    8-hour standard........................3222, 3225, 3228, 3229, 3311
    National ambient air quality standards.......119, 3222, 3229, 3311, 
                                                             3360, 3361
    Protection of stratospheric ozone.....3184, 3209, 3210, 3211, 3232, 
           3234, 3235, 3292, 3293, 3294, 3308, 3310, 3312, 3324, 3390, 
                                                                   3390
    Transport........................3253, 3283, 3284, 3325, 3343, 3362
  Paint stripper users.............................................3368
  Particulate matter.........................................3259, 3319
  PCB manufacturing................................................3451
  Performance Track program........................................3481
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................3221
  Plantwide Applicability Limit.....................................104
  Plastic composites manufacturing.................................3367
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing..........................115
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................3432
  Prevention of significant deterioration...............104, 3351, 3363
  Process heaters...................................................117
  Project XL.........................3169, 3174, 3313, 3386, 3402, 3492
  Regional haze rule.........................................3388, 3401
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances.............................................3317
    Public access to information...................................3316
  Solid waste incinerators...................................3285, 3322
  Source category list.......................................3186, 3353
  State implementation plans..................................119, 3227
  Sulfur oxides........................................3212, 3320, 3388
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3255
  Transportation conformity..................................3222, 3286
  Volatile organic compounds...118, 3185, 3204, 3237, 3250, 3255, 3257, 
                                                             3296, 3375
  Voluntary superior monitoring....................................3352
  Wood furniture industry....................................3333, 3375
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2148
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics...............................................2154
  Excise taxes.........................................2716, 2772, 2773
  Hazardous substances.......................................2466, 2496
  Nondiscrimination................................................2149
Aircraft:
  Aircraft parts...................................................2245
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2197, 2199, 2209, 2237, 
                                                 2238, 2239, 2250, 2260
  Area navigation..................................................2247
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2213
  Child restraint systems..........................................2189
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2198
  Corrosion control program........................................2243
  Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2203
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................3219
  Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................506
  Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2201
  Flight data recorder regulations...............2198, 2211, 2261, 2264
  Flightdeck security on large cargo airplanes.....................2266
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................1333
  Fractional ownership.............................................2257
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2246
  Hazardous material transportation................................2467
  Helicopters......................................................2216
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2205
  Light sport aircraft:
    Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................2218
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2202, 2206
  Noise requirements.........................................2193, 2260
  Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities..................859
  Private charter security rules...................................1461
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2193, 2260
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2197
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................792
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1448
  Surplus military...........................................2252, 2270
  Transponders...............................................2228, 2242
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards......2194, 2219, 2220, 2221, 
                                     2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2227, 2259
    Electrical equipment...............................2219, 2220, 2221
    Emergency announcements on public address systems..............2222
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2208
    FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................2212
    Flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation 
        materials..................................................2254
    Flight requirements............................................2224
    Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
        airplanes............................................2230, 2234
    Fuselage door design standards.................................2192
    Lower deck service compartment voice communication.............2259
    Material strength properties and design values.................2258
    Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage................2219
    Powerplant controls............................................2227
    Powerplant installation requirements...........................2223
    Protective breathing equipment.................................2225
    Trim systems...................................................2225
  Water landing survival equipment.................................2251
Airmen:
  Civil penalties..................................................2207
  Criminal history background checks...............................1452
  Drug abuse.......................................................2241
  Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2196
  Picture identification requirements..............................2231
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2244
  Security disqualifications.......................................2248
  Training and certification.......................................2190
Airports:
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1389
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2158
    Size standards.................................................2183
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1434
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1452
  Customs security area access.....................................1411
  Elimination of overbooking signs.................................2175
  Landing systems..................................................2253
  Municipal solid waste landfill location restrictions.............3504
  Reimbursement of security compliance costs.......................2262
  Security compliance program......................................1451
  Transit without visa.......................................1422, 1423
Airspace:
  Grand Canyon National Park.................................2210, 2255
  Landing systems..................................................2253
  Los Angeles International Airport................................2265
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................651
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.......................2249, 2270

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  Reduced vertical separation minimum..............................2263
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2240
  Security control of air traffic..................................2235
  Use and preservation of..........................................2191
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing...................................................2196
  Aviation personnel...............................................2217
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers........................................2180, 2315, 2460
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2426
  Railroad employee testing..................................2442, 2449
  Testing following marine incident................................1313
  Transportation workplace testing.................................2164
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2660
  Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2670
  Exports..........................................................2637
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2641
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2653
  Saccharin disclosure.............................................2668
  Sake regulations.................................................2666
  Standards of fill................................................2611
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products.....................................................2672
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Address notification.............................................1476
  Adjustment of status........1205, 1210, 1216, 1239, 1255, 1257, 1263, 
                                                             1264, 1266
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1296
  Affidavit of support.............................................1237
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1211, 1959
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1396
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students....................................142
  Asylum...........................................................1256
    Claims made at land border ports-of-entry..........1228, 1429, 2009
    Dismissal of application.......................................1203
    Numerical limit on grants......................................2010
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1235, 2004
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1397
  Children:
    Certificate of citizenship application.........................1259
    Child Status Protection Act........................1281, 1282, 2139
    Orphan petition processing.....................................1310
  Civil surgeon program............................................1218
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage........................................1246
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1214
  Crew list visa elimination.......................................2143
  Criminal convictions.............................................2014
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1471
  Custody procedures.........................................1475, 2017
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1244
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General......................................1472
    Suspension.........................................1242, 2004, 2011
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1474
  Diversity visas..................................................2137
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1269
  Employment:
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1254
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements...............................................1294
    EB-5 classification............................................1280
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1289
    Eligibility verification.................................1275, 1295
    Employer sanctions.............................................1485
    International broadcasters.....................................1261
    Labor certification process......................................81
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................2062
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1262
    Remedies against employers hiring H-1B visa workers over 
        equally qualified U.S. workers.............................2018
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1224
    Verification documents...................................1291, 1293
  Entry/exit data system...........................................1428
  Evidence processing timeframe....................................1231
  Exchange visitors:
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System....1303, 1480, 1482
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System....................2142
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1215
  Expedited removal of jailed criminals............................1489
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1398
  Family Unity Program.............................................1238
  Fingerprinting.................................1230, 1241, 1249, 1252
  Firearm purchase requirements....................................1972
  Good conduct time for prisoners..................................1943
  Guam Visa Waiver Program...................................1387, 1406
  H-1B petition fees...............................................1286
  Health care workers........................................1299, 2144
  Illegal entry....................................................1217
  Inadmissability..................................................1199
    Criminal grounds.........................................1229, 1232
    Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid 
        taxation...................................................1206
  Inspection and expedited removal.................................1420
  International-to-International Program...............1382, 1417, 1421
  Juveniles........................................................1201
    Criminal records...............................................1230
    Processing, detention, and release of..........................1478
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1264, 1297
  Medical examination requirements.................................1218
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1219
  Medicare benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in 
      U.S..........................................................1126
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1250
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1204
  Non-deportation agreement........................................1469
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1258
    Actuaries......................................................1253
    Admission period for B visitors................................1268
    Admission requirements.........................................1273
    Automatic voiding..............................................1217
    Border commuter students.......................................1287
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1272
    Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................1248
    Construction work by B visitors................................1212
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students.............................................1305, 1468
    Disclosure of information......................................1307
    Duration of status limitations...........................1223, 1481
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1283
    Extending period of duration...................................1302
    Fees for F, J, and M classes...................................1479
    Firearm prohibitions.....................................1975, 1978
    Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program..............1300
    K classification...............................................1297
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1464
    Nurses...................................................1251, 2066
    Petitioning requirements.......................................1290

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    Plant pathologists.............................................1253
    Reduced course load for students at border communities...1304, 1483
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1265
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students.............................................1308, 1484
    Temporary workers........................................1224, 2054
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1213, 1220, 1267
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
        entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
                                                                   1408
    Waiver of firearm prohibition..................................2035
  Parole authority.....................................1301, 1465, 1492
  Permanent resident status............................1234, 1260, 2014
  Powers and duties of service officers............................2006
  Prostitution.....................................................1488
  Public access to information.....................................2138
  Refugee status...................................................1245
    Numerical limit on admissions..................................2010
  Registration requirements..................................1275, 1288
  Release to immigration authorities...............................1954
  Religious workers................................................1202
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda......................................................1403
  Removal orders...................................................1470
  Removal proceedings..................................1420, 2006, 2007
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents.................................................2870
  Returning residents..............................................1383
  Security threat assessment of FAA certificate holders and 
      applicants...................................................1454
  Social security benefits for lawfully present aliens.............1236
  SSA regulations..................................................3896
  Suspension of airline's privilege to transport aliens to the 
      United States................................................1394
  Syrian nationals.................................................1266
  Temporary protected status...........................1292, 1309, 1311
  Termination of lawful permanent resident status through 
      abandonment..................................................1222
  Trafficking victims..............................................1473
  Transit without visa...1400, 1401, 1402, 1417, 1419, 1422, 1423, 1424
  Unlawful presence................................................1217
  Verification of eligibility for public benefits..................1240
  Vessel crewman detention.........................................1404
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1211
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1405, 1418
  Waiver of fees...................................................1209
Animal diseases:
  Avian influenza...................................................249
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.................6, 24, 240, 243, 989
  Bovine tuberculosis..........................................241, 244
  Brucellosis.......................................................231
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer.............................5
  Cost-sharing for emergency programs...............................218
  Foot-and-mouth disease.........................................7, 242
  Infectious salmon anemia..........................................229
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................239
  Reestablishing a region as free of a disease......................235
  Trichinae Certification Program...................................219
Animal drugs:
  Animal Drug Availability Act.....................................1034
  Investigational use..............................................1034
  Presubmission conferences for applicants.........................1027
Animal welfare:
  Biological agents and toxins list...................................8
  Definition of animal..............................................236
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2536
  Incidents occurring on air carriers..............................2229
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement............................222
  Marine mammals......215, 646, 647, 648, 649, 742, 743, 745, 746, 747, 
                                                 1688, 1703, 1754, 1802
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1047
  Potentially dangerous animals.....................................230
  Transportation on international carriers....................234, 1640
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Exports:
    Alligators, live...............................................1659
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2536
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals......................................................1037
  Transgenic.......................................................3458
Antidumping:
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3306
  Sunset reviews....................................................494
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  NARA:
    Classified national security information.......................3668
    Debarment and suspension rule..................................3666
    Drug-free workplace requirements...............................3666
    Electronic text documents......................................3664
    Federal records management......................................132
    Freedom of information.........................................3661
    Hours of operation for Exhibition Halls........................3670
    National Industrial Security Program...........................3663
    Nondiscrimination........................................3653, 3657
    Official seals and logos.......................................3656
    Phone numbers for facilities.............................3662, 3669
    Presidential library facilities................................3660
    Public use of facilities.......................................3667
    Records use restrictions.......................................3655
    Research room procedures.......................................3654
    Standards for records storage facilities.......................3665
    Testimony by employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3658
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3659
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Army:
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................853
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.....................851
    Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan........................33
    Environmental quality requirements..............................846
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................852
    Natural disaster procedures.....................................849
    Permit regulations..............................................855
    Protection of historic properties...............................848
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........847
    Special events rule.............................................854
    Wetland Delineator Certification Program........................856
  CHAMPUS..............860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 870, 880
    TRICARE......868, 869, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879, 
                                                                    881
  Coast Guard:
    Ballast water discharge standards..................1314, 1339, 1340
    Cargo securing.................................................1360
    Commercial diving operations...................................1357
    Deep water ports...............................................1332

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    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........1349, 1350
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1334, 1352
    Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1338
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1354
    Propeller injury prevention....................................1362
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1351
    Rules of practice..............................................1344
    Safety and security zone regulations...........................1323
    Territorial seas and navigable waters regulations..............1371
    Towing vessel operators........................................1370
    Vessel response plans for oil......................1334, 1353, 1356
    Whistleblower protection.......................................1317
  Criminal jurisdiction over service members and civilians 
      employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US
                                                                    777
  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3540
  Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1675
  Navy:
    National Environmental Policy Act...............................857
    Non-DOD aircraft use of Navy aviation facilities................859
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................858
  Reemployment.....................................................3729
  Selective service regulation.....................................3825
  Surplus aircraft.................................................2252
Arms and munitions:
  Brady Bill regulations...........................................1965
  Commerce in................................................1967, 1971
  Dual-use items...............................................512, 534
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......2115
  Explosives safety...............................794, 1327, 1973, 1977
  Export controls..........................488, 497, 502, 508, 525, 547
  International trafficking regulations............................2146
  Inventory requirements...........................................1976
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions............................1975, 1978
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................1972
  Response site prioritization protocol.............................774
  Secure gun storage...............................................1966
  Waiver of firearm prohibition for nonimmigrant visa holders......2035
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit.....................................................87
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3447
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2572
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................2003
  Customs and border protection regulations........................1432
  DHS........................................................1190, 1493
  EPA..............................................................3170
  FCC..............................................................4125
  FEMA.............................................................1507
  FERC.............................................................4201
  Forest Service....................................................416
  Immigration judges...............................................2003
  INS..............................................................2012
  IRS..............................................................2948
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................780
  VA...............................................................3128
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft.............................................2202, 2206
  Air tour and sightseeing operations........................2187, 2256
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2205
  Airspace system, exemption of regulations........................2250
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2192, 2197, 2199, 2209, 
                                           2223, 2224, 2225, 2238, 2259
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2217
  Cargo security...................................................1439
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1447
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2207
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2171
  Corrosion control program........................................2243
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2208
  Flight crew compartment access and door designs..................2267
  Flight rules.........................................2237, 2239, 2265
  Flight simulation device qualification.............................96
  Flightdeck officer program.......................................1440
  Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
      airplanes..............................................2230, 2234
  Flightdeck security on large cargo airplanes.....................2266
  Hazards to air navigation..................................2249, 2270
  Light sport aircraft.............................................2218
  Material strength properties and design values...................2258
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2170
  Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................2244
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1450
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1448
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants.............................................1453, 1454
  Training and equiping flight crews with firearms.................2182
  Transponder requirement....................................2228, 2242
  Vision enhancing equipment.......................................2232
  Water landing survival equipment...........................2251, 2270


                                   B

Bank deposit insurance:
  Access of persons with disabilities..............................4175
  Accountant debarment and suspension........................3038, 4180
  Appeals process for claims.......................................4171
  Assessments......................................................4165
  Bank Secrecy Act compliance......................................4181
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............4271
  Filing procedures................................................4179
  Living trust accounts............................................4174
  Minimum security devices and procedures..........................4181
  Regulatory publication and review................................4176
  Risk-based guidelines................................4166, 4168, 4169
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3502
Banks, banking:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Credit
           Electronic funds transfers
           Federal home loan banks
           Federal Reserve System
           National banks
           Savings associations
  Access to SSI information........................................3916
  Accountant debarment and suspension..............................2699
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations..................2603, 2608, 2609
  Bank Enterprise Award program....................................2552
  Bank Secrecy Act.............2572, 2573, 2577, 2578, 2579, 2583, 2587
  Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4389
  Capital............................2682, 2691, 3031, 3032, 3033, 4231
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2595
  Community Development Financial Institutions program.......2513, 2553
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations.........2696, 3035, 4173, 4239
  Consumer regulations review......................................4226
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2577
  Customer identification program......................2575, 2581, 3040
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2524
  Deposit accounts.................................................4240
  Due diligence requirements.......................................2580
  Electronic funds transfer..................................2593, 3609
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........2694, 3034, 4167, 4233
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights................................................4021
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................4017, 4025
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................4013, 4014, 4029
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................4030

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    Governance of institutions.....................................4017
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............4020
    Loan policies and operations....4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4022, 4023, 
                                                       4026, 4028, 4029
    Mission-related investments....................................4009
    Preferred stock issuance.......................................4019
    Priority of claims.............................................4010
    Scope of financing regulations.................................4018
  Financial crimes enforcement network...........2582, 2585, 2586, 2591
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers......................................2546
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2870
    Right to Financial Privacy Act.................................1193
    Simplified capital framework...................................4178
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2547, 2548
  Holding companies......4230, 4231, 4234, 4235, 4236, 4237, 4238, 4341
  Identity verification program....................................2697
  International banks........................................2686, 4352
  Market risk measure..............................................4172
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2684
  Money laundering deterrents................................2573, 2583
  Privacy notices..................................................2678
  Real estate lending and appraisals...............................2689
  Regulation DD....................................................4240
  Regulation U.....................................................4242
  Risk-based capital standards......2682, 2691, 3031, 3032, 3033, 4172, 
                                                                   4241
  Safety and soundness standards...................................2680
  Securities borrowing transactions................................4172
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4170
    Recordkeeping requirements...............................2695, 4177
  State banks:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 
                                                                   4235
  Thrift institutions..............................................4365
  Time accounts....................................................4240
  Truth in lending.................................................4226
  Truth in savings...........................................4225, 4240
  Visitorial powers................................................2692
Beer:
  Brewery regulations................................................99
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2641
  Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2656
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2662
Bees:
  Importation.......................................................226
Bicycles:
  Handlebar performance standard...................................4005
  Testing requirements.............................................4008
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Bacterial vaccines and toxoids...................................1028
  Biological agents and toxins list...................................8
  Labeling.........................................................1003
  Safety reporting requirements......................................48
  Smallpox vaccine:
    Injury compensation program......................................54
    Injury table...................................................1041
  Spore-forming microorganisms......................................999
  Standardized electronic study data................................995
Blood:
  Bar code label requirements........................................51
  Current good manufacturing practices...............................49
  Hepatitis C virus..................................................49
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1098
  Safety standards..................................................983
Bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds.........................................1466
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1467
  Multi-family housing bonds.......................................2743
  Private activity...........................................2828, 2982
  Qualified zone academy bonds...............................2804, 2810
  Refunding issue..................................................2861
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3826, 3837, 3840
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2606
  Tax exempt.......................................................2900
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2271
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1329, 1363
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2272
Brokers:
  Alternative net capital computation for holding company groups 
                                                                   4390
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................2032
  Categories of permissible collateral.............................2514
  Customer identification programs...........................2588, 3985
  Customs broker license examination dates.........................1414
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries......3976
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3981
  Net capital requirements.........................................4394
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4382
  Quotation requirements...........................................4400
  Recordkeeping requirements.......................................4177
  Registration requirements for banks..............................4389
  Reporting suspicious transactions................................2590
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.............1532, 1958, 3142
  Asbestos.........................................................3447
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2159
  Antilock brakes..................................................2419
  School:
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2417
    Operations.....................................................2461
Business and industry:
  See also Accounting
           Advertising
           Bankruptcy
           Competitiveness
           Confidential business information
           Holding companies
           Indians-business and finance
           Labeling
           Labor
           Minority businesses
           Packaging and containers
           Relocation assistance
           Small businesses
           Taxes
           Trade practices
           Trademarks
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3326
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..........2158, 2183
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3372
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2939
  Brick and structural clay products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3382
  Cellulose products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3233
  Cement manufacturing industry....................................3198
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..............................3246, 3255, 3261
    Control of PMNs................................................3440

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    Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3499
    Manufacture..................................3436, 3439, 3444, 3445
    Pollution standards............................................3451
  Commercial diving operations...............................1357, 2121
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay.....................................1212
    National Construction Safety Team Act......................557, 558
  Effluent guidelines..................................3525, 3534, 3547
  Entertainment industry...........................................2837
  EPA operating permits................................3208, 3301, 3347
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................427
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4250
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based products.................1030, 1031
  Leather finishing NESHAP.........................................3231
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3265
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3263, 3371
  Miscellaneous coating manufacturing..............................3249
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control.....................................118, 3391
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2377
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control....................................3183, 3330
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3359
    Effluent guidelines............................................3548
    Manufacturing changes..........................................1014
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3264
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control...........................................115
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control....................................3358, 3381
  Printing and publishing....................................3196, 3336
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3524
    Emissions reduction......................................3314, 3402
    Project XL.....................................................3386
  Rubber tire manufacturing........................................3385
  Stock transfer rules.......................................2723, 2840
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3202
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control....................................3333, 3375


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................4088
  Cost of service..................................................4082
  Customer service standards.......................................4083
  Digital must carry requirements..................................4093
  Home wiring rights...............................................4086
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4094
  Pole attachments.................................................4091
  Rates............................................................4081
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3177
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2078
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Load line requirements.........................................1330
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1354
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1360
  Confidentiality protection of manifest information...............1431
  Deepwater port regulations.......................................1332
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1327
  Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1391
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 
                                                                   1416
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts..................................................1349, 1350
    Response plans.....................................1334, 1353, 1356
    Towing vessel safety measures............................1345, 1370
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits...............................................3104
Census data:
  Annual Trade Survey...............................................485
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................486
  Special services and studies......................................487
CHAMPUS:
  Appeals and hearings procedures...................................873
  Authorized providers..............................................875
  Beneficiaries age 65 and over.....................................880
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................864
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................869
  Double coverage...................................................863
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................861
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................860
  Individual Case Management Program................................867
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........865
  Pharmacy Benefits Program.........................................866
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................862
  Regulation amendments.............................................870
  Special supplemental food and nutrition education program.........874
  TRICARE.........866, 868, 869, 871, 872, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Air pollution control......................................3237, 3255
  Assessment information rule......................................3444
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3465
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1991
  Drinking water regulations...............1002, 3555, 3556, 3558, 3567
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program............101, 108
  Export control....................................................511
  Flame retardant substances.......................................3437
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1994
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3445
  Helium conservation..............................................1914
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3442
  Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for.........4001
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3440
  OSHA dermal testing..............................................3443
  Ozone depleting:
    Essential use allowances.......................................3310
    Halons.........................................................3390
    Methyl bromide...............................3209, 3234, 3235, 3293
    Refrigerant recycling........................3184, 3294, 3308, 3312
    Sales restrictions.............................................3211
    Substitutes..............................................3292, 3324
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1984
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3431, 3451, 3505
  Polymers and resins........................................3190, 3432
  Registration and reregistration fees.......................1985, 1992
  Right-to-Know initiative.............................3457, 3462, 3467
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3442
  Test rules...........................................3452, 3453, 3456
  Toxic substances...........................................3436, 3439
  Toxic Substances Control Act.........................3429, 3435, 3458
  Toxicity profiles................................................3433
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3434
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3463
    Chemical expansion.............................................3472
    Coal...........................................................3469
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3461

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    Metal mining...................................................3460
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3470
    Reporting requirements...................................3460, 3464
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3468
  Used in manufacture of controlled substances...............1997, 1999
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations........................................78, 2045
  Schooling, health, and well-being..................................78
Child support:
  Expenditures for caseworker costs................................1178
  Federal tax refund offset........................................1172
  Payments to Indian tribes........................................1171
  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
                                                                   1176
  Safeguarding information.........................................1167
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
  Aliens:
    Battered children........................................1235, 2004
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................305
  Indian child protection programs.................................1044
  NIH training grants..............................................1046
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2028
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products.....................................................1018
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1135, 1141
  Use of restraint and seclusion in residential treatment 
      facilities.................................................41, 61
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..............2642
  Customs regulations..............................................2614
  Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2643
  Importation of products, papers and tubes........................2644
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2621
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2667
  Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages.........2619
  Removal of products without payment of tax.......................2676
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2615
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2612
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Application by alternative applicant if citizen parent has died
                                                                   1285
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1259
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1277
  Employment authorization.........................................1254
  Judicial review of INS decisions.................................1221
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1276
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1247
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3143
  FMCSA financial assistance recipients............................2297
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................322
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.......................................2095, 3602
    CNCS...........................................................3149
    Department of State............................................2141
    DHS................................................1187, 1188, 1189
    DOC.............................................................474
    DOD.............................................................795
    DOE.............................................................940
    DOI............................................................1633
    DOJ......................................................1962, 1964
    DOL......................................................2098, 2123
    DOT......................................................2161, 2177
    Federally assisted programs.............940, 2095, 3152, 3674, 3862
    FEMA...........................................................1513
    Group health plans.............................................1155
    GSA..........................................3603, 3604, 3605, 3610
    HHS.................................................971, 1151, 1156
    HIPAA..........................................86, 2932, 2933, 2934
    HUD......................................................1518, 1535
    Individuals with disabilities......................3580, 3800, 3862
    NARA.....................................................3653, 3657
    NASA...........................................................3643
    NCUA...........................................................4259
    NEA......................................................3677, 3679
    NEH............................................................3688
    NRC............................................................4328
    NSF............................................................3691
    OFHEO..........................................................3693
    Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.......3802
    SBA............................................................3852
    SSA......................................................3861, 3862
    TVA............................................................3924
    USAID..........................................................3136
    VA.............................................................3126
  Older individuals................................................1179
Claims:
  CFTC debt collection.............................................3979
  Collection by installments.......................................2602
  DoD authority...........................................786, 787, 788
  DOE debt collection..........................................945, 960
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3893
  Filing claims to TSA.............................................1437
  FMS payments...............................................2592, 2597
  GSA debt collection..................................3591, 3592, 3593
  HHS..........................................................962, 963
  Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1312
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........2030
  SBA debt collection..............................................3843
  Seized property..................................................2033
  SSA debt collection..........................................139, 145
  Veterans:
    Debt collection................................................3068
Classified information:
  Access............................................................781
  Critical infrastructure information..............................1180
  Determining eligibility for access to DOE material................929
  DHS regulations..................................................1186
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1183
  Disclosure of records in litigation..............................2526
  NARA regulations.................................................3668
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3663
  OMB policies.....................................................3709
  Research involving human subjects.................................885
  Storage...........................................................782
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1886
  Coalbed methane development......................................1908
  Combustion wastes...........................................110, 3494
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3469
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Federal Consistency regulations...................................685
  TVA shoreline management.........................................3923
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3572
  Wetlands:
    Conservation program............................................195
    Corps of Engineers program......................................856
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................466

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    Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3532
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1258
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students...............................................1305, 1468
  DOT grants.......................................................2156
  Extension of DFARS contract goals for minority institutions.......838
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions....................252, 254
  Grants administration.................................784, 1198, 1528
  Hazardous laboratory waste management............................3507
  INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research.........1271
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities............................................1304, 1483
  Transfer of excess Federal property...............................473
Commodity futures:
  Broker-dealers:
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 
                                                                   3976
  Bunched orders...................................................3986
  Commodity pool operator:
    Exclusion from definition......................................3988
    Registration exemption.........................................4366
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Exemption from requirements....................................3988
    Participant fee exemptions.....................................4392
    Performance disclosures........................................3984
  Customer identification programs.................................3985
  Debt collection..................................................3979
  Depository institutions..........................................3976
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities.....................3976
  Exempt commercial markets:
    Information access and price transparency......................3978
  Farm credit system institutions..................................3976
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3981
  Foreign currency haircuts........................................3980
  Foreign futures and options contracts......................3975, 3987
  Grading and certification of livestock............................152
  Hybrid instrument regulation.....................................3983
  Investment of customer funds.....................................3982
  Privacy notices..................................................3974
  Reporting suspicious transactions................................2590
  Reserve requirements for margin..................................4398
  Security futures:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3977
    Registration requirements for banks............................4389
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4222
  Explosive materials delivery.....................................1977
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1937
  Smallpox:
    Vaccine injury compensation program..............................54
    Vaccine injury table...........................................1041
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................4138
  Amateur radio service............................................4055
  Auction authority................................................4125
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4155
  Biennial review..................................................4054
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................4109
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................4090
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4164
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................4116
  Commercial mobile radio services...............4114, 4117, 4131, 4133
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................4117
    Narrowband.....................................................4139
    Process........................................................4122
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................4115
  Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.............4048
  Dedicated Short Range Communications.............................2287
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................4097
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................4106
  Excise tax...........................................2772, 2773, 2951
  Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................4039
  FCC ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings....................4060
  FM radio.........................................................4092
  Government transfer band.........................................4044
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................4094
  Informal complaints..............................................4036
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................4129
  International call-back service..................................4073
  Interstate special access services...............................4163
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4126
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................4134
  Maritime...................................................4113, 4128
  Multiple address systems.........................................4121
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................4107
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4141
  Public safety communications requirements........................4120
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................4136
  Radio market definitions.........................................4104
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................4132
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................4052, 4135
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4066
  Regulatory fees............................................4111, 4112
  RF lighting devices..............................................4058
  Satellite:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................4063
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4098
    Dedicated Short Range Communications of Intelligent 
        Transportation Systems.....................................4042
    Digital audio radio service....................................4065
    Direct broadcast service.......................................4079
    Earth stations...........................................4071, 4075
    Fixed-satellite services.................................4045, 4072
    Global mobile personal communications..........................4070
    Licensing reform...............................................4074
    Maritime mobile services.......................................4069
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................4076
    MSS spectrum allocation............................4040, 4064, 4068
    Non-geostationary orbit........................................4072
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................4067
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations...............................4078
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................4077
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4095, 4096
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4066
  Securities Act reform............................................4350
  Software defined radios..........................................4050
  Spectrum aggregation limits......................................4140
  Spectrum allocation........................................4042, 4057
  Spread spectrum systems..........................................4046
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................4127
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4130
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4130
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................4080

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  Truthful statements to the FCC...................................4062
  TV:
    Access in non-served and under-served areas.....................456
    Advertising practices..........................................4085
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................4053
    Cable Act................................................4082, 4088
    Cable television rates.........................................4081
    Children's programming...................................4102, 4103
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................4089
    Digital must carry requirements................................4093
    Digital television service...................4043, 4099, 4100, 4102
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................4101
    Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming............4110
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................4084
    Predicting broadcast television field strength.................4047
    Public interest information....................................4105
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................4137
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................4095, 4096
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................4124
    Video programming accessibility..........................4087, 4089
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................4049
  Unbundled network elements.......................................4162
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4156
  Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................4056
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........4041
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................4123
  Video teleconference technology...................................146
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................4051
    Medical Telemetry Service......................................4059
    Telecommunications carriers....................................4140
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................4138
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................4036
  Streamlining procedures for transfers of control.................4160
  Toll free service access codes...................................4144
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities...............1584, 1592
  Renewal communities..............................................1592
Community development:
  See also Community action programs
           Grant programs-housing and community development
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities...........................................70
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1589
    Regulation revisions...........................................1588
    Revitalization strategy........................................1587
    Slum and blight prevention.......................................70
  Community Development Financial Institutions program.......2513, 2553
  Community services block grant program:
    Charitable Choice provisions...................................1174
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1596
  Environmental regulations.........................................270
  National bank investments........................................2698
  SBA:
    HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program........................3827
    Local economic development.....................................3851
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................375
  Air carriers.....................................................2174
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1211, 2018
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1211
  Cable television companies.......................................4086
  Communications Act...................................4115, 4117, 4139
  OPM regulations..................................................3740
  Television marketplace.....................................4081, 4089
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems.................923
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3599
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................518
  Electronic filing:
    Investment advisers......................................2071, 4378
  Electronic records...............................................3664
  Electronic signatures:
    TTB............................................................2657
  Electronic submission:
    Documents......................................................4215
    Labeling information...........................................1017
    Payee statements...............................................2851
  Exports.......................................529, 538, 540, 541, 552
  Information technology exchange program..........................3741
  Internet:
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................498
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3497
  Security training................................................3783
  Small businesses:
    Information technology value added resellers...................3847
  Stored-value cards...............................................4227
Confidential business information:
  DOT regulations............................................2403, 2423
  EPA regulations..................................................3176
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................861
  DFARS.............................................................804
  DOE...............................................................949
  EPA..............................................................3163
  Ethical conduct......................................3676, 3686, 3703
  Ethics programs..................................................3700
  Exemptions.......................................................3701
  Financial disclosure.............................................3697
  OGE Privacy Act rules............................................3705
  Post-government employment.......................................3702
  Standards of conduct.....................1181, 3682, 3698, 3805, 3806
Construction industry:
  Alien workers....................................................1212
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2101
  Effluent guidelines...............................................129
  Electric power line worker safety................................2110
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................2112
  Hoisting equipment safety........................................2126
  National Construction Safety Team Act........................557, 558
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................4000
  Alternative fuel labeling requirements...........................4247
  Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act.......................2564
  Baby bath seats..................................................3994
  Bicycles:
    Handlebar performance standard.................................4005
    Testing requirements...........................................4008
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3993
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................4086
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3999, 4002
  Crib safety standards............................................3995
  Disclosures......................................................4245
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles..............................................3996
    Mattresses/bedding.............................................3998
    Upholstered furniture..........................................3989
  Household goods transportation...................................2306
  Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard 
      for..........................................................4001
  Hunting tree stands..............................................3992
  Infant formula quality control...................................1009
  Lead-based paint.................................................3438
  Lighters.........................................................3991
  Natural rubber latex.............................................3990
  Nutrition health claims...........................................980

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  Over-the-counter drugs............................................978
  Playground equipment made from chromated-copper-arsenate 
      treated wood.................................................4006
  Portable bed rails...............................................3997
  Snowmobile auxiliary lighting systems............................4007
  Table saw blades.................................................4004
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................4037
  Weightlifting bench press benches................................4003
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1874
  Leasing sulphur or oil and gas.............................1877, 1882
  Safety zones around petroleum and gas production facilities.....1321, 
                                                             1375, 1380
Cosmetics:
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................990
Cotton:
  Cottonseed Chemist Licensing Program..............................162
  Cottonseed Payment Program........................................208
  Outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton..................194
  User fees for crop cotton classification services.................169
Countervailing duties:
  Sunset reviews....................................................494
Courts:
  Civil contempt commitments.......................................1944
  CSOSA:
    Acceptance of gifts............................................3154
    Use of agency seal.............................................3153
  Disclosure of records............................................3155
  Offender supervision:
    DNA collection and use.........................................2031
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Debt collection:
    DHS............................................................1192
    DoD...................................................786, 787, 788
    DOE........................................................945, 960
    FEMA...........................................................1505
    HHS...................................................962, 963, 967
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2599
    Salary offset...................................................963
    SBA............................................................3843
    SSA.............................................................139
    Treasury...........................................2551, 2598, 2604
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2605
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4226
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations......................4167, 4233
  Partners and partnerships........................................2918
Credit unions:
  Advertising......................................................4275
  Bank Secrecy Act compliance......................................4273
  Board meeting procedures.........................................4280
  Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................4263
  Customer identification program..................................2581
  Description of NCUA..............................................4268
  Employee benefits................................................4274
  Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4264
  Fair credit reporting............................................4258
  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts...................................................4269, 4281
  Insurance requirements for branches outside the United States 
                                                                   4271
  Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement revision................4277
  Investment and deposit activities................................4272
  Loan participation...............................................4270
  Maximum borrowing authority......................................4260
  Member business loans............................................4276
  Mergers of federally-insured credit unions.......................4261
  Nondeposit investment sales......................................4255
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4259
  OMB control numbers..............................................4265
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4257
  Prompt corrective action.........................................4279
  Regulatory publication and review................................4256
  Request for NCUA action..........................................4268
  Share insurance rules............................................4267
  Treatment of swap agreements in liquidation or conservatorship 
                                                                   4278
  Truth in Savings rule............................................4266
  Unauthorized access to member information and member notice......4262
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.................1235, 2004
    Criminal convictions...........................................2014
    Criminal grounds of inadmissibility......................1229, 1232
    Custody procedures.......................................1475, 2017
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1471
    Expedited removal from jails...................................1489
    Trafficking victims................................1213, 1267, 1473
    Victims of crime.........................................1213, 1220
  Arson reporting..................................................1974
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................2037
  DNA collection and use...........................................2031
  Jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or 
      accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US..................777
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................2022
  Prostitution.....................................................1488
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2028
  Seized property..................................................2033
  Sex offender registration programs...............................2021
  Sex offender release notification................................1931
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1243
  Victims of Crime Act.......................................2038, 3108
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations.........................276, 277, 280, 288
  Application for...................................................271
  Blueberries.......................................................282
  Civil penalties...................................................273
  Dry beans and peas................................................286
  Grains.......................................................286, 287
  Movement or assumption of policies................................272
  Nonstandard classification system.................................280
  Nursery crops.....................................................274
  Pecans............................................................279
  Premiums..........................................................281
  Processing tomato crop provisions.................................278
  Producer disqualification for fraud...............................200
  Quality Assurance and Performance Measurement System..............277
  Regulation revisions....................................206, 283, 285
  Rice..............................................................286
  Safflower.........................................................286
  Sunflowers........................................................286
  Tobacco...........................................................213
  Wheat.............................................................287
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure........................................90, 2081
Cultural exchange programs:
  Student Exchange Visitor Information System......................1303
  Summer work/travel...............................................2135
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1389

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  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2532
  Airport security area access.....................................1411
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2540
  Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act.......................2564
  Bond obligations.................................................1412
  Broker license examination dates.................................1414
  Commercial information confidentiality...........................1415
  Conditional release period.......................................1412
  Counterfeited trademarks...................................2564, 2566
  Country of origin marking.....................................4, 2530
  Customs and border protection regulations........................1432
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2614
  Delinquent payment...............................................2559
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2536
  Drawback.........................................................2523
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2527, 2528
  In-transit mail shipment examination.............................1388
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................1426
  Manufacturing substitution drawback..............................2567
  Merchandise processing fees......................................2523
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2520, 2529, 2544
  Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2557
  Performance of business by parent and subsidiary corporations 
                                                                   1430
  Preferential treatment of brassieres.......................2538, 2568
  Prior disclosure.................................................1390
  Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2542
  Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2537
  Publication of administrative forfeiture notices.................1392
  Reconciliation...................................................2555
  Refund of duties paid on select wool products....................2545
  Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2535
  Remote location filing...........................................2522
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2556, 2558
  Tonnage duties for vessels entering the US from a foreign port 
                                                                   1433
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2521
  User and navigation fees.........................................2531
  User fees........................................................2565
  Watch, watch movement, and jewelry program........................496


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Inspection and grading service:
    Fees............................................................159
    Manufactured or processed products..............................165
  National Dairy Promotion and Research Program.......................2
  Transportation and storage........................................357
Debarment and suspension:
  AID..............................................................3137
  CNCS.............................................................3145
  DHS........................................................1194, 1498
  DOC...............................................................492
  DOD..........................................................785, 804
  DOE...............................................................956
  DOI..............................................................1634
  DOJ..............................................................2043
  DOL..............................................................2099
  DOT........................................................2172, 2179
  ED................................................................886
  EPA..............................................................3178
  FAR..............................................................3929
  FMCS.............................................................3579
  GSA..............................................................3613
  HHS...............................................................972
  HUD..............................................................1531
  IMLS.............................................................3675
  NARA.............................................................3666
  NASA.............................................................3637
  NEA..............................................................3680
  NEH..............................................................3689
  NSF..............................................................3692
  OPM..............................................................3798
  Peace Corps......................................................3808
  SBA..............................................................3844
  Social Security Administration...................................3911
  State Department.................................................2147
  Treasury.........................................................2524
  USDA..............................................................421
  VA...............................................................3084
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice................................50
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................990
Disability benefits:
  Black Lung Benefits Act..........................................2057
  Compensation to woman veterans for anatomical loss of one or 
      both breasts.................................................3122
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act................143, 1106, 1122
Disaster assistance:
  Audits of states, local governments, and nonprofit 
      organizations................................................1512
  Community Disaster Loan Program..................................1515
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................849
  Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1503
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1511
  Definition of terms..............................................1509
  Farmers:
    Agricultural Assistance Act................................207, 211
    Disaster set-aside program......................................196
    Primary loan servicing..........................................196
    Tree assistance program.........................................188
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1494
  Floods:
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................853
    Mitigation assistance program..................................1502
    National Flood Insurance Program......1495, 1496, 1500, 1501, 1506, 
                                                                   1514
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................1504
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1499
  Hurricane assistance for sugarcane producers......................209
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................1503, 1508
  Management costs.................................................1510
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1497
  Nondiscrimination................................................1513
  Public Assistance Program........................................1515
Dispute resolution:
  Access to neutrals...............................................3578
  Contract dispute procedures................................3588, 3589
Drug abuse:
  See also Alcohol abuse
  Aviation personnel...............................................2217
  Charitable Choice program.........................................975
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1933
  Drug-free workplace requirements......785, 886, 956, 972, 1194, 1634, 
           2099, 2147, 2172, 3084, 3137, 3145, 3579, 3613, 3637, 3666, 
                                           3681, 3690, 3808, 3844, 3911
  Treatment programs...............................................1933
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
                                                                   1995
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1922
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................2196
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1935
  Following marine incidents.......................................1313
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers........................................2180, 2315, 2460
  Railroad employees...............................................2442
    Foreign-based crews............................................2449
  Transportation workplace.........................................2164
  Workplace guidelines..............................................974
Drug traffic control:
  Chemical registration fees.......................................1987
  Chemical registration waivers....................................1985

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  Controlled substances:
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
        for maintenance or detoxification treatment................1995
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1990
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1993
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1981
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use................................................1980
    Gamma butyrolactone......................................1994, 1998
    Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act.........................2001
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid...1984, 1999
    Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities...........1988
    Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing 
        hydroxybutyric acid........................................1986
    Registration application fees..................................2002
    Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1989
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1983
    Reports of theft or significant loss...........................1996
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1991
  FAA regulations..................................................2241
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1982
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications................................1032
  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk packages
                                                                   1036
  Average wholesale price methodology..............................1154
  Bar code label requirements........................................51
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements..................1032
  Central fill pharmacies..........................................2000
  Chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances...........1997
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1011
  Institutional review boards.......................................988
  Investigational new drugs............................1005, 1006, 1010
  Labeling.................................................44, 51, 1029
  Manufacturing changes............................................1014
  New drug applications..................................984, 995, 1038
  Pharmaceutical manufacturing effluent guidelines.................3548
  Positron emission tomography drugs................................998
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1979
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1992
  Registration of producers.........................................982
  Reporting adverse events...........................................44
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations...............1018
  Safety reporting requirements......................................48
  Self-administration criteria.....................................1074


                                   E

Economic statistics:
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....................488
Education:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Education of disadvantaged
           Educational facilities
           Educational research
           Indians-education
           Libraries
           School breakfast and lunch programs
           Schools
           Students
           Teachers
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1258
  Debarment and suspension regulation...............................886
  Direct grant programs........................................883, 884
  Drug-free workplace requirement...................................886
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................893
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1939
  Inmate occupational educational programs.........................1953
  Magnet Schools Assistance Program.................................894
  National Security Education Program...............................778
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1048
    For clinical researchers.......................................1049
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1052
    Health disparities research....................................1051
    Pediatric research.............................................1050
    Scholarships...................................................1045
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1849
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs......887, 3179, 3673
  Prison postsecondary education programs..........................1951
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities..................................................1304
  State-administered programs.......................................884
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3581
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................3096
    Educational Assistance Test Program allowances.................3120
    Licensing and certification....................................3050
    Montgomery GI Bill--active duty....................3110, 3112, 3113
    Montgomery GI Bill--selected reserve.........3098, 3110, 3115, 3118
    Survivors and dependents...........................3052, 3097, 3112
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act............3093, 3114
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3049
Education of disadvantaged:
  Accountability for academic achievement...........................890
  Head Start program:
    Facilities construction and renovation.........................1175
    Regulations....................................................1177
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD 
      dependents....................................................776
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act........................34
Educational facilities:
  Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act............................888
  Grants administration............................................3134
  Impact Aid programs...............................................889
  Transfer of excess Federal property...............................473
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection...................................885, 1059
Eggs and egg products:
  Grademarks........................................................172
  Grading......................................................157, 160
  Import restrictions...............................................248
  Imported.....................................................349, 367
  Inspection....................................................22, 369
  Salmonella enteritidis........................................42, 248
  Transportation and storage........................................357
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
           Electric power plants
  Bonneville Power Administration:
    Cost recovery adjustment rate proceeding........................943
    Transmission rate proceeding....................................944
  Hydroelectric licensing..........................................4191
  Low density discount..............................................935
  Policy statement on consultation with Indian tribes in FERC 
      proceedings..................................................4202
  Worker safety....................................................2110
Electric power plants:
  Electronic filing of FERC forms..................................4183
  Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................938
Electric utilities:
  Asset retirement regulations.....................................4199
  Cash management..................................................4187
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4186

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  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures.........4184, 4188
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for rural electrification 
      purposes......................................................448
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1854
  Market design and structure......................................4185
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................4190
  National Forest System............................................381
  Pricing policy...................................................4194
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4195
  RUS standard contract forms.......................................452
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4182
  Steam generating unit MACT regulation.............................102
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic benefit transfer systems...............................332
  Federal agency disbursements.....................................2593
  FRS Regulation E revision........................................4227
  GSAR regulation..................................................3609
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Abandoned individual account plans.................................83
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2852
  Participant loan rules...........................................2069
  Prohibited transaction exemption procedures......................2068
  Stock option programs............................................2049
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens...........................................................2054
    Authorization eligibility......................................1227
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1254
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements...............................................1294
    Dismissal of asylum application................................1203
    EB-5 classification............................................1280
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1289
    Eligibility verification.................................1275, 1295
    Employer sanctions.............................................1485
    Fingerprinting.................................................1249
    Labor certification process......................................81
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................2062
    Remedies against employers hiring H-1B visa workers over 
        equally qualified U.S. workers.............................2018
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students.............................................1308, 1484
    Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1224
    Verification documents...................................1291, 1293
  Definitions for salary basis.......................................79
  Family and Medical Leave Act.......................................77
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2046
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Ticket to Work Program....................................143, 1122
  Jobs For Veterans Act..........................2129, 2130, 2131, 2132
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1596
  Senior Community Service Employment Program........................82
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers............................80
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act..........94
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................2064
  Workforce investment systems.....................................2094
Employment taxes:
  Failure-to-deposit penalty.......................................3005
  Unemployment repayment...........................................2973
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addax............................................................1747
  American crocodile...............................................1664
  Appalachian bivalve species................................1668, 1743
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................852
  Arroyo toad......................................................1698
  Australian parakeets.............................................1662
  Basking shark....................................................1722
  Beluga sturgeon..................................................1730
  Black-footed ferrets.......................................1793, 1803
  Blackburn sphinx moth............................................1782
  Boreal toad......................................................1699
  Boulder darter...................................................1657
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1654
  Bull trout.................................................1684, 1765
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl.....................................1737
  California gnatcatcher...........................................1742
  California red-legged frog.......................................1771
  California tiger salamander................................1700, 1739
  Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances..........1661, 1673
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1710
  Cassius blue butterfly...........................................1705
  Ceraunus blue butterfly..........................................1705
  CITES decisions......................................1645, 1712, 1749
  Coho salmon.......................................................737
  Columbia white-tailed deer.......................................1775
  Conservation activities...........................................738
  Conservation banks...............................................1806
  Conservation education...........................................1766
  Conservation permits.............................................1711
  Critical habitat...681, 741, 744, 1668, 1684, 1686, 1698, 1700, 1701, 
           1706, 1717, 1732, 1737, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1757, 1763, 1765, 
                                                 1771, 1776, 1777, 1790
  Cui-ui...........................................................1801
  Dama gazelle.....................................................1747
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1761
  Dugong...........................................................1746
  Eagles...........................................................1709
    Incidental taking..............................................1660
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1829
    Transport of feathers..........................................1678
  Fairy shrimp.....................................................1786
  Gila chub........................................................1757
  Gila trout.......................................................1658
  Gray bat.........................................................1788
  Gray wolf:
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1679
    Western Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1680
  Grizzly bears..............................................1696, 1784
  Guam bridled white-eye...........................................1763
  Guam broadbill...................................................1763
  Guam broadbill removal...........................................1719
  Guam Micronesian kingfisher......................................1763
  Gulf sturgeon.....................................................741
  Incidental take by commercial fishing operations..................682
  Island fox.......................................................1764
  Koster's tyronia.................................................1732
  Landowner Incentive Program......................................1792
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1647
  Little Mariana fruit bat.........................................1763
  Loggerhead sea turtle.............................................681
  Manatees.............................................1688, 1754, 1802
  Mariana crow.....................................................1763
  Mariana fruit bat..........................................1760, 1763
  Mariana mallard removal..........................................1719
  Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1691
  Mexican gray wolf................................................1772
  Mexican spotted owl........................................1686, 1706
  Miami blue butterfly.......................................1705, 1758
  Missouri bladder-pod.............................................1721
  Mountain plover..................................................1789
  National Fire Plan..........................................684, 1750
  Nickerbean blue butterfly........................................1705
  Noel's amphipod..................................................1732
  Nonessential experimental populations....1657, 1671, 1784, 1793, 1803
  North Atlantic right whale...................................723, 744
  North Pacific right whale.........................................723
  Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1671
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment......................................................1665

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  Pahrump poolfish.................................................1694
  Pecos assiminea..................................................1732
  Permit exemptions.................................................643
  Permits for foreign listed species...............................1767
  Pesticide regulation....................................72, 563, 3427
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1714
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting........................................1670
    Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1727
    Black cohosh...................................................1674
    Braun's rockcress..............................................1744
    Californian plants.............................................1786
    CITES listings.....................................1674, 1727, 1729
    Coastal California plants......................................1717
    Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1681
    Critical habitat....1669, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1735, 1740, 1744, 1745, 
                                                 1769, 1770, 1780, 1785
    Desert yellowhead..............................................1740
    Eggert's sunflower.......................................1687, 1769
    Fish Slough milk vetch.........................................1682
    Gaviota tarplant...............................................1717
    Hawaiian Island plants.........................................1776
    Hoover's wooly-star delisting..................................1715
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1720
    Kahoolawe Island plants........................................1780
    LaGracosa thistle..............................................1717
    Lane Mountain milkvetch........................................1669
    Lompac Yerba Santa.............................................1717
    Mariana Island plants..........................................1713
    Maui Island plants.............................................1780
    Munz's onion...................................................1683
    Nesogenes rotensis.............................................1713
    Northwest Islands of Hawaii....................................1777
    Oahu, Hawaii plants............................................1785
    Osmoxylon mariannense..........................................1713
    Pierson's milkvetch............................................1745
    Ramin..........................................................1729
    Removal from list........................................1687, 1798
    San Jacinto Valley crownscale..................................1770
    Slickspot peppergrass..........................................1738
    Spanish cedar..................................................1727
    Spreading navarettia...........................................1770
    Tabernaemontana rotensis.......................................1713
    Territory of Guam plants.......................................1713
    Truckee barberry delisting.....................................1718
    Ventura Marsh milkvetch........................................1735
    Virginia roundleaf delisting...................................1692
    Water howellia.................................................1798
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse...............................1752, 1790
  Reclassifications..........................................1801, 1804
  Riverside fairy shrimp...........................................1701
  Roswell springsnail..............................................1732
  Rota bridled white-eye...........................................1733
  Sacramento Mountain Checkerspot butterfly........................1778
  Sacramento splittail.............................................1781
  Safe harbor agreements.....................................1661, 1673
  Salt Creek tiger beetle..........................................1685
  San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1741
  San Marcos gambusia removal......................................1779
  Scimitar-horned oryx.............................................1747
  Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1693
  Spectacled eiders:
    Removal of arctic Russian population...........................1805
  Spotfin chub.....................................................1657
  Stag beetle......................................................1722
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1652
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1650
  Tinian monarch flycatcher........................................1731
  Topeka shiner....................................................1734
  Turtle species...................................................1712
  Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly.................................1804
  Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1695
  Wood bison.......................................................1672
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition.......................................................950
  Alternative fuels................................900, 911, 3287, 4247
  Bioenergy program.................................................201
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................959
  Collection of claims owed the US.............................945, 960
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................958
  Critical Energy Infrastructure Information.......................4196
  DEAR amendments:
    Make or Buy Plans...............................................947
    Management contractor compensation for personal services........952
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............949
    Revisions.......................................................948
    Rewrite continuation............................................946
    Technical amendments............................................953
    Work for others regulations.....................................954
  Debarment and suspension..........................................956
  Delegation of authority..........................................4201
  Determining eligibility for access to classified matter...........929
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................956
  Electronic registration of FERC applications.....................4192
  Electronic service of FERC documents.............................4183
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........977
  FERC asset retirement regulations................................4199
  Financial assistance:
    For-profit organizations........................................951
    Implementation of OMB grants management policies................955
  Freedom of Information Act........................................931
  Nondiscrimination.................................................940
  Occupational radiation protection.................................933
  Polygraph examination regulations.................................930
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....690, 
                                                                   1759
  Public availability of infrastructure information................4198
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active uranium and thorium 
      processing sites..............................................941
  Renewable energy systems...........................................30
  Research misconduct...............................................932
  Restriction of DOE access authorizations..........................924
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............691
  Uranium mill sites................................................939
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Covered products determination:
    Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................903
    Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans......904
  Efficiency standards:
    Appliances.................................................35, 4254
    Clothes dryers..................................................918
    Commercial air conditioning equipment.............37, 913, 914, 915
    Direct heating equipment........................................919
    Dishwashers.....................................................918
    Electric distribution transformers...............................36
    Electric motors.................................................920
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................921
    Furnaces and boilers........................................35, 914
    Heat pumps........................................37, 913, 914, 915
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................917
    Mobile home furnaces.............................................35
    Pool heaters....................................................919

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    Water heaters...................................................913
  Federal buildings............................................899, 902
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............902, 916
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners...................................906, 907
    Clothes washers.................................................905
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................910
    Commercial heating equipment....................................909
    Commercial package boilers......................................912
    Commercial water heaters........................................908
    Dishwashers.....................................................922
    Electric motors, small..........................................896
    Electronic distribution transformers............................901
    Heat pumps.................................................906, 907
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................917
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2837
Environmental impact statements:
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................2042
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
  Background checks of contractor employees........................3166
  CERCLA amendment.................................................3509
    Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry''....................112, 3515
  Chemicals............................................3442, 3453, 3456
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3158
  Coal combustion wastes......................................110, 3494
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3572
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan..........................33
  Confidential business information................................3176
  Contract bundling................................................3167
  Cooling water intake structures impact................130, 3541, 3553
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3511
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule..........3171
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3513
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3434
  DOE compliance with floodplain and wetland environmental review 
      requirements..................................................942
  Drinking water regulations...............3556, 3558, 3562, 3566, 3567
  Effluent guidelines....3520, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3527, 3534, 3546, 3548
  Emergency planning.........................................3462, 3467
  Enforcement data concerning small entities.......................3160
  Environmental Quality Incentives Program..........................470
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3164, 3165, 3178
  Farm Service Agency regulation....................................193
  Federal water resource development................................846
  Fellowship grant regulation......................................3180
  Forest Service special uses program..........................405, 406
  HUD responsibilities.............................................1533
  Innocent landowner defense........................................112
  Leadership in Environmental Management...........................3964
  National Environmental Achievement Track Program.................3173
  National Environmental Policy Act...............857, 1197, 3159, 4294
  National Forest System.......................................402, 418
  New Jersey Gold Track program....................................3403
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3491
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................3156
  Pesticides.....................106, 563, 3175, 3410, 3412, 3426, 3427
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3422, 3423, 3424
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3161
  Public Involvement Policy........................................3181
  Radon............................................................4318
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................3496
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3495
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1325
  Research scientist appointment authority.........................3170
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................779
  Rural areas.......................................................262
  Rural economic development........................................270
  Rural Utilities Service...........................................459
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................792
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3437
  Solid waste......................................................3503
  Total Maximum Daily Load program..................................114
  Toxic Substances Control Act.........................3429, 3435, 3458
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3463
    Chemical expansion.............................................3472
    Coal...........................................................3469
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3461
    Metal mining...................................................3460
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3470
    Reporting requirements...................................3460, 3464
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3468
  Trade secrecy claims.............................................3462
Equal access to justice:
  DHS..............................................................1191
  HHS...............................................................968
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.............................................................3574
  Broadcast outreach...............................................4106
  Complaint processing.......................................3573, 3576
  Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3574
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2048
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................2094
Estate taxes:
  Charitable deductions............................................2990
Excise taxes:
  Air transportation...................................2716, 2772, 2773
  Communications services..............................2772, 2773, 2951
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2875
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................1974
  Exports and reexports of explosive detection systems..............539
  Fireworks........................................................1968
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................1327
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........1969
  Manufacturing safety regulations.................................2115
  Military munitions................................................794
  Pest control devices.............................................1970
  Safe Explosives Act..............................................1973
  Transportation regulations...........................1455, 1977, 2489
Exports:
  Administration regulations....499, 500, 501, 510, 511, 516, 519, 525, 
                                      526, 542, 543, 547, 548, 549, 556
  Afghanistan.......................................................547
  Agricultural commodities..........................................375
    Cargo preference regulations...................................2505
    Emerging markets program........................................372
    Reporting requirements..........................................380
  Aircraft..........................................................506
  Alligators, live.................................................1659
  Arms-related items..........................................547, 2146
  Aruba.............................................................530
  Automated export system......................484, 488, 489, 555, 2145
  Bigeye tuna.......................................................598
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................374
  Chemical Weapons Convention.............................497, 524, 550

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  Class I substances to Article 5 countries........................3210
  Commerce Control List...............488, 503, 504, 521, 532, 535, 550
  Communication intercepting devices...........................531, 535
  Computer technology................................527, 529, 540, 541
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1980
  Crude oil.........................................................520
  Cuba..............................................................522
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................518
  Designated persons................................................549
  Distilled spirits................................................2637
  Dual-use items....................................................512
  East Timor........................................................530
  Encryption items.............................................546, 552
  Energetic materials...............................................507
  Entity list.......................................................545
  Explosive detection systems.......................................539
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....................................548
  Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations..............................555
  High-performance computers........................................538
  Humanitarian donations............................................515
  India.............................................................538
  Investigational new drugs........................................1010
  Iraq..........................................509, 542, 551, 553, 554
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3477
  Liberia...........................................................547
  Libya.............................................................522
  License application denial policy.................................505
  License exceptions............................515, 517, 522, 528, 529
  Licensing..........................................502, 519, 526, 537
  Liquors....................................................2639, 2661
  Military vehicles and components..................................513
  Missile technology controls........................502, 508, 525, 543
  National Forest System timber.....................................388
  National security controls........................................503
  Netherlands Antilles..............................................530
  No license required provisions....................................526
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................517
  Nuclear equipment and materials..............................533, 538
  Offsets in military exports.......................................544
  Pakistan..........................................................538
  Protective equipment..............................................504
  Reexports.....................................502, 517, 527, 528, 539
  Replacement licenses..............................................519
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................516
  Rough diamonds....................................................489
  Serbia............................................................522
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................498
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................523
  Sudan.............................................................500
  Sugar reexport programs...........................................373
  Swordfish.........................................................598
  Timber from western states........................................514
  United Nations....................................................517
  United States munitions list............................488, 506, 507
  Veterinary user fees..............................................227
  Wildlife.........................................................1649


                                   F

Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of state and local enforcement 
      agencies.....................................................1594
  Compliance requirements......................................256, 426
    ANSI standards.................................................1595
  Sexual harassment standards......................................1597
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................1532, 3139
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3141
  Classified information storage....................................782
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................779
  Energy performance standards.................................899, 902
  GSA regulations..................................................3601
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3214
  Military range assessment.........................................794
  NARA facilities:
    Hours of operation for exhibition halls........................3670
    Phone numbers for........................................3662, 3669
    Public use of..................................................3667
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3659
  Presidential library facilities..................................3660
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States..............2233
  Telecommunications management....................................3582
Federal home loan banks:
  Acquired member assets...........................................4206
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4211
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................4204
  Appointed directors..............................................4210
  Community support requirements...................................4209
  Governance.......................................................4207
  Multiple bank memberships........................................4205
  New business activities..........................................4208
  Organization and functions regulation............................4213
  Privacy Act......................................................4212
  Public disclosure................................................4203
Federal Reserve System:
  Community reinvestment...........................................4239
  Consumer leasing.................................................4232
  Consumer regulations review................................4226, 4232
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4227
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4226
  Fair credit reporting............................................4233
  Holding companies..............................4234, 4236, 4237, 4238
  Margin regulations review........................................4242
  State banks........................4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 4235, 4241
  Truth in savings...........................................4225, 4240
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................217
Fire prevention:
  Electrical standards.............................................2113
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1494
  Forest fire assistance program....................................412
  National Fire Plan..........................................684, 1750
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4307
  Requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, hospitals, and 
      long-term care facilities....................................1130
  Shipyard standards.................................................92
Firefighters:
  Retirement.......................................................3771
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
  Diseases:
    Infectious salmon anemia........................................229
  Endangered and threatened.........................................737
  Endangered Species Act.......................................72, 1704
  Government acquisition regulations................................802
  Injurious wildlife listings......................................1656
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1647
  National Organic Program............................................1
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1636
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......690
  Trip limits.......................................................698
Fisheries:
  Alaska Transient Killer Whales stock depletion....................647
  Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan..........................747
  Atlantic Ocean..........................................600, 660, 732
  Atlantic tunas....................................................701
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1723
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.............................624, 698, 706
  Bluefin tuna......................................................701
  Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................649
  Bottomfish........................................................567
  Conservation efforts..............................................738
  Critical habitat........................................564, 692, 741
  Crustacean........................................................569
  Demersal shelf rockfish...........................................591

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  Effectiveness of collection-of-information requirements...........734
  Groundfish.........................................567, 662, 666, 735
  Gulf of Alaska..........................................591, 616, 706
  Gulf sturgeon.....................................................741
  Halibut......................................................617, 698
  Hawaiian Islands..................................................594
  Highly migratory species...........................600, 660, 701, 732
  Incidental take regulations....624, 637, 645, 649, 682, 701, 742, 743
  Killer whale stock depletion......................................740
  List of Fisheries.................................................745
  Lobster...........................................................702
  Marine Mammal Protection Act............................644, 648, 679
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................599
  North Pacific.....................................................662
  Northern California steelhead.....................................692
  Pacific coast................................................666, 735
  Permits......................................................593, 594
  Pollock......................................................616, 624
  Pollock roe recovery allowance....................................718
  Puerto Rico..................................................565, 586
  Reef fish.........................................................565
  Sablefish.........................................................583
  Scientific research...............................................660
  Sea turtle conservation.................................650, 733, 739
  Steller sea lion protection.......................................706
  U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................565, 586
  Western Pacific region............................................569
Fishery management plans:
  Alaska..................................................665, 677, 707
  Albacore..........................................................559
  Amberjack.........................................................710
  American Lobster.............................................582, 702
  Atlantic...........................................579, 618, 633, 670
  Atlantic billfish.................................................634
  Atlantic bluefish.......................................607, 688, 711
  Atlantic herring........................................561, 597, 606
  Atlantic mackerel.............................588, 605, 625, 687, 720
  Atlantic salmon...................................................597
  Atlantic sea scallop.........................................575, 631
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................621
  Atlantic surf clam................................................587
  Atlantic swordfish................................................669
  Beluga whales.....................................................680
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.........590, 614, 661, 668, 672, 724, 726
  Bigeye tuna..................................................598, 618
  Black sea bass......................602, 604, 628, 635, 676, 686, 713
  Bluefin tuna............................................618, 619, 664
  Bottomfish fisheries.....................572, 622, 638, 703, 704, 717
  Butterfish...............................588, 605, 625, 687, 699, 720
  Calico scallop....................................................570
  Canadian waters...................................................559
  Capacity reduction program...................................661, 736
  Caribbean.........................................................579
  Coastal migratory pelagics...................................585, 722
  Community development quotas.................................590, 608
  Coral reef ecosystem..............................................658
  Crab.........................................................661, 668
  Crustaceans........................................699, 703, 704, 717
  Days-at-sea leasing program.......................................667
  Deep-sea red crab............................................632, 689
  Dolphin...........................................................579
  Eastern Pacific..............................................595, 611
  Effective dates for regulatory changes............................654
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)......582, 610, 621, 622, 677, 702, 729
  Flatfish..........................................................726
  Golden tilefish...................................................581
  Groundfish......613, 614, 630, 636, 655, 672, 674, 677, 721, 724, 736
  Gulf of Alaska..........................................613, 614, 719
  Gulf of Mexico......571, 573, 574, 578, 579, 580, 592, 626, 639, 710, 
                                                               722, 729
  Hawaiian Islands........................................567, 594, 704
  Highly migratory species......584, 598, 618, 619, 633, 634, 656, 664, 
                                                                    716
  King crabs........................................................661
  License Limitation Program...................................668, 724
  Monkfish.....................................................596, 712
  North Atlantic right whales.......................................678
  Northeast multispecies.........................32, 631, 667, 715, 725
  Northeast skate...................................................700
  Ocean quahog............................................587, 601, 629
  Pacific Coast..................584, 630, 636, 655, 674, 709, 721, 736
  Pacific cod..................................................719, 724
  Pacific halibut...................................................707
  Pacific mackerel..................................................671
  Pacific sardine..............................................612, 728
  Pelagics.................................585, 609, 610, 699, 703, 704
  Precious corals...................................................717
  Queen conch.......................................................586
  Red grouper.......................................................592
  Red snapper..................................................580, 626
  Reef fish.....................................574, 580, 592, 639, 710
  Salmon.......................................................665, 709
  Sargassum.........................................................659
  Scup................................602, 604, 628, 635, 676, 686, 713
  Sea scallop.......................................................575
  Seasonal Area Management program..................................678
  Sharks.............................................577, 633, 670, 716
  Shrimp..................................................571, 578, 729
  Small mesh multispecies...........................................727
  Snapper grouper..............................................581, 623
  Snowy grouper.....................................................581
  South Atlantic...........................570, 573, 581, 623, 659, 722
  Spiny dogfish...........................................560, 603, 714
  Spiny lobster.....................................................573
  Squid....................................588, 605, 625, 687, 720, 730
  Summer flounder.....................602, 604, 628, 635, 676, 686, 713
  Surf clam....................................................601, 629
  Sustainable Fisheries Act amendments....................699, 703, 704
  Swordfish...............................................598, 618, 633
  Tanner crabs......................................................661
  Tilefish..........................................................675
  Tuna....................................................595, 611, 633
  Wahoo.............................................................579
  Weakfish..........................................................562
  Western Pacific...............................572, 609, 610, 638, 658
Fishing:
  Alaska............................................................657
  Antarctic marine living resources.................................705
  Bycatch reduction measures...................................578, 657
  Compensatory fishing..............................................568
  Conservation programs.............................................567
  Drift gillnet.....................................................682
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................660
  Fixed gear........................................................583
  National Wildlife Refuges..................................1697, 1795
  Permit requirements and exemptions................................696
  Port codes........................................................615
  Pot fishing.......................................................719
  Pound net leaders.................................................739
  Purse seine.......................................................595
  Quotas:
    Gulf of Mexico red snapper......................................626
    Reporting requirements..........................................663
    Swordfish.......................................................669
  Recreational measures..............................600, 604, 713, 735
  Shallow style longline sets.......................................650
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................589
  Subsistence fishing.......................707, 1702, 1748, 1751, 1774
  Troll fishing.....................................................559
  Turtle excluder devices...........................................733
Fishing vessels:
  Capital construction fund.........................................708
  Catcher vessel electronic report..................................620

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  Charter boats.....................................................697
  Charter vessel/headboat permit moratorium.........................722
  Compensatory fishing..............................................568
  Electronic dealer reporting.......................................627
  Fleet capacity control.......................................559, 595
  Housing requirements for observers................................673
  Individual fishing quota reporting requirements...................663
  Length overall....................................................731
  Limited entry permits.............................................696
  Observer data transmission........................................662
  Observer policy...................................................566
  Safety regulations...............................................1322
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................589
  Vessel Monitoring System...........................589, 666, 705, 732
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards...........................................3996
  Upholstered furniture............................................3989
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................853
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................849
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program....................................1502
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Assistance to private sector insurers....................1496, 1501
    Coverage and rates.............................................1506
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1495, 1500
    Inspection of insured structures by communities................1514
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................257
Flood plains:
  DOE compliance with environmental review requirements.............942
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................466
    Wetlands Reserve Program........................................195
Food additives:
  Meat and poultry products.........................................365
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care...............................................18
    Afterschool snacks..............................................327
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................305
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............321
    Strengthening program integrity.................................330
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...........................11, 336
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................323
  Eligibility.......................................................334
  Indian reservations...............................................304
  McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
      Nutrition Program.............................................378
  Older individuals................................................1179
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...........................16
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................325
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................317
    Food delivery systems......................................318, 331
    Food packages....................................................10
    Vendor-related provisions.......................................313
Food labeling:
  Allergen information.............................................1033
  Beef or pork with barbeque sauce..................................350
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................355
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................340
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products........................27
  Mechanically separated products...................................368
  Nutrient content claims...........................................363
  Nutrition labeling of meat and poultry products...................337
  Single-ingredient products.........................................27
  Standardized terms................................................355
  Trans fatty acids...........................................994, 1035
Food stamps:
  Access for persons with limited English proficiency...............333
  Administrative review process.....................................335
  Alternate methods for issuing benefits............................328
  Civil rights data collections.....................................322
  Computer matching.................................................301
  Electronic benefits transfer system................306, 320, 328, 332
  Eligibility and certification......................................14
  Employment and training............................................15
  High performance bonuses...........................................13
  Payment adjustments...............................................303
  Privacy requirements..............................................326
  Quality control................................................17, 20
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............308
  Regulation simplification..........................................12
  Resource eligibility standards.....................................19
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........320
  State flexibility..................................................12
Foods:
  See also Dairy products
           Fish
           Food additives
           Food assistance programs
           Food labeling
           Fruits
           Meat and meat products
           Nutrition
           Poultry and poultry products
           Vegetables
           Sugar
  FDA detention of food..............................................52
  FDA registration of food facilities..............................1024
  Food safety rulemaking............................................343
  Good manufacturing practices:
    Manufacturing, packing, and holding.............................979
  Health claims.....................................................980
  Imported.........................................................1025
  Infant formula quality control...................................1009
  Institutional review boards.......................................988
  Modernization of standards...................................341, 997
  Pesticide residues...............................................3421
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................990
  Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and 
      recipients of foods............................................53
  Regulation of carcinogenic compounds used in food-producing 
      animals......................................................1037
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2494
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3202
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2596
Foreign relations:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Cultural exchange programs
           Foreign trade
           Immigration
           International boundaries
           Passports and visas
           Treaties
  Countries eligible for USAID financing...........................3138
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2525
  Imposition of special measures...................................2584
  International accounting standards...............................4409
  International call-back service..................................4073
  McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
      Nutrition Program.............................................378
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)....3442, 
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Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2532, 2541
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber..........................................2556, 2558
  DOC employee responsibilities and conduct.........................475
  Earnings and profits.............................................2913
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2533
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................772
  Filing of informational materials................................2034
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................477, 482
  Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations changes.....................488
  Futures and options contracts....................................3975
  Multijurisdictional Disclosure System............................4347
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4223
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity......................................................476
  Stock transfer rules.............................................2840
  U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................478
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2534
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................407
  Fire management activities........................................420
  Forest fire assistance program....................................412
  Forest Land Enhancement Program...................................411
  Imported wood packing materials...................................246
  Indian allotments.................................................382
  Land and resource management planning.............................392
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................383
  Small business size standards....................................3854
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2556, 2558
  Special products..................................................407
  Special uses authorizations..................................405, 406
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................402
    Contracts..................................................401, 404
    Export controls.................................................514
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................387
    Surplus species.................................................384
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................223
Fraud:
  Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act..................2123
  Crop insurance fraud..............................................200
  Microcap securities market.......................................4400
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act.................................1195
  Telemarketing sales..............................................4253
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4282
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3465
  CSOSA............................................................3155
  DHS........................................................1182, 1298
  DOD.....................................................775, 784, 805
  DOE...............................................................931
  DOJ..............................................................1950
  DOL........................................................2044, 2097
  Electronic communication.........................................2044
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act......................3671, 3855
  FMCS.............................................................3577
  INS..............................................................1516
  NARA.............................................................3661
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service program.........789
  NCUA.............................................................4281
  NEH..............................................................3685
  Peace Corps......................................................3807
  Public information................................................491
  RRB..............................................................3817
  SBA..............................................................3855
  SSA..............................................................3920
  Veterans Affairs.................................................3127
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims............................................182
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2305
  Transportation rate appeals......................................3589
Fruits:
  Dried fruit wines................................................2645
  Fresh fruit definition............................................171
  Import restrictions...............................................238
  Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order..................153
  Non-grape wines..................................................2675
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................225
  Plum pox compensation.............................................214
Fuel:
  See also Energy
  Air pollution control....................3221, 3299, 3300, 3307, 3397
  California gasoline..............................................3303
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines............88
  Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel........................120
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards................3201
  Labeling requirements for alternative fuels......................4247
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3217
  Reformulated gasoline............................................3300
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives.........................3187, 3304
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3207, 3565
  Oxygenated.................................................3306, 3455
Fuel economy:
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program.............................97
  Fuel economy credits.......................................2377, 2387
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4252


                                   G

Gases:
  See also Natural gas
  Coalbed methane development......................................1908
Goats:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments........224
  Brucellosis indemnity.............................................231
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Central Contractor Register...............................830, 3972
    Commercial items.........................................3927, 3959
    Contract bundling........................................3167, 3971
    Cost-reimbursement contracts for services......................3955
    Debriefing unsuccessful offerors under competitive proposals 
                                                                   3932
    DOL............................................................2096
    Electronic listing of acquisition vehicles for use by more 
        than one agency............................................3957
    EPA......................................................3164, 3178
    Financing payments.............................................3956
    Pre-solicitation notice elimination............................3926
    Share-in-savings contracting...................................3950
    USAID..............................................3131, 3132, 3135
    Vehicle fleet management and reporting.........................3635
  Affirmative action.........................................2055, 2059
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................174
  Contract dispute procedures................................3588, 3589
  Contractors:
    Access to sensitive information................................3620

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    Architect-engineer qualifications..............................3928
    Computer security...............................................923
    DOE contract security personnel.................................926
    DOE security requirements.......................................927
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......2056
    Employee stock ownership plans.................................3706
    Government property management and disposition.................3936
    Hazardous material safety data.................................3938
    Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................2130
    Overpayment notification.......................................3956
  Debarment and suspension....................................492, 3178
  Defense contracts:
    Contract goal extension for small disadvantaged businesses 
        and minority institutions of higher education...............838
    Contractor performance of security-guard functions..............834
    Contractor qualifications relating to contract placement........806
    Cost accounting standards.......................................808
    Cost-reimbursement contracts....................................832
    Deployment of contractor personnel..............................844
    DFARS modification..........................812, 814, 815, 830, 831
    DoD activity address codes......................................825
    Efficiency savings..............................................833
    Federal Prison Industries products.........................837, 842
    Fixed price.....................................................812
    Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects......790, 822
    Foreign acquisition.............................................843
    Freedom of information.....................................775, 805
    Government source inspection requirements.......................807
    Indian incentives..........................................816, 823
    Information assurance...........................................820
    Internal controls for purchase card use.........................821
    Liability for loss under vessel repair and alteration 
        contracts...................................................835
    Patent rights...................................................801
    Payment withholding.............................................819
    Privacy protection..............................................805
    Production surveillance and reporting...........................828
    Prototype projects with ``other transaction'' agreements........800
    Provisional award fees..........................................818
    Reporting requirements..........................................841
    Service contract and task order approval........................817
    Transportation of commercial items by sea.......................836
    Unique item identification and property valuation...............829
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................2046
  Indians..........................................................1892
  Nondiscrimination....................................2055, 2059, 3679
  Research and development.........................................1055
  Rights to inventions.........................................771, 773
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................858
  Small business subcontracting assistance.........................3842
  Subcontractors:
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......2056
  Transportation rate determination................................3589
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Agents designated to accept legal process........................3730
  Appeals....................................................3754, 3799
  Career and career-conditional employment.........................3744
  Child care subsidy program for lower income employees............3767
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3772
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................959
  Classification appeals...........................................3723
  Competitive service and competitive status.......................3740
  Computer security...........................................923, 3783
  Contract employees:
    Background investigations......................................3172
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................3147
  Criminal investigators...........................................3757
  Defense of tort suits............................................2027
  Defense personnel:
    Claims settlement.....................................786, 787, 788
    Voluntary state tax withholding from retired pay................799
  Detail between Executive Branch and Legislative Branch...........3746
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3769
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3770
  DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................930
  Drug-free workplace requirements......785, 886, 956, 974, 1194, 1634, 
           2043, 2147, 2172, 2179, 3084, 3137, 3145, 3579, 3613, 3637, 
                                           3681, 3690, 3692, 3808, 3844
  Employee morale..................................................3966
  Employment discrimination..................................3573, 3576
  Employment of relatives..........................................3714
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................2029
    IMLS...........................................................3676
  Excepted service:
    Career and career-conditional employment.......................3744
    Operational procedures.........................................3712
    Temporary organizations........................................3745
  Extended assignment incentives...................................3761
  Federal executive boards.........................................3791
  Federal mail management..........................................3596
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3697
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................772
  Gift acceptance authority of OGE.................................3704
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension......421, 785, 956, 972, 1194, 1531, 1634, 2043, 2147, 
           2172, 2179, 2524, 3084, 3137, 3145, 3579, 3613, 3637, 3666, 
                               3675, 3680, 3689, 3692, 3798, 3808, 3844
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3726
    Children's equity..............................................3781
    Effective dates................................................3787
    Enrollment regulations.........................................3733
    FEHBP changes..........................3732, 3735, 3780, 3789, 3797
    Financial sanctions of health care providers...................3782
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3759, 3790
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3779
    Physician's comparability allowances...........................3764
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................928
  Information technology exchange program..........................3741
  Intermittent.....................................................3716
  Investigations...................................................3795
  Job grading reviews..............................................3754
  Leave regulations................................................3724
  Life insurance...................................................3777
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3734
    Premiums.......................................................3778
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3778
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3715
  OPM regulations rewrite..........................................3743
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3717
  Part-time........................................................3716
  Pay rates:
    Administration.................................................3757
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3721
    Locality-based comparability payments..........................3753
    Official duty station determinations...........................3752
    Pay retention..................................................3788
    Post differentials.............................................3763
    Premium pay limitations........................................3758

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    Prevailing rate systems......................3727, 3728, 3755, 3756
    Regulation amendments..........................................3724
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3725
  Performance appraisal systems....................................3721
  Performance management...........................................3720
  Personal financial interests.....................................3701
  Personnel management in Federal agencies.........................3710
  Post-employment conflict of interests............................3702
  Posting regulations..............................................3793
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3751
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3739
  Promotion and internal placement.................................3750
  Public safety officers...........................................2036
  Purchases of property sold by GSA................................3606
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3747
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3748
  Reemployment...............................................3718, 3729
  Relocation costs...........................................3590, 3752
  Research programs and demonstration projects.....................3722
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    DOC.............................................................475
    OPM......................................................3766, 3792
  Restriction of DOE access authorizations..........................924
  Retention allowances.............................................3760
  Retirement:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3736
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3768, 3776
    Credit for military service....................................3737
    Debt collection................................................3774
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3775
    FERS basic annuity.......................................3773, 3785
    FERS coverage elections........................................3738
    Record retention...............................................3796
    State income tax withholding...................................3731
  Salary offset....................................139, 145, 2599, 3593
  Seasonal.........................................................3716
  Security standards...............................................3794
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3711
  Standards of conduct...958, 1181, 3634, 3682, 3686, 3687, 3698, 3699, 
                                     3700, 3703, 3805, 3806, 3828, 3860
  Strategic human capital management assessment....................3742
  Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3784
  Temporary and term employment....................................3765
  Temporary change of station................................3749, 3752
  Testifying and providing records in litigation.............2526, 3658
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3786
  Training.........................................................3719
  Travel cost appeals..............................................3590
  Travel cost principles...........................................3966
  Travel regulations.......................3600, 3607, 3615, 3616, 3646
  Veterans recruitment appointments................................3713
  Voluntary separation incentive payments..........................3762
  Withholding of State and local income taxes......................2594
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Blanket Purchase Agreements....................................3943
    Buy American Act requirements..................................3925
    Commercial items....................................823, 3927, 3941
    Compensation for personal services.............................3947
    Conflicts of interest...........................................804
    Cost accounting standards administration.......................3937
    Cost principles.....3939, 3942, 3945, 3947, 3948, 3958, 3961, 3963, 
                                                                   3966
    Debarment.......................................................804
    Defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, 
        biological, chemical, or radiological attack...............3970
    Department of Homeland Security................................1185
    Department of State............................................2134
    Depreciation cost principle....................................3930
    DFARS modification.....801, 802, 803, 804, 809, 810, 811, 813, 814, 
                                      815, 824, 826, 827, 831, 839, 840
    DOE....................................947, 948, 950, 952, 953, 954
    DOL............................................................2096
    Dominican Republic products...............................840, 3973
    DOT............................................................2151
    Electronic signatures..........................................3953
    Elimination of solicitation mailing list requirement...........3968
    End items.......................................................826
    Energy-efficient office equipment, supplies, and services......3612
    Energy-efficient standby power devices.........................3967
    Environmental services for military installations...............824
    EPA......................................................3163, 3165
    Fabrics and fibers..............................................811
    Federal Business Opportunities vendor notification service.....3597
    Federal Prison Industries................................3933, 3965
    Fish, shellfish, or seafood products............................802
    Geographic use of the term United States..................809, 3954
    GSA............................................................3612
    HUD............................................................1598
    Improper business practices.....................................804
    Industrial funding fee.........................................3614
    Information technology.........................................3599
    Insurance and pension costs....................................3931
    Laws inapplicable to commercial subcontracts....................810
    Leadership in Environmental Management.........................3964
    Maintenance and repair costs...................................3948
    Micro-purchase exception.......................................3969
    Multiyear contracting authority............................824, 827
    NASA....3621, 3622, 3625, 3626, 3627, 3628, 3629, 3630, 3631, 3632, 
                                           3636, 3642, 3647, 3648, 3650
    National Nuclear Security Administration........................925
    Order placement with debarred or suspended contractors.........3929
    Plain language rewrite.........................................3944
    Printing and duplicating through the Government Printing 
        Office.....................................................3940
    Prohibited sources.............................................3960
    Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................803
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............949
    Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program............839
    Temporary emergency procurement authority......................3962
    Treasury.......................................................2560
    Unique contract and order identifier numbers...................3949
    Unsolicited proposals..........................................3946
    USAID....................................................3132, 3135
    Veterans Affairs.........................................3066, 3123
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts..............................................402, 404
  Costs:
    Travel.........................................................3951
  Electronic commerce..............................................3952
  Foreign currency use.............................................2596
  Government-unique standards......................................3707
  Historic preference..............................................3594
  HUBZone program..................................................3608
  Level of effort..................................................3162
  Lobbying restrictions......................................1196, 3935
  Nondiscrimination................................................3610
  Recycled products................................................3473
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3157
  Streamlining legislation implementation..........................3951
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3707
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management

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  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3583
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............937
  NASA property........................................3623, 3636, 3638
  Purchase by GSA employees........................................3606
  Sale, abandonment, or destruction of personal property...........3611
  Transfer of excess property to institutions.......................473
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3584
Government property management:
  Debt collection......................................3591, 3592, 3593
  Mandatory review procedures......................................1631
  Motor vehicles.............................................3598, 3635
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3604, 3605
  Personal property management.....................................3585
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3601
  Supply and procurement...........................................3586
  Telecommunications management....................................3582
Government publications:
  DOD publications..................................................797
  Stars and Stripes newspaper.......................................796
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Analytical services fees..........................................295
  Crop insurance....................................................287
  Disguising quality................................................290
  Divider tolerances................................................293
  Geographic areas for inspection services..........................297
  Inspection and weighing service fees.........................291, 298
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................217
  Process verification service......................................292
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................294
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations...........................................3146
  CNCS regulations.................................................3148
  Countries eligible for USAID financing...........................3138
  DOD grant and agreement regulations...............................798
  DOE financial assistance regulations..............................955
  Faith-based organizations' participation in Justice Department 
      programs.....................................................2026
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1494
  Freedom of information...........................................2097
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1499
  IMLS.............................................................3672
  Learn & Serve regulations........................................3146
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision....3619, 3624, 
                                           3640, 3641, 3644, 3649, 3651
  Research grants..................................................1055
  Rights to inventions.........................................771, 773
  State cemetery grants............................................3104
  Technology investment agreements..................................798
  Victims of crime.................................................2038
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions.........................................255
  Agricultural innovation centers...................................438
  Allocation of funds...............................................441
  Energy efficiency..................................................30
  High energy cost rural communities................................450
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................423
  Outreach and assistance for disadvantaged farmers and ranchers 
                                                                    424
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................428, 436
  Rural business investment program.................................430
  Rural economic development........................................435
  Technical assistance and training............................259, 445
  Value-added producer grants.......................................438
  Water programs....................................................444
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations........................................784
  Application regulations...........................................883
  Eligibility regulations...........................................884
  Freedom of Information............................................784
  Head Start program.........................................1175, 1177
  Impact Aid programs...............................................889
  Magnet Schools Assistance Program.................................894
  National Security Education Program...............................778
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3545
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3511
  EPA fellowships..................................................3180
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................2042
  Water quality cooperative agreements.............................3532
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1179
  Charitable Choice program.........................................975
  NIH center grants................................................1056
  NIH training grants..............................................1046
  Operation of qualified high risk pools...........................1116
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative..............................66
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities...........................................70
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1587
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1589
    Regulation revisions...........................................1588
    Slum and blight prevention.......................................70
  Community services block grant program:
    Charitable Choice provisions...................................1174
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1525
  Electronic submission of grant applications......................1524
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities...............1584, 1592
  Faith-based organizations' participation in HUD programs.........1536
  Increasing operating cost percentage.............................1591
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program...............................1611
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1528
  Renewal communities..............................................1592
  State homes for veterans.........................................3071
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................2040
  Indian Education Discretionary Grant Program......................891
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program...............................1611
  Landowner Incentive Program......................................1792
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program...................................1791
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1911
  Landowner Incentive Program......................................1792
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1638
  Private Stewardship Grants Program...............................1800
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program...................................1791
  Wetland Program Development Grants...............................3532
Grant programs-transportation:
  Buy America requirements.........................................2360
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................2156
Grants administration:
  Audit requirements...............................................1512
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1723
  Debarment and suspension...................................2099, 2147
  Disaster assistance...............................................188
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....421, 785, 972, 2043, 2099, 2147, 
                   2172, 3613, 3637, 3666, 3681, 3690, 3692, 3808, 3844
  Jobs For Veterans Act............................................2129
  Nondiscrimination............1962, 2141, 3136, 3149, 3657, 3691, 4328
  Social Security Administration.................3910, 3911, 3912, 3913
  Uniform administrative requirements......1198, 1528, 3069, 3134, 3912
Grazing lands:
  Authority to grant stays of decisions......................1630, 1635
  Conservation.....................................................1901
  Grassland Reserve Program.........................................465

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  National Forest System.......................................382, 399
  Navajo Partitioned Lands.........................................1846


                                   H

Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1327
  Maintenance fees...........................................2527, 2528
  Port security....................................................1372
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1179
  Mortgage eligibility.............................................1566
  NAHASDA housing assistance.......................................1602
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Air carrier emergency telephone number requirements..............2499
  Aircraft carriage................................................2466
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2471
  Cargo tank requirements....................................2468, 2495
  Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2313
    Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1456
  Explosive materials........................................1455, 2489
  FAA material recognition training................................2246
  Fees for security threat assessments on drivers..................1444
  Hazard communication requirements................................2480
  Hazardous waste manifest rule.....................................121
  IM portable tank unloading.......................................2501
  Incident reporting...............................................2479
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2478
  International standards..........................................2496
  Lithium batteries................................................2483
  Motor carriers.............................................2299, 2468
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2467
  Penalty guidelines...............................................2487
  Radioactive materials......................................2482, 4309
  Regulation revisions.....................2472, 2473, 2491, 2492, 2503
  Security...................................................2470, 2502
  Uranium ore......................................................2030
  Visual cylinder requalification requirements.....................2493
  Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3500
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
           Radioactive materials
  Air pollutants......115, 116, 117, 118, 3182, 3190, 3199, 3231, 3233, 
           3241, 3244, 3245, 3246, 3249, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266, 3268, 
           3269, 3270, 3299, 3310, 3314, 3321, 3322, 3328, 3330, 3331, 
           3332, 3333, 3335, 3336, 3337, 3356, 3362, 3366, 3367, 3368, 
                               3371, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3382, 3441
    Delisting................................................3203, 3339
  Aluminum:
    Labeling for small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
        packages...................................................1036
    Spent potliners from primary reduction.........................3506
  Asbestos.....................................................87, 3447
  Beryllium........................................................2104
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3177
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3509
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules......................................3441, 3452
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3433
  Chromium...............................................89, 3338, 3373
  Crystalline silica...........................................90, 2081
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3513
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3434
  Drinking water regulations.........1002, 3521, 3556, 3558, 3563, 3567
  Ethylene oxide.......................................2102, 3200, 3282
  Extremely hazardous substance list...................3466, 3467, 3471
  Glycol ethers..............................................2117, 3354
  Halogenated solvents.............................................3334
  Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................3232
  Isocyanates................................................3252, 3471
  Lead..........................105, 3331, 3429, 3438, 3449, 3459, 3503
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3938
  Mercury analysis.................................................3552
  Metals...........................................................3454
  Metals from electroplating operations.............................111
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3188
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3207, 3565
  Natural rubber latex.............................................3990
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2170
  Ozone depleting substances...........................3209, 3293, 3390
  Perchloroethylene..........................................3183, 3330
  Pesticides.................................................3418, 3420
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................3412
    Emergency exemption regulations.................................106
    Endangered species regulation.........................72, 563, 3427
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3418
    Rules of practice..............................................3175
    Worker protection standards..............................3409, 3419
  Pipeline safety standards......................2465, 2469, 2485, 2486
  Pollution contingency plan.......................................3519
  Radon............................................................3564
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3495
  Releases on public land..........................................1915
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3446
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3493
  Sulfur oxides........................................3212, 3320, 3388
  Surface coatings.................................................3188
  Thorium...........................................................941
  Threshold planning quantity......................................3467
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3454
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3463
    Chemical expansion.............................................3472
    Coal...........................................................3469
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3461
    Metal mining...................................................3460
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3470
    Reporting requirements...................................3460, 3464
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3468
  Uranium.....................................................941, 2030
  Water pollution control..............................3521, 3535, 3552
Hazardous waste:
  Benzene..........................................................3276
  Carbamates.......................................................3512
  Cathode ray tubes.................................................125
  Cement kiln dust..................................................122
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities...........................................109
    Radioactive waste........................................3404, 3405
  Groundwater contamination........................................3269
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions...................................................3478
    Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction................3506
  Lead.......................................................3450, 3503
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3477
  Manifest regulations..............................................121
  Permit program....................................................123
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3431, 3505
  Radioactive waste................................................4319
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................4320
    Dose methodology...............................................3406
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage systems......4333
    Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a 
        geologic repository........................................4304
    List of approved spent fuel storage casks...4314, 4315, 4316, 4327, 
                                                                   4336
  Recycled used oil................................................3505

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  Recycling.........................................................125
  Requirements revision............................................2484
  Solid waste..........................................3475, 3490, 3503
  Solvents.........................................................3488
  Toxic waste site.................................................3433
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3498
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3501
  Triarylmethane dye and pigments..................................3499
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3508
  University laboratory waste management...........................3507
  Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing........113
Health care:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
  Ambulance services.........................................1117, 1163
  Anti-kickback provisions.....................................961, 965
  Benefits Improvement and Protection Act:
    Managed care rules modifications...............................1133
  Debarment and suspension..........................................972
  Financial sanctions of providers.................................3782
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1116
  Home health agencies.............................................1091
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1096
    Prospective payment system...............................1089, 1148
  Human cellular and tissue-based products...................1030, 1031
  Inmate fees......................................................1942
  Nondiscrimination.................................................971
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems................1021
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges.......................................................969
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................965
  Underserved areas................................................1040
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program....................................................3088
    Advanced health care planning..................................3070
    Chronic lymphocytic leukemia associated with exposure to 
        herbicide agents...........................................3121
    Copayments for extended care services..........................3045
    Copayments for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical 
        care.......................................................3107
    Non-VA service and care..................................3072, 3079
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................3046
    Presumptions of service connection.............................3059
    Priorities for medical services................................3073
    Reasonable charges for care or services..................3044, 3076
    Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously 
        liable third parties.......................................3074
    Sensori-neural aids............................................3077
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2078
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1072
    List of covered procedures.....................................1152
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................972
  Electronic cost reporting requirements...........................1140
  Federally qualified health centers..........................961, 1140
  Fire safety requirements for RNHCI, ASC, hospices, PACE, 
      hospitals, and long-term care facilities.....................1130
  Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded:
    Conditions of participation....................................1128
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3779
    Hospice service................................................1087
    Paid feeding assistants........................................1136
    Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances.......1988
    Prospective Payment System.....................................1147
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1103
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities...................59, 61
  Skilled nursing facilities.................................1077, 1146
  Use of restraint and seclusion.............................58, 60, 61
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2842
    Special enrollment rules.......................................2842
  Benefit-specific waiting periods.................................1070
  CHAMPUS:
    Appeals and hearings procedures.................................873
    Authorized providers............................................875
    Beneficiaries age 65 and over...................................880
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................864
    Double coverage.................................................863
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................861
    Individual Case Management Program..............................867
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......865
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................860
    Pharmacy Benefits Program.......................................866
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................862
    Regulation amendments...........................................870
    Special supplemental food and nutrition education program.......874
    TRICARE.......866, 868, 869, 871, 872, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881
  Claims attachment standard.......................................1065
  Continuation coverage notification.................................85
  District of Columbia employees...................................3770
  Employer based group health plans..................................85
    Nondiscrimination provisions...................................1155
  Government employees...3732, 3733, 3735, 3764, 3780, 3787, 3789, 3797
    Acquisition regulations........................................3931
    Children's equity..............................................3781
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3759, 3790
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3779
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act........1093, 1125
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3726
    Bona fide wellness programs..............................1156, 2934
    Church plans...................................................2933
    Electronic transactions and code set standards.................1078
    Exemption for non-Federal governmental plans...................1118
    Health care access, portability and renewability.................84
    Nondiscrimination..............................86, 2932, 2933, 2934
    VA implementation..............................................3099
  Health plan identifiers..........................................1125
  Mental Health Parity Act.........................................1139
  Portability..........................................1073, 1108, 2842
  Provider identifiers.............................................1093
  Retirement benefits...............................................131
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........323
    Family coverage options........................................1141
    Modifications..................................................1135
    Payment error rate measurement.................................1086
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1299, 2144
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1039, 1043
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1251, 2066
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4246
  Physicians:
    DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1989
    Fee schedule.............................................1088, 1150
    Health services referrals......................................1103
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1250

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    Ownership in specialty hospitals...............................1160
    VA medical opinions rules......................................3102
  Professional shortage areas......................................1040
  Provider identifiers.............................................1093
Health records:
  Photocopy expenses...............................................1104
  Prescription release rule........................................4246
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information.............138
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1937
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients........................................49
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1098
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................2304
  Indian highway safety program....................................1847
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2318
  Motor carrier regulations...2275, 2299, 2304, 2308, 2309, 2319, 2324, 
                                                                   2327
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2272
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision..........................................2274, 2288
  Work zone safety.................................................2282
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Federal aid projects.......................................2283, 2284
  Federal lands highway program:
    Forest highways program........................................2279
    Indian reservations road program.........................1853, 2277
    Park roads and parkways program................................2276
    Refuge roads program...........................................2278
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2927
  Indian reservation road bridge program...........................2286
  Interstate system................................................2281
  National Forest System road management policy.....................410
  National Highway System..........................................2284
  Railroad highway projects........................................2285
  Real property acquisition........................................2273
  Relocation assistance............................................2273
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................848
  National Historic Preservation Act amendments....................3130
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1817, 1832
  Tribal lands.....................................................1824
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1937
Hogs:
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................239
  Swine packer marketing contracts..................................296
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control.......4230, 4231, 4234, 4235, 4236, 4237, 4238
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4383
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4341
Homeless:
  Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act...................3106
  VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program.................3078
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1899
Honey:
  Honey wines......................................................2645
  National Organic Program standards................................166
Horses:
  Brucellosis indemnity.............................................231
Hospice care:
  Electronic cost reporting........................................1140
  Hospice wage index.........................................1121, 1164
  Medicare conditions of participation.............................1063
  Medicare policies..........................................1099, 1161
  Requirements for long-term care facilities.......................1087
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................860
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services......................................1075, 1098
    Organ transplantation centers....................................56
    Quality assessment and performance improvement program.........1131
    Requirements of................................................1123
  Copayments for veterans..........................................3107
  Disproportionate share hospitals.................................1124
  DOT grants.......................................................2156
  Enrollment in VA health care system...............................100
  Grants administration...........................784, 1198, 1528, 3134
  Inpatient prospective payment system.......................1082, 1145
  Inpatient psychiatric facilities...............................59, 61
  Inpatient rehabilitation facility classification.................1127
  Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system........1084, 1149
  Institutions for mental disease..................................1124
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2077
  Medicare:
    Calculating cost outlier payments under short-term inpatient 
        prospective payment system.................................1162
    Coinsurance amounts............................................1113
    Emergency Medical and Treatment Act............................1159
    Extended care services coinsurance.............................1113
    Inpatient deductible...........................................1113
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation........1134
    Long-term care prospective payment system................1085, 1147
    Nondiscrimination in referral to home health agencies..........1151
    Outpatient prospective payment system..............1081, 1111, 1137
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement.......................1115
  Organ procurement service area waivers...........................1165
  Patients' rights...................................................60
  Physician ownership in specialty hospitals.......................1160
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency.......................................35, 918, 4254
  Test procedures...................................................907
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
           Relocation assistance
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1547
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4211
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative..............................66
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................3055
  Civil penalties for violations:
    Distribution of tax credit proceeds............................1574
  Civil Rights Restoration Act.....................................1535
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities...........................................70
    Regulation revisions...........................................1588
    Slum and blight prevention.......................................70
  Competitive sales procedures.....................................1549
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1525
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................1531
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas............67

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  Electronic document retention....................................1530
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................902, 916
  Environmental responsibilities...................................1533
  Faith-based organizations' participation in HUD programs.........1536
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Appraiser Watch Initiative.....................................1576
    Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate 
        brokers....................................................1550
    Electronic endorsement of mortgages............................1558
    Inspector roster...............................................1571
    Quality control plans..........................................1562
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1575
  Hawaiian Natives:
    Mortgage eligibility...........................................1566
    NAHASDA assistance.............................................1602
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1521
  Housing counseling program.......................................1561
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program:
    Regulations....................................................1585
    Shallow rental assistance......................................1590
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1598
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program...............................1611
  Lead-based paint.....................................3429, 3450, 3459
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1554
  Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1580
  Migrant farmworker projects..................................265, 266
  Multifamily:
    Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement......1541
    Closing forms and documents....................................1544
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1542
    Housing bonds..................................................2743
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act...............1577
    Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1518
    Previous participation certification...........................1543
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1607
  Open competition and government neutrality towards contractors' 
      labor relations..............................................1534
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information.........................................1577
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing................................................9
    Loan policies...................................................260
    Loans and grants........................................9, 264, 270
    Multiple-family housing...........................................9
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................269
    Planning and performing construction............................261
    Rental housing...............................................9, 267
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program.............1579
  Streamlining regulations............................................9
  Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1563
  Supportive Housing Programs..........................1573, 1583, 1591
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1555
Housing standards:
  Manufactured homes construction standards........................1551
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1560
  Manufactured housing installation program........................1559
  On-site construction.............................................1552
Human research subjects:
  Protection of..............................107, 885, 1007, 1058, 1059
  Student rights....................................................882
Hunting:
  Airborne hunting regulations.....................................1799
  Migratory birds....................1642, 1677, 1728, 1753, 1796, 1797
  National Park Service regulations................................1837
  National Wildlife Refuges..................................1697, 1795
  Standards for tree stands........................................3992
Hydropower:
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................690
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................691


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification.............................................1476
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1296
  Affidavit of support.............................................1237
  Appeal fees......................................................1226
  Arrest warrant definition........................................1490
  Asylum procedures:
    Frivolous applications.........................................1227
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1207
  Authority delegation.............................................1493
  Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1190
  Automated inspection service.....................................1407
  Availability of material under Freedom of Information and 
      Privacy Acts.................................................1516
  Benefit application fee....................................1225, 1306
  Cancellation of removal....................................2011, 2013
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1259
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1214
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................1384
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1474
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1277
  Employment:
    Authorization eligibility......................................1227
    Employer sanctions.............................................1485
    Verification requirements................................1291, 1293
  Exchange visitors:
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System..............1303, 1480
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1215
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............2012
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1398
  Fingerprinting certain applicants....................1230, 1249, 1252
  Genealogy Program processing fee...........................1233, 1517
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1487
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1284
  Inadmissibility..................................................1199
  Increasing number of officers authorized to issue notices to 
      appear and arrest warrants for violations....................1486
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures......................................1276
  Intercountry adoptions.....................................1208, 1279
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1467
  Internal review process revisions................................1493
  International broadcasters.......................................1261
  International matchmaking organization requirements........1200, 2008
  Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service 
      decisions....................................................1221
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines.........................................2016
  Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 
                                                                   1477
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1264, 1297, 2013
  List of recognized American institutions of research.............1271
  Notice to appear definition......................................1490
  Payment of fees methods..........................................1270
  Preinspected automated lane program..............................1395
  Protective orders in administration proceedings..................2015
  Representative registry..........................................2005
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1247
  Suboffices under jurisdiction of the Los Angeles District 
      Office.......................................................1491
  Surety bonds.....................................................1466
  Suspension of deportation............................1242, 2011, 2013
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1243
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1385
  Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1274
  Withholding of adjudication......................................1278
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection

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  Apparel articles..................................................493
  Archaeological material restrictions.............................2569
  Arms-related items.........................................1967, 2146
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............226
  Bigeye tuna..................................................598, 618
  Bluefin tuna......................................................618
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1427
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention...............6, 240, 989
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1710
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2568
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3436, 3444, 3445
  Cigarette papers and tubes.................................2642, 2644
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3440
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1980
  Dairy products......................................................2
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2536
  Duty-free entry...................................................493
  Eggs....................................................248, 349, 367
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings........................................1969
  Food products....................................................1025
  Fruits and vegetables.............................................238
  Icelandic eiderdown..............................................1666
  Inspection and user fees for agricultural products from Canada 
                                                                    251
  Livestock.........................................................362
  Marine mammal products............................................640
  Meat and meat products............................................347
  Merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark...........................2566
  Milk and milk products............................................242
  Motor vehicles...................................................3291
    Canadian.......................................................2380
    Commercial.....................................................2393
    Nonconforming............................................2432, 2439
  Nuclear reactor components.......................................4337
  Nursery stock.....................................................247
  Parrots..........................................................1725
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............225
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1667
  Poultry products...................................349, 362, 367, 371
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2667
  Restrictions on ethnological material from Cyprus................2570
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2539
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2556, 2558
  Swordfish....................................................598, 618
  Textiles.........................................................2519
  Tobacco products.....................................2640, 2642, 2644
  Tuberculosis risk classification..................................244
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2538
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................223
  Veterinary user fees..............................................227
  Wheat.............................................................250
  Wild birds.................................................1690, 1725
  Wildlife.........................................................1649
  Wood packing materials.......................................233, 246
  Wool:
    Refund of duties paid on select products.......................2545
    Worsted wool fabrics............................................495
Income taxes:
  Accelerated cost recovery system.................................2873
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2914
  Accounting:
    Partnerships...................................................2978
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2955
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2859
  Active conduct of an insurance company defined...................2931
  Adjustment periods...............................................2761
  Advance rental income............................................2883
  Agents definition................................................2855
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2747
  Allocation of basis to distributes following a reorganization 
                                                                   2785
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2909
  Apportioning interest expense....................................2734
  Asset ownership..................................................2919
  Authorized placement agency......................................2848
  Automated substitute for return............................2705, 2797
  Basis regulations................................................2994
  Bona fide wellness program regulations...........................1156
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2786
    Multifamily housing............................................2743
    Private activity.........................................2828, 2982
    Qualified zone academy bonds.............................2804, 2810
    Tax exempt bond partnerships.............................2784, 3023
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments...2861, 2900
  Branch remittances...............................................2819
  Branches:
    Hybrid transactions............................................2975
  Cancellation of indebtedness...............................2849, 2964
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2908
  Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate 
      years........................................................2865
  Carryover allocation.............................................2947
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over............2993
  Charitable contributions.........................................2911
  Charitable unitrust interest.....................................2990
  Check the box regulations..................................2744, 2745
  Claims against decedent's estate.................................2970
  Collecting child support arrears through the Federal Tax Refund 
      Offset.......................................................1172
  Collection after assessment......................................2813
  Collection at source to statutory stock options..................2860
  Collection due process.....................................2962, 2963
  Collections:
    Installment agreements.........................................2922
    Levied property................................................2829
  Communications excise tax........................................2951
  Community income.................................................2989
  Computation of tax attributes....................................2964
  Confidential transactions..................................2815, 2816
  Consolidated groups:
    Application of section 108...................2706, 2814, 2899, 3029
    Continuation of................................................2737
    Duplicate tax benefits.........................................2954
    Loss limitation rules....................................2767, 2862
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2735, 2833
    Interest income................................................2793
    Regulation amendments..........................................2943
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2718
  Contingent at closing escrows....................................2893
  Controlled foreign partnership reporting.........................3000
  Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions......2968
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax........................................2909
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2939
    Estimated tax..................................................2726
    Gain on stock distributions....................................2936
    LIFO recapture.................................................2809
    Prohibited allocation of securities......................2965, 3028
    Reorganizations..........................................2701, 2775
    S corporations...............................2795, 2796, 2937, 2965
    Taxable stock transactions.....................................2766
  Cost sharing.....................................................2758
  Cross-border transactions........................................2748
  Custodial account contributions..................................2768
  Debt instruments.................................................2925
  Deductions from intangible property..............................2729

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  Deferred compensation plans......................................2981
  Dependent care credit............................................2779
  Depreciation computation...................................2790, 2894
  Depreciation of vans and light trucks......................2898, 3006
  Designated or related summons....................................2969
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2867
  Disclosure of return information.....................2732, 2983, 3021
  Distributions of property........................................2757
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2730
  Earned income credit.............................................2995
  Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2950
  Earnings calculation for returned contributions..................3002
  Electronic filing of business returns......................2789, 2805
  Electronic payee statements......................................2851
  Electronic tax administration....................................2753
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2830
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2897
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2852
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2736
  Employer deductions for contributions to employee welfare 
      benefit fund.................................................2997
  Erroneous refunds:
    Abatement of interest..........................................2746
  Escrow funds.....................................................2824
  Exempt organizations.......................................2878, 3012
  Extension of time for filing returns.......................2879, 3017
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2860
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act.........................2860, 2885, 2960
  Filing corrections...............................................2881
  Foreign corporations.................................2708, 2817, 2910
    Earnings and profits.....................................2907, 2913
    Income rules.............................................2724, 3013
    Stock transfer rules...........................................2840
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2935
    Treatment of distributions or liquidations.....................3001
  Foreign eligible entities........................................2980
  Foreign governments..............................................2905
  Foreign insurance companies................................2707, 2709
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2930
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2818
  Foreign tax credit.................2715, 2759, 2841, 2843, 2901, 2903
  Foreign taxpayers:
    Taxpayer identification number requirement.....................2985
  Fractional parts of a dollar...............................3014, 3016
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2710
  Functional currency..............................................2907
  Gasoline tax claims..............................................2739
  General utilities repeal.........................................2912
  Generation skipping transfer tax deemed allocations..............2762
  Gift tax for net gift............................................2991
  Golden parachute payments........................................2972
  Grantor..........................................................2919
  Guarantee fees...................................................2802
  Hand carry returns.........................................2700, 2755
  Highly compensated employee................................2722, 2823
  Inclusion ratio..................................................3004
  Income allocation................................................2729
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2926
  Income from sources within specified possession..................2741
  Installment obligations..........................................2769
  Insurance companies..............................................2850
  Intangible assets creation costs.................................2857
  Interest.......................................2793, 2820, 2841, 2844
  Interest expense allocation......................................2949
  Interest other than that of a creditor...........................2945
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2822
  International communications income..............................2926
  International organizations......................................2905
  Investigative disclosures..................................2952, 3010
  Investment adjustment rules................................2880, 3015
  Investment type property.........................................2984
  Life insurance and annuity contract guidance...............2791, 2888
  Like-kind exchanges........................................2725, 2895
  Liquidation of an interest.......................................2770
  Losses:
    Separate limitation............................................2906
    Waiver of carryovers.....................................2880, 3015
  Low-income taxpayer clinics......................................2853
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.......2702, 2798, 2847
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2858
  Mixed use output facilities......................................2953
  Modified guaranteed contracts....................................2987
  Multiple party financing.........................................2974
  Multistep transactions.....................................2886, 3019
  New market tax credit................................2703, 2783, 2854
  Non-accrual experience method of accounting................2882, 3027
  Non-shelter revisions............................................2750
  Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension 
      plans........................................................2774
  Normalization requirements.......................................2940
  Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2892
  Notional principal contracts.....................................2776
  Number of notices received by payer..............................2992
  Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2901
  Obligation-shifting transactions.................................2742
  Offset of refund payments........................................2600
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities................................2845, 2889
    Capital account bookup.........................................2874
    Capital gains rollover.........................................2971
    Deemed dispositions of unrealized receivables and inventory 
        items......................................................2808
    Disguised sales................................................2806
    Equity for services............................................2780
    Fair market value..............................................2978
    Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2756
    Hybrid transactions............................................2975
    New markets tax credit allocation..............................2751
    Options........................................................2863
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2733
    Section 1503(d) applications.............................2916, 2986
    Transactions involving long-term contracts.....................2868
    Transactions involving partner's stock.........................2807
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................2727
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2930
  Payments:
    Retroactive payments for qualified retirement plans............2979
    Source of payments.............................................2714
  Payments to attorneys......................................2721, 2834
  PFIC purging elections.....................................2966, 2967
  Predeceased parent rule..........................................2803
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2731
  Principal residence seizure......................................2738
  Procedure and administration.....................................2821
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2944
  Qualified interests..............................................2771
  Qualified offers.................................................2835
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2782
    Foreign holders................................................2777
    Inducement fees..........................................2887, 3018
    Tetra rules....................................................2812
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2827
  Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2946
  Reduction of tax attributes due to discharge of indebtedness.....3030
  Refund offset for HHS debt collection.............................967
  Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation.............3607
  Removal of section 6152 regulations..............................2801
  Reportable transactions:
    List maintenance requirement.............................3007, 3009

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    Registration of................................................3008
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2712, 2869
  Requests for information.........................................2876
  Requirements for preparing income tax returns for other persons
                                                                   3024
  Research credit......................................2871, 2941, 2976
  Residence sale or exchange.......................................2872
  Resident status..................................................2904
  Restricted stock.................................................3020
  Retirement annuity contributions.................................2768
  Retirement plans...............................2791, 2794, 2864, 2917
    Deemed IRAs..............................................2764, 2765
  Return preparation...............................................2957
  Safe harbor leases.........................................2958, 2959
  Section 179 elections............................................2811
  Section 59(e) elections..........................................2788
  Section 6048.....................................................2915
  Section 6159.....................................................2922
  Section 6343.....................................................2829
  Section 882......................................................2918
  Section 884......................................................2918
  Securities.................................................2713, 2825
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans.........2781
  Special depreciation allowance.............................2884, 3025
  Split-dollar life insurance......................................2996
  Stacking rules...................................................2947
  Stewardship expenses.............................................2800
  Stock options............................2704, 2866, 2891, 2896, 2999
  Stock transfer regulations...........................2723, 2961, 3026
  Straddles........................................................2977
    Carrying charges...............................................2844
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2826
  Stripping transactions...........................................2974
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2875
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2763
  Substitute for return......................................2705, 2797
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2740
  Swap transactions................................................2714
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.......................................2760, 2947
    Puerto Rico....................................................2902
  Tax shelter penalties............................................2856
  Tax shelter rules................................................2749
  Taxable fuel entry...............................................2787
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2728
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2829, 2922
  Testamentary trusts:
    Qualified S election...........................................2988
  Testimony authorizations.........................................2876
  Timely mailing treatment.........................................2754
  Toll telephone service definition................................2877
  Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, 
      or other intermediaries......................................2704
  Transfer of notes or stock to provide for satisfaction of 
      contested liabilities..................................2752, 3003
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2778
  Travel expenses..................................................3011
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2923
  Treatment of services............................................2956
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2717
    Distributions of loss corporation stock..................2890, 3022
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2921
    Foreign trusts.................................................2920
    Income definition..............................................2846
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2919
    Qualified severance regulations................................2799
  User fees for offers to compromise...............................2998
  Utility allowances...............................................2792
  Widely held fixed investment trusts..............................2869
  Withholding certificates.........................................2830
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2942
  Withholding from compensation of Federal employees...............2594
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1852
  Appeals from administrative actions..............................1848
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1851
  Child support enforcement........................................1171
  Electric power utilities.........................................1854
  Food assistance programs..........................................304
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program.............................1611
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1607
  Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.......1044
  Migratory bird hunting regulations...................1753, 1796, 1797
  National Environmental Policy Act................................4294
  National Indian Gaming Commission........150, 4282, 4289, 4290, 4291, 
                                                       4292, 4294, 4295
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.....1817, 1832
  Navajo generating station..................................3238, 3239
  Policy statement on consultation in FERC proceedings.............4202
  Processing requests for reindeer by non-native Alaskans..........1842
  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument............................................1829
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4320
  Subsistence fishing.............................707, 1702, 1748, 1774
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1663, 
                                                             1751, 1794
  Transport of eagle feathers......................................1678
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program...................................1791
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................2064
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................640
  Protection of products...........................................1857
  Use of northern sea otter........................................1703
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1838
  Defense contract incentives..................................816, 823
  Gaming operations:
    Debt collection................................................4285
    Facility licensing standards...................................4293
    Minimum internal control standards.............................4295
    Privacy Act procedures.........................................4283
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1839
    Technical standards for game classifications....................150
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3827
  Loan guaranty, insurance, and interest subsidy...................1844
  Management contracts.............................................4289
  Net gaming revenue...............................................4290
Indians-education:
  Indian Education Discretionary Grant Program......................891
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1849
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.......................3295, 3323
  Allotments.......................................................1903
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3191
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2277
  Grazing permits..................................................1846
  Historic preservation programs...................................1824
  Indian highway safety program....................................1847
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations...........189

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  Irrigation projects..............................................1850
  Landowner Incentive Program......................................1792
  Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1841
  Mining regulations...............................................1892
  National Forest System lands......................................382
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1868
  Reservation proclamations........................................1843
  Road bridge program..............................................2286
  Roads program....................................................1853
  Water quality standards..........................................3516
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations..................................................1840
  Construction of jails............................................2040
  Hearings and appeals.......................................4286, 4287
  List of Courts of Indian offenses................................1858
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4288
  Use or distribution of judgment funds................1845, 1855, 1856
Indians-tribal government:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1179
  Tribal background investigations.................................4291
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
           Disability benefits
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Accessibility guidelines...................................1532, 3139
    FDIC regulations...............................................4175
    Forest service trails...........................................390
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3141
    Outdoor recreation facilities...................................391
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..................75
    Public rights-of-way...........................................3142
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
                                                                   4033
    Transportation...........................................2157, 2159
  Air carrier complaints...........................................2160
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................3055
  Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3873
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................2048
  Designated public housing........................................1613
  Determination of...........................................3822, 3873
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1168
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3872
  Disability ratings:
    Amyotrophic lateral sclereosis.................................3922
    Burden of proof................................................3915
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................3092
    Convulsive disorders...........................................3047
    Digestive system..........................................147, 3048
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3874
    Expiration date for several body systems listings..............3921
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3869
    Growth impairment..............................................3876
    Hearing loss...................................................3056
    Hematological disorders........................................3909
    Hypertension...................................................3092
    Immune system..................................................3902
    Individual unemployability.....................................3081
    Malignant neoplasms............................................3051
    Mental disorders...............................................3906
    Multiple body systems..........................................3892
    Multiple scars.................................................3094
    Neurological.............................................3047, 3871
    Orthopedic system..............................................3080
    Prior period of disability clarification.......................3917
    Respiratory disorders....................................3092, 3875
    Skin conditions................................................3891
    Special senses.................................................3870
    Spine..........................................................3109
    Tinnitus.......................................................3111
    Vision.........................................................3082
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3867
  Homeownership assistance.........................................1610
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3894
  Mentally retarded:
    Intermediate care facilities...................................1128
  Motor vehicle modifications................................2361, 2370
  Naturalization application.......................................1276
  Nondiscrimination....................................3580, 3800, 3862
    Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1960
    Air travel.....................................................2149
    CNCS...........................................................3149
    Department of State programs...................................2141
    DHS programs...................................................1187
    DOD.............................................................795
    DOT............................................................2161
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3862
    Federally assisted programs..............................2098, 4328
    FEMA...........................................................1513
    GSA............................................................3605
    Multifamily homeownership projects.............................1518
    NARA...........................................................3657
    NSF............................................................3691
    OFHEO..........................................................3693
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities............75, 1960
    State and local government services..................76, 1958, 1960
  Passenger vessel access....................................2169, 3140
  SSA disability determination process.............................3904
  SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3866
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1573
  Telecommunications relay services..........................4034, 4035
  Ticket to Work Program......................................143, 1122
  TRICARE benefits for family members of active duty service 
      members.......................................................877
  Video programming accessibility..................................4087
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program...................................................148
    Referral for services..........................................3897
    Refusal of services............................................3919
  Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain 
      naturalization applicants....................................1252
  Work Incentives Improvement Act............................1106, 3865
Infants and children:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child welfare
           Youth
  Aircraft child restraints........................................2189
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................4000
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................3994
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3993
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1259
  Child Status Protection Act..........................1281, 1282, 2139
  Crib safety standards............................................3995
  Food assistance programs........................10, 18, 316, 323, 327
  Infant formula...................................................1009
  Lead poisoning...................................................3438
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2077
  Motor vehicle restraint systems...2335, 2342, 2352, 2355, 2359, 2401, 
                                                       2421, 2425, 2437
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................318
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1368
  Poison prevention..........................................3999, 4002
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3997
  State Children's Health Insurance Program..................1135, 1141
  Television programming.....................................4102, 4103
Institutional review boards:
  Registration requirements...................................988, 1058

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Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Mortgage insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
  Credit unions:
    Requirements for branches outside the United States............4271
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3872
  Equity index insurance products..................................4387
  FCSIC regulation.................................................4030
  Motor vehicles:
    Theft loss reporting requirements..............................2436
  Substitution of investment funds underlying variable products 
                                                                   4368
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program........2516, 2517, 2518, 2554, 2561, 
                                                             2562, 2563
Insurance companies:
  Active conduct defined...........................................2931
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2850
  Quarterly survey of transactions with foreign persons........479, 480
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2606
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Air carrier regulation...........................................2174
  Air pollution control implementation.............................3208
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................900
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry.....1228, 1429, 2009
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3634
  EPA.............................................121, 3256, 3535, 3543
  Food assistance programs...........................................18
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2478
  Highway projects...........................................2283, 2284
  Railroad highway projects........................................2285
International boundaries:
  Agricultural inspection and user fees along the U.S./Canada 
      border........................................................251
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry.....1228, 1429, 2009
  Automated Permit Port programs...................................1399
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1397
  Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1386, 1393, 1399
  Designated land border crossing locations........................1425
  Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection 
      Program......................................................1386
Inventions and patents:
  Application process..........................................763, 767
  Continued prosecution application practice as to utility and 
      plant applications............................................765
  DFARS regulations.................................................801
  Electronic maintenance of patent application records..............768
  Electronic routing of assignment documents........................761
  Fees:
    Handling applications filed without appropriate fees............757
    Paper processing fee............................................762
    Preliminary examination fees for international applications 
                                                                    760
    Revisions.............................................758, 763, 769
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................772
  Intellectual property:
    Inter partes reexamination proceedings..........................759
  Mineral patent applications......................................1900
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................771
  Patent interferences..............................................752
  Patent surveys...................................................1409
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................764
  Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development 
      Agreement.....................................................773
  Small businesses..................................................771
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........755
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3795
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................2022
  Privacy Act exemptions for FBI records...........................2024
Investment companies:
  Advertising rules................................................4385
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4371
  Compliance programs..............................................4379
  Disclosure requirements....................................4351, 4380
  EDGAR system requirements..................................4359, 4374
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4372
  Independent transmission companies...............................4376
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4367
  Money market fund investment.....................................4375
  Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4362
  Registration form and rules................................4369, 4372
  Research and development companies...............................4386
  Small business investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3834
    Fee provisions.................................................3858
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3836
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3835
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................2032
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4373
  Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility 
      holding companies............................................4377
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................477, 482
  Foreign direct investment in the U.S..............................481
  Guaranteed investment contracts..................................2928
  Investment advisers..............................................4364
    Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4382
    Commodity pool operators.......................................4366
    Compliance programs............................................4379
    Electronic filing........................................2071, 4378
    Political contributions........................................4381
    Proxy voting policies..........................................4351
    Thrift institutions............................................4365
  Mutual funds:
    Customer identification program................................2589
    Disclosure of breakpoint discounts.............................4370
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2583
  NCUA rules.................................................4255, 4272
  Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance products.....4368
  U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................478
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1850


                                   J

Juvenile delinquency:
  Checking aliens' records.........................................1230


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare conditions for coverage...................................55


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages........................................2653, 2668
  Alternative fuels................................................4247

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  Aluminum in small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk 
      packaging....................................................1036
  Appliance energy consumption information.........................4254
  Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities..............4
  Drugs....................................44, 47, 51, 1003, 1004, 1029
  Electronic submission of information.............................1017
  Home insulation..................................................4249
  Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3999
  Malt beverages.............................................2656, 2662
  Pesticides.......................................................3418
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Labor management relations
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2096
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2099
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................2099
  Freedom of Information Act.................................2044, 2097
  Labor organization annual financial reports......................2058
  Nondiscrimination..........................................2095, 2098
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................2047
Labor management relations:
  Open competition and government neutrality in housing 
      construction projects........................................1534
Laboratories:
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1075, 1129
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1098
  Small business testing laboratories..............................3846
  Testing of mining equipment......................................2091
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............986
Law:
  See also Administrative practice and procedure
           Courts
           Indians-law
           Lawyers
  Qualified offers.................................................2835
  Suits against Federal employees..................................2027
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................2041
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act....2019, 2023, 4119
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1644
  Forest Service....................................................386
  Indian country...................................................1840
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4288
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1963
  Retirement.......................................................3771
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens.................................1477
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1464
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................2029
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............2005
  Standards of conduct:
    National Indian Gaming Commission..............................4286
    SEC............................................................4410
  TTB regulations..................................................2674
Lead poisoning:
  Paint...............................105, 3429, 3438, 3449, 3450, 3459
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3448
Libraries:
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................3675
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3671
  Ethical conduct standards........................................3676
  Grant program regulations........................................3672
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3674
  Presidential library facilities..................................3660
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3673
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2914
  Contract guidance................................................2888
  District of Columbia employees...................................3770
  Government employees.............................................3777
    Federal Acquisition Regulation...........................3734, 3931
    Premiums.......................................................3778
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3778
  Taxation of split-dollar arrangements............................2996
  Veterans:
    Annual risk allowance..........................................3054
Liquors:
  Dealers..........................................................2669
  Exports....................................................2639, 2661
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals.....................................................1
  Assistance for producers..........................................187
  Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering 
      establishments................................................224
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention....................6, 243
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer......................5
  Commodity futures contract deliveries.............................152
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds...........985
  Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................7
  Free choice medicated feed.......................................1026
  Imported..........................................................362
  Indemnity programs................................................231
  Liquid medicated feed............................................1026
  Livestock Assistance Program......................................207
  Mandatory reporting program:
    Lamb amendment....................................................3
  Price reporting...................................................289
  Swine packer marketing contracts..................................296
Loan programs:
  Community Disaster Loan Program..................................1515
  Medical research.................................................1053
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision.....................2601, 2607
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....427, 429, 431, 433, 
                                                               437, 442
  Community programs................................................258
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................186
  Debt settlement...................................................178
  Disaster set-aside program........................................196
  Eligibility with prior debt forgiveness...........................177
  Energy efficiency..................................................30
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights................................................4021
    Capital adequacy...............................................4019
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................4017, 4025
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation................4015, 4016
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................4013, 4014, 4029
    Governance of institutions.....................................4017
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............4020
    Mission-related investments....................................4009
    Policies and operations...4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4022, 4023, 4026, 
                                                             4028, 4029
    Priority of claims.............................................4010
    Regulatory burden..............................................4027
    Scope of financing regulations.................................4018
  Farm Loan Program:
    Past-due period.................................................176
    Regulatory streamlining.........................................179
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................184

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    Citizenship definition..........................................210
    Direct farm loan programs appraisal regulations.................192
    Eligibility for outside storage of extra long staple loan 
        cotton......................................................194
    Farm loan availability in the event of a national security 
        emergency...................................................203
    Interest assistance program.....................................181
    Minor farm loan program.........................................185
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............184
    Subordination requirements......................................184
  Housing...........................................................426
  Income limits.....................................................202
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations...........189
  Intermediary relending program....................................439
  National security emergency loans..................................29
  Primary loan servicing............................................196
  Regulation streamlining...........................................179
  Rural economic development...................................270, 435
  Rural housing.....................................................260
  Rural Utilities Service:
    General and pre-loan policies...................................454
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................440
  Settlement of debt................................................458
  Water programs....................................................444
Loan programs-business:
  NCUA member business loans.......................................4276
  SBA:
    Certified development company program..............3838, 3851, 3853
    Small Business Lending Companies................................136
Loan programs-education:
  Interest.........................................................2831
  Medical research.................................................1054
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1048
    For clinical researchers.......................................1049
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1052
    Health disparities research....................................1051
    Pediatric research.............................................1050
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1547
  Closing forms and documents......................................1544
  Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 
                                                                   1550
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Corporate governance...........................................3695
    High costs and predatory features..............................1529
    Minimum capital................................................3694
    Non-proprietary data...........................................1537
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1521
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1554
  Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance 
      enforcement..................................................1541
  Rural areas.............................................260, 264, 267
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program.............1579
Loan programs-veterans:
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................3055
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.................................3053
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................3087
  Regulation amendments......................................3057, 3091
Lobbying:
  Filing of informational materials................................2034
  Foreign Agents Registration Act..................................2034
  Restrictions...............................................1196, 3913
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations....................................2108
  Security of insurance obligations................................2051
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Section 8:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1610
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1542
    Fair market rents..............................................1526
    Housing Choice Voucher program.....................1608, 1617, 1618
    Project-based voucher program..................................1605
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1567
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1606
    Streamlining HUD income exclusions.............................1523
  Tax credits................................................2760, 2947


                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Construction standards...........................................1551
  Dispute resolution program.......................................1560
  Installation program.............................................1559
  On-site construction.............................................1552
  State installation requirements..................................1546
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Alaska Transient Killer Whales....................................647
  Animal welfare standards..........................................215
  Atlantic large whales.............................................747
  Beluga whales.....................................................680
  Captive holding and transport.....................................679
  Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1667
  Incidental taking:
    Atlantic large whale.......................................742, 743
    Beaufort Sea polar bear and walrus.............................1726
    Bottlenose dolphin..............................................649
    Missile launch activities by the U.S. Navy......................746
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................646
    Rocket launch operations........................................645
  Killer whale stock depletion......................................740
  Level B harassment...............................................1756
  Manatee protection areas.............................1688, 1754, 1802
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................640
  National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank:
    Access to tissue specimen samples...............................683
  NMFS List of Fisheries............................................745
  North Atlantic whale protection..............................641, 678
  Northern sea otters..............................................1703
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1755
  Steller sea lions............................................644, 706
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................642
  Zero mortality rate goal..........................................648
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries........693
  Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary............................750
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary........................653, 749
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................652
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................651
  Research program..................................................695
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1342
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1333
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................1347
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties....................1313
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1361
  Escort vessels for tankers...........................1349, 1350, 1369
  Facility security................................................1373
  Identification credentials.......................................1366
  Marine events....................................................1315
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1365, 1368
  Port security....................................................1372
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1362
  Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1358

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  Reporting marine casualties......................................1325
  Safety and security zone regulations.............................1323
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers....................................................1355
  Territorial seas and navigable waters regulations................1371
  Towing vessels.............................................1345, 1370
  Vessel security..................................................1374
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities.......182
  Automatic identification system..................................1376
  Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports............2505
  Carrier agreement regulations..............................4217, 4218
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................1347
  Communications.............................................4113, 4128
  Container security...............................................1442
  Electronic transmissions and document submission...........2512, 4215
  Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1369
  Filing and service fees..........................................4220
  Hazardous substances.............................................2496
  Income source rules..............................................2719
  Japanese vessels.................................................4223
  Maritime Transportation Security Act.............................1458
  Mobile radio services............................................4069
  National maritime security initiatives...........................1378
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4222
  Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports..............1338
  Ocean common carrier status......................................4216
  Operating agreements.............................................4214
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes....................1337, 1379, 1381
  Seaway regulations and rules:
    Civil monetary penalties.......................................2511
    Stern anchors and navigation underway..........................2463
  Sensitive security information...................................2166
  Service contract regulations.....................................4224
  Transportation of animals on international carriers...............234
  Transshipment agreements.........................................4219
Marketing quotas:
  Tobacco.............................183, 191, 197, 198, 199, 204, 205
Mass transportation:
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2159
  School bus operations............................................2461
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery.......................25, 360
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................359
  Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance Program..............442
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category..............................................3526
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................355
  Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................7
  Grading and certification services................................168
  Imports...........................................................347
  Labeling......................................................27, 350
  Lamb reporting regulations..........................................3
  Meat recovery systems.........................................25, 360
  Nutrition labeling................................................337
  Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.....6, 24, 240, 
                                                                    989
  Rabbit grading....................................................157
  Transportation and storage........................................357
  Use of any safe and suitable binder or antimicrobial agent........370
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection.......................356, 358
  Color additives...................................................365
  Contamination.....................................................361
  Emergency regulations..............................................24
  Fees..............................................................369
  Food additives....................................................365
  Mechanically separated products...............................25, 368
  Performance standards:
    Bacon............................................................21
    Ready-to-eat products............................................26
  Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................354
  Total quality control systems.....................................364
  Trichinae Certification Program...................................219
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1072
  Case management..................................................1144
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1079
  Coverage rules for inmates of public institutions................1143
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................323
  Drug rebate program........................................1083, 1157
  Estate recoveries................................................1158
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1116
  Home and community-based services waivers........................1153
  Managed care:
    Civil penalties.................................................970
  Mentally retarded persons:
    Conditions of participation for intermediate care facilities 
                                                                   1128
  Organ procurement organizations..............................57, 1165
  Payment error rate measurement...................................1086
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities...58, 60, 61
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships.................................................1045
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................862
  Diagnostic x-ray systems.........................................1021
  Informed consent regulations.......................................43
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4059
  Medical gas containers and closures...............................996
  Power operated vehicles..........................................1120
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................992
  Respiratory assist devices.......................................1138
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................976
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1020
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3426
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility..............................1053, 1054
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1047
  NIH education loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1048
    For clinical researchers.......................................1049
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1052
    Health disparities research....................................1051
    Pediatric research.............................................1050
  Peer review......................................................1055
Medicare:
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1072
    List of covered procedures.....................................1152
  Appeals process................................................62, 63
  Benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in U.S........1126
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1079
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1075, 1129
  Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity.....1106
  Coordination of retiree health benefits...........................131
  Cost sharing regulations.........................................1090
  Coverage decisions.........................................1102, 1132
  DMERC service areas..............................................1071

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  Drugs:
    Average wholesale price methodology............................1154
    Self-administration criteria...................................1074
  Electronic claims submission.....................................1112
  End-stage renal disease:
    Bad debt payment...............................................1101
    Conditions for coverage..........................................55
  Extended care services coinsurance...............................1113
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.......................................1117, 1163
    Physician payments.......................................1088, 1150
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1116
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation..............................1091, 1096
    Prospective payment system...............................1089, 1148
  Hospice care.............................1063, 1099, 1121, 1161, 1164
  Hospitals:
    Calculating cost outlier payments under short-term inpatient 
        prospective payment system.................................1162
    Coinsurance....................................................1113
    Emergency Medical and Treatment Act............................1159
    Inpatient deductible...........................................1113
    Inpatient disproportionate share adjustment calculation........1134
    Inpatient prospective payment system...............1082, 1084, 1145
    Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system............1149
    Long-term care prospective payment system................1085, 1147
    Nondiscrimination in referral to home health agencies..........1151
    Organ transplantation centers....................................56
    Outpatient Prospective Payment System..............1081, 1111, 1137
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement.......................1115
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system.................59
  Liability insurance regulations..................................1166
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties.................................................970
    Premium reductions.............................................1109
  Organ procurement organizations..............................57, 1165
  Overpayments and underpayments:
    Interest assessment............................................1107
  Photocopy expense reimbursement..................................1104
  Power operated vehicle requirements..............................1120
  Prospective Payment System.......................................1104
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1092
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals........................................................1069
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage..........1095
  Rural health clinics.............................................1097
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts..........................................966
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing......1077, 1146
  State allotments for payment of Part B premiums..................1142
  Statement of intent..............................................1105
  Supplementary Medical Insurance:
    Premium surcharge agreements...................................1114
    Rates..........................................................1114
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.........1064
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities...58, 60, 61
Mental health programs:
  Charitable Choice program.........................................975
  Group health plan benefit parity.................................2076
  Mental Health Parity Act.........................................1139
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system.......................................59
    Use of restraint and seclusion...................................61
Metals:
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3535
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3460
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
  Claims settlement.................................................780
  Courts-martial manual review......................................791
  Criminal jurisdiction over personnel outside the US...............777
  Elimination of deemed military wages.......................3883, 3900
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3893
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................793
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics...................1011
  Reemployment.....................................................3729
  Retirement regulations...........................................3737
  Security policies for granting access to classified information
                                                                    781
  Stars and Stripes newspaper operations............................796
  U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home..................................845
Milk:
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists........242
Mine safety and health:
  Asbestos exposure limit............................................87
  Belt entry.......................................................2087
  Black Lung Benefits Act..........................................2057
  Diesel particulate matter exposure.................................88
  Electrical products..............................................2086
  Emergency evacuation procedures..................................2093
  Focused inspections..............................................2092
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2082
  Respirable coal dust.......................................2089, 2090
  Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................2081
  Testing of equipment by independent laboratories.................2091
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3460
  Training standards for shaft and slope construction workers......2085
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................2089
    High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............2084
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure..................................................1875
  Fractions sale....................................................383
  Locatable minerals program........................................393
  Mineral patent applications......................................1900
  Mining claims..............................................1917, 1918
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Federal consistency regulations.................................694
    Leasing regulations............................................1872
    Pipeline rights-of-way.........................................1877
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1877
    Safety requirements............................................1331
    Safety zones.......................................1321, 1375, 1380
    Security initiatives...........................................1377
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1762
  Proprietary terms................................................1875
  Segregated or withdrawn lands....................................1920
  Service order appeals............................................1864
  Valuation regulations......................................1865, 1881
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1859
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1859
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining

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  Abandoned............................................1885, 1886, 1893
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations....................................1889
  Ownership and control settlement rule............................1891
  Placement of excess soil.........................................1888
  Recordation and annual fee collection procedures.................1919
  Revegetation standards...........................................1887
  Surface management.........................................1890, 1917
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................2047
Minority businesses:
  Participation in DOT programs....................................2176
Mortgage insurance:
  Premium remittance period........................................1564
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.........1548, 1557, 1569
  Single-family:
    Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities 
                                                                     64
    Predatory lending practices....................................1582
    Program revisions..............................................1545
  Up-front payments................................................1556
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rates.................................................1565
  Appraiser Watch system...........................................1581
  Cooperative housing developments.................................1557
  Credit Watch Termination Initiative................................68
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1578
  Distribution of tax credit proceeds..............................1574
  Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4264
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Non-program investments and liquidity..........................4016
    Risk-based capital standards...................................4015
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages................1558
    Inspector roster...............................................1571
    Quality control plans..........................................1562
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1575
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Corporate governance...........................................3695
    High costs and predatory features..............................1529
    HUD regulation...................................................65
    Minimum capital................................................3694
    Minimum face value requirement.................................1593
    Non-proprietary data...........................................1537
  Hawaiian homeland eligibility....................................1566
  Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1557
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for veterans....................3053
  Lender accountability for appraisals...............................69
  Lender compliance and accountability.............................1538
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1540
  Loan originator registry.........................................1539
  Mortgagee Review Board sanctions.................................1522
  Nondiscrimination................................................3693
  Predatory lending practices..........................1529, 1581, 1582
  Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally 
      supervised entities..........................................1522
  Servicing approval agreement.....................................1539
  Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1563
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Brake systems....................................................2389
  Commercial vehicles:
    Antilock brake systems.........................................2419
    Employee protections information...............................2294
    Federal motor vehicle safety standards.........................2312
    Van operations transporting passengers across U.S.-Mexico 
        border.....................................................2327
  Data display units...............................................2324
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2348
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement..........................................1456, 2313
    Disqualifications..............................................2302
    Entry-level....................................................2301
    Hours of service regulations...................................2295
    Instructor training............................................2300
    Learner permits................................................2290
    Licensing......................................................2316
    Penalties......................................................2302
    Physical fitness...............................................2292
    Qualification requirements...............................2291, 2325
    Safety performance history.....................................2303
    Training.................................................2300, 2301
  Dromedary equipped truck tractor-semitrailers designated as 
      specialized equipment........................................2289
  English language requirement.....................................2325
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................2311
    Commercial van operations transporting passengers across 
        U.S.-Mexico border.........................................2327
    Fuel systems...................................................2298
    Interstate school buses........................................2309
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2310
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2308
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2305
  Hazardous materials transportation...................1455, 2299, 2470
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2927
  Household goods transportation...................................2306
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................1426
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system.............................................2293
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2307
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2307
  Investigative authority..........................................2302
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2318
    Decal display requirements.....................................2321
    NAFTA..........................................................2317
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2320
  Out-of-service criteria..........................................2326
  Qualifications to self-insure operations.........................2314
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2304
  Registration enforcement.........................................2322
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 
                                                                   1416
  Rules of practice................................................2302
  Safety fitness procedures..................................2296, 2319
  Sleeper berth regulations........................................2323
  Television receivers.............................................2324
  Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance recipients 
                                                                   2297
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2494
  Truck length, width, and weight............................2275, 2280
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels......................................900, 911, 4247
  Control regulations........................................3205, 3305
  Emission control diagnostic systems........................3355, 3393
  Emission standards:
    Highway motorcycles............................................3289
    New motor vehicles.......................................3206, 3396
  Gasoline:
    Additives................................................3187, 3304
    Anti-dumping program.........................3220, 3288, 3306, 3395
    Reformulated...................................................3300
    Standards................................................3307, 3397
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3291
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3348, 3398
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3287
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3217
  Motor vehicle and engine compliance fee program..................3242
  Nonroad diesel engines used for crop irrigation..................3400

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Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices...................................................2373
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................4000
  Brake systems:
    Allowing roll-bar during testing...............................2351
    Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2406
    Brake hoses....................................................2383
    Hydraulic parking brake........................................2389
    Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2353
  Child restraint systems.....2335, 2342, 2352, 2355, 2359, 2401, 2421, 
                                                             2425, 2437
  Community transportation vehicles................................2420
  Crashworthiness ratings..........................................2416
  Event data recorders.............................................2412
  Fire performance requirements....................................2367
  Frontal offset protection........................................2338
  Fuel system integrity............................................2354
  Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2350
  Imported vehicles..........................................2380, 2432
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2337
    Daytime running lamps....................................2374, 2411
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2368
    Headlamp glare...........................................2341, 2414
    Motorcycles..............................................2334, 2343
    Performance and test requirement modifications.................2375
    Signal lamps...................................................2376
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2363
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2332
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2409
    Passenger-side systems.........................................2410
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2344
  Moving barrier tire specification................................2422
  Multi-stage vehicles.............................................2413
  Occupant crash protection:
    5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements 
                                                                   2399
    Air bags...........................................2328, 2394, 2405
    Designated seating position definition.........................2358
    Door retention.................................................2336
    Head/neck protection...........................................2378
    Side impact protection.....................................98, 2404
    Upper interior impact....................................2379, 2413
    Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2357
  Offset deformable barriers.......................................2438
  Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated......................2426
  Platform lift systems............................................2402
  Power-operated windows.....................................2369, 2372
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2366
  Recalls:
    Reimbursement prior to.........................................2400
  Reporting of information and documents about potential defects 
                                                             2398, 2440
  Rollover resistance..............................................2431
  Roof crashworthiness.......................................2333, 2382
  Safety glazing...................................................2418
  School buses:
    Flammability of interior materials.............................2417
    Seat mounted child restraints..................................2396
  Seat belts:
    Emergency locking retractor....................................2346
    Rear seats...............................................2373, 2397
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2373
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2330
  Snowmobile auxiliary lighting systems............................4007
  Static out-of-position test requirements.........................2429
  Test dummies:
    Adult size.....................................................2347
    Child size...............................................2390, 2429
    EuroSID II.....................................................2356
    Female size....................................................2399
    Hybrid III...............................................2347, 2390
    SID-IIs side impact............................................2365
  Tires:
    Disposition of replaced tires..................................2386
    Pressure monitoring system.........................2415, 2433, 2441
    Safety information.......................................2424, 2428
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2385
    Rear impact guards.............................................2407
  Warning label for low speed vehicles.............................2395
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems......................................2381
  Alternatively fueled vehicles..............................2387, 3287
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test...................................................2384
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2468
  Commercial:
    Dedicated short range communications...........................2287
    Importation....................................................2393
  Community transportation vehicles................................2420
  Controls and displays............................................2345
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program.............................97
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2576
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2371
  Defects..........................................................2371
  Fleet fuel efficiency.............................................957
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2387
  Government property management.............................3598, 3635
  High-theft lines.................................................2434
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology...........................................2408
  Imports....................................................2439, 3291
  Insurers:
    Theft loss reporting requirements..............................2436
  Light trucks.....................................................3344
  Location and monitoring systems..................................4123
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2340
  Modifications to accommodate people with disabilities............2361
  Motorcycle regulatory definition.................................2364
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements.....................................2331
    Compliance for manufacturers and alterers......................2427
  National Driver Register.........................................2348
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......2020
  Parts marking requirement........................................2388
  Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2382
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2349
    Width requirements.............................................2280
  Retroactive certification..................................2391, 2392
  Salvage regulations..............................................2025
  Small business size standards for new car dealers................3839
  Special purpose vehicles.........................................2339
  Theft data.................................................2430, 2435
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2370
Museums:
  See Libraries
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2521


                                   N

National banks:
  Capital regulations..............................................2684
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures........2681, 2683, 
                                                             2685, 2688

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  Determining nature of financial activities.......................2550
  Disclosure requirements..........................................2687
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2547, 2548
  Maintenance of records...........................................2679
  Public welfare investments.......................................2698
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2549
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2693
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................783
National forests:
  Appeal regulations...........................................400, 419
  Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 
                                                                    408
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2279
  Fossil collecting.................................................389
  Free use approval.................................................416
  Grazing permits...................................................399
  Hydroelectric uses................................................381
  Land and resource management planning....................28, 395, 413
  National Fire Plan...............................................1750
  Off-highway vehicle prohibitions..................................398
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................391
  Road management policy............................................410
  Roadless area conservation..............................396, 397, 415
  Sawtooth National Recreation Area:
    Increasing residential outbuilding size.........................394
  Small business land use...........................................385
  Special use authorizations........................................403
  Stewardship contracting projects..................................414
  Timber sales:
    Export and substitution restrictions............................388
    National Environmental Policy Act documentation.................418
  Trails accessibility guidelines...................................390
  Visitor services..................................................417
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.............................................2210
  Alaska park units................................................1819
  Boating and water use activities.................................1818
  Ceremonies at First Division Monument............................1823
  Commercial use permits...........................................1825
  Cost recovery for special uses...................................1822
  Delaware Water Gap NRA:
    Commercial vehicle fees........................................1820
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2276
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management.................................................1830
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Postponement of special flight rules...........................2255
  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations..........................................1916
  Historic preservation programs for tribal lands..................1824
  Hunting regulations..............................................1837
  Mountain bike use................................................1836
  Personal watercraft use.....1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 
                                           1814, 1815, 1816, 1834, 1835
  Presidio:
    Management.....................................................3813
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................1821
  Service animal use...............................................1828
  Snowmobile use...............................................73, 1827
  Vehicles and traffic safety......................................1831
  Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument......................1833
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1829
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Pipelines
  Asset retirement regulations.....................................4199
  Blanket sales certificates.......................................4197
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4186
  Emergency reconstruction of interstate facilities................4193
  Liquified natural gas:
    Safety standards...............................................2490
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............4189
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4195
  Standards for business practices with interstate pipelines.......4200
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4182
  Valuation........................................................1871
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
           Recreation and recreation areas
           Soil conservation
           Water resources
           Wildlife
  Agricultural Management Assistance Program........................471
  Conservation security program......................................31
  Damage assessments..........................................748, 1627
  Landowner Incentive Program......................................1792
  Natural Resources Conservation Service:
    Equitable relief procedures.....................................469
  Private Stewardship Grants Program...............................1800
  Resource management planning.....................................1902
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs..........................................1638
    Corps of Engineers program......................................856
    DOE compliance with environmental review requirements...........942
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................466
    Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3532
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system.......................................651, 2240, 2250
  Area navigation..................................................2247
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2237
  Objects affecting navigable airspace.......................2249, 2270
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2239
  Transponder requirement..........................................2242
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2191
Navigation (water):
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1342
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1361
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2465
  Puget Sound......................................................1358
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1351
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1316
  Updating technical information...................................1336
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................4108
Noise control:
  Overflights of national parks....................................2210
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits...........................................................3069
  DOT grants.......................................................2156
  Faith-based organizations' participation in Justice Department 
      programs.....................................................2026
  Grants administration...........................784, 1198, 1528, 3134
  Limitation of insured housing loans..............................1554
  Rights to inventions.........................................771, 773

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Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  National Nuclear Security Administration:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................925
  Public records...................................................4298
  Radiation protection of the public and environment.................39
Nuclear materials:
  Access authorization fees........................................4339
  Computer security.................................................923
  Determining eligibility for access to.............................929
  DOE security activities...........................................927
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................937
  Electronic submission of fingerprint records for licensees.......4313
  Export controls..............................................533, 538
  Fee schedules....................................................4334
  Financial assurance regulations for licenses.....................4330
  Human reliability program.........................................928
  Medical use of byproduct material................................4300
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4318
  Packaging and transportation safety standards....................4309
  Security requirements for portable gauges containing byproduct 
      material.....................................................4312
  Solid material control...........................................4299
  Source material distribution.....................................4326
  Spent fuel:
    Geological and seismological criteria for storage systems......4333
    Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a 
        geologic repository........................................4304
    List of approved storage casks.........4314, 4315, 4316, 4327, 4336
    Shipment information protection requirements...................4320
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4308
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Combustible gas control system...................................4329
  Decommissioning:
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4321
    Trust fund provisions..........................................4317
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4305
  Electronic submission of documents...............................4340
  Emergency action levels..........................................4311
  Emergency core cooling systems...................................4301
  Entombment options...............................................4324
  Event notification requirements..................................4332
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......4310
  Fire protection..................................................4307
  Import of major reactor components...............................4337
  Incorporation by reference of ASME, BPV, and OM code cases.......4331
  Industry codes and standards.....................................4302
  Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................4303
  Maximum secondary retrospective deferred premium.................4338
  NRC regulation amendments:
    Adjudicatory process changes...................................4322
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4296
    Nondiscrimination..............................................4328
  Physical protection regulations..................................4323
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................4325
  Radiological sabotage............................................4323
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4306
  Safety regulations.................................................39
  Security clearance regulations...................................4335
  Spent fuel storage:
    Geological and seismological characteristics...................4333
  Waste disposal...................................................4319
  Worker fatigue...................................................4297
  Worker safety and health at DOE facilities.........................38
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff per shift 
      posting requirements.........................................1080
  Veterans.........................................................3071
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling......................................................27
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................325


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Beryllium exposure...............................................2104
  Cargo handling...................................................2108
  Chemicals:
    Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3443
  Child labor regulations......................................78, 2045
  Commercial diving operations...............................1357, 2121
  Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................2294
  Construction industry............................................2101
    Hearing loss prevention........................................2112
    Hoisting equipment safety......................................2126
  Crystalline silica exposure........................................90
  DOE facilities.....................................................38
  DOE radiation protection requirements.............................933
  Electric power...................................................2110
  Electrical standards.............................................2113
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........977
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2102
  Excavations......................................................2105
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................2115
  Fall protection..................................................2111
  Glycol ethers....................................................2117
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.......................................89
  Injury and illness recording and reporting requirements..........2127
  Ionizing radiation exposure......................................2107
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2446
  Personal protective equipment....................................2125
  Pesticide worker protection................................3409, 3419
  Presence sensing device initiation of mechanical power presses 
                                                                   2106
  Respiratory protection.......................................91, 2122
  Shipyard standards...........................................92, 2109
  Standards improvement..............................................93
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................2118
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........2114
  Walking working surfaces.........................................2111
Oil and gas exploration:
  Blowout prevention for well workover operations..................1866
  Fixed platforms..................................................1883
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico.........646
  Leasing:
    Bonding........................................................1906
    Data release...................................................1867
    Definitions....................................................1867
    Leasing and operations regulations.............................1912
  Offshore floating production facilities..........................1876
  Outer Continental Shelf:
    Document updates.........................................1878, 1882
    Federal consistency regulations.................................694
    Leasing regulations............................................1872
    Pipeline rights-of-way.........................................1877
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1877
    Safety measures................................................1331
    Safety zone for vessels............................1321, 1375, 1380
    Security initiatives...........................................1377
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1762
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1860
  Royalty relief or reduction......................74, 1861, 1863, 1869

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  Royalty reporting standards................................1861, 1873
  Service order appeals............................................1864
  Sustained casing pressure........................................1880
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls...................................................520
Oil pollution:
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1312
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1348
  Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................3237
  National Contingency Plan........................................3519
  Natural resource damage assessment................................748
  Oil spill liability trust fund...................................1326
  Oil spill response.........................................1334, 2477
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................792
  Vessel response plan.................................1334, 1353, 1356
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3885
  Interrelationship with Railroad Retirement Program...............3908
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3885
  Video teleconference technology...................................146
Organization and functions:
  FAA..............................................................2195
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................4024
  FEMA.............................................................1507
  FHFB.............................................................4213
  OFHEO............................................................3696
  OGE..............................................................3704
  Peace Corps......................................................3804
  TSA..............................................................1462
  USDA..............................................................353
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Safety............................................................978
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1982


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3999, 4002
  Dietary ingredients and dietary supplements........................50
  Household products containing hydroxides, standards for..........4001
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4244
  WIC food packages..................................................10
Passenger vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................2169, 3140
  Alternate tonnage convention.....................................1364
  Coastwise trade laws.......................................2506, 2508
  Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters
                                                                   3546
  Entry/exit data system for aliens................................1428
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4221
  Hull examination alternatives....................................1343
  Manifest requirements............................................1410
  Prohibited items.................................................1438
  Training and qualifications for personnel........................1359
  Underwater surveys...............................................1343
Passports and visas:
  Crew list visa elimination.......................................2143
  Diversity visas..................................................2137
  Guam visa waiver program...................................1387, 1406
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Waiver of firearm prohibition..................................2035
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1403
  Transit without visa...1400, 1401, 1402, 1417, 1419, 1422, 1423, 1424
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1405, 1418
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Civil......................................................2207, 2572
    Inflation adjustment..........................851, 1347, 1884, 2207
    MARAD..........................................................2511
    Medicaid and Medicare violations...............................1079
    Medicaid managed care organizations.......................970, 2207
    Medicare+Choice Organizations.............................970, 2207
    Nursing homes..................................................2207
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1503
  DOI violations...................................................1884
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2487
  Immigration......................................................2003
    International matchmaking organization violations..............2008
  PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3811
  Tax shelters.....................................................2856
  Treasury.........................................................3005
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Abandoned individual account plans.................................83
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3931
  Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2838, 2839
  Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over............2993
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2736
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2867
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2897
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................2080
    Bona fide wellness program regulations.........................1156
    Continuation coverage notification...............................85
    Electronic filing by investment advisers.......................2071
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........84, 86
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2077
    Mental health benefits parity..................................2076
    Participant loan rules.........................................2069
    Safe harbor requirements.......................................2070
    Suspension of benefit regulation...............................2072
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2078
  Filing rules.....................................................3812
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2917
  Income tax regulations...............................2768, 2774, 2794
  Normal retirement age............................................2938
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3810
  Penalties assessment and relief..................................3811
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2859
  Required distributions from plans................................2864
  Single-employer plans.............................................133
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans.................2781
  Valuation of benefits and assets..................................133
Pesticides and pests:
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3411, 3420
  Biochemical or microbial products................................3412
  Canceled or suspended pesticides.................................3428
  Data requirements..........................................3410, 3412
  Disease associated with veterans' exposure to herbicide agents 
                                                                   3121
  Disposal and storage guidelines............................3418, 3428
  Emergency exemption regulations...................................106
  Endangered species regulation...........................72, 563, 3427
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program............101, 108
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1970
  Groundwater protection...........................................3425
  Gypsy moth regulations............................................245
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................237
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3426
  Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use...........220
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3421
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3422, 3423, 3424
  Protection of human research subjects.............................107
  Registration review program......................................3415
  Rules of practice................................................3175
  Storage and disposal.......................................3418, 3428

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  Tolerance fees...................................................3417
  Worker protection standards................................3409, 3419
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Fixed platforms..................................................1883
  Oil valuation..............................................1868, 1870
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2477
  Recycled used oil management.....................................3505
  Refineries:
    Emission standards.............................................3337
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3495
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3498
Pipeline safety:
  Complaint procedures.............................................2124
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2464
  Hazardous substances.......................................2486, 2498
  Incident reporting...............................................1862
  Inspection devices...............................................2476
  Integrity management in high consequence areas...................2485
  Liquefied natural gas facilities.................................2490
  National Pipeline Mapping System.................................2504
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2465
  Producer-operated OCS pipelines..................................2500
  Regulatory review................................................2497
  Technical revisions to agency procedures.........................2488
  Updates to safety requirements.......................2469, 2481, 2490
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Asset retirement regulations.....................................4199
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4186
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................4189
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2477
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4195
  Rights-of-way..............................................1762, 1877
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Biological agents and toxins list...................................8
  Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs...............218
  Endangered and threatened........................................1738
    Conservation education.........................................1766
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1767
  Gypsy moth regulations............................................245
  International standards for wood packing materials................233
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1647, 1674
  Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use..........220
  National Organic Program standards................................166
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3422, 3423, 3424
  Plant Variety Protection Services.................................158
  Transgenic.......................................................3458
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations................................3367
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3699
Poultry and poultry products:
  Chilling time and temperature requirements.........................23
  Classes of........................................................344
  Disposition and disposal requirements.............................359
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................355
  Grading...........................................................157
  Imported...........................................349, 362, 367, 371
  Indemnity payments for avian influenza losses.....................249
  Nutrition labeling............................................27, 337
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................342
  Transportation and storage........................................357
  Use of any safe and suitable binder or antimicrobial agent........370
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection.......................356, 358
  Color additives...................................................365
  Contaminated......................................................361
  Fees..............................................................369
  Food additives....................................................365
  Ingesta on finished products......................................366
  Performance standards:
    Ready-to-eat products............................................26
  PR/HACCP regulations...............................................23
  Total quality control systems.....................................364
Prescription drugs:
  Antibiotics.......................................................984
  Central fill pharmacies..........................................2000
  CHAMPUS Pharmacy Benefits Program.................................866
  Electronic transactions:
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1993
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1981
  Labeling...........................................44, 47, 1003, 1004
  Medicaid drug rebate program...............................1083, 1157
  Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................981
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................4081
Price support programs:
  Tobacco.............................191, 197, 198, 199, 204, 205, 213
Prisoners:
  Admission and Orientation Program................................1947
  Aliens' release to immigration authorities.......................1954
  Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1945
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1944
  Classification and program review................................1934
  Correspondence...................................................1936
  District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act sentences..........1955
  DNA collection and use...........................................2031
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1933
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1939
  Good conduct time..........................................1930, 1943
    Aliens.........................................................1943
  Health care service fees.........................................1942
  Literacy program.................................................1927
  Medicaid coverage rules..........................................1143
  Occupational educational programs................................1953
  Over-the-counter medications.....................................1952
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1924
  Release regulations..............................................1949
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1938
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1940
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1928
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism....................................................1941
  Commissary account deposit procedures............................1932
  Commissary privileges............................................1929
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1922
  Emergencies......................................................1948
  Federal Prison Industries:
    Address changes................................................1946
    Contract performance evaluation................................3965
    DFARS contracts............................................837, 842
    Increased waiver thresholds....................................3933
  Infectious disease management....................................1937
  Inmate discipline................................................1923
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1926
  Postsecondary education programs.................................1951
  Progress Reports.................................................1925
  Telephone privileges.............................................1929
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................2042
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  CFTC policies....................................................3974

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  Disclosure of court records......................................3155
  DOD...............................................................805
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................893
  Federal information resources....................................3709
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........2060
  Financial records and information..........................1193, 4257
  Food Stamp Program................................................301
  Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution..................3617
  Privacy Act:
    Corporation for National Service...............................3144
    Crop insurance..................................................271
    DHS procedures...........................................1182, 1298
    DOC amendments..................................................491
    DOJ implementation.............................................1950
    DOT exemptions.....................................2162, 2163, 2182
    EPA regulations................................................3161
    Exemption of FBI records.......................................2024
    FHFB regulation................................................4212
    Food Stamp records..............................................326
    INS regulations................................................1516
    NCUA...........................................................4269
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3684
    NIGC procedures................................................4283
    OGE procedures.................................................3705
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3803
    SBA records....................................................3829
    Social security records and information.........................138
    TSA regulations................................................1459
    VA exemptions..................................................3129
  Public access to State Department information....................2138
Public assistance programs:
  See also Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Disaster assistance..............................................1515
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    Administrative cost sharing....................................1170
    Charitable Choice provisions...................................1173
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................2064
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  ``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition.................45
  Air pollution effects............................................3441
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3177
  Charitable Choice program.........................................975
  Informed consent regulations.......................................43
  NIH center grants................................................1056
  NIH training grants..............................................1046
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2077
    Mental health benefits parity..................................2076
    NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.......................1048
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities...................................................41
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2078
  Research misconduct..............................................1057
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2494
  Water contamination...............................................126
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Assessment system..........................................1622, 1623
  Capital Fund Program.........................................71, 1621
  Conversion of developments.......................................1600
  Conversion of distressed projects to tenant-based assistance.....1615
  Demolition and disposition.................................1599, 1625
  Designated housing...............................................1613
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1542
  Excess rental charges............................................1570
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1526
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Eligibility of PHA-owned or controlled units...................1624
    HQS inspection procedures......................................1618
    Payment standards protection...................................1617
    Regulation revisions...........................................1608
  Operating Fund allocation formula..........................1612, 1620
  Operating funds for debt service.................................1601
  Over-income tenant treatment.....................................1609
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1606
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1610
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program..........................1604
    Small PHAs.....................................................1623
  Self-sufficiency performance indicators..........................1619
  Streamlining income exclusions...................................1523
  Up-front income verification.....................................1614
  Vacant unit calculation..........................................1626
  Voluntary conversion to tenant-based assistance..................1616
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           Homesteads
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-grants
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Public lands-withdrawal
           Reclamation
  Abandoned mine land reclamation..................................1893
  Desert land entries..............................................1898
  Hazardous substances compliance..................................1915
  Indian allotments................................................1903
  Leases...........................................................1907
  Permit and easements.............................................1907
  Policy and management......................................1897, 1907
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects...........1894, 1896
  Recreational use permits.........................................1904
  Subsistence management.............1663, 1702, 1748, 1751, 1774, 1794
  Trespass on reclamation lands and facilities.....................1895
  Wilderness management......................................1905, 1918
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1911
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1908
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1899
  Locatable minerals program........................................393
  Mining claims..............................................1917, 1918
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Performance standards..........................................1912
    Valuation of oil...............................................1868
  Revegetation standards...........................................1887
  User fees........................................................1909
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Regulations removal..............................................1910
Public lands-withdrawal:
  Mineral examinations.............................................1920


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  DOE requirements..............................................39, 933
  Dose methodology.................................................3406
  Exposure standards...............................................2107
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........2030
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Amateur radio service............................................4055
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................4116
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................4133

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    Resale of services.............................................4114
    Roaming obligations............................................4114
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4131
    Spectrum cap...................................................4117
  Competitive bidding for narrowband PCS...........................4139
  Competitive bidding process................................4115, 4122
  Conducted emission limits........................................4048
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................4097
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............4065
  FM radio.........................................................4092
  Government transfer band.........................................4044
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4126
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............4134
  Maritime communications..........................................4128
  Maritime mobile services.........................................4069
  Market definitions...............................................4104
  Multiple access systems..........................................4121
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................4108
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................4107
  Public safety communications requirements........................4120
  Quiet zone application procedures................................4136
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2448
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................4052, 4135
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................4066
  Software defined radios..........................................4050
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................4132
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................4127
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4130
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4130
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................4049
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........4041
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Packaging and transportation.....................................4309
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Background checks................................................1463
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2442
    Foreign-based train crews......................................2449
  Safety regulations...............................................2452
Railroad retirement:
  Account benefits ratio...........................................3824
  Annuity:
    Age requirement................................................3823
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3816
  Creditability of pay.............................................3821
  Disability determination.............................3818, 3819, 3822
  Electronic filing of applications and claims.................134, 135
  Employers' contributions.........................................3814
  Freedom of information...........................................3817
  Interrelationship with Old-Age, Survivors and Disability 
      Insurance Program............................................3908
Railroad safety:
  Crane safety standards...........................................2454
  Enforcement procedures...........................................2456
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2444
  Fixed guideway systems.....................................2459, 2462
  Grade crossing and signal systems................................2304
  Locomotives:
    Cab temperature requirements...................................2458
    Crashworthiness................................................2443
    Safety standards...............................................2451
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents....................................................2450
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2446
  Radio communications and train control...........................2448
  Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2445
  Rules of practice................................................2457
  Track maintenance................................................2455
  Utility employee protection......................................2452
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2447
Railroad unemployment insurance:
  Repayment tax....................................................2973
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
           Railroad unemployment insurance
  Class exemption for temporary trackage rights....................4415
  Division of revenue regulations..................................4416
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................1455
  Rail abandonment procedures................................4413, 4414
  Railroad highway projects........................................2285
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 
                                                                   1416
  Small businesses or entities.....................................2453
  Small rate guidelines............................................4412
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2494
Real property acquisition:
  FHWA regulations.................................................2273
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3595
  Historic preference..............................................3594
  HUBZone program..................................................3608
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Financing........................................................1893
  Revegetation standards...........................................1887
  Trespass on lands and facilities.................................1895
Recreation and recreation areas:
  See also Fishing
           Hunting
           National forests
           National parks
           Rivers
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................1958
  National parks regulations.......................................1818
  Presidio:
    Management.....................................................3813
  Use permits for public lands.....................................1904
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes.................................................125
  Electronic equipment.............................................3497
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3473
  RCRA burden reduction initiative.................................3496
  Refrigerant....................................3184, 3294, 3308, 3312
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1245
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1245
Relocation assistance:
  FHWA regulations.................................................2273
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Air carriers.........................................2160, 2171, 2206
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4159
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2577, 2583, 2587
  Carbamates.......................................................3512
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3465
  DEA..................................................1986, 1990, 1991
  DFARS.............................................................841
  DOC...............................................................476
  DOI........................................................1860, 1861
  DOT..................................................2295, 2359, 2392
  Electronic records management:
    FERC...........................................................4183
    FMC............................................................4215
  EPA..............................................................3158
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule........3171

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    Electronic reporting...........................................3174
  Exports...........................................................516
  FAA..............................................................2245
  FCC..............................................................4084
  FDA................................................................53
  FERC.......................................................4195, 4199
  Fishing quotas....................................................663
  FMC..................................................4217, 4218, 4224
  Hazardous materials........................................2479, 3446
  HHS..........................................................48, 1140
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3699
  Human cellular and tissue-based products.........................1031
  Infant formula testing...........................................1009
  Information collection requests...................................124
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................2136
  Investment advisers........................................4363, 4378
  Investment companies.............................................4380
  Labor organization annual financial reports......................2058
  Livestock mandatory reporting program...............................3
  Marine casualties................................................1325
  Motor vehicle insurers...........................................2436
  NARA:
    Electronic text documents......................................3664
    Freedom of information.........................................3661
    Plain language revisions.................................3654, 3655
  National banks.............................................2679, 2688
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1039, 1043
  NCUA.............................................................4256
  NOAA..............................................................679
  NRC..............................................................4332
  OSHA:
    Injuries and illnesses.........................................2127
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1096
  Patent application records........................................768
  Peace Corps................................................3803, 3807
  Railroad employers' records and reports..........................3814
  RCRA........................................................124, 3496
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3796
  Securities:
    Broker-dealers...............................2695, 4177, 4382, 4388
    EDGAR system.............................................4359, 4374
    Large trader reporting system..................................4342
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2612
  Telecommunications operations support systems....................4153
  Tobacco market reporting system...................................183
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................3460, 3464
  Treasury.........................................................2869
  Uranium mill sites................................................939
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............986
  VA education benefits............................................3096
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3707
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Marine resources..................................................695
  Misconduct................................932, 1000, 1057, 1060, 3618
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1047
  NIH center grants................................................1056
  Protection of human subjects..........................107, 1058, 1059
  Research scientist appointment authority.........................3170
  Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2941
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans............................................2938
  Coordination of health benefits...................................131
  District of Columbia employees...................................3770
  FEHB coverage....................................................3732
  Firefighters.....................................................3771
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3736
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3776
    Credit for military service....................................3737
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3775
    FERS basic annuity.......................................3773, 3785
    FERS coverage elections........................................3738
  IRA tax regulations........................................2764, 2765
  Law enforcement officers.........................................3771
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3796
  Required distributions from plans................................2864
  TRICARE retiree dental program....................................869
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................793
Rice:
  Inspection service fees...........................................299
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3142
Rivers:
  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.....................195
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...........................1921
  Tennessee River System...........................................3923
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs...............29, 429, 435, 437
  Business enterprise grants........................................436
  Business investment program.......................................430
  Community facility projects.......................................268
  Economic development loans and grants.............................270
  Environmental policies and procedures.............................262
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification 
      purposes......................................................448
  Health clinic cost reporting requirements........................1140
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................450
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program....................29, 260
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.........................267
    Loans, grants, and programs..................................9, 264
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................269
    Planning and performing construction............................261
  Regulation streamlining.............................................9
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........447
    Electric program standard contract forms........................452
    Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants.....................462
    Environmental policies and procedures...........................459
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................457
    Extensions of payments..........................................460
    General and pre-loan policies...................................454
    Homeland Security requirements..................................451
    Local television station access.................................456
    Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................449
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................455
    Settlement of debt authority....................................458
    Special equipment contract......................................446
    Technical assistance grants.....................................445
    Telecommunications program......................................453
    Useful life of a facility determination.........................461
  Technical assistance grants and programs..........................259
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................443


                                   S

Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................4063
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................4098
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................4042
    Digital audio radio service....................................4065

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    Direct broadcast service.......................................4079
    Earth stations...........................................4071, 4075
    Fixed-satellite services.................................4045, 4072
    Global mobile personal communications..........................4070
    Licensing reform...............................................4074
    Maritime mobile services.......................................4069
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................4076
    MSS spectrum allocation............................4040, 4064, 4068
    Non-geostationary orbit........................................4072
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................4067
    Non-U.S. licensed space stations...............................4078
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................4077
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................4066
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................4095, 4096, 4098
Savings associations:
  Capital standards................................................3036
  Customer identification program............................2581, 3040
  Fiduciary powers.................................................3039
  Transactions with affiliates.....................................3041
  Voluntary audit requirements.....................................3042
Scholarships and fellowships:
  EPA..............................................................3180
  National Institutes of Health....................................1045
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Allowable costs...................................................315
  Eligibility.......................................................334
  McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
      Nutrition Program.............................................378
  Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............316
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................325
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System.....................................1303, 1482
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3447
Science and technology:
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3692
  Deemed export rule................................................536
  DOD grant and agreement regulations...............................798
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3692
  Nondiscrimination................................................3691
  Research misconduct..............................................3618
  Rights to inventions..............................................771
Seamen:
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1355
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Acceleration of filing date......................................4353
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4371
  Audits:
    Improper influence.............................................4411
  Beneficial ownership report filing...............................2690
  Blank check companies............................................4358
  Borrowing transactions...........................................4172
  Broker-dealers:
    Alternative net capital computation for holding company 
        groups.....................................................4390
    Categories of permissible collateral...........................2514
    Customer identification programs...............................2588
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 
                                                                   3976
    Exemption from sending financial information to customers......4405
    Quotation requirements.........................................4400
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2695
  Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4401
  Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options 
                                                                   2860
  Communications reform............................................4350
  Critical accounting policies.....................................4354
  Custody or possession of funds or securities...............2514, 4384
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................2514
  Definition of terms..............................................4397
  Disclosure requirements............4342, 4353, 4354, 4355, 4380, 4406
  EDGAR system...............................................4359, 4374
  Electronic signatures......................................4344, 4396
  Employer-provided stock option programs..........................2049
  Equity securities................................................4399
  Exemption for holdings subject to fiduciary standards............2515
  Financial reporting..............................................4358
  Form 8-K disclosure requirements and acceleration of filing 
      date.........................................................4357
  Form F-6 eligibility requirements................................4345
  Futures products:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3977
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers....................................................4389
    Reserve requirements for margin................................4398
  Holding companies....................................4341, 4377, 4383
  Income taxation............................................2825, 3020
  Independent transmission companies...............................4376
  Integrated financial transactions................................2713
  International Financial Reporting Standards......................4346
  Investment advisers........................................4363, 4364
  Investment companies.............................................4380
    Compliance programs............................................4379
    Disclosure requirements........................................4351
    Money market fund investment...................................4375
    Research and development companies.............................4386
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4348
  Margin regulations review........................................4242
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2702, 2832, 2847
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4367
  Multijurisdictional disclosure system............................4347
  Mutual funds:
    Confirmation disclosure of transactions........................4404
    Customer identification program................................2589
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2583
  Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4402
  Net capital requirements.........................................4394
  Penny stocks.....................................................4396
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4356
  Reorganization events................................2701, 2775, 4393
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................4388, 4403
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4388
  Reporting suspicious transactions................................2590
  Rules of practice................................................4407
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2924
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    Disclosure requirements......................2687, 2690, 4360, 4361
    Treatment of foreign banks.....................................4352
  Shareholder access to director nomination process................4349
  Short sales......................................................4395
  Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4410
  Streamlining.....................................................4343
  Substitute dividend payments.....................................2763
  Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance products.....4368
  Supervised investment bank holding companies.....................4391
  Supplemental financial information...............................4408
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4393
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1185
  Airport security compliance program..............................1451
  Biological agents and toxins list...................................8
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1941
  Classified national security information...................1186, 3668
  Critical infrastructure information handling.....................1180
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies.....................................2575

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    Pawn brokers...................................................2571
    Sellers of vehicles............................................2576
    Travel agents..................................................2574
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1183
  DOE:
    Contractors.....................................................926
    Nuclear security activities.....................................927
    Polygraph examination regulations...............................930
    Restriction of access authorization.............................924
  Facility security................................................1373
  FDA detention of food in response to bioterrorism threat...........52
  FDA registration of food facilities..............................1024
  Federal mail.....................................................3596
  Freedom of Information.....................................1182, 1298
  Grants administration............................................1198
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................928
  Identification credentials.......................................1366
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1457
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3663
  National maritime security initiatives...........................1378
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service Freedom of 
      Information Act program.......................................789
  NRC regulations..................................................4335
  Port security....................................................1372
  Privacy Act procedures.....................................1182, 1298
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States..............2233
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation.........................................1449, 2166
  Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and 
      recipients of foods............................................53
  Rural Utilities Services infrastructure...........................451
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1450
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1982
  Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1181
  Support of Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies 
      Act..........................................................1184
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................783
  TSA investigative and enforcement procedures.....................1435
  Vessel security..................................................1374
  Vulnerability self-assessments for transportation systems........1441
Seeds:
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................217
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations..............................................2521
  Principal residence seizure......................................2738
  Publication of administrative notices............................1392
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................3711
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3544
  Sludge use and disposal..............................3518, 3531, 3533
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs.........887, 1188, 3179, 3673, 3678, 3683
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3604
Sexual harassment:
  Fair Housing regulations.........................................1597
Sheep:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments........224
  Brucellosis indemnity.............................................231
  Lamb reporting regulations..........................................3
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations................................92, 2109
Small businesses:
  See also Minority businesses
  Administrative wage garnishment..................................3843
  Business Development Program:
    Technical amendments...........................................3832
  Certified Development Company Programs:
    Local economic development.....................................3851
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3853
  Contract bundling..........................................3857, 3971
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................3844
  DFARS regulations.................................................839
  DOT mentor/protege program.......................................2173
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3844
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3855
  EPA enforcement activities.......................................3160
  Government contracting programs..................................3842
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3827
  Investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3834
    Fee provisions.................................................3858
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3836
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3835
  Lending company monitoring and oversight..........................136
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program....................3838, 3853
  Local economic development.......................................3851
  National forest land use..........................................385
  Nondiscrimination................................................3852
  Penalties........................................................2453
  Privacy regulations..............................................3829
  Record disclosure................................................3829
  Rights to inventions.........................................771, 773
  Rural business investment program.................................430
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................3828
  SDB Program......................................................3833
  Size standards:
    Appeals procedures.............................................3848
    Facilities support services and base maintenance...............3856
    Forest-related industries......................................3854
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers...................3847
    Multiple award schedule........................................3850
    New car dealers................................................3839
    Restructuring...................................................137
    Small Business Innovation Research program.....................3845
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3837
    Testing laboratories...........................................3846
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3830
  Small Business Innovation Research Program.......................3845
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program.......................3849
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Extension of DFARS contract goals...............................838
    Participation in DOT programs............................2158, 2183
  Surety bond guarantee................................3826, 3837, 3840
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review process.....................................149
  Annual earnings test.............................................3905
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students....................................142
  Assignment of numbers............................................3914
  Availability of information and records to the public............3920
  Benefits for lawfully present aliens.............................1236
  Benefits to aliens residing outside the U.S......................3896
  Claimant identification pilot projects...........................3918
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3911
  Debt collection..............................................139, 145
  Disability determinations:
    Amyotrophic lateral sclereosis.................................3922
    Burden of proof................................................3915
    Digestive system................................................147
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3874

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    Expiration date for several body systems listings..............3921
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3869
    Hematological disorders........................................3909
    Immune System..................................................3902
    Medical equivalence policy.....................................3866
    Mental disorders...............................................3906
    Multiple body systems..........................................3892
    Neurological...................................................3871
    Prior period of disability clarification.......................3917
    Redesigned process.............................................3904
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3875
    Skin disorders.................................................3891
    Special senses.................................................3870
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3872
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................3880
    Ticket to Work Program..........................................143
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3911
  Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3883
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3867
  Filing applications and forms....................................3895
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3893
  Grants administration..........................3910, 3911, 3912, 3913
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..........3861, 3910, 3911, 3912, 3913
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3894
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information.................138
  Representative payment procedures.................................140
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3865
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3860
  Stepchild benefits...............................................3907
  Video teleconference technology...................................146
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program................................................148
    Referral for services..........................................3897
    Refusal of services............................................3919
  Wage reports.....................................................3903
  World War II veteran benefits....................................3877
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program......................................186
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.................................468
Space transportation and exploration:
  Access to sensitive information..................................3620
  Acquisition regulations.....3621, 3622, 3625, 3626, 3627, 3628, 3629, 
                   3630, 3631, 3632, 3635, 3636, 3642, 3647, 3648, 3650
  Astronaut candidate recruitment and selection program............3645
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3634
  Commercial launch activities:
    DOT licenses...................................................2188
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3633
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3637
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3637
  Government property reporting requirements.................3623, 3638
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions........3619, 3624, 
                                           3640, 3641, 3644, 3649, 3651
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations....................................................645
  Income source rules..............................................2719
  Nondiscrimination................................................3643
  Research misconduct..............................................3618
  Use policies for NOAA data collection systems.....................751
  Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3639
Students:
  Border commuter students...................................1287, 1304
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System............1303, 1480
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    882
Sugar:
  Hurricane assistance for sugarcane producers......................209
  Reexport programs.................................................373
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1940
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3511
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3512
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Access to information held by financial institutions.............3916
  Disability determinations:
    Burden of proof................................................3915
    Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3873
    Digestive system................................................147
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3859
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3869
    Growth impairment..............................................3876
    Hematological disorders........................................3909
    Hemic and lymphatic system.....................................3885
    Immune system..................................................3902
    Malignant neoplastic diseases..................................3885
    Multiple body systems..........................................3892
    Neurological...................................................3871
    Skin disorders.................................................3891
    Special senses.................................................3870
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3867
  Expiration date for several body systems listings................3921
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents...........................144, 3901
    Exclusions..........................................141, 3887, 3900
  Parent-to-child deeming rules.....................................144
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3886
  Transfers of resources...........................................3868
  Trusts...........................................................3868
  Video teleconference technology...................................146
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program................................................148
    Refusal of services............................................3919
Surety bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds.........................................1466
  Issuance by insurance companies..................................2606
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3826, 3837, 3840
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1886
    Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1885
    Hearings and appeals...........................................1632
    State programs.................................................1890
  Indian lands.....................................................1892


                                   T

Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Employment taxes
           Estate taxes
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Brewery regulations................................................99
  Computation on large cigars......................................2612
  Escrow funds.....................................................2824
  Excise.....................................................2772, 2773
  Foreign trade....................................................2711
  Real estate taxes................................................3595
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program..............................2601, 2607
Teachers:
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1555
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.............................................4158

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  Accounting requirements.....................................447, 4159
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4154
  Advanced wireless services.......................................4051
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4159
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4155
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................4151
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4145
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................4109
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4164
  Communication intercepting devices...........................531, 535
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..........2023, 4119
  Competition matters..............................................4061
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4152
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4118, 4150
  Ex parte rules...................................................4061
  GSA management policy............................................3582
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................4129
  Interstate special access services...............................4163
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4142
  North American Numbering Plan....................................4141
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................4161
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4153
  Pole attachments.................................................4091
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2028
  Relay services.......................................4034, 4035, 4038
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program........................453
  Rural areas..................................................443, 447
  RUS special equipment contract....................................446
  Service quality reporting........................................4157
  Spread spectrum devices..........................................4046
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................4148
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4146
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4145
    Individuals with disabilities..................................4033
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........4031
    Local competition provisions...................................4149
    Tariff streamlining provisions.................................4147
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................4032
    Universal service..............................................4143
  Toll-free service access codes...................................4144
  Unbundled network elements.......................................4162
  Universal service reform.........................................4158
  Wireless carriers:
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4140
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................4245
  Access charge reform.......................................4148, 4158
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................4033
  Accounting requirements..........................................4159
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4154
  Advertising......................................................4245
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4159
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4155
  Customer proprietary network information.........................4146
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4152
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................4143
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................4118, 4150
  Enhanced services................................................4151
  Equipment manufacture............................................4145
  International call-back service..................................4073
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........4031
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......4149
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4142
  North American Numbering Plan....................................4141
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4153
  Relay services.............................................4034, 4035
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4253
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................4037
  Toll free service access codes...................................4144
  Toll telephone service definition................................2877
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................4032
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4156
  Universal Service..........................................4143, 4158
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................4085
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services.....................................4053
  Children's programming.....................................4102, 4103
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................4089
  Digital television service.......................................4043
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......4099
    Children's programming.........................................4102
    Review of conversion process...................................4100
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................4101
  Exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming..............4110
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................4084
  Medical care telemetry devices...................................4059
  Predicting broadcast television field strength...................4047
  Public interest information......................................4105
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................4137
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................4095, 4096
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................4124
  Video programming accessibility............................4087, 4089
Terrorism:
  ``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition.................45
  Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act............................8
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............2039
  Procurements for defense against or recovery from attack.........3970
  Support of Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies 
      Act..........................................................1184
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program........2516, 2517, 2518, 2554, 2561, 
                                                             2562, 2563
Textiles:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2541
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2543
  Customs regulations..............................................2519
  Flammability standards...........................................3996
  Trade agreements............................................493, 2534
Tires:
  Disposition of replaced tires....................................2386
  Pressure monitoring system.................................2415, 2441
  Safety information...............................................2424
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Advisory committee regulations....................................167
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2660
  Crop insurance requirements.......................................213
  Customs regulations..............................................2614
  Imported tobacco products..................................2640, 2644
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2621
  Marketing quotas....................183, 191, 197, 198, 199, 204, 205
  Price support programs...................191, 197, 198, 199, 204, 205
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico................................2642
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2667
  Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages........2619
  Removal of products without payment of tax.......................2676
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2615
Trade agreements:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2532, 2541

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  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2540
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act......................2543, 2568
  North American Free Trade Agreement............1253, 2520, 2529, 2544
  Textile trade agreements....................................493, 2519
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act................2534, 2538
Trade practices:
  Annual Trade Survey...............................................485
  Dominican Republic products.................................840, 3973
  Economic Development Administration..........................483, 490
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4250
  Funeral industry.................................................4252
  Hobby Protection Act regulations.................................4248
  Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................4249
  Ophthalmic practice..............................................4246
  Premerger notification rules.....................................4251
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity......................................................476
  Regulatory review................................................4243
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4253
  Telephone service................................................4245
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers............................80
  Trade adjustment assistance program for farmers...................379
Trademarks:
  Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act.......................2564
  Application process...............................................767
  Electronic routing of assignment documents........................761
  Fees....................................................758, 762, 769
  Madrid Protocol Implementation Act................................766
  Provision revisions...............................................770
  Registration amendments and corrections...........................756
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................764
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................753
  Trademark Electronic Application System...........................754
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........755
Transportation:
  See also Air transportation
           Bridges
           Common carriers
           Freight
           Highways and roads
           Mass transportation
           Noise control
           Pipelines
           Railroads
           Space transportation and exploration
           Vessels
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2159
  Acquisition regulation...........................................2151
  Air pollution control conformity...........................3222, 3286
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........2157
  Buy America requirements.........................................2360
  Confidential business information..........................2403, 2423
  Debarment and suspension regulations.......................2172, 2179
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems.......................................4042
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..................2158
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2153
  Drug and alcohol management information system reporting by 
      employers........................................2180, 2315, 2460
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2164
  Drug-free workplace requirements...........................2172, 2179
  Environmental review.............................................3349
  Explosive materials..............................................1977
  Filing claims to TSA.............................................1437
  Hazard communication requirements................................2480
  Individuals with disabilities....................................3140
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................3343
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1457
  Mentor/protege program for small businesses......................2173
  Minority business enterprise participation.......................2176
  Nondiscrimination..........................................2161, 2177
  Privacy Act provisions...........................................1459
  Radioactive materials............................................4309
  Rate determination appeals.......................................3589
  Standard time zone boundary..............2152, 2165, 2178, 2181, 2186
  TSA reorganization...............................................1462
  TSA rulemaking procedures........................................1436
  Vulnerability self-assessments...................................1441
  Wildlife.........................................................1649
Travel:
  Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2574
  Temporary duty travel............................................3646
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Appeals procedures...............................................3590
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2923
  eTravel Service..................................................3600
  FAR cost principles..............................................3966
  FTR amendment..............................................3607, 3616
  Government employees.............................................3951
  Substantiation of incidental expenses............................3011
  Using promotional materials......................................3615
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................497, 550
Trusts and trustees:
  Distributions of loss corporation stock....................2890, 3022
  Testamentary trusts..............................................2988
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................241
  Correctional management..........................................1937
  Occupational exposure............................................2118


                                   U

Unemployment compensation:
  See also Railroad unemployment insurance
  Birth and adoption regulations...................................2067
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................2060
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities................................................4383
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................939, 4318
  Mill workers and ore transporters................................2030
  Reimbursement for remedial action at active processing sites......941
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Electronic filing of documents.............................4183, 4186
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4383
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................450
  Patent applications...............................................765
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........447
    Electric program standard contract forms........................452
    Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants.....................462
    Environmental policies and procedures...........................459
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................457
    Extensions of payments..........................................460
    General and pre-loan policies...................................454
    Homeland Security requirements..................................451
    Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................449
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................455
    Settlement of debt authority....................................458
    Special equipment contract......................................446
    Technical assistance grants.....................................445
    Telecommunications program......................................453
    Useful life of a facility determination.........................461
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4182

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                                   V

Vegetables:
  Fresh vegetable definition........................................171
  National Organic Program standards................................166
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................225
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Accident reporting...............................................1319
  Alien crewman detention..........................................1404
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................1324
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit forTongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1333
  Automatic Identification System..................................1376
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines............................................1314
    Management program.............................................1340
    Penalties for non-submission of management reports.............1339
    Treatment systems installed onboard............................1346
  Coast Guard escort requirements............................1349, 1350
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1357
  Contractor's liability for loss under repair and alteration 
      contracts.....................................................835
  Controlled substances............................................1979
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3540
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1348
  Documentation..............................................1335, 2507
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1361
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3329
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3332
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................3289
  Hull identification numbers......................................1341
  Identification credentials.......................................1366
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade....1318, 1335, 
                                                                   2507
  Notification of arrival and departure............................1338
  Numbering system...........................................1319, 1320
  Outer Continental Shelf activities.........................1331, 1377
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1365, 1368
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4223
  Regattas and marine parades......................................1328
  Safety and security zone regulations.................1321, 1323, 1380
  Security plans...................................................1374
  Tonnage duties...................................................1433
  Towing vessel operators..........................................1370
  Trading restrictions.............................................2509
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1316
  Underwater surveys...............................................1343
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1367
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions.......................................3066
  Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 
                                                                   3088
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...3058, 3060, 3063, 3065, 3090
  Advanced health care planning....................................3070
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors...............................2048
  Appeals regulations..............................................3100
    De novo review time limit......................................3089
    Notice procedures relating to withdrawal of services by a 
        representative.............................................3103
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions.................................3101
    Obtaining evidence and curing procedural defects...............3067
    Speeding appellate review for aging veterans...................3124
    Use of Supplemental Statement of the Case......................3125
  Authority delegation.............................................3128
  Burial benefits............................................3061, 3104
    Headstone and marker inscription policy........................3119
    Headstones and markers for private cemeteries..................3105
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   3083
  Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........3065
  Debt collection..................................................3068
  Dependency and indemnity compensation regulations................3117
  Disability compensation regulations........................3117, 3122
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................3092
    Convulsive disorders...........................................3047
    Digestive system...............................................3048
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................3082
    Hearing loss...................................................3056
    Hypertension...................................................3092
    Individual unemployability.....................................3081
    Malignant neoplasms............................................3051
    Multiple scars.................................................3094
    Neurological conditions........................................3047
    Orthopedic system..............................................3080
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3092
    Spine..........................................................3109
    Tinnitus.......................................................3111
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................3096
    Educational Assistance Test Program allowances.................3120
    Licensing and certification....................................3050
    Montgomery GI Bill--active duty....................3110, 3112, 3113
    Montgomery GI Bill--selected reserve.........3098, 3110, 3115, 3118
    Survivors and dependents...........................3052, 3097, 3112
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act............3093, 3114
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................3049
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements...........................3086
  Freedom of Information Act.......................................3127
  HIPAA implementation.............................................3099
  Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program....................3078
  Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act...................3106
  Income exclusions................................................3108
  Jobs For Veterans Act....................2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 3713
  Life insurance:
    Annual risk allowance..........................................3054
  Loan guaranty:
    Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially 
        adapted housing............................................3055
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...............................3053
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................3087
    Regulation amendments....................................3057, 3091
  Medical benefits:
    Coordination of benefits with TRICARE...........................881
    Copayments for extended care services..........................3045
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................100
    Hospital care copayments.......................................3107
    Non-VA service and care..................................3072, 3079
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................3046
    Presumptions of service connection.............................3059
    Presumptive service connection for chronic lymphocytic 
        leukemia...................................................3121
    Priorities for medical services................................3073
    Reasonable charges for care or services..................3044, 3076
    Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously 
        liable third parties.......................................3074
    Sensori-neural aids............................................3077
  Medical opinions rules...........................................3102
  New and material evidence regarding effective date of awards.....3062
  Nondiscrimination................................................3126
  Payments and adjustments to payments.............................3064
  Privacy Act exemptions...........................................3129
  Psychosis definition.............................................3085

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  Rules of practice:
    Clear and unmistakable error...................................3101
  Service connection presumption for cirrhosis of the liver in 
      former POWs..................................................3116
  Social security benefits.........................................3877
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2048
  State homes......................................................3071
  Testimony certified or under oath................................3095
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act..........94
  Waiver process for copayments....................................3043
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................148
  Referral for services............................................3897
  Refusal of services..............................................3919
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3865
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3150
  DOL regulation...................................................2046
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3151
  Peace Corps..........................................3801, 3802, 3806
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1961


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    GSA............................................................3592
    SBA............................................................3843
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................2046
  Hospice wage index.........................................1121, 1164
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................2047
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3753
  Pay retention....................................................3788
  Post differentials...............................................3763
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3758
  Prevailing rate systems........................3727, 3728, 3755, 3756
  Regulation amendments............................................3724
  Salary basis.......................................................79
  SSA reports......................................................3903
  Tipped employees.................................................2047
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................174
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste.......................................110, 3494
  Effluent guidelines............................3524, 3527, 3546, 3548
  Financial test criteria..........................................3502
  Hazardous waste management.......................................2484
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................3478, 3506
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater.........................3547
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................111
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    MACT standards.................................................3236
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4319
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3491
  Project XL.............3169, 3174, 3313, 3402, 3491, 3492, 3493, 3507
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3495
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3572
  Solid waste disposal:
    Bioreactor landfills...........................................3492
    Guideline revisions............................................3475
    Landfill criteria........................................3194, 3475
    Landfill location restrictions.................................3504
    Landfills and incinerators...............................3285, 3322
    Municipal landfills............................................3503
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3484
    Research, development, and demonstration permits...............3485
    Solid waste definition.........................................3490
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3498
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3302, 3407
    Report to Congress.............................................3168
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3500
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................113, 3493
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3517
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................851
  Clean Water Act......................................3530, 3535, 3554
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3545
    Cooling water intake structures.....................130, 3541, 3553
    Mercury analysis...............................................3552
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3519
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........847
    Test procedures............3521, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3549, 3551, 3554
  Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes 
                                                                   3539
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3525
    Coal mining....................................................1888
    Construction and development industry...........................129
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3546
    Industrial wastewater..........................................3547
    Meat products point source category............................3526
    Pharmaceutical manufacturing...................................3548
    Program plan...................................................3520
    Recodification of..............................................3534
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management.....................1314, 1339, 1340, 1346
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1334, 1352
    Response plans for oil.............................1334, 1353, 1356
  NPDES permits..............................................3543, 3544
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3542
  Radon............................................................3564
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3544
  Sludge management programs...........................3518, 3531, 3533
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.............3538, 3550
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program..................................114
  Trace metals criteria............................................3535
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3540
  Water quality cooperative agreements.............................3532
  Water quality standards..............................3536, 3537, 3549
    Alabama........................................................3528
    Criteria for acute aquatic life....................3536, 3537, 3549
    Indian country waters..........................................3516
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................846
    Special events rule.............................................854
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1314
  Colorado River Basin..............................................195
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan..........................33
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact........130, 3553
  Water Bank Program................................................195
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3177
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3555
    Arsenic in bottled water.......................................1002

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    Coliform and E. coli detection methods.........................3562
    Contaminants...........................3558, 3564, 3567, 3569, 3570
    Disinfectants..............................................126, 128
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program..........101, 108
    Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule...............127
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3207, 3565
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3455
    Regulation revisions...........................................3557
    Six-year review of regulations.................................3571
    State underground injection control programs...................3568
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3521
    Total coliform rule............................................3566
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3556
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3563
  Groundwater protection...........................................3425
  Servicing loans and grants........................................444
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................463
Wheat:
  Crop insurance....................................................287
  Flag smut import prohibitions.....................................250
  Market development for value-added wheat gluten and wheat 
      starch products...............................................376
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1317
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2294
  Research misconduct..............................................1060
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Airborne hunting regulations.....................................1799
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1723
  Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances................1673
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1637
  Eagles...........................................................1709
    Incidental taking..............................................1660
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1829
    Transport of feathers..........................................1678
  Endangered and threatened..................................1650, 1775
    Conservation education.........................................1766
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1767
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1704
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1710
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1970
  Exportation......................................................1649
  Falcons and falconry.............................................1653
  Importation................................................1649, 1690
  Injurious......................................1641, 1643, 1651, 1689
    Black carp.....................................................1656
  Investigative seizures...........................................1783
  Migratory birds:
    Cormorant damage management program............................1787
    Hunting regulations..........................1642, 1677, 1728, 1797
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1666
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1675
    List revision..................................................1707
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1736
    Permits............................................1646, 1724, 1768
    Possession for educational purposes............................1639
    Rehabilitation activities......................................1724
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest........................1753, 1796
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1636
  Permit procedures................................................1708
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1667
  Safe harbor agreements...........................................1673
  Seabirds..........................................................657
  Subsistence management...............................1663, 1751, 1794
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1648
  Transportation...................................................1649
  Tribal Wildlife Grants Program...................................1791
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1655, 1690, 1725
Wildlife refuges:
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2278
  Land conservation planning.......................................1773
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1716
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1716
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations....................1697, 1795
Wine:
  Ameliorating of non-grape wines..................................2675
  Dried fruit wines................................................2645
  Honey wines......................................................2645
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2618
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2647
  Sherry...........................................................2665
  Standards of fill................................................2611
  Taxes......................................................2663, 2664
  Viticultural areas....2613, 2616, 2617, 2620, 2622, 2623, 2624, 2625, 
           2626, 2627, 2628, 2629, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2633, 2634, 2635, 
           2636, 2638, 2646, 2648, 2649, 2650, 2651, 2652, 2654, 2655, 
                                           2658, 2659, 2671, 2673, 2677
Women:
  See also Minority businesses
           Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2077
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................318
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2078
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Education program for low-income families overseas..............874
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................317
    Food packages....................................................10
    Vendor-related provisions.......................................313
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................495
  Refund of duties paid on select products.........................2545


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act sentences..........1955
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................321
  
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