[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda]
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                   F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA


                                   A

Accounting:
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions.................................................2955
  Change in method definition......................................2601
  Cost accounting standards.............................634, 3650, 3805
  Delay rental payments............................................2743
  Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial and 
      commodity instruments........................................4324
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1768, 1769
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3577
  FMS claims.................................................2454, 2458
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2457
  International accounting standards...............................4321
  Local exchange carrier requirements..............................4040
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................3942
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2667, 2733, 2738
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................264
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Equal access to justice
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  AID..............................................................3018
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2507
  Coast Guard......................................................1200
  DOT..............................................................2038
  FCC..............................................................3935
  FTC..............................................................4131
  FWS..............................................................1506
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................2037
    BLM............................................................1779
    CNCS...........................................................3029
    Medicare enrollment.............................................946
    NIGC.....................................................4184, 4193
    OHA............................................................1495
    OPM............................................................3591
    Peace Corps....................................................3690
    Public lands cases.............................................1497
    SBA............................................................3744
    Treasury Department............................................2603
    USDA.............................................................28
    VA.......................................................3010, 3013
  HUD..............................................................1409
  INS..............................................................1876
  IRS........................................................2596, 2784
  OPM..............................................................3612
  Peace Corps................................................3691, 3696
  Registration of drug producers....................................837
  Rulemaking:
    DOT............................................................2049
    GSA............................................................3468
    IRS............................................................2602
    NRC............................................................4224
    TSA............................................................1333
    USDA............................................................175
  SSA........................................................3776, 3795
  USDA.........................................................112, 116
  VA.........................................................2955, 3011
Adoption and foster care:
  Administrative costs.............................................1049
  Alien siblings...................................................1087
  Intercountry adoptions...............................1085, 1176, 2018
Advertising:
  Air transportation rates.........................................2056
  Alcoholic beverages..............................................2526
  Home insulation..................................................4137
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2521
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4132
  Television.......................................................3960
  Unfair or deceptive practices....................................4133
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1056
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3034
  Nondiscrimination:
    Department of State............................................2022
    DOL............................................................1969
    EEOC...........................................................3460
    GSA............................................................3465
    HUD............................................................1451
    NARA...........................................................3544
    SSA............................................................3747
  Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1940
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................141
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  AID transactions.................................................3018
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2352
  Commodity Credit Corporation:
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................31
    Export Credit Guarantee Program.................................194
    Procurement of commodities from HUBZone small businesses.........18
    Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers..........................35
    Warehouses for storage contracts.................................20
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................153
  Cotton.............................................................14
    Classification service user fees.................................12
    Extra long staple loan adjustment for strength...................46
    Outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton.................45
  Country of origin labeling.........................................11
  Emerging markets program..........................................192
  Exports......................................................192, 195
  Fees for processed commodity analytical services..................135
  Grains.............................................129, 133, 134, 135
  Imports............................................................65
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2738
  National Organic Program........................................1, 15
  Nursery crops.....................................................111
  Ocean freight claims...............................................23
  Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments...............10
  Pecans............................................................118
  Quality Services Verification Program...............................3

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  Sugar:
    Marketing allotment regulations..................................30
    Reexport programs...............................................193
  Tobacco:
    Inspection........................................................8
    Marketing quotas.........................................24, 33, 43
    Price support program........................................33, 43
    Warehouse designation requirements...............................32
  Tomato............................................................117
Agricultural research:
  Funding requirements...............................................90
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions..............93
  Non-formula grant program administration...........................91
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Acquisition regulations...........................................288
  Administrative regulations...................................112, 116
  Agricultural innovation centers...................................259
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............59
  Biobased products.................................................243
  Conservation program information confidentiality..................285
  Conservation security program.....................................283
  Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs........77
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3416
  Emergency Conservation Program.....................................37
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................281
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Assistance for livestock producers...............................26
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.........250, 255, 258
    Conservation Reserve Program.....................................40
    Energy efficiency improvements..................................252
    Loan eligibility with prior debt forgiveness.....................41
    Renewable energy systems........................................252
    Rural Business Enterprise Grant program.........................254
    Tree assistance program..........................................42
  Farm Loan Program..................................................38
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders.........................25
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................31
    Direct farm loan programs appraisal regulations..................44
    Environmental compliance regulation..............................29
    Extra long staple cotton loan adjustment for strength............46
    Interest assistance program......................................22
    Loan eligibility for outside storage of extra long staple 
        loan cotton..................................................45
    Minor farm loan program..........................................39
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............21
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments..............25
    Selection of state and county committees.........................19
    Subordination requirements.......................................25
    Tobacco warehouse designation requirements.......................32
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions...............................................93, 94
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations...................................17
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund.....................................92
  Intermediary relending program....................................256
  National security emergency loans.................................251
  Natural Resources Conservation Service:
    Equitable relief procedures.....................................286
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................242
  Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........244
  Pseudorabies in swine..............................................70
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................257
  Technical assistance and training..................................98
  Third-party vendor assistance.....................................282
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers............................35
  Value-added producer grants.......................................259
  Worker protection standards................................3299, 3306
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See Public assistance programs
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program..............1465
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program..........................926
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1253
  Air-ground telecommunications services...........................4015
  Aircraft assembly placard requirements...........................2104
  Airport certification............................................2123
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2031
  Cargo security...................................................1300
  Civil penalties..................................................2045
  Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II:
    Passenger reservation information..............................1303
  Computer reservations system.....................................2050
  Continuing fitness determinations................................2047
  Disability related complaints....................................2052
  Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1310
  Fifth-freedom charters...........................................2034
  Flight deck officer program......................................1329
  Foreign airline operators' revenues and expenses in the US........292
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    International standards..................................2340, 2345
  Incidents involving animals......................................2129
  Income source rules..............................................2600
  Maintenance of and access to records pertaining to individuals 
                                                             2042, 2043
  Noise certification standards..............................2090, 2118
  Passengers:
    Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........2036
    International-to-international program...................1291, 1292
    Manifest information.....................................1270, 2030
    Nondiscrimination..............................................2032
    Oxygen use.....................................................2029
    Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1321
    Passenger facility charge rule...........................2071, 2128
    Passenger Name Record information..............................1273
    Security service fee.....................................1314, 1335
    Transit without visa...................1287, 1288, 1293, 1294, 1296
    Use of portable oxygen concentrator devices onboard............2076
  Price advertising................................................2056
  Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by 
      Syrian air carriers..........................................2107
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 
                                                                   1298
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2112
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1324
  Security infrastructure fees...............................1315, 1335
  Service difficulty reports.................................2069, 2135
  Suspension of privilege to transport aliens to the United 
      States.......................................................1258
  Transportation of animals on international carriers................87
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1295
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution

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  Accidental release prevention........................3202, 3203, 3255
  Acid Rain Program................................................3176
  Air quality modeling.............................................3144
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3206
  Air quality standards..........................3071, 3190, 3205, 3231
  Alternative method approvals...............................3099, 3286
  Ambient air quality monitoring.............................3078, 3097
  Best available retrofit technology...............................3179
  Boilers..........................................................3146
  Carbon monoxide............................................3071, 3118
  Chemicals............................................3260, 3266, 3329
  Chromium emissions.........................................3218, 3261
  Clean Air Act......................3074, 3150, 3159, 3170, 3283, 3284
  Clean unit designation...........................................3232
  Combustion turbines..............................................3154
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................3100
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.................3089, 3122, 3159, 3166
  Electric arc furnace.............................................3153
  Electric utility steam generating unit MACT regulation...........3160
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3113
  Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................3125
  Emissions monitoring program...................3100, 3152, 3223, 3265
  Emissions standards:
    Aircraft engines...............................................3181
    Architectural coatings.........................................3135
    Coke ovens...............................................3077, 3084
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3121
    Highway motorcycles............................................3281
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3077
    Locomotive engines.............................................3066
    Marine diesel engines....................................3066, 3288
    Municipal waste combustors.....................................3118
    Navajo generating station................................3141, 3142
    New marine engines.............................................3077
    New motor vehicles.................................3129, 3174, 3287
    Nonroad diesel engines and fuel................................3173
    Performance criteria...........................................3155
    Permit requirements............................................3077
    Radionuclides..................................................3143
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................3077
    Spark ignition marine vessels............................3131, 3281
    Spark-ignition nonroad engines.....................3068, 3131, 3290
    Test procedures for highway and nonroad engines................3132
    VOC standards............................................3090, 3292
  Emissions trades.................................................3229
  Flexible air permit rule.........................................3134
  Fuels and fuel additives....3067, 3098, 3103, 3126, 3136, 3184, 3196, 
                                                             3204, 3233
  Gas turbines...............................................3166, 3258
  Gasoline anti-dumping program........................3101, 3172, 3183
  Hazardous air pollutants....3075, 3145, 3146, 3156, 3159, 3186, 3236, 
           3256, 3258, 3260, 3266, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3270, 3272, 3273, 
                                                                   3345
  Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3382
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3177
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3096, 3230
  Interstate transport of fine particulate matter..................3106
  Iron and steel industry..........................................3259
  Lime manufacturing industry......................................3268
  MACT standards.....................3115, 3145, 3156, 3160, 3272, 3273
  Metal parts and products coating industry........................3269
  Methyl bromide.......................................3114, 3187, 3282
  Mineral wool production..........................................3238
  Mobile sources.............................................3091, 3180
  Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program..................3257
  NESHAP:
    Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production............................3245
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3208
    Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing...........3243
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3158
    Benzene waste operations.......................................3277
    Cellulose products manufacturing...............................3112
    Chlorine production............................................3278
    Chromium electroplating........................................3157
    Chromium emissions.............................................3261
    Clay ceramics industry.........................................3254
    Delegations' provisions........................................3275
    Elastomers...............................................3075, 3219
    Ethylene oxide for sterilization facilities....................3209
    Ethylene oxide hospital sterilization..........................3119
    Ethylene processes.............................................3167
    Ferroalloys production.........................................3237
    Gasoline distribution facilities.........................3085, 3276
    General provisions.............................................3165
    Glass manufacturing industry...................................3244
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3214
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP.................................3162, 3220
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3124
    Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................3248
    Industrial process cooling towers..............................3086
    Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers..............3252
    Iron and steel foundries.......................................3250
    Lead smelting............................................3069, 3212
    Leather finishing..............................................3110
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3215
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3211
    Metal parts and products coating industry................3267, 3269
    Metal pipes....................................................3158
    Miscellaneous coating manufacturing............................3262
    Municipal solid waste landfills................................3117
    Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3271
    Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard
                                                                   3201
    Oil and natural gas production...........................3246, 3247
    Organic chemical manufacturing.................................3133
    Organic liquids................................................3273
    Paint stripping................................................3241
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities................3087, 3279
    Petroleum refineries...............................3070, 3164, 3217
    Pharmaceuticals production...............................3198, 3240
    Plating and polishing..........................................3251
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3165
    Polymers and resins................................3210, 3219, 3221
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3239
    Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................3083
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3080
    Primary aluminum reduction plants..............................3163
    Printing and publishing industry.........................3082, 3216
    Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles..........3195
    Pulp and paper production......................................3200
    Reinforced plastic composites..................................3192
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3213
    Site remediation.........................................3127, 3272
    Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production................3161
    Source categories..............................................3165
    Surface coating of metal cans..................................3194
    Synthetic organic chemicals....................................3220
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................3274
    Thermoplastics...........................................3075, 3221
    Total facility low risk determination for residual risk........3249
  New source performance standards...........................3076, 3153
  New source review..........................................3105, 3232
  New stationary sources...........................................3077
  Nitrogen oxides................................3130, 3169, 3176, 3406
  Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3271
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3149, 3152
  Operating permits..................3064, 3128, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3289
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    8-hour standard............3104, 3107, 3109, 3123, 3151, 3189, 3235
    National ambient air quality standards......3104, 3151, 3188, 3189, 
                                                             3190, 3235

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    Protection of stratospheric ozone......853, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3111, 
           3114, 3120, 3137, 3138, 3139, 3140, 3147, 3185, 3187, 3191, 
             3193, 3197, 3199, 3242, 3253, 3282, 3283, 3284, 3285, 3291
    Transport..............................3168, 3169, 3207, 3222, 3263
  Particulate matter.........................................3072, 3265
  PCB manufacturing................................................3343
  Performance Track program........................................3373
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................3102
  Plantwide Applicability Limit....................................3105
  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................3156
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................3323
  Prevention of significant deterioration....................3105, 3232
  Process heaters..................................................3146
  Project XL.....................................3052, 3058, 3292, 3399
  Reciprocating internal combustion engines........................3145
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances.............................................3203
    Public access to information...................................3202
  Solid waste incinerators...................................3076, 3280
  Source category list.......................................3236, 3256
  State implementation plans.................................3108, 3151
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3095, 3205
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3079
  Transportation conformity..................................3104, 3170
  Volatile organic compounds...3065, 3079, 3090, 3116, 3148, 3178, 3264
  Voluntary superior monitoring....................................3234
  Wood furniture industry..........................................3088
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2031
  Including travel agency service fees in advertised rates.........2056
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Waiver of mandatory separation age for air traffic controllers...2102
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics...............................................2037
  Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1278
  Excise taxes.........................................2599, 2645, 2646
  Hazardous substances.................................2312, 2340, 2345
  Nondiscrimination................................................2032
Aircraft:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2103
  Aircraft parts...................................................2084
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2064, 2066, 2077, 2083, 
                                                 2108, 2109, 2110, 2120
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in 
      airplane sales...............................................2430
  Area navigation..................................................2100
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................4021
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2088
  Child restraint systems..........................................2114
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2065
  Corrosion control program........................................2058
  Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2068
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................3181
  Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................320
  Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2119
  Flight data recorder regulations...........................2065, 2087
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................1192
  Foreign civil aircraft...........................................2035
  Fuel tank safety.................................................2103
  Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................3197
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2086
  Hazardous material transportation................................2313
  Helicopters......................................................2090
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2112
  Light sport aircraft:
    Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................2091
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2067, 2078
    Bilateral agreements with Canada...............................2074
  Major repair data................................................2133
  Noise requirements...............................................2115
  Private charter security rules...................................1316
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2105, 2115
  Repair station security requirements.............................1308
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2064
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................624
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more....1323
  Transponders...............................................2079, 2097
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards......2062, 2070, 2092, 2093, 
                               2094, 2095, 2096, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2136
    Crew discreet alerting systems.................................2072
    Electrical equipment.........................2124, 2125, 2126, 2136
    Emergency announcements on public address systems..............2092
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2082
    FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................2122
    Flight deck door monitoring....................................2072
    Flight requirements............................................2094
    Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
        airplanes............................................2098, 2101
    Fuel tank flammability reduction...............................2075
    Fuselage door design standards.................................2127
    Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage..........2124, 2136
    Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........2070
    Powerplant controls............................................2096
    Powerplant installation requirements...........................2093
    Protective breathing equipment.................................2095
    Trim systems...................................................2095
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Civil penalties..................................................2080
  Criminal history background checks...............................1326
  Drug abuse.......................................................2057
  Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2063
  Flight training for aliens.......................................1320
  Picture identification requirements..............................2099
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2113
  Security disqualifications.......................................2117
  Training and certification.......................................2121
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........2036
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1253
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2040
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1299
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1326
  Customs security area access.....................................1271

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  Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC 
      Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1309
  Private land mobile radio services...............................4019
  Security compliance program......................................1325
  Transit without visa.......................................1293, 1294
Airspace:
  Grand Canyon National Park.......................................2085
  Minimum flight altitudes and restrictions in the vicinity of 
      certain sports events........................................2106
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................506
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2111
  Security control of air traffic............................2132, 2134
  Use and preservation of..........................................2061
  Washington, DC metropolitan area.................................2073
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing...................................................2063
  Aviation personnel...............................................2060
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers..............................................2187, 2307
  Railroad employee testing..................................2302, 2303
  Testing following marine incident................................1194
  Transportation workplace testing.................................2048
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2507
  Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2474
  Exports..........................................................2550
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2509
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2521
  Saccharin disclosure.......................................2530, 2537
  Sake regulations.................................................2540
  Standards of fill................................................2531
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products.....................................................2478
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Address notification.............................................1353
  Adjustment of status........1088, 1093, 1112, 1125, 1127, 1133, 1134, 
                                                             1137, 1171
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1087
  Affidavit of support.............................................1110
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1089, 1823
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1260
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3774
  Asylum...........................................................1126
    Claims made at land border ports-of-entry................1102, 1878
    Dismissal of application.......................................1081
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1869
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1108, 1866
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1261
  Children:
    Certificate of citizenship application.........................1129
    Child Status Protection Act........................1152, 1177, 2007
  Civil surgeon program............................................1095
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage........................................1118
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1091
  Countries to which aliens may be removed.........................1363
  Crew list visa elimination.......................................2014
  Criminal convictions.............................................1873
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1348
  Custody procedures.........................................1352, 1879
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1116
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General......................................1349
    Suspension.........................................1114, 1866, 1870
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1351
  Diversity visas............................................2019, 2024
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1142
  Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States....1881
  Employment:
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1124
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements...............................................1111
    EB-5 classification......................................1151, 1880
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1158
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1161
    Eligibility verification.................................1147, 1170
    Employer sanctions.............................................1367
    International broadcasters.....................................1131
    Labor certification process..............................1936, 1937
    Labor condition applications.............................1935, 1938
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1934
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1132
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas..1935, 
                                                                   1938
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1099
    Verification documents...................................1162, 1168
  Evidence processing timeframe....................................1104
  Exchange visitors:
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System....1356, 1360, 2016
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System..............1357, 2013
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1092
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1262
  Family Unity Program.............................................1169
  Fingerprinting...........................1113, 1120, 1173, 1178, 2008
  Firearm purchase requirements....................................1838
  Flight training..................................................1320
  Good conduct time for prisoners..................................1809
  Guam Visa Waiver Program...................................1251, 1266
  H-1B petition fees...............................................1156
  Health care workers..............................................2017
  Illegal entry....................................................1094
  Inadmissability..................................................1077
    Criminal grounds.........................................1103, 1105
    Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid 
        taxation...................................................1083
  Inspection and expedited removal.................................1284
  International-to-International Program...............1256, 1291, 1292
  Juveniles........................................................1079
    Criminal records...............................................1178
    Processing, detention, and release of..........................1370
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1134, 1136
  Medical examination requirements.................................1095
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1096
  Medicare benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in 
      U.S..........................................................1040
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1121
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1082
  Non-deportation agreement........................................1346
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1128
    Actuaries......................................................1123
    Admission period for B visitors................................1141
    Admission requirements.........................................1145
    Automatic voiding..............................................1094
    Border commuter students...........................1179, 1365, 2015
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1144

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    Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................1172
    Construction work by B visitors................................1090
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students...................................................1343
    Documentation of professionals.................................2020
    Duration of status limitations...........................1098, 1359
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1153
    Fees for F, J, and M classes...................................1355
    Firearm prohibitions.....................................1839, 1842
    K classification...............................................1136
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1338
    Nurses...................................................1122, 1939
    Petitioning requirements.......................................1159
    Plant pathologists.............................................1123
    Reduced course load for students at border communities.........1361
    Registration and monitoring policies...........................1358
    Revocation of visas............................................1345
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1135
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System................2016
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1362
    Temporary workers..................................1099, 1160, 1927
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1138, 1139, 1140
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
        entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands..1268
  Parole authority.................................................1339
  Permanent resident status............................1107, 1130, 1873
  Powers and duties of service officers............................1877
  Public access to information.....................................2006
  Refugee status...................................................1117
    numerical limit on admissions..................................1869
  Registration requirements..................................1147, 1157
  Religious workers................................................1080
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda......................................................1264
  Removal orders...................................................1347
  Removal proceedings..................................1284, 1867, 1877
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents.................................................2782
  Returning residents..............................................1248
  Security threat assessment of FAA certificate holders and 
      applicants...................................................1332
  Social security benefits for lawfully present aliens.............1109
  Special immigrant status for relatives of victims of September 
      11, 2001 attacks.............................................2023
  SSA regulations..................................................3800
  Suspension of airline's privilege to transport aliens to the 
      United States................................................1258
  Syrian nationals.................................................1137
  Temporary protected status.......................................1163
  Termination of lawful permanent resident status through 
      abandonment..................................................1175
  Trafficking victims..............................................1350
  Transit without visa...1256, 1283, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1293, 1294, 1296
  United States Visitor and Immigrant Indicator Technology 
      Program......................................................1277
  Unlawful presence................................................1094
  Verification of eligibility for public benefits..................1164
  Vessel crewman detention.........................................1265
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1089
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1282, 1295
  Waiver of fees...................................................1086
Alimony:
  See Child support
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Anchorage grounds:
  See Harbors
Animal diseases:
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.................72, 75, 79, 188, 904
  Bovine tuberculosis............................................73, 76
  Brucellosis........................................................62
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................61
  Cost-sharing for emergency programs................................77
  Foot-and-mouth disease.........................................60, 74
  Infectious salmon anemia...........................................85
  Pseudorabies in swine..............................................70
  Reestablishing a region as free of a disease.......................88
  Trichinae Certification Program....................................50
Animal drugs:
  Presubmission conferences for applicants..........................874
Animal feeds:
  See Animal drugs
Animal welfare:
  Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
  Definition of animal...............................................47
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2393
  Incidents occurring on air carriers..............................2129
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement.............................57
  Marine mammals......48, 426, 460, 462, 465, 466, 497, 581, 584, 1554, 
                                                       1615, 1640, 1735
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................925
  Potentially dangerous animals......................................86
  Transportation on international carriers.....................87, 1505
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Air emissions from feeding operations............................3125
  Exports:
    Alligators, live...............................................1647
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2393
  Transgenic.......................................................3350
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3183
  Sunset reviews....................................................305
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Archaeology:
  See Historic preservation
Architectural barriers:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  NARA:
    Declassification of national security information..............3545
    Electronic text documents......................................3552
    Federal records management.....................................3539
    Freedom of information.........................................3551
    Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel bylaws.......3555
    National Industrial Security Program...........................3543
    Nondiscrimination..................................3538, 3544, 3549

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    Official seals and logos.......................................3553
    Phone numbers for facilities...................................3550
    Presidential library facilities................................3546
    Price changes for Federal Register publications................3554
    Records use restrictions.......................................3548
    Research room procedures.......................................3547
    Standards for records storage facilities.......................3540
    Testimony by employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3541
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3542
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Armed services exchange regulations...............................611
  Army:
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................703
    Publication of rules affecting the public.......................692
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.....................700
    Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................697
    Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.......................706
    Environmental quality requirements..............................695
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................702
    Natural disaster procedures.....................................699
    Protection of historic properties...............................696
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........704
    Special events rule.............................................705
  CHAMPUS...................714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 723, 733
    TRICARE......713, 721, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 
                                                               732, 734
  Coast Guard:
    Ballast water discharge standards..................1196, 1197, 1230
    Cargo securing.................................................1226
    Chemical testing management information system.................1247
    Chief executive officer clarification..........................2360
    Commercial diving operations...................................1224
    Deep water ports...............................................1191
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........1213, 1217
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1219, 1227
    Maritime education and training..........................2354, 2361
    Merchant mariners............................1205, 1208, 2362, 2365
    Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1232
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1221
    Propeller injury prevention....................................1229
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1218
    Restricted areas...........................................698, 701
    Rules of practice..............................................1200
    Safety and security zone regulations...1207, 1210, 1236, 1245, 1246
    Vessel response plans for oil......................1220, 1223, 1227
    Whistleblower protection.......................................1233
  Criminal jurisdiction over service members and civilians 
      employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US
                                                                    625
  Discharge standards for vessels............................3410, 3425
  Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1532
  Navy:
    Admiralty claims................................................710
    Courts-martial manual regulations...............................712
    Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of 
        scholarships or fellowships................................2359
    Incidental taking of marine mammals during military readiness 
        activities.............................................465, 466
    Legal assistance to military members............................711
    Maritime education and training..........................2354, 2361
    National Environmental Policy Act...............................709
    Release of official information for litigation purposes.........708
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................707
  Reemployment.....................................................3597
  Selective service regulation.....................................3712
Arms and munitions:
  Brady Bill regulations...........................................1828
  Commerce in................................................1830, 1837
  DOD contractors' safety manual....................................610
  Dual-use items....................................................364
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......1986
  Explosives safety....................................1237, 1833, 1840
  Export controls...........311, 313, 324, 332, 348, 358, 363, 369, 372
  International Traffic in Arms Regulations............2025, 2026, 2027
  Inventory requirements...........................................1843
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions............................1839, 1842
  Pistol definition................................................1831
  Propellant actuated device definition............................1832
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................1838
  Response site prioritization protocol.............................622
  Secure gun storage...............................................1829
Arts and crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit...................................................1958
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3338
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2421
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1865
  DHS........................................................1066, 1342
  DOD Mentor-Protege Agreements...............................639, 3832
  EPA..............................................................3053
  FCC..............................................................4001
  FEMA.............................................................1391
  Forest Service....................................................226
  Immigration judges...............................................1865
  INS..............................................................1871
  IRS..............................................................2784
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................614
  VA.........................................................2992, 3007
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft.......................................2067, 2078, 2103
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2081
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2112
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2064, 2066, 2077, 2083, 
                                     2093, 2094, 2095, 2109, 2120, 2127
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2060
  Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1312
  Cargo security...................................................1300
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1322
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2080
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2030
  Corrosion control program........................................2058
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2082
  Flight rules...............................................2108, 2110
  Flight simulation device qualification...........................2089
  Flightdeck officer program.......................................1329
  Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
      airplanes..............................................2098, 2101
  Light sport aircraft.............................................2091
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2029
  Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........2070

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  Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................2113
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1320
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1324
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more....1323
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants.......................................1313, 1331, 1332
  Transponder requirement....................................2079, 2097
  Vision enhancing equipment.......................................2130


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Access of persons with disabilities..............................4066
  Appeals process for claims.......................................4059
  Assessments......................................................4058
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4143
  Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................4055
  Living trust accounts............................................4065
  Privacy notices..................................................4050
  Regulatory publication and review................................4062
  Risk-based guidelines................................4053, 4054, 4063
  Securities disclosure regulations................................4056
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3371
Banks, banking:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Credit
           Electronic funds transfers
           Federal home loan banks
           Federal Reserve System
           National banks
           Savings associations
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations........................2463, 2469
  Bank Enterprise Award program....................................2410
  Bank Secrecy Act......2421, 2427, 2428, 2429, 2430, 2431, 2432, 2433, 
           2437, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 
                                                             2450, 2451
  Basel capital accord.............................................2556
  Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4292
  Capital......................2560, 2579, 2918, 2920, 2925, 4112, 4119
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury..........................2464, 2470
  Community Development Financial Institutions program.......2378, 2416
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations........2557, 2566, 2919, 4061, 
                                                             4064, 4124
  Consumer regulations review................................4116, 4125
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2431
  Customer identification program............................2423, 2435
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2414
  Deposit accounts.................................................4130
  Deposit definition...............................................4051
  Due diligence requirements.......................................2434
  Electronic funds transfer............................2455, 3489, 4116
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act........................4140
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2555
    Identity theft protection......................................2554
    Proper disposal of consumer information..................2564, 2921
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations...2565, 2568, 2922, 2923, 4049, 
                                                       4057, 4120, 4121
  Farm credit:
    Borrower rights................................................3894
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3892, 3893
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3880, 3881, 3887
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................3898
    Governance of institutions.....................................3893
    investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3886
    Loan policies and operations....3880, 3881, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3895, 
                                                             3896, 3897
    Mission-related investments....................................3891
    Preferred stock issuance.......................................3885
    Priority of claims.............................................3879
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3884
  FBI authority to exchange criminal history record information....1882
  Financial crimes enforcement network.................2436, 2439, 2452
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers......................................2405
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2782
    Right to Financial Privacy Act.................................1075
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2406, 2407
  Holding companies......4112, 4113, 4114, 4118, 4122, 4123, 4129, 4236
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2570
  International banks........................................2574, 4257
  Market risk measure..............................................4060
  Minimum capital ratios...........................................2571
  Money laundering deterrents.......2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2429, 2430, 
           2437, 2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 
                                                             2449, 2451
  Privacy notices................................2569, 2924, 4050, 4136
  Real estate lending and appraisals...............................2578
  Regulation DD....................................................4130
  Regulation W provisions..........................................4055
  Risk-based capital standards......2560, 2579, 2918, 2920, 2925, 4060, 
                                                             4119, 4127
  Safety and soundness standards...................................2575
  Securities borrowing transactions..........................2567, 4060
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4052
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2551
  Securities disclosure regulations................................4056
  Special measures against Myanmar Mayflower Bank and Asia Wealth 
      Bank.........................................................2453
  Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2440
  State banks:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4111, 4112, 4114, 4117, 
                                                                   4118
  Stored value cards...............................................4051
  Thrift institutions..............................................4260
  Time accounts....................................................4130
  Truth in lending...........................................4116, 4125
  Truth in savings.....................................4115, 4116, 4130
  Visitorial powers................................................2580
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Brewery regulations..............................................2472
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2509
  Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2526
  Malt beverage labeling.....................................2530, 2539
Bees:
  Importation........................................................59
Beverages:
  See Alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Bacterial vaccines and toxoids....................................908
  Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
  Exports......................................................336, 368
  Labeling..........................................................848
  Revocation of Group A Streptococcus...............................854
  Safety reporting requirements.....................................833

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  Smallpox vaccine:
    Injury compensation program.....................................920
    Injury table....................................................919
  Spore-forming microorganisms......................................909
  Standardized electronic study data................................887
  Vaccine Injury Compensation Program..........................916, 918
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blind:
  See Medicaid
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Blood:
  Bar code label requirements.......................................905
  Current good manufacturing practices..............................866
  Hepatitis C virus.................................................866
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1007
  Labeling and storage requirements.................................876
  Regulation amendments.............................................856
  Safety standards..................................................899
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Continuous bond program..........................................2377
  Fidelity and forgery bonds........................................643
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1344, 1369
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1341
  Multi-family housing bonds.......................................2623
  Private activity.................................................2735
  Qualified zone academy bonds...............................2673, 2907
  Refunding issue..................................................2771
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3713, 3722, 3725
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2467
  Tax exempt.......................................................2822
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2137
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1195, 1216
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2140
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Alternative net capital computation for holding company groups...4298
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................1895
  Categories of permissible collateral.............................2379
  Customs broker license examination dates.........................1274
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries......3856
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3851
  Information statements for individuals who receive payments in 
      lieu of dividends............................................2915
  Net capital requirements.........................................4294
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4270
  Quotation requirements...........................................4313
  Registration requirements for banks..............................4292
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................1822, 3026
  Asbestos.........................................................3338
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2041
  School:
    Operations.....................................................2306
Business and industry:
  See also Accounting
           Advertising
           Bankruptcy
           Competitiveness
           Confidential business information
           Holding companies
           Indians-business and finance
           Labeling
           Labor
           Packaging and containers
           Relocation assistance
           Small businesses
           Taxes
           Trade practices
           Trademarks
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production..............................3245
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3208
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2040
  Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing.............3243
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2614
  Cellulose products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3112
  Cement manufacturing industry....................................3083
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..............................3079, 3260, 3266
    Control of PMNs................................................3332
    Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3379
    Manufacture..................................3327, 3331, 3335, 3336
    Pollution standards............................................3343
  Clay ceramics industry...........................................3254
  Commercial diving operations...............................1224, 1999
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay.....................................1090
    National Construction Safety Team Act...........................375
  Effluent guidelines........................................3416, 3424
  Entertainment industry...........................................2745
  EPA operating permits................................3064, 3225, 3227
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................246
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4138
  Glass manufacturing industry.....................................3244
  Health products:
    Human cellular and tissue-based products...................865, 900
  Hydrochloric acid production.....................................3124
  Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................3248
  Iron and steel foundries.........................................3250
  Lead smelting....................................................3069
  Leather finishing NESHAP.........................................3110
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3268
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3267
  Miscellaneous coating manufacturing..............................3262
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3270
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2226
  Organic chemical manufacturing...................................3133
  Paint stripping..................................................3241
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control....................................3087, 3279
  Pharmaceuticals..................................................3198
    Air pollution control..........................................3240
    Manufacturing changes...........................................901
  Plating and polishing............................................3251
  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3156
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3239
  Printing and publishing....................................3082, 3216
  Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles............3195
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3426

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    Emissions reduction............................................3200
  Surface coating of metal cans....................................3194
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3161
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3088


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................3963
  Cost of service..................................................3957
  Customer service standards.......................................3958
  Digital must carry requirements..................................3968
  Home wiring rights...............................................3961
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3969
  Pole attachments.................................................3966
  Rates............................................................3956
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1950
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Load line requirements.........................................1190
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1221
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1226
  Deepwater port regulations.......................................1191
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1237
  Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1255
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information....1298
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts..................................................1213, 1217
    Response plans.....................................1220, 1223, 1227
    Towing vessel safety measures..................................1201
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits...................................2938, 2994, 3014
Census data:
  2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................301
  Age search fees...................................................299
  Annual Trade Survey...............................................302
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................300
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Appeals and hearings procedures...................................726
  Authorized providers..............................................727
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................718
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................722
  Double coverage...................................................717
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................715
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................714
  Individual Case Management Program................................720
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........719
  Pharmacy Benefits Program.........................................733
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................716
  Regulation amendments.............................................723
  Special supplemental food and nutrition education program.........734
  TRICARE.........713, 721, 722, 724, 725, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Air pollution control......................................3079, 3116
  Assessment information rule......................................3335
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3360
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1856
  Drinking water regulations................847, 3441, 3442, 3451, 3454
  Electronic application for controlled substances.................1853
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3298, 3302
  Export control....................................336, 337, 362, 3320
  Flame retardant substances.......................................3328
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1848
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3336
  Helium conservation..............................................1764
  High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3334
  Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for.........3871
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3332
  OSHA dermal testing..............................................3353
  Ozone depleting:
    Essential use allowances......................853, 3138, 3140, 3291
    Halon-1301.....................................................3197
    Methyl bromide...............................3092, 3114, 3187, 3282
    Refrigerant recycling......3137, 3139, 3185, 3191, 3253, 3283, 3284
    Refrigerants.......................................3120, 3199, 3242
    Sales restrictions.............................................3285
    Substitutes........................................3093, 3147, 3193
  Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................3337
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1849
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3330, 3343, 3344
  Polymers and resins........................................3075, 3323
  Registration and reregistration fees.......................1857, 1860
  Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
      List II chemicals............................................1854
  Right-to-Know initiative.............................3349, 3355, 3366
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3334
  Significant New Use Rule.........................................3329
  Sodium permanganate..............................................1852
  Test rules...........................................3318, 3333, 3348
  Toxic substances...........................................3327, 3331
  Toxic Substances Control Act......3048, 3319, 3321, 3322, 3326, 3337, 
                                                                   3350
  Toxicity profiles................................................3324
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3325
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3362
    Coal...........................................................3363
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3356
    Metal mining...................................................3365
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3364
    Reporting requirements...................................3359, 3365
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3361
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations......................................1914, 1922
  Schooling, health, and well-being................................1922
Child support:
  Federal Tax Refund Offset........................................1051
  Payments to Indian tribes........................................1053
  Safeguarding information.........................................1047
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
  Aliens:
    Battered children........................................1108, 1866
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................139
  NIH training grants...............................................924

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  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1893
    Reporting requirements.........................................1892
  Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................1891
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products......................................................868
  Use of restraint and seclusion in residential treatment 
      facilities...............................................827, 975
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..............2510
  Customs regulations..............................................2476
  Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2511
  Importation of products, papers and tubes........................2513
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2482
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2536
  Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages.........2480
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2477
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2473
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Application by alternative applicant if citizen parent has died..1155
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1129
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1149
  Employment authorization.........................................1124
  Judicial review of INS decisions.................................1097
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1148
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1119
Civil defense:
  See Disaster assistance
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3027
  FMCSA financial assistance recipients............................2178
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................152
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.................................1969, 3465, 3544
    CNCS...........................................................3032
    Department of State............................................2022
    DHS................................................1063, 1064, 1065
    DOJ............................................................1826
    DOL............................................................1993
    DOT............................................................2053
    Federally assisted programs..............................1969, 3748
    GSA................................................3466, 3485, 3486
    HHS.............................................................818
    HIPAA........................................1951, 2756, 2757, 2758
    HUD............................................................1400
    Individuals with disabilities................3464, 3689, 3691, 3748
    NARA...............................................3538, 3544, 3549
    NCUA...........................................................4149
    NEA......................................................3559, 3691
    NEH......................................................3559, 3691
    OFHEO..........................................................3566
    SSA......................................................3747, 3748
  Older individuals................................................1056
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3691
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CCC debt collection................................................31
  CFTC debt collection.............................................3853
  Collection by installments.......................................2462
  DHS debt collection..............................................1366
  DoD authority...........................................619, 620, 621
  DOT debt collection..................................2216, 2300, 2301
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3784
  Filing claims to TSA.............................................1334
  FMS payments...............................................2454, 2458
  FSA debt collection................................................31
  GSA debt collection..................................3493, 3494, 3495
  HHS..........................................................814, 815
  Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1180
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1898
  RBS debt collection...............................................260
  SBA debt collection..............................................3729
  Seized property..................................................1896
  SSA debt collection........................................3750, 3794
  Veterans:
    Debt collection................................................2995
Classified information:
  Access............................................................615
  Critical infrastructure information..............................1076
  Declassification of national security information................3545
  Determining eligibility for access to DOE material................787
  DHS regulations..................................................1062
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1061
  Disclosure of records in litigation..............................2381
  Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel bylaws.........3555
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3543
  National security information regulations........................2010
  Research involving human subjects.................................738
  Sensitive security information for land modes of transportation..1307
  Storage...........................................................616
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1750
  Coalbed methane development......................................1776
  Combustion wastes..........................................3386, 3387
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3363
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Federal Consistency regulations...................................511
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3456
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................280
    Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3438
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1128
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students.....................................................1343
  DOT grants.......................................................2038
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions......................93, 94
  Grants administration.................................618, 1059, 1409
  INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research.........1143
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities..................................................1361
  Transfer of excess Federal property...............................289
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries

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Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2446
  Broker-dealers:
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries....3856
  Commodity pool operator:
    Registration exemption.........................................4285
  Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
    Participant fee exemptions.....................................4315
  Debt collection..................................................3853
  Depository institutions..........................................3856
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities.....................3856
  Exempt commercial markets:
    Information access and price transparency......................3852
  Farm credit system institutions..................................3856
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3851
  Foreign currency haircuts........................................3848
  Foreign futures and options contracts............................3850
  Grading and certification of livestock.............................13
  Hybrid instrument regulation.....................................3855
  Investment of customer funds.....................................3857
  Off-centralized market transactions..............................3849
  Privacy notices..................................................3847
  Reporting levels.................................................3854
  Reserve requirements for margin..................................4300
  Security futures:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3846
    Registration requirements for banks............................4292
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4103
  Explosive materials delivery.....................................1840
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1804
  Smallpox:
    Vaccine injury compensation program.............................920
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................4013
  Airport Terminal Use frequencies in the 45-470 private land 
      mobile radio pool............................................4019
  Amateur radio service............................................3920
  Auction authority................................................4001
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4036
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................4021
  Biennial review............................................3919, 4014
  Broadband grant program for rural areas...........................267
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3927
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3984
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................3965
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4044
  Cellular service in the Gulf of Mexico...........................4024
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3992
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3926
  Commercial mobile radio services...............3990, 3993, 4007, 4009
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................3993
    Process........................................................3998
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3991
  Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.............3932
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................4020
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3907
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3972
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................3981
  Excise tax...........................................2581, 2645, 2646
  Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3922
  FCC ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings....................3935
  FM radio.........................................................3967
  Government transfer band.........................................3911
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3969
  Informal complaints..............................................3904
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................4005
  Interference temperature operation...............................3928
  International call-back service..................................3946
  International service regulations................................3951
  Interstate special access services...............................4043
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4002
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................4010
  Maritime...................................................3989, 4004
  Multiple address systems.........................................3997
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3982
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4026
  Public safety communications...............................3996, 4020
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................4011
  Radio market definitions.........................................3979
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................4008
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................3917, 4023
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3939
  Regulatory fees............................................3987, 3988
  Satellite:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3936
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3973
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3924
    Dedicated Short Range Communications of Intelligent 
        Transportation Systems.....................................3929
    Digital audio radio service....................................3938
    Earth stations...............................3944, 3950, 3953, 3955
    Fixed-satellite services.................................3912, 3945
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3943
    Licensing reform...............................................3947
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3942
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3948
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3909, 3937, 3941
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3945, 3954
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3940
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3949
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3970, 3971
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3939
  Securities Act reform............................................4244
  Software defined radios..........................................3915
  Spectrum allocation........................................3923, 3929
  Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................4017
  Spread spectrum systems..........................................3931
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................4003
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4006
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4006
  Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................3986
  Truthful statements to the FCC...................................3934
  TV:
    Access in non-served and under-served areas.....................279
    Advertising practices..........................................3960
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................3918
    Cable Act................................................3957, 3963
    Cable television rates.........................................3956
    Children's programming...................................3977, 3978
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3964
    Digital must carry requirements................................3968
    Digital television service.......3930, 3974, 3975, 3977, 3985, 4022

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    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3976
    Emergency Alert System.........................................3908
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3959
    Predicting broadcast television field strength.................3913
    Public interest information....................................3980
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................4012
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3970, 3971
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................4000
    Video programming accessibility..........................3962, 3964
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3914
  Unbundled network elements.......................................4042
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4037
  Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3921
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3910
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3999
  Video teleconference technology..................................3795
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................3916
    Regulatory review..............................................4016
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................4013
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................3904
  Service disruption reporting requirements........................3925
  Streamlining procedures for transfers of control.................4048
  Toll free service access codes...................................4028
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities.....................1463
Community antenna television systems:
  See Cable television
Community colleges:
  See Colleges and universities
Community development:
  See also Community action programs
           Grant programs-housing and community development
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1464
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1468
    Regulation revisions...........................................1466
    Revitalization strategy........................................1469
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1464
  Community Development Financial Institutions program.......2378, 2416
  Community services block grant program:
    Charitable Choice provisions...................................1055
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1473
  SBA:
    HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..................3714, 3740
Community facilities:
  See Health facilities
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................195
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1089
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1089
  Cable television companies.......................................3961
  Communications Act.........................................3991, 3993
  DFARS requirements...........................................640, 664
  OPM regulations..................................................3602
  Television marketplace.....................................3956, 3964
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems............753, 785
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3498
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................4142
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................344
  Electronic filing:
    Investment advisers......................................1953, 4271
  Electronic records...............................................3552
  Electronic signatures:
    TTB............................................................2547
  Electronic submission:
    Documents......................................................4099
    Labeling information............................................903
    Payee statements...............................................2882
  Exports..................................326, 327, 329, 339, 350, 367
  Information technology exchange program..........................3653
  Internet:
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................317
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3390
  Security training................................................3647
  Small businesses:
    Information technology value added resellers...................3743
  Stored-value cards...............................................4126
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  DOT regulations..................................................2288
  EPA regulations............................................3048, 3060
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................715
  DFARS.............................................................654
  DOE...............................................................803
  EPA..............................................................3044
  Ethical conduct..................................................3576
  Ethics programs..................................................3573
  Exemptions.......................................................3574
  Financial disclosure.............................................3570
  Post-government employment.......................................3575
  Standards of conduct......................626, 1058, 3571, 3693, 3694
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Alien workers....................................................1090
  Confined spaces for construction.................................1980
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3415
  Electric power line worker safety................................1982
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................1974
  Hoisting equipment safety........................................1975
  National Construction Safety Team Act.............................375
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3870
  Alternative fuel labeling requirements...........................4135
  Baby bath seats..................................................3866
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3869
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3961
  Candles and candle accessories...................................3875
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3860, 3867
  Contact lens.....................................................4141
  Crib safety standards............................................3862
  Disclosures......................................................4133
  Disposable cigarette lighters....................................3877
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles..............................................3863
    Mattresses/bedding.............................................3859
    Upholstered furniture..........................................3858
  Household goods transportation.............................2152, 2157
  Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard 
      for..........................................................3871
  Hunting tree stands..............................................3868
  Infant formula quality control....................................897
  Lead-based paint.................................................3352
  Lighters.........................................................3865
  Natural rubber latex.............................................3876

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  Nutrition health claims...........................................846
  Over-the-counter drugs............................................896
  Portable bed rails...............................................3864
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3861
  Table saw blades.................................................3873
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3905
  Weightlifting bench press benches................................3872
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1740
  Leasing sulphur or oil and gas...................................1747
  Safety zones around petroleum and gas production facilities.....1207, 
                                                       1244, 1245, 1246
Contracts:
  See Government contracts
Controlled substances:
  See Drug abuse
      Drug traffic control
Cooperative agreements:
  See Grant programs
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cosmetics:
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................883
Cotton:
  Classification service user fees...................................12
  Cottonseed Chemist Licensing Program...............................14
  Extra long staple loan adjustment for strength.....................46
  Outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton...................45
Countervailing duties:
  Sunset reviews....................................................305
Courts:
  Civil contempt commitments.......................................1810
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1720
  CSOSA:
    Acceptance of gifts............................................3039
    Ethical conduct for employees standards........................3037
    Use of agency seal.............................................3038
  Offender supervision:
    DNA collection and use.........................................1899
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2447
  Debt collection:
    DHS............................................................1074
    DoD...................................................619, 620, 621
    FEMA...........................................................1383
    HHS...................................................814, 815, 824
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2460
    Salary offset...................................................815
    SBA......................................................3729, 3736
    SSA......................................................3750, 3794
    Treasury...........................................2415, 2459, 2465
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2466
  Equal credit opportunity...................................4116, 4125
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act..................2554, 4140
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........4049, 4057, 4120, 4121
  Partners and partnerships........................................2850
Credit unions:
  Bylaws...........................................................4156
  Change in official or senior executive officers..................4157
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program...............4160, 4170
  Conversion to mutual savings banks.........................4158, 4178
  Customer identification program..................................2435
  Description of NCUA..............................................4176
  Designation of low income status.................................4160
  Disposal of consumer information.................................4161
  Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4168
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
    Address reconciliation rule....................................4153
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2555
    Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................4155
    Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................4154
    Identity theft protection................................2554, 4152
  Fair credit reporting....................4161, 4162, 4163, 4169, 4172
  Health Savings Accounts..........................................4164
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2570
  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts.........................................................4166
  Living trust accounts............................................4171
  Loan participation...............................................4177
  Maximum borrowing authority......................................4175
  Medical information regulations..................................4169
  Member business loans............................................4159
  Mergers of federally-insured credit unions.......................4150
  Negative credit information notice...............................4163
  Newly-chartered or troubled......................................4157
  Nondeposit investment sales......................................4147
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4149
  OMB control numbers..............................................4173
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4151
  Regulatory publication and review................................4148
  Request for NCUA action..........................................4176
  Share insurance rules......................................4171, 4174
  Truth in Savings rule............................................4165
  Unauthorized access to member information and member notice......4167
  Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........4162
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
           Juvenile delinquency
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.................1108, 1866
    Criminal convictions...........................................1873
    Criminal grounds of inadmissibility......................1103, 1105
    Custody procedures.......................................1352, 1879
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1348
    Trafficking victims................................1138, 1139, 1350
    Victims of crime.........................................1139, 1140
  Arson reporting..................................................1841
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1902
  DNA collection and use...........................................1899
  Jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or 
      accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US..................625
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1886
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1893
    Reporting requirements.........................................1892
  Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................1891
  Seized property..................................................1896
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1885
  Sex offender release notification................................1797
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1910
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1115
  Victims of Crime Act.................................1904, 1905, 1911
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations.........................114, 120, 125, 127
  Apples............................................................119
  Application for...................................................121

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  Blueberries.......................................................115
  Civil penalties...................................................110
  Dry beans and peas................................................128
  Grains............................................................128
  Movement or assumption of policies................................123
  Nonstandard classification system.................................114
  Nursery crops.....................................................111
  Peanuts...........................................................113
  Pecans............................................................118
  Premiums..........................................................122
  Processing tomato crop provisions.................................117
  Quality Assurance and Performance Measurement System..............127
  Regulation revisions.........................................124, 126
  Rice..............................................................128
  Safflower.........................................................128
  Sunflowers........................................................128
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure......................................1956, 1972
Cultural exchange programs:
  Summer work/travel...............................................2005
Currency:
  See Foreign currencies
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of    
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1253
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2389
  Airport security area access.....................................1271
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2397
  Bond obligations.................................................1272
  Broker license examination dates.................................1274
  Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2403
  Commercial information confidentiality...........................1275
  Conditional release period.......................................1272
  Continuous bond program..........................................2377
  Country of origin marking....................................11, 2386
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2476
  Delinquent payment...............................................2417
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2393
  Drawback.........................................................2402
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2383, 2384
  In-transit mail shipment examination.............................1252
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................1297
  Merchandise processing fees......................................2402
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2370, 2385, 2401
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2376
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for officers...............1281
  Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2387
  Preferential treatment of brassieres.............................2395
  Prior disclosure.................................................1254
  Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2399
  Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2394
  Publication of administrative forfeiture notices.................1276
  Reconciliation...................................................2372
  Refund of duties paid on select wool products....................2418
  Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2392
  Remote location filing...........................................2373
  Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2404
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2412, 2413
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2371
  User and navigation fees.........................................2388
  Watch, watch movement, and jewelry program........................309


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Inspection and grading service:
    Fees.............................................................16
  National Dairy Promotion and Research Program.......................4
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  CNCS.............................................................3035
  DHS........................................................1067, 1392
  DOD..........................................................629, 654
  DOJ..............................................................1909
  DOT..............................................................2051
  FAR..............................................................3836
  FMCS.............................................................3463
  GSA..............................................................3476
  NASA.............................................................3529
  OPM..............................................................3688
  Peace Corps......................................................3697
  SBA..............................................................3739
  Treasury.........................................................2414
  VA...............................................................3002
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information
Deepwater ports:
  See Harbors
Defense:
  See National defense
Defense acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
Delinquency:
  See Juvenile delinquency
Dental schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
  See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
  See Bank deposit insurance
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice...............................867
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................883
Disability benefits:
  Black Lung Benefits Act..........................................1930
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act......................958, 1010
Disabled:
  See Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
      Disability benefits
Disaster assistance:
  9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1390
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................699
  Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1381
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1375
  Definition of terms..............................................1373
  Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3726
  Estimating eligible cost.........................................1389
  Farmers:
    Tree assistance program..........................................42
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1371
  Floods:
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................703

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    Mitigation assistance program..................................1380
    National Flood Insurance Program......1374, 1376, 1377, 1378, 1385, 
                                                                   1393
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................1382
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1386
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................1372, 1381
  Management costs.................................................1387
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1384
  Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1388
Discrimination:
  See Civil rights
Discrimination against aged:
  See Aged
Discrimination against handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Discrimination in employment:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Discrimination in housing:
  See Fair housing
Diseases:
  See Animal diseases
      Communicable diseases
Dispute resolution:
  Access to neutrals...............................................3462
  Contract dispute procedures................................3490, 3491
Distilled spirits:
  See Liquors
Doctors:
  See Health professions
Domestic animals:
  See Livestock
Draft:
  See Selective Service System
Drawbridges:
  See Bridges
Drinking water:
  See Water supply
Drought assistance:
  See Disaster assistance
Drug abuse:
  See also Alcohol abuse
  Aviation personnel...............................................2060
  Charitable Choice program.........................................829
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1799
  Drug-free workplace requirements...629, 1067, 2051, 3002, 3035, 3463, 
                                                       3529, 3697, 3739
  Treatment programs...............................................1799
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
                                                                   1861
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1785
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................2063
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1801
  Coast Guard management information system........................1247
  Following marine incidents.......................................1194
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers..............................................2187, 2307
  Railroad employees...............................................2302
    Foreign-based crews............................................2303
  Transportation workplace.........................................2048
  Workplace guidelines.........................................828, 830
Drug traffic control:
  Chemical registration fees.......................................1850
  Chemical registration waivers....................................1860
  Controlled substances:
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
        for maintenance or detoxification treatment................1861
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1855
    Electronic application forms...................................1853
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1859
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1845
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use................................................1858
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1848
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1849
    Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities...........1864
    Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing 
        hydroxybutyric acid........................................1862
    Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1851
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1847
    Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
        List II chemicals..........................................1854
    Reports of theft or significant loss...........................1863
    Sodium permanganate............................................1852
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1856
  FAA regulations..................................................2057
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1846
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications.................................884
  Bar code label requirements.......................................905
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................884
  Informed consent regulations......................................898
  Investigational new drugs...............................850, 851, 863
  Labeling................................................885, 890, 905
  Manufacturing changes.............................................901
  New drug applications........................................838, 887
  Positron emission tomography drugs................................843
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1844
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1857
  Registration of producers.........................................837
  Reporting adverse events..........................................885
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................868
  Safety reporting requirements.....................................833
  Self-administration criteria.....................................1034


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic development:
  See Community development
Economics:
  See Price controls
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.....................1128
  Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........748
  Direct grant programs........................................736, 739
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................750
  Federal loan program regulations..................................744
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1805
  Home-living programs.............................................1711

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  Institutional Eligibility regulations.............................745
  Magnet Schools Assistance Program.................................751
  Maritime education and training............................2354, 2361
  National Security Education Program...............................613
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research...................................................926
    For clinical researchers........................................927
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................930
    Health disparities research.....................................929
    Pediatric research..............................................928
    Scholarships....................................................923
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1719
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs............741, 3558
  Protection of human research subjects.............................737
  State-administered programs.......................................739
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3467
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2980
    Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
    Licensing and certification....................................2932
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2985, 2987
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 
                                                                   2986
    Survivors and dependents.................................2933, 2983
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2978
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2931
Education of disadvantaged:
  Academic achievement of limited English proficient students.......747
  Accountability for academic achievement...........................742
  Transportation regulations.......................................1052
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD 
      dependents....................................................608
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.......................746
Educational facilities:
  Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act............................740
  Grants administration............................................3019
  Impact Aid programs...............................................743
  Transfer of excess Federal property...............................289
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection....................................738, 940
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading..........................................................5, 7
  Imported..........................................................178
  Inspection........................................................171
  Salmonella enteritidis............................................839
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
      Voting rights
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
           Electric power plants
  Hydroelectric licensing..........................................4074
  Low density discount..............................................799
  Worker safety....................................................1982
Electric power plants:
  Electronic filing of FERC forms..................................4083
  Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................793
Electric utilities:
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3927
  Cash management..................................................4084
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4070
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures.........4068, 4071
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for rural electrification 
      purposes......................................................269
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1700
  Market design and structure......................................4069
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................4073
  National Forest System............................................232
  Pricing policy...................................................4077
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4078
  RUS standard contract forms.......................................275
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4067
  Steam generating unit MACT regulation............................3160
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Federal agency disbursements.....................................2455
  FRS regulation revision....................................4116, 4126
  GSAR regulation..................................................3489
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Abandoned individual account plans...............................1944
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2763
  Participant loan rules...........................................1942
  Prohibited transaction exemption procedures......................1941
  Stock option programs............................................1917
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens...........................................................1927
    Authorization eligibility......................................1101
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1124
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements...............................................1111
    Dismissal of asylum application................................1081
    EB-5 classification......................................1151, 1880
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1158
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1161
    Eligibility verification.................................1147, 1170
    Employer sanctions.............................................1367
    Employment creation petitions..................................1167
    Fingerprinting.................................................1120
    Labor certification process..............................1936, 1937
    Labor condition applications.............................1935, 1938
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1934
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1362
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas..1935, 
                                                                   1938
    Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1099
    Verification documents...................................1162, 1168
  Definitions for salary basis.....................................1928
  Family and Medical Leave Act.....................................1918
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1915
  Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for 
      employment with federal contractors..........................1926
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Ticket to Work Program....................................958, 3758
  Jobs For Veterans Act..........................1919, 2002, 2003, 2004
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1473
  Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1940
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers..........................1933
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act........2001
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1931
  Workforce investment systems.....................................1967
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addax............................................................1611
  American crocodile...............................................1525
  Appalachian bivalve species................................1607, 1608
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................702
  Arroyo toad......................................................1619
  Australian parakeets.............................................1595
  Basking shark....................................................1590
  Beluga sturgeon............................................1559, 1652
  Boreal toad......................................................1552
  Boulder darter...................................................1519

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  Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1561
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1515
  Buena Vista Lake Shrew...........................................1567
  Bull trout.................................................1541, 1602
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl.....................................1635
  California gnatcatcher...........................................1606
  California red-legged frog.......................................1638
  California tiger salamander..........................1527, 1569, 1620
  Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances..........1593, 1660
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1583
  Cassius blue butterfly...........................................1557
  Ceraunus blue butterfly..........................................1557
  Channel Islands Foxes............................................1579
  CITES decisions......................................1507, 1585, 1612
  Conservation education...........................................1503
  Conservation permits.............................................1630
  Critical habitat.......578, 1523, 1541, 1567, 1569, 1579, 1580, 1602, 
           1605, 1606, 1607, 1608, 1614, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1623, 1631, 
                                           1634, 1635, 1638, 1643, 1667
  Dama gazelle.....................................................1611
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1632
  Dugong...........................................................1659
  Eagles...........................................................1510
    Incidental taking..............................................1648
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1694
    Transport of feathers..........................................1535
  Evolutionarily Significant Units..................................464
  Foreign bird species.............................................1563
  Gila chub........................................................1631
  Gila trout.......................................................1520
  Gray wolf:
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1536
    Western Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1637
  Grizzly bears....................................................1549
  Guam bridled white-eye...........................................1523
  Guam broadbill...................................................1523
  Guam broadbill removal...........................................1645
  Guam Micronesian kingfisher......................................1523
  Incidental take by commercial fishing operations............579, 1565
  Island fox.......................................................1655
  Koster's tyronia.................................................1634
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1509
  Little Mariana fruit bat.........................................1523
  Loggerhead sea turtle.............................................578
  Manatees.............................................1566, 1615, 1640
  Mariana crow.....................................................1523
  Mariana fruit bat..........................................1523, 1589
  Mariana mallard removal..........................................1645
  Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1545
  Mexican gray wolf................................................1547
  Mexican spotted owl........................................1614, 1667
  Miami blue butterfly.......................................1518, 1557
  Missouri bladder-pod.............................................1646
  National Fire Plan..........................................580, 1662
  Nickerbean blue butterfly........................................1557
  Noel's amphipod..................................................1634
  Nonessential experimental populations......................1519, 1529
  Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1529
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment......................................................1601
  Pahrump poolfish.................................................1666
  Pecos assiminea..................................................1634
  Permit exemptions.................................................457
  Permits for foreign listed species...............................1604
  Pesticide regulation........................................496, 1533
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1586
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting........................................1528
    Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1594
    Black cohosh...................................................1531
    Braun's rockcress..............................................1658
    CITES listings.....................................1531, 1594, 1597
    Coachella Valley milk-vetch....................................1575
    Coastal California plants......................................1643
    Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1537
    Critical habitat....1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1575, 1576, 1609, 1610, 
                                                 1613, 1654, 1657, 1658
    Desert yellowhead..............................................1657
    Eggert's sunflower.......................................1613, 1663
    Fish Slough milk vetch.........................................1538
    Gaviota tarplant...............................................1643
    Hoover's wooly-star delisting..................................1642
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1588
    LaGracosa thistle..............................................1643
    Lane Mountain milkvetch........................................1610
    Lompac Yerba Santa.............................................1643
    Mariana Island plants..........................................1641
    Munz's onion...................................................1539
    Nesogenes rotensis.............................................1641
    Osmoxylon mariannense..........................................1641
    Pierson's milkvetch............................................1609
    Ramin..........................................................1597
    Removal from list..............................................1663
    San Jacinto Valley crownscale..................................1540
    Slickspot peppergrass..........................................1656
    Spanish cedar..................................................1594
    Spreading navarettia...........................................1540
    Tabernaemontana rotensis.......................................1641
    Territory of Guam plants.......................................1641
    Thread-leaved Brodiaea.........................................1576
    Truckee barberry delisting.....................................1644
    Ventura Marsh milkvetch........................................1654
    Virginia roundleaf delisting...................................1665
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse.....................................1617
  Riverside fairy shrimp...........................................1621
  Roswell springsnail..............................................1634
  Rota bridled white-eye...........................................1653
  Safe harbor agreements.....................................1593, 1660
  Salt Creek tiger beetle....................................1542, 1580
  San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1605
  Santa Ana sucker.................................................1623
  Scimitar-horned oryx.............................................1611
  Sea cucumber.....................................................1560
  Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1546
  Spotfin chub.....................................................1519
  Stag beetle......................................................1590
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1513
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1584
  Tinian monarch flycatcher........................................1598
  Topeka shiner....................................................1599
  Turtle species...................................................1585
  Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1548
  Wood bison.......................................................1530
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition.......................................................807
    Cooperative audit strategy......................................802
  Alternative fuels................................760, 779, 3171, 4135
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................812
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................811
  Critical energy infrastructure information.................4081, 4085
  DEAR amendments:
    Make or Buy Plans...............................................800
    Management contractor compensation for personal services........804
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............803

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    Revisions.......................................................801
    Rewrite continuation............................................809
    Technical amendments............................................805
    Work for others regulations.....................................806
  Determining eligibility for access to classified matter...........787
  Electronic registration of FERC applications.....................4075
  Electronic service of FERC documents.............................4083
  Emergency closure of FERC offices................................4086
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........832
  FERC fees schedule for use of government lands...................4087
  Financial assistance:
    For-profit organizations........................................808
    Implementation of OMB grants management policies................810
  Freedom of Information Act........................................790
  Occupational radiation protection.................................792
  Polygraph examination regulations.................................782
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....504, 
                                                                   1502
  Renewable energy systems..........................................252
  Research misconduct...............................................791
  Restriction of DOE access authorizations..........................788
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............505
  Uranium mill sites................................................797
  Worker's compensation benefits....................................795
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Covered products determination:
    Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................775
    Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans......776
  Efficiency standards:
    Appliances......................................................754
    Clothes dryers..................................................771
    Commercial air conditioning equipment.......758, 768, 769, 777, 778
    Direct heating equipment........................................772
    Dishwashers.....................................................771
    Electric distribution transformers..............................757
    Electric motors.................................................773
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................774
    Furnaces and boilers.......................................754, 768
    Heat pumps..................................758, 768, 769, 777, 778
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................755
    Mobile home furnaces............................................754
    Pool heaters....................................................772
    Water heaters...................................................777
  Federal buildings............................................759, 762
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............762, 770
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners...................................763, 781
    Clothes washers.................................................780
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................766
    Commercial heating equipment....................................765
    Commercial package boilers......................................767
    Commercial water heaters........................................764
    Electric motors, small..........................................756
    Electronic distribution transformers............................761
    Heat pumps.................................................763, 781
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................755
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2745
Environmental impact statements:
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................1908
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
  Award term contracting...........................................3049
  Background checks of contractor employees........................3046
  CERCLA amendment.................................................3407
    Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry``.........................3402
  Chemicals............................................3318, 3334, 3348
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3040
  Coal combustion wastes.....................................3386, 3387
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3456
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.........................706
  Confidential business information..........................3048, 3060
  Contract bundling................................................3047
  Cooling water intake structures impact.....................3411, 3421
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3403
  Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule..........3054
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3405
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3325
  Drinking water regulations...............3442, 3450, 3451, 3454, 3455
  Effluent guidelines..........3416, 3417, 3418, 3424, 3426, 3434, 3435
  Emergency planning.........................................3355, 3366
  Enforcement data concerning small entities.......................3062
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3045, 3049, 3056
  Farm Service Agency regulation.....................................29
  Federal water resource development................................695
  Forest Service special uses program..........................220, 221
  National Environmental Achievement Track Program.................3063
  National Environmental Policy Act...............709, 1057, 3041, 4191
  National Forest System............................................218
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3383
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................3051
  Pesticides..........................496, 3300, 3304, 3308, 3315, 3317
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3311, 3312, 3313
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3042
  Radon............................................................4210
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................3389
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3388
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1189
  Research scientist appointment authority.........................3053
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................606
  Rural areas.......................................................102
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................624
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3328
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3400
  Total Maximum Daily Load program.................................3432
  Toxic Substances Control Act......3048, 3319, 3321, 3322, 3326, 3337, 
                                                                   3350
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3362
    Coal...........................................................3363
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3356
    Metal mining...................................................3365
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3364
    Reporting requirements.............................3357, 3359, 3365
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3361
  Trade secrecy claims.............................................3366
Equal access to justice:
  DHS..............................................................1073
  HHS...............................................................825
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Aged.............................................................3460

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  Broadcast outreach...............................................3981
  Complaint processing.......................................3458, 3459
  Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3460
  HUD regulations..................................................1402
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1919, 
                                                                   1923
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................1967
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estuaries:
  See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
  See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Exchange visitor program:
  See Cultural exchange programs
Excise taxes:
  Air transportation...................................2599, 2645, 2646
  Communications services..............................2581, 2645, 2646
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2790
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................1841
  Fireworks........................................................1834
  Handling at waterfront facilities................................1237
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........1835
  Manufacturing safety regulations.................................1986
  Pest control devices.............................................1836
  Safe Explosives Act..............................................1833
  Transportation regulations...........................1327, 1840, 2347
Exports:
  Administration regulations....314, 315, 316, 328, 331, 332, 333, 335, 
             336, 342, 345, 348, 349, 353, 361, 362, 366, 370, 372, 373
  Agricultural commodities..........................................195
    Cargo preference regulations...................................2352
    Emerging markets program........................................192
  Aircraft..........................................................320
    Micromachined angular rate sensors..............................373
  Alligators, live.................................................1647
  Animal pathogens..................................................368
  Aruba.............................................................359
  Automated export system...........................................298
  Bigeye tuna.......................................................472
  Cameras...........................................................329
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................194
  Chemical manufacturing facilities, equipment and related 
      technology....................................................337
  Chemical Weapons Convention........................311, 347, 363, 369
  Class I substances to Article 5 countries........................3094
  Commerce Control List....324, 326, 327, 329, 330, 354, 355, 357, 360, 
                                                     363, 367, 368, 371
  Communication intercepting devices................................351
  Computer technology.................326, 327, 329, 339, 350, 356, 367
  Controlled chemical substances...................................1854
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1858
  Crude oil.........................................................312
  Cuba.........................................................318, 338
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................344
  Distilled spirits................................................2550
  Dual-use items.....................................332, 337, 364, 371
  East Timor........................................................359
  Encryption items..................................................340
  Energetic materials...............................................321
  Humanitarian donations............................................341
  India.............................................................335
  Investigational new drugs.........................................863
  Iraq..............................................................322
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3395
  Libya........................................................318, 374
  License application denial policy.................................319
  License exceptions............................310, 318, 341, 343, 350
  Licensing..........................................313, 328, 345, 349
  Liquors....................................................2532, 2549
  Military vehicles and components..................................323
  Missile technology controls...................313, 324, 348, 358, 372
  National Forest System timber.....................................203
  National security controls........................................355
  Netherlands Antilles..............................................359
  No license required provisions....................................349
  Non-space qualified amorphous silicon focal plane arrays..........329
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization...........................333, 343
  Nuclear equipment and materials...................................365
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2376
  Protective equipment..............................................357
  Reexports..........................................310, 313, 343, 356
  Removal of country groups.........................................315
  Replacement licenses..............................................345
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................342
  Russian entities..................................................334
  Sensitive chemical or biological items............................336
  Serbia............................................................318
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................317
  Space qualified parts, components and technology..................330
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................346
  Sudan.............................................................316
  Sugar reexport programs...........................................193
  Swordfish.........................................................472
  Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act.................370
  Timber from western states........................................352
  Toxic substances.................................................3320
  United Nations....................................................343
  United States munitions list.....................320, 321, 2025, 2026
  Veterinary user fees...............................................84
  Wassenaar Arrangement........................................332, 371
  Wildlife...................................................1512, 1625
  Yugoslavia........................................................325


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of state and local enforcement 
      agencies.....................................................1471
  Compliance requirements.......................................95, 245
    ANSI standards.................................................1472
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
  See Government procurement
Farmers:
  See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
  See Grant programs
      Loan programs
      Price support programs
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................3023
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3025
  Classified information storage....................................616
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................606
  Energy performance standards.................................759, 762
  GSA regulations..................................................3484
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3230
  NARA facilities:
    Phone numbers for..............................................3550
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3542
  Presidential library facilities..................................3546
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States..............2131
  Telecommunications management....................................3488
Federal employees:
  See Government employees

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Federal home loan banks:
  Acquired member assets...........................................4092
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4097
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................4090
  Appointed directors..............................................4096
  Community support requirements...................................4095
  Governance.......................................................4093
  Multiple bank memberships........................................4098
  New business activities..........................................4094
  Public disclosure................................................4091
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Community reinvestment...........................................4124
  Consumer leasing...........................................4116, 4128
  Consumer regulations review..........................4116, 4125, 4128
  Electronic funds transfers.................................4116, 4126
  Equal credit opportunity...................................4116, 4125
  Fair credit reporting......................................4120, 4121
  Holding companies..............................4113, 4122, 4123, 4129
  State banks........................4111, 4112, 4114, 4117, 4118, 4127
  Truth in savings.....................................4115, 4116, 4130
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
Finance:
  See Banks, banking
      Credit
      Indians-business and finance
      Investments
      Loan programs
      Mortgages
      Trusts and trustees
Fines and penalties:
  See Penalties
Fire prevention:
  Candles and candle accessories standards.........................3875
  Electrical standards.............................................1984
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1371
  Forest fire assistance program....................................225
  National Fire Plan..........................................580, 1662
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4203
  Shipyard standards...............................................1989
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Retirement.......................................................3639
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Diseases:
    Infectious salmon anemia.........................................85
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1533, 1556
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................429
  Government acquisition regulations................................651
  Injurious wildlife listings......................................1517
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1509
  National Organic Program............................................1
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1651
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......504
Fisheries:
  Addition and revision of certain species codes....................414
  Alaska Transient Killer Whales stock depletion....................581
  Atlantic Ocean..........................................473, 484, 521
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1591
  Authorization for commercial fisheries............................585
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.......................................480
  Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................462
  Bottomfish........................................................377
  Critical habitat.............................................461, 493
  Crustacean........................................................378
  Demersal shelf rockfish...........................................470
  Dungeness crab....................................................451
  Electronic reporting requirements for seafood dealers in the 
      northeast.....................................................570
  Essential fish habitat guidelines.................................416
  Fisheries Observer Program........................................488
  Fishing capacity reduction loans..................................451
  Groundfish....................................377, 451, 488, 527, 534
  Gulf of Alaska..........................................421, 470, 548
  Halibut............................................400, 421, 423, 485
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................392, 446
  Highly migratory species................................473, 484, 521
  Incidental take regulations...426, 459, 462, 465, 466, 480, 481, 579, 
                                                                    584
  List of fisheries.................................................498
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.......................458, 492, 497, 498
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................394
  North Pacific................................................488, 527
  Northern California steelhead.....................................493
  OMB control numbers and regulatory citations......................567
  Pacific coast...........................................451, 485, 534
  Pelagics..........................................................446
  Permits......................................................391, 392
  Pollock......................................................480, 548
  Puerto Rico..................................................387, 513
  Reef fish.........................................................513
  Research set-aside program...................................490, 577
  Sablefish.........................................................386
  Scientific research..........................................418, 521
  Sea turtle conservation..................463, 484, 572, 582, 583, 586
  Seabird protection................................................446
  Shrimp............................................................451
  Steller sea lion protection.......................................453
  U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................387, 513
  Western Pacific region............................................572
Fishery management plans:
  Alaska.......................................................533, 560
  Alaska local time definition......................................430
  Albacore..........................................................530
  American Lobster..................................................385
  Atka mackerel.....................................................487
  Atlantic.................................410, 427, 428, 478, 520, 544
  Atlantic billfish.................................................411
  Atlantic bluefish............................................408, 475
  Atlantic herring...................................396, 441, 531, 541
  Atlantic mackerel..................................388, 407, 540, 559
  Atlantic salmon...................................................531
  Atlantic sea scallop....................................406, 468, 575
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................479
  Atlantic surf clam................................................526
  Atlantic swordfish................................................476
  Beluga whales.....................................................494
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...390, 399, 417, 433, 487, 503, 523, 536, 
                                                               552, 568
  Bigeye tuna..................................................472, 478
  Black sea bass.................403, 404, 439, 440, 474, 538, 558, 565
  Bluefin tuna.......................................420, 478, 532, 550
  Bottomfish fisheries....................................380, 413, 556
  Butterfish.........................................388, 407, 540, 559
  Calico scallop....................................................379
  Canadian waters...................................................530
  Capacity reduction program........................................523
  Caribbean.........................................................520
  Coastal migratory pelagics........................................525
  Community development quotas............................390, 432, 542
  Coral reef ecosystem..............................................517
  Crab.........................................................523, 536
  Days-at-sea leasing program.......................................535
  Deep-sea red crab.......................................409, 450, 564
  Dolphin...........................................................520
  Eastern Pacific...............................437, 452, 499, 529, 543

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  Effective dates for regulatory changes............................551
  Electronic logbook forms..........................................445
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)................385, 398, 479, 556, 560
  Golden tilefish...................................................522
  Groundfish.....399, 412, 415, 417, 419, 433, 443, 444, 477, 483, 503, 
                                      552, 554, 555, 560, 563, 566, 571
  Gulf of Alaska...........................399, 415, 417, 433, 477, 483
  Gulf of Mexico......381, 383, 384, 434, 438, 471, 482, 515, 518, 520, 
                                                                    561
  Halibut...........................................................576
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................377, 392
  Highly migratory species.......410, 411, 472, 478, 501, 524, 532, 550
  King crabs...................................................523, 568
  License Limitation Program........................................536
  Monkfish.....................................................393, 573
  North Atlantic....................................................489
  North Atlantic right whales..................................376, 491
  Northeast multispecies........................406, 448, 449, 469, 535
  Ocean quahog............................................405, 526, 537
  Oncorhynchus mykiss...............................................464
  Pacific Coast.......412, 443, 444, 464, 486, 524, 554, 555, 563, 566, 
                                                               571, 576
  Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan................................485
  Pacific mackerel.............................................424, 545
  Pacific sardine..............................................436, 546
  Pelagics...........................................397, 398, 525, 572
  Precious corals...................................................447
  Queen conch.......................................................387
  Red grouper.......................................................471
  Red snapper..................................................384, 561
  Reef fish..........................................381, 384, 471, 482
  Salmon..................................................464, 486, 533
  Sargassum.........................................................519
  Scup...........................403, 404, 439, 440, 474, 538, 558, 565
  Sea scallop.......................................................468
  Seasonal Area Management program..................................491
  Sharks...................................382, 410, 427, 428, 489, 544
  Shrimp........................................383, 434, 435, 515, 574
  Snapper grouper..............................................402, 522
  Snowy grouper.....................................................522
  South Atlantic......................379, 402, 435, 518, 519, 522, 574
  Spiny dogfish...........................................395, 442, 539
  Spiny lobster.....................................................518
  Squid..............................................388, 407, 540, 559
  Summer flounder................403, 404, 439, 440, 474, 538, 558, 565
  Surf clam....................................................405, 537
  Swordfish...............................................410, 472, 478
  Tanner crabs.................................................523, 568
  Tilefish................................................502, 557, 569
  Tuna.....................................410, 437, 452, 499, 529, 543
  Vermilion snapper.................................................438
  Wahoo.............................................................520
  Weakfish..........................................................549
  Western Pacific...........380, 397, 398, 413, 419, 445, 447, 517, 572
Fishing:
  Alaska............................................................516
  Bycatch reduction measures.........................383, 463, 484, 516
  Compensatory fishing..............................................514
  Conservation programs.............................................377
  Drift gillnet.....................................................579
  Exempted fishing permits.....................................418, 521
  Fixed gear........................................................386
  Limited entry trawl fishery.......................................571
  Longline..........................................................452
  National Wildlife Refuges........................................1550
  Port codes........................................................547
  Pound net leaders.................................................583
  Purse seine.............................................452, 499, 529
  Quotas:
    Gulf of Mexico red snapper......................................561
    Halibut.........................................................423
    North Atlantic sharks...........................................489
    Reporting requirements.....................................431, 528
    Swordfish.......................................................476
    Western Alaska program..........................................425
  Recreational measures..............................423, 439, 473, 474
  Shallow style longline sets.......................................582
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................389
  Subsistence fishing.......................421, 1553, 1616, 1622, 1661
  Troll fishing.....................................................530
  Turtle excluder devices...........................................586
Fishing vessels:
  Catcher vessel electronic report..................................401
  Compensatory fishing..............................................514
  Electronic dealer reporting.......................................562
  Fleet capacity control.......................................529, 530
  Gear identification markings on buoys.............................422
  Housing requirements for observers................................553
  Individual fishing quota reporting requirements..............431, 528
  Observer data transmission........................................527
  Observer policy...................................................467
  Safety regulations...............................................1187
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................389
  Vessel Monitoring System................................389, 427, 534
  Vessel permit requirements........................................569
  Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program eligibility....425
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards...........................................3863
  Upholstered furniture............................................3858
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................703
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................699
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program....................................1380
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Assistance to private sector insurers....................1376, 1377
    Coverage and rates.............................................1385
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1374, 1393
    Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1378
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994.............................96
Flood plains:
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................280
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care..............................................149
    Afterschool snacks..............................................157
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................139
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............151
    Strengthening program integrity.................................162
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................153
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................154
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................147
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................161
  Indian reservations...............................................138
  Older individuals................................................1056
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................141
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................156
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................146
    Food delivery systems...........................................148
    Food packages...................................................168
    Vendor-related provisions.......................................142

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Food grades and standards:
  See Meat inspection
      Poultry and poultry products
      Seafood
Food labeling:
  Allergen information..............................................889
  Beef or pork with barbeque sauce..................................183
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................186
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................172
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products.......................185
  Nutrition labeling of meat and poultry products...................169
  Prominence of calories............................................834
  Serving size regulations..........................................835
  Single-ingredient products........................................185
  Standardized terms................................................186
  Trans fatty acids.................................................886
  Uniform compliance date...........................................181
Food stamps:
  Alternate methods for issuing benefits............................158
  Civil rights data collections.....................................152
  Computer matching.................................................136
  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................150, 158, 165
  Eligibility and certification.....................................163
  Employment and training...........................................160
  High performance bonuses..........................................159
  Payment adjustments...............................................137
  Privacy requirements..............................................167
  Quality control..............................................143, 164
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............140
  Regulation simplification.........................................166
  Resource eligibility standards....................................155
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........150
  State flexibility.................................................166
Foods:
  See also Dairy products
           Fish
           Food assistance programs
           Food labeling
           Fruits
           Meat and meat products
           Nutrition
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
           Vegetables
           Sugar
  FDA detention of food.............................................906
  FDA registration of food facilities...............................872
  Food safety rulemaking............................................175
  Food security plans...............................................182
  Good manufacturing practices:
    Manufacturing, packing, and holding.............................910
  Health claims.....................................................846
  Imported..........................................................873
  Infant formula quality control..........................891, 892, 897
  Modernization of standards...................................173, 842
  Pesticide residues...............................................3310
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................883
  Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and 
      recipients of foods...........................................871
  Retail exemption..................................................180
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2311
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3161
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2457
Foreign exchange:
  See Foreign currencies
Foreign persons:
  See Aliens
Foreign relations:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Cultural exchange programs
           Foreign trade
           Immigration
           International boundaries
           Passports and visas
           Treaties
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2380
  Imposition of special measures...................................2438
  International accounting standards...............................4321
  International call-back service..................................3946
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)....3334, 
                                                                   3370
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2389, 2398
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber..........................................2412, 2413
  DFARS modification................................................636
  Earnings and profits.............................................2847
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2390
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................604
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................290, 295
  Futures and options contracts....................................3850
  Multijurisdictional Disclosure System............................4254
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4104
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity.................................................292, 294
  Stock transfer rules.............................................2748
  U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................291
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2391
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................222
  Forest fire assistance program....................................225
  Forest Land Enhancement Program...................................237
  Indian allotments.................................................198
  Land and resource management planning.............................238
  Mineral fractions, sale...........................................233
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2412, 2413
  Special products..................................................222
  Special uses authorizations..................................220, 221
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................218
    Contracts..................................................234, 241
    Export controls.................................................352
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................202
    Surplus species.................................................199
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico....................................58
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act..................1993
  Microcap securities market.......................................4313
  OIG regulations...................................................816
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1072, 1379
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4179
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3360
  DHS........................................................1060, 1166
  DOD.....................................................607, 618, 655
  DOE...............................................................790
  DOJ..............................................................1802

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  DOL........................................................1912, 1968
  Electronic communication.........................................1912
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act......................3556, 3604
  FMCS.............................................................3461
  NARA.............................................................3551
  NASA regulations.................................................3522
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service program.........630
  NEH..............................................................3563
  OPM..............................................................3604
  Peace Corps......................................................3695
  RRB..............................................................3710
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims.............................................23
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2171
  Transportation rate appeals......................................3491
Fruits:
  Crop insurance regulations........................................119
  Dried fruit wines................................................2514
  Import regulations.....................................53, 54, 69, 80
  Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order....................2
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................71
  Plum pox compensation..............................................83
Fuel:
  See also Energy
  Air pollution control........3067, 3102, 3103, 3126, 3180, 3184, 3196
  California gasoline..............................................3182
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines..........1962
  Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel.......................3173
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards................3085
  Labeling requirements for alternative fuels......................4135
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3098
  Reformulated gasoline............................................3103
  Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity...........................3136
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives.........................3204, 3233
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3224, 3449
  Oxygenated.................................................3183, 3347
Fuel economy:
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2266
  Fuel economy credits.......................................2226, 2278
  Fuel economy standards program...................................2267
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4134


                                   G

Garnishment of wages:
  See Wages
Gas exploration:
  See Oil and gas exploration
Gas reserves:
  See Oil and gas reserves
Gas utilities:
  See Natural gas
Gases:
  See also Natural gas
  Coalbed methane development......................................1776
Gasoline:
  See Fuel economy
Gasoline additives:
  See Natural gas
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........82
  Brucellosis indemnity..............................................62
  Interstate movement regulations....................................56
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Central Contractor Register.....................................660
    Commercial items...............................................3815
    Contract bundling..............................................3047
    Debriefing unsuccessful offerors under competitive proposals 
                                                                   3839
    DOL............................................................1970
    EPA............................................................3045
    Labor standards for contracts involving construction...........3816
    NASA...........................................................3536
    Pre-solicitation notice elimination............................3814
    Share-in-savings contracting...................................3824
    USAID..............................................3017, 3020, 3021
    Vehicle fleet management and reporting.........................3524
  Affirmative action...............................................1924
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................20
  Contract dispute procedures................................3490, 3491
  Contractors:
    Access to sensitive information................................3511
    Accompanying a force deployed...................................678
    Architect-engineer qualifications.........................638, 3806
    Computer security..........................................753, 785
    DOE contract security personnel.................................783
    DOE security requirements.......................................784
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1929
    Employee stock ownership plans.................................3577
    Government property management and disposition.................3835
    Hazardous material safety data.................................3821
    Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants 
        for employment.............................................1926
    Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................2003
    Safety manual...................................................610
    Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act 
        confidential business information..........................3048
    Use of government supply sources................................669
  Defense contracts:
    Contractor qualifications relating to contract placement........656
    Cost accounting standards.......................................634
    Deployment of contractor personnel..............................694
    DFARS modification.....637, 638, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 660, 663, 
                       666, 667, 668, 669, 671, 675, 676, 678, 681, 683
    DoD activity address codes......................................687
    Fidelity and forgery bond protection............................643
    Firefighting services...........................................667
    Fixed price.....................................................645
    Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects......631, 650
    Foreign acquisition.............................................693
    Freedom of information.....................................607, 655
    Government source inspection requirements.......................658
    Historically black college and minority institution set-aside
                                                                    663
    Indian incentives..........................................652, 684
    Information assurance...........................................648
    Internal controls for purchase card use.........................649
    Leader company contracting......................................671
    Patent rights...................................................632
    Payment and billing instructions................................642
    Payment withholding.............................................686
    Performance-based contracting for services......................668
    Privacy protection..............................................655
    Production surveillance and reporting...........................657
    Provisional award fees..........................................685
    Reporting performance outside the US............................644
    Resolving tax problems..........................................637
    Service contract and task order approval........................647
    Small disadvantaged business subcontracting.....................671
    Task or delivery order contracts................................666
    Technical data conformity.......................................681
    Unique item identification and property valuation...............659

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  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1915
  Indians..........................................................1753
  Nondiscrimination................................................1924
  Research and development................................675, 676, 934
  Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................707
  Small business subcontracting assistance.........................3734
  Subcontractors:
    Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1929
  Transportation rate determination................................3491
  Wage Determinations OnLine system................................1920
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Agents designated to accept legal process........................3686
  Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection............3598, 3599
  Appeals..........................................................3628
  Career and career-conditional employment...................3617, 3619
  Child care subsidy program for lower income employees............3681
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3640
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................812
  Classification appeals...........................................3591
  Competitive service and competitive status.......................3602
  Computer security......................................753, 785, 3647
  Contract employees:
    Background investigations......................................3055
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................3029
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3634
  Criminal investigators...........................................3596
  Defense of tort suits............................................1897
  Defense personnel:
    Claims settlement.....................................619, 620, 621
  Detail between Executive Branch and Legislative Branch...........3620
  DHS human resources management system......................1071, 3668
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3637
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3638
  DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................782
  Drug-free workplace requirements.....629, 828, 830, 1067, 1909, 2051, 
                                     3002, 3035, 3463, 3529, 3697, 3739
  Employee surveys.................................................3608
  Employment discrimination..................................3458, 3459
  Employment of relatives..........................................3622
  Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3603
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................1894
    CSOSA employees................................................3037
    DOD employees...................................................626
    PBGC employees.................................................3701
  Examining system.................................................3607
  Excepted service:
    Career and career-conditional employment.......................3617
    Operational procedures.........................................3581
    Presidential Management Intern Program.........................3619
    Temporary organizations........................................3618
  Extended assignment incentives...................................3633
  Federal executive boards.........................................3667
  Federal mail management..........................................3469
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3570
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................604
  Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3604
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension...629, 1067, 1909, 2051, 2414, 3002, 3035, 3463, 3529, 
                                                       3688, 3697, 3739
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3594
    Children's equity..............................................3644
    Effective dates................................................3682
    Enrollment regulations.........................................3645
    FEHBP changes..........................3615, 3646, 3649, 3650, 3664
    Financial sanctions of health care providers...................3683
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3631, 3666
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3643
    Physician's comparability allowances...........................3680
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3655
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................786
  Information technology exchange program..........................3653
  Intermittent.....................................................3585
  Investigations...................................................3670
  Job grading reviews..............................................3628
  Leave regulations................................................3592
  Life insurance...................................................3614
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3601
    Premiums.......................................................3687
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3687
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3584
  OPM regulations rewrite..........................................3616
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3586
  Part-time........................................................3585
  Pay rates:
    Administration...........................................3596, 3678
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3590
    Locality-based comparability payments....................3627, 3675
    Official duty station determinations...........................3674
    Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.....1281
    Pay retention..................................................3654
    Post differentials.............................................3679
    Premium pay limitations........................................3630
    Prevailing rate systems......................3629, 3676, 3677, 3685
    Regulation amendments..........................................3592
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3593
    Within-grade increases.........................................3595
  Performance appraisal systems....................................3590
  Performance management...........................................3673
  Personal financial interests.....................................3574
  Personnel management in Federal agencies.........................3671
  Post-employment conflict of interests............................3575
  Posting regulations..............................................3652
  Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3619
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3626
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3605
  Privacy procedures for personnel records.........................3619
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3606
  Promotion and internal placement.................................3672
  Public safety officers...........................................1901
  Purchases of property sold by GSA................................3487
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3621
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3624
  Reemployment...............................................3587, 3597
  Relocation costs.........................3473, 3492, 3502, 3674, 3827
  Repayment of student loans.................................3610, 3611
  Research programs and demonstration projects.....................3684
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    OPM......................................................3651, 3657
  Restriction of DOE access authorizations..........................788
  Retention allowances.............................................3632
  Retirement:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3612
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3636, 3663
    Credit for military service....................................3662
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3642
    Debt collection................................................3658
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3659

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    FERS basic annuity.......................................3641, 3661
    FERS coverage elections........................................3613
    Record retention...............................................3660
    State income tax withholding...................................3600
  Salary offset..................................2460, 3495, 3750, 3794
  Seasonal.........................................................3585
  Security standards...............................................3669
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3580
  Senior Executive Service:
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3609
    Pay and performance awards...............................3609, 3623
  Standards of conduct...811, 1058, 3509, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3576, 3693, 
                                                       3694, 3737, 3746
  Strategic human capital management assessment....................3583
  Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3648
  Temporary and term employment....................................3635
  Temporary change of station..........................3619, 3625, 3674
  Testifying and providing records in litigation.............2381, 3541
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3579
  Training.........................................................3588
    Agency reporting requirements............................3589, 3665
  Travel cost appeals..............................................3492
  Travel regulations.......................3482, 3483, 3496, 3499, 3500
  Veterans recruitment appointments................................3582
  Voluntary separation incentive payments..........................3656
  Withholding of State and local income taxes......................2456
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Agricultural....................................................288
    Architect-engineer threshold for small business set-asides......662
    Berry Amendment.................................................680
    Blanket Purchase Agreements....................................3823
    Buy American Act requirements.......................691, 3813, 3834
    Commercial items...............................641, 652, 3808, 3815
    Compensation for personal services.............................3811
    Competition requirements...................................640, 664
    Conflicts of interest...........................................654
    Cost accounting standards administration.......................3805
    Cost principles.......673, 3803, 3807, 3810, 3811, 3812, 3825, 3840
    Debarment.................................................654, 3476
    Defense Priorities and Allocation System.......................3481
    Definitions clause.............................................3828
    Department of Homeland Security................................1070
    Department of State......................................2009, 2021
    Depreciation cost principle....................................3837
    DFARS modification.....632, 633, 635, 636, 639, 640, 641, 646, 651, 
           653, 654, 661, 662, 664, 665, 669, 670, 672, 673, 674, 677, 
                                 679, 680, 682, 683, 688, 689, 690, 691
    DOE...............................800, 801, 802, 804, 805, 806, 807
    DOL............................................................1970
    DOT............................................................2033
    Electronic representations and certifications..................3817
    End items.......................................................688
    Environmental services for military installations...............653
    EPA................................................3044, 3049, 3056
    Excluded Parties List System...................................3826
    Fabrics and fibers..............................................690
    Federal Business Opportunities vendor notification service.....3479
    Federal Prison Industries................................3833, 3841
    Federal Procurement Data System................................3844
    Fish, shellfish, or seafood products............................651
    Free Trade Agreements.....................................679, 3830
    Gains and losses...............................................3803
    Geographic use of the term United States........................635
    GSA................................................3475, 3476, 3481
    HUD............................................................1474
    Improper business practices.....................................654
    Information technology.........................................3498
    Insurance and pension costs....................................3838
    Insurance information...........................................674
    Laws inapplicable to commercial subcontracts....................661
    Maintenance and repair costs...................................3812
    Major systems acquisition.......................................672
    Memorandum of understanding with Sweden.........................691
    Mentor-Protege Program....................................639, 3832
    Missile Defense Agency.........................................3845
    Multiyear contracting authority............................653, 689
    NASA....3505, 3506, 3512, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3519, 3521, 3523, 3525, 
                                     3526, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3534, 3536
    National Nuclear Security Administration...................752, 789
    Order placement with debarred or suspended contractors.........3836
    Payment withholding............................................3804
    Penalties for unallowable costs................................3825
    Plain language rewrite.........................................3809
    Printing and duplicating through the Government Printing 
        Office.....................................................3822
    Procedures, guidance, and information...........................677
    Procurement list...............................................3818
    Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................633
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............803
    Reimbursement of relocation costs on a lump-sum basis..........3827
    Sealed bidding..................................................665
    Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.........3819
    Small business specialist review................................670
    Special emergency procurement..................................3831
    Training and education.........................................3807
    Transportation industry practices..............................3829
    Unique contract and order identifier numbers...................3843
    Unsolicited proposals..........................................3842
    USAID....................................................3017, 3020
    Veterans Affairs...............................................2954
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts..............................................218, 234
  Foreign currency use.............................................2457
  Government-unique standards......................................3578
  Historic preference..............................................3477
  HUBZone program..............................................18, 3470
  Level of effort..................................................3043
  Lobbying restrictions......................................1068, 3820
  Recycled products................................................3375
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3059
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3578
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3468
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............794
  FERC fee schedule for use of government lands....................4087
  NASA property........................................3513, 3526, 3530
  Purchase by GSA employees........................................3487
  Transfer of excess property to institutions.......................289
  Use of Government aircraft for travel............................3482
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3471
Government property management:
  Debt collection......................................3493, 3494, 3495
  Mandatory review procedures......................................1496
  Motor vehicles.............................................3480, 3524
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3485, 3486
  Personal property management.........................3474, 3497, 3501
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3484
  Supply and procurement...........................................3472
  Telecommunications management....................................3488
Government publications:
  Publication of Army rules affecting the public....................692
Government securities:
  See Bonds

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Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Analytical services fees..........................................135
  Disguising quality................................................133
  Divider tolerances................................................130
  Inspection and weighing service fees..............................134
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
  Process verification service......................................129
  Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................131
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations...........................................3028
  CNCS regulations...........................................3031, 3036
  DOD Grant and Agreement regulations...............................609
  DOE financial assistance regulations..............................810
  Faith-based organizations' participation in Justice Department 
      programs.....................................................1900
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1371
  Freedom of information...........................................1968
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1386
  IMLS.............................................................3557
  Learn & Serve regulations........................................3028
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision....3503, 3504, 
                                     3507, 3518, 3527, 3528, 3535, 3537
  Research grants...................................................934
  Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
  State cemetery grants............................................3014
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1910
  Victims of crime...........................................1905, 1911
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions..........................................91
  Agricultural innovation centers...................................259
  Broadband program.................................................267
  Energy efficiency.................................................252
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund.....................................92
  High energy cost rural communities................................266
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................242
  Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........244
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................247, 254
  Rural business investment program.................................249
  Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs.......................260
  Rural economic development........................................253
  Technical assistance and training.............................98, 268
  Value-added producer grants.......................................259
  Wastewater programs...............................................273
  Water programs...............................................262, 273
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations........................................618
  Application regulations...........................................736
  Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........748
  Eligibility regulations......................................739, 745
  Freedom of Information............................................618
  Impact Aid programs...............................................743
  Magnet Schools Assistance Program.................................751
  National Security Education Program...............................613
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3433
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3403
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................1908
  Water quality cooperative agreements.............................3438
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1056
  Charitable Choice program.........................................829
  Limitation on administrative expenses.............................921
  NIH center grants.................................................933
  NIH training grants...............................................924
  Operation of qualified high risk pools...........................1038
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1404
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1464
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1469
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1468
    Regulation revisions...........................................1466
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1464
    Small cities and insular areas programs........................1467
  Community services block grant program:
    Charitable Choice provisions...................................1055
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1401
  Electronic submission of grant applications......................1394
  Empowerment zones and enterprise communities.....................1463
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1479, 1487
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1409
  State homes for veterans.........................................2957
  Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1397
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................1906
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1479, 1487
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   1910
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1777
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1522
  Wetland Program Development Grants...............................3438
Grant programs-transportation:
  Buy America requirements.........................................2286
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................2038
Grants administration:
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1591
  Disaster assistance................................................42
  Drug-free workplace requirements....629, 1909, 2051, 3529, 3697, 3739
  Jobs For Veterans Act............................................2002
  Nondiscrimination........................1826, 2022, 3032, 3544, 3549
  Uniform administrative requirements............1059, 1409, 2955, 3019
Grazing lands:
  Authority to grant stays of decisions............................1498
  Conservation.....................................................1771
  Grassland Reserve Program.........................................284
  National Forest System.......................................198, 211
  Navajo Partitioned Lands.........................................1718
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1237
  Maintenance fees...........................................2383, 2384
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1056
  Mortgage eligibility.............................................1440
  NAHASDA housing assistance.......................................1493
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Aircraft carriage................................................2312
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2316
  Cargo tank requirements....................................2314, 2343
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................2301
  Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2176
    Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1318
  Explosive materials........................................1327, 2347
  FAA material recognition training................................2086
  Fees for security threat assessments on drivers..................1304
  Harmonization with UN recommendations......................2321, 2340
  Hazard communication requirements................................2332

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  Hazardous waste manifest rule....................................3377
  Incident reporting...............................................2331
  Infectious substances............................................2321
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2330
  International standards..........................................2345
  Lighters and lighter refills.....................................2318
  Lithium batteries................................................2334
  Maritime carriers................................................1206
  Motor carriers.............................................2167, 2314
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2313
  Packaging........................................................2319
  Penalty guidelines...............................................2346
  Radioactive materials......................................2344, 4225
  Regulation revisions...............2317, 2326, 2339, 2341, 2349, 2350
  Security.............................................2309, 2320, 2342
  Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2309
  Uranium ore......................................................1898
  Visual cylinder requalification requirements.....................2351
  Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3381
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
           Radioactive materials
  Air pollutants...853, 3069, 3075, 3076, 3084, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3110, 
           3112, 3143, 3145, 3146, 3156, 3159, 3180, 3194, 3195, 3200, 
           3212, 3213, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3237, 3241, 3243, 3248, 3250, 
           3251, 3252, 3254, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3267, 3268, 
                               3269, 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3291, 3345
    Delisting..........................................3089, 3122, 3166
  Albuterol.........................................................853
  Asbestos...................................................1958, 3338
  Beryllium........................................................1973
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3407
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules......................................3333, 3345
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3324
  Chromium...................................................1979, 3218
  Crystalline silica.........................................1956, 1972
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3405
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3325
  Drinking water regulations..........847, 3420, 3442, 3443, 3451, 3454
  Enzymes and proteins.............................................3322
  Ethylene oxide.................................1971, 3119, 3167, 3209
  Extremely hazardous substance list.........................3355, 3358
  Glycol ethers..............................................1997, 3186
  Halogenated solvents.............................................3214
  Hydrochloric acid................................................3124
  Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................3111
  Isocyanates......................................................3150
  Lead...................3069, 3212, 3319, 3321, 3340, 3342, 3351, 3352
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3821
  Metals...........................................................3346
  Metals from electroplating operations............................3393
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3073
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3224, 3449
  Natural rubber latex.............................................3876
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2029
  Ozone depleting substances...........................3092, 3120, 3282
  Perchloroethylene..........................................3087, 3279
  Pesticides.................................................3305, 3307
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................3308
    Emergency exemption regulations................................3304
    Endangered species regulation.............................496, 1533
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3305
    Rules of practice..............................................3315
    Worker protection standards..............................3299, 3306
  Pipeline safety standards................2315, 2325, 2329, 2336, 2337
  Pollution contingency plan.......................................3409
  Protection of human research subjects............................3314
  Radon............................................................3446
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3388
  Releases on public land..........................................1780
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3354
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3384
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3095, 3205
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3861
  Surface coatings.................................................3073
  Threshold planning quantity......................................3355
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3346
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3362
    Coal...........................................................3363
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3356
    Metal mining...................................................3365
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3364
    Reporting requirements...................................3359, 3365
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3361
  Uranium..........................................................1898
  Water pollution control....................................3420, 3427
Hazardous waste:
  Benzene..........................................................3277
  Carbamates.......................................................3404
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3380
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3385
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3382
    Radioactive waste........................................3293, 3296
  Dyes and pigments................................................3379
  Groundwater contamination........................................3272
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3367, 3368, 3372
  Lead.............................................................3341
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3395
  Manifest regulations.............................................3377
  Permit program...................................................3374
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3330, 3344
  Radioactive waste................................................4211
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................4212
    Dose methodology...............................................3295
    Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a 
        geologic repository........................................4209
    List of approved spent fuel storage casks...4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 
                                                                   4234
  Recycling........................................................3380
  Requirements revision............................................2335
  Solid waste................................................3369, 3394
  Solvents.........................................................3392
  Toxic waste site.................................................3324
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3391
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3370
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3401
  Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing.......3396
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged

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Health:
  See Alcohol abuse
      Drug abuse
      Drugs
      Health care
      Health facilities
      Health insurance
      Health professions
      Health records
      Individuals with disabilities
      Medical and dental schools
      Medical devices
      Medical research
      Mental health programs
      Nutrition
      Occupational safety and health
      Public health
      Radiation protection
Health care:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
  Ambulance services.....................................996, 999, 1039
  Anti-kickback provisions.....................................813, 817
  Financial sanctions of providers.................................3683
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................816
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1038
  Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank.....................821
  Home health agencies..............................................941
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1006
    Nondiscrimination in post-hospital referral....................1023
    Prospective payment system......................................985
  Human cellular and tissue-based products.....................865, 900
  Inmate fees......................................................1808
  Nondiscrimination.................................................818
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network................914, 915
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems.................870
  Physicians' referrals.............................................964
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges.......................................................820
  Protection of human research subjects........................935, 939
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................817
  Underserved areas.................................................913
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program....................................................2973
    Advanced health care planning..................................2956
    Copayments for extended care services..........................2961
    Filipino veterans..............................................2930
    Non-VA service and care..................................2959, 2965
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2927
    Presumptions of service connection.............................2936
    Priorities for medical services................................2960
    Reasonable charges for care or services..................2996, 2998
    Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously 
        liable third parties.......................................2997
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2963
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1950
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................954
    List of covered procedures......................................971
  Federally qualified health centers................................813
  Fire safety requirements.........................................1004
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3643
    Hospice service.................................................960
    Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances.......1864
  Physician referrals for health services...............987, 1009, 1045
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities................975, 1013
  Skilled nursing facilities........................................978
  Use of restraint and seclusion.........................951, 975, 1016
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2750
    Special enrollment rules.......................................2750
  Benefit-specific waiting periods..................................953
  Calculation of average cost of a policy...........................918
  CHAMPUS:
    Appeals and hearings procedures.................................726
    Authorized providers............................................727
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................718
    Double coverage.................................................717
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................715
    Individual Case Management Program..............................720
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......719
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................714
    Pharmacy Benefits Program.......................................733
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................716
    Regulation amendments...........................................723
    Special supplemental food and nutrition education program.......734
    TRICARE.......713, 721, 722, 724, 725, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733
  Claims attachment standard........................................949
  Continuation coverage notification...............................1955
  District of Columbia employees...................................3638
  Employer based group health plans................................1955
  Federal enforcement..............................................1003
  Government employees...3615, 3645, 3646, 3649, 3650, 3664, 3680, 3682
    Acquisition regulations........................................3838
    Children's equity..............................................3644
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3631, 3666
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3643
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.........945, 1026
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3594
    Bona fide wellness programs....................................2758
    Church plans...................................................2757
    Civil money penalties...........................................823
    Code set revisions..............................................972
    Electronic transactions and code set standards..................956
    Exemption for non-Federal governmental plans....................979
    Health care access, portability and renewability...............1947
    Nondiscrimination............................1951, 2756, 2757, 2758
    VA implementation..............................................3009
  Health plan identifiers...........................................945
  Nondiscrimination regulations....................................1024
  Portability...........................................955, 1012, 2750
  Provider identifiers.............................................1026
  Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3760
  Retirement benefits..............................................3457
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments......................................................990
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........154
    Extended availability of unexpended funds.......................989
    Payment error rate measurement..................................959
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers........................................2017
  National Practitioner Data Bank..............................912, 922
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1122, 1939
  Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4145
  Physicians:
    DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1851
    Fee schedule...............................................962, 986

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    Health services referrals......................964, 987, 1009, 1045
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1121
    VA medical opinions rules......................................3012
  Professional shortage areas.......................................913
  Provider identifiers.............................................1026
Health records:
  Photocopy expenses...............................................1030
  Prescription release rule........................................4145
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3749
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1804
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients.......................................866
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1007
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................2170
  Indian highway safety program....................................1709
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2182
  Motor carrier regulations..........2143, 2151, 2167, 2170, 2172, 2186
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2140
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision................................................2138
    Signing to assist motorists in locating 24-hour pharmacy 
        services...................................................2142
  Work zone safety.................................................2139
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Contract administration..........................................2150
  Federal lands highway program:
    Forest highways program........................................2147
    Indian reservations road program...................1715, 1721, 2145
    Park roads and parkways program................................2144
    Refuge roads program...........................................2146
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2744
  Interstate system................................................2149
  National Forest System road management policy.....................235
  Real property acquisition........................................2141
  Relocation assistance............................................2141
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................696
  Certification of historic structures.............................1679
  Import restrictions on archaeological material originating in 
      Honduras.....................................................2419
  National Historic Preservation Act amendments....................3016
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1674
  Tribal lands.....................................................1696
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1804
Hogs:
  Import restrictions................................................52
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment.....................................70
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control.......4112, 4113, 4114, 4118, 4122, 4123, 4129
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4284
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4236
Homeless:
  VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program.................2964
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1762
Honey:
  Honey wines......................................................2514
Horses:
  Brucellosis indemnity..............................................62
Hospice care:
  Hospice wage index................................................982
  Medicare conditions of participation..............................944
  Medicare policies................................................1008
  Requirements for long-term care facilities........................960
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................714
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services......................................1007, 1015
    Organ transplantation centers...................................943
    Patients' rights...............................................1025
    Requirements of.................................................961
  Disproportionate share hospitals.................................1044
  DOT grants.......................................................2038
  Enhanced DSH treatment............................................968
  Enrollment in VA health care system..............................2962
  Grants administration...........................618, 1059, 1409, 3019
  Home health agency referral......................................1023
  Inpatient prospective payment system..............................983
  Inpatient psychiatric facilities............................975, 1013
  Inpatient rehabilitation facility classification.................1042
  Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system...............984
  Institutions for mental disease..................................1044
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1949
  Medicare:
    Coinsurance amounts............................................1035
    Extended care services coinsurance........................994, 1035
    Inpatient deductible......................................994, 1035
    Long-term care prospective payment system.................974, 1043
    Outpatient prospective payment system...............957, 1020, 1033
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement..................993, 1037
  Mortgage insurance...............................................1427
  Patients' rights.................................................1016
  Wage index classification........................................1046
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency............................................754, 771
  Test procedures...................................................763
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...................................1423
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4097
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1404
  Civil penalties for violations:
    Distribution of tax credit proceeds............................1444
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1464
    Regulation revisions...........................................1466
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1464
  Competitive sales procedures.....................................1421
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1401

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  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1430
  Electronic document retention....................................1410
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................762, 770
  Equal employment opportunity regulations.........................1402
  Equal protection of the laws for faith-based and community 
      organizations................................................1406
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Appraiser Watch Initiative.....................................1460
    Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate 
        brokers....................................................1422
    Electronic endorsement of mortgages............................1455
    Inspector roster...............................................1457
    Quality control plans..........................................1429
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1448
  Hawaiian Natives:
    Mortgage eligibility...........................................1440
    NAHASDA assistance.............................................1493
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1399, 1405
  Housing counseling program.......................................1420
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program:
    Regulations....................................................1465
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1474
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1479, 1487
  Lead-based paint.....................................3319, 3341, 3351
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1443
  Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1426
  Migrant farmworker projects..................................107, 108
  Multifamily:
    Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement......1437
    Closing forms and documents....................................1414
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1425
    Housing bonds..................................................2623
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act...............1453
    Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1400
    Previous participation certification...........................1439
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1492
  One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1424
  Participation of religious organizations in HUD Native American 
      programs.....................................................1480
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information.........................................1453
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................104
    Loan policies....................................................99
    Loans and grants...........................................104, 105
    Multiple-family housing.........................................104
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................100
    Planning and performing construction............................101
    Rental housing.............................................104, 106
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program.............1461
  Specially adapted housing for disabled veterans............2934, 2990
  Streamlining regulations..........................................104
  Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1438
  Supportive Housing Programs................................1451, 1462
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1431
  Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1397
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured homes construction standards........................1435
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1433
  Manufactured housing installation program........................1432
  On-site construction.............................................1436
Human research subjects:
  Protection of......304, 627, 737, 738, 875, 935, 938, 939, 940, 2966, 
                                     3022, 3057, 3314, 3520, 3564, 3874
  Student rights...............................................735, 749
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds........1534, 1558, 1568, 1577, 1578, 1596, 1618, 1664
  National Wildlife Refuges........................................1550
  Standards for tree stands........................................3868
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................504
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................505


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification.............................................1353
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1087
  Affidavit of support.............................................1110
  Appeal fees......................................................1100
  Asylum procedures:
    Frivolous applications.........................................1101
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1084
  Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1066
  Automated inspection service.....................................1267
  Benefit application fee..........................................1165
  Cancellation of removal....................................1870, 1872
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1129
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1091
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................1285
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1351
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1149
  Employment:
    Authorization eligibility......................................1101
    Employer sanctions.............................................1367
    Employment creation petitions..................................1167
    Verification requirements................................1162, 1168
  Exchange visitors:
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System....................1356
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1092
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1871
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1262
  Fingerprinting certain applicants....................1120, 1173, 1178
  Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1106
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1340
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1154
  Inadmissibility..................................................1077
  Increasing number of officers authorized to issue notices to 
      appear and arrest warrants for violations....................1368
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures......................................1148
  Intercountry adoptions.....................................1085, 1176
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1341
  International broadcasters.......................................1131
  International matchmaking organization requirements........1078, 1868
  Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service 
      decisions....................................................1097
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines.........................................1876
  Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens...1354
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1134, 1136, 1872
  List of recognized American institutions of research.............1143
  Payment of fees methods....................................1174, 1364
  Powers and authorities of officers and employees.................1342
  Preinspected automated lane program..............................1259
  Protective orders in administration proceedings..................1874
  Representative registry..........................................1875
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1119
  Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1280
  Surety bonds...............................................1344, 1369
  Suspension of deportation............................1114, 1870, 1872
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1115
  User fee remittance..............................................1279
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1249

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  Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1146
  Withholding of adjudication......................................1150
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Apparel articles..................................................307
  Archaeological material originating in Honduras..................2419
  Arms-related items...............................................1830
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............59
  Beluga sturgeon..................................................1559
  Bigeye tuna..................................................472, 478
  Bluefin tuna......................................................478
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1290
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention...............72, 79, 904
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1583
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3327, 3335, 3336
    Reporting requirements for controlled substances...............1854
  Cigarette papers and tubes.................................2510, 2513
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3332
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1858
  Dairy products......................................................4
  Disposable cigarette lighters....................................3877
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2393
  Duty-free entry...................................................307
  Eggs..............................................................178
  Endangered and threatened species..........................1559, 1561
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings........................................1835
  Food products.....................................................873
  Fruits and vegetables..................................53, 54, 69, 80
  Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................3197
  Icelandic eiderdown..............................................1603
  Marine mammal products............................................454
  Meat and meat products........................................52, 177
  Milk and milk products.............................................74
  Motor vehicles.......................................2218, 2256, 3175
    Canadian.......................................................2228
    Commercial.....................................................2245
  Orchids............................................................89
  Parrots..........................................................1592
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables...............71
  Pine shoot beetle host material....................................66
  Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2375
  Plants.............................................................55
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1526
  Poultry products..................................................178
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2536
  Seeds..............................................................81
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2396
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2412, 2413
  Steel products....................................................308
  Swordfish....................................................472, 478
  Textiles.........................................................2369
  Tobacco products..................................8, 2508, 2510, 2513
  Tuberculosis risk classification...................................76
  Uniform rules of origin..........................................2374
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2395
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico....................................58
  Veterinary user fees...............................................84
  Wheat..............................................................65
  Wild birds.................................................1544, 1592
  Wildlife...................................................1512, 1625
  Wood packing materials.............................................64
  Wool:
    Refund of duties paid on select products.......................2418
    Worsted wool fabrics............................................306
Income taxes:
  Accelerated cost recovery system.................................2786
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2848
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2866
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2767
  Active conduct of an insurance company defined...................2881
  Active trade or business requirement.............................2692
  Adjustment periods...............................................2801
  Advance rental income............................................2800
  Agents definition................................................2885
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2625
  Allocation of basis to distributes following a reorganization 
                                                                   2657
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2843
  Apportioning interest expense....................................2888
  Asset ownership..................................................2851
  Authorized placement agency......................................2754
  Automated substitute for return............................2823, 2872
  Below-market loans...............................................2681
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2658
    Multifamily housing............................................2623
    Private activity...............................................2735
    Qualified zone academy bonds.............................2673, 2907
    Tax exempt bond partnerships...................................2656
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments...2771, 2822
  Branch remittances...............................................2587
  Brief asset holding period.................................2720, 2721
  Cancellation of indebtedness...............................2759, 2809
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2842
  Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate 
      years........................................................2776
  Carryover allocation.............................................2892
  Charitable contributions.........................................2846
  Check the box regulations..................................2624, 2890
  Claims against decedent's estate.................................2671
  Collecting child support arrears through the Federal Tax Refund 
      Offset.......................................................1051
  Collection after assessment......................................2680
  Collection at source to statutory stock options..................2770
  Collection due process.....................................2654, 2655
  Collections:
    Installment agreements.........................................2596
    Levied property................................................2856
  Communications excise tax........................................2581
  Computation of tax attributes....................................2809
  Confidential transactions..................................2908, 2909
  Consolidated groups:
    Application of section 108.........................2821, 2826, 2910
    Computation of taxable income............................2827, 2914
    Continuation of................................................2889
    Duplicate tax benefits.........................................2795
    Loss limitation rules..............................2640, 2772, 2912
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2617, 2739
    Interest income................................................2663
    Regulation amendments..........................................2862
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2859
  Contingent at closing escrows....................................2814
  Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2670, 
                                                                   2832
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax........................................2843
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2614
    Continuances.............................................2719, 2834
    Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis..................2691
    Estimated tax..................................................2608
    Gain on stock distributions....................................2761
    Interest on large corporate underpayments......................2708
    LIFO recapture...........................................2676, 2718
    No net equity value transactions...............................2688
    Prohibited allocation of securities............................2818
    Reorganizations....................................2717, 2871, 2898

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    S corporations...................2664, 2665, 2693, 2710, 2818, 2860
    Taxable stock transactions.........................2682, 2803, 2911
  Cost sharing.....................................................2633
  Cross-border transactions..................................2626, 2724
  Current liability interest rate............................2700, 2701
  Custodial account contributions..................................2641
  Debt instruments.................................................2740
  Deductions from intangible property..............................2760
  Dependent care credit............................................2649
  Depreciation computation...................................2815, 2902
  Depreciation of vans and light trucks............................2820
  Designated or related summons....................................2825
  Determination of residency in U.S. possessions...................2686
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2778
  Disclosure of return information.................................2615
  Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2690
  Disqualified person..............................................2714
  Distributions of property........................................2789
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2610
  Dual consolidated losses.........................................2699
  Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2864
  Electronic filing of business returns......................2813, 2905
  Electronic filing of duplicate Forms 5472..................2828, 2916
  Electronic payee statements......................................2882
  Electronic tax administration....................................2630
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2736
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2819
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2763
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2618
  Erroneous refunds:
    Abatement of interest..........................................2891
  Escrow funds...............................................2705, 2732
  Estimated tax regulations........................................2704
  Exempt organizations.............................................2794
  Extension of time for filing returns.............................2796
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2770
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act.........................2642, 2770, 2804
  Filing corrections...............................................2867
  Foreign corporations.................................2588, 2726, 2844
    Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2702
    Earnings and profits.....................................2841, 2847
    Foreign stapled corporations.............................2696, 2830
    Income rules...................................................2607
    Stock transfer rules...........................................2748
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2611
  Foreign governments..............................................2839
  Foreign insurance companies..........................2586, 2589, 2713
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2606
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2727
  Foreign tax credit.................2598, 2634, 2749, 2751, 2835, 2837
  Foreign tax expenditures.........................................2917
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2590
  Functional currency..............................................2841
  Gasoline tax claims..............................................2619
  General utilities repeal.........................................2729
  Generation skipping transfer tax deemed allocations..............2636
  Grantor..........................................................2851
  Guarantee fees...................................................2873
  Hand carry returns.........................................2632, 2895
  Highly compensated employee................................2604, 2731
  Income allocation................................................2760
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2858
  Income from sources within specified possession..................2621
  Installment obligations..........................................2870
  Insurance companies..............................................2762
    Attained age of the insured....................................2694
  Intangible assets creation costs.................................2887
  Interest.......................................2663, 2749, 2752, 2845
  Interest equivalent deduction election.....................2703, 2716
  Interest expense allocation......................................2893
  Interest other than that of a creditor...........................2774
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2730
  International communications income..............................2858
  International organizations......................................2839
  Investigative disclosures........................................2792
  Investment adjustment rules......................................2798
  Life insurance and annuity contract guidance...............2661, 2806
  Like-kind exchanges..................................2705, 2878, 2903
  Liquidation of an interest.......................................2643
  Losses:
    Separate limitation............................................2840
    Waiver of carryovers...........................................2798
  Low-income housing credit allocation certification...............2913
  Low-income taxpayer clinics......................................2884
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.......2650, 2667, 2880
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2766
  Mixed use output facilities......................................2865
  Multistep transactions...........................................2805
  New market tax credit................................2765, 2810, 2901
  NIMCRUT valuation regulations....................................2685
  Non-accrual experience method of accounting......................2799
  Non-shelter revisions............................................2627
  Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension 
      plans........................................................2807
  Normalization requirements.......................................2764
  North American Industry Classification System..............2711, 2712
  Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2812
  Notional principal contracts.....................................2808
  Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2835
  Obligation-shifting transactions.................................2622
  Offset of refund payments........................................2461
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities................................2753, 2899
    Capital account bookup.........................................2787
    Capital gains rollover.........................................2677
    Deemed dispositions of unrealized receivables and inventory 
        items......................................................2675
    Disguised sales................................................2674
    Equity for services............................................2651
    Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2788
    New markets tax credit allocation..............................2628
    Options........................................................2863
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2861
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2595
    Transactions involving long-term contracts.....................2780
    transactions involving partner's stock.........................2906
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................2755
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2606
  Payment in lieu of dividends.....................................2915
  Payments:
    No return of information required..............................2707
    Source of payments.............................................2853
  Payments in the nature of workers compensation...................2689
  Payments to attorneys......................................2603, 2742
  Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2583
  PFIC purging elections...............................2666, 2824, 2833
  Predeceased parent rule..........................................2672
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2612
  Principal residence seizure......................................2769
  Procedure and administration.....................................2728
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2768
  Public inspection of written determinations......................2698
  Qualified contract provisions....................................2706
  Qualified interests..............................................2644
  Qualified offers.................................................2876
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2653
    Foreign holders................................................2647
    Inducement fees................................................2897

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    Interest-only regular interests................................2585
    Tetra rules....................................................2679
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2852
  Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2779
  Refund offset for HHS debt collection.............................824
  Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation.............3496
  Relocation income tax allowance tax tables.......................3502
  Removal of section 6152 regulations..............................2904
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2592, 2781
  Requests for information.........................................2791
  Research credit............................................2783, 2883
  Residence sale or exchange.......................................2785
  Resident status..................................................2838
  Retirement annuity contributions.................................2641
  Retirement plans...............................2661, 2773, 2816, 2849
    Deemed IRAs..................................2584, 2638, 2639, 2697
    Exclusion of employees of 501(c)(3) organizations in 401(k) 
        and 401(m) plans...........................................2687
    Phased retirement program......................................2709
  Return preparation...............................................2894
  Safe harbor leases.........................................2868, 2869
  Section 179 elections............................................2678
  Section 59(e) elections..........................................2660
  Section 6048.....................................................2594
  Section 6159.....................................................2596
  Section 6343.....................................................2856
  Section 882......................................................2850
  Section 884......................................................2850
  Securities.................................................2593, 2733
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans.........2652
  Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2829
  Special depreciation allowance...................................2802
  Stacking rules...................................................2892
  Stewardship expenses.............................................2669
  Stock options..................................2582, 2777, 2811, 2817
  Stock transfer regulations.....................2605, 2874, 2875, 2896
  Straddles:
    Carrying charges...............................................2752
    Definition of loss.............................................2684
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2734
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2790
  Student FICA guidance............................................2683
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2637
  Substitute for return......................................2823, 2872
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2620
  Support test for children of divorced parents....................2695
  Swap transactions................................................2853
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.................................2635, 2892, 2913
    Puerto Rico....................................................2836
  Tax shelter penalties............................................2886
  Tax shelter rules................................................2775
  Taxable fuel entry.........................................2659, 2715
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2609
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2596, 2856
  Testimony authorizations.........................................2791
  Timely mailing treatment.........................................2631
  Toll telephone service definition................................2793
  Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, 
      or other intermediaries......................................2582
  Transfer of notes or stock to provide for satisfaction of 
      contested liabilities........................................2629
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2648
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2597
  Treatment of services............................................2797
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2741
    Distributions of loss corporation stock........................2900
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2855
    Foreign trusts.................................................2854
    Income definition..............................................2879
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2851
    Qualified severance regulations................................2668
    Reporting earned income........................................2705
  Underpayment...............................................2722, 2723
  Utility allowances...............................................2662
  Vested accrued vacation pay......................................2831
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................612
  Widely held fixed investment trusts..............................2781
  Withholding certificates.........................................2736
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2616
  Withholding from compensation of Federal employees...............2456
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1714
  Appeals from administrative actions..............................1710
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1713
  Child support enforcement........................................1053
  Electric power utilities.........................................1700
  Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands...4018
  Food assistance programs..........................................138
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program.......................1479, 1487
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1492
    Participation of religious organizations in HUD programs.......1480
  Migratory bird hunting regulations.........................1578, 1664
  National Environmental Policy Act................................4191
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......4179, 4180, 4182, 4186, 4187, 
                                                 4188, 4189, 4191, 4192
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1674
  Navajo generating station..................................3141, 3142
  Processing requests for reindeer by non-native Alaskans..........1717
  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument............................................1694
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4212
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program...1910
  Subsistence fishing.............................421, 1553, 1622, 1661
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1524, 
                                                       1571, 1616, 1624
  Transport of eagle feathers......................................1535
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1931
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................454
  Sale of handicrafts in National Park System......................1693
  Use of northern sea otter........................................1554
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1701
  Defense contract incentives..................................652, 684
  Gaming operations:
    Civil fines....................................................4192
    Debt collection................................................4183
    Facility licensing standards...................................4190
    Minimum internal control standards.............................4180
    Privacy Act procedures.........................................4181
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1702
    Technical standards for game classifications...................4182
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3740
  Loan guaranty, insurance, and interest subsidy...................1705
  Management contracts.............................................4186
  Net gaming revenue...............................................4187

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Indians-education:
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1719
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.......................3177, 3206
  Allotments.................................................1767, 1770
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3077
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2145
  Grazing permits..................................................1718
  Historic preservation programs...................................1696
  Indian highway safety program....................................1709
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations............27
  Irrigation projects..............................................1712
  Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1716
  Mining regulations...............................................1753
  National Forest System lands......................................198
  Oil and gas leasing..............................................1729
  Reservation proclamations........................................1704
  Roads program..............................................1715, 1721
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................197
  Water quality standards..........................................3408
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations..................................................1703
  Construction of jails............................................1906
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1720
  Hearings and appeals.......................................4184, 4193
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4185
  Use or distribution of judgment funds................1706, 1707, 1708
Indians-tribal government:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1056
  Tribal background investigations.................................4188
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.........................................3023
    FDIC regulations...............................................4066
    Forest Service trails...........................................204
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3025
    Outdoor recreation facilities...................................205
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1820
    Public rights-of-way...........................................3026
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment...3901
    Transportation.....................................2036, 2039, 2041
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2989
  Air carrier complaints...........................................2052
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2934
  Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3754
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1919, 1923
  Determination of.................................................3754
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1048
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3785
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2977
    Convulsive disorders...........................................3000
    Digestive system.........................................3001, 3766
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3786
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3752
    Growth impairment..............................................3788
    Hearing loss...................................................2982
    Hematological disorders........................................3757
    Hypertension...................................................2977
    Immune system..................................................3753
    Individual unemployability.....................................2967
    Malignant neoplasms............................................3003
    Mental disorders...............................................3755
    Multiple body systems..........................................3767
    Multiple scars.................................................2979
    Neurological.............................................3000, 3783
    Orthopedic system..............................................2999
    Respiratory disorders....................................2977, 3787
    Skin conditions................................................3796
    Special senses.................................................3782
    Vision.........................................................2968
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3780
  Homeownership assistance.........................................1490
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3768
  Motor vehicle modifications................................2210, 2269
  Naturalization application.......................................1148
  Nondiscrimination....................................3464, 3689, 3748
    Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1824
    Air travel.....................................................2032
    CNCS...........................................................3032
    Department of State programs...................................2022
    DHS programs...................................................1063
    DOT............................................................2053
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3748
    GSA............................................................3486
    Multifamily homeownership projects.............................1400
    NARA...........................................................3549
    OFHEO..........................................................3566
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1820, 1824
    State and local government services................1821, 1822, 1824
  Passenger vessel access....................................2028, 3024
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................3761
  Small veteran-owned businesses.............................3735, 3819
  Specially adapted housing eligibility for veterans...............2990
  SSA disability determination process.................3792, 3793, 3798
  SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3779
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1451
  Telecommunications relay services..........................3902, 3903
  Ticket to Work Program......................................958, 3758
  TRICARE benefits for family members of active duty service 
      members.......................................................729
  Video programming accessibility..................................3962
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program..................................................3773
    Referral for services..........................................3789
  Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain 
      naturalization applicants....................................1173
  Work Incentives Improvement Act............................1010, 3751
Industrial safety:
  See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
  See Business and industry
Infants and children:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child welfare
           Youth
  Aircraft child restraints........................................2114
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3870
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................3866
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3869
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1129
  Child Status Protection Act..........................1152, 1177, 2007
  Crib safety standards............................................3862
  Food assistance programs......................145, 149, 154, 157, 168
  Infant formula..........................................891, 892, 897
  Lead poisoning...................................................3352
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1949
  Motor vehicle restraint systems...2203, 2209, 2232, 2258, 2259, 2275, 
                                                             2282, 2287
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................148
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1202
  Poison prevention..........................................3860, 3867
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3864
  Television programming.....................................3977, 3978

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Information:
  See Archives and records
      Classified information
      Confidential business information
      Freedom of information
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Insecticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Institutional review boards:
  Registration requirements.........................................938
Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Mortgage insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3785
  Disaster assistance requirements.................................1388
  FCSIC regulation.................................................3898
  Substitution of investment funds underlying variable products 
                                                                   4288
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2367, 2368, 2382, 2411
Insurance companies:
  Active conduct defined...........................................2881
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2442
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2762
  Attained age of the insured......................................2694
  Quarterly survey of transactions with foreign persons........296, 297
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2467
  Theft loss reporting requirements for motor vehicles.............2255
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Air pollution control implementation.............................3225
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................760
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1102, 1878
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3509
  EPA............................................3152, 3377, 3427, 3431
  Food assistance programs..........................................149
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2330
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1102, 1878
  Automated Permit Port programs...................................1263
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1261
  Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1250, 1257, 1263
  Designated land border crossing locations........................1289
  Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection 
      Program......................................................1250
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Application process...............................................594
  Deposit account payments..........................................593
  DFARS regulations.................................................632
  Electronic routing of assignment documents........................600
  Fees:
    Handling applications filed without appropriate fees............596
    Paper processing fee............................................597
    Preliminary examination fees for international applications.....599
    Revisions..................................................592, 594
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................604
  Government-owned inventions:
    Licensing.......................................................602
  Intellectual property:
    Inter partes reexamination proceedings..........................598
  Mineral patent applications......................................1763
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................603
  Patent interferences..............................................589
  Patent surveys...................................................1269
  Patent term provisions............................................601
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................595
  Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development 
      Agreement.....................................................605
  Small businesses..................................................603
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........590
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3670
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1886
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4277
  Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2448
  Compliance programs..............................................4286
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4302
  Disclosure requirements..................4245, 4273, 4281, 4287, 4303
  EDGAR system requirements..................................4253, 4283
  Enhanced fund governance standards...............................4279
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4265
  Independent transmission companies...............................4267
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4274
  Money market fund investment.....................................4289
  Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4263
  Registration form and rules................................4262, 4265
  Small business investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3720
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3721
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3741
  Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution.............4276
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................1895
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4266
  Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility 
      holding companies............................................4268
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................290, 295
  Foreign direct investment in the U.S..............................293
  Guaranteed investment contracts..................................2877
  Investment advisers:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2443
    Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4270
    Codes of ethics................................................4272
    Commodity pool operators.......................................4285
    Compliance programs............................................4286
    Electronic filing........................................1953, 4271
    Political contributions........................................4269
    Principal transactions.........................................4259
    Proxy voting policies..........................................4245
    Registration of hedge fund advisers............................4261
    Thrift institutions............................................4260
  Mutual funds:
    Disclosure of breakpoint discounts.............................4275
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2437
  NCUA rules.......................................................4147
  Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance products.....4288
  U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................291
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1712

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                                   J

Juvenile delinquency:
  Checking aliens' records.........................................1178


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare conditions for coverage..................................942


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages..................................2521, 2530, 2537
  Alternative fuels................................................4135
  Blood and blood components........................................876
  Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities.............11
  Drugs...............................848, 849, 861, 864, 885, 890, 905
  Electronic submission of information..............................903
  Home insulation..................................................4137
  Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3867
  Latex condoms.....................................................855
  Malt beverages.............................................2526, 2539
  Pesticides.......................................................3305
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1970
  Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations to 
      participate in DOL social service programs...................1913
  Freedom of Information Act.................................1912, 1968
  Nondiscrimination................................................1969
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1916
  Standards of conduct for federal sector unions...................1921
Laboratories:
  Clinical laboratories regulation............................973, 1015
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1007
  Small business testing laboratories..............................3742
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............882
  Waste management.................................................3397
Land:
  See Grazing lands
      Indians-lands
      Public lands
      Rights-of-way
Law:
  See also Administrative practice and procedure
           Courts
           Indians-law
           Lawyers
  DOI proceedings..................................................1501
  Legal assistance provided by Navy to military members.............711
  Qualified offers.................................................2876
  Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......708
  Suits against Federal employees..................................1897
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................1907
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1883, 1887, 1888, 
                                                             1889, 3995
  Exchange of criminal history record information..................1882
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1506
  Forest Service....................................................201
  Indian country...................................................1703
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4185
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1827
  Retirement.......................................................3639
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens.................................1354
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1338
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................1894
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............1875
  Standards of conduct:
    National Indian Gaming Commission..............................4193
    SEC............................................................4322
  TTB regulations..................................................2538
Lead poisoning:
  Paint........................3319, 3321, 3340, 3341, 3342, 3351, 3352
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3339
Libraries:
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3556
  Grant program regulations........................................3557
  Presidential library facilities..................................3546
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3558
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2848
  Contract guidance................................................2806
  District of Columbia employees...................................3638
  Government employees.............................................3614
    Federal Acquisition Regulation...........................3601, 3838
    Premiums.......................................................3687
    Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3687
  Veterans:
    Annual risk allowance..........................................3005
Liquors:
  Dealers..........................................................2512
  Exports....................................................2532, 2549
  Labeling regulations.............................................2530
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals.....................................................1
  Assistance for producers...........................................26
  Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering 
      establishments.................................................82
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention....................75, 79
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer.....................61
  Commodity futures contract deliveries..............................13
  Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds...........902
  Ewe lamb incentive payment program.................................34
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................60
  Free choice medicated feed........................................907
  Indemnity programs.................................................62
  Interstate movement of sheep and goats.............................56
  Liquid medicated feed.............................................907
  Mandatory reporting program:
    Lamb amendment....................................................9
  Price reporting...................................................132
Loan programs:
  Fishing capacity reduction loans..................................451
  Maritime loan guarantee program..................................2355
  Medical research..................................................931
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision.....................2468, 2471
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....246, 248, 250, 255, 
                                                                    258
  Community programs............................................97, 103
  Conservation Reserve Program.......................................40
  Debt settlement...............................................36, 260
  Eligibility with prior debt forgiveness............................41
  Energy efficiency.................................................252
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Borrower rights................................................3894

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    Capital adequacy...............................................3885
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3892, 3893
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation................3882, 3883
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3880, 3881, 3887
    Governance of institutions.....................................3893
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3886
    Mission-related investments....................................3891
    Policies and operations...3880, 3881, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3895, 3896, 
                                                                   3897
    Priority of claims.............................................3879
    Regulatory burden..............................................3878
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3884
  Farm Loan Program:
    Past-due period..................................................38
    Regulatory streamlining..........................................21
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders.........................25
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................31
    Direct farm loan programs appraisal regulations..................44
    Eligibility for outside storage of extra long staple loan 
        cotton.......................................................45
    Extra long staple cotton loan adjustment for strength............46
    Interest assistance program......................................22
    Minor farm loan program..........................................39
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments..............25
    Subordination requirements.......................................25
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations...................................17
  Housing...........................................................245
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations............27
  Intermediary relending program....................................256
  National security emergency loans.................................251
  Regulation streamlining............................................21
  Rural economic development........................................253
  Rural housing......................................................99
  Rural Utilities Service:
    General and pre-loan policies...................................277
    Household water system program..................................272
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................257
  Settlement of debt................................................274
  Water programs....................................................262
  Workout agreement for delinquent borrowers........................103
Loan programs-business:
  SBA:
    Certified development company program..........................3723
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3726
    Small Business Lending Companies...............................3717
Loan programs-education:
  Eligibility regulations...........................................745
  Federal Employee Student Loan Assistance Act.....................3610
  Federal program regulations.......................................744
  Interest.........................................................2737
  Medical research..................................................932
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research...................................................926
    For clinical researchers........................................927
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................930
    Health disparities research.....................................929
    Pediatric research..............................................928
  OPM repayment regulations........................................3611
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1423
  Closing forms and documents......................................1414
  Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 
                                                                   1422
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3568
    Corporate governance...........................................3565
    High costs and predatory features..............................1408
    Minimum capital................................................3567
    Non-proprietary data...........................................1412
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1399, 1405
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1443
  Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance 
      enforcement..................................................1437
  Rural areas..............................................99, 105, 106
  Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program.............1461
Loan programs-veterans:
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2934
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...........................2950, 2981
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................2972
  Property management contractor delegation of authority...........3007
  Regulation amendments......................................2935, 2976
Lobbying:
  Restrictions.....................................................1068
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations....................................1978
  Security of insurance obligations................................1925
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Section 8:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1490
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1425
    Fair market rents..............................................1407
    Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1483
    Project-based voucher program..................................1491
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1434
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1481
    Streamlining HUD income exclusions.............................1411
  Tax credits..........................................2635, 2892, 2913
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See Tuberculosis


                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Construction standards...........................................1435
  Dispute resolution program.......................................1433
  Installation program.............................................1432
  Manufactured housing program:
    Minimum payments to states.....................................1452
  On-site construction.............................................1436
  State installation requirements..................................1417
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Alaska Transient Killer Whales....................................581
  Animal welfare standards...........................................48
  Atlantic large whale..............................................426
  Beluga whales.....................................................494
  Captive holding and transport.....................................492
  Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1526
  Incidental taking.................................................466
    Beaufort Sea polar bear and walrus.............................1650
    Bottlenose dolphin..............................................462
    Naval military readiness activities.............................465
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................460
    Rocket launch operations...................................459, 584
  Level B harassment...............................................1628
  List of fisheries.................................................498
  Manatee protection areas...................................1615, 1640
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................454
  National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank:
    Access to tissue specimen samples...............................495
  North Atlantic whale protection.........................376, 455, 491
  Northern sea otters..............................................1554

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  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1627
  Protection regulations...........................................1735
  Steller sea lions............................................453, 458
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................456
  Zero mortality rate goal..........................................497
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries........508
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................500
  National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................507
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................506
  Research program..................................................512
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1241
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1192
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................1243
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties....................1194
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1228
  Escort vessels for tankers...........................1213, 1217, 1235
  Identification credentials.......................................1240
  Marine events....................................................1182
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1184, 1202
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1229
  Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1225
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1189
  Restricted areas.............................................698, 701
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1210, 1236
  Standards for marine equipment...................................1188
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers....................................................1181
  Towing vessels...................................................1201
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities........23
  Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports............2352
  Carrier agreement regulations..............................4107, 4108
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................1243
  Communications.............................................3989, 4004
  Container security...............................................1337
  Electronic submission of information to MARAD....................2364
  Electronic transmissions and document submission...........1206, 4099
  Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1235
  Filing and service fees..........................................4101
  Hazardous substances.................................1206, 2340, 2345
  Income source rules..............................................2600
  Japanese vessels.................................................4104
  Loan guarantee program...........................................2355
  Maritime Security Program........................................2363
  Maritime Transportation Security Act.............................1302
  Merchant mariners..........................................1205, 1208
  Mobile radio services............................................3942
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.......................4103, 4110
  Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports........1206, 1232
  Ocean common carrier status......................................4100
  Operating agreements.......................................4102, 4106
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1183
  Right whale ship strike reduction.................................376
  Sensitive security information...................................2044
  Tariff of tolls..................................................2308
  Transportation of animals on international carriers................87
  Transshipment agreements.........................................4109
  Worker identification credential.................................1311
Marketing quotas:
  Tobacco....................................................24, 33, 43
Mass transportation:
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2041
  School bus operations............................................2306
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................189
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category..............................................3417
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................186
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................60
  Imports.......................................................52, 177
  Labeling.....................................................183, 185
  Lamb reporting regulations..........................................9
  Meat recovery systems.............................................189
  Nutrition labeling................................................169
  Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy....72, 79, 188, 
                                                                    904
  Rabbit grading......................................................5
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................179
  Emergency regulations.............................................188
  Mechanically separated products...................................189
  Performance standards:
    Bacon...........................................................170
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................184
  Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................190
  Trichinae Certification Program....................................50
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................954
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions..........963, 1041
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................154
  Drug rebate program.........................................988, 1018
  Extended availability of unexpended SCHIP funds...................989
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1038
  Managed care:
    Civil penalties.................................................822
  Organ procurement organizations...................................950
  Payment error rate measurement....................................959
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....951, 975, 
                                                                   1016
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships..................................................923
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................716
  Competitive bidding...............................................970
  Diagnostic x-ray systems..........................................870
  Informed consent regulations......................................840
  Medical gas containers and closures...............................888
  Power operated vehicles...........................................981
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................841
  Respiratory assist devices with bi-level capability and a back-
      up rate......................................................1021
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................831
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................869
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3317
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility................................931, 932
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................925

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  NIH education loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research...................................................926
    For clinical researchers........................................927
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................930
    Health disparities research.....................................929
    Pediatric research..............................................928
  Peer review.......................................................934
Medicare:
  Actuarial and premium rates.......................................995
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................954
    List of covered procedures......................................971
  Appeals process..............................................976, 980
  Benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in U.S........1040
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions..........963, 1041
  Clinical laboratories regulation............................973, 1015
  Competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment..............970
  Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity.....1010
  Coordination of retiree health benefits..........................3457
  Cost sharing regulations.........................................1019
  Coverage decisions..........................................997, 1029
  DMERC service areas..............................................1014
  Drugs:
    Advantage Program Title II......................................965
    Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006.......................967
    Employer-sponsored drug programs................................966
    Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data..........1022
    Monthly premiums and cost-sharing coverage.....................3762
    Payment regulations.......................................986, 1002
    Prescription Drug Discount Card Program.........................826
    Self-administration criteria...................................1034
  Electronic claims submission......................................977
  End-stage renal disease:
    Bad debt payment...............................................1028
    Conditions for coverage.........................................942
  Extended care services coinsurance...............................1035
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services...................................996, 999, 1039
    Physician payments.........................................962, 986
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................816
  Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1038
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation...............................941, 1006
    Prospective payment system......................................985
  Hospice care...........................................944, 982, 1008
  Hospitals:
    Coinsurance...............................................994, 1035
    Inpatient deductible......................................994, 1035
    Inpatient prospective payment system.......................983, 984
    Long-term care prospective payment system......................1043
    Organ transplantation centers...................................943
    Outpatient Prospective Payment System...............957, 1020, 1033
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement..................993, 1037
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...............1013
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties.................................................822
    Premium reductions.............................................1032
  Organ procurement organizations...................................950
  Overpayments and underpayments:
    Interest assessment............................................1011
  Photocopy expense reimbursement..................................1030
  Power operated vehicle requirements...............................981
  Prior determination process.......................................969
  Prospective Payment System..................................974, 1030
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1005
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals.........................................................952
  Publication of final regulations after a proposed or interim 
      final regulation..............................................991
  Quality improvement program contracts.............................992
  Random prepayment review.........................................1001
  Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage..........1027
  Rural health clinics..............................................947
  Secondary payer..................................................1000
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts..........................................819
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing.............978
  Statement of intent..............................................1031
  Supplementary Medical Insurance:
    Premium surcharge agreements...................................1036
    Rates..........................................................1036
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics..........948
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....951, 975, 
                                                                   1016
Mental health programs:
  Charitable Choice program.........................................829
  Group health plan benefit parity.................................1948
  Mental health parity..............................................998
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system.....................................1013
    Use of restraint and seclusion..................................975
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, 
      stones, or jewels............................................2449
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3427
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3365
Migratory birds:
  See Wildlife
Military arms sales:
  See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
  Claims settlement.................................................614
  Courts-martial manual regulations............................623, 712
  Criminal jurisdiction over personnel outside the US...............625
  Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of 
      scholarships or fellowships..................................2359
  Elimination of deemed military wages.......................3775, 3777
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3784
  Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................628
  Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................898
  Legal assistance provided by Navy.................................711
  Protection of human research subjects.............................627
  Reemployment.....................................................3597
  Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......708
  Retirement regulations...........................................3662
  Security policies for granting access to classified information...615
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................612
Milk:
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists.........74
Mine safety and health:
  Asbestos exposure limit..........................................1958
  Belt entry.......................................................1966
  Black Lung Benefits Act..........................................1930
  Diesel particulate matter exposure...............................1962
  Electrical products..............................................1961
  Fees for testing, evaluation and approval of mining products.....1963

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  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1957
  Respirable coal dust.......................................1964, 1965
  Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................1956
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3365
  Training standards for shaft and slope construction workers......1960
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................1964
    High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............1959
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure..................................................1742
  Fractions sale....................................................233
  Locatable minerals program........................................230
  Mineral patent applications......................................1763
  Mining claims..............................................1782, 1783
  Notice of intent for operations on National Forest System lands...229
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Federal consistency regulations.................................509
    Leasing regulations............................................1732
    Pipeline rights-of-way.........................................1747
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1747
    Safety requirements............................................1222
    Safety zones.................................1207, 1244, 1245, 1246
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1521
  Proprietary terms................................................1742
  Service order appeals............................................1726
  Valuation regulations............................................1746
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1722
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1722
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned............................................1749, 1750, 1757
  Claims or sites..................................................1774
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations....................................1752
  Ownership and control settlement rule............................1756
  Placement of excess soil.........................................1754
  Revegetation standards...........................................1751
  Surface management.........................................1755, 1782
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1916
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Hospitals........................................................1427
  Premium remittance period........................................1446
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.........1419, 1428, 1449
  Single-family:
    Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities 
                                                                   1403
    Default reporting..............................................1418
    Program revisions..............................................1416
    Property flipping prohibition..................................1441
  Up-front payments................................................1447
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rates.................................................1459
  Cooperative housing developments.................................1428
  Credit Watch Termination Initiative..............................1445
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1456
  Distribution of tax credit proceeds..............................1444
  Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4168
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Non-program investments and liquidity..........................3883
    Risk-based capital standards...................................3882
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages................1455
    Inspector roster...............................................1457
    Quality control plans..........................................1429
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1448
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3568
    Corporate governance...........................................3565
    High costs and predatory features..............................1408
    HUD regulation.................................................1396
    Minimum capital................................................3567
    Minimum face value requirement.................................1470
    Non-proprietary data...........................................1412
  Hawaiian homeland eligibility....................................1440
  Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1428
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for veterans..............2950, 2981
  Lender accountability for appraisals.............................1450
  Lender compliance and accountability.............................1413
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1415
  Loan originator registry.........................................1454
  Maximum insured mortgage limits..................................1458
  Mortgagee Review Board sanctions.................................1395
  Nondiscrimination................................................3566
  Predatory lending practices......................................1408
  Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally 
      supervised entities..........................................1395
  Servicing approval agreement.....................................1454
  Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1438
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3829
  Brake systems....................................................2239
  Cargo securement standards.......................................2166
  Commercial vehicles:
    Employee protections information...............................2159
    Federal motor vehicle safety standards.........................2175
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2238
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement..........................................1318, 2176
    Disqualifications..............................................2169
    Entry-level....................................................2168
    Hours of service regulations.............................2161, 2164
    Instructor training............................................2183
    Learner permits................................................2153
    Licensing......................................................2180
    Penalties......................................................2169
    Physical fitness...............................................2155
    Qualification requirements.....................................2154
    Safety performance history.....................................2184
    Training.................................................2168, 2183
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................2174
    Fuel systems...................................................2179
    Interstate school buses........................................2186
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2173
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2172
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2171
  Hazardous materials transportation...................1327, 2167, 2342
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2744
  Household goods transportation.............................2152, 2157
  In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................1297
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system.............................................2156

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  Inspection, repair, and maintenance........................2165, 2185
  Intermodal cargo containers................................2165, 2185
  Investigative authority..........................................2169
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2182
    Decal display requirements.....................................2160
    NAFTA..........................................................2181
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2158
  Qualifications to self-insure operations.........................2163
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2170
  Registration enforcement.........................................2177
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 
                                                                   1298
  Rules of practice................................................2169
  Safety fitness procedures..................................2151, 2162
  Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors................2189
  Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance recipients...2178
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2311
  Truck length, width, and weight............................2143, 2148
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels......................................760, 779, 4135
  Control regulations................3067, 3091, 3131, 3136, 3196, 3287
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3113
  Emission standards:
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3121
    Highway motorcycles............................................3281
    New motor vehicles.......................................3129, 3174
  Gasoline:
    Additives................................................3204, 3233
    Anti-dumping program...............................3101, 3172, 3183
    Reformulated.............................................3103, 3126
    Standards......................................................3184
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3175
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3123, 3228
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3171
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3098
  Motor vehicle and engine compliance fee program..................3257
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Add-on devices...................................................2270
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3870
  Brake systems:
    Allowing roll-bar during testing...............................2244
    Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2262
    Brake hoses....................................................2231
    Hydraulic parking brake........................................2239
    Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2246
  Child restraint systems.....2203, 2209, 2232, 2258, 2259, 2275, 2282, 
                                                                   2287
  Event data recorders.............................................2204
  Fire performance requirements....................................2268
  Frontal offset protection........................................2188
  Fuel system integrity............................................2205
  Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2240
  Imported vehicles................................................2228
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2276
    Daytime running lamps....................................2271, 2280
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2221
    Headlamp glare...........................................2197, 2249
    Motorcycles..............................................2198, 2273
    Performance and test requirement modifications.................2272
    Signal lamps...................................................2225
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2252
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2192
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2264
    Passenger-side systems.........................................2265
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2199
  Multi-stage vehicles.............................................2283
  Occupant crash protection:
    5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements....2250
    Air bags.....................................2261, 2274, 2281, 2291
    Designated seating position definition.........................2208
    Door retention.................................................2194
    Head/neck protection...........................................2227
    Side impact protection...................................2211, 2260
    Upper interior impact....................................2277, 2283
    Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2207
  Platform lift systems............................................2253
  Power-operated windows.....................................2222, 2224
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2220
  Recalls:
    Reimbursement prior to.........................................2251
    Requirements for regional recalls..............................2217
  Regulation revisions.............................................2289
  Reporting of information and documents about potential defects..2219, 
                                                             2285, 2292
  Roof crashworthiness.......................................2193, 2230
  School buses:
    Seat mounted child restraints..................................2284
  Seat belts:
    Emergency locking retractor....................................2200
    Rear seats...............................................2248, 2270
    Seat adjustment position.......................................2270
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2190
  Test dummies:
    Adult size.....................................................2201
    Child size.....................................................2241
    EuroSID II.....................................................2206
    Female size....................................................2250
    Hybrid III...............................................2201, 2241
    SID-IIs side impact............................................2213
  Theft protection.................................................2215
  Tires:
    Disposition of replaced tires..................................2236
    Labeling requirements..........................................2256
    Pressure monitoring system.....................................2214
    Regulation revisions...........................................2257
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2234
    Rear impact guards.............................................2263
  Warning label for low speed vehicles.............................2247
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems......................................2229
  Alternatively fueled vehicles..............................2278, 3171
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor 
      vehicle sales................................................2430
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test...................................................2233
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2314
  Commercial:
    Importation....................................................2245
  Controls and displays............................................2235
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2266
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2424
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2223
  Defects..........................................................2223
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2278
  Fuel economy standards program...................................2267
  Government property management.............................3480, 3524
  High theft lines.................................................2290
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology...........................................2237
  Imports..........................................................3175
    Schedule of fees...............................................2218

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  Insurer theft loss reporting requirements........................2255
  Light trucks.....................................................3223
  Location and monitoring systems..................................3999
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2196
  Modifications to accommodate people with disabilities............2210
  Motorcycle regulatory definition.................................2212
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements.....................................2191
  National Driver Register.........................................2238
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1884
  Parts marking requirement........................................2279
  Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2230
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2202
    Width requirements.............................................2148
  Retroactive certification..................................2242, 2243
  Salvage regulations..............................................1890
  Small business size standards for new car dealers................3724
  Special purpose vehicles.........................................2195
  Theft data.......................................................2254
  Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2269
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Museums:
  See Libraries
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2371


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Capital regulations........................................2556, 2571
  Civil money penalties............................................2562
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures........2553, 2558, 
                                                 2561, 2562, 2573, 2577
  Determining nature of financial activities.......................2409
  Disclosure requirements..........................................2576
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2406, 2407
  Lending limits pilot program.....................................2563
  Maintenance of records...........................................2552
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2408
  Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2572
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................617
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Appeal regulations................................................212
  Climbing bolts in wilderness......................................213
  Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations.....223
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2147
  Fossil collecting.................................................236
  Free use approval.................................................226
  Grazing permits...................................................211
  Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
    Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......227
  Hydroelectric uses................................................232
  Land and resource management planning...................207, 224, 231
  National Fire Plan...............................................1662
  Notice of intent and/or plan of operations for locatable 
      mineral operations............................................229
  Off-highway vehicle prohibitions..................................210
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................205
  Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............215, 217
  Predator damage management........................................214
  Recreation event fees.............................................216
  Road management policy............................................235
  Roadless area conservation..............................208, 209, 240
  Sawtooth National Recreation Area:
    Increasing residential outbuilding size.........................206
  Small business land use...........................................200
  Special use authorizations........................................219
  Stewardship contracting projects..................................239
  Timber sales......................................................228
    Export and substitution restrictions............................203
  Trails accessibility guidelines...................................204
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................197
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................196
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.............................................2085
  Alaska park units................................................1690
  Apostle Islands......................................1681, 1682, 1683
  Boating and water use activities.................................1689
  Canyonlands National Park:
    Prohibition of motor vehicles..................................1699
  Ceremonies at First Division Monument............................1698
  Commercial use permits...........................................1684
  Cost recovery for special uses...................................1677
  Delaware Water Gap NRA:
    Commercial vehicle fees........................................1675
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2144
  Glacier Bay National Park:
    Vessel management..............................................1680
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management.................................................1695
  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations..........................................1781
  Historic preservation programs for tribal lands..................1696
  Ice augers.......................................................1683
  Off-road vehicles................................................1682
  Personal watercraft use.....1668, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1678, 
                                                 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688
  Presidio:
    Management.....................................................3703
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................1676
  Sale of Native American handicrafts..............................1693
  Service animal use...............................................1692
  Snowmobile use.......................................1681, 1691, 1697
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1694
National Register of Historic Places:
  See Historic preservation
National security information:
  See Classified information
National Wildlife Refuge System:
  See Wildlife refuges
Nationality:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Native Americans:
  See Hawaiian Natives
      Indians
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Pipelines
  Blanket sales certificates.......................................4079
  Creditworthiness standards for interstate pipelines..............4080
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4070
  Emergency reconstruction of interstate facilities................4076
  Liquified natural gas:
    Safety standards...............................................2348
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............4072
  Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act regulations....................4089
  Project cost and annual limits for pipelines.....................4088

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  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4078
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4067
  Valuation........................................................1731
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
  Conservation program information confidentiality..................285
  Conservation security program.....................................283
  Damage assessments...............................................1494
  Natural Resources Conservation Service:
    Equitable relief procedures.....................................286
  Resource management planning.....................................1765
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs..........................................1522
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................280
    Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3438
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system.............................................506, 2111
  Area navigation..................................................2100
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2108
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2110
  Transponder requirement..........................................2079
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2061
Navigation (water):
  Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1241
  Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational 
      Chart distribution............................................510
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1228
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2329
  Puget Sound......................................................1225
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1218
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1185
  Updating technical information...................................1239
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................3983
Noise control:
  Overflights of national parks....................................2085
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits...........................................................2955
  DOT grants.......................................................2038
  Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations 
      participation in DOL social service programs.................1913
  Faith-based organizations' participation in Justice Department 
      programs.....................................................1900
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................161
  Grants administration...........................618, 1059, 1409, 3019
  Limitation of insured housing loans..............................1443
  Participation in HUD programs..............................1406, 1480
  Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........244
  Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  National Nuclear Security Administration:
    Acquisition regulations....................................752, 789
    Computer security...............................................753
  Public records...................................................4206
  Radiation protection of the public and environment................796
  Regulation amendments............................................4233
Nuclear materials:
  Computer security............................................753, 785
  Determining eligibility for access to.............................787
  DOE security activities...........................................784
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................794
  Electronic submission of fingerprint records for licensees.......4227
  Export controls...................................................365
  Human reliability program.........................................786
  Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................4221
  Medical use of byproduct material................................4207
  NRC fee schedule.................................................4235
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4210
  Packaging and transportation safety standards....................4225
  Security requirements for portable gauges containing byproduct 
      material.....................................................4205
  Solid material control...........................................4195
  Source material distribution.....................................4218
  Spent fuel:
    Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a 
        geologic repository........................................4209
    List of approved storage casks.........4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 4234
    Shipment information protection requirements...................4212
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4215
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement.....................................4220
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.............................4197
  Decommissioning:
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4213
    Trust fund provisions..........................................4232
  Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant 
      accidents....................................................4223
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4201
  Emergency action levels..........................................4204
  Emergency core cooling systems...................................4219
  Entombment options...............................................4216
  Fee schedule.....................................................4235
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses......4198, 
                                                                   4226
  Fire protection..................................................4203
  Industry codes and standards.....................................4208
  Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......4199
  Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................4196
  NRC regulation amendments........................................4233
    Adjudicatory process changes...................................4224
  Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding 
      performance..................................................4222
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4200
  Physical protection regulations..................................4214
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................4217
  Radiological sabotage............................................4214
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4202
  Safety regulations..........................................796, 4220
  Waste disposal...................................................4211
  Worker fatigue...................................................4194
  Worker safety and health at DOE facilities........................798
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection

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Nursery stock:
  See Plants
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff per shift 
      posting requirements.........................................1017
  Veterans.........................................................2957
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling.....................................................185
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................156


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Beryllium exposure...............................................1973
  Cargo handling...................................................1978
  Chemicals:
    Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3353
  Child labor regulations....................................1914, 1922
  Commercial diving operations...............................1224, 1999
  Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................2159
  Construction industry............................................1980
    Hearing loss prevention........................................1974
    Hoisting equipment safety......................................1975
  Crystalline silica exposure......................................1972
  DOE facilities....................................................798
  DOE radiation protection requirements.............................792
  Electric power...................................................1982
  Electrical standards.............................................1984
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........832
  Ethylene oxide...................................................1971
  Excavations......................................................1976
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................1986
  Fall protection..................................................1983
  Glycol ethers....................................................1997
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1979
  Ionizing radiation exposure......................................1977
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2295
  Oregon State plan................................................1995
  Personal protective equipment....................................1990
  Pesticide worker protection................................3299, 3306
  Physician panel determination in filing for state worker's 
      compensation benefits.........................................795
  Presence sensing device initiation of mechanical power presses...2000
  Respiratory protection.....................................1988, 1992
  Rollover protective structures...................................1996
  Shipyard standards.........................................1981, 1989
  Standards improvement............................................1991
  Steel erection standards.........................................1987
  Tuberculosis exposure............................................1998
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........1985
  Walking working surfaces.........................................1983
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Air pollutant emission.....................................3246, 3247
  Application processing...........................................1766
  Blowout prevention for well workover operations..................1727
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico.........460
  Leasing:
    Bonding........................................................1773
    Data release...................................................1728
    Definitions....................................................1728
    Leasing and operations regulations.............................1778
  Offshore floating production facilities..........................1743
  Outer Continental Shelf:
    Document updates...............................................1744
    Federal consistency regulations.................................509
    Leasing regulations............................................1732
    Pipeline rights-of-way.........................................1747
    Rights-of-use and easements....................................1747
    Safety measures................................................1222
    Safety zone for vessels......................1207, 1244, 1245, 1246
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1521
  Production rates.................................................1737
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1723
  Royalty relief or reduction....................1724, 1725, 1730, 1748
  Royalty reporting standards................................1724, 1739
  Service order appeals............................................1726
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls...................................................312
Oil pollution:
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1180
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1212
  Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................3116
  National Contingency Plan........................................3409
  Oil spill liability trust fund...................................1214
  Oil spill response.........................................1227, 2328
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................624
  Vessel response plan.................................1220, 1223, 1227
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
  Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3763
  Interrelationship with Railroad Retirement Program...............3802
  Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3763
  Video teleconference technology..................................3795
Organization and functions:
  FAA..............................................................2116
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................3890
  FEMA.............................................................1391
  OFHEO............................................................3569
  Peace Corps......................................................3696
  USDA..............................................................191
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Drug reviews:
    Antidiarrheal products..........................................911
    Antihistamine products..........................................878
    Antiperspirant products.........................................877
    Bronchodilator products.........................................857
    Cough and cold products..........................857, 858, 859, 878
    External analgesic products.....................................893
    Internal analgesic products.....................................860
    Laxative drug products..........................................894
    Nasal decongestant products.....................................859
    Ophthalmic products.............................................879
    Oral health care products.......................................895
    Skin protectant products........................................880
    Sunscreen products..............................................836
    Vaginal contraceptive products..................................881
    Weight control products.........................................862
  Labeling..........................................................861
  Safety............................................................896
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1846
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling

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  Child-resistant packaging..................................3860, 3867
  Dietary ingredients and dietary supplements.......................867
  Household products containing hydroxides, standards for..........3871
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4132
  WIC food packages.................................................168
Paint:
  See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
  See Aircraft
Parks:
  See National parks
Passenger vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................2028, 3024
  Alternate tonnage convention.....................................1231
  Coastwise trade laws.......................................2353, 2356
  Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters..3434
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4105
  Hull examination alternatives....................................1199
  Manifest requirements............................................1270
  Prohibited items.................................................1328
  Training and qualifications for personnel........................1193
  Underwater surveys...............................................1199
Passports and visas:
  Crew list visa elimination.......................................2014
  Diversity visas............................................2019, 2024
  Electronic passports.............................................2011
  Fingerprint requirements.........................................2008
  Guam visa waiver program...................................1251, 1266
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1264
  Transit without visa...1256, 1283, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1293, 1294, 1296
  Visa Waiver Program........................................1282, 1295
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Crop insurance....................................................113
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Civil................................................1946, 2080, 2421
    Aviation economic requirements.................................2045
    DHS............................................................1366
    DOT................................................2216, 2300, 2301
    HHS.............................................................823
    Inflation adjustment......................................700, 1243
    Medicaid and Medicare violations..........................963, 1041
    Medicaid managed care organizations.............................822
    Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................822
    NIGC...........................................................4192
    OCC............................................................2562
    OIG.............................................................826
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1381
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................2301, 2346
  Immigration......................................................1865
    international matchmaking organization violations..............1868
  PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3698
  Tax shelters.....................................................2886
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Abandoned individual account plans...............................1944
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3838
  Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2746, 2747
  Civil penalty for failure to provide Section 302 notice..........1946
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2618
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2778
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2819
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................1954
    Continuation coverage notification.............................1955
    Electronic filing by investment advisers.......................1953
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1947, 1951
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1949
    Mental health benefits parity..................................1948
    Participant loan rules.........................................1942
    Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2583
    Safe harbor requirements.......................................1952
    Suspension of benefit regulation...............................1943
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1950
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2849
  Income tax regulations...............................2641, 2807, 2816
  Multiemployer plans:
    Annual funding notice requirements.............................1945
  Normal retirement age............................................2613
  Participant notices..............................................3702
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3700
  Penalties assessment and relief..................................3698
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2767
  Required distributions from plans................................2773
  Single-employer plans............................................3699
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans.................2652
  Valuation of benefits and assets.................................3699
Pesticides and pests:
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3301, 3307
  Biochemical or microbial products................................3308
  Data requirements..........................................3300, 3308
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3305
  Emergency exemption regulations..................................3304
  Endangered species regulation...............................496, 1533
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3298, 3302
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1836
  Groundwater protection...........................................3316
  Gypsy moth regulations.............................................78
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms............................68
  Importation of pine shoot beetle host material.....................66
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3317
  Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use............51
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3310
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3311, 3312, 3313
  Registration review program......................................3303
  Rules of practice................................................3315
  Storage and disposal.............................................3305
  Tolerance fees...................................................3309
  Worker protection standards................................3299, 3306
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Oil valuation..............................................1729, 1745
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2328
  Refineries:
    Emission standards.......................................3070, 3217
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3388
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3391
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen

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Pipeline safety:
  Complaint procedures.............................................1994
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2310
  Hazardous substances.......................................2325, 2337
  Incident reporting...............................................1741
  Inspection devices...............................................2327
  Integrity management in high consequence areas...................2336
  Liquefied natural gas facilities.................................2348
  Operator qualification program...................................2322
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2329
  Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable 
      waterways....................................................2325
  Public information programs......................................2323
  Standards for direct assessment..................................2324
  Technical revisions to agency procedures.........................2338
  Updates to safety requirements.................1736, 2315, 2333, 2348
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4070
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................4072
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2328
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4078
  Rights of use and easement.......................................1738
  Rights-of-way..............................................1521, 1747
Plant diseases and pests:
  Karnal bunt........................................................65
  Phytophthora ramorum regulations...................................67
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
  Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs................77
  Endangered and threatened........................................1656
    Conservation education.........................................1503
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1604
  Gypsy moth regulations.............................................78
  Importation of orchids.............................................89
  Imports............................................................55
  International standards for wood packing materials.................64
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1509, 1531
  Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use...........51
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3311, 3312, 3313
  Plant Variety Protection Services...................................6
  Transgenic.......................................................3350
Poison prevention:
  See Lead poisoning
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3572
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Chilling time and temperature requirements........................176
  Classes of........................................................187
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................186
  Grading.............................................................5
  Imported..........................................................178
  Nutrition labeling...........................................169, 185
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................174
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................179
  Performance standards:
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................184
  PR/HACCP regulations..............................................176
Poverty:
  See Community action programs
      Food assistance programs
      Public assistance programs
Power resources:
  See Energy
Practice and procedure:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Prescription drugs:
  Antibiotics.......................................................838
  CHAMPUS Pharmacy Benefits Program.................................733
  Electronic transactions:
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1859
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1845
  Employer-sponsored drug programs..................................966
  Labeling...........................................848, 849, 864, 885
  Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data for 
      Medicare Part B drugs........................................1022
  Medicaid drug rebate program................................988, 1018
  Medicare Advantage Program Title II...............................965
  Medicare drug benefit effective calendar year 2006................967
  Medicare monthly premium and cost-sharing coverage...............3762
  Medicare payment regulations................................986, 1002
  Prescription Drug Discount Card Program...........................826
  Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................852
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................3956
Price support programs:
  Tobacco........................................................33, 43
Prisoners:
  Admission and Orientation Program................................1813
  Autopsy regulations..............................................1789
  Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1811
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1810
  Classification and program review................................1800
  Community confinement limitations................................1790
  Correspondence...................................................1803
  DNA collection and use...........................................1899
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1799
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1805
  Good conduct time..........................................1796, 1809
    Aliens.........................................................1809
  Health care service fees.........................................1808
  Literacy program.................................................1793
  Over-the-counter medication regulations..........................1817
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1815
  Release regulations..............................................1816
  Religious beliefs and practices..................................1818
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1806
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1794
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism....................................................1807
  Commissary account deposit procedures............................1798
  Commissary privileges............................................1795
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1785
  Emergencies......................................................1814
  Federal Prison Industries:
    Address changes................................................1812
    Increased waiver thresholds....................................3841
    Market research requirement....................................3833
  Infectious disease management....................................1804
  Inmate discipline................................................1786
  Intensive confinement centers....................................1792
  Progress Reports.................................................1787
  Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1791
  Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1819
  Telephone privileges.............................................1795
  Victim/witness notifications.....................................1788
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................1908
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  CFTC policies....................................................3847
  DOD...............................................................655
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................750

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  FDIC policies....................................................4050
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........1932
  Financial records and information....................1075, 4136, 4151
  Food Stamp Program................................................136
  Personnel records for government employees.......................3619
  Privacy Act:
    Corporation for National Service...............................3030
    Crop insurance..................................................121
    DHS procedures...........................................1060, 1166
    DOJ implementation.............................................1802
    DOT exemptions...........................................2042, 2043
    EPA regulations................................................3042
    Food Stamp records..............................................167
    NCUA...........................................................4166
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3562
    NIGC procedures................................................4181
    OPM regulations................................................3605
    Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1321
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3692
    SBA records....................................................3738
    TSA regulations....................................1305, 1306, 1319
  Public access to State Department information....................2006
  SEC policies...............................................4264, 4280
  Social security records and information..........................3749
  Treasury policies................................................2924
Procurement:
  See Government procurement
Prosthetic devices:
  See Medical devices
Public assistance programs:
  See also Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    Administrative cost sharing....................................1050
    Charitable Choice provisions...................................1054
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1931
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  ``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................845
  Air pollution effects............................................3345
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
  Charitable Choice program.........................................829
  Informed consent regulations......................................840
  Liability protection for free clinic health professionals.........917
  NIH center grants.................................................933
  NIH training grants...............................................924
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1949
    Mental health benefits parity..................................1948
    NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program........................926
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................827
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1950
  Research misconduct...............................................936
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2311
  Water contamination..............................................3444
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Capital Fund Program.............................................1475
  Consolidated plan regulations....................................1398
  Conversion of developments.......................................1489
  Demolition and disposition.......................................1482
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1425
  Excess rental charges............................................1442
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1407
  Homeownership program............................................1485
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Regulation revisions...........................................1483
  Operating Fund allocation formula................................1486
  Operating funds for debt service.................................1484
  Over-income tenant treatment.....................................1488
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1481
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1490
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program..........................1477
    Lease-up indicator.............................................1478
  Streamlining income exclusions...................................1411
  Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1476
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           Homesteads
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-grants
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Reclamation
  Abandoned mine land reclamation..................................1757
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1767
  Desert land entries..............................................1761
  Hazardous substances compliance..................................1780
  Indian allotments................................................1770
  Leases...........................................................1775
  Permit and easements.............................................1775
  Policy and management......................................1760, 1775
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects.................1758
  Recreational use permits.........................................1784
  Subsistence management.............1524, 1553, 1616, 1622, 1624, 1661
  Wilderness management......................................1772, 1783
  Woody biomass utilization........................................1500
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1777
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1776
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1762
  Locatable minerals program........................................230
  Mining claims..............................................1782, 1783
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Performance standards..........................................1778
    Valuation of oil...............................................1729
  Revegetation standards...........................................1751
  User fees........................................................1768
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Regulations removal..............................................1769
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  See also Radioactive materials
  DOE requirements.............................................792, 796
  Dose methodology.................................................3295
  Exposure standards...............................................1977
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1898
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Amateur radio service............................................3920
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................4021
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3992
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3926
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................4009
    Resale of services.............................................3990
    Roaming obligations............................................3990
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4007

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    Spectrum cap...................................................3993
    Telephone Operator Consumer Services Improvement Act...........4025
  Competitive bidding process................................3991, 3998
  Conducted emission limits........................................3932
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................4020
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................3972
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3938
  FM radio.........................................................3967
  Government transfer band.........................................3911
  Gulf of Mexico service...........................................4024
  Interference temperature operation...............................3928
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4002
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............4010
  Maritime communications..........................................4004
  Maritime mobile services.........................................3942
  Market definitions...............................................3979
  Multiple access systems..........................................3997
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3983
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3982
  Private land mobile services:
    Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......4019
  Public safety communications...............................3996, 4020
  Quiet zone application procedures................................4011
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2298
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................3917, 4023
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3939
  Software defined radios..........................................3915
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................4008
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................4003
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4006
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4006
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3914
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3910
  Wireless services................................................4016
Radioactive materials:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Radiation protection
  Packaging and transportation.....................................4225
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See also Railroad retirement
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2302
    Foreign-based train crews......................................2303
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3705
  Creditability of pay.............................................3709
  Disability determination...................................3706, 3707
  Electronic filing of applications and claims...............3708, 3711
  Employers' contributions.........................................3704
  Freedom of information...........................................3710
  Interrelationship with Old-Age, Survivors and Disability 
      Insurance Program............................................3802
Railroad safety:
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................2300
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2294
  Fixed guideway systems...........................................2305
  Grade crossing and signal systems................................2170
  Locomotives:
    Crashworthiness................................................2293
    Safety standards...............................................2304
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents....................................................2296
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2295
  Radio communications and train control...........................2298
  Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2299
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2297
Railroads:
  See also Railroad employees
           Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
  Appellate procedures and informal complaints.....................4329
  Electronic filing option for certain documents...................4330
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1327, 2309
  Rail abandonment procedures................................4327, 4328
  Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information....1298
  Small rate guidelines............................................4326
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2311
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  Anti-money laundering program for persons involved in real 
      estate closings and settlements..............................2429
  FHWA regulations.................................................2141
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3478
  Historic preference..............................................3477
  HUBZone program..................................................3470
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Financing........................................................1757
  Revegetation standards...........................................1751
Record retention:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Records:
  See Archives and records
      Freedom of information
      Health records
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Recreation and recreation areas:
  See also Fishing
           Hunting
           National forests
           National parks
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................1822
  Forest Service regulations...................................213, 216
  National parks regulations.......................................1689
  Presidio:
    Management.....................................................3703
  Use permits for public lands.....................................1784
  Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3414
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3380
  Electronic equipment.............................................3390
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3375
  RCRA burden reduction initiative.................................3389
  Refrigerant..................3137, 3139, 3185, 3191, 3253, 3283, 3284
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1117
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1117
Relocation assistance:
  FHWA regulations.................................................2141
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Air carriers.........................................2030, 2052, 2078

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  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4040
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2431, 2437, 2450
  Carbamates.......................................................3404
  CFTC.............................................................3854
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3360
  DEA..................................................1855, 1856, 1862
  DFARS.............................................................644
  DOC.....................................................292, 294, 570
  DOI........................................................1723, 1724
  DOT............................................2161, 2209, 2243, 2255
  Electronic records management:
    FERC...........................................................4083
    FMC............................................................4099
  EPA..............................................................3040
    Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule........3054
    Electronic reporting...........................................3058
  Exports...........................................................342
  FAA..............................................................2084
  FCC........................................................3952, 3959
  FDA...............................................................871
  FERC.............................................................4078
  Fishing quotas...............................................431, 528
  FMC........................................................4107, 4108
  Hazardous materials........................................2331, 3354
  HHS...............................................................833
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3572
  Human cellular and tissue-based products..........................865
  Infant formula testing............................................897
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................2018
  Investment advisers........................................4258, 4271
  Investment companies.............................................4287
  Livestock mandatory reporting program...............................9
  Marine casualties................................................1189
  NARA:
    Electronic text documents......................................3552
    Freedom of information.........................................3551
    Plain language revisions.................................3547, 3548
  National banks.............................................2552, 2577
  National Practitioner Data Bank..............................912, 922
  NCUA.............................................................4148
  NOAA..............................................................492
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1006
  Peace Corps................................................3692, 3695
  Railroad employers' records and reports..........................3704
  RCRA.......................................................3378, 3389
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency....3660
  Securities:
    Broker-dealers.....................................2551, 4270, 4291
    EDGAR system...................................................4283
    Large trader reporting system..................................4237
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2473
  Telecommunications operations support systems....................4047
  Tobacco market reporting system....................................24
  Toxics Release Inventory.............................3357, 3359, 3365
  Treasury.........................................................2781
  Uranium mill sites................................................797
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............882
  VA education benefits............................................2980
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3578
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Fisheries set-aside program..................................490, 577
  Marine resources..................................................512
  Misconduct...................................791, 844, 936, 937, 3510
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................925
  NIH center grants.................................................933
  Protection of human subjects.......304, 627, 737, 935, 938, 939, 940, 
                                           2966, 3022, 3057, 3314, 3874
  Research scientist appointment authority.........................3053
  Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2883
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans............................................2613
  Coordination of health benefits..................................3457
  District of Columbia employees...................................3638
  FEHB coverage....................................................3615
  Firefighters.....................................................3639
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3612
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3663
    Credit for military service....................................3662
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3642
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3659
    FERS basic annuity.......................................3641, 3661
    FERS coverage elections........................................3613
  IRA tax regulations............................2584, 2638, 2639, 2697
  Law enforcement officers.........................................3639
  Phased retirement program........................................2709
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3660
  Required distributions from plans................................2773
  TRICARE retiree dental program....................................722
  Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................628
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................612
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3026
Roads:
  See Highways and roads
Rockets:
  See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
  See Aircraft
Royalties:
  See Mineral royalties
Rubber and rubber products:
  See Tires
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs..............248, 251, 253, 255
  Business enterprise grants........................................254
  Business investment program.......................................249
  Community facility projects.......................................109
  Environmental policies and procedures.............................102
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification 
      purposes......................................................269
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................266
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program....................99, 251
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.........................106
    Loans, grants, and programs................................104, 105
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................100
    Planning and performing construction............................101
  Regulation streamlining...........................................104
  Rural Business-Cooperative Service loan and grant programs........260
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........264
    Broadband grant program.........................................267
    Electric program standard contract forms........................275
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................270
    General and pre-loan policies...................................277
    Homeland Security requirements..................................271
    Household water system program..................................272
    Local television station access.................................279

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    Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................265
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................278
    Settlement of debt authority....................................274
    Special equipment contract......................................263
    Technical assistance grants.....................................268
    Telecommunications program......................................276
    Water and wastewater grant program..............................273
  Spectrum-based communications services...........................4017
  Technical assistance grants and programs...........................98
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................261


                                   S

Safety:
  See Aviation safety
      Consumer protection
      Fire prevention
      Hazardous substances
      Highway safety
      Marine safety
      Mine safety and health
      Motor vehicle safety
      Occupational safety and health
      Pipeline safety
      Radiation protection
      Railroad safety
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3936
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3973
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3924
    Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
        transportation systems.....................................3929
    Digital audio radio service....................................3938
    Earth stations...............................3944, 3950, 3953, 3955
    Fixed-satellite services.................................3912, 3945
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3943
    Licensing reform...............................................3947
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3942
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3948
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3909, 3937, 3941
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3945, 3954
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3940
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3949
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3939
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................3970, 3971, 3973
Savings associations:
  Assessments and fees.............................................2926
  Customer identification program..................................2435
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  National Institutes of Health.....................................923
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Allowable costs...................................................144
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................147
  Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............145
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................156
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System...........................................1360
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3338
  Closure and consolidation........................................1711
Science and technology:
  Research misconduct..............................................3510
  Rights to inventions..............................................603
Scientific equipment:
  See Medical devices
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................429
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Licenses and certificates of registry............................1208
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1181
  Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1205
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Seashores:
  See Coastal zone
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Acceleration of filing date......................................4252
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4277
  Beneficial ownership report filing...............................2559
  Best price rules.................................................4243
  Blank check companies............................................4249
  Borrowing transactions.....................................2567, 4060
  Broker-dealers:
    Alternative net capital computation for holding company 
        groups.....................................................4298
    Categories of permissible collateral...........................2379
    Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 
                                                                   3856
    Quotation requirements.........................................4313
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2551
  Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4319
  Collection of fees...............................................4301
  Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options....2770
  Communications reform............................................4244
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4302
  Critical accounting policies.....................................4246
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................2379
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................2379
  Debt securities registration exemption...........................4240
  Definition of terms..............................................4295
  Delisting and deregistering......................................4296
  Disclosure requirements.....4237, 4246, 4252, 4255, 4273, 4281, 4290, 
                                                 4303, 4304, 4305, 4324
  EDGAR system...............................................4253, 4283
  Electronic signatures......................................4239, 4311
  Employer-provided stock option programs..........................1917
  Equity securities................................................4318
  Exemption for holdings subject to fiduciary standards............2366
  Financial reporting..............................................4249
  Form 8-K disclosure requirements and acceleration of filing 
      date.........................................................4256
  Form F-6 eligibility requirements................................4247
  Futures products:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3846
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers....................................................4292
    Reserve requirements for margin................................4300
  Held of record securities........................................4241
  Holding companies....................................4236, 4268, 4284
  Income taxation..................................................2733
  Independent transmission companies...............................4267
  Integrated financial transactions................................2593
  International Financial Reporting Standards......................4248
  International Securities Exchange................................4309

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  Investment advisers............................4258, 4259, 4261, 4272
  Investment companies:
    Compliance programs............................................4286
    Disclosure requirements..................................4245, 4287
    Enhanced fund governance standards.............................4279
    Money market fund investment...................................4289
    Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution...........4276
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4242
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2650, 2738, 2880
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4274
  Multijurisdictional disclosure system............................4254
  Mutual funds:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2441
    Confirmation disclosure of transactions........................4317
    Pricing regulations............................................4278
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2437
  Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4312
  Net capital requirements.........................................4294
  Options markets..................................................4314
  Ownership by securities intermediaries...........................4297
  Penny stocks.....................................................4311
  Privacy notices..................................................4280
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4264
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4251
  Redemption fees for redeemable fund securities...................4282
  Regulation NMS...................................................4306
  Reorganization events................................2871, 2898, 4293
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................4291, 4316
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4291
  Rules of practice................................................4325
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2857
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    Disclosure requirements..................................2559, 2576
    Treatment of foreign banks.....................................4257
  Shareholder access to director nomination process................4250
  Short sales................................................4308, 4320
  SRO filing rules.................................................4310
  Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4322
  Streamlining.....................................................4238
  Substitute dividend payments.....................................2637
  Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance products.....4288
  Supervised investment bank holding companies.....................4299
  Supplemental financial information...............................4323
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4293
  Transactions settlement..........................................4307
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1070
  Airport security compliance program..............................1325
  Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1807
  Classified national security information.........................1062
  Critical infrastructure information handling.....................1076
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies.....................................2423
    Pawn brokers...................................................2420
    Sellers of vehicles............................................2424
    Travel agents..................................................2422
  DHS human resources management system......................1071, 3668
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1061
  DOE:
    Contractors.....................................................783
    Nuclear security activities.....................................784
    Polygraph examination regulations...............................782
    Restriction of access authorization.............................788
  Export controls...................................................371
  FDA detention of food in response to bioterrorism threat..........906
  FDA registration of food facilities...............................872
  Federal mail.....................................................3469
  Food security plans...............................................182
  Freedom of Information.....................................1060, 1166
  Grants administration............................................1059
  Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................786
  Identification credentials.......................................1240
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars..1301
  Maritime Security Program........................................2363
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3543
  National Security Agency/Central Security Service Freedom of 
      Information Act program.......................................630
  National security information regulations........................2010
  Privacy Act procedures.....................................1060, 1166
  Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by 
      Syrian air carriers..........................................2107
  Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private 
      residence of the President of the United States..............2131
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation.........................................1317, 2044
  Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and 
      recipients of foods...........................................871
  Rural Utilities Services infrastructure...........................271
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1320
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1324
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1846
  Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1058
  Support of Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies 
      Act..........................................................1069
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................617
  TSA investigative and enforcement procedures.....................1330
  Vulnerability self-assessments for transportation systems........1336
  Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............2073
Seeds:
  Import restrictions................................................81
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations..............................................2371
  Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1280
  Principal residence seizure......................................2769
  Publication of administrative notices............................1276
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................3580
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3412
  Sludge use and disposal..............................3437, 3439, 3440
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs...............741, 1064, 3558, 3560, 3561
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3485
Sheep:
  Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........82
  Brucellosis indemnity..............................................62
  Ewe lamb incentive payment program.................................34
  Interstate movement regulations....................................56
  Lamb reporting regulations..........................................9
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..............................1981, 1989
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels

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Signs and symbols:
  See Trademarks
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  Acquisition regulations................................662, 670, 3819
  Administrative offset............................................3736
  Administrative wage garnishment..................................3729
  Business Development Program:
    Electronic application.........................................3727
    Technical amendments...........................................3718
  CCC procurement of agricultural commodities from HUBZone 
      businesses.....................................................18
  Debarment and suspension rule....................................3739
  DOT mentor/protege program.......................................2046
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3739
  EPA enforcement activities.......................................3062
  Government contracting programs......................3734, 3735, 3819
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program....................3714, 3740
  Investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3720
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3721
    Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3741
  Lending company monitoring and oversight.........................3717
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3723
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3726
  National forest land use..........................................200
  Privacy regulations..............................................3738
  Record disclosure................................................3738
  Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
  Rural business investment program.................................249
  SBA standards of conduct.........................................3737
  SDB Program......................................................3719
  Size standards:
    Appeals procedures.............................................3744
    Information Technology Value Added Resellers...................3743
    Multiple award schedule........................................3732
    New car dealers................................................3724
    Restructuring..................................................3733
    Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses......................3735
    Small Business Innovation Research program...............3715, 3730
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3722
    Testing laboratories...........................................3742
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3716
  Small Business Innovation Research Program.................3715, 3730
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program.......................3731
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................671
    Electronic application.........................................3727
    Participation in DOT programs..................................2040
  Surety bond guarantee................................3713, 3722, 3725
  Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3728
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review process..............................3776, 3795
  Annual earnings test.............................................3769
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3774
  Benefits for lawfully present aliens.............................1109
  Benefits to aliens residing outside the U.S......................3800
  Coverage of ministers, members of the clergy and Christian 
      Science practitioners........................................3790
  Coverage of residents in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
      Mariana Islands..............................................3790
  Debt collection............................................3750, 3794
  Disability determinations:
    Digestive system...............................................3766
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3786
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3752
    Hematological disorders........................................3757
    Immune System..................................................3753
    Medical equivalence policy.....................................3779
    Mental disorders...............................................3755
    Multiple body systems..........................................3767
    Neurological...................................................3783
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3793
    Recontacting medical sources...................................3792
    Redesigned process.............................................3798
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3787
    Skin disorders.................................................3796
    Special senses.................................................3782
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3785
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................3756
    Ticket to Work Program.........................................3758
  Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3775
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3780
  Filing applications and forms....................................3799
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3784
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3747
  Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased 
      recipients...................................................3791
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3768
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information................3749
  Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3760
  Representative payment procedures................................3771
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3751
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3746
  Stepchild benefits...............................................3770
  Video teleconference technology..................................3795
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program...............................................3773
    Referral for services..........................................3789
  Wage reports.....................................................3797
  World War II veteran benefits....................................3801
Soil conservation:
  Conservation Reserve Program.......................................40
  Highly erodible land and wetlands.................................287
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Access to sensitive information..................................3511
  Acquisition regulations.....3505, 3506, 3512, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3519, 
             3521, 3523, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3534, 3536
  Availability of Agency records...................................3522
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3509
  Commercial launch activities:
    DOT licenses...................................................2059
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3508
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3529
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3529
  Government property reporting requirements.................3513, 3530
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions........3503, 3504, 
                                     3507, 3518, 3527, 3528, 3535, 3537
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations...............................................459, 584
  Income source rules..............................................2600
  Protection of human research subjects............................3520
  Research misconduct..............................................3510
  Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3514
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Statistics:
  See Census data

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Stocks:
  See Securities
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Student aid:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
Students:
  Border commuter students.............................1179, 1365, 2015
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System............1356, 2016
  Student Exchange Visitor Information System................1357, 2013
  Student FICA guidance............................................2683
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing...735,
                                                                    749
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Marketing allotment regulations....................................30
  Reexport programs.................................................193
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1806
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3403
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3404
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Disability determinations:
    Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3754
    Digestive system...............................................3766
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3745
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3752
    Growth impairment..............................................3788
    Hematological disorders........................................3757
    Hemic and lymphatic system.....................................3763
    Immune system..................................................3753
    Malignant neoplastic diseases..................................3763
    Multiple body systems..........................................3767
    Neurological...................................................3783
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3793
    Skin disorders.................................................3796
    Special senses.................................................3782
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3780
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents..........................3759, 3778
    Exclusions.........................................3765, 3772, 3777
  Parent-to-child deeming rules....................................3759
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3764
  Plans to achieve sulf-support for blind and disabled 
      individuals..................................................3761
  Transfers of resources...........................................3781
  Trusts...........................................................3781
  Video teleconference technology..................................3795
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program...............................................3773
Surety bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1344, 1369
  Issuance by insurance companies..................................2467
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3713, 3722, 3725
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1750
    Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1749
    Hearings and appeals...........................................1499
    State programs.................................................1755
  Indian lands.....................................................1753
Swine:
  See Hogs
Syrup:
  See Sugar


                                   T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Brewery regulations..............................................2472
  Computation on large cigars......................................2473
  Escrow funds.....................................................2732
  Excise.....................................................2645, 2646
  Foreign trade....................................................2591
  Real estate taxes................................................3478
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program..............................2468, 2471
Teachers:
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1431
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.............................................4039
  Accounting requirements.....................................264, 4040
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4035
  Advanced wireless services.......................................3916
  Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................4015
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4040
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4036
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................4033
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4045
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3984
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4044
  Communication intercepting devices................................351
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1883, 1887, 1888, 
                                                             1889, 3995
  Competition matters..............................................3933
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4034
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3994, 4032
  Ex parte rules...................................................3933
  Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................4018
  GSA management policy............................................3488
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................4005
  International services reporting requirements....................3952
  Interstate special access services...............................4043
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4027
  North American Numbering Plan....................................4026
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................4041
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4047
  Pole attachments.................................................3966
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1893
    Reporting requirements.........................................1892
  Relay services.......................................3902, 3903, 3906
  Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program........................276
  Rural areas..................................................261, 264
  RUS special equipment contract....................................263
  Service quality reporting........................................4038
  Spread spectrum devices..........................................3931
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................4030
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4029
    Equipment manufacture..........................................4045
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3901
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3899
    Local competition provisions...................................4031
    Tariff streamlining provisions.................................4046

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    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3900
  Toll-free service access codes...................................4028
  Unbundled network elements.......................................4042
  Universal service reform.........................................4039
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................4133
  Access charge reform.......................................4030, 4039
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................3901
  Accounting requirements..........................................4040
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4035
  Advertising......................................................4133
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4040
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................4036
  Customer proprietary network information.........................4029
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4034
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3994, 4032
  Enhanced services................................................4033
  Equipment manufacture............................................4045
  International call-back service..................................3946
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3899
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......4031
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4027
  North American Numbering Plan....................................4026
  Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4047
  Relay services.............................................3902, 3903
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4144
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3905
  Telephone Operator Consumer Services Improvement Act.............4025
  Toll free service access codes...................................4028
  Toll telephone service definition................................2793
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3900
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4037
  Universal Service................................................4039
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................3960
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services.....................................3918
  Children's programming.....................................3977, 3978
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3964
  Digital television service.......................................3930
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......3974
    Broadcast content protection...................................4022
    Children's programming.........................................3977
    Conversion rules for low power television and television 
        translator stations........................................3985
    Review of conversion process...................................3975
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3976
  Emergency Alert System...........................................3908
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3959
  Predicting broadcast television field strength...................3913
  Public interest information......................................3980
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................4012
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................3970, 3971
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................4000
  Video programming accessibility............................3962, 3964
Terrorism:
  ``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................845
  Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act...........................63
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............1903
  Support of Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies 
      Act..........................................................1069
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2367, 2368, 2382, 2411
Textiles:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2398
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2400
  Customs regulations..............................................2369
  Flammability standards...........................................3863
  Trade agreements............................................307, 2391
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Disposition of replaced tires....................................2236
  Pressure monitoring system.......................................2214
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2507
  Customs regulations..............................................2476
  Imported tobacco products...............................8, 2508, 2513
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2482
  Inspection..........................................................8
  Marketing quotas...........................................24, 33, 43
  Price support programs.........................................33, 43
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico................................2510
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2536
  Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages........2480
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2477
  Warehouse designation requirements.................................32
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade agreements:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2389, 2398
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2397
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2400
  Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.......679, 1160, 2403, 
                                                             2404, 3830
  North American Free Trade Agreement............1123, 2370, 2385, 2401
  Textile trade agreements....................................307, 2369
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act................2391, 2395
Trade practices:
  Annual Trade Survey...............................................302
  Economic Development Administration...............................303
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4143
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4138
  Funeral industry.................................................4134
  Hobby Protection Act regulations.................................4146
  Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................4137
  Ophthalmic practice........................................4141, 4145
  Premerger notification rules.....................................4139
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity.................................................292, 294
  Regulatory review................................................4131
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4144
  Telephone service................................................4133
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers............................35
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers..........................1933
Trademarks:
  Deposit account payments..........................................593
  Electronic routing of assignment documents........................600
  Fees.........................................................592, 597
  Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2375
  Registration amendments and corrections...........................591
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................595
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................587
  Trademark Electronic Application System...........................588
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........590

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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...............2041
  Acquisition regulations....................................2033, 3829
  Air pollution control conformity...........................3104, 3170
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........2039
  Buy America requirements.........................................2286
  Civil penalties..................................................2216
  Confidential business information................................2288
  Debarment and suspension regulations.............................2051
  Dedicated short range communications of intelligent 
      transportation systems.......................................3929
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..................2040
  DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2049
  Drug and alcohol management information system reporting by 
      employers..............................................2187, 2307
  Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2048
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................2051
  Environmental review.............................................3229
  Explosive materials..............................................1840
  Filing claims to TSA.............................................1334
  Hazard communication requirements................................2332
  Individuals with disabilities....................................3024
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................3222
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars..1301
  Mentor/protege program for small businesses......................2046
  Nondiscrimination................................................2053
  Privacy Act provisions...............................1305, 1306, 1319
  Radioactive materials............................................4225
  Rate determination appeals.......................................3491
  Sensitive security information for land modes....................1307
  Standard time zone boundary................................2054, 2055
  TSA rulemaking procedures........................................1333
  Vulnerability self-assessments...................................1336
  Wildlife.........................................................1512
Travel:
  Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2427
  Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2422
  Including travel agency service fees in advertised air 
      transportation rates.........................................2056
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Appeals procedures...............................................3492
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2597
  eTravel Service..................................................3499
  FTR amendment............................3473, 3482, 3496, 3500, 3502
  Transportation services payments.................................3483
  VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2929
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................311, 369
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
  Distributions of loss corporation stock..........................2900
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis................................................73
  Correctional management..........................................1804
  Occupational exposure............................................1998
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See Mine safety and health
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1932
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities................................................4284
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................797, 4210
  Mill workers and ore transporters................................1898
Urban renewal:
  See Community development
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Electronic filing of documents.............................4070, 4083
  Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4284
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................266
  Market-based rates...............................................4082
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........264
    Broadband grant program.........................................267
    Electric program standard contract forms........................275
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................270
    General and pre-loan policies...................................277
    Homeland Security requirements..................................271
    Household water system program..................................272
    Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................265
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................278
    Settlement of debt authority....................................274
    Special equipment contract......................................263
    Technical assistance grants.....................................268
    Telecommunications program......................................276
    Water and wastewater grant program..............................273
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4067


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  Import regulations.................................................53
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................71
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Accident reporting...............................................1186
  Alien crewman detention..........................................1265
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................1211
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit forTongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1192
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat 
      sales........................................................2430
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines............................................1230
    Management program.............................................1197
    Penalties for non-submission of management reports.............1196
    Treatment systems installed onboard............................1242
  Coast Guard escort requirements............................1213, 1217
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1224
  Controlled substances............................................1844
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels...............3410, 3425

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  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1212
  Documentation..............................................1238, 2357
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1228
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3211
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3213
    Spark ignition marine vessels............................3131, 3281
  Hull identification numbers......................................1198
  Identification credentials.......................................1240
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade....1203, 1238, 
                                                                   2357
  Notification of arrival and departure............................1232
  Numbering system...........................................1186, 1204
  Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1222
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1184, 1202
  Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................3330
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4104
  Regattas and marine parades......................................1215
  Restricted areas.............................................698, 701
  Safety and security zone regulations....1207, 1210, 1236, 1244, 1245, 
                                                                   1246
  Satellite earth stations.........................................3950
  Trading restrictions.............................................2358
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1185
  Unauthorized entry into Cuban territorial waters.................1209
  Underwater surveys...............................................1199
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1234
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions.......................................2954
  Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 
                                                                   2973
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...2937, 2939, 2941, 2975, 2984
  Advanced health care planning....................................2956
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors.........................1919, 1923
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2989
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1767
  Appeals regulations..............................................3010
    De novo review time limit......................................2974
    Delegations of authority.......................................2992
    Notice of Disagreement clarification...........................2993
    Notice procedures relating to withdrawal of services by a 
        representative.............................................3013
    Notification of representatives in connection with clear and 
        unmistakable error motions.................................3011
    Obtaining evidence and curing procedural defects...............2991
  Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2929
  Burial benefits............................................2938, 3014
    Eligibility for surviving spouses who remarry and New 
        Philippine Scouts..........................................2994
    Headstones and markers for private cemeteries..................3015
    Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2971
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability...2969
  Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2941
  Compensation and pension regulations:
    Dependents.....................................................2951
    Duties of VA...................................................2943
    Elections of improved pension..................................2944
    General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of 
        decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2953
    General provisions.............................................2947
    Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one 
        benefit....................................................2952
    Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2943
    Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and 
        survivors..................................................2945
  Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................732
  Debt collection..................................................2995
  Dependency and indemnity compensation:
    Regulation amendment...........................................2949
    Surviving spouse's rates.......................................2946
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2977
    Convulsive disorders...........................................3000
    Digestive system...............................................3001
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2968
    Hearing loss...................................................2982
    Hypertension...................................................2977
    Individual unemployability.....................................2967
    Malignant neoplasms............................................3003
    Multiple scars.................................................2979
    Neurological conditions........................................3000
    Orthopedic system..............................................2999
    Respiratory disorders..........................................2977
  Disease Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents: 
      Type 2 Diabetes..............................................3008
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2980
    Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
    Licensing and certification....................................2932
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2985, 2987
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons....2986
    Survivors and dependents.................................2933, 2983
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2978
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2931
  Enrollment information updating form.............................2928
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements.....................2930, 2971
  HIPAA implementation.............................................3009
  Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program....................2964
  Jobs For Veterans Act..........................2002, 2003, 2004, 3582
  Life insurance:
    Annual risk allowance..........................................3005
  Loan guaranty:
    Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially 
        adapted housing............................................2934
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.........................2950, 2981
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................2972
    Property management contractor delegation of authority.........3007
    Regulation amendments....................................2935, 2976
  Medical benefits:
    Copayments for extended care services..........................2961
    Hospital and outpatient care...................................2962
    Non-VA service and care..................................2959, 2965
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2927
    Presumptions of service connection.............................2936
    Priorities for medical services................................2960
    Reasonable charges for care or services..................2996, 2998
    Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously 
        liable third parties.......................................2997
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2963
  Medical opinions rules...........................................3012
  New and material evidence regarding effective date of awards.....3006
  Payments and adjustments to payments.............................2940
  Protection of human research subjects............................2966
  Psychosis definition.............................................2970
  Rules of practice:
    Clear and unmistakable error...................................3011
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3735, 3819
  Social security benefits.........................................3801
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1919, 
                                                                   1923
  Special ratings..................................................2948
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2990
  State homes......................................................2957
  Testimony certified or under oath................................3004

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  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act........2001
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2942
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2958
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program......................................................3773
  Referral for services............................................3789
  Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3751
  Veterans.........................................................2942
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3033
  DOL regulation...................................................1915
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3034
  Peace Corps..........................................3690, 3691, 3694
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1825


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    GSA............................................................3494
    SBA............................................................3729
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3634
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1915
  Hospice wage index................................................982
  Hospital wage index classification...............................1046
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1916
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3655
  Locality-based comparability payments......................3627, 3675
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1281
  Pay retention....................................................3654
  Post differentials...............................................3679
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3630
  Prevailing rate systems........................3629, 3676, 3677, 3685
  Regulation amendments............................................3592
  Salary basis.....................................................1928
  Senior Executive Service...................................3609, 3623
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1920
  SSA reports......................................................3797
  Tipped employees.................................................1916
  Within-grade increases...........................................3595
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................20
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements.........................32
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3386, 3387
  Effluent guidelines..................................3426, 3434, 3435
  Financial test criteria..........................................3371
  Hazardous waste management.......................................2335
  Laboratory waste.................................................3397
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3367, 3368, 3372
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3393
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3118
    MACT standards.................................................3115
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4211
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3383
  Project XL.........................3052, 3058, 3292, 3383, 3384, 3399
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3388
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................273
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3456
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3117
    Bioreactor landfills...........................................3399
    Guideline revisions............................................3369
    Landfill criteria........................................3081, 3369
    Landfills and incinerators...............................3076, 3280
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3376
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......................3378
    Research, development, and demonstration permits...............3398
    Solid waste definition.........................................3394
    Tax regulations................................................2829
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3391
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3294, 3297
    Report to Congress.............................................3050
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3381
  Wastewater treatment sludges...............................3384, 3396
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3413
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................700
  Clean Water Act............................................3423, 3427
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3433
    Cooling water intake structures..........................3411, 3421
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3409
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........704
    Test procedures..............................3420, 3427, 3428, 3429
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................697
  Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes...3419
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3416
    Coal mining....................................................1754
    Construction and development industry..........................3415
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3434
    Meat products point source category............................3417
    Program plan...................................................3418
    Recodification of..............................................3424
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management.....................1196, 1197, 1230, 1242
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1219, 1227
    Response plans for oil.............................1220, 1223, 1227
  NPDES permits..............................................3412, 3431
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3422
  Radon............................................................3446
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3412
  Sludge management programs...........................3437, 3439, 3440
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3400
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3430
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3432
  Trace metals criteria............................................3427
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3410, 3425
  Water quality cooperative agreements.............................3438
  Water quality standards....................................3428, 3429
    Alabama........................................................3436
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3428, 3429
    Indian country waters..........................................3408
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3414
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................695
    Special events rule.............................................705
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1230
  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.........................706

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  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1759
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3441
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................847
    Coliform and E. coli detection methods.........................3455
    Contaminants.................................3446, 3451, 3453, 3454
    Disinfectants..................................................3448
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3302
    Fecal contamination............................................3444
    Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..............3447
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3224, 3449
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3347
    Regulation revisions...........................................3445
    RUS program.....................................................272
    State underground injection control programs...................3452
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3420
    Total coliform rule............................................3450
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3442
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3443
  Groundwater protection.....................................3316, 3444
  RUS grant program.................................................273
  Servicing loans and grants........................................262
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1734
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1733
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................281
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................197
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................196
Waterways:
  See Bridges
      Harbors
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
      Flood plains
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Wheat:
  Imports............................................................65
  Karnal bunt........................................................65
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1233
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2159
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3598, 3599
  Research misconduct...............................................937
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1591
  Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances................1660
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1570
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1633
  Eagles...........................................................1510
    Incidental taking..............................................1648
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1694
    Transport of feathers..........................................1535
  Endangered and threatened........................................1584
    Conservation education.........................................1503
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1604
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1556
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1583
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1836
  Exportation................................................1512, 1625
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1514, 1564
  Gray wolf........................................................1626
  Importation..........................................1512, 1544, 1625
  Injurious......................................1543, 1555, 1629, 1639
    Black carp.....................................................1517
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1534, 1558, 1568, 1577, 1596, 1618
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1603
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1532
    List revision..................................................1581
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1600
    Permits................................1508, 1562, 1564, 1636, 1649
    Possession for educational purposes............................1504
    Rehabilitation activities......................................1649
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest........................1578, 1664
  Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1651
  Permit procedures................................................1582
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1526
  Safe harbor agreements...........................................1660
  Seabirds.....................................................446, 516
  Subsistence management...............................1524, 1571, 1616
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1511
  Transportation...................................................1512
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1516, 1544, 1592
Wildlife refuges:
  Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2146
  Land conservation planning.......................................1551
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1587
  Mosquito management..............................................1573
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1587
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1550
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1572
  Strategic growth.................................................1574
Wine:
  Dried fruit wines................................................2514
  Honey wines......................................................2514
  Labeling regulations.............................................2530
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2479
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2517
  Sherry...........................................................2535
  Standards of fill................................................2531
  Taxes......................................................2533, 2534
  Viticultural areas....2475, 2481, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 
           2489, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497, 2498, 
           2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2515, 2516, 
           2518, 2519, 2520, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2527, 2528, 2529, 
                               2541, 2542, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2546, 2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1949
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................148
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1910
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1950
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Education program for low-income families overseas..............734
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................146
    Food packages...................................................168
    Vendor-related provisions.......................................142
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................306

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  Refund of duties paid on select products.........................2418


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
           Juvenile delinquency
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................151
             
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